Know Where You Came From

Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj

Your time is also being wasted and misused. You see a lawyer that is serving in a saloon. Why? Because he cannot put his knowledge to proper use. What then is the use of his education and learning? One who has realized one's own True Being should not behave like one who is ignorant. He should not behave like one who is ignorant. He must behave according to his wisdom. You must know what you are and what your duty is, and behave accordingly. We have not come only to fill our belly, we have come to emancipate the world. Saint Tukaram has said, "We from Vaikuntha are here for this one purpose." The wise men have kept something left over (prasAd). We should partake of it and liberate ourselves. It is the sacred blessed food from their mouth. Actually, what you have understood to be false has benefited you, while what appears to be true is dangerous for you. This is the scepter of Yama. The kingdom of Yama, the God of death, is this world appearance. If one enters the empire of Self-Knowledge, the kingdom of Yama is no more. The one who has understood the world as false, has properly benefited from life. Otherwise, the high and mighty hand of Death God is always there. We will clean the path of Knowledge, because there are wild forests filling the whole world. Please think deeply about from where you have come. Why have you come? Is it your work to have children and raise a large family? Do you ever give any thought to this? If you do not think, when who will liberate you and how?