If one leaves the body while remembering God, first his mental body becomes a servant of God, in accordance with God. Then, attaining a divine body, he becomes a servant of God and attains God, attains the abode. In this way, whatever one remembers at the end of life, one has to take birth accordingly. It is said in the Upanishads that, "Svena rupena abhinishpadyate." That is, first of all, his mentality becomes in accordance with a servant of God. How do God's servants, like Gopalanand Swami and others in Akshardham, perform mental service to God? Such a mentality is formed here. Then, in the Upanishads, it is said that his jivatma becomes one with that form. "Svena rupena abhinishpadyate." Maharaj modified this slightly, saying that God gives him a bhagavati body. But there is no contradiction between the two. God gives a bhagavati body, meaning God wills, "You become like this," and so it happens. So God gives him a bhagavati body, but in the Upanishads it is said, "Svena rupena abhinishpadyate." His own consciousness becomes a conscious body. Consciousness itself takes the form of the body. That is the meaning of what is said in the Upanishads. Maharaj said that he receives a bhagavati body. A jivatma never remains without a body. Never, not even for a moment. As soon as he leaves this body, God must have kept it ready for him. Either this one or that one. Either a ghost's body or a bhagavati body. And the bhagavati body is a mentality. It happens through mentality. First, it happens mentally. So the mental form is created first. "May I serve God like this, may I serve God like this, may I serve God like this." That is his mentality, "May I serve God in this way." When such a mentality is formed, God must have kept it ready, "Since his mentality is this, prepare that and take this, you take this." As soon as he leaves this body, God immediately gives him a bhagavati body. And if he has contemplated on dogs and donkeys, thinking, "I missed biting this one, and I missed biting that one," then God... his mentality becomes like that. So God keeps that ready for him, "Here, since you missed biting, bite here." All these—lust, anger, greed, jealousy, envy, ego—are all of that... they are all its property, but we have taken possession of them. They are the property of dogs and donkeys. But we have taken possession of them, thinking, "This is me." If one leaves the body while remembering God, first his mental body becomes a servant of God, in accordance with God. Then, attaining a divine body, he becomes a servant of God and attains God, attains the abode. In this way, at the end of life, if... in this way, whatever one remembers at the end of life, one has to take birth accordingly. But that does not mean that if one leaves the body while remembering a house, he will become a house. Or that leaving the body while remembering wealth will make him wealth, or that leaving the body while remembering God will make him God, etc. God spoke such words in the Gita. "Anta-kale cha mam eva smaran smaran Remembrance. To remember. Tap to open in glossary → yam yam Restraint. First step of ashtãng-yog, which involves moral living for purity of mind and unobstructed concentration. Tap to open in glossary → yam yam Restraint. First step of ashtãng-yog, which involves moral living for purity of mind and unobstructed concentration. Tap to open in glossary → smaran smaran Remembrance. To remember. Tap to open in glossary → "Yah prayati sa mad mad Arrogance. Tap to open in glossary → "...yah prayati sa mad mad Arrogance. Tap to open in glossary → yati yati A person who firmly follows brahm-chãrya and has conquered all of his indriyas should be known as a yati. [Jetalpur – 2]. Tap to open in glossary → Then "yam yam Restraint. First step of ashtãng-yog, which involves moral living for purity of mind and unobstructed concentration. Tap to open in glossary → yam yam Restraint. First step of ashtãng-yog, which involves moral living for purity of mind and unobstructed concentration. Tap to open in glossary → yam yam Restraint. First step of ashtãng-yog, which involves moral living for purity of mind and unobstructed concentration. Tap to open in glossary → yam yam Restraint. First step of ashtãng-yog, which involves moral living for purity of mind and unobstructed concentration. Tap to open in glossary → yam yam Restraint. First step of ashtãng-yog, which involves moral living for purity of mind and unobstructed concentration. Tap to open in glossary → yam yam Restraint. First step of ashtãng-yog, which involves moral living for purity of mind and unobstructed concentration. Tap to open in glossary → So a house is included in that. In the other, God is included. Not the feeling of both. It means becoming close to that. One has to take the implied meaning. "Gangayam ghoshah." But by contemplating on a house, he will live in that house as a rat, a lizard, etc. Some state of the body occurs. One that is not defeated by anyone. Do they not force it? But by contemplating on a house, he will live in that house as a rat, a lizard, etc. By contemplating on wealth, he will become a snake. Contemplating on God... Mostly people say that if there is attachment to wealth, one becomes a snake. If there is attachment to the house, mostly one becomes a dog. So he lives there. He definitely comes there then. As soon as he sees the gate open, he slips in. The others do not want to let him in. By contemplating on wealth, he will become a snake. By contemplating on God, he will live as His attendant, servant, etc. He does not become God, but His attendant, he