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BHAKTIIN YOGA 67had by devotion and Sadachara. Bhakti is the medicine.Sadachara represents dietetic adjustment.lf you remove a fish out of water and place it on the shore,it will flutter with intense agony. lt will be thirsting for re-entryinto the water. lf you keep a boy in the cold water of Ganga for ashort time, he will be greafly agitated. He will shriek and yellout. He will be eager to come out of water. When the house of aman has caught fire, the owner of the house runs immediatelyto the municipal office to get the fire-brigade for extinguishingthq fire. He takes immediate steps. lf the aspirant has the samethirsting, the same feeling, the same earnestness or serious_ness for realising God as the fish has for getting into the water,as the boy has for getting out of the water, and as the manwhose house is on fire has for getting the fire-brigade, he willhave realisation of God in this very second. There ii no doubt ofthis. O aspirants! Be very serious and earnest in your devotionalpractices. Run now to the Lotus Feet of the Lord. Thosepeople who are not serious and earnest about their devotionalpractices have lost this world on this end and God on the otherend. They are hanging in the air with head downward likeTrishanku. Pitiable indeed is their lot!What is Jnana? Just as you see the thread in cloth, ctay inpots and jars, gold in ornaments, iron in various kinds of imple_ments, wood in chairs, benches and stools, so atso see God orAtman in man, in every being. To feelthat God is seated in yourheart and in the hearts of all: "Vasudevah Sarvamithi, is Jnina.Bhakti, when it gets ripe, brings Jnana. When Bhakti gets maturedJnana dawns by itself. The fruit of Ananya Bhakti isJnana. Bhakti is the seed orthe mother. Jnana is the fruit ortheson.Bhakti Yoga and Jnana Yoga are not incompatible likeacids and alkalis. One can combine Ananya Bhakti(one-pointed devotion) with Jnana yoga. The fruit of BhaktiYoga is Jnana. Highest love (Para Bhakti) and Jnana are one.Perfect knowledge is love. Perfect love is knowledge. SriSankara, Advaita Kevala Jnani was a great Bhakta of LordHari, Hara and Devi. Jnana Deva of Alandi, a great yogi, Was aBhakta of Lord Krishna. Lord Chaitanya (Gaurangl MahaPrabhu) of Bengal was a fine Advaita Vedanta scholai and yet