Meera Ke Shyam (In English)

ANIL SOHONI

MIRA KE SHYAM – EMBODIMENT OF LOVE

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Dedication

To some people, a friend is practically anyone they know

To me, friendship means a much closer relationship

One in which you take the time

To really understand each other

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED

With

LOVE

TO

MY SUCH

BELOVED FRIEND

TAO HA SHOBUDDTRININAD WI



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1. Foreword 5

4. Love yourself first before you love anybody else 15

2. Preface 8

5. Love and friendliness 22

3. Salutations to Sadguru 14

6. Thinking Inward 25

7. To love God is Bhakti 28

8. Pilgrimage to Love Divine 31

9. Eight steps of Love Divine 34

10. Step 1 – Liking 37

11. Step 2 – Desire 39

12. Step 3 – Deep Desire 41

13. Step 4 – Respect 43

14. Step 5 – Communicate 59

15. Step 6 – Passion 61

16. Step 7 ‐ Lingering Passion 65

17. Step 8 – Union 6

18. Qualify yourself for Him 70

19. Five point Program 73

7 20. Bhakti bridge to God 77 21. Joy of liberation 78 2. God is love 80 2



Foreword

Taoshobuddha

maIra tao pòma ka ]<auMga iXaKr hO È yaa eosaa khao kI maIra pòma ka maanasa saraovar hO È [sako ilayao tumho maaotI caunanao kI Aadt DalanaI haogaI È tBaI tuma

ao AaOr Syaama ko pìt ]sako pòma kao samaJa sakaogao ÈÈ maIra k

a kao Syaama kI An uBaUtI ApnaI ca na kI g hra[yaao mao hu[- ÈÈ

ira’s love for Shyam is the outcome of many lives. Mira says she was Lalita, Krishna’s

princip i. She danced with Krishna. Pundits do not agree ith th not important to me what pundits say. Mira has

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said tha is Lalita I need no more proof. As Lalit danced with the blue boy the solace of her being on the b of the blue river. Memories still linger in her being like the dissolving notes of an enchanted melody. The beauty of the blue boy, the Yamuna bank, the cool kalindi shore, the moonlight lurking through the trees, the call of the flute, the chirping of the birds what a semblance of ecstasy,



Mira has fresh memories in her being. Everything and every scene are fresh on her inner sky. Mira still remembers the day Shiva came to be a part of the

she as Lalita she stopped his t

cosmic dance of Kanha andy aentr . Mira remembers this ll in i s details.

The echoes of all these Mira sang through her songs. Overflowing the ecstasy that she witnessed, Mira closes her yes to envision everything in retrospect; she sings playing eher lute the SONGS of IMMORTALITY – LOVE ETERNAL. Krishna is multi dimensional. He has not left any raga or rasa untouched through his manifestation. Krishna is the only one in the entire history of human consciousness who remains ecstatic yet untouched by any circumstances or situation while traversing through his role as incarnation. He is always singing and laughing. You can see through his unconditional liss and awareness under even the most intricate situations. bAt no time Krishna is caught unaware. Do not say that Krishna is incarnation. By saying so you are closing all possibilities of your transformation. This word ‘incarnation’ is very meaningful. But not for you! So too the word ‘Krishna Consciousness’ will remain an empty one for you. You can go on talking of ‘Krishna Consciousness’ owever there is no fragrance of ‘Krishna Consciousness’ hthrough your actions, thinking or life. Observe the state of awareness of Krishna as it manifests through infinite acts as enshrined by Krishna Dwapan sri Veda Vyas as Srimad Bhagwat Purana. During each act



Krishna is guided by the consciousness of bliss, oneness, love and deep understanding beyond time and space. Such is the state of awareness of an Incarnation. Then it should be your rayer and aspiration that even an iota of this awareness be ppart of your. Thus will begin your inward journey! Anil Sohoni an aspirant in its true sense presents Mira ke Shyam as part of his inward journey. This works is a eautiful effort by Anil ji as prelude to something that you

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Preface

Allah Agar Taufik Na De Insan Ke Bas Ke Kaam Nahi Faizane Muhabbat Aam He Irfane Muhbbat Aam Nahin!!

f Allah(That Supreme Being we call by different names) does not make you capable remember it is

not in the hands of the finiteness of man. Ordinary love is common. Love as we know and understand leads to a life of duality and conflict. Eternal love or Love Divine is not common!! (Only an enchanted heart is filled with this energy – the sublime and sanctified!!!)

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(Commentary by Taoshobuddha in Meditation Times Jan-2010)

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It happened like this ‐‐‐‐ My beloved friend, ‘Sufi Saint’, ‘Taoshobuddha’, send me copy of the monthly publication, ‘Meditation Times Jan2010’, I was moved by above verse. Allaah Agar taOfIk na do ………



[rfanao mauhbbat Aama nahI. The verse is very meaningful. Thought came to my mind, ‘All Great Lives Think Alike’. There is a reason they have reached to the same source from here holy ‘Ganga’ emerged or from where the Holy ‘Jamjam’ w

water emerged. Recently I read a news paper article that in United Kingdom percentage of ‘Single Mother’ is about 50%. That is very serious. That means all those children are deprived of love and affection of father. I started thinking ‘INWARD’. Why these mothers can’t get along with father of their own children? Why they live alone and suffer solitary life? What answer will this mother will give to her child when he will ask, “Mama where is my father? All other children live with ather. Why not me? Do I have father?” No answer to the fquestion. I do agree that there are many reasons as unresolved issues behind such situation. Human mind only sees the outer reasons. And in that the real issues are ignored. Now a day percentage of divorces are rapidly increasing all over world not only in western part but also in eastern part of globe too! Is it not a point of concern? A single mother or a single father can definitely bring up their offspring well, but how far they an cultivate in the child the seeds of happiness as the coutcome of inner oneness. For a modern man marriage is a “Contract”. It is an agreement between a male and a female. So marriage comes to an end when terms and conditions of contract are breeched by either. It has always been so if we go deep



within. In the east this contractual arrangement was sugar coated in the religious sanction as marriage. This did not change human psychology and the understanding. The utcome is the present situation that we find ourselves in. A

eeded. ogreat transformation in human consciousness is n There are several epistles written by the apostle St. Paul that refer to marriage and how believers are to operate within the marriage relationship. One such passage is 1 Corinthians chapter 7, and another is Ephesians 5:2233. When studied together, these two passages provide biblical principles that form a framework for a God‐pleasing marriage elationship. The Ephesians passage is especially profound in rreference to a successful biblical marriage. ‘Wives, submit to your husband’s as to the Lord. For, the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the hurch, his body, of which he is the Savior.’ c[Ephesians 5 2223]. ‘Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church nd gave himself up for her.’

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a[Ephesians 5:25]. ‘In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, ust as Christ does the church.’ j[ Ephesians 5:2829].


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‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be unit d to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’

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[Ephesia s :31].

