"Bhati" means loves of God
When tomorrow will be a fact, yesterday will become a fiction. Such is
the game of illusion that facts become fiction, and fiction becomes fact. With
physical death, the fact of life ends for most of us, where as, the fiction
continues for some generations. The entire endeavour of the spiritual seekers
is to be in a continuous state of fact (truth and dharma) and get redeemed from
the fictions (illusion or maya). But, we think before we begin the Guru
Poornimar whether we are putting in adequate effort for getting rid of
fictions, illusions.
Experiences show that intellectual endeavours, howsoever potent and
mighty they may seem, have not catapulted or thrown or raised any human being
to spiritual heights. History shows that the highest spiritual masters are
those who were uneducated in formal sense. For example Ramakrishna Parmahans,
Sri Shirdi Sai, Namdeva, Tukaram, Paltu Maharaj etc. It obviously means that
there is something self-limited in the intellectualism, in the path of
spiritual progress.
All that the spiritual masters learnt in their life and spread among
others is 'bhakti' or devotion. When tomorrow will be a fact, yesterday will
become a fiction. Such is the game of illusion that facts become fiction, and
fiction becomes fact. With physical death, the fact of life ends for most of
us, where as, the fiction continues for some generations. The entire endeavour
of the spiritual seekers is to be in a continuous state of fact (truth and
dharma) and get redeemed from the fictions (illusion or maya). But, we think
before we begin the New Year whether we are putting in adequate effort for
getting rid of fictions, illusions.
Experiences show that intellectual endeavours, howsoever potent and
mighty they may seem, have not catapulted or thrown or raised any human being
to spiritual heights. History shows that the highest spiritual masters are
those who were uneducated in formal sense. For example Ramakrishna Parmahans,
Sri Shirdi Sai, Namdeva, Tukaram, Paltu Maharaj etc. It obviously means that
there is something self-limited in the intellectualism, in the path of
spiritual progress.
All that the spiritual masters learnt in their life and spread among
others is ˜bhakti" or devotion. ˜Bhakti" means love of God. Since God is not
sitting on a throne like an individual, therefore, how to love Him. The answer
is that God is in everyone, and if one has the capacity to love others, he is
doing real bhakti. Even doing all the worship, yoga, pranayaam or breath
control etc. for one's own improvement is not ˜bhakti" It is an activity for
fulfilling spiritual/occult ambition like any other ambition.
God is not sitting on a throne like an individual, therefore, how to love
Him. The answer is that God is in everyone, and if one has the capacity to love
others, he is doing real bhakti. Even doing all the worship, yoga, pranayaam or
breath control etc. for one's own improvement is not ˜bhakti". It is an
activity for fulfilling spiritual/occult ambition like any other ambition.
