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Question 24
What are
the steps that I should take to merge in Him? (08.12.2002)
There are not many steps. No! The
steps are of our own making. The steps are created in our own
imagination. Merger happens at once.
What are the steps that you should
take to mix sugar into a glass of water? How many steps are there?
No, no! One spoon and stir it – you get immediate results!
Similarly, for an aspirant to merge with God, there
are not many steps. Use a spoon of viveka or
discrimination, plus a spoon of vairagya or renunciation –
totally stir this, which is the process of sadhana. That is
enough for total merger. There are no steps. “How many lives are
required? How many years are required?” No, no, no, no!
Merger is immediate, all of a sudden,
instantaneous, spontaneous and natural. It happens in a moment!
Merging is our original state. We
only got ourselves separated. In fact, we were all One, but we
became separated. Example: here is fire. Out of this fire, many
sparks and pieces come. The pieces at a distance turn black and
become coal. So, originally it was fire. But at a distance, it
becomes coal.
Similarly, originally we were One,
but later we got separated. To know that we are One (though
appearing in different forms) is called realisation. Realisation
is nothing but thinking of our original Oneness -- getting back to
that original Oneness or unity with God. The reason that we
separated from that Oneness is only due to having taken a name and
form. That is the secret of merger with God.
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