Page 368 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6

Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6
sense of Being, therefore, firstly announces the essence of our prayer- the goal of my being, of my existence, of my life, is Being.”
Our spiritual guide, Pujya Sri KCN garu has given a Monograph on Prayer. He is forth right in saying that the goal of life as set forth in the first line of our prayer is to be adopted as the goal since it is our very purpose of existence and means to serve others by moderating our needs of Kama and Artha by means of Dharma and not Adharma, to maintain ecological balance in Dharma, respecting all beings, maintaining harmony, avoiding conflict and disharmony. Fraternal love is one such; Avoiding separation from the universe, which is a material manifestation of the Divine, requiring love to be extended to all, thus knowing existence with interdependence of all His progeny, is a means of enjoying immense happiness and bliss. While dealing with the 2nd line of prayer, Sri KCN garu states that our self-centeredness and concern for ourselves alone weighs most in our conduct in life, especially in non-sublimation and non-moderation of baser instincts relating to Kama and Krodha, and we fail in reasonable control of other spoiling agents- Lobha, Moha and Ahankar, thus we beg pardon of our Master stating that we are slaves of our wishes, but, yet, giving a hope to ourselves, that we may, with serious practice, on any day get over these wishes, of course, in the direction of moderation, though not total annihilation. We are plain enough to tell Babuji that these vices (wishes) are putting a bar to our advancement. The next and the ultimate course of action, left to us is to sincerely pray feeling HIM in the core of our heart as Divine Light. It is light without luminosity. In a state of total surrender, we pray to HIM asserting that He is the only means being the God, ultimate or Reality having power to lift us to that ultimate stage of realizing nothingness of our self; He summarizes in one sentence
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