Why should we aspire to reach God’s abode when he is present every where and he is ke

tnkesaven · Sep 16, 2011

Why should we aspire to reach God’s abode when he is present every where and he is keeping me happy here in the earth itself?

Once a king went to forest for hunting, along with his servants and his one-year-old son. He lost his son in the forest. He returned to his city with grief. Few forest-dwelling-tribal people found the prince in the forest crying helplessly. They took him to their settlement and brought him up for few years. The prince never knew who he is and thought that he is also a tribal. He never did which is suitable for his royal status but followed the entire tribal customs and practices. In fact, he had no scope to distinguish the greatness of the pleasures suitable for a prince and the daily routines of his tribal life. He took his tribal life as such. Also, he never has any knowledge about his father who is a king but always looking for his lost son.

Similar to this lost-prince, the jivaatmans are in the samsaara, bewildered by the prakruthi, which has satva-rajas-tamas attributes. They rarely realize that the “pleasures” that they get in samsaara like mundane comforts are not pleasures but agony in disguise. They never think about the Lord Shreeman Narayana: who is looking forward to uplift the suffering souls in the samsaara.

Coming back to our prince, one day, few Rishis by their wisdom, identified this prince who has assumed miserable life. They approached the Prince and explained to him the truth. They explained the pleasures of the royal state and the miseries in his present life. They also approached the king and informed about the prince. The king was overjoyed and considering the only relationship that he has with the prince, he accepted the prince. He did the samskaaras for the prince and then made him to get the equal enjoyment that he has.

Like this, the Aacharas out of mercy make the jivaatman to realize his swaroopa “Seshatvam”. They bless him with pancha-samskaara and Bhara-nyaasa. They make the Lord to accept the jivaatman. The Lord Shreeman Narayana mercifully accepts the jivaatman and grants equal bliss that he has.

Therefore, one has to be a mumukshu (aspiring for moksha). He has to necessarily adopt the saadyOpaya and then reach the Parama-pada Vaikunta and do eternal service to Lord Shreeman Narayana. This is what is perfectly suitable for the jivaatman’s swaroopa.

The Lord Shreeman Narayana is omnipresent. But we are not able to enjoy him because of our karma. We are bound in the material world and are suffering in it because of our karma. Enjoying the mundane comforts and being satisfied in it is not appropriate to our swaroopa. Therefore, we have to aspire to reach God’s abode and get our swaroopa realized appropriately.

raji2678 · Sep 21, 2011

Re: Why should we aspire to reach God’s abode when he is present every where and he i

Hard concept explained with an easy example!

rkgurbani · Sep 30, 2011

Re: Why should we aspire to reach God’s abode when he is present every where and he i

Thanks TNKesavan,

Very well explained. Something that we never thought of. Very true...God is present everywhere, but its our Karma that makes us unaware of his presence. God Bless

Anoo1234 · Nov 4, 2011

Re: Why should we aspire to reach God’s abode when he is present every where and he i

if you would have stopped at the subject line ........

"Why should we aspire to reach God’s abode when he is present every where "..... u would have been a realized soul but the long passage that came out your mind makes you not feel so 100%. To get that 100% we need to surrender to guru . If one can feel the quote ..he is all done in life and after.