THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

stars. From the hot wind were formed the Sun, fire, electricity etc. The light is also of two types
which gave rise to water from which was the earth was formed. Then the live forms were born.
The way this universe was formed chronologically it is destroyed in
the same order. You should deeply think over this. One that is made up of something vanishes into
that thing. The final destruction also occurs in the same manner. The Parbrahma is the only thing
that remains unaffected before, during and after these happenings. You should constantly think
about this. In this universe innumerable things are created and destructed and therefore it becomes
imperative to think of what is real and what isn’t.
The soul is prudent and witness to everything but it isn’t the pure
Parbrahma. You can only know this through the enlightening experience of being a witness to all.
Maya manifests itself from creation of the universe to the destruction of it. But this being full of
properties it covers the Parbrahma. One who is able to go beyond the properties knows that all this
is an illusion but the one who gets entangled in the properties can never understand the real thing.
Hence it is important to know what is real and what isn’t for getting a glimpse of the Parbrahma.
The body of the entire universe is nothing but the original Maya.
Some call it as the Parbrahma which is absolutely wrong. They do it because of lack of wisdom.
Such people prove to be useless in all walks of life let alone the spiritual one. You should never
forget that minute thinking has no substitute. You should be able to come to a conclusion about the
best things including people by wise thinking. You should never be in the company of all and
sundry with unproven opinions which will lead to confusion and ultimately chaos in your life.
The Guru wouldn’t have been needed if only your experiences could
have led to attainment of the Parbrahma. Bookish knowledge falls extremely short of the real
knowledge. The right way is to experience it yourself, think about it if it is real or not then try to
prove it and after getting the proof get the final stamp from the Guru who will tell you what is
hidden between the lines. This is the only way to get to the Parbrahma. If you tread on many paths
advised by others apart from your Guru, you are sure to fail miserably in your endeavor.
END OF THE SIXTH SAMAS
THE SEVENTH SAMAS – VISHAYTYAG (LEAVING THE DESIRES AND LUST)
People don’t like to listen to the truth. But without knowing the truth
you won’t be able to proceed any further in any walk of life. People have many doubts and one of
the major one out of them in spirituality is, you criticize the bodily pleasures but it is a daily
occurrence that most of those who say this behave to the contrary. They even go to the extent to say
that if one decides to bid adieu to all the pleasures and bodily demands then this very body won’t
survive.
Some people talk something and behave contrary to that. Such
unwise men always cut a sorry figure. Now when we are told that we should leave the demands of
our body mind intellect conglomerate we find that those who follow spirituality to the core also
require food to eat, water to drink etc. Isn’t this a contradiction? The disciples request Shree
Samarth to remove their confusion on this matter.
You can achieve the desired goal in spirituality only if you discard
the desires and lust with a firm background of Vairagya. If you leave your family life after
completion of your duties towards it the same can accrue. All those who attained the final goal in
spiritualism literally worked very hard indeed for that. To succeed in spiritualism as in any other