Then one is freed from the world. But honestly, it should be in one's mind that I want to be freed from this world and I want to become a true servant of God. If such a resolve arises in his mind and he honors it, then there is great power in that resolve. In the Gita, God said, "Nehaabhikrama naashosti pratyavaayo na vidyate svalpamapyasya dharmasya traayate mahato bhayaat." This resolve is never destroyed. And "pratyavaayo na vidyate" means if any mistake occurs, there is no need for penance. "Svalpamapyasya dharmasya" means if even a little is done with true feeling, one is freed from the world. "Traayate mahato bhayaat." So who doesn't let one do it? God said in the Gita, "Bhogeshvarya prasaktaanaam tayaa apaharat chetasaam vyavasaayaatmikaa buddhi buddhi 1) Intellect. Intelligence. 2) One of the four antah-karans, with the functions of consolidating thoughts, making decisions and resolutions, forming beliefs, or discriminating. It possesses the knowledge of all objects and is also the reason for the specific knowledge which all of the indriyas possess. Its inherent features are doubts, belief, sleep and memory. Tap to open in glossary → "Bhogeshvarya prasaktaanaam" means one has great attachment to worldly pleasures and "aishwarya" means great attachment to wealth and property. If there is such attachment, then God said, "tayaapaharat chetasaam," meaning one's jiva is drawn into it. Then one cannot make a good resolve. So, "samaadhau na vidhiyate." It's just about making a resolve, there's nothing else to it, but still, one cannot do it. Many people have all good conveniences. Whatever they do, it seems possible. But they just can't do it. Purani Swami used to recite a sakhi. That the ocean of gold surged, and gems were being swept away. But the unfortunate, with bewildered hands, filled his fist with conch shells. He dived powerfully. Gems were being swept away. But the unfortunate, with bewildered hands, filled his fist with conch shells; he only got conch shells in his hand, not a single pearl. So often, people have all the conveniences. They have all the conveniences to connect with God. There, God said very well in the Gita that you don't have to give anything to the mukhi. You just keep this attached to your neck. You have to let go mentally. You don't have to give anything to us, the mukhi. Here, Yogeshwar Swami, you keep it. A bundle of notes, then Yogeshwar Swami would be very happy. But you don't have to give anything to the mukhi, you have to keep it at home. Maharaj said that to separate oneself mentally is a very big task. It is the path of kings like Janak. So it is the path of Shri Krishna Krishna 1) An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of a cowherd. This is considered to be a greater avatãr than the others, as Shree Krishna possessed all of the powers of Bhagvãn, whereas other avatãrs possessed less power. Shree Krishna conveyed the message of love and humanity to the world. Also, He recited the epic poem, the Bhagvad Geetã, to Arjun in which He stated: ‘Whenever dharma declines and adharma increases, I shall incarnate myself as a human to save the holy, to destroy the sin of the sinner, and to establish dharma. I come into being from yug to yug’. 2) In the Vachanãmrut, Shreeji Mahãrãj also uses the name “Shree Krishna” to describe Bhagvãn Purushottam Nãrãyan. Tap to open in glossary → God said that I am devoted to this nishkam karmayog. God was devoted to nishkam karmayog his whole life. He fought all the wars in his life but never sat sat 1) True. Real. 2) Permanent, imperishable and unchanging. Is unbound by the past, the present, and the future. Tap to open in glossary → He would win but not sit on the throne. So much can be said about it. That when all the work is done, then he doesn't sit on the throne. So God didn't just put all his own children on the throne, no. Otherwise, there were many of them. But he didn't put all of them on the throne. He would enthrone the son of the one he defeated. He killed Jarasandha, so he handed over the throne to Jarasandha's son. He would enthrone the son of whichever king he defeated. Not his own children. Otherwise, for his own children. You, Jatan, Jatan, you. Enthrone Jatan or then Preet. That's the problem. That happens when attachment is removed. Swami, we said that if one cannot make a resolve. Is there some past karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → Attachment. Due to attachment, a good resolve cannot be made. We have so much attachment in this world that we cannot make a good resolve due to attachment. Attachment has suppressed our jiva. To raise one's head from it, one needs a role model. Like, we want to do it this way, like this person. I want to become King Janak. Or I want to become Parvatbhai. If there is a role model, one gets a little strength. Like, let's say we want to be like Muktanand Swami. Then one thinks that Muktanand Swami used to do this, and sometimes something comes to mind. And there is nothing so difficult in this world. The path of God is not so difficult; the path of the world is difficult. In the path of the world, whatever effort we put in, it's not always successful. It succeeds by luck. Everyone wants to be a millionaire, but there will be only a handful here. Because not everyone can become one. Everyone wants to. But not everyone can. Similarly, the path of the world is difficult to achieve. But it's not like that in the path of God. It's like one plus one equals two. Do