THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

2) He should have undergone probably the ultimate grief in the world that very few have to
face which makes him fed up of the life itself and he turns to spiritualism for knowing the inner self
for some sort of peace.
3) He should aspire for being in the company of the Saints and once he finds the Saint willing
to be with him he should by all means cling to him as an inseparable part of the Saint who then can
lead him to the self realization.
The wisdom of recognizing what is full of Atman and what is not is written all over
the Saints’ body and mind. It glows around them throughout their whole life. In their company you
will always get to listen to the fact that except for the Atman and the ultimate Atman everything
else is an illusion. Imbibing this, one automatically is inclined towards and becomes eager to have
the view of his own self. Precisely due to this reason Shree Samarth time and again insists in the
Dasbodha that one should spend as much time as is possible in listening to the Saints by being in
their company. Yet given the vagaries and uncertainties of life it is not possible for everyone to be
in the company of the Saints all the time, therefore Shree Samarth advises that one should at least
try to read the message given by them through their books. He goes on to add that just reading the
preaching won’t do but trying to practice it in everyday life will yield the desired results.
I WANT GOD
Whenever the wisdom of recognizing what is full of Atman and what
is not is fully imbibed by the mind one finally realizes that the visible is an illusion. One is then
attracted towards the real thing, one’s own self. After getting to know this he then yearns for more,
that is the constant realization of one’s own self which yields him bliss hitherto never experienced.
Once he gets the bliss he wants it for ever for he feels that without it everything in this world is
worthless. Then he starts feeling that he unnecessarily wasted his life till this period by running
after the nonexistent visible and strongly desires to get as close and as early to the Parbrahma as
possible. This then gives way to the feeling of being distant from everything except the truth. At
this stage one should try his best to have self realization. The desire to see and become a part of the
God then automatically follows. This is the root of real worship. Wisdom makes the feeling of
being distant from everything except the truth and worship to congenially grow with each other.
Having no desire for the visible is the essence of the feeling of being distant from everything except
the truth and the desire to be as close to the God as possible is the essence of worship. This is easier
said than done. It requires application of wisdom and insurmountable Sadhana.
THE STATE OF THOSE DOING SADHANA
Though Shree Samarth so staunchly believes in wisdom and common
sense, that doesn’t put hindrance in his belief in the realization of the so called abstract, like
realization of the self, Atman and the ultimate Atman i.e. Parbrahma. Yet it is astonishing that he
was very insistent to the point of being adamant in not believing in anything till one experienced