Awareness Article #3

Compulsory Marriage!

Today,Swami gave one page of writing, divided into different sections. Let us see

the first section:

*Self-surrender, which means theprogressive alteration of the

personality (‘i’ consciousness) of the devotee,allows the devotee’s

consciousness to gradually merge intheIshta Devatha,hischosen form.

Swami put a star here, which indicates Krama Mukthi, where a person attains

liberation progressively and slowly. He attains the Ishta Devatha, his chosen ideal.

Swami said this is Self-surrender and is called Krama Mukthi. All those who are born

here must attain God; this is Krama Mukthi, the path of progressive liberation. However

many births one may take, this is the end for all. A person takes thousands of births and

slowlyattains God progressively, through Krama Mukthi. Another person performs

sadhana, with full effort and attains Mukthi, here and now. This is what Swami has

taught when He came here.

We must perform sadhana with full effort and attain God. Everything else in this

world is perishable. Whatever one earns in life is not permanent. Money post, relatives,

none of these things can be taken with you when you leave this world. If this isrealized

clearly, then you will be greatly benefitted. This rule can be followed with anyform of

Godand you will attain Him. This is what Swami shows and declares through the Sarva

Dharma symbol. God is one; all religions are the same. God is in the heart of all as the

Indweller, the Antaryami. He is there in the state of Witness.

It is through sadhana we must awaken Him. It is then the Indweller increases

more and more in size and guides us. This is told in the 13 chapter of Bhagavad Gita

through the five stages of Upadrishta, Hanumantha, Bartha, Bhoktha and Maheswara.

God is in the heart of all as a blue light the size of the tail end of a paddy grain. Through

sadhana, the blue light grows bigger and bigger, until it occupies the entire body. In this

state, the Jeeva becomes Shiva. This is the Maheswara state.I have shown in a diagram

from the chapter Food Vidya in Beyond the Upanishads, how this blue light expands and

occupies the whole bo

dy.

In the Narayana Suktham it is declared,

Niilatoyada madhyasthad Vidyullekheva bhaasvaraa

Niivaarasuuka vattanvee piitaa bhaasvatyanuupamaa

Tasyaa sikhaayaa madhye paramaatmaa vyavasthithaah

Sa Brahma, sa Sivah, sa Harih Sendrah soksharaah paramah svaraat

The One who is in the form of blue light inheart centre, is the personal

God of each. It is said that He is Brahma, He is Hari, Shiva and Indra.

Yet, I say He is not only these names. He is also Jesus, Allah, Guru Nanak,

Zorashtra, Buddha and Mahavir. It is according to the desires of each that one’s chos

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form arises and showers His grace. This is what the greatest Avatar came to show us.

The Antaryami, which is shown by Vedas is everyone’s chosen ideal. A Sai bhajan tells,

Rama Kaho Krishna Kaho Ishwara Allah Sai Kaho

Buddha Kaho, Guru Nanak Kaho Zoraashtra

MahaviraEsuKaho

Yugaavatar Tumho Viswasakti Tumho

Sarvadharma Priya Sai Mahesa

Parabrahma Tumho

Here it tells that Swami is the Avatar of the Age, the Universal Shakthi. All

religions teach only one thing, which is Love. This is what Swami shows. All chanted the

Vedas, which was also done in the presence of Swami. Yet, why do people see differences

of caste, creed and religion? The Narayana Suktham tells this only. All know God is in

the hearts of all as a blue light the size of paddy grain. This is the same for all. We say,

‘He is Brahma,Vishnu and Shiva’. In Hinduism, many forms of God are worshipped.

Some adore Shiva, some Vishnu and others Brahma and Indra. The sloka declares that

one can worship any number of names and forms of God. The blue light in the heart is

Brahma,Vishnu and Shiva. In Hinduism, this blue light contains hundreds of gods and

goddesses; the chosen ideals of all.

Christians see the same blue light.For some it is Jesus and others the Virgin

Mary. Each religion sees the blue light as the deity they worship. The Hindu religion is

the firstto followSanathana Dharma. At that time, Vedas declared that God is as a blue

light in the hearts of all. This is the same for all throughout the world. Swami has now

preached the expansion of Vedic literature. There is only one God. Swami showed this to

those from all religions. It is only when one leaves their individuality does the wisdom

come that all are one. One can then show love to all and attain Mukthi. In Sathya Sai

Speaks volume 9, page 116:

No one knows exactly when theVedhaswere collated in their present

form. Bala

Gangadhar Thilak surmised that it must have happened about 13,000

years ago; others bring the date down to 6,000 years ago, but, all are

agreed that it was beyond at least 4,000 years! And, Buddha is a historical

figure, who lived about 2,500 years ago. Christ was born1969 years ago,

and Islam was formed 600 years later. So, chronologically as well as

logically, the inference is correct, that theVedhic Dharmais the grandfather,

Buddhism is the Son, Christianity the grandson, and Islam the great-

grandson.

Thus,all religions are of one clan: no differences of Christian, Hindu, Moslem,

etc. There is only oneAntaryami, Indweller in all, one blue light of God; so there are no

differences among all. All are children oftheOne God

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In the second section, Swami wrote:

...The ego identifies with body and our physicalness,i.e body awareness.

It envelopes uslike smoke obscures the fire, so we cannot see our own true

divine nature.Our highest nature is hidden or covered by this ego, which

identifies with lower nature.

Theego connects with the body, and those who are connected to it. This is how ‘I

and mine’, arises. We connect to all that connects to the body. From this, anger, jealousy

and all bad qualities arise. Through connection to body consciousness, the six bad

qualitieslust, anger, greed, ego, jealousy and attachmentcome to us. Just as smoke

covers fire, we are covered by these six qualities. We are unable to know our true, real

nature. What is our true nature? We are immortals. Swami calls ‘O children of

immortality’. Our real nature is immortality. This true nature is covered and does not

allow us to attain the immortal state. It is due to body consciousness that we are born

and die again and again. If werealizewhat our true nature is we will never be born again

and attain Mukthi. Until werealizethis, we must be born and die again and again. The

cycle of birth will never come to an end until we know this truth. Otherwise,we must

attain liberationslowly through the path of Krama Mukthi, progressiveliberation.

As all are only body conscious, all physical things connect with them. Wife,

children, relatives, money, post,it is in this way our life passes by and goes on. Even if

one forgets their physicalness, others will not allow them to.

An example. A man has a son who is not married. One of his friends asks, ‘Your

son has grown up and you have not arranged his marriage? You not arranged your

daughter’s marriage either?’ The friend sees the boy’s state and kindles the father to

arrange the marriage of his sonand daughter. A year after the marriages have taken

place, the same man asks, ‘Your son has no child yet? Nor your daughter?’ Thus, parents

feel it a duty is to arrange and marriages of their children. If the parents are calm and do

nothing, others say they are committing a great sin. What is this strange world? Time

after time, age to age it is only, ‘my child and marriage’. These two things have become

deeply imprinted in the heart and mind of each human being. It is given the utmost

importance. Societydoes not allow man to live in another way. Through body

consciousness, man is born and dies, born and dies. Here, marriage and having a child is

made compulsory for all!

Jai Sai Ram

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