Namokar Mahamantra Ek Anushilan

Author(s): Hukamchand Bharilla
Publisher: Todarmal Granthamala Jaipur

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SEARCH OF SELF
fested to the extent desirable for such quest. In case such a quest arises in the inner-self, it would not take any time to acquire soul Bhagwan.
What is the state of the person who is afflicted by the keenest desire to acquire the soul Bhagwan? We can understand this very well from the example of a child who has lost his mother in a fair. A five-year old child had gone with his mother to see the fair. There was a huge crowd in the fair and both of them got separated. Mother reached one police station and registered her report in regard to the loss of her son. Son reached another police station and asked to register a report of the loss of his mother. But nobody recorded his report in the real sense.
Inspector asked constable, "Who is there? Constable replied, "A lost child has come."
Child interrupted and said, "Inspector, it is not I but my mother has been lost. I am there in front of you."
Inspector scolded, "Keep quiet. Do mothers get lost? Only children
get lost."
Search of self Oneness with self is the dharma and oneness with 'para' (substances other than the soul) is adharma. Therefore, knowledgeable religious persons constantly nourish the following feeling
मोहादि मेरे कुछ नहीं मैं एक हूँ उपयोगमय । है मोह-निर्ममता यही वे कहें जो जाने समय ।। धर्मादि मेरे कुछ नहीं मैं एक हूँ उपयोगमय । है धर्म निर्ममता यही वे कहें जो जाने समय ।। मैं एक दर्शन-ज्ञानमय नित शुद्ध हूँ रूपी नहीं।
ये अन्य सब परद्रव्य किंचित् मात्र भी मेरे नहीं ।।' Mohadi mare kuch nahi mai eak hun upyogmaya, hen moha-nirmamta yehi ve kehe jo jane samaya, Dharmadi mare kuch nahi mai ek hun upyogmaya, hen dharma nirmamta yehi ve kehe jo jane samya, Mai ek darshan-jnanamaya nit shudh hun rupi nahi,
ye anya sab par dravya kinchit matra bhi mare nahi.' Abandoning oneness with external objects and vicious sentiments such as delusion and to establish strong feelings of oneness with pure and knowledgeable one's own soul Bhagwan is the only dharma, the path to achieve infinite bliss, beyond the reach of senses. Therefore, it is necessary to know and recognise one's own soul Bhagwan and efforts must be made to acquire one's own soul Bhagwan.
Question: We make immense efforts but why don't we acquire the soul Bhagwan?
Answer: We would certainly acquire soul Bhagwan, if such and adequate efforts are undertaken as are required for acquiring the soul Bhagwan. The truth is that the quest for soul Bhagwan has not yet mani1. Samaysar Padhyanuvad
Finally, they recorded a report stating that a lost child has reported. Whatever it be; now, the interrogation of the child started.
"Why Brother! What is your name? "Pappu." "What is the name of your mother?" "Mummy." "Where do you live?" "In my own house."
On hearing such answers of the child, policemen talked amongst themselves that when the child does not recognise his mother and is not aware of her name, how to search his mother?
Hearing them, the child thought, “Is the name with which I call my mother every day is not the name? Whenever I call 'Mummy, she presents herself; even then these people say that I do not know even my mother's name."