Posted on: 02 Nov 2022
[Smt. Lakshmi Lavanya K asked: Pada namskaram swami, I want to know the stages from an ignorant person to a climax devotee in detail. Many people around us who we feel are great persons, are still worshipping statues, past human incarnations, but by Your grace we attain You without ego and jealousy, learning knowledge from You. In my school and college education, I used to feel fear to communicate with teachers, but now i am asking You each and every doubt without any fear, I feel You are my best friend with whom i can share my every feeling and can trust You that You are there for me, You have given me freedom from all fears and confusions and a courage that I am not alone. Thankyou Swami.]
Swami replied:- There is a recent video in the YouTube channel “Shri Datta Swami” about five types of souls. The last belongs to the pure atheist. The last but one (fourth) belongs to a devotee, who wants to become God with the help of devotion to God like Ravana. The third is the soul of pure Pravrutti or worldly life like Dharma Raja. The third soul is purely concerned with the smooth worldly life, fearing for hell and attracted to heavenly pleasures. The second soul is best devotee selected by God to become human incarnation for the sake of welfare of the world and is in the state of monism of Shankara without ego since He has His basic awareness as devotee. As long as this devotee is in the angle of dualism, God maintains perfect monism with this soul-medium. Rama is the best example who is the complete and perfect incarnation from the angle of God since from the angle of Rama, He was always thinking that He is the human devotee serving God in His mission. The first and top most soul is Radha (Gopikas), who always liked to stay in dualism with God enjoying the bliss of God. In this top most stage, God becomes the servant of the devotee whereas He became the devotee in the case of the human incarnation. These five stages are the five milestones in the spiritual journey.