it today and get it tomorrow. Do it today and get it tomorrow. Do it today and get it today. If we make a resolve today, our jiva separates today. So a person can do it based on some role model. We often say, don't we? That if a cyclist is cycling, and there's a tractor nearby, he grabs the tractor, so the bicycle moves without him pedaling. That's how it is with a role model. If a role model is caught properly, even if a person doesn't want to separate, they get separated. Even if one doesn't want to separate from this world, one separates quickly. So. Yes. Prakriti is eternally active; no living being can remain without performing karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → However, when the relationship with prakriti is severed, these two states do not remain. Sahaj samadhi or sahajavastha occurs. The relationship with prakriti is severed through aham. It happens by changing that aham. No one can destroy aham. But it can be changed. If one changes, people in the world also change. In olden times, saints used to give an example that in olden times, it was customary for a bride to go from her parents' home to her in-laws' home. When she goes to her in-laws' home, she changes her aham. Earlier, if someone asked for her introduction, she would give it in her father's name. Later, if asked, she would give it in her husband's name. Even the surname changes. Not only does the surname change, but possessiveness also changes. If she is at her father's house, and there's cow dung in the market, she picks it up and puts it in her father's courtyard. And then after going to her in-laws', if there's cow dung in her father's courtyard, she picks it up and puts it in her in-laws' house. They come to collect from her father's house or something else. Janmashtami's Ekadashi comes, everyone, what do they come to do? What do they come to do? If something is lying around, they just pick it up and take it. The aham has completely changed. The aham has completely changed. Possessiveness changed, and aham also changed. Possessiveness changed, and aham also changed. They didn't go to study the Gita. It's not like they went to study the Gita and changed their aham. And it's not like birth and death are eradicated by it, but still, people do it. So it's not that it can't be done or won't happen. So it's not that it can't be done or won't happen. If women do it, why can't men? But all men are more suppressed than them. But all men are more suppressed than them. They can't do anything; if someone glares, they have to sit down. They can't do anything; if someone glares, they have to sit down. So we do that for this world. But it doesn't happen for salvation. But it doesn't happen for salvation. If we want to achieve the salvation of our jiva, it doesn't happen. If we want to achieve the salvation of our jiva, it doesn't happen. Otherwise, we are free. Otherwise, we are free. Everyone in this world can change their belief, their aham. And it's practical. Everyone changes it. Everyone changes it. If we change it for the salvation of our jiva. If we change it for the salvation of our jiva. There is nothing to give up. There is nothing to give up. Those people actually have to give up, leave their father's house and go to this house, that's a real giving up. We don't have to give up anything. Maharaj said to keep meditating mentally. If one meditates mentally, its influence comes into one's life, into one's lifestyle. The influence comes into the lifestyle. Then one becomes unbound. That happens. Yes. When the relationship with prakriti is severed, the two states do not remain. When the relationship with prakriti is severed, the two states do not remain. Sahaj samadhi or sahajavastha occurs. Sahaj samadhi or sahajavastha occurs. Maharaj used to say. That we have one virtue and one fault. That we have one virtue and one fault. What is our virtue? That if I snap my fingers, I can put the whole world into samadhi. What is our virtue? That if I snap my fingers, I can put the whole world into samadhi. If I snap my fingers, I will awaken everyone. If I snap my fingers, I will awaken everyone. That is our fault. That is our virtue. What is it? That Muktanand Swami, Gopalnand Swami, were never put into samadhi. What is it? That Muktanand Swami, Gopalnand Swami, were never put into samadhi. Why? Because if they go into samadhi, they won't come back. Maharaj has said, hasn't he, that the form of God is such that once one gets attached there, one cannot come back from there. So they don't come back, that's our fault. But then Muktanand Swami doesn't go into samadhi. But then Muktanand Swami doesn't go into samadhi. He awakens them. And still, he never feels the urge, "Why does Maharaj put others into samadhi and not us?" And still, he never feels the urge, "Why does Maharaj put others into samadhi and not us?" He only makes us work and never puts us into samadhi. If it were us, we would say the same. If it were us, we would say the same. That he keeps making us work and no samadhi. So even though Muktanand Swami didn't have samadhi, he had more joy than samadhi. Why? Because he had changed his aham. That I am a servant of Maharaj. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. Devotional and technical terms with no precise English equivalent (kirtan, satsang, vasana, samskara, and similar) are kept as their plain transliteration rather than force-translated. Not human-proofread., AI-translated, unverified · Source details