God Realization is not Difficult | Goal of Life - Part 7 by Swami Mukundanand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrH9t_Rzw7o&t=1s Full Text God Realization is not Difficult | Goal of Life - Part 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrH9t_Rzw7o&t=1s Transcript 1 Nobody is happy, this is a realization that has to dawn, until it dawns you are chasing a mirage, we've spent our whole life chasing the mirage, many of you have come from India right, when you were in school you thought, you know, right now I'm not really happy, if I get through college engineering college, I will be happy, when you got through engineering college, you said, right now I'm not happy, if I get a job I'll be happy, when you got a job you said, right now I'm temporary, if I get confirmed, I'll be happy when you became confirmed, you said, right now things are not so good in India, if I get that USA visa then I'll be happy, so you came to USA, now tell me are you happy ? Swami ji, what happy ? same old story, same wine and different bottles, so the mirage is being changed, the whole life goes by, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrH9t_Rzw7o&t=12 2 until that fortunate soul wakes up and realizes that maybe the direction in which I am searching for happiness, is wrong and when does that awakening arise ? when we decide that I am NOT the body, I am the soul and hence the happiness I am searching for is not in material things, it is in God and the happiness that will satisfy my soul must be Sat Chit Anand, eternal, infinite, ever fresh - that is the kind of yearning my soul has, until we understand that, Swamiji will keep on lecturing it will not make a difference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrH9t_Rzw7o&t=79 3 There is the story of Prahlad, you know, Prahlad got God-realized at the age of five, Narsingh Bhagawan manifested and then he grew up and became king subsequently, Prahlada ruled as an able and righteous king whose subjects loved him tremendously, finally even it was time for Prasad to depart, God sent the vehicle from Go Lok, Shri Krishna said Prasad your time is up, come to my divine abode, Prahlad said Maharaj, my public loves me more than their own life airs, I should leave them in misery and come to Your abode ? that's not correct on my part ! if You wish me to come, give me the permission, I will come with public. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrH9t_Rzw7o&t=145 4 God said, Prahlad, nobody in your public is interested in coming to GoLok, Prahlad said, Maharaj give me the permission, God said, all right, whoever wishes to come, bring him along, Sunday morning, Prahlad said there's little time but I'll get my ministers to work right away, he asked his ministers to go into a survey, and prepare the list, we are getting a free ticket to GoLok, so the ministers, they went around, they went to one house, you know, there's this free ticket to GoLok, we are making the list, are you interested ? that person said, are you crazy ? what happened ? I have just been engaged, after four months, I'm going to marry, do you think I'll go to GoLok ? okay you've got a point there, they went to the next person, you know, there's this free ticket to GoLok being offered by God, are you interested in availing the scheme ? he said impossible, I have just married four years, I have got two little children, am I going to leave them and go ? they went to the next person, are you interested ? he said look at his IPL season, until the final is over, how will I go ? somebody who was waiting for the Super Bowl etc., not one person was interested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrH9t_Rzw7o&t=207 5 Prahlad was extremely embarrassed, what face will I show to God, Shri Krishna understood Prasad's predicament, He said Prahlad, if any animal in your kingdom is interested, get that animal along, Prahlad asked his ministers to make a revised list, this time they met with success, one Pig became interested, now the pigs in India, you know, usually stray pigs eating excreta, so the pig became interested, Prahlad said, Maharaj, a drowning man clutches on even a straw, one pig is desirous of coming to GoLok but it has put a condition, he wants ticket with family, the she pig and the six little piglets, they will all come together, so Prahlad was told by God, alright, bring him along now, they started off, Prahlad is going towards the plane, he got on, he asked the pig you also get on, the pig came right up to the plane and then he stopped, he said wait, Prahlad said now what happened ? the pig said, the food that I eat, excreta, will I get it In GoLok, Prahlad said you are going to the abode of God and you can't think of anything apart from excreta, the pig said what pleasure there is in it, what do you know ? taste it and see, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrH9t_Rzw7o&t=298 6 see the sharabis and the kbabis of the world, they say the same thing, are baba, why are you criticizing it ? take it & see the नशा in it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrH9t_Rzw7o&t=411 7 so God said, Prahlad, see nobody from your kingdom wants to come to the abode of God, in the same way it's not that we can't become God realized, we don't want to become God realized and why do we not want to become God realized because of the first mistake we made, we forgot who we are, we forgot we are the eternal soul and we started thinking of our self to be the body. When we decide that I am the soul & not the body, then we will search for happiness in God, presently our search for happiness is like churning lime water in the hope of getting butter out of it, butter is not in lime water, butter is in yogurt, in milk, similarly when we search for happiness in the right place, it will not be difficult to get it because God is sitting within us, “verse” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrH9t_Rzw7o&t=423 8 God doesn't need to be found by going over Vrindavan or going to Ayodhya, God is residing within us and He has not even laid any condition for His attainment, He says you don't have money, doesn't matter, the poorest have become God realized, you don't have eyes, never mind Soordas was भगवत प्राप्त, you don't have a leg, you can't walk to the temple, don't worry, those who were lame also attained God, you don't have a tongue, you can't chant His name, even that is not compulsory, IF THERE IS ANY PERSONALITY IN EXISTENCE, THAT PERSONALITY MUST HAVE A MIND, GOD SAYS GIVE ME THIS MIND THAT IS ALL I WANT, LOVE ME WITH THIS MIND, ATTACH YOUR MIND TO ME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrH9t_Rzw7o&t=521 9 BUT IN ENDLESS LIFE TIMES WE HAVE GIVEN THIS MIND TO THE WORLD, TO BETA, BETI, HUSBAND, WIFE, SON, DAUGHTER, FATHER, MOTHER, JALEBI, SAMOSA, TELEVISION, WE HAVE ATTACHED OUR MIND EVERYWHERE BUT WE HAVE BEEN SUCH MISERS THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GIVE THIS ONE MIND TO GOD AND THAT IS ALL THAT HE WANTS, SO TODAY WE DECIDED THAT THE GOAL OF LIFE IS TO ATTAIN GOD BECAUSE FROM HIM, WE WILL GET THE HAPPINESS THAT WE WANT, THE NEXT QUESTION WHICH WILL NOW COME UP IS HOW DO WE ATTAIN THAT HAPPINESS OF GOD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrH9t_Rzw7o&t=595 Transcript 0:12 Nobody is happy, this is a realization 0:18 that has to dawn, until it dawns you are 0:23 chasing a mirage, 0:25 we've spent our whole life chasing the 0:28 mirage, many of you have come from India 0:31 right, when you were in school you 0:34 thought, you know, right now I'm not 0:36 really happy, if I get through college 0:38 engineering college, I will be happy, when 0:42 you got through engineering college, you 0:44 said, right now I'm not happy, if 0:46 I get a job I'll be happy, when you got a 0:50 job you said, right now I'm temporary, if 0:53 I get confirmed, I'll be happy when you 0:56 became confirmed, you said, right 0:58 now things are not so good in India, 1:00 if I get that USA visa then I'll be happy, so 1:05 you came to USA, now tell me are you 1:07 happy ? Swami ji, what happy ? same old story, 1:12 same wine and different bottles, so the 1:16 mirage is being changed, the whole life 1:19 goes by, that fortunate soul wakes up and 1:25 realizes that maybe the direction in 1:29 which I am searching for happiness is 1:32 wrong and when does that awakening arise ? 1:38 when we decide that I am NOT the body, I 1:43 am the soul and hence the happiness I am 1:48 searching for is not in material things, 1:52 it is in God and the happiness that will 1:57 satisfy my soul 2:01 must be Sat Chit Anand, 2:06 eternal, infinite, ever fresh - that is the 2:11 kind of yearning my soul has, until we 2:18 understand that, Swamiji will keep on 2:21 lecturing it will not make a difference, 2:25 There is the story of Prahlad, you know, 2:29 Prahlad got God-realized at the age of 2:32 five, Narsingh Bhagawan manifested and 2:35 then he grew up and became king 2:40 subsequently, Prahlada ruled as an able 2:44 and righteous king whose subjects loved 2:48 him tremendously, finally even it was 2:54 time for Prasad to depart, God sent the 2:58 vehicle from Go Lok, Shri Krishna said 3:01 Prasad your time is up, come to my divine 3:06 abode, Prahlad said Maharaj, my public 3:11 loves me more than their own life airs, I 3:16 should leave them in misery and come to 3:19 Your abode ? that's not correct on my part ! 