LORD KUSUMAHARANATH

Spiritual life means constant awareness of Lord’s presence within and without,

Causeless prayer, yearning and deep love for Him

Once our whole being is in a state of constant prayer what is left is not us but Him. Prayer and crying for Him can perform this miracle. All actions (internal and external) should become a sacred offering unto the Lord. Serve and love Him without any selfish desires, cultivate a love of constant service to Him, be exclusively attached, devoted to Him.How many humans seek Moksha? Out of thousands only one in an age finds freedom from the bonds of Samsar and Maya. Only in a human body can Jnana and Bhakti evolve, not with bodies of other realms. It is a rare fortune to get this sturdy and fine ship.

The All-love (Lord) longs for the loving company of men and that is the reason why He became many. The infinite variety of creation has sprung from His infinite longing for love-reciprocation. Devas are eager to be born human and in India for they say that in such a birth all Purusharthas can be realized – Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha – which even Gods find difficult to attain. The Jiva is in truth God who enjoys the world of the senses which the Antaryamin manifests. From this enjoyment he falls into ignorance, starts to hold the body for the self, becomes attached to it and suffers the Samsar-torments embroiled in Karma, wanders in transmigration from body to body, death to death and reaps the fruits of his actions.This life is not our own. Protect it as His and never forget this. Every living being is part and parcel of the Lord. Lord Kusum Haranath moves about those who always think of Him.

When the heart becomes calm the Jiva sees the Lord’s reflection in it which He is always throwing upon it. Whatever you do do it in the living presence of the Lord, lose the ignorance of duality and separation from Him. Once the impurities of the mind are removed a devotee recognizes that there is no difference between him and the Lord.  Be absorbed in Him. Then He will reciprocate your love to the fullest extent and make you His own. He always gives His Bhaktas so much more than what they pray for. Don’t  consider  the work of the world as your own. It is His. Our own work is only to worship Him. As soon as we can please Him we will get leave from work. He will call us to His side and we have no longer to come and go bound by Karma. Regard yourself as instrument. Throw all responsibilities on Him, let Him alone guide you as a charioteer.  Everything lies in His hands. What is His will only will happen. We have to endure equally all His works. He controls everything. We are deceived thinking we are the doers. We don’t choose where we are born or anything we do during our lives.This life is not our own. Protect it as belonging to Him and never forget it. Only those are sane who fully realize that they exist not for their own but for the sake of the Lord. Our life is meant to realise God. As long as we indulge in Karma our soul is bound into more and more incarnations. The thread of Karma lengthens, its knots grow in number.  Our life is most conducive to pursue the path to enlightenment. Convert it into a Yagna to discover the Atman,the light of lights, which lies buried in the heart. All this universe is only Atman. There is nothing other than the Atman. It is unborn, eternal, self-illumined consciousness, changeless, undecaying, without a second, distinct from the body, ever untouched by material things, pure consciousness The body is in comparison like a log of dead wood. Destroy the illusion that you are body and establish yourself in the bliss of Atman. It remains hidden in Maya’s darkness as long as one does not actively seek its true nature. All things other than Atma are delusions, have no reality. The method of liberation is Bhakti . Only in a human body can Jnana and Bhakti evolve, not with bodies of other realms. The Lord blesses those who worship Him. One of His ways is that He manifests Himself in every heart in the form of NAME in order to sanctify our unclean hearts to make us fit for His Seva. He becomes active within and begins to perform Japa and Kirtan. Nobody can understand this  Tattva unless He makes us realize it.

Sweet indeed are Your doings, o Lord, and deep in significance as the ocean. It is from Your love for us that you accept our devotion. Whatever we offer you returns to us with thousand blessings.Those who renounce all desires and surrender to HIM He will shine in their hearts as their very Self. The joy that man feels is something that no creature, bound by senses, can ever understand.*

 Once the whole being is in a state of constant prayer what is left is not we but Him. Prayer and crying can perform this miracle. May the Lord  it so ordain that we can always shed tears with His Name on our lips. Tears are like swirls in the stream of love, hence they are so deep. Thy soften and purify. You, o Lord ,have made Your Name of such potency that constant repetition purges of all sins, unloosens all Karmic bindings and facilitates our return journey home. You live in Your Name. If we stick to constant repetition as advised by Him everything concerning His Tattwa is sure to be revealed to us .There is no difference between the Lord’s holy Name and Himself. From Name we get love and devotion. Nothing else is necessary. Consider every second as valuable as an age and spend all your time in Japa. By chanting His Name  Bhava develops, which is the preliminary stage in developing Prema. Then it comes to pass that one can’t forget the Lord even  for a moment. Through this Bhava with trembling, perspiration, tears one gradually attains Prema. Prema is a particular property of the Lord and Radha – no one else can know or possess it without their grace. It is a saturation of the heart. By its very nature it overleaps all bounds and reaches  Jivas to his feet.Bhakti suffices to free us of the bondage of births and deaths. Just chanting the Lord’s holy names liberates a man in this age of accumulated sins, this age of darkness. (ex Bhagavatam)

Bangalore, 7-11-2019

Ruth Baur

*if you have accepted Me as your father don’t ask me this and that. I will give you everything that is good for you without ever – being asked by you (Thakur Haranath)