All your doubts keep getting cleared successively in the process of Bhakti, the added advantage is that it is “cumulative” even after death , i.e., in next birth, if at all, you start from the level you finished in previous birth – unlike our worldly achievements where you have to start from all over again from scratch
Or [if unsuccessful after long practice of yoga] he takes his birth in a family of transcendentalists who are surely great in wisdom. Certainly, such a birth is rare in this world.
On taking such a birth, he revives the divine consciousness of his previous life, and he again tries to make further progress in order to achieve complete success, O son of Kuru.
By virtue of the divine consciousness of his previous life, he automatically becomes attracted to the yogic principles – even without seeking them. Such an inquisitive transcendentalist stands always above the ritualistic principles of the scriptures.
Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life and whose sinful actions are completely eradicated are freed from the dualities of delusion, and they engage themselves in My service with determination.
In the next birth, one acquires remembrance from the Supersoul and begins to execute the plans begun in the previous life.
One ordinarily does not begin to practice bhakti-yoga unless he has practiced it in previous births
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Prahlāda, O most pure, O great saintly person, your father has been purified, along with twenty-one forefathers in your family. Because you were born in this family, the entire dynasty has been purified.
Thus when a Vaiṣṇava takes birth in a family, by the grace of the Lord he purifies not only that family but also the families of his previous births.
ज्यों ज्यों आप भक्ति रूपी सीढ़ी के ऊपर चड़ते हैं
सवाल कम होते जाते हैं
आखिरी पायदान पर सब प्रश्न शून्य हो जाते हैं
एक ही उत्तर साक्षात्कार होता है : “तुम” (हे कृष्ण)
100 बातें, 1000 विचार, 1,00,000 सवाल
जवाब केवल एक : “तुम” (हे कृष्ण)
इसलिए 1000 सवाल जवाब के चस्कों में मत पड़िए / उलझिए
सीधे सीधे सत्संग करिए और भक्ति मार्ग का आनंद लीजिए (हमें भगवान (or in other words भगवत प्रेम) इस जनम में मिले न मिलें, ग़म नहीं, मगर भक्ति मार्ग ही इतना आनंददाई और सुखदाई है
कि जो न ले वो जनम ही हारा
"जब शमा भुजने लगती है, तो महफिल में रंग आता है,
जीवन ख़त्म होता है ,तो जीने का ढंग आता है”
“कहत सुनत दशा हृदय नहीं आवे”
you cannot appreciate the feeling of bliss of devotion only by casual reading or casual listening or by mere questions & answers – you have to have sincerity of purpose for your invaluable human life & seriously dive deep into the core - to utilise the precious moments of our lives
कवि गोपाल नीरज कहते हैं :
अब के सावन मेरे साथ फिर वही बात हुई
मेरा घर छोड़ के सारे शहर में बरसात हुई
मैं कहता रहा लोग सुनते रहे (मैं कवि हूं)
यह होता रहा, वह होता रहा
(खूब तालियां पिटती रही मेरी कविता पर
खूब बड़े-बड़े पुरस्कार मिलते रहे मुझे
बड़े मरम (deep meaning) की बात कहता है कवि
ना हुआ तो बस यह ना हुआ
जिंदगी भर मेरी खुद से ना कोई बात हुई
आत्म संपर्क नहीं बना कभी स्वयं से
कभी बात नहीं कर पाए आप अपने आप से
The poet kept on singing his well composed poems & got several clappings & accolades from all over the world but the bottom line is that HE COULD NEVER GET THE TIME OR OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO HIMSELF.
THAT IS THE SIMILAR TRAGEDY FOR MOST OF US THAT WE DO NOT GET LUCKY ENOUGH TO SIT QUIETLY & TRY TO PEEP DEEP INTO OURSELVES & TALK TO OUR GOD (OUR BFF - BEST FRIEND FOREVER) WHO, SITTING IN HEARTS OF EACH OF US, WAITS PATIENTLY ALL THE LIFE & ACROSS COUNTLESS LIVES FOR US TO TURN OUR FACE TOWARDS HIM & LISTEN TO HIS VOICE & LOVE HIM SO THAT WE CAN GET ETERNAL BLISS & REST IN HIS ABODE BREAKING THIS WORLDLY BIRTH DEATH CYCLE OF OLD AGE & DISEASE.
IMAGINE HIS KINDNESS HOW PATIENTLY HE WAITS FOR US TO TURN TO HIM – HE DOES NOT FORCE US ALTHOUGH TO HIS DEVOTEES HE IS MOST ATTENTIVE & QUICKLY GUIDES THEM AWAY FROM THIS TEMPORARY WORLD.
