Nullify Actions By Renunciation

Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj

Many sages find it a great burden if they take on many disciples. Saint Ramdas says, "Lucky is that yogi who is imbibed with desirelessness." Consider the one who has no desires greatly lucky. Sometimes one says, "I will let it go if I cannot get it," but still the anxiety in the mind does not diminish. What is the use of this type of desirelessness? One's attitude should be such that one is free of desire. Renunciation should be natural. He is happy whose sorrow has ended. He attains Knowledge based in experience. Otherwise, if one only has verbal knowledge one cannot get he happiness that true knowledge brings. One whose nature is free of greed becomes bored by even the sight of diamonds, rubies, and stacks of money. Such a man cannot be attracted to money, to house, or property. While it is only when he is left with no other options that a greedy man will be forced to relinquish his possessions.

The sage nullifies all actions by renouncing them from the beginning. He knows that renunciation must not be kept for the last day, because some attachment may creep in that may catch one unaware, and be a cause for rebirth. The one who has become completely unattached, does not have to many any last minute haste. Sages always live in freedom. There is a saying that Saint Muktabai offers all of the five kinds of vital air (pancha pranas, or 5 pranas) in the light of the Aarati. This means that you should not consider things to be yours that do not belong to you. Take the utmost care, as surely an arrest warrant will be given. Know that of all the things in the world are the property of another. One who is living in his house, yet is desireless, is the real forest dweller. He is the true monk. He attains the "Wisdom of God". The main key to spiritual life is the state of "total desirelessness". There is a saying: "There is no happiness that compares with desirelessness."