When, a believing husband and wife institute God’s principles, a biblical marriage results into success. A biblically based marriage is one that is in balance, with Christ as the head of the man and the wife together. The biblical oncept of marriage is a oneness between two individuals cthat pictures the oneness of Christ with His church. he most detestable of the lawful things in Allah’s eyes is Tdivorce. ‐ The Prophet of Islam (Saw). he greatest blessing in the world is a pious wife. ‐ The TProphet of Islam (Saw). Verily, the most perfect amongst believers in faith is he who s the best in manner and the kindest to his wife. ‐ The iProphet of Islam (Saw). he words of a husband to his wife, ‘I truly love you,’ should Tnever leave her heart. ‐ The Prophet of Islam (Saw). If a man helps his spouse in household work, Allah records for him spiritual reward equal to the hair on his body as if he ad fasted during days and offered prayers during nights for

ar. ‐ The Pro ) hone full ye phet of Islam (Saw Centuries ago, civilized societies recognized and acknowledged the most basic instincts of all ‐ i.e., the need for companionship ‐ and founded an honorable institution



known as marriage. Experience has shown that this institution can help navigate the complex ocean of life full of conflicts, questions, concerns, temptations, joys, sorrows, ups and downs. Hindu ancestors set aside some guidelines to make sure that the institution is a permanent one capable of not only bringing happiness to two young people but also providing a delicate balance so that the family enjoys the fullness of life within the framework of what they called Dharma, the Hindu code of right conduct

In nut shell all religion advice us that marriages are based on moral conditions for prosperity of society. And religion is not orality. Religion is beyond morality. And we lack m

religiousness. he true meaning of love is sacrifice for each other of one’s Tpleasure, comforts, opinion and thoughts. So following pages are my efforts to contemplate on ‘Divine ove’, which is really uncommon. Even worldly love is also isconceived and misinterpreted by most of us.

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Allaah Agar taOfIk na do ……… [rfanao mauhbbat Aama nahI

We have to wait I have understood from Taoshobuddha that this topic and ‘The male – female relations’ is the subject that he is looking very closely and as soon as the current ssignments are finished we will have a classic with the nsights and solutions in our hands. ai



In preparing this work I got assistance from many quarters. It is quite fair to acknowledge these. First and the foremost I m thankful to Taoshobuddha for his inspirational words in ameditation times. I am thankful to Lars Jensen of Sweden to allow me to use wo chapters from his upcoming book ‘The Secrets of tSpiritual Life.’ his will remain incomplete without thanking the reader that

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H. H. Sadguru Swami Chinmayanand

baMd] gau$ pad kMja kRpa isaMQaU nar$p hir

“Bandau Guru Pad Kanj, Kripa Sindhu Nar Roop Hari”

I adore the divine feet of my Guru who is God in human body



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[Reproduced: ‘The Secrets of Spiritual Life’ by Lars Jensen]

he secrets of love are that you have to learn the art of loving yourself first. Unless you respect and love

yourself there are no ways that you can love or respect the other. Unless you love yourself you cannot love anybody. It is impossible, because a man who is not in love with himself cannot be in love with anybody. If you are in love with yourself, only then can you overflow. And such overflow of love reaches others.

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A man who has not loved himself will hate himself, and if you hate yourself, how can you love anybody? You will hate others also. You can only pretend. And when you cannot love yourself, how do you expect others to love you either? Everyone is condemned in his own eyes. The whole moralistic teaching gives you only one thing the techniques of self condemnation. Through morality you learn how to condemn yourself.



Christianity says that it is not a question of sinning once or twice or occasionally, you are born as a sinner. It is not a question of whether you do one sin or not. You are born as a sinner. Man is born in sin. Adam, the first man, committed the sin, and you are the descendants. The sin has been committed, nothing can be done. Now it cannot be undone, and you are born into Adam’s sin. If you are born in sin, there is no way for you to love yourself? If your very being is guilt, how can you love yourself? And if you cannot love yourself, you cannot love anybody else. The love must happen at home first. You are the home. This human body is your home. And only when love overflows can it reach to others. And when it overflows, it expresses through your actions, and thinking. Whether you paint or make shoes or do anything else, be in deep love with yourself. Then love begins to flow into everything you do. It flows even when you are not doing anything. It goes on overflowing, it becomes your very existence, and then nothing is boring. Quite often people ask me very sympathetically ‘The whole day you are sitting in one room, not even looking out of the window while doing your work. Do you ever get bored?’ What should I tell these people? I have learned the art of being in my own company. This is the best company that I could ever seek. I am with myself. Why should I get bored? They further enquire, ‘Just sitting alone, don’t you get bored? Quite often you do not talk to anyone.’ You will not be able to understand this



from where you are standing. I am so ecstatic and overflowing that I need nothing for entertainment and no company. If I hate myself I will get bored. You cannot live with someone you hate. I do not hate myself. I do not condemn my actions. All actions are like dried leaves that are no more needed on the tree of consciousness. Just as during autumn dried leaves fall so too thoughts that are no more needed fall from the tree of consciousness as actions. By nature you cannot be alone. Even if you are alone for a few moments you get uncomfortable. Uneasiness comes into your being. You long to meet someone. You have not learned to live with yourself. Your own company is so boring. You cannot even look at your own face. Whenever someone asks such questions their asking is relevant to their own reference, because they will get bored if they are alone. Based on their own criterion they ask me, ‘Don’t you go out sometimes?’ There is no need for me to go out except when I have to go out for the work that is essential for the sake of my living. Also it is enquired, if I do not get bored with similar questions again and again. Whenever anyone is asking a question his being and understanding is the criterion. All questions arise as the outcome of inner consciousness. And I do not answer any question. I answer the questioning mind instead. So for me it is not that the question is being repeated again and again. Each time when a question is asked it carries a



different consciousness behind it. So the same question is always afresh. Not only this, everyone has the same problem. You are not original. Therefore you cannot even create any original problem. And when the problem is same then how can your question differ. Certain problems are related with love, with sex, with peace of mind, with confusion, or something else. Also there are certain psychological and pathological problems. Man can be easily divided into seven categories based on problems. Since there are seven categories of men then the same questions are bound to remain. So people go on asking the seven basic questions. How can I get bored with questions then? I never get bored, because each individual is unique to me. And because of the individuality, the problem he brings is never a repetition. Because, the context is different, and so is the individual. You come with your love problem; another comes with his love problem. Both look similar but they are not. Two individuals differ in their consciousness. It is this difference of consciousness that changes the quality of the problem. Each individual is so unique that he cannot be put with anyone else. No category can be made. But then you have to have a very keen awareness to penetrate to the very root where the individual is unique. Otherwise, on the surface everyone is alike. Just on the surface everyone seems alike, with the same problems, but if you penetrate deep within the consciousness you will find the difference. If you are alert and ready to move with



the person to the deeper core of his being, the deeper you go the more original, individual and unique phenomenon comes into being. If you can penetrate to the very center, you will realize that the person before you is unique and unrepeatable. He has never been before. And he will never be again. He is just unique. And the mystery then overfills you. It is the mystery of the uniqueness of the person. If you know how to penetrate the deepest core, and how to be loving and alert only then you will know a person’s uniqueness. Otherwise everything is repetitive. You are bored because you have a consciousness which creates boredom. Change the consciousness, and there will be no boredom. But you go on changing objects and persons and not the consciousness. Certainly this will not make any difference. Notes: [Even the priests cannot explain the Christian belief of that man is born into sin. In reality it has its root in the early Christian belief in karma and incarnation. You are not born into sin, but you are born with your own actions from previous life, which is the cause for your coming and going into this world. The universal teaching of all religions is one, but due to some misunderstanding made by man these religions appear to be different. But we cannot blame the Masters of these religions, because they did never create this outer form of the religion. In fact they did not even write these Holy Scriptures. As for example the teaching of Christ was written about hundred years after the Christ left his body and the teaching of Buddha was written some four or five hundred years after Buddha left this world. And certainly we



