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Date Posted: 09:40:16 07/19/06 Wed
Author: dattaswami
Subject: Human incarnation's course of action

Human incarnation's course of action

Swami is the human incarnation of the Lord. Swami can also be a Guru. A Guru is a human being who preaches the knowledge, which was already preached by the Lord. Guru is not Swami. Therefore the preaching by Swami and the knowledge of Swami is always wonderful. Every concept preached by Swami will be very clear as a pure crystal. There is no confusion in the concept because Swami is always very clear of the truth. A Guru sometimes fails to clarify the concept because he gets confused in some places. Swami is the very source of the knowledge and therefore He is called as Narayana. The Guru preaches the knowledge and leaves you but Swami preaches and also guides you till you reach the goal. As on out-patient, you can get the prescription from a doctor. This is the stage of Guru. But as an in-patient you will be admitted into the hospital under the personal supervision of the doctor.

The doctor tests you every day and gives medicine with his own hands. Similarly Swami will test you very seriously and gives appropriate knowledge, which is the medicine. The responsibility of Swami is complete. The doctor will not discharge the in-patient unless the patient is cured of the disease completely. Similarly Swami will not leave you unless you get the salvation and Kaivalyam. Salvation means getting rid of the disease. Kaivalyam means getting the strength. The detachment from all the worldly bonds is salvation. The attachment to the Lord is Kaivalyam. Both are the duties of the doctor. Therefore Swami will not leave you unless you achieve both. Once you are admitted into the hospital you have no choice and you are at the decision of the doctor. Therefore the usage of the word Swami should be done very carefully. Unless you are fully sure that you have recognized the Lord in human form, you should not call Him as Swami.

You can call Him as Guru. If you recognize Swami you have to completely surrender to Him like the in-patient. Otherwise you can call Him as Guru as out-patient and in such case you may follow His preaching or may not follow. If the worldly bonds are not cut, you will be born in the cycle of animals and worms. This is a loss to you. If you have attained Kaivalyam, it is a benefit. Even if there is no benefit, there should be no loss to you. Even if you are not attaching yourself to the Lord, at least you should cut the worldly bonds and get at least the human birth. But there is no use of the salvation (Moksha) without the Kaivalyam. If you are maintaining your present status there is no use. What is the use of selecting the best doctor unless you follow his prescription in practice? Similarly even if you have caught the real Satguru who is the incarnation of the Lord there is no use.

You cannot get rid of the illness by praising the doctor or his prescription. Similarly there is no use of praising the Lord unless you practice the preaching of the Lord. To avoid the forbidden food is salvation. To take the medicine is Kaivalyam. Salvation involves Vairagyam (detachment) and Kaivalyam involves Bhakti (devotion).

At the Lotus Feet of His Holiness Sri Dattaswami

Anil Antony

www.universal-spirituality.org
Universal Spirituality for World Peace
antonyanil@universal-spirituality.org

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