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I am the Soul
from the body. I should remain unto myself. If I look at the body, then I would feel the pain of the body. But I am above the body. Remaining aloof from the body even while residing in it is my Dharma. Feeling for the body will result in bodily activity and feeling for the soul will result in spiritual activity.”
How will sorrow bother anybody who has achieved such an analytical view? It will not be recognised at all.
Well, this is what the Dharma teaches and this is the proper devoted practice. Such practice alone bears fruit. Otherwise, effort put in without understanding goes futile. Mere pursuit of customs and formal traditions does not fetch us the fruit. As we sow, so we reap. Spiritual thought fetches spiritual fruit and worldly thought fetches worldly fruit. Brothers! Dharma pursued with a worldly intent might offer a momentary relief from sorrow or might even offer some peace of mind - happiness, but at the end there is only sorrow. For the creation of Dharma has been with a spiritual motive. We should never forget that only the Dharma pursued with spiritual intent can offer everlasting happiness. Banarasidasji says in ‘Natak Samaysar'
लीन भयौ विवहारमैं, उक्ति न उपजे कोई,
दीन भयौ प्रभु पद जपे, मुक्ति कहा सौं होई .
How can one, who is engrossed in worldly affairs, not knowing the Bhedajnana, who keeps praying in all humility, attain liberation at all? He will never. One who does not understand the proper devoted practice is a Matarthi. We are continuing the description of a Matarthi here. Srimadji says -
देवादि गति भंगमां, जे समजे श्रुतज्ञान, माने निजमत वेषनो, आग्रह मुक्तिनिदान
The pursuit of knowledge commences with Shrutajnana and culminates in Kevaljnana. What is Shrutajnana? Every Sadhaka has to undertake this pursuit, but how? Keeping the Shastras
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