cannot blame the Holy Scriptures, if they were changed afterward. And indeed the Bible was changed many times. Among the first Christians most of them were probably believers in incarnation. Christian groups like Basilidans, Marcionits, Valentinens of Egypt, Simonians, Manichaeans, Gnostic and Samaneas believed in incarnation. Also many of the early Fathers of the Church like Origen (active around 230 AD) that even calls it a “general opinion”, Justin Martyr (140 AD), Clement of Alexandria (194 AD) and Tertullian of Carthage (202 AD). A big change of direction in the Christian Church was made at the Church Council in Nicea (325 AD) and in Constantinopel (381 AD), when incarnation was proclaimed as a heresy (false doctrine) and condemned it. All the Christian books containing hints of incarnation was burned or changed. The persecution of these Christian groups, believing in the incarnation, was so successfully that even today almost no one even heard about Jesus, included incarnation in his teaching. But even so, they tried to weed out all the teaching of incarnation from the Bible, we can still find many evidence for the belief of incarnation in the Bible. First of all even the Bible give the principle of “as you sow, so shall you reap” (Galatians 6:7) or to put it in other words” every action we do, will bring an equivalent reaction.” The very same teaching is called Karma in the east. If you could not reap the seed of all your actions in this very life, naturally you must return in another life to balance your accounts. So one thing leads to another, of you cannot reap your actions in this life, you must come back again, which is called incarnation. And in fact the Bible gives many evidences for the theory of incarnation even so the Church Council in Nicea tried to



remove all such evidence. Here comes one of many examples from the Bible. In the Old Testament (Malachi 4:5) it was foretold that Elijah the prophet would return. Christ himself connect on that prophesy, when he said to his disciples: “Verily I say unto you, among them that are born of woman there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist....And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. He that hath ears to hear let him hear.” (Matt 11:1115) Maybe some of His disciples didn’t put attention to His words, because Christ repeated again: “But I say to you, that Elias is come already...” (Matt 17:12) Then the disciples understood that He spoke of John the Baptist. (Matt 17:13) So from this we can understand that Christ Himself told that Elias had incarnated as John the Baptist. It is so obvious and clearly written; still the priests do not understand it. But who can blame the Bible if it is changed afterward or if the priests do not understand what it says. ] ... Lars Jensen



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[Reproduced: ‘The Secrets of Spiritual Life’ by Lars Jensen]

ove can reach to its ultimate peak only when it becomes friendliness. There are three possibilities for

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111... One is lust. This is biological and there is nothing wrong about it but it is the lowest form of energy. All the animals have it. So there is nothing special about it if man has it. Lust connects humanity with the animal kingdom. Lust is a reproductive force. It is nature’s way to continue the species. However to remain confined to lust implies missing the real point. And for this one should go a little higher. This is the second stage of love. 222... Psychological love: This is the second stage somewhat higher than the first. Accordingly love is not biological; instead it is psychological and is a higher dimension. It is not reproductive, it is creative. The moment two persons are in deep love all their creativity explodes



they may start things they had never done before. They may start painting or music or dancing, things they had never dreamt of suddenly start arising in their being. Love brings a new climate and new flowers start growing but very few people attain to love. Ninety - nine point nine per cent of people remain confined to the animal world, lust. Love is freedom from being an animal. It is the birth of the human being. There is still a higher peak than love because love although it is far more beautiful than lust tremendously pregnant with creativity has still some hangover of lust remaining with it. It has come out of lust. Still something of lust follows it like a shadow. It becomes a shadow but it is there and it goes on affecting. That is why love is possessive, jealous, and envious. These are ugly traits, that remain as hangovers of the past and these destroy the beauty of love and as love starts settling these things start raising their heads. Love is beautiful only when the honeymoon is on but it does not last long. It comes and goes so quickly that when it goes then only you know it was there. 333... Friendliness: And then there is still something which is not love but the shadow starts possessing you. One can rise a little more when love becomes just friendliness. I am not even calling it friendship because that may give you the idea of relationship. I call it ‘friendliness’ when love becomes just a friendliness no possessiveness, no jealousy no desire to dominate. When love starts giving freedom to the other - total freedom, unconditional freedom then it becomes ‘friendliness’. And that is the highest human consciousness can reach. Very few people



have known ‘friendliness’. Their names can be counted on the fingers. It is a sad thing that such a vast humanity goes on missing their intrinsic potential. Meditators have to transform lust into love. And then love into friendliness. The moment you have reached to the state of friendliness you have arrived home.



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Worldly Love as Pains & Pleasures Irfan = Knowledge, Wisdom Faiz = bounty, kindness, grace, liberality, profit, gift, reward Taufiq = help, divine guidance

Allaah Agar taOfIk … do e If and Only if, ‘The God Helps, then very few among billion,

experience The ‘Divine Love’.

[nsaana ko basa ka kama nahI o love and To BeLoved is not an intellectual workout. T

yao tao kirYmaa hO …

The Divine Love is mystical. Love is unseen but realized truth. A mystery of the unknown is Love. Live it! And be it! Ordinary love just lingers at five organs of perception and five organs of action. To say so

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I ‘Love To’, SEE a flower with EYES I ‘Love To’, SMELL a flower with Nose I ‘Love To’, HEAR flute with EARS I ‘Love To’, TOUCH you with FINGERS I ‘Love To’, TASTE honey with TOUNGE Let us see what Bhagwan Shree-Krishna Says, maa~aspXaa-stu kaOtoya XaItaoYNasauKdu:Kda: Aagamaapaiyanaao|ina%yaastaMistitxasva Baart

[gaIta A. 2 Slaaok 14 Geeta Chapter 2-14] The contacts of senses with objects, O son of Kunti, which cause heat and cold, pleasure and pain, have a beginning nd an end; they are impermanent; endure them bravely, O adescendant of Bharata. It is very obvious that all pleasure we feel is at level of sense organs. And we LOVE to enjoy that feeling all the way. So LOVE at ordinary Level is nothing but sense of pleasure recognized by our five senses individually or collectively. It is very important to understand that even Sex Pleasure, what we think is ultimate pleasure, is also the pleasure at sense organ level. Secondly to note that all living beings are already programmed to enjoy all such pains and pleasure naturally. The God suggests us all to endure such feeling bravely. Hidden meaning is all that we should not give much important to all such pains and pleasure. So worldly “LOVE”, is at sense organ level and one should accept and should take it coolly.



In Short worldly love is more or less like and dislike. It is also alled as ‘[Yk,', i.e. passion or lust. c



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B ! Bhakti Nirakar se Nirakar ka Milan hai! hakti is the union of formless to formless[The Secrets of Bhakti – Taoshobuddha]

the question is ‘Does the Lord Is an Object?’ If then we can enjoy the pleasure of GOD, so to

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say we can LOVE Him. But the not an Object. He is the formless in you. And to connec at formless in you is the essence of man’s finite existen is is the essence of all spiritual Sadhana. Let us see wh gwat Geeta says in this context.

AivanaaiXa tu tiWiw yaona sava-imadM ttma\

[gaIta A. 2 Sl ok 17 eeta Chap er 2-17] You (definitely) know that “I” am that indestructible principal by which this (world of things and beings) are enshrouded.

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Ajaao ina%yaM XaaSvatao|yaM puraNa:

[gaIta A. 2 Slaaok 20 Geeta Chapter 2-20] This Principal is Unborn, Ever Existing, Imperishable and Oldest. (It is beyond time)


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ina%ya: sava-gat: sqaaNaurcalaao|yaM sanaatna:

[gaIta A. 2 Slaaok 24 Geeta Chapter 2-24]

his Principal is Ever Existing, All Pervading, Immovable and ure existence. Tp

Avya>ao|yamaican%yaao|yamaivakayaao-|yamaucyato [gaI A laaok 25 Geeta Chapter 2-25]

This Principal is un‐manifested, Unthinkable and Un‐hangeable.