3:23 if You wish me to come, give me the 3:27 permission, I will come with public. God 3:33 said, Prahlad, nobody in your public is 3:36 interested in coming to GoLok, 3:40 Prahlad said, Maharaj give me the 3:42 permission, God said, all right, whoever 3:46 wishes to come, bring him along, Sunday 3:49 morning, Prahlad said there's little time 3:53 but I'll get my ministers to work right 3:55 away, he asked his ministers to go into a 3:58 survey, and prepare the list, we are 4:01 getting a free ticket to GoLok, so the 4:06 ministers, they went around, they went to 4:10 one house, you know, there's this free 4:12 ticket to GoLok, we are making the list, 4:14 are you interested ? that person said, are 4:16 you crazy ? what happened ? I have just been 4:20 engaged, after four months, I'm going to 4:22 marry, do you think I'll go to GoLok ? okay 4:26 you've got a point there, they went to 4:28 the next person, you know, there's this 4:29 free ticket to GoLok being offered by 4:32 God, are you interested in availing the 4:34 scheme ? he said impossible, I have just 4:37 married 4:38 four years, I have got two little children, 4:40 am I going to leave them and go ? they 4:43 went to the next person, are you 4:44 interested ? he said look at his IPL 4:47 season, until the final is over, how will 4:49 I go ? somebody who was waiting for the 4:53 Super Bowl 4:54 etc., not one person was interested, 4:58 Prahlad was extremely embarrassed, what 5:01 face will I show to God, Shri Krishna 5:05 understood Prasad's predicament, 5:08 He said Prahlad, if any animal in your 5:12 kingdom is interested, get that animal 5:14 along, Prahlad asked his ministers to 5:19 make a revised list, this time they met 5:22 with success, one Pig became interested, 5:27 now the pigs in India, you know, usually 5:30 stray pigs eating excreta, so the pig 5:34 became interested, Prahlad said, Maharaj, a 5:37 drowning man clutches on even a straw, 5:41 one pig is desirous of coming to GoLok 5:45 but it has put a condition, he wants 5:52 ticket with family, the she pig and 5:57 the six little piglets, they will all 5:59 come together, so Prahlad was told by God, 6:03 alright, bring him along now, they started 6:07 off, Prahlad is going towards the plane, 6:11 he got on, he asked the pig you also get 6:15 on, the pig came right up to the plane 6:20 and then he stopped, he said wait, Prahlad 6:25 said now what happened ? the pig said, the 6:29 food that I eat, excreta, will I get it 6:34 In GoLok, Prahlad said you are going to 6:39 the abode of God and you can't think of 6:43 anything apart from excreta, the pig said 6:48 what pleasure there is in it, what do you know ? 6:51 taste it and see, see the sharabis and 6:57 the kbabis of the world, they say the 6:59 same thing, are baba, 7:00 why are you criticizing it ? take it & see 7:03 the नशा in it, so God said, Prahlad, see 7:09 nobody from your kingdom wants to come 7:12 to the abode of God, in the same way it's 7:16 not that we can't become God realized, we 7:20 don't want to become God realized and 7:24 why do we not want to become God realized because of 7:32 the first mistake we made, 7:34 we forgot who we are, we forgot we are 7:40 the eternal soul and we started thinking 7:43 of our self to be the body. When we 7:48 decide that I am the soul & not the body, 7:52 then we will search for happiness in God, 7:58 presently our search for happiness is 8:01 like churning lime water in the hope of 8:06 getting butter out of it, 8:08 butter is not in lime water, butter is in 8:12 yogurt, in milk, similarly when we search 8:18 for happiness in the right place, it will 8:21 not be difficult to get it because God 8:26 is sitting within us, “verse” 8:41 God doesn't need to be found 8:46 by going over Vrindavan or going to a 8:49 Ayodhya, God is residing within us and He 8:54 has not even laid any condition for 8:57 His attainment, He says you don't have 9:02 money, 9:03 doesn't matter, the poorest have become 9:06 God realized, you don't have eyes, never 9:10 mind 9:11 Soordas was भगवत प्राप्त, you don't 9:15 have a leg, you can't walk to the temple, 9:18 don't worry, those who were lame 9:21 also attained God, you don't have a 9:25 tongue, you can't chant His name, even 9:28 that is not compulsory, if there is 9:32 any personality in existence, that 9:36 personality must have a mind, 9:40 God says give me this mind that is all I 9:47 want, love Me with this mind, attach your 9:55 mind to me and in endless life times we 10:01 have given this mind to the world, to 10:05 beta, beti, husband, wife, son, daughter, 10:08 father, mother, jalebi, samosa, 10:12 television, we have attached our mind 10:15 everywhere but we have been such misers that 10:19 we have not been able to give this one 10:23 mind to God and that is all that He 10:27 wants, so today we decided that the goal of 10:32 life is to attain God because from Him, 10:37 we will get the happiness that we want, 10:41 the next question which will now come up 10:44 is how do we attain that happiness of 10:49 God Standby link (in case youtube link does not work): God Realization is not Difficult Goal of Life - Part 7 Swami Mukundananda.mp4
