PROPER UNDERSTANDING OF SADHANA

The results of sadhana should be evident on its own and naturally in sadhak. Sadhak should take a pause if this is not the case. Otherwise he will fall in a ditch. It is sadhana only if he experiences sublimation (transformation) of his natural tendencies by his heart. If that is not the case, he should consider the sadhana as a some kind of false belief and should be prepared to abandon it. Before doing that he should examine himself with complete impartiality. Moreover he must examine himself and decide if he has expressed the spirit (bhavna) of sadhana with complete awareness, deep knowledge and devotion in his daily life, at every instant. If sadhak can do all these then only he should consider himself fit to think like that (abandon the sadhana), not otherwise.

Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan manthan
Edition 3; page 339.

WHAT IS SADHANA?

Sadhana does not mean strangulating life. There should be flourishing of life with natural ease. It means  harmony of natural tendencies and as a result experiencing development of good qualities like peace, equanimity, patience, forbearance and happy mental feeling. When the energy from these good qualities is used in various life experiences with deep knowledge and have a feeling of fulfillment of life and living a blessed life, it is sadhana.

Pujya Shree Mota
Life and works,
Edition 1; page 223.

LOVE ( 2 )

True love does not ask for any rights. For love, sacrifice is success. The heart is the field of action for love. Love has nothing to do with superficial bhava or emotion. Love means forgetting one's self and becoming one with the loved one. When in love, there is no place for demands, expectations, desires and reciprocation. Love believes in sacrifice. The expressed characteristics of love are attraction. Love means being owned by swajan ( person near and dear to you ). Love encompasses letting go, sacrifice and offering of everything. It also includes forsaking even one's own existence. In love there is no misunderstanding, feeling of being unappreciated and pride. When and where true love is expressed, it creates eternal joy and happiness and not the fire that destroys everything. In love there is penance, suffering and obstacles yet there is no affliction, quarrels and sadness in bearing all these. There is nothing to lose in true love.

Pujya Shree Mota
Life and works,
Edition 1; page 287.

LOVE ( 1 )

Love's dominion extends over the entire universe. It is in everything and everywhere. Everyone is connected with love. It is known as attraction in inanimate objects. In living beings it permeates as a desire for worldly pleasures and also exists as a higher form of love. Humans have remnants of animal characteristics and the seeds of divine consciousness.

 Love stays quiet and humble. Ego and arrogance can never coexist with love. Infatuation and love are like darkness and light. Infatuation is blind while love has the vision of innumerable eyes. Love has breath and depth. Comparing love with the vastness of the sky is more appropriate than comparing it with the depth of the ocean.

Pujya Shree Mota
Life and works,
Edition 1; page 286.

ONLY EXPERIENCE CAN DIGEST THE TRUTH AND ESTABLISHES THE FAITH

We should not consider the truth as established until it transforms from being in the mind to being in reality (a matter of fact). Till then the truth is not digested. Even if it sounds true in our thoughts and has a kind of faith about it, we will not understand the true nature of the thing, until we experience it as a matter of fact. Faith eventually transforms it into reality and it is useful from that point on.

Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan pagaran,
Edition 3; page 114.