23 Jun 2008
Dear Cal,
Accurate remembrance: It means to remember everything accurately. It means to give correct value to each and everything. For example, while walking, we see many things on road. But nothing attracts our conscious. But if we see a coin or jewel, our attention is drawn and we wish to pick it up. Even if there is a small diamond in middle of thousand stones, we give importance to the diamond.
In this materialstic world, everybody thinks of money, since money can give you everything (or most of the needs) and without money, your 80% of the things become useless.
So give right weightage for each and everything. Now what happens when you give right weightage? The less importance things are easily and automatically forgotten and the most powerful thing remains in mind. For example, you try to think both stone and diamond together. It is possible. Think deeply what is the value of each. After some time, stone becomes invisible to you. When you get better thing, you do not need old thing. Similarly a pure soul does not need any body.
The values of the things in the decreasing order are; 1) Godfather Shiva, 2) Human Souls, 3) Physical Body, 4)Nature. Now you think on anything you like. *We have knowledge that Baba (God) is always pure, neither comes in birth and death, ocean of knowledge, purifier, etc, etc, etc. *We also know that soul is eternal, so it is powerful than the physical body. *Physical body is more important than material wealth, because without body (health), the nature or physical wealth is useless. [Hence it is told that- “If character (soul power) is lost, everything is lost, If health is lost, something is lost and if wealth is lost, nothing is lost]. What will happen is after some time, you will just be remembering soul and Supreme Soul!
To get elevated, one should have company better than him, e.g. by company of King, we gain. By company of beggar, we will lose. So similarly by the company of body, soul power decreases (because body is lesser importance (mortal) than soul (eternal). Becoming body-conscious means considering myself to be mortal, that is devaluing myself. Since we are souls or eternal, we have to think (be conscious, be influenced) only the things that are higher than us (souls).
What are the things present? ShivaBaba, Paramdham, Soul (myself and other souls) Heaven and Hell, pure and impure bodies (of heaven and hell). Now in these the pure things are Baba, Paramdham and Heaven. Even the soul form (point) is pure. Because the soul is eternal (this is the reason why the original nature of the soul is called as pure).
So if we have to become pure, we have to think of – Baba (the point), soul (the point), Shantidham or Heaven or pure bodies of Lakshmi and Narayan. Then there is no problem at all. But since the highest power is of Shivaba, automatically all the other things will forgotten and after sometime, you will just think Baba (point) with you (point). You will not be conscious of this world at all. Then it is as good as you are in Paramdham itself.
But if you want or have to remember anything that belongs to impure world due to our daily work, then you should remember something that is pure also together with it (Yoga together with karma). Then you will be safe. Like you are in a river; But if you hold a rope that is tied to a tree on the shore, you are safe. You can come to shore at any time. Similarly, if you think Nirakar together with Sakar, it is OK. But remembering just Sakar is danger (you are in river without any support).
So remembering just Niraakaar is the highest. It is the originality. It is the beej-roop or Baap-samaan stage. That is what Baba says- You have to forget your name and form of the physical body. Like we do not remember our body of previous birth, we should forget our present body.
Remembering the mortal body of heaven is OK eventhough it is mortal. Why? Because it does not disturbs us. In heaven, the nature is our slave. The soul is not at all attached to the body. The soul automatically sheds the body in a second. [Wearing a clean new costume is comfortable; but dirty, old cloth gives sorrow and disease. So thinking of heaven and deities is OK, but thinking of just impure bodies is a sin (a loss, discomfort)].
After practice, ultimately we will be able to think(churn) everything and forget everything by practice. This is called as swadarsha-nachakra. After seeing a movie, only important things are remembered. Other things are forgotten. Similarly, after The Knowledge of drama, the most important things- that is heaven, Paramdham and Baba will remain in our mind, and other things just come and go like a visitor meets and leaves. This is the last stage.
Soul is beyond action (karma). So- if a soul forgets itself (Yoga), then it is influenced by karma (karmabhoga). So- we have to be in the state of either Yoga (influenced by Nirakaar or just pure things) or by both (karmayoga). If there is always at least one link (Yoga) while doing karma, you will automatically be drawn by Yoga (since Yoga (soul) is much powerful than karma (body)) and remain safe at all the times.
Due to the impurity present in this physical body, Baba says, do not remember even Brahma Baba, do not keep his photos, etc. But children cannot become soul conscious immediately. So their mind goes on thinking many people. That is why Baba sometimes says remember Brahma Baba also. Remembering Brahma’s body is better than remembering other people of Kaliyuga. Remembering ShivaBaba in Brahma is completely safe. But you will not get full power. For full power, you have to think just pure things, that too point form is the superb.
So there is no problem at all if you remember both together. Because if you have concentration in it (both Brahma and ShivaBaba), then after sometime, Brahma’s body is soon forgotten and you will automatically move higher (like a lighter thing floats). If one has confusion like whether I should remember Baba in a Body or separate, then there cannot be any concentration! - Right?
Baba has also told - Yaad karne keli ye koi bhee tareekaa apanaavo (Do or take or try any method to remember Baba).
Baba has also told - Saakaar ko Yaad karane kee zaroorat naheen (No need to remember Sakar).