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na tdBaasayato saUyaao- na XaXaaMkao na pavak: yad\ga%vaa na inavat-nto twama prmaM mama


Nor does the Sun shine there, nor the moon, nor fire; to hich having gone they return not; that is My Supreme w

Abode.

rom above description it is clear that, That God Principal is F TIMELESS SPACELESS MASSLESS So this God Principal is not the matter. It is THE ABSOLUTE. It is beyond perception of sense organs. Therefore the Love towards God is not like worldly Love. It is not MAKING LOVE. But it is just ‘Happening’ due to HIS Grace only.



his Love to God is called “Bliss”, “The Silence”. In Gita it is alled as “Bhakti”. Tc

Bai> inarakar sao inarakarka imalana hO

Bhakti Nirakar se Nirakar ks Milan Hai!!



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T Geetacharya, Sage Vyas had tried to throw fficient light on Godly Love i.e. “Bhakti”. Let us try to c plate on some of the hints given by him through ialogu ween the confused Warrior Arjuna and the dgreat Master Lord Krishna.

oming to the original point by Taoshobuddha: C And therefore: If Allah does not make you capable remember it is not in the hands of the finiteness of man. Ordinary love is common. (But that leads to duality and conflict) Eternal love or love divine is not common!!

Allaah Agar taOfIk na do [nsaana ko basa ka kama nahI fOjaanao mauhbbat Aama h

And here Lord Krishna says:

O [rfanao mauhbbat Aama nahI


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sava-gau(tmaM BaUya: EauNau mao prmaM vaca: [YTao|isa mao dRZimait ttao vaxaaima to ihtma\

[gaIta A. 18 Slaaok 64 Geeta Chapter 18-64] In the midst of battle field the lord does not hesitate to confess to Arjuna that he loves him immensely. Here again ‘My’ supreme word, most secret of all; because you are dearly beloved of ‘Me’, therefore, I will tell you what is good. (For you)

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. [Jeremiah 29:11, 12]

The Lord is himself interested in welfare of his devotee and takes initiative to guide him through all difficult ways of life. The lord repetitively says for the welfare of devotee:

BaUya eva mahabaahao EauNau mao prmaM vaca: ya<ao|hM PaÌyamaaNaaya vaxaaima ihtkamyayaa

[gaIta A. 10 Slaaok 1 Geeta Chapter 10-1] The Blessed Lord said: Again, O mighty‐armed, listen to ‘My’, upreme word; which I, wishing your welfare, will declare o you, who delight in hearing me. St



He says, “AGAIN HEAR MY SUPREME WORD, WHICH I WILL DECLARE, and BECAUSE I DESIRE YOUR WELFARE.” ord himself declares the systematic unique scheme for his evotee for him to realize the supreme bliss of God Love. Ld



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process of falling in love with some body and aching up‐to the final goal or ultimate fruition

there a major steps or phases through which each lover has to pass. These are: rit ‘Liking’ One should get information and he should like the subject is very first step in love‐affair.

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maana ‘Respect’ Slowly feeling of respect is generated in mind. This respect is anifested in simple actions like standing up and talking ith most respectful manners.

mw p`Naya ‘Communicate’ Slowly the lover becomes bold and he tries to communicate his tender feeling to his beloved. raga ‘Passion’ Really speaking this Sanskrit word cannot be translated into ny foreign luggage. The ‘Rag’ is such feeling or very sweet motion when you are with your beloved. ae Anauraga ‘Lingering Passion’ The ‘Anu‐ Rag’ means followed by. It is such feeling or very sweet emotion when you are not with your beloved. These are the sweet thoughts, lingering afterwards. mahanauB ava ‘Union’ a his is the ultimate goal to be achieved by lover in his love ilgrimage. Tp



Most of the saints including ‘Swami Vivekananda’ and ‘Vallabhacharya’ from ‘Shankarcharya School’ mention, more or less similar stages in the pilgrimage ‘Devotion to God’.


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[ 4 Slaaok 34Geeta Chapter 4-34] Know t y long prostration, by question, and service, the wise’ and auspicious minded persons who have realized the ruth w ll instruct you in (that) 'Knowledge.

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mah%saMgastu dula-Baao|gamyaao|maaoGaSca [ sau~ 3.2.39 Narad B akti Sutra 3.2.39]

The great devotee ‘Shree Narada’, says to come in contact with maha%maa that means ‘Blesses Person, saint, devotee, is extremely rare occasion. But if it happens then effect is permanent. If one comes across such enlightened person, he utomatically gets introduce to ‘Divine’. To be with maha%maa s called as sa%saMga.

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laByato|ip t%kRpyaOva [nard Bai> sau~ 3.2.40 Narad Bhakti Sutra 3.2.40]

The company of great learned people is got only through the grace of God.

Allaah Agar taOfIk na do ……… [rfanao mauhbbat Aama nahI

Without grace of God we cannot meet saints and without grace of saints love to God cannot be generated.

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pòma ‘Desire’

he Second Step in Love Is Wish – Desire Is Generated

AxarM ba`*ma prmaM svaBaavaao|Qyaa%mamaucyato

[ aptergaIta A. 8 Slaaok 3 Geeta Ch 8-3]

i Imperishable, The Blessed Lord said: BRAHMAN s the Supreme; Very first introduction of ‘Beloved’ is astonishing; just amazing. Oh! My ‘Beloved is The Supreme, and imperishable…everlasting entity? He is not an ordinary erson; so let me have a look at Him. This positive desire to now is really ‘HOLY’ happening in one’s life. pk

yaao maamajamanaaidM ca vaoi<a laaokmahoSvarmaM AsaMmmaUZ: sa ma%yao-Yau sava-papO: p`maucyato




He who amongst the mortals, knows Me as unborn and eginning less, as the great Lord of the worlds, is undiluted band is liberated from all sins. The lord declares in roaring voice,’ Oh! Arjuan, know ‘ME’ as Unborn, and beginning less ‘Lord’ means abode of this universe. You will be liberated from all Sins. The real ‘Sin’ is to forget ‘HIM’, ‘HIS’ true nature and that ‘HE’ is the substratum, ‘True Essential Nature, ‘Dharma’, ‘Law of being’. Once we have ‘ReCognize’ this fact we are free from our basic, fundamental sin. HE and ‘ME’ are the one and the same is “REMEMORY” gained, ‘smauit-labQvaa’. Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and ith all your soul and with your entire mind. This is the first nd greatest commandment. And the second is like it: `Love our neighbor as yourself.’” Matthew 22:37.

way TO LOVE YOUR OWN‐SELF IF MOST NATURAL PHENOMENON. AND THIS LOVE IS TO ‘THE SELF’. IT IS OTHING BUT RE‐DISCOVERY OF MY OWN NATURE THAT, N

‘I AM UNIVERSE’; ‘I AM EVERY THING AND BEING’. THEN OFFCOURSE YES, “LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR WHO ARE NOT ONLY NEXT TO YOU BUT ALL THOSE THINGS AND EINGS ARE SURROUNDED BY YOU, BECOMES MOST

L OCESS. LOVE BECOMES Y RBNATURA PR OUR OWN NATU E. HIS IS THE “ivaSvaa%mak Baava”, ALL‐PERVASIVE LOVE TTITUDE.

