PUJYA SHREE MOTA

Thursday, May 19, 2016

APPROPRIATE PRAYER OF FORMLESS (GOD, DIVINE) BHAVA

If  a soul cannot express the bhava for the God in his satguru meaning he cannot embodiment this bhava for God in the form of his satguru, is it still possible to express this bhava genuinely with prayer full of feelings and sincerity (bhavna)? When it is thought further it is apparent that these feelings may be produced by some incident, reaction and counter reaction to an incident or the memory of the person who is supportive and helpful in spiritual development (satguru). Also it may be produced by the desire to pray at the time of difficulty or sorrow to get the solace. But to generate sensitivity in the prayer, there must be feelings and sincerity of the purpose at the root of the prayer.
For some it may not be possible to express the divine bhava in the form of the satguru, meaning it may not be possible to visualize the image of his satguru even though he has heartfelt feelings, sincerity and devotion towards him. The feelings and devotion is considered appropriate and genuine if there is an expression of this support and help of the satguru in actions and behavior. The prayer is considered appropriate and genuine only if feelings and devotion (towards satguru) is expressed in actions.

Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Darshan
Edition 8, pages 260 - 261.