"MY DIVINE ENERGY MAYA IS VERY DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME. BUT THOSE WHO SURRENDER UNTO ME CROSS OVER IT EASILY."
Lord says in Gita Shloka 7.14 < click to read:
“दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया
मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते"
"MY DIVINE ENERGY MAYA, CONSISTING OF THE THREE MODES OF NATURE, IS VERY DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME. BUT THOSE WHO SURRENDER UNTO ME CROSS OVER IT EASILY."
Some people feel “cool shower of spirituality” with divine messages – hope everyone does that – ultimately it will, for all are at different stages of progress towards the ultimate DESTINATION – some are ahead, some behind & some are not even walking in the desired direction.
These Godly messages, are being sent, though manifestly by me, I am a mere medium (निमित्त) of His & only He, by His कृपा (grace), inspires some to send & disburse & preach His messages & others to receive His mesages with all intent.
Actually many of us are “sleeping” (in spiritual terminology) even
though physically awake until our विवेक (Discrimination power) is awakened.
विवेक MEANS TO REALISE THIS IN HEART that quote
Srimad Bhagvat < click to read :
“ACTUALLY THIS UNIVERSE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, YET LEARNED SAGES HAVE ADVISED, AS KRSHNA HAS ALSO ADVISED, THAT THIS MATERIAL WORLD IS DUKHALAYAM ASHASHVATAM; IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS A PLACE OF MISERY AND TEMPORALITY.”
See the balance of power between God & this world:
(i) whereas God is very easy to understand
(ii) we can be more assured of achieving God’s love than to achieve something in this world &
(iii) He is the ultimate eternal Bliss (sat-chit-anand)
as OPPOSED TO THIS WORLD, which is:
(i) very difficult to understand
(ii) all achievements, obtained by a very great hard work are also ephemeral (temporary)
(iii) you would finally only get misery (दुख)
Irony is that vide above comparison, even though balance of power is clearly tilted in favour of Lord, His maya has blindfolded our mind, obfuscating our path to Lord.
(obfuscating = to make something unclear and more difficult to understand)
But again this is appreciated (बोध होना as against mere knowledge,जानना ) - only by those who are fortunate to have faith & patience (श्रद्धा, सबूरी) by His grace.
As God Himself says in Gita:
"संशय आत्मा विनशयती" < click this to read
(soul is betrayed by doubt (संशय)
Your own faults can be rectified only when one accepts that he is suffering from a disease.
आदमी दवा तभी लेता है जब वो मान ले कि उसे रोग है BUT until विवेक is awakened, man does not even accept that he is dis-eased (literally “not at ease”) & therefore such a man does not even turn to spirituality.
All the guru / satsang, listening to His glories etc. (or Godly messages) do - is to awaken your विवेक.
Each spiritual message you receive is actually a “knock” on the door of your heart by Lord who wants to enter it BUT because विवेक is sleeping, man ignores such “knocks” & does not allow Lord to come & sit in his heart.
That is the tragedy of life (but this is His maya).
It is ALL HIS PLAY OF MAYA conveyed nicely by these lines:
"खाक हम हो गये इश्क़ के दौर में, कुछ तो कमज़ोर हम, कुछ रजा आपकी"
"राजी तेरी रजा में, हमें ऐसे भी वाह वाह है और वैसे भी वाह वाह"
"आबाद करो या बर्बाद करो
अब तेरी रजा पे छोड़ दिया
तेरा ही तुझको सौंप दिया
दिल देके तकाजा कौन करे"
(तकाजा-desire)
पत्ता भी नहीं हिलता, तेरी रजा के बगैर, फिर भी इंसान गुनहगार है, पता नहीं क्यों
Why to get confused & bogged down in these lines, why not simply surrender to Lord & override His maya.
Here is a nice example of : why should we call out (पुकार) in all earnestness to Lord to overcome His maya :
you go to meet a friend but the dog greets you with his bark & growl ; when all your means fail and you have no option left, you call out to the owner of the dog who subdues/ neutralises the dog
video 1 < click to see
In the same way Maya can be subdued only by God's intervention , when we try yog, yagya, jap, tap, vrat, pooja and none of these techniques succeed, finally we cry out to the Lord, You please help me. And when his grace descends then we get the ability to overcome the material energy & any difficulty
video 2 < click to see
Standby link (in case youtube link does not work):
Bhagavad Gita TOP 3 RULES To Face Any Problems In Life Swami Mukundananda.mp4
Bhagavad Gita TOP 3 RULES To Face Any Problems In Life Swami Mukundananda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWYYVK_9JtM