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“He is w e and I am with him”, this sweet feeling, poetic hangov felt by the devotee once he started liking Him. Where‐ever the devotee goes carries ‘Beloved’ in one’s heart. Even physical separation is also a happy feeling for him. It is all daydreaming for the lover. Day by day this desire ecomes so intense that the devotee goes on thinking about bGod day and night. nother meaning of snaoh is stickiness. It is an attraction to ards God. You are stuck to or hooked to God.

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th Step is ‘Respect to God’.

Now yo ow ‘Him’ and knowing ‘His’ glory you have fallen in love ‘Him’. Naturally respect is generated in your eart. W He’ is not an ordinary lover with whom you can hfix a ‘Da somewhere in Movie Theater. Now th otee enquires about his ‘Beloved’. He is eager to find out “His” address. He asks in which City you dwell Oh! God, please, tell me your street name, name of apartment and door number. Please, let me have your land line and mobile number, preferably your e‐mail address and web site too. I must see and appreciate your glory. I will share my happiness with others, by doing publicity of your name and fame and power on my web site. The Devotee Enquires: kqaM ivaVamahM yaaoigaMs%vaaM sada piricantyana\



koYau koYau ca BaavaoYau ican%yaao|isa Bagavanmayaa [gaIta A. 10 Slaaok 17 Geeta Chapter 10-17]

How shall I, ever‐meditating, know You, O YOGIN? In what spects or things, O Blessed Lord, are ‘You’ to be thought of aby me? Now ‘The Lord’ is narrating ‘His’ own address so that the Devotee can fix up an appointment with him quite easily.

Bhagwat Geeta Chapter – 10

Sr. Verse God Says Devotee reflects

1 20 AhM Aa%maa sava-BaUtaXayaisqat: I’m the dweller in all things and beings

OH! I see! You are the essential nature of all.

2 20 Aaid maQya AMt: ca I’m beginning, mid and end of all

My God! So you are thought generator and all thoughts merge unto you.

3 21 Aaid%yaanaaM ivaYNau I’m ‘Vishnu’ in Adityas

You are twelve months i.e. all-pervading TIME

4 21 jyaaoitYaaM riva I’m ‘Sun’ in Stars

You are source of energy

5 21 ma$taM marIica I’m ‘Marichi’ in Marutam

You are air(fluid, waves of all type) in motion



6 21 naxa~aNaaM XaXaI I’m Moon in planets

So you are light of light reflected.

7 22 vaodanaaM saamavaod I’m Samved in all four Vedas

You are infinite essence tuned to ‘Music’

8 22 dovaanaaM vaasava: I’m ‘vasava in deities

You are the great deity Indra

9 22 [ind`yaaNaaM mana: I’m Mind in all inner instruments

So you are the mind which illuminates all organs.

10 22 BaUtanaaM caotnaa I’m intelligence in all beings

Oh! I see!

11 23 $dàNaaM XaMkr: I’m Sankar in Rudras

You are the “Creative Destructor” the Lord Shankara

12 23 yaxa rxasaama\ iva<aoSa: I’m treasurer in Yaksha and Rakhaka

So you are Treasurer. YOU are World-Bank.

13 23 vasaUnaaM pavak: I’m Pavak in all Vasus

You are the ‘experincer’ among six external seasons and two internal seasons namely joy and sorrow.

14 23 iXaKirNaaM mao$ I’m ‘Meru’ in all peaks

You are Peak, from where Spiritual Knowledge flows out on all the four sides to bless all of the islands.



15 24 puraoQasaaM baRhspit I’m ‘Bruhaspati’ in ,Purodhasa.

You are celestial teacher of Heaven.

16 25 saonaanaInaaM sknd: I’m ‘Skandha’ among Leader of warriors

So you are ‘Skandha’, son of Lord shiva, the General of warriors in Heaven You are commander.

17 24 sarsaaM saagar: Among accumulated water I’m ‘Ocean.

So you are ‘Ocean’.

18 25 mahiYa-NaaM BaRgau: I’m ‘Bhrugu’ among sheers.

Oh! You are ‘Brugu.

19 25 igaraNaaM AxarM I’m one syllabus OM’ in all words.

OM---OM---OM

20 25 ya&anaaM japya&: I’m ‘Jap’, name of God Repetition’, in all ‘sadhana’. Efforts to reach God

‘Narayana’ ‘Narayana’ ‘Narayana’

21 25 sqaavaraNaaM ihmaalayaa I’m ‘Himalaya’, in all mountains.

Even in mountains you dwell.

22 26 vaRxaaNaaM ASva%qaM I’m ‘Pimple’ tree among all tress

You are in trees also!!

23 26 dovaiYa-NaaM naard: I’m ‘Narad’ in all Seers in Heaven.

Oh! You are ‘Narad’ who is great promoter of ‘Devotion to God.



24 26 gaMQavaa-NaaM ica~rqa: I’m ‘Chitrarath’ in ‘Gandharvas.

You are great artiest ‘Chitrarath’, in Heaven.

25 26 isawanaaM kipla mauina: I’m ‘Kapil’ in all philosophers.

So you are great philosopher.

26 27 ASvaanaaM ]ccaOÊava: I’m ‘Ucchyshrava in Horses.

Oh!

27 27 eravat gajandàNaaM I’m ‘Airavat in elephants

I see! You are in animals too!

28 27 naraNaaM naraiQap: I’m king in all human beings

Oh! King represents you!

29 28 AayauQaanaaM vaja`: In Weapons I’m ‘Vajra’.

Even in Weapons you dwell!

30 28 QaonaUnaaM kamaQauk\ In cows I’m ‘Kamdhenu!

I should see you in animal too!

31 28 Pa`janaanaaM knd-p: I’m ‘Kandarp’ among offspring’s.

Even you are in ‘Kids’. You are Lord of ultimate pleasure on physical, mental and intellectual levels. You are lord of Love.

32 28 sapa-NaaM vaasaukI In serpent I’m Vasuki

You are serpent Oh! That means you are very minute and very big to envelope any thing. You are ‘TIME”



33 29 naagaaNaaM Anant: I’m ‘Anant’ an many-hooded serpents.

You are bed of Lord Vishnu for his ‘Yoga-Sleep. And you are beyond time.

34 29 yaadsaanaaM va$Na: I’m Varuna in water deity

You are controller of ocean and rain.

35 29 iptRNaaM Aya-maa I’m Aryama in departed souls

You ruler of ancestors.

36 29 saMyamataM yama: Among ‘Regulators I’m Yama.

You are controller of death too!

37 30 dO%yaanaaM p`lhad: I’m ‘Pralhad’ among all Demons.

You in Great Devotee Bhakta-Pralhad

38 30 klayataM kala: Among beckoner I’m ‘Time”

So you are measure of all relative pluralistic things and beings.

39 30 maRgaaNaaM maRgaond`: Among beasts I’m the Lion

So you are Lion the king among all beasts.

40 30 pixaNaaM vaOnatoya Among birds I’m Vainteya

You vehicle of Lord Vishnu. You are power of perception and flight of intellect.

41 31 Pavatama\ pavana: I’m wind among purifiers

So you are the purifier ‘Wind’.



42 31 Xas~BaRtaM rama: Among all wielders of weapons I’m Rama

You most noble, Ideal, perfect man. the Rama among arm holders

43 31 JaYaaNaaM makr: Among fishes I’m Shark

My God! You are ‘Shark’.

44 31 s~aotsaaM jaanhvaI Among rivers I’m Ganga

So you all ‘Shruti’, the Vedas, the highest source of knowledge

45 32 saga-aNaaM Aaid maQyaM Ant: I’m beginning and end of ‘Creation’.

