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   YOUR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD   
      
   In the morning I said that it is the utilization of energy which matters and   
   not the possession of an unutilized capacity. Many people have inferiority   
   complexes of different kinds. They think they are not learned.  How will they   
   achieve the goal of    
   their life?   
      
   It is wrong to presume that by reading voluminous books or by delivering   
   beautiful lectures, one can attain Parama Purus'a. No scholarship nor even   
   literacy is required to meet God. The future of those who are uneducated is   
   also bright.   
   God's relation with human beings is a family relation.  When parents feed the   
   children, they do not give four chapatis to the son who is a Master of Arts   
   and only one to the next son who is only a matriculate. For parents, all their   
   children are equal.    
   Similarly, for God all persons are equal for the spiritual food He will give   
   them. Really, the love of parents is dependent not upon the education of the   
   children but upon the children's attachment for the parents.   
      
   Scholars or intellectuals have one drawback. They read different theories and   
   philosophies, and these things create a clash in their minds. They are unable   
   to decide whether this philosophy is correct, or that one is correct. The   
   uneducated, on the other    
   hand, are better off, as they walk on the spiritual path with steadiness,   
   undisturbed by warring ideas. The intellect is incapable of comprehending   
   Parama Purus'a. After all, the intellect is only a creation of the   
   [pratisaincara]* process, in which Pure    
   Consciousness reconverts itself into [the mind] out of the five fundamental   
   factors into which it converted itself earlier. Being a created thing,   
   intellect cannot comprehend its Creator, the Supreme Being. The puppets can   
   perform any play the master    
   wants them to perform, but they cannot control the master who plays them.   
      
   What is knowledge? It is the subjectivization of the object. God, being the   
   ultimate subjectivity, cannot be caught by the thought process, which can only   
   catch external objects and not a superior stage of subjectivity.   
      
   Nor is God attained merely by listening to a lot of [spiritual discourses].   
   Some persons are fond of attending spiritual congregations. But what they hear   
   with one ear goes out the other at a 180º angle, and does not lead to   
   salvation. With kiirtana and    
   the remembrance of God, however, it is otherwise. Whether you do these things   
   with faith and devotion, or with enmity, the results are encouraging.   
   The word shraddha' [translated "faith and devotion"] really has no equivalent   
   in the English language. Whatever you consider as the summum bonum of life is   
   sat. And when you direct all your faculties and sentiments towards the   
   attainment of this goal,    
   this is called shrat. And the feeling associated with this is called shraddha'.   
      
   Even when you think of God as an enemy, you are involved in Him.  Really, our   
   mind is more activated [to think about somebody] by anger and hatred [than by   
   positive propensities]. When we have a quarrel with somebody, we keep on   
   thinking that the next    
   time we meet that person, we will say this or that. Therefore, God will be   
   attained whether you love Him or hate Him. Ravana was constantly thinking of   
   Rama as his enemy and therefore he also attained salvation through His hands.   
   But merely listening to    
   scriptures or talks is not going to bring about the desired results.   
      
   Another fact must be remembered: that God is realized only by those whom He   
   graces with compassion. You should not have the feeling in mind, "Now I have   
   done so much; God should shower His grace on me." Rather you should feel, "It   
   is for You, O Lord, to    
   grace me or not. This body of mine will work like a machine until You grace me   
   with love." If you are proud of your meritorious actions, this pride will   
   remain in the end and not the grace of God. For Him, all are equal. For   
   society, the differences    
   matter, but not for God. His grace is raining on all, but if you are carrying   
   an umbrella of ego on your head, how will you get drenched by His Grace?   
   Everyone has a right to enter Brahmaloka [the subtlest layer of the   
   Macrocosmic Mind]; this is the    
   birthright of all. He is kind to all, every moment of one's life. One has only   
   to receive this kindness by removing the ego.   
      
   However great a sinner one may be, the moment one surrenders to the Lord, one   
   becomes a devotee -- his or her salvation is guaranteed.   
      
   The Entity whom you are trying to attain -- Parama Purus'a -- is your own   
   innermost self. Your relation with Him is not external, to be defined by   
   courts, laws, or society. It is a family relationship. The desire in your mind   
   to meet God is only born    
   when He is inclined towards you. It is the result of His desire to meet you.   
   Your meeting with God is not a unilateral affair, it is a mutual thing. You   
   walk one step towards Him and He will come twenty towards you.   
      
   When an infant starts walking, the parent first asks it and goads it to walk a   
   little. It tries to walk, but falls. Then the parent advances and lifts it up   
   onto his or her lap. God does the same. Make the slightest effort, and He will   
   pick you up and    
   place you on His lap.   
      
   Your relation with God is personal. No one can sever this relationship. It is   
   part of your being, your birthright.   
      
   Shrii Shrii Anandamurti   
   21 January 1971 evening, Ranchi   
   A'NANDA VACANA'MRTAM PART 23   
      
   from works of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti   
      
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