THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

moral, ethical and spiritual values. If one is not sure of what is truth or otherwise then there are fair
chances that he would end up having an image of this world which is very close to being an
illusion. This will surely lead to unhappiness on every imaginable front. We think that all including
us are destructible. I am temporary and incomplete. My organs, my knowledge, all those things
from which I strive to obtain organic pleasures are incomplete. Despite knowing this we still want
complete happiness from all the incomplete things throughout our lives, is this not an illusion?
Therefore what is wrong if it is said that it is untrue and an illusion to expect complete happiness
from this visible universe? It is true that there is something called as the universe, but it is an
illusion that it can yield complete happiness. This dilemma and unclear thinking leads to the futility
of life. We don’t realize the true form of this universe and what we do realize is not the true form of
the universe. Our intelligence is the tool for this realization to dawn upon us and for gaining the
ultimate knowledge. But whatever the intelligence hypothesizes is based on the so called facts
which are perceived by our senses which are incomplete in many aspects to say the least and
therefore whatever information they provide us about this universe is also incomplete and faulty.
On top of this there is a limitation to even a genius’s intelligence which can think only about the
conceivable things, mind you not concepts, but here we are talking about the matter where concepts
don’t apply. Therefore through the use of intelligence one can’t have the total, real and complete
knowledge of the universe. This knowledge consequentially has falsehood as a part of it, even if in
small quantity. Therefore there is nothing wrong in saying that this world is an illusion. It is funny
that the intelligence of man can raise basic questions about the world but can’t give any satisfactory
answers or explanations. Any live form is bound by death and lack of knowledge. On the contrary
the universe is unlimited and full of knowledge. While thinking of the universe one tends to impose
one’s own ideas upon it which yields incomplete or illogical hypotheses and this is the proof of the
world being an illusion. To really understand this world one has to totally and completely change
one’s range of experiences.
THE UNIVERSAL MIND
There are people of different views and of different sects in this
universe. They worship the God to gain something from him either for themselves or for their
families. There are very few who worship the God out of love for him and not for any gains. This is
what Shree Samarth says and goes on to add that there are four types of worship of God.
1) Common men consider the icons of Gods as the real God and worship them.
2) Some continuously read and try to remember the lives of the great saints and sages who
were the reincarnations of the God.
3) Very few of us worship the inner Atman which is the creator and the sustainer of this
universe. He is the most prudent and is witness to everything. He is also the Atman of the real
knowledge and is found in all the live matter in the form of feeling.
4) Only the great Saints or Sages who have attained the ultimate, real knowledge worship the
Parbrahma or the Atman residing inside every living matter in the form of feelings apart from other
less important things.