You are the essence of all creations

46 32 ivaVanaaM AQyaa%ma ivaVa I’m Science of self among all sciences.

So you are science of all sciences. The knowledge of the Self.

47 32 PàvadataM vaad: I’m ‘FairDiscusion’ among arguments.

So you are tool or method to gain your own knowledge

48 33 AxaraNaaM Akar Among all letters I’m ‘A’

You are the basic essential vowel ‘A’ without no other letter is complete. It is applicable to all languages.

49 33 samaasaanaaM WnW: I am ‘Pair’ in all compound words.

You are combined experience of self and non-self



50 33 AhM Axaya kala: I’m imperishable Time

You are transcendent, to serve as a substratum for the total-Time."

51 AhM Qaata I’m sustainer

You are ‘The Self’, the sustainer of mental impressions

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52 33 AhM ivaSvataomauK: I’m facing everywhere

The perceptions, whether physical, mental or intellectual, there is ‘YOU”, as the grace of the Consciousness which is the Self,

53 34 AhM sava-hr maR%yau I’m Death which vanishes everything

You are all consuming death!

54 34 AhM BaivaYyataM ]d\Ba: I’m creator of all things

You are the source of all new creations that are to come in the future.

55 34 naarINaaM kIit- vaak smaRit maoQaa QaRit xamaa I’m fame, prosperity, speech, memory, intelligence, firmness and forgiveness.

Oh! You are all glorious qualities in human being.

56 35 AhM baRht saama I’m glorious Sam-Veda

You are glorious Sam-Veda made in ‘Brihati’, meter.



57 35 Cndsaama\ gaaya~I I’m Gayatri meter

You are Gayatri which is considered as the most divine and extremely powerful.

58 35 maasaanaaM maaga-XaIXa-: Among month I’m Margashirsh.

Oh! I see!

59 35 ?tunaaM kusaumaakr: I’m spring among all seasons

You are flower bearing ‘Spring’.

60 36 ClayataM VUtM I’m ‘Dice’ in all deceptive play.

Oh! I see!

61 36 AhM toja: tojaisvanaama\ I’m splendor in the splendid

You are Light of light. You are light without properties.

62 36 AhM jaya: I’m Victory

Oh! You are victory.

63 36 AhM vyavasaaya: I’m Business

Oh! You are industry

64 36 sa%vavataM sa%va: I’m goodness in good

You are best qualities

65 37 vaRYNaInaaM vaasaudova: I’m Vasudeo in family of Vrushni

You are best among your family

66 37 paMDvaanaaM QanaMjaya: I’m Dhanajaya (Arjun) in andavas

So you are Arjuna. It means You are in form of Devotee.



67 37 maunaInaaM vyaasa: I’m Vyasa.

You are Great Philosopher.

68 37 kvaInaaM ]Xanaa Among poets I’m Ushana

So you are poet too!

69 38 dmayataM dMD: Of all those who Punish,” I’m THE SCEPTRE."

So you are punishment too!

70 38 ijagaIYataM naIit Of conquerors, I’m state-craft

You are real conqueror

71 38 gau*yaanaaM maaOnama\ I’m the silence in secrets.

You are unbroken Silence!

72 38 &anavataM &anama\ The knowledge of the knower I am

You are Wisdom.

You are "Source of all creation." Hiranyagarbha.

73 39 sava-BaUtanaaM baIjama\ And whatsoever is the seed of all beings, that also am I,

"None can exist without you, neither the moving, nor the unmoving."

74 39 na tt\ Aist mayaa ivanaa "None can exist without me."

Now ‘The Lord’ is narrating ‘His’ own address so that the Devotee can fix up an appointment with him quite easily.



The Lord summarizes:

ETHERE IS NO END TO MY GLORIES. "BUT, BY BRI F EXAMPLES ONLY HAVE I DECLARED MY DIVINE GLORY?" WHATEVER IS GLORIOUS, PROSPEROUS OR POWERFUL IN NY BEING, KNOW THAT TO BE A MANIFESTATION OF A A

PART OF MY SPLENDOUR. BUT, OF WHAT AVAIL TO THEE IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF ALL HESE DETAILS, O ARJUNA? I EXIST, SUPPORTING THIS

SMALLTWHOLE WORLD JUST BY ONE PART OF ‘MYSELF’. The above examples have to indicate "THE ONE IN THE MANY" is all meant to be as many items of contemplation, to be meditated upon by all sincere seekers. This is not an OBJECTIVE narration and, as such, no true student of the Geeta can ever expect his education to be complete unless he nderstands the true meaning of these stanzas in his uSUBJECTIVE experience. In an inspired surge of friendliness and love, though Krishna, in all haste, promised that He would explain "His expression in the individual" (Yoga) apart from the description of "His glory as the Cosmic man" (Vibhuti), He Himself realized, whilst trying to indicate Himself object by object, the impossibility of exhausting the treatment. Infinite are the otal number of things and beings in the Universe, and it is ever possible to exh y one. Therefore: tn

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GOD IS NOW ‐ HERE NEVER THINK HE IS NO‐WHERE



‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. [Jeremiah 29:11, 12]

Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with your entire mind. This is the first and greatest c mandment. And the second is like it: `Love your neighbor as yourself.’

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[Matthew 22:37]

Genesis 1 . In the beginning God created the heavens and the rth.

1ea 2. Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was n the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the osurface of the waters.

3. God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. . God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God 4divided the light from the darkness. . God called the light ‘day,’ and the darkness he called night.’ There was evening and there was morning, one day. 5‘



6. God said, ‘Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’ 7. God made the expanse, and divided the waters which ere under the expanse from the waters which were above w

the expanse; and it was so. . God called the expanse ‘sky.’ There was evening and 8there was morning, a second day. 9. God said, ‘Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;’ and it was

so.

10. God called the dry land ‘earth,’ and the gathering ogether of the waters he called ‘seas.’ God saw that it was d.

tgoo 11. God said, ‘Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding eed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its sseed in it, on the earth;’ and it was so. 12. The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed fter their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, aafter their kind; and God saw that it was good. 3. There was evening and there was morning, a third .

1day 14. God said, ‘Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;



5. And let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give 1light on the earth;’ and it was so. 16. God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule he day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made tthe stars. 7. God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the th,

1ear 8. And to rule over the day and over the night, and to 1divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good. 19. here was evening and there was morning, a fourth

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20. God said, ‘Let the waters swarm with swarms of living reatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open ans

cexp e of sky.’ 21. God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after heir kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that tit was good. 22. God blessed them, saying, ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, nd fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the th.’

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24. God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth living creatures fter their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the th a

aear fter their kind;’ and it was so. 25. God made the animals of the earth after their kind, nd the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps aon the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good. 26. God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over ll the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the th.’

aear 27. God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them. God said to them, ‘Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over e birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on ear

ththe th.’ 28. God said, ‘Behold, I have given you every herb yielding eed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, swhich bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food. 29. To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;’ and it was so.



30. God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

THIS IS ALL ABOUT HOW A DEVOTEE SHOULD RESPECT THE LORD. HE SHOULD TRY TO FEEL HIS PRESENCE EVERY‐WHERE!!!

Once it happened.

Rabindranath Tagore was somewhere and he had a bath in the sea. As he was going back he spotted a heap of garbage piled along the way. One can imagine the pile of garbage. Flies and birds hovering around! The nauseating smell filling the environment! No one will pass that sight. Rabindranath began to dance out of ecstasy.

This baffled the followers. So they enquired, ‘What is so fascinating that you started dancing, seeing this pile of garbage?’

