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I am the Soul
Brothers! This was the discipline of an army, their culture. They accepted death but never raised a voice against the order of their Commander! Consider this! We only have to follow orders for our own uplift in the spiritual field. So what commitment, what culture, what dedication? Unless there is a total dedication, there cannot be a subjugation to order.
Amongst us, when somebody gets avowed into the shravak or sadhu vows, a usage appears in the text - 5110 Giant - javaj jivaae - (till death do us part). That is like saying, the vow that I am taking now, I shall observe with such dedication, such firmness, such sincerity that if I may well have to die, then I will, but I shall not be diverted from my vow!
Brothers! What are these vows? They are the orders of the Jineshwar, our great Acharyas. We need the preparedness to imbibe them into every pore and follow them happily. What will be the result? ' DEPT Hanifa - Liberation in fifteen births - The jivas following the orders, do not have to wander for long. Their worldly existence gets limited. Hence, the self-realised person says here that he has attained the natural bliss that has sprung from self-experience like the holy water of Ganga. So he is able to affirm strongly that if this much is done, then Moksa is certain, there are no other strings attached.
Here we have an inspiration to overcome self-conceit with succour from the Sadguru. Like we have read before, self-conceit can be overcome only with the dedication to Gurudev. But if this is not done then - अन्य उपाय कर्या थकी, प्राये बमणो थाय - Efforts on your own to overcome self-conceit, are bound to fail and even likely to enhance the problem.
There are many who think it is below their prestige to go to the feet of the Sadhu-Sants, or to serve them in their troubles. Their ego is hurt. Such people may well be having faith in the religion and the religious principles, may well be reading the
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