THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

A Sadhak should consistently think about the meaning of the Saint’s
preaching to get to the real knowledge. Shree Samarth says that this thing has to be done repeatedly
over and over again by which the real knowledge can be acquired, everything can be understood
easily and there remains no place for any doubts.
END OF THE THIRD SAMAS
THE FOURTH SAMAS – ATMANIRUPAN (ABOUT THE ATMAN)
Shree Samarth says that the disciples should listen to whatever he is
going to say carefully as he is talking out of his own experience. You neither learn from the past or
from the experience which leads to making your own life difficult. If you look around yourself then
you will find everything in a chaotic condition. This is despite the presence of the law and order. In
the same way although everything seems to be chaotic in the universe there is always the presence
of the power of the God. All the live bodies on the earth are the homes of the God. He experiences
all types of happiness through them. His greatness in its entirety is difficult to understand. His
kindness can be experienced to some extent by looking at the mothers’. With this kindness he is
able to protect the world despite the chaos.
The power of the God is distributed all over the universe. The entire
universe runs according to his wishes. This power is in the form of feelings which are responsible
for every single moment and the happenings. This God is no one else but the original male which is
in turn the ultimately knowledgeable Atman, the Parbrahma. It is present in the living as well as the
nonliving controlling their absolute existence. The complexity of the universe up to its ultimate
creation, the human being, is nothing but the expression of its power. It is not only the ultimately
powerful it is calm beyond any imagination even while running every single moment in every
single micro or macro thing. While creating it didn’t differentiate, its intention was to just create
and make it viable. The motive behind was neither to create good or bad nor virtuous or vicious. It
is present in all and sundry. It is beyond anybody’s imagination except the Saints’ or the Guru’s
how the differentiation came into existence. Humans are bewildered and amused at this mystery
and to unravel the secret behind it they are in pursuit of knowledge.
The way to unify with the God is to constantly remember that
everything exists and works on account of his power. During this time when you for a while or
more forget about yourself you are in real meditation. When you forget about yourself in all your
entirety then meditation bears the fruit of real knowledge. The God or the Atman or the Parbrahma
and its power are expressively present everywhere in the universe with real knowledge obviously
accompanying it, yet very few are blessed with the knowledge of its presence. You won’t ever get
to it or even have a glimpse of it till you shed off all the desires while you are worshipping or
performing Sadhana. Worship or Sadhana with desire is a waste of time. The Atman is highly
prudent and is a witness to all. To know about it you should have the company of Saints or the
Guru, listen to their preaching and above all you should be prepared to acquire the real knowledge
through your own experience/s. It has to be experienced by you and not by anybody else to achieve