Posted on: 17 Nov 2015
Padanamaskaram Swami, Kindly enlighten us with Your answer for the following query from Shri Kishore ram:
Dear DattaSwami: I came to know about you in early 2008 and I dont know if its my inner consciousness or great fortune to started believing you as the True Incarnation of the unimaginable God. But I somehow deviating from this path though I trust you and more of your divine knowledge. Not only that, I am not able to be good enough in Worldly life as well (Pravrutti).
Can you advise me whats my problem thats hindering or stopping me from leading a righteous life in this world(Pravrutti)? Unless I concentrate and do the things in right way in Pravrutti, I know I cant be eligible for Nivrutti. I am failing in the base step itself(Pravrutti)
At Your feet
Anil
Shri Swami Replied: Pravrutti (your behaviour towards other human beings in this world) is the most important topic of concentration for God. Infact, He says that He comes down in the human form for the sake of establishing justice in pravrutti only (Dharma Samsthapanarthaaya- Gita). In the boyhood, the Lord finished the issue of Nivrutti in the case of Gopikas, who were sages for millions of births trying for the success in Nivrutti. Later on, the whole life of the Lord was dedicated for Pravrutti only though a little time in the war was dedicated for Nivrutti based Pravrutti for the sake of Arjuna. Nivrutti is related to personal life of the Lord. The owner of an industry is highly worried about the work and behaviour of the employees working in the industry. He will not entertain any employee to involve in His personal issues as far as possible. The rewards are given for the best employees working in the office along with punishments for the indiscipline found. An employed girl may be very much attracted towards the personality of the owner and she may love the owner personally and in course of time, she may become even his wife. This is a very rare example involving one employee as a very special case. The owner also does not like such personal behaviour of the employee and may discourage the girl in beginning for a long time. When the owner gets convinced that she does not love him due to her personal liking for his wealth and that her love is very sincere passing through all severe tests, the owner may be convinced with her and at last may marry her. This is a special case involving one specific employee, who is beyond the subject of her employment in the industry for her livelihood. In this way, Nivrutti involves very few devotees only to be counted on the fingers, who get attracted to the God's divine personality and finally become the family members of His inner circle after passing through several severe tests that prove their real love to God. This is limited to very rare souls only.
All the employees of the industry leaving these few rare persons are governed by certain set of rules including rewards for merit as heaven and punishments for violation as hell. The disciplined and peaceful atmosphere in the industry is very very important for the owner. But, the employee must retire from the industry after getting the service benefits for some time. In this way, the souls return from the heaven to the earth. But, the unique employee, who became the family member of the owner remains with the owner forever. Pravrutti is always encouraged by God and Nivrutti is always discouraged by God. The soul travelling in Nivrutti will face severe problems in pravrutti. For all the human beings of standard calibre, pravrutti is the best suitable field. God is extremely pleased with you if you are disciplined in pravrutti. For the success in pravrutti, desire must be controlled. An employee with excess desire will commit corruption and is subjected to the punishment from the God. Such a soul can never even enter Nivrutti. The corrupt employee in the industry can never enter the inner circle of God. In pravrutti, if negative impression is developed in the mind of God, the soul will enter the cycle of births of insects, which is the demotion of the employee from higher cadre to lower cadre. Lord Buddha preached that desire should be controlled in doing service to the society. Sincere service to the industry pleases the owner. Similarly, sincere service to the society pleases God. All the souls serving the society with discipline and controlled desires please God and God develops faith in such souls, which have a fair chance to enter even the Nivrutti. Once you fail in Pravrutti, God will never believe you and the gate to Nivrutti gets closed forever. Further, you will be demoted to the lower cycle of the animals from which you can never get the chance of entering pravrutti at any time. The divine commandments of the God must be followed with full respect and respect is the stepping stone to climb the step of love.
Fundamental Faith of God On You Spoils By Corruption
In Pravrutti corruption is very very important blunder about which you should be always careful. Corruption means stealing the money or wealth of somebody else and also developing secret affairs with somebody's wife or husband. The wealth and wife/husband are registered to every human being by the will of God. Regarding wealth and wife/husband, you are also provided with required wealth and wife/husband since you are in Pravrutti. Of course, the few people turned towards Nivrutti have no desire for wealth and wife/husband and such people are very much negligible in number. I assuredly tell all of you that anybody in the path of corruption in Pravrutti will not have any chance to enter Nivrutti and in future, he will be thrown into the cycle of births of animals. An employee found corrupt in the office will never have a chance to enter the personal life of the owner to become his family member. Not only this, such employee will be transferred from office to industry where he has to work hard and has no chance for corruption. In the office, the employee works with brain and is always happy. In the industry, the employee has to work physically and always feels unhappy. Similarly, the human birth is like employment in the office and the cycle of births of animals is like the industry where the soul has to work very hard even for earning the food in the forests. If the girl loving the owner is found corrupt in the office, the owner will never marry her because she will loot his wealth also after the marriage. The owner will conduct several tests to see whether the girl has corrupt behaviour hidden in her mind. I am comparing the owner to God and hence the dignity of the owner is to be maintained in the simile. Of course, as we see in the present cinemas, the heroine conducts tests in the case of hero. Such hero cannot be compared with the divine personality of God. Of course, in Pravrutti, it is not wrong since the ladies are also employed and earn wealth. The girl also should be careful to see that her husband will not loot her wealth in the future.
The fundamental faith of God should not be disturbed by corruption in Pravrutti. Thus, the corruption spoils all your future forever. The corruption is the practical form of your unjust desire present in your mind. While discussing the required qualities to enter Nivrutti, Shankara told that lack of desire for the fruits in this world as well as in the upper world is the required quality to enter Nivrutti (Iha amutra phala viraagah – commentary on Brahma Sutras). At least, you must control your desire to the minimum level and be satisfied with whatever you are provided by God, though lack of desire is not possible in the beginning stage. Of course, you can progress in your earnings in the path of justice. If the earnings (Artha) and sexual life (Kama) are under the control of the divine justice (Dharma), Nivrutti (Moksha) itself will come to your home to knock your doors in course of time and you need not travel from your home. If you do not do corruption, God will bless you with required wealth, which gives you everlasting happiness in this world. Growth of your wealth in justified way also gives the same result. But, growth of your wealth in unjust way will bring all sorts of problems from all directions. Control of desire and discipline following justice established by God in earnings and sexual affairs is the basis of Pravrutti. This is the reason that many human beings in this world can not only even dream for the Nivrutti, but also, need not dream for this human life in future. By corruption, you are disturbing the fundamental faith of God on you. Since almost all the human beings are going to face this misfortune, the next step will be only total dissolution of the world (Maha Pralaya) and to give a severe wash like dry cleaning using petrol etc., (through the powerful energy form–sword of the incarnation Kalki) to the souls and restart the whole creation afresh once again starting Krutayuga in which all the souls are perfectly clean.