Spiritual Message for the Day – The Divine Destination by Sri Swami Chidananda

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The Divine Destination

Divine Life Society Publication: Essentials of The Higher Values of Life by Sri Swami Chidananda

Your destiny is to transcend the sorrow and suffering, pain and misery, defects and imperfections and to attain the state of glorious Perfection that is characterised by Bliss-absolute, Peace-profound. Perfection, Peace and Bliss. This is your birth-right. You are given this human birth only to attain that state. You are the heir of that profound Experience of unalloyed, unmixed, hundred per cent pure Bliss, a distilled quintessence of absolute Bliss. That Bliss, that Peace, that Happiness is imponderable. It does not come from any source, It does not depend on any object. That Bliss, that Peace, that great sense of Perfection, that Light is known as Brahman, God, Bhagavan, Paramatman, Allah, Khuda. We call It the Kingdom of Heaven or the Kingdom of God. You may call It by any name, no matter what name, label or appellation you give It, It is that great Experience absolute where all the sorrows disappear, where all the doubts vanish, where all the questions disappear. It is transcending them all, It is transcending all sorrow, pain, grief, suffering, delusion and bondage. You are in a state of absolute freedom and fearlessness.

The Goal of human life is That. You have full potential for attaining It. It is your birth-right. You are given this human birth to attain That. That Experience is called Kaivalya Moksha Saamraajyam. That is to be kept as your Goal. Your efforts to attain That should never be postponed for Jaatasya hi dhruvo mrityuh (Certain is the death for the born. B.G. II-27). You should not be tempted and diverted into side-channels. There is nothing anywhere else. They are like water of mirage. You should know and remember always, duhkhaalayam-ashaashwatam [the place of pain and is non-eternal. B.G. VIII-15]. There is not an iota of real happiness here.

All these are fundamental truths. All the different schools of Vedanta whether it is the Absolute Monism of Sankaracharya, or Qualified Monism of Ramanujacharya or Pure Dualism of Madhvacharya or Dual-nondual Doctrine of Nimbarkacharya or Pure Dualism of Vallabhacharya or Achintya Bhedabheda of Gauranga Mahaprabhu, all of them declare these truths. They all tell this is a passing world; one day you have to die. You do not belong to this world, you are only a traveller. The human life is a great journey towards that grand Goal. It is not to be wasted after petty things. If your life is properly directed and properly used, you can attain That in this very life. You can attain Immortality, eternal Bliss and Peace at the end of your life.

This is the quintessence of the Indian Philosophy. Contemplate on this. Don’t be lost in nomenclature and unnecessary details. You should know the heart of philosophy: You are Divine, you are the Immortal Atman. You are given this human birth to regain that Experience of your lost Divinity. Do it now. Do not postpone.

The message of the day is:

1) Remember always the death.

2) Do not fall prey to the attractions of petty things.

3) You are given this human birth to regain your lost Divinity. The goal of life is to attain It.

4) Do it now. Be up and doing. Uttishthatha Jagrata. Awake, arise! Do not stop till the goal is reached.

God bless you all.

Excerpts from: The Divine Destination - Essentials of The Higher Values of Life by Sri Swami Chidananda

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