17 Jan 2023
(Divine Satsanga on 14-01-2023 attended by Smt. Chhanda Chandra along with Smt. Sudha Rani, Ms. Bhanu Samykya, Ms. Laxmi Thrylokya and Mr. Nitin Bhosle.)
[A question by Smt. Chhanda Chandra]
Swami replied: A soul completely absorbed by Pravritti is becoming a drunkard and neglecting all the worldly bonds for the sake of the wine. A soul fully entangled with Pravritti is loving a prostitute and is neglecting all the worldly bonds. A mad person who is completely bound by the family bonds is unaware of the family bonds and is completely entertained with his madness. When all these examples are possible, why cannot a soul entangled by Pravritti become mad in the devotion of God and neglect all the worldly bonds? In all these examples, we find the basic reason as the climax attraction towards a specific item like wine, prostitute, madness, etc. Similarly, when a devotee develops climax attraction towards God, madness is very much possible so that the devotee can neglect the surrounding pravritti and all the related worldly bonds.
All the words used in the devotion can be simply absorbed by one word, which is called as devotion. There are several examples in the past and present who have become mad after God. The concept of attraction to the climax called as madness is possible due to the living examples. The words like concentration, meditation, surrender, etc., get totally absorbed in one word called as attraction. 99% of the souls are mad after the worldly bonds and only one in millions turns to God to become mad after God as told in Gita (Kaścinmāṃ vetti tattvataḥ…).
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