Posted on: 20 Feb 2022
[Shri Jayesh Pandey asked: Dandvat Pranaam Swami! Swami, what is the role of sound in spiritual advancement? This is with reference to different biijas for different deities and for different elements like air, water etc. Similarly, if sound plays a role in spiritual advancement then; is there a specific language which provides maximum spiritual benefit besides being a medium for communicating? Does the purification of 5 constitutive elements of body help us in being equanimous? If so, is there any way we can purify them given that most of us live in homes away from forests.
Swami, You mentioned that the identification of human incarnation is the headache of souls. But when I observe my case then it’s totally the opposite. I saw Your discourses on my quora feed almost daily which made me come to Your website having all the links for Your discourses. There, Your devotees have already shared about Your divinity. It was like getting to eat already cooked food, of course the hard work was for Your devotees. I just simply have to read their experiences and Your divine knowledge which when combined made my task very easy. All of this was more like, as You define Your name Datta, giving Yourself to me. You showered Your grace on me without any hard work which I have to put forth. You simply appeared before me out of the blue. Also, when I introspect, I don’t see any serious spiritually inclined effort by my side, what to talk of my other qualities and deeds. Why have You showered Your blessings on me Swami when there are many more people who I even encounter on quora sometimes. They quote the scriptures, post good devoted answers, they fight and abuse for their Ishtas disrespect. Whereas I just casually scroll down my quora feed reading some of their answers if I’m not getting bored and the answer isn’t too long, ignoring if they are fighting and simply chilling and listening to good music. Observing all the things I wonder, why have You given Yourself to me, Datta. Why?
Having said all this, I’m indebted to You consciously for everything You did for me. Thank You, Datta! Do accept my obeisance. Dandvat Pranaam to You Datta, and to Your blessed devotees!]
Swami Replied: - The so-called biija letters standing for certain fundamental items of creation are in line with the scientific tradition. In science, we represent energy by E, Velocity of light by C etc. In the same way, the biija ‘Ram’ stands for fire, ‘Hrīm’ stands for energy etc. More than this, there is no significance for these biija letters. Biija means a seed that represents a huge tree. Similarly, certain important items are represented by these letters for the sake of brevity. The reasons for your inquiries are known to God Datta only, which have the background of several previous births.