!!SHRI SWAMI SAMARTH JAY JAY SWAMI SAMARTH!!
CASE-STUDY #5
Before you read the article, kindly note that I am not an English speaking person. I am not familiar with colloquial language. Hence I request you to pay attention to the content of communication, and not to language proficiency. Purpose of presentation in English, is to approach the maximum number of personnel, around the world.
Real Life Event
Incidence has occurred in my presence at Shri. Akkalkot Swami Samarth Matt, Mumbai. One old lady was registering a complaint with Matt Manager, against a Thief , who had cheated her. This fellow is seen frequently at Matt, He had cheated that lady, as well as many other old ladies, several times. This triggered an inspiration to analyze the incident, faced by that lady, and to upload as case study, so that many viewers can read through.
Analysis
Now a days during majority of transactions, you get cheated unknowingly. From vegetable vendor to posh jeweller, to an auto driver, majority earn excessive profits by cheating the customer, taking undue advantage of customer’s ignorance and monopolistic situations. Only a few thieves do it in a wrong way. They are noticed immediately. Person, which this lady came across is a petty thief, from this category.
Divine regulating system automatically registers, the intention of doer, on his Causal Body. No chance for adjustments. It is registered as an intentional cheating. He has to face the consequential effects later on, during subsequent rebirths, in due course, in order to settle the account.
In case if you are ignorant about cheating, you will not take it seriously, and will not react. But in case if you notice, that you are cheated, you may desire to take a revenge, or to make sure that he is punished by law, or at lease to teach him a lesson. This new desire will be registered on your Causal Body as an unsatisfied desire. If you think about it repeatedly, identical multiple unsatisfied desires will be registered. You will be compelled to take one birth each to satisfy one unsatisfied desire. In subsequent birth you may interchange your roles. Further more on account of your reaction, if that thief / cheater has to suffer, he will try to trouble you someway or the other. If he does not succeed, during his lifetime, his desire will remain unsatisfied. On account of his repeated thinking about it, new unsatisfied desires will be registered. Thus he also will get entangled in numerous births. Who will get opportunity, when, is not known. Hence total number of births for both is uncertain. During every subsequent birth, this sort of process of exponential growth of records, may continue. This growth cannot be predicted. You have to suffer a lot in multiple births. Please note that all this jargon developed from your single wish to react. If you halt the process in the beginning, you are saved of huge quantum of prolonged trouble. Please understand the system of “Interlinked Fate.” How it works.
The current incident is one of several links of event chain of Interlinked Fate, started in some previous birth. In absence of Interlinked Fate, even a stray dog on street will not notice your presence and bark at you, or come near you to bite or lick. In absence of Interlinked Fate, even a street beggar will overlook your presence, and forget to beg from you. When anybody begs or requests for help, he is trying to recover his petty dues, from previous birth, in a sober way. A robber will rob to recover his dues. A cheater will cheat to recover. This way, many such incidences occur in your life. Your close relatives like, mother, father, brother, sister, husband, wife, son, & daughter, friend or enemy, all are links of a closely woven network of Interlinked Fate. You may think further to expand this concept, if you wish so, in order to understand long-term repercussions. All these are part of the play enjoyed by Divine System. Real life Events, which you face, are like scenes of an on going drama of the universal events. Technical name of this drama is Gunakreeda (गुणक्रीडा). Individual is involved only to the extent of his role. All scenes including entry and exit for every role are predefined in form of Fate, prior to birth. Hence try to view every real-life event from a third party angle. Efforts taken to achieve this state, are called Sadhana (साधना). Person, who achieves these capabilities is totally free. This state is called Jeevanmukta (जीवनमुक्त अवस्था) or Videhee State (विदेही अवस्था).
12th chapter of Bhagvadgeeta (भगवद्गीता), narrates the characteristics and thinking pattern of a Devotee(भक्त). Let us take a look at it.
(अद्वेष्टा सर्व भूतानाम्) : Two varieties of individuals creating troubles have been specified.
- Persons, who create obstacles or hindrances during efforts for gaining wealth, &/or fame, preventing your success.
- Persons involving you in untoward / undesired incidences or acts. Persons harming you physically or financially or mentally.
