Emancipation means to forget the world with constant memory of God.
We have not come here to stretch and spread ourselves beyond our capacity in the worldly ways. We are here to shrink ourselves to attach to God and devotion. Extroverts like to associate themselves with the worldly ways. Introverts like to live in the company of God. Don’t put such speed and force into your worldly life such that it wipes all memory of God from your mind. Devotees should decorate their houses with the photo images of God and not with cheap and distasteful photos. We are in this holy fellowship of Shree Hari and therefore we should act wisely.
We listen to katha and discourses and most of us listen to it everyday. But how much do we imbibe from them? To what extent have we come closer to God? It is most important to evaluate each such sitting.
(His days and nights are most pleasant. He lives happily. Hunger for worldly pleasures ran away after darshan of God.)
Those who are tempted by worldly pleasures will not be able to recognise the divine pleasures of God. Surrender to Lord Shree Hari. Even though you may not chant the names of God or visit places of worship, your sins will still be destroyed if you salute in the direction where a katha is being conducted even at a distance of some miles. This shows the majesty of holy company – Satsang.
Daily we pray, ‘Let there be rise in devotional love. Let it be the name of God that we speak rather than the names of others.’ Our life will be fulfilled if such prayer is granted.
Sadguru Nishkulanand Swami preaches firmly. It is okay if we know nothing; just sing the names of God and remember God always chanting “Swaminarayan” “Swaminarayan”. Do Japa of his name. The time is not always favourable for doing difficult worship. Go for simple and easy ways to please God.
(Lord Shree Hari desired to test devotional love. He made up his mind to visit Mathura. He lived for a long time with the Gopis in Gokul to give them blissful pleasure but desired thereafter to live away from them.)