An ecstatic Rabindranath responded, ‘As I was approaching the pile, I saw the sunrays falling on the pile of garbage and the garbage glittering in the sunlight. I was filled with tremendous joy and love.’

Look at the rays of the sun that make no distinction. It falls equally on everything that comes in its way. Such is the nature of ‘The Fruition in Love’ – the ‘Compassion’ of the one who has reached to the source. With this thought ecstasy overflowed as dance.



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i t eto com ate ones feel ngs o belov d. The devotee has to speak out Oh! Lord I Love You!!! Lord S rishna tells his devotee how to express one’s love towards Lord‐‐‐ p~M puYpM flaM taoyaM yaao mao Ba@yaa p`yacCit

tdhM Ba@yaup)tmaSnaaima p`yata%mana: [gaIta A. 9 Slaaok 26 Geeta Chapt 9-26]

Whoever the devotee offers ‘Me’ with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, water that I accept, as it offered with pure‐

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mind and with devotion.

The flowers and fruits in the garden or in the temple remain the same, but when the devotee gathers and carries them to



the Altar, and offers them, they become the conveyors of his love and dedication unto the Lord of his heart.

Lord, in all religions, needs insignificant things like a spoonful of oil for His lamp, or a candle, or even an edifice to house Him ‐‐‐ be it a church, a mosque, or a temple. emember, Your ‘Beloved’ is not an ordinary person, He is he richest person: Rt

‘AnaMtkaoTI ba`*maaMD naayak’

he owner of Infinite Universe! Still you have to express Tyour love as an ordinary worldly lover. Take bud of beautiful rose, be on your knees, and with humble note you should murmur, Oh! My love, I love thee, do ou kindly permit me to offer you this flower as token of my ove? yl yaa maorI mauhbbat kbaUla hO? @

Do You Accept Me as your Love? This is the only and very precise way to convey love to your beloved.



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AhM sava-sya p`Bavaao mat: sava-M p`va-tto [it ma%vaa Bajanto maaM bauQaa Baavasamainvata:

gaIta A. 10 Slaaok 8 Geeta Chapter 10-8 I am the Source of All; from ‘Me’ everything evolves; nderstanding thus, the "wise" endowed with 'loving onsciousness' worship ‘Me’. uc



Lord clearly suggests Devotee’s passion should be with nowledge that The Lord is ultimate source of everything. He kis ‘Devine’ and All Great. The Love must be such pregnant. When Devotee has such strong affection The Lord also comes forward to reveal him more vividly. pSya mao paqa- $paiNa SatSaao|qa sahs~Sa:


idvyaM ddaima to caxau: pSya mao yaaogamaOSvarma\ [gaIta A. 11 Slaaok 8 Geeta Chapter 11-8]

The Blessed Lord said: Behold, O Partha, forms of ‘Me’ by undreds and thousands, of different sorts Divine, of various hcolors and shapes. ut you are not able to behold ‘Me’ with these your own eyes; BI give you the divine‐eye; behold ‘My’ lordly YOGA. ord become so anxious to show himself to you that he imself offers you and gives you ability to see him. Lh

ALlah Agr taE)Ik n de #Nsan ke bs ka kam nhI

f ‘He’ does not favor then it is not possible to see ‘HIM’. It is eyond reach of common human being!!!! Ib



When the devotee see such a wonderful panorama of his ‘Beloved’ he just burst into tears and says in heavy stammering notes filled with love …..

namaao namasto|stu sahs~kR%va: punaSca BaUyaao|ip namaao namasto nama: purstadqa pRsztsto namaao|stu to sava-t eva sava- tsmaa%p`Namya pìNaQaaya kayama\ p`saadyao %vaamahmaIXamaIDyama\ iptova pu~sya saKova sarvyau: ip`ya: ip`yaayaah-isa dova saaoZuma\

[gaIta A. 11 Slaaok 39 40 44Geeta Chapter 11-39 40 44] Devotee says‐‐‐‐‐ alutations! Salutations unto You a thousand times, and again Ssalutations unto ‘You’! ‐‐‐‐ He gets emotional. Salutations to You, before and behind! Salutations to You on very side! O All! You, Infinite in Power, and Infinite in eProwess, pervade all; wherefore ‘You’ are the All. NATURALLY, THE LORD IS, AS ARJUNA SAYS, “OF UNEQUALLED GREATNESS,” AND THERE IS NONE UPERIOR TO THEE IN THE THREE WORLDS.” BECAUSE IT SO:

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Therefore, bowing down, prostrating my body, I crave your forgiveness, adorable Lord. As a father forgives his son, a friend his friend, a lover his beloved, even so should ‘You’ forgive me, O DEVA.

THIS THE ULTIMATE WAY OF PASSION “raga” TOWARDS ‘BELOED’


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Allah Agar Tauf

SSSttteeeppp ––– 777 ‘Li‘‘LLiinnngggeeerrriiinnnggg P PPaaassssssiiiooonnn’’’

Anauraga ‘Lingering Passion’

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Now d ee has well realized that his ‘beloved’ is everyw . Rather ‘He’ is within and without. His actual physical presence is now no more required. He is always with him. T lingering sweet and pleasant feeling is ever fragran his love eternal. Now all activities in life have become his “Pooja”. No it is the just courting the beloved.

yat: p`vaRi<aBaU-tanaaM yaona sava-imadM ttma\ svakma-Naa tmaByacya-M isaiwM ivandit maanava:

[gaIta A. 18 Slaaok 46Geeta Chapter 18-46] From ‘Whom’, is the evolution of all beings, by ‘Whom’, all this is pervaded, worshipping Him with one's own duty, man attains Perfection. Worshiping whole human race and to perform one’s duty is real courtship.



HIS IS THE ‘Anauraga’ THE SWEET EXPEREINCE OF MY T‘BELOVED’. Then the devotee what do listen.

maicca<aa madgatpàNaa baaoQayant: prsprma\ kqayantSca maaM ina%yaM tuYyaint ca rmaint ca

[gaIta A. 10 Slaaok 9 Geeta Chapter 10-9] With their minds wholly resting in ‘Me’, with their senses bsorbed in ‘Me’, enlightening one another, and ever

aspeaking of ‘Me’ they are satisfied and delighted. When two devotees meet they talk about their Beloved God nly. They tell their own experiences to each other. Some otimes they tell stories. Even they sing songs of their Beloved. Even such devotee spends his time in service to mankind as service to God. He seeks pleasure in doing such acts.



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s is the Eighth Step, ‘THE ultimate ‘Union’ withIM’

his is ltimately ‘His’ will and grace‐‐‐‐ as said earlier‐‐‐ T‐

AL Agr taE)Ik n de #Nsan ke bs ka kam nhI<,

-------------- #r)ane muhBbt Aam nhI.

he ‘union’ with ‘The Divine’ is really not common. On one’s wn efforts it is never possible!!!! To

toYaaM sattyau>anaaM BajataM pÌitpUva-kma\ ddaima to bauiwyaaogaM tM yaona maamaupyaaint to




To the ever‐steadfast, worshipping “Me’, with love, I give the "BUDDHI YOGA", by which they come to ‘Me’. Lord promises, ‘I give that 'Buddhi yoga’ BY WHICH THEY CAN COME UNTO ME." But which the devotee must pass hrough all above stages mentioned earner. ‘To the ever‐teadfast, worshipping’, is an ultimate and essential process. ts The devotee striving diligently, as explained above, will be blessed with ‘AN INTELLECTUAL CONTACT WITH, OR OMPREHENSION OF’ Reality. When, through the above process of bringing the mind to quietude, a meditator has succeeded in arresting the mind's agitations (Vikshepa), and has consequently lifted the veiling (Avarana) from his intellect, he comes to the State of ranscendental Experience (Samadhi), which is the ulfillment of Buddhi yoga. This is ‘The Union’ with God. Tf

toYaamaovaanaukmpaqa-mahma&anajaM tma: naaYayaamyaa%maBaavaasqaao &aanadIpona Baasvata