becomes just like Him. He becomes like God. The meaning is that at the end of life... with one thought a person becomes a dog, and with one thought a person becomes like God. See, what is the value of a thought? So, keep making a few of them. Good ones, not bad ones. Whenever you get time, keep making good thoughts. What if one of them hits the mark? The meaning is that the rule of contemplation at the end of life is only for living beings. In inanimate objects, like "Gangayam ghoshah," it becomes some related living being. Non-human animals, birds, etc., remember at the end of life entirely according to their respective karmas. Or they have to go according to the path decided by God based on their past karmas. And accordingly, their next birth takes place. In this way, the law of remembrance at the end of life applies everywhere. Maharaj has shown it as secondary in some places. That is shown in connection with the strength of devotion. And the special doership or supremacy of Shreeji Maharaj is shown. Still, from examples like Bharatji, to some extent, caution is indeed necessary. It is not that this rule does not apply to him at all. The specialty of the human body over other bodies is that its remembrance at the end of life is not subject to karmas, but is subject to personal effort. The jiva must make such an effort that even at the end of life, God is remembered. In personal effort, man man Mind. One of the four antah-karans, with the function of (pronounced mun) generating thoughts and desires, and governing all of the indriyas. Tap to open in glossary → That is why, compared to other life forms, he has greater glory. By forming a mental connection in the human form, there is independence even at the end of life. There is independence to connect even at the end of life. A human can form or break a mental connection with anyone. "I want to keep a connection with this one and break it with that one." So a human can break it. It is not so in other life forms. There is no independence. They are driven by 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 → In the human form, there is independence to form a mental connection even at the end of life. A human can form or break a mental connection with anyone. That is why Maharaj gave priority to satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → kusang kusang The association of an evil person. Tap to open in glossary → satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → And the jiva can do it, and God has also given the freedom. Wherever one forms a connection with anyone other than God at the end of life, according to that connection, he is born there, he has to take birth. But if at the end of life one remembers God, a connection is formed with God. Then his other connections are automatically broken because they are not real, they are artificial. Therefore, he becomes free from them. Whatever is remembered at the end of life, his next birth becomes like that. Whatever one's nature is, mostly that is what he contemplates on at the end of life. Like one who has a habit of keeping dogs, and dogs... At the end of life, at the end of life, there is no discrimination. Even otherwise, when the blow of death strikes, discrimination becomes unconscious. So then, nature comes forward. The nature that has been nurtured and maintained throughout life, according to that nature, he contemplates and moves forward. Because discrimination cannot function, and to leave one's body while remaining in discrimination, Maharaj says, only an Ishwar-like powerful figure can do. Not everyone can do that. Only the extraordinary, single-minded devotees of God can do that. They leave the body while remaining in discrimination. Shastriji Maharaj... that Swami is fine, but recently when Vallabh Bhagat went to the abode, how divinely he left his body. He renounced the body while remaining in extreme discrimination. Kothari Swami also, in such a way, in discrimination. In this way, we can say that Balmukund Swami had requested, "Cremate my body here, do it in the river stream." That Kothari Swami left saying exactly that, "Cremate my body in Taroda." So, to maintain so much discrimination, for Swami, it was the influence of service. For Balmukund Swami, his spiritual power was altogether different. So all that discrimination is said to be the grace of God. Otherwise, no one else retains so much discrimination. Whatever is remembered at the end of life, his next birth becomes like that. Whatever one's nature is, mostly that is what he contemplates on at the end of life. Like one who has a habit of keeping dogs, the nature that has become deeply rooted comes and stands before him at the end of life. The discrimination we have practiced does not come and stand before us at the end of life. Therefore, avoid nature a bit and make it lighter. Otherwise, the very same nature will come and stand before you. Even this time. Whatever one's nature is, mostly that is what he contemplates on at the end of life. Like one who has a habit of keeping dogs and likes dogs very much, then at the end of life... Nature, what is nature? Natural. Extreme attachment, extreme attachment. Extreme attachment is called nature. One cannot let go of that attachment. Therefore, it is said to have become his nature. So, do not let extreme attachment develop anywhere other than in good things. In the service of God, in the worship of God, in God, and in God's sadhu, cultivate, develop, and acquire such extreme attachment. Even if one does not like it. 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