Then Muktanand Swami asked, "How does one develop intense attachment towards God?" Then Shriji Maharaj said, "Either there is such an extremely strong samskara from a past life..." When there is such an extremely strong samskara, the mind becomes intensely attached. Maharaj said that... First, the title is chosen as, 'What are the characteristics of one whose mind is intensely attached to God?' Intensely attached. Whose mind becomes attached to God? Whose does? [inaudible] First, there must be an intention within, right? Yes? First, if one makes an intention, then it happens, otherwise... this just goes on. Right now, as long as God does not obstruct us, why do we need to please Him? If He obstructs, then we will please Him. Within, he must feel a strong urge. That with this body, I now want to please God intensely. In many births, everyone else has been pleased, and only this One remains. Now, in this birth, I want to please Him intensely. How is He pleased intensely? Then, Maharaj has only shown these means. What is the root? What is its root? There must be a rise from within the jiva, right? That I want to please God intensely. Where is such a rise? Otherwise, today it rises, if a rise is made here while sitting, then when one stands up, it stops again. It must penetrate deep down to the foundation. The rise to please God intensely must penetrate deep to the foundation, then He is pleased intensely. Then these are just the secondary means. These are just the characteristics mentioned, that if there is a rise to please Him intensely, then this happens to him. If there is a rise to please Him intensely from within, if it has filled the jiva, then this happens to him. Then Shriji Maharaj said, "Either there is such an extremely strong samskara from a past life, or one pleases through seva the Sadhu who has such firm attachment to God." You were saying, what if others believe that the one they please does not have devotion to God? That is why Maharaj said, 'pleases him.' One who has intense attachment to God, through him samskaras are formed. Samskaras are also formed through him, and if one pleases him, then one gets attachment, otherwise not. It is not that it happens just by the name of a Sadhu. If one pleases everyone. On the contrary, if one pleases someone, even what little one has might be lost. Like that. If he does not have love for God, then this person's love is lost. So he suffers a loss, he loses it. Or one pleases through seva the Sadhu who has such firm attachment to God. This is Sadhu... like, there is an organization of Sadhus. Now, in that, many might have... malice towards God, and if one pleases him, then this person also brings that home. They might not have malice towards God because they eat His food, but if they have malice towards a Sadhu, a true Sadhu, then it means they also have malice towards God. So what else comes from that? How can intense attachment come from that? Can it? One who pleases through seva the Sadhu who has such firm attachment to God, through both of these indeed, such firm attachment to God is developed. But there is no other way besides this. Thus the Vachanamrut. In this way, the 29th Vachanamrut of Gadhada Middle Section was read. Vachanamrut 29. On the characteristics of one who has attachment to God. Expounded theme: The characteristics of one whose mind has become intensely attached to the form of God. Key points: Transcending attachment to the body and other things to form attachment to God. Whether he is tired or sick. Maharaj... the conclusion from this Vachanamrut is, where does this jiva have intense attachment right now? In body-consciousness. Where does everyone have intense attachment? Is there any attachment like body-consciousness? No. There is intense attachment in body-consciousness, and if there is even a slight problem, he cools down. So there is intense attachment in body-consciousness. If he transcends that attachment, then his attachment to God increases. When there is a conflict between the two, and if his attachment to God has increased, then it is said that he has intense attachment. There is intense attachment in body-consciousness. So, if one rises above body-consciousness, and if one rises for the devotion of God, then it happens. Many minds are away from body-consciousness, if they are self-realized persons, then they do not have body-consciousness. But if there is no love for God... this love is such that it raises him above body-consciousness, in God. Transcending attachment to the body and other things to form attachment to God. Attachment to God is developed through the seva of the ekantik Sadhu of God. Commentary: This Vachanamrut is about intense attachment to God. Maharaj says that a devotee whose mind has become intensely attached to the murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → First, tiredness of the body, pain of disease, honor and insult, meaning confusion, mental confusion. That other thing is not mentioned here, success and failure. Failure is a kind of insult. But who has caused it? Oneself to oneself. Failure is a kind of insult, so its blow is felt in the mind. So in the mind, that is called attachment to the subtle body. It is called attachment to the subtle body. In the subtle body, it is called self-conceit, Maharaj said it is self-conceit. He has self-conceit of ownership towards the body. So, if others insult him, then he feels very bad. But if he has insulted himself, if he stumbles by himself, then whom should he abuse? Even if a nail comes off, whom should he go to abuse? 'I, I, I' eats up your mind. Whom should he go to abuse? So he does feel bad. So when a person, say, falls, and if he fell by himself, then he cannot express it anywhere, but his... so the mind then gets separated from God. Is there body-consciousness? That is why. And if someone does something to us, all the anger is directed at him. And in the other case, one cannot get angry at oneself. Do you ever get angry at yourself? 'I am just like this.' 'He never understands.' They must be getting angry at him. Yes? Does anger make any difference? Why? If one gets angry at oneself, then it is worth mentioning. That is considered good. It causes an inferiority complex, to oneself... What is called an inferiority complex? Believing oneself to be low. What is called an inferiority complex? And what is called reality? Yes? An inferiority complex means believing oneself to be lower than one actually is, that is an inferiority complex. A knot has been formed, and he never rises above it, that is called an inferiority complex. 'No, I am just like this. Just like this, nothing else.' So in that inferiority complex, one thing is that he does not even want to rise. He does not want to come out of it. And the other thing is... any person is inferior to someone who is superior to him. So one should not feel dejected because of that. 'Well, we are small, so we are useless.' Or 'we are failures, so we are useless.' Or 'we failed in this one task, so we are useless.' The dejection that spreads over him, and not coming out of that dejection, is an inferiority complex. Failing in something is not an inferiority complex. When someone fails, they either blame someone else, and if... there is no chance to blame? On oneself... they blame themselves and fall back. Falling back is an inferiority complex. Blaming oneself is awareness. Falling back is an inferiority complex. And realizing one's mistake is called awareness. That is not an inferiority complex. That we made a mistake. Who does not make mistakes? Everyone who walks on the path of God makes mistakes. But if he realizes that he made a mistake, or catches himself making a mistake and corrects it, then that is called awareness. Even just catching the mistake is called awareness. Correcting it is called greater awareness. One who recognizes is a human, one who corrects is a Sadhu, and one who does not make mistakes at all is God. One who never makes mistakes is God. Those stages are mentioned. One who does not even recognize is an animal. If a cow is eating someone's field, and its owner comes, if she eats there daily, she runs away. But if she does not know, she might go to attack him if he has nothing in his hand. So that is called an animal. Even an animal knows that if we are eating someone else's food, we should run away. So mostly, if it is a clever animal, it runs away. But this human is beyond that, so he does not run away. Even if he does wrong. He locks horns with him. Just as in success... just as in failure there is this awareness, not calling oneself guilty but considering it a mistake. That it is called our mistake. The word 'guilty' is essentially the same, but by becoming 'guilty,' half the dejection has already come. And if it is a mistake, then there is no dejection, there is enthusiasm. Like, recently, Ramesh presented a presentation, very nice. That 'failed' and what was the other thing? 'Not yet.' 'Not yet.' 'Not yet.' 'Not yet.' 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