"I consider him a great Yogi (sage) who reposes supreme faith
on Me, ever united with Me through prayer and worship and
keeps Me always in his mind". (Gita 12-2)
The best and the easiest path to attain God is to meditate upon
Him in Sahara state with unflinching devotion ant dedication
and also with a total awareness of his Nirakara state. The
fruits are same in any type of meditation.
Adisankara brought out the secret nature of God and his
relationship with His devotees in a nutshell as:
"Oh! God! I am your servant as long as I have the feeling
that the Body is mine. Once I get off this feeling of Body
Consciousness and realize the Consciousness of the Jiva in
me, You are the whole and I am a part of it. If I get rid off
the Consciousness of the Jiva also and reach the Soul
Consciousness. I am one with You; You and I are the
same. This is my firm belief. " The readers should realize
that this is the essence of Advaita philosophy as
preached by Sri Sankaracharya.
Why does God become Sakara?
(Having a physical form for the sake of his devotees)
God is the embodiment of Eternal Bliss and pervades
in the entire universe. Fire, in the form of Nirakara,
spreads in all things. It manifests only when certain
essential materials are assembled at one place and
ignited. The fire so manifested assumes gigantic
proportions, depending on the quantity and quality
of the fuel. But the Paramatma (God Divine)
spreads even beyond air and ether manifests
Himself to the seeker as Sahara in the form he
desires. God's all pervasiveness is greater than
that of Agni (Fire) or Vaayu (Air), as there is no
place without His presence. The entire universe is
enveloped with His May a (illusion). As said in the
Gita -"The creation of Maya around us, is only
God's will." Hence it is not at all difficult for Him to
manifest Himself before the seeker, when he comes
out of Maya. The happiness to the seeker is at His
will. God's pervasiveness all over as Nirakara is
possible always, but He reveals Himself to the
seeker, who is an ardent devotee. That God is
Omnipotent can be seen as One in Many and Many
in One. That is His wish, which is pure and noble.
The wish of a devotee will also depend on the wish
of God.
To be contd....
(Source : http://www.saileelas.org/book/agod.htm
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