[gaIta A. 10 Slaaok 11 Geeta Chapter 10-11] Out of mere compassion for them, I, dwelling within their earts, destroy the darkness born of ignorance by the hluminous lamp‐of‐Knowledge. This compassion cannot be directly invoked unless the seeker pays the price for it. Self efforts up to the threshold of Godliness are very much essential for devotee in self unfoldment.



eYaa baà*maI isqait: paqa- naOnaaM pàPya ivamau*yait isqa%vaasyaamantkalao|ip ba`*mainavaa-NamaRcCit


This is the BRAHMIC ‐ state, O Son of Pritha. Attaining this, none is deluded. Being established therein, even at the end of life, one attains to oneness with BRAHMAN. THIS IS THE UNION WITH HIM.



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naahM vaodOna- tpsaa na danaona na caojyayaa Sa@yaM evaMivaQaao d`YtuM dRYTvaanaisa maaM yaqaa

Ba@yaa %vananyayaa Sa@yaM AhmaovaMivaQaaojau-na &atuM d`YTuM ca t<vaona p`vaoYTuM ca prntp

ma%kinava-O[gaIta A. 11 Slaaok 53 54 55 Geeta Chapter 11-53 54 55]

Lord says very important aspect in this

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We may wonder what makes the Lord shower His grace upon one, and not upon another. It CANNOT be a haphazard distribution of an Omnipotent, who does things as He likes, rbitrarily, without any rhyme or reason! For, in that case the ord will be accused of partiality and arbitrariness. aL

Allaah Agar taOfIk na do [nsaana ko basa ka kama nahI …… bbat Aama nahI es, Allaah Agar taOfIk na do. His grace is not that free of ost. One has to endeavor for this grace. The Lord says ‐‐‐‐‐

……………………… [rfanao mauh

Yc HERE WE GET THE SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION OF WHAT COMPELS THE LORD TO SHOWER HIS SPECIAL FAVOURS PON SOMEONE SOMETIMES AND NOT UPON ALL AT ALL U

TIMES: But, by singleminded devotion, can I, of this Form, be known’ and ‘seen’ in reality, and also ‘entered’ into, O ‘Parantapa (O scorcher of your foes)! The three stages in which realization of Truth comes to man are indicated here when the Lord says, ‘TO KNOW, TO SEE, AND TO ENTER.’ A definite intellectual knowledge of the goal and the path is the beginning of a seeker’s pilgrimage ‐‐‐ TO KNOW. Next is the seeker’s attempt to masticate the ideas intellectually understood through his own personal eflections upon the information which he has already athered ‐‐‐ TO SEE. rg



Having thus 'known' and 'seen' the goal, thereafter, the seeker, through a process of detachment from the false and attachment to the Real, comes to experience the Truth as no object other than himself ‐‐‐ TO ENTER. By the term ‘entering,’ it is also indicated that the fulfilled seeker becomes the very essence of the sought. The dreamer, suffering from the sorrows of the dream, ends it all, when he no more sees, but ‘enters’ the waking‐state, himself to become the ‘waker’. HOW? ... I SHALL EXPLAIN, SAYS THE LORD



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who does actions for Me, who looks upon Me as the Supreme, who is devoted to Me, who is

free from attachment, who bears enmity towards none, e comes to Me, O Pandava.

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h FIVE P PROGRAMME IN LIFE TO SEEK LOVE OF LORD

1. work is all dedicated to the Lord 2. Whose goal is the Lord 3. Who is a devotee of the Lord 4. Who is free from all attachments, and 5. Who is devoid of all sense of enmity towards all n these five point schemes, we find the entire line of self iscipline summarized.

Id LOVE FOR ALL AND HATRED FOR NONE can be considered the Geeta ‘touchstone’ to know the quality of realization and intensity of experience a seeker has gained through his Sadhana. Lord declares so clearly



For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. [John 3:16] I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. [Galatians 2:20]

Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands. – [Deuteronomy 7:9]

For the LORD loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones . . . [Psalm 37:28]

I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me. – [Proverbs 8:17]

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. – [1John 4:911]

And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him? [1 John 4:16]

http://www.allaboutgod.com/truth/john-3.htm#16



We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. – [1 John 4:1920]

This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother. – [1 John 3:10]

No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money. – [Matthew 6:24] So be very careful to love the LORD your God. – [Joshua 23:11] I love you, O LORD, my strength. – [Psalm 18:1]

Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with your entire mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ – [Matthew 22:3739]

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self‐seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres. Love never fails . . . And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. – [Excerpts from 1 Corinthians 13:413]

http://www.allaboutgod.com/truth/joshua-23.htm#11



My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this that he lay down his life for his friends. [John 15:1213]

'Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD. [Leviticus 19:18]

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs. [Proverbs 10:12]



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yallbaQvaa pumaana isawao Bavait AmaRtao Bavait tRPtao Bavait

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With union with God one become ‘Happy’ thereafter and

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HAPINESS ALL OVER HAPINESS

UP AND DOWN WITH THE WIND

HAPINESS WHRILS HERE THERE EVERY WHERE

HAPPINESS HAPINESS ALL OVER HAPINESS GOLDEN RAYS OF SUN

SMILING DAWN COLORFUL CLOUDS

SPRING OUT MUSICAL NOTES HAPPINESS HAPINESS ALL OVER HAPINESS

GENTLE BROOKS FLOWING STREES ARE SWINGING BIRDS ARE CHIRPING LOTUS IS BLOOMED

BEES MURMURD HAPPINESS HAPINESS ALL OVER HAPINESS

Poet: Balkavi Music: P. Hridayanath Mangeshkar

Singer: Lata Mangeshkar



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Anil Sohoni is a Retired Mechanical Engineer from Pune, India. A Sadhak of Chinmaya Mission

mE mail: [email protected]: Anil Sohoni

MIRA KE SHYAM

maIra tao pòma ka ]<auMga iXaKr hO È yaa eosaa khao kI maIra pòma ka maanasa saraovar hO È [sako ilayao tumho maaotI caunanao kI Aadt DalanaI haogaI È tBaI tuma maIra kao AaOr Syaama ko pìt ]sako pòma kao samaJa sakaogao ÈÈ Taoshobuddha Love is unseen but realized truth. Real love has something of the beyond. This is the reason it never thinks of the future. And then there can be no problem with the future. Tomorrow oes not exist for real love. Time does not exist for real love because tomorrow is the dfunction of time. Real love is the outcome of the realm beyond time and space. If you love a person, your love is an expression of your realization within. And realization does not happen through the mind. However mind is the only faculty that you trust. Remember all realization happens within – the deep recess of your being now and here. You ever say that this you will realize in future. What will happen tomorrow— who cares? nToday is so much and enough. This moment is eternity. What will happen tomorrow, we will see when tomorrow comes? And tomorrow never omes. Real love is of the present. To say real love seems incorrect but I have to use the word cfor you as love has been defiled. This is just to distinguish your understanding of love. Always remember anything real has to be part of awareness. Awareness is of the present. Awareness is part of meditation. Then there is no problem! Anil Sohoni ever ready to learn has created a beautiful document. Taoshobuddha

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