Surrender - Part 26

ALIGNING SURRENDER LEARNING WITH THE ATTRACTION TO ATMA NIVEDANAM FLOW

Jnatum - Knowing God.  Looking up to God

Both the above fall in to or get aligned with the initial 3 stages of attraction, faith and worship in the above flow.

Drashtum - Approaching and seeing God. Having the darshan of Lord, within one's heart, focussing on Lord.

Both the above stages are aligned with some where within the stages of Sadhana and mind control to  the stage where the Bhakta's love pervades the creation, every thing he sees, every thing he does, is consumed/covered in the overwhelming Love that he has become.

Praveshtum -  Like we read in earlier posts, the Lord has not only touched the devotee but has entered the devotee's heart and soul, merged in the devotee or, it can also be said that the  devotee has merged with the Lord. Whether it was Krishna touching and then entering devotee's entirety explained in a post or it is Mira entering the sanctum sanctorum never to return/ to be found, the result is the same, ABSOLUTE MERGER.

I am Thine - A stage where the devotee is bound to God, like the kitten to the cat.

You are Mine- Getting God to be bound by your love- Like How Surdas says to Krishna,"O Krishna, You can escape from my physical grip but how can You ever escape from my  heart??" God is bound by devotee's love.

I AM THAT-Tvamevaham - God and me are one, both God and jiva free, both exist as same - Tat Twam Asi.

Both the above stages are aligned to the supreme state of Atma Nivedanam , Supreme Self Surrender or, as the author begged to reword it, Atma Sayujyam.

Thus, let the Bhakta take any one of the 4 or 5 routes explained in previous posts and summarized in this post and follow the chosen route/path intensely and sincerely. 

And, Swami is there, with a re-assuring smile, saying, "You take one step towards me, I shall take 100".

What more assurance is required for us from Sai Maharaj  in this journey of Surrender, where, you have ended from where you started, you started praying to the lord with your heart and at last, found Him in your heart.?

Having discovered the lord in His heart, the devotee cries out in ecstasy, let every one get what you gave me, "Ghar Ghar main bas jao Baba"......, and then to ensure that the lord has heard his cry,  repeats- "Ghar Ghar main bas jao Baba"!!!!!!

Love.

Paramhansa Yogananda

Surrender - Part 25

ALIGNING SURRENDER LEARNING WITH THE ATTRACTION TO ATMA NIVEDANAM FLOW

In the same way, the alignment of the above 2 flow of Love with Attraction to Atma Nivedanam is given below:-

Love for God, the changing of direction of one's love from world to God and Loving God in form, explained in the earlier posts, is when you start with attraction and proceed to adoration.

Whole souled love of God happens upon your single minded devotion for God and Devotion transforming to Love.

Love IS God, the stage where jiva, the nadhi, has merged in God, the ocean of love and only Love exists, neither Jiva nor God, is the state of Atma Nivedanam, Thoughtless state, Absolute Freedom, Supreme Bliss.

In the Loving God Without (in form, outside you),

           Loving God Within and then the

           Spontaneous existence as Love 

                   is aligned with the 3 stages of 

              

           Attraction to single minded devotion, 

   Atma Nivedanam/Thoughtless state/Supreme bliss 

          and then, 

      

Love all or world swimming in your state of LOVE is aligned with experiencing unity in creation.

It is only in this flow that you realize God first, as Love and then, like the cascade of moon beam explained, the world takes your love and gets blessed, without your even deliberating or knowing that you are showering LOVE or you are SERVING ALL.

Though, service to humanity has to be undertaken in all stages of your spiritual sadhana, the service that just happens, without your doing, is the supreme service.

When Ramana was asked by some one as to what possibly could the  monks/ rishis meditating in the Tibetan mountains and the Himalaya serve the world, the sage replied " It is only due to the selfless love and compassion of those monks and rishis that the world is still surviving,inspite of so many wars, height of unrest and agitation in the minds of people!

Love.