Q : जब मैं आश्रम में आया तो आरती के समय पर पार्क में बैठे हुए एक झटका-सा लगा और यूँ लगा जैसे शरीर का कुछ भाग शरीर से ही अलग हो रहा है, दिल की धड़कन तेज हो गई और फिर जैसे सब कुछ ठहर गया| मुझे बताएँ, यह क्या था? और एक बात और पूछनी है, जिंदगी में detachment और selfishness में क्या अंतर है? अपनी duty को कैसे पूरा करें और साथ में detached भी रहें, इसके विषय में बताएँ| प्रतीक
Answer प्रतीक, जो तुमने लिखा, आरती के समय पर पार्क में बैठे हुए हुआ, इसको हम कहेंगे दैवी कृपा| जब आप यहाँ पर या किसी भी पवित्र स्थान पर जातें हैं, उस स्थान की जो positive vibrations होती हैं, अगर आप एक अच्छे receptor हों तो इन vibrations का असर आप के ऊपर आता है; जिसके प्रभाव से एक ध्यान करने वाले, एक सिमरन करने वाले को जो अनुभूतियाँ मिलती हैं या जो experiences होते हैं, वो experiences happen out of grace. It is just grace. It all depends upon how you have come to the place - how sincerely, how much love you have, what is the degree of your love, what is the depth of your love. If someone has really come with the right mindset, with great devotion, then it is very much possible that when you are in the ashram, at that time, out of the blue, suddenly you are given these great blessings and you begin to experience all those things which you have not even heard about or thought about but yet it is something. As you have written that you are feeling as if you are moving away from your body, the truth is this - we are not the body; the body is just the outer shell and the difference and distance in-between me and the body is definitely there. It was just grace.
The second thing which you have asked - how to do our duty and still remain detached? Simple, always remember your real relationship is with God alone and the rest - family and friends - are just part of the whole drama which is happening around you; everyone is living the screenplay which their mind had written in some past time. So we meet, we depart, we have these people in our life and then one day they just go away, never to come back again. Know this - our real relationship is with God and this body is just a vehicle which is being used to live this life. Detachment will come naturally to you and then you cannot remain selfish when you know this life which you are living is a gift of God and the years which you are living is a gift of God; and you have no right to own this body or own this life. The one who has given this body, can and will one day definitely take it away also. So enjoy this life as long as life is, but always remember this, that we are here on borrowed time. We do not have a definite clause in our hand that we will live for these many years. We do not know how long we will live, but pray to God that as long as you are alive, you will always remember this that this body is not mine, this body, this life, these relationships - mother, father, sister, brother, cousins, neighbors, friends - each and every thing of your life is just a gift, it is just a sharing of time. You are just sharing it with some other people. Nothing belongs to us, nothing at all.
जितनी-जितनी आपके अंदर यह भावना गहरी होती जायगी कि सब कुछ ईश्वर का है, सब कुछ प्रभु का है, जीवन भी, श्वास भी, सब संबंध भी, मेरा क्या और मैं क्या फिर? और जब यह चीज़ याद रहेगी, तो हम काम तो सब करेंगे, पर हम किसी भी चीज़ के साथ अटकते नहीं हैं फिर| इसी को भगवत् गीता में कर्म योगी होना कहा है| जब यह याद रहे कि शरीर मेरा नहीं, जीवन मेरा नहीं, मन मेरा नहीं, बुद्धि मेरी नहीं, सब कुछ तो ईश्वर का है, सब कुछ तो प्रकृति का दिया हुआ है, तो जब तक आँखे हैं अच्छा देखो, कान हैं अच्छा सुनो, जीभ है अच्छा बोलो| ईश्वर की दी हुई इस अमानत को खराब मत करो|
Life is meant to be lived in a wonderful way. Life is not given to us to sulk and be sad and be miserable all the time. However, if you do not live well, then definitely it is guaranteed that you are going to suffer a lot.
But if you are trained well, if you use your wisdom then you may have the most unfortunate and difficult situations in your life and yet you will remain calm because you know that the scene is soon going to change, right? When you are watching a movie there is a very emotional scene, so much so that even you are moved and you too are crying while watching it; but soon the scene changes into a song or something good is happening and you keep on enjoying all these different moods and emotions which are depicted in the movie. Isn’t your life too a movie? Isn’t it? Life too is a movie, just enjoy this free show as long as it is there.
Gurumaa
