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(Vachanamrut loya-10:Remaining Uninfatuated)
Extract:
On the morning of Māgshar sudi 8, Samvat 1877 [13 December 1820], Shriji Mahārāj was sitting on a large, decorated cot in Surā Khāchar’s darbār in Loyā. He was wearing a white dagli made of chhint and a white survāl. He had also tied a white feto around His head. At that time, an assembly of munis as well as devotees from various places had gathered before Him.
Thereupon Nityānand Swāmi said, “In this world, there are some men who have such affection for women and other objects that if they were to be separated, they would not be able to live. There are others who also have affection for women and other objects, but it is not as intense. Hence, if they were to be separated, they would survive. Thus, there are two types of people. Now, if the former affectionate person who involves himself in worldly life with affection were to meet God, he would become attached to God in the same way; i.e., if he were to be separated from God, he would not be able to survive. Moreover, if the latter person with less intense affection for worldly life were to meet God, he would have less intense affection for God as well. Granted this, is the difference between these two types of people due to karmas or is it eternal?”
Hearing this, Shriji Mahārāj replied, “Those differences are not inherently present in the jiva; instead, they arise as a result of karmas. How does this happen? Well, when a jiva performs a karma, the force of its vruttis can be of three levels: mild, intermediate and intense. The force with which the vruttis attach themselves to the object determines the effect of the karma upon the jiva. As a result, three levels of affection arise due to these karmas.”
Discussion Points:
- Discuss if you think that this affection for god is based on the person's Karma or is the issue due to the person itself?
- What is wrong when someone is so deeply connected to something that they can’t go without it for even a day?
- What is a way we can overcome the vishays that affect us in the path to becoming brahmrup?
Activity:
- Everyone in the family gets a pen and piece of paper and then everyone writes a list of what objects or things that affect your devotion to maharaj and swami and obstacles that interrupt your seva in mandir.