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દારેસલામ, તા. ૧૧-૪-૧૯૭૦
ઉતારેથી યોગીજી મહારાજ લુહાણા વાડીમાં સભામાં પધારતા હતા. રસ્તામાં દરિયાકિનારો આવતો હતો. બંદર આવ્યું, બંદર ઉપર સ્ટીમરો હતી તે સ્વામીશ્રીને બતાવી. એટલે કહે, 'એમાં શું? બધા પોતાના સ્વાર્થમાં મંડ્યા છે. દરિયો ભગવાનનો છે અને સૌ પોતાના સ્વાર્થ માટે પૈસા કમાવા વાપરે છે...' સ્વામીશ્રીએ સૂક્ષ્મ ટકોર કરી. કુદરતી લાભો ભગવાને આપેલા છે, પણ માણસો ભગવાનનો પાડ ભૂલીને, મગરૂરીમાં એનો ઉપયોગ કરે છે. એટલે જ કદાચ સ્વામીશ્રીએ કહ્યું હશે કે સૌ પોતાના સ્વાર્થમાં મંડ્યા છે.
- સાધુ ઈશ્વરચરણદાસ
Vachanamrut Gems
Amdãvãd-4:
The Astik and Nastik
“After hearing the incidents of Rushabhdev being burnt in a forest fire, and Shri Krishna Bhagwãn being killed by an arrow striking his foot, the minds of those with a nãstik perspective, and those who are not devotees of God become confused. They then allege that God too passes through birth and death just like themselves, and that He receives a human body according to His karmas and leaves the human body by His karmas as well. They also assert that only when God performs karmas that do not cause attachment will He be acquitted of His karmas and attain liberation.
"On the other hand, those who have an astik mind and those who are devotees of God realise the understanding of the nastiks to be wrong. They know the body of God to be eternal; and that the birth, childhood, youth, old age and death of God, as well as whatever other bodily traits He may display, are merely an illusion. This is because kal and maya are not powerful enough to have any sort of influence on God's body. In fact, all transformations that do appear to occur in God's body are all due to His yogic powers. Those who are devotees of God do not become misled by this; whereas the minds of those who are not devotees become bewildered, just like worldly people become bewildered on seeing a wizard's acts.
Those, however, who are aware of the wizard’s techniques are not bewildered. Similarly, Purushottam Shri Nar-Nãrãyan also assumes many different bodies and discards them like the wizard. Thus, this Shri Nar-Nãrãyan is the cause of all avatars.
“Those who infer death upon Shri Nar-Nãrãyan will themselves have to undergo countless births. The suffering of passing through the cycle of 8.4 million different life forms and the torments of Yampuri are indeed endless. Conversely, those who realize Shri Nar-Nãrãyan to be beyond aging and death will be released from their karmas and the consequent cycle of births and deaths in the 8.4 million life forms. Therefore, all satsangis and sadhus of our Uddhav Sampradãya should not infer death upon the forms of God – those that have occurred in the past, the current one or those that will occur in the future. This principle should be noted by all.
[Amdãvãd-4]