THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

I submit my mind body intelligence conglomerate at his feet and offer my Sashtaang Namaskaar
with the greatest faith and humility.
I also salute the Saints, Sages and Rishis before saying anything
further. This life is a big dream. In this dream one is engulfed by the desires and lusts and therefore
considers the relations around him as his. This happens because of lack of the real knowledge. The
lack of the real virtues leads to sensing the illusory visible and thinking that it is the truth which
prevents the experience of one’s own self.
The people who are in deep sleep of lack of knowledge, start snoring
while feeling unhappy about the lack of material and organic pleasures. These people die in this
sleep itself and after being born again immediately fall asleep. Uncountable numbers have come
and gone like this. To avoid this one has to gain the knowledge about the self for which there are
the religious scriptures. Spiritual knowledge is of the highest quality in comparison to any other
knowledge, thus spoke Lord Krishna in Bhagwadgeeta. To understand this knowledge is a very
difficult thing, only a disciple who is prepared to give up everything for the sake of it and is capable
of totally controlling his mind can hope to do it. Those whose mind wavers all the time shouldn’t
undertake this business for though they try with all their might the concept of the lack of duality
will forever remain elusive for them. Shree Samarth very candidly says that they are like the blind
that fails to see anything despite everything being around him and thus calls them spiritually blind.
Such people are very adept at creating unnecessary debates about anything to cover up for their
lack of knowledge. There are no limitations or conditions in spirituality of caste, creed, race,
language, social status etc. Its first and main demand is about the avoidance of the body mind
intellect conglomerate and then Sadhana according to the Guru’s preaching. It never says that if
you get the real knowledge about the self without any efforts you shouldn’t accept it. In fact in such
a case avoidance of it because you have got it because of lack of efforts will be the greatest
foolishness. The advice of Shree Samarth is that such things aren’t offered on a platter but if your
Sadhana till the last birth had reached the penultimate step then in the next one you won’t have to
strive for it that hard and therefore if it is available without much effort you should grab it rather
than feel guilty of it. Some don’t understand it and get entangled in the unfounded doubts and
debates created by themselves thereby losing the coveted opportunity.
Shree Samarth says that even if you don’t work hard towards getting
the knowledge, but follow the path of companionship of the Saints and Sages and behave according
to what they and the Guru preaches you will know what spirituality is. This can’t be understood
even by a genius if he doesn’t fulfill the requirements of being a Sadhak. By following the Guru’s
preaching and remaining with the Saints and Sages the whole gamut of this knowledge is accessible
to you to experience it. People fail to understand the hidden meaning of spiritualism and consider it
similar to any other science which can be learnt only by working hard to acquire the desired
knowledge. The thing which makes your life worthwhile and fruitful is a closely guarded secret
within spiritualism but it is readily available to those who have the only desire to have an access to
it at the cost of everything else.
Shree Samarth says that it is very heartening to have a disciple who
knows the implied meaning of the words used in spiritualism. It is utmost gladdening to have a
dialogue with such a disciple. It is but natural that two people having the greatest interest in the
same subject would always like to talk about it and the dialogue then becomes highly fruitful. If
one minutely thinks over what he wants to convey here you will know that he is asking us not to be
entangled in the web of Maya but to break it completely, throw your body mind intellect
conglomerate to the wind and immerse yourself deeply into the realm of the knowledge of the self,