Six Questions asked at the feet of Truth (Lord Satyanarayan)

 Dadaji will tell about the six questions asked at the feet of Truth (Satyanarayan) down through the Ages. The questions are always asked and only understood by those devotees filled with devotion to the Supreme Truth.

First Question:

From where did all created beings come?

The Creator has a spontaneous longing for the joy of creation. Mahanam was born and from this Mahanam matter and life came to be.

This was called the male and female, and from this all things and beings were produced.

Brother Sun is life, Sister moon is matter. All that is Prana, Life, is male and all that is Matter, both solid and subtle, is Prakriti, Nature, female, and carries the life.

Every place, at one time, the sun rays may be seen; on the other side of the earth, the moon. Both together not opposites, but merged in a marriage with the Oneness.

Time is the seasons of the year. Those who think the sun and the moon itself are the Supreme, doing devotions to Surya (Sun) and Chandra (Moon) live in both light and darkness.

Those who follow the light of the sun understanding the law of action and reaction constantly take human form in the light.

Those who hide in the shadows of the moon and the whirling of the mind are created in darkness again and again.

Second Question:

What are the powers that keep the union of a being

and which of them is Supreme?

The powers are space, air, fire, water, earth, voice, mind, eye and ear. Those are the powers that light the lamps of life. They think that they are the foundation of life.

But life, the Supreme Life Giver, reminds them of their delusion constantly, and constantly they forget. Then Life, the Mahanam, leaves the body and they must follow and come to rest.

Then once again the powers understand and merge with the soul of life.

Life is the fire and lights the Sun, Life is the wind, the rain. Life is the earth. What is, what is not, and what is beyond eternity. On life and in Life all things have their being. He is the only Life.

Without the Supreme Power in the eye, you cannot see. Without the Supreme Power in the ear, you cannot hear. Without the Supreme Power within the mind, you cannot think.

Third Question:

How does life come to the body, sustain it,

express itself and leave the body?

Life comes from the Spirit and takes Mahanam into the shadow garment of all former lives as destiny.

The Spirit commands a new bodily kingdom for the destiny to rule over. The Supreme Power of Life again rules over the lesser powers of the body. The Atman, the Supreme Spirit dwells in the sound of Mahanam, its vibration supplying the power for living. From this flow the channels of the Ganges (bloodstream) to feed all parts of the body.

The life combines in the light and darkness doing the good and evil of the mind and both are led again to rebirth.

When the fire of life is gone, the senses become absorbed in the mind and the last thoughts of the mind lead to the next experience of birth.

Those who know this, mourn not after their loved ones, for they know that they never die, but have life everlasting.

Fourth Question:

What powers sustain us in sleep

when we do not see, hear or think?

When sleep comes, you do not see, do not hear, smell, taste, touch with the physical senses. You do not speak, receive or give, move about or enjoy the joy of love.

Still the fires of life are burning, they sleep not. In the dream state what has been heard is heard again, what has been seen is seen again, what has been felt in different places, far away regions of past return to the mind again. The mind sees all since the mind is all.

When the mind is overcome by the light beyond the mind, then the dreams are no longer seen. Joy, peace and perfect rest come to the.

Fifth Question:

What about the person whose mind is always

resting in the awareness of Mahanam?

The Mahanam is the infinite and the finite, not two but two in One. In this consciousness there is no question of peace, birth or death. It is complete unknowing Faith.

If truly resting in the Oneness of Supreme Love, He may return in a body to be an example of steadiness and purity without destiny or fear, to brothers and sisters. He also can become free and blend with the Supreme Absolute beholding finally the spirit that indwells all beings of this world. This is Bhuma.

Sixth Question:

Where does the spirit of all reside?

The Spirit of Life, who gives life is there in your body. It is not connected to a physical organ. Only with the Will of that Spirit may you enter into or depart from the body.

Hold your head up high in faith, knowing God is your shelter. All fear is but a mistrust of His Love.

Fear of man? What man is there in this world, what king, can rival the King of Kings? With the King of the Universe you dwell for all time in truth.

What power is there in the world to rob you of your freedom? His freedom reaches the prisoner in the deepest, darkest dungeon.

Must you cling to this mortal body in fear of death, clutching like a miser his treasure? This soul of yours shall dine always at the Feast of Eternal Life.

All pain and death are but shadows of the mind that blows between you and Truth.

He is you Supreme courage to love, the courage to speak, to do, to suffer. His Will be done. Finally, He is the courage to leave all things or be left alone.

He alone is the giver of the Supreme Faith of Love, the Faith of Life, of Victory in defeats of the Power hidden in the frailness of beauty, of the dignity of pain that accepts hurt but refuses to return to it.

GOPAL GOVINDA