Posted on: 28 Jun 2022
The right half of God Datta is preacher (Guru) and left half is God (Bhagavan). Both are one and the same God Datta. God and Datta are one and the same personality because you cannot separate God and Guru in to two different persons. Generally, the left half is represented by wife and right half is represented by husband. In that way, we can treat two personalities here. The right half or Guru represents Datta or husband and Guru stands for spiritual knowledge. Datta stands for spiritual knowledge as per the Veda (Satyaṃ Jñānam anantaṃ Brahma, Prajñānaṃ Brahma). Hence, the right half can be fixed for Guru Datta. Bhagavan represents the left half and the word Bhaga stands for miraculous power (one power appears as six sub-divisions as per aiśvaryasya samagrasya…) by which Bhagavan is always identified. In this way, the left half stands for unimaginable power and right half stands for the possessor of the unimaginable power or unimaginable God. Since both are unimaginable, they must be one only (since two unimaginable items cannot exist and any number of unimaginable items becomes only one unimaginable item). In this way also, the two halves become only one item or one personality, which is very clear since the form is only one personality. The unimaginable power or Maayaa and the unimaginable God or Parabrahman are only one item.
However, we can assume this one personality as two personalities for our convenience as Maayaa and Parabrahman. It is also convenient for Maayaa to be the left half and Parabrahman to be the right half as per the wife-husband concept. In essence, we can agree that the husband and wife together as one item alone. Maayaa and Parabrahman are one and the same item in actual sense. Even in the sense of assumption, power and possessor of power can’t be isolated and for all practical purposes, stand as one item only.
Based on the assumption of two items, we assume different characteristics for both. Bhagavan (Maayaa) is very simple and straight. When you approach Bhagavan or miraculous power, you approach for the solution of a problem through worship. Your problem is solved by doing some temporary adjustment in your cycle of deeds by postponing the punishment of the sin to a later birth (since permanent cancellation of the punishment can be attained only through the reformation of the soul and you may think that the punishment is cancelled forever). This is purely instrumental devotion (in which your love is on your solution and not on Bhagavan). But, if you approach the right half or Guru or Parabrahman, the subject is very complicated because your approach to Guru (I am using the word Guru for Satguru in this topic), is to please Parabrahman through goal devotion (not for any desire). Such a spiritual effort needs true love and a lot of sacrifice.
When you worship Datta for the solution of a worldly problem, the right half gives a green signal to the left half or Maayaa and actually, Maayaa performs the miracle since the right half is always confined to spiritual knowledge or goal devotion only. Since both halves are one and the same in actual sense, we say that Datta performed the miracle. Guru Datta always concentrates on spiritual knowledge whereas Maayaa concentrates on miracles based on the consent given by Guru Datta. The devotees concentrating on miracles and instrumental devotion always worship Datta or any of His incarnations as Maayaa.
Real worship of God Datta is not applying flowers etc., and reading prayers sitting before His statue or photo. Of course, such worship also helps this spiritual development in an initial stage and hence, should not be rejected. But, in real worship, the mind shall be fully absorbed in God Datta and such absorption comes only 1) when you think about the details of the divine personality of God Datta and 2) When you do not aspire for anything in return from God. In such a state of total absorption of your mind in the divine personality of God Datta, you will be floating in the ocean of bliss. What does this mean? This means that God Datta is giving total salvation to you immediately in a fraction of second. The total salvation from worldly bonds comes only due to total absorption or attachment to God Datta. Such attachment gives you the infinite bliss as the fruit at once. There is no question of any delay in the fruit. Such fortunate grace of God Datta happens without any spiritual effort and it happens generally in Satsanga. God Krishna says that fortunate devotees will be floating in the ocean of divine bliss by keeping their mind and life on God, explaining about God to each other and communicating God’s greatness to each other (Maccittā… Ramanti ca— Gita).