Way of living

Common belief of human life ।

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Just think that even if such a hardworking person had this

knowledge that without bhakti and meritorious deeds, a human life

becomes hell, then at least along with that he would have also done

Bhakti of God and would not have suffered such a plight. His children

would have also served him. These very teachings are given in

satsang. Devotees are taught the lesson of kindness and meritorious

deeds. During a satsang, elderly people, people who are ill, disabled,

women with small children, sisters and daughters come to the ashram.

Male and female devotees are delegated in the ashram to look after

the visiting elderly people, the sick and other helpless people. They

give them a bath, wash their clothes, and bringing blessed food from

the kitchen, they feed them in the hall (Pandal) itself where they are

sitting. They serve them tea and milk at their place. Just think that

those children (who go to satsang) and daughters, sisters, mothers

and devotee brothers, who serve the unrelated people coming to

the satsang, will serve their own parents, brother-sister, father and

mother-in-law in their homes with the same attitude, because it

becomes their nature. They are filled with compassion in their hearts.

They thoroughly know the rule of God. In the previous topic about

the hard-working farmer who suffered from stroke and got ignored

by his children, if those sons and daughter-in-laws had been attending

the satsang, they would have taken a lot of care of their father. If

that farmer had done bhakti of God, his body would have remained

healthy and due to his bhakti, impressed by the splendour of the

worship performed by him, his family would have automatically

respected him. For example, sadhu-saints only do bhakti. As a result

of which, the entire village serves and respects them. Likewise

because of doing bhakti, the power of God automatically inspires

others and makes favourable circumstances for the devotee. That

is why, saints urge to do bhakti. The way of life becomes good

through Satsang.

Supreme God Kabir has then stated that: -

Kabir, kaya teri hai nahin, maya kahan se hoye |

Bhakti kar dil paak se, jeevan hai din doye ||

Bin updesh achambh hai, kyon jivat hain praan |

Bhakti bina kahan thaur hai, ye nar naahin paashaan ||

Meaning: - God Kabir is saying that – O innocent man! I am

surprised that with which hope you are living without taking initiation

from a Guru. Even your body is not yours; you will have to abandon

this as well when you die. Then how can the wealth be yours?

Those who do not have this realisation that without bhakti a

living being has no respite, they are not humans; they are stones.

Their intellect has been subdued. Kabir Ji has then said that: -

Definition of ‘Begaar”:

Agam nigam ko khoj le, buddhi vivek vichaar |

Uday-ast ka raaj miley, to bin naam begaar |

Meaning: - In olden days, there were no jeeps, cars etc

vehicles in the police stations. When the police had to raid a place,

they forcefully used to get hold of a private three-wheeler or a four-

wheeler owner, and sitting in his vehicle (three-wheeler or four-

wheeler) used to take it wherever they wanted. The driver used to

be the owner of the three-wheeler and he only used to pay for the

petrol or diesel. He did not even use to earn his livelihood that day.

The police used to make him drive here and there all day. A common

man used to think that this three-wheeler driver will earn a lot of

money today; he has driven the whole day. But only the driver used

to know what had happened to him that day. He did “begaar” (full

effort, no outcome). Similarly, the kings instead of doing bhakti in

this birth are finishing their lives only in the maintenance of their

kingdoms, so they are doing “begaar”. One becomes a king as a

result of the meritorious deeds performed in the previous life. He is

consuming the fruits of those meritorious deeds in this current life.

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