Devotee does not envy or get angry with him at all. Not even to minutest extent. He always experiences presence of Almighty within that person. His line of thinking is, how can he envy his beloved GOD, or be angry with him? He even treats all his harming deeds, as acts performed by Almighty, which are always to his benefit.
(मैत्रः करुण एव च) : Devotee is friendly and loving with each and every living being. His behavior with the person harming him, is always friendly and loving.
Every devotee should always bear in mind that every living being harming him, is clearing the consequential effects of his previous deeds and thereby helping purification process. Hence he deserves to be thanked. But he is performing a bad deed, and digging his own grave unknowingly. Therefore one should feel pity about him. He therefore deserves a loving treatment.
One may think these thoughts as impracticable. But these will never bind him with chain of consequential effects. Moreover such high-level devotional thoughts reflect his intense love towards Almighty. This intense love triggers the final process of merger with Almighty.
The concerned lady should limit her intention of registering her complaint, to making Matt administration aware, so that effect of thief’s bad deeds do not reflect on reputation of Matt, or to fulfill social responsibility. Intention of teaching the thief a lesson or harming him or punishing him should be avoided. Otherwise she will surely get trapped in the complex net of Interlinked Fate. In case if anybody notices any such untoward incidence, or in case if you witness the incidence, it becomes your social responsibility, to act in any of the following ways, without any selfish motive.
- Try to prevent either by physical intervention, or by drawing attention of surrounding people,
- Report the incidence to Police, or governing authority.
One should never shirk or avoid fulfilling responsibilities, for any reason. He should act to fulfil his responsibilities adopting mentality, recommended by Karmayog(कर्मयोग). Mainly Nishkam Karma (निष्काम कर्म). Do not expect any specific outcome. Be prepared mentally to face any outcome, including Interlinked Fate ,which comes across. This mentality will help you to maintain mental balance. This mentality will prevent setting up a specific desire, and generation of repeated loops of Interlinked Fate. According to Adhyatma, duties always overrule danger of Interlinked Fate.
Please think over the above analysis seriously. Acquire detailed knowledge about Adhyatma concepts and try hard to improve own mind-set, conduct and behavior. Swami is there to help and bless you, provided you make sincere efforts.
Lets go through the original message from Swami Samarth, which is narrated in Hindi.
स्वामी वचन
गंभीरतासे चिंतन करो। नियोजन करो। अन्यथा केवल श्रवणेंद्रियको एक श्रम दिया जाएगा। किन्तु इंद्रीय अपने रास्तेसे चलते जाएँगे। मन की पुरानी आदत परिवर्तित नहीं होगी। समाज अपने रास्तेपे चलता रहेगा। भक्त केवल पूजापाठ आरती करते है। किन्तु अपने नित्य जीवनमे बडे संभ्रममे बडे अज्ञान बडे समस्याग्रस्त जीवन व्यतित कर रहे है। इतने सारे भक्त इकठ्ठे आते है। घोष लगाते है। आरती उतारते है हमारे प्रतिमाकी। हमारे ज्ञानप्रबोधनका अधिष्ठान उनके आचरणमे कैसे प्राप्त हो जाय? एक एक सिध्दांत चिंतन करना पडेगा। अपने आचरणको सुधार करनेके लिये। अपने आचरणको पवित्र करनेके लिये। समय जा रहा है। समय हाथसे निकल जा रहा है। सावधान। समय नही रुकेगा।
Think over seriously. Otherwise old habits of individual will not change. Man will not change. All his physical activities will continue in the same old fashion. Society will also behave the same way. Devotees perform Puja, sing devotional songs, individually or in a group. But stop there only. How can they start using eternal knowledge in their real life conduct? Each and every concept should be studied and thought over in depth, in order to improve conduct. For purifying mind-set. Patient efforts are needed. Changing mentality is a very slow process. Wake up. Available life span is short. One cannot afford to waste time. Day by day available time is reducing. Time will never halt. Start now. At least give a sincere fair trial, you are sure to succeed. Unless you view your real-life-events from a different perspective, you can never be happy. I pray Shri. Swami Samarth to grace you a grand success. Be sure about his protection.