SANSAR ( સંસાર, WORLDLY LIFE AND AFFAIRS)

This sansar is not phony. Its purpose is to shape us. We can profit a lot if we take care and with understanding ignore relationships whether it is favorable or not and the unfair treatment towards us from others. We can do even better if there is awareness during the contact, that these relationships are presented for development of good qualities in our lives. We are presented with circumstances of difficulties, puzzles, troubles, unreasonable behavior of relations with the purpose of shaping our lives, alerting us and learning new things. There is a failure on our part to understand this in living and active manner. That is the biggest defect in us. Whatever is presented in our lives is for learning  and nothing is useless or without purpose and is full of matter of fact circumstances. Experiences teach us that even though the life has the limitations of cause and effect, there is something more than that also. Sansar has limitations and at the same time it is limitless too. We need to experience the purpose behind these happenings in sansar. Just as sansar is a place for hard and difficult penance, it is also a place for experiencing the pleasures of the play of Vrundavan (dance of Shree Krishna with Gopis). We sentient beings do feel as if the sansar has the feeling of duality like truth and falsehood.
Sansar may not be like "it only has duality and nothing more". We will see it according to our views and experiences. So we have to act and behave differently from the sansar.

Pujya Shree Mota
Pujya Shree Motana Patro (Letters)
Edition 1; Pages 37 - 38.

SADHANA FOR EXPERIENCING GOD

Swajan:  Why there is confusion in the mind even if we know that the way of naam-smaran is the straight way to experience the God?

Pujya Shree Mota:  By the grace of God the soul that struggles with the real enthusiasm and bhava from the heart does not have such confusion. We have only one straight path to follow. We can gather all our might and use it with concentration for naam-smaran. At the same time we can try to sublimate our natural tendencies in our adhar (base; mind, buddhi, prana, chitta and ego) so that bhava of our dear God can settle in it. We need to do both together. Sadhak who wants to experience the God must recognize and understand his own prakruti and dispositions.

The bondages of prakruti and dispositions will become stronger by acting according to its whims. Prakruti and dispositions means totality of collected dispositions and habits over many births. We can let go of this past impressions when it rise in the mind and not sweep away in its forceful flow. We should not get engaged in the successive thoughts or get swept away in the force of vrutties. It means that the strength of infatuations, jealousy, anger and sexual impulses gets diminished and in such circumstances not get swept away in its force; at the same time cultivating the awareness and praying to God with sincerity" Oh God! I want only your pleasure". Our strength is the intense enthusiasm to call the God with all the heart and sincerity. We can never drown in the innumerable obstacles due to our inner strength.

Pujya Shree Mota
Sant Hraday
Edition 3; Pages 107 - 108.

ASSESSMENT OF APPROPRIATENESS OF THE KARMA (DEEDS)

                                                                 HARI OM

Kumbhakonam,
April 15, 1953

It is inappropriate for developing life to perform the works (deeds) with just the gross physical consideration even though the works are of the best quality. It is more important to express the original intent snd the sprit of the works (bhavna) with understanding while performing the works than having knowledge and awareness of the works. The works that produce peace, balanced mind, happiness, patience and sense of discretion at the time of performing works and when done with understanding, are very important for the development of the life. One who is a true student of life and is knowledgable about it, can not deny above information.

Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Pokar
Edition 4; Page 244.

DO NOT HARBOR PREFERENCES, EXPECTATIONS AND DESIRES

We should not think about preferences, expectations or desires about or regarding others. It is proven that the waves of the sound spread in the atmosphere, likewise there are waves of thoughts and it also spreads in the atmosphere. Our thought waves of expectations, preferences and desires mixes with the thoughts of innumerable people's expectations, preferences and desires in the atmosphere. This not only increases their desires etc, but all these cumulative thoughts are also reflected within us because we have become a center in the atmosphere by having such thoughts. Examining from the other viewpoint our thoughts of (money, prestige, enjoyments etc,) are inert and it can not  be the center by itself since it can not think about these things by itself. Since the thought waves of desires etc, are not accepted, it returns to us with greater force. Once we have created the thought waves of preferences, expectations and desires, it will keep on increasing and will be a great hindrance to us. For this reason sadhak should not develop or encourage preferences, expectations and desires within him.

Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Pagathi
Edition 6; Page 188.