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Let Us Be Gods-XI (Contd)
Sri
Ramakrishna
was
not
against
this
monistic
teaching
that
man
is
God.
That
is
also
needed
in
India.
Where
from
do
you
think
the
strength
will
come
that
India
needs?
When
all
other
sources
of
power
have
gone
and
are
no
longer
available,
there
remains
one
source
which
no
one
can
assail
and
which
no
one
can
rob
you
of,
and
that
is
the
strength
of
your
own
being.
Infinite
strength
is
in
my
soul,
in
my
spirit,
because
that
is
its
very
nature.
Therefore
it
has
been
called
abhih,
the
fearless
one.
Once you catch a glimpse of this source, all fear is dispelled. All doubt is dispelled. All weakness goes away. Really, really it is the shortest cut to the highest truth, although to the unaccustomed it seems to be an impossible proposition. If a person is sitting in a room and you call him by name, would he not respond? He would come out of the room. 'You want me?" He will respond. If it is true that there is divinity within me, and if I think in those terms, and if I use those words, then that which is hidden in me and seemed to be lost, will respond and come out. Isn"t it true?
In
silent
moments,
calmly
and
quietly,
tell
yourself,
'This
is
my
nature.'Nitya,
shuddha,
buddha,
mukta
svabhavayam
atma'.
There
is
a
custom
in
India
that
as
soon
as
a
person
wakes
up,
leaves
his
bed,
he
recites
a
verse:
'Aham
deva
na
chainasmi
brahmaivaham
na
sokavat
satchidanandarupoham
nityamuktasvabhavayam.
Aham
deva':
'I
am
the
effulgent
one.
'Na
chainasmi'
:
'I
am
not
anything
else.
'Brahmaiva'
:
'I
am
verily
God,
verily
Brahman."
Nashokavat'
:
'I
have
no
sorrow.
'Satchidanandarupoham'
:
'I
am
of
the
form
of
Satchidananda,
Being-Consciousness-Bliss
Absolute."
'Nityamuktasvabhavayam'
:
'And
my
nature
is
forever
free.
I
am
eternal
and
free.
That"s
my
nature."
This
is
recited
the
very
first
thing
after
waking.
It
is
expected
that
a
Hindu
will
remind
himself
of
this
fact.
In our true spiritual nature, we are spirit, beyond this body, beyond the mind and beyond the infinite circumstances of this infinite universe; we exist above all those things. There, where we shine, there, where we are powerful and fearless, there it is where we are also full of infinite good: 'Shivam. Tejo yat te rupam kalyanatamam tat te pasyami yo"savasau purushah, so"ham asmi'. 'Most beneficent form." That"s the spirit. Infinitely good, it is. And that is where we should exist.
So, my friends, make an effort. Don"t live on your skin. Unfortunately, all of us have made ourselves identical with our skin. And what a big business has arisen out of that. Millions and millions of dollars are being spent to nourish us as skin. We are skin –– skin and hair and nails and nose and teeth and all that. What a horror! It would be indeed a great comedy, if it were not the greatest tragedy for the soul. No power above you. Remember this. The truth is there is only one. Call it by whatever name you want to call it. There is just one. Since we believe in God, therefore everything else also we have to recognize as God Himself. There is no escaping. Even the smallest insect is God. And let us follow the Swami"s advice: 'Let us be Gods!"
(Concluded.)
About the author
Swami Ashokananda
Swami Ashokananda (1893-1969) was a much-venerated monk of the Ramakrishna Order. He was ordained into sannyasa by Swami Shivananda, and was the editor of Prabuddha Bharata, an English monthly of the Ramakrishna Order brought out from the Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati in Uttaranchal. He was an outstanding writer and speaker and the leader of the Vedanta Society of Northern California (San Fransisco) from 1931 until his passing away in 1969.
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