Essence of Self

"How can an ordinary person realize What the Vedantnishtha great Saints like Swami Lilashah Ji can easily give you, no one else can give" - Asharam Bapu Ji

You may practise Sadhana for 50 years on your own, visit temples and mosques and keep offering devotional services. But the ultimate goal still remains unattained. The saint-poet Narsi Mehta has sung:–

All Sadhana as are illusory so long as one does not know the essence of Self.

One makes rapid progress in Sadhna in the presence of a Jivanmukta Saint. The state one attains as a result has been described by Sant Kabir as thus:-

"My mind like a bird began soaring in the sky,

The heaven was vacant, God being with the saints."

The first time I had gone to live with my Guruji, when I was just a novice, I was stunned at His behavior. Later I realized that it was His grace and compassion that He lived with us so simply so that we also could comprehend His supreme experience and strive for the same. Sometimes, Gurudeva was so harsh that if someone were unfortunate, he would instantly run away. Sant Pritamdasji has thus proclaimed: The path of the Lord is for the brave, cowards dare not tread it. Great Saints like Lilashahji Maharaj have transcended their identification with the body. By encouraging the seekers and if need be by even pushing them, they make others climb the Mount Everest of Knowledge.

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