When the formless God assumes a form, it is natural for human beings to
meditate and worship that form. People derive great satisfaction and experience
bliss by doing so. It is allright as long as that form remains. Once that
divine form ceases to exist, what will you do? The happiness and bliss derived
from the worship of a particular form of God are born out of your illusion
only. The physical vestures last for a particular period and then cease to
exist. Divinity takes different forms later.
For example, you are now attached to this physical body. You worship this
body and derive great satisfaction and bliss thereby. But, after sometime, this
body may disappear like the earlier Avatars, Then you should not feel sad.
When the divine Atma embodied in this physical body reaches its eternal
Abode, it is a matter of joy, not sorrow. Over many periods of time, God has
incarnated as several Avatars. Be attached not to the physical form of a
particular Avatar but to Divinity as the formless, attributeless, Parabrahma,
which manifested as different Avatars in different ages.
- From Bhagawan's 2009 Maha Shivarathri Divine Discourse.
OUR LIFE IS HIS MESSAGE
Sai Ram
