Jammu, September 18 (HS). Sadguru of Sahib Bandagi Shri Madhuparamhans Ji Maharaj, while delighting the congregation with the nectar of his sermons in Ranjdi, Jammu today, said that the soul is unique. It is beyond the five physical elements. Everyone has interpreted it this way. We have to see what the mind and Maya are like. Everyone says the same thing that brother, what to do, we are bound in the mind and Maya. But this is not enough. There is no doubt about one fact. Everyone is talking about salvation. I told a man that human life is for attaining salvation, try to attain some salvation as well. He said what is the need for salvation. I am happy here. I have a very beautiful house. I have a lot of money. I have a good job as well. My wife is well behaved. Children are educated. I am happy. What is the use of salvation.
The first thing is who thinks like this. Why do people think like this? There are mainly a few such people in the world. Why does this happen? Because intelligence is based on our deeds. Water is pure. But if we put dirt in it then it is said that the water has become dirty. If you purify the water then it is no longer dirty. If dirty substances get mixed in it then the water becomes dirty. Similarly, the soul is pure. We will first see why there are sinners. This soul element is the same in everyone. It neither decreases nor increases.
First we see what is the need for salvation. Small children do not know the importance of money. I gave a 100 rupee note to a small child, he tore it and threw it away. But as we grow up we realize that all work is being done with money. Similarly, until we do not know the importance of salvation, we will not try for it. Man is not trying for salvation. Why? He does not have curiosity. He has seen how his parents are living. How the family is being run. We all have a tradition that when the child grows up a little, we send him to school. We instill a belief in him that he should study. He is watching everyone. He studies for a job. Then we all force him to get married. When he gets married, he thinks of having children. He spends his entire life like this but does not get happiness.
All the great souls till date have called this world full of sorrow. Everyone has said that we are all in bondage. Why is there sorrow? Everyone has called this world a house of sorrow. Man leaves this world at the time of his death like a gambler who regrets a lot after losing. After losing all the money, he just brushes his hands off and leaves. One day or the other, one will have to leave. Man works very hard to collect money, gets married, children are born, grandchildren come. Suddenly one day he has to leave everything and go. This is a great sorrow. Still man is not making efforts for salvation. Why? Out of ignorance. Where did this come from? A mother fell from the roof.
The boundary wall was not built. Her attention was diverted. Her arm was broken. All the people in her family were well known. They brought Mai to me. I told Mai to go to the hospital, get an X-ray done. Then tell me whether the bone or the flesh is broken. The family members said that she did not want to go to the hospital, so she went to the elder and he had tied a bandage. Mai did not listen to me. They again brought Mai to me. I repeated my words. But they said that the doctor is saying that you were late. Flesh has grown in the middle of the fracture. Now an operation will have to be done. Mai did not listen to that either. Mai got cancer and died.
In this way, man does not want to take measures for salvation. Even if he is doing so, he is not doing the right measure. We are bound due to ignorance. This has arisen from Tamoguna. Due to this ignorance, everything appears true to us. Everything seems to be ours. It is bound in mind and Maya. Maya is the body. We are bound in the body. What is the body – there are five elements and nothing else. The whole game is illusionary. But the energy that the body needs to work is being given by the soul. That is Prana. The soul is taking the Prana and releasing it. Even if someone is going to do dirty work, the soul has given him strength. Because the soul has considered itself as mind and intellect. Due to ignorance, the soul has considered itself as the body. The mind has bound the soul in this. Therefore, there is no one else who is your enemy, only the mind.