RIPE KNOWLEDGE (પાકું જ્ઞાન) FROM THE EXPERIENCE

 Understanding without the experience, no matter how high, is never useful in the workings of the senses for that particular time. Knowledge from the experience is not just for namesake, it is real money. If someone tells us something different or in opposition to our own actual experience, we will tell him: " brother! I have different experience about that person ad it is not what you are telling me. I will believe you if I experience the things that you are telling me."Our senses have the understanding according to the experience they have about it. 

Pujya Shree Mota

Jivan Pokar

Edition 3; Page 55.

HOW CAN THE SADHANA BE DONE WITH NATURAL EASE?

 

Our sadhana can be done with natural ease if

— We can make a heartfelt effort to remove all the obstacles that impede the progress in our path, and ask for the grace and help from Shree Prabhu (God) constantly.

— We continue to remove the faults that are present in our sentient nature with clear understanding and ask for help from God by prayers, just as we do weeding in the field and keep the harvest. 

Pujya Shree Mota

Jivan Pokar

Edition 3; Page 119.

THE PURPOSE BEHIND THE WORK AND THE RESULT

 We should not see the work as just the work. While performing the works, we should pay constant attention to observe, the kind of bhavna stays within us. Life will be crushed if the work is seen as a dull and without interest. The karmas will produce heartfelt joy and the weight of it will be like that of a flower if it is done with the fountain of the bhavna in the heart. If the work is done in this manner, it results in heartfelt sameness and bhava of goodness within us towards the relations and souls that come in our contact as a result of the performance of the work.

Otherwise the worldly souls will behave with their own vision, understanding, measure and experience but we have to love everyone. No one should be excluded from the circle of our Bhavna of love.

Pujya Shree Mota

Jivan Sopan

Edition 3; Page 157.

THE ROOT INSPIRATION FOR THE SADHANA - SATGURU

 There can never be a vitality in the sadhana, without an abundant enthusiasm and interest in life. So where does this enthusiasm come from? Sadhana does not mean to crush the life or strangling the life by squeezing the source of its energy. There should be progress in life with natural ease leading to the harmony of the vrutties (tendencies and inclinations) resulting in the experience of peace, balance, equanimity, patience and joy; the energy of these Gunas are then utilized with awareness in the various incidents in life and as a result the life is experienced as fulfilled and blessed. This is the process of sadhana. Life is not worth living if we are taking care of the life's incidents as if the living dead body is fulfilling its duty. This is even worse than the life without any purpose or aim. There should be heartfelt enthusiasm in the Jivatma (soul) for the sadhana but where will it get this enthusiasm? What is the root inspiration for this heartfelt enthusiasm? We will get this root inspiration and enthusiasm needed in the sadhana by developing the Bhava of love and devotion in our mind and heart towards our life's satguru.

Pujya Shree Mota

Jivan Sopan

Edition 3; Pages 63 - 64.

KEEP A SMALL AIM

 Try to fulfill even a small aim taking into consideration your present level of understanding. Keep a small aim after understanding your thoughts, desires and likings. Try hard to fulfill it. Subsequent aims will be higher as you get better at it. Bhavna (aspiration, intention) illuminates and produces instant comprehension. There should always be an aim, if we want to carry out any activity. Moreover there should be enthusiasm, firmness, perseverance and care in the activity. There should be eagerness, readiness to do whatever is needed and spend the life to achieve it. You will not be able to reach even a small goal without such commitment. There is a possibility to develop good qualities (Gunas) if there is lots of patience and great enthusiasm to fulfill even a small goal. You should try with heartfelt pleasure and bountiful of aspiration.

Pujya Shree Mota

Maun Mandir Nu Haridwar

Edition 1; Pages 124 - 125.