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Question 34
Why should
I have the goal of liberation or Self-realisation? After all, why?
What is the harm if I am reborn? What is the harm if I'm to die
again? Why not? Then in this birth, I can enjoy life. In
liberation, where is the enjoyment because you are one with God?
(05.01.2003)
Good! This is a genuine question, a
very genuine question. As a man in the company of God, I can enjoy
nearness and I can enjoy dearness. In liberation, is there
anything like ‘dearness’ and ‘nearness’ and bliss? This is a
genuine question indeed!
The answer is this: Instead of
loving God, if you become Love itself, it is a million
times greater than the process of loving. I think that’s
clear. Instead of trying to be blissful in the company of God, if
you are bliss itself, what else is left in this world? And the
experiences of pain and pleasure, success and failure, blame and
praise -- these are all due to the dualism of life. Once you go
beyond dualism, where there is no positive or negative, that is
the state of liberation, moksha or nirvana.
So, one aims for liberation in order
to remain in the state of bliss, not just to have blissful
moments. Intermediate, blissful moments are different from the
state of bliss itself. So, this permanent bliss is coveted very
much. People deeply pray for liberation on the spiritual path
because with liberation you find eternal bliss. In life, you have
momentary bliss or blissful moments. So, in ordinary existence you
are dual, whereas in liberation you are non-dual. Therefore,
liberation is the ultimate.
Instead of being a lakhshapati
(having hundreds of thousands) or a crorepati (having tens
of millions), instead of being the owner of billions, if you are
wealth itself, what more do you want? Or, instead of having
water tanks, if you are the ocean itself, what more do you
need? So, the fullness, the totality is liberation, while
existence is fragmentary, segmented, in pieces, bit-by-bit.
Therefore, one prays for liberation.
© Anil Kumar Kamaraju 2004 - Here
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