Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj
The Nine Faceted Devotion
The eighth type of devotion is "Friendship with God" (Sakhyam). We should be friendly with God. The Self (Atman) is the Sadguru. We should bind ourselves to the Sadguru by our deep love. As there is service in this worldly life, so in spiritual life there is the Ninefold Devotion. We should try to do new things all the time. While offering devotion we should some novel things using our imagination.This gives our mind happiness and new energy, and joy. We should act in such a way that the Sadguru will be happy. We should behave in that fashion which is loved by God. Only then is there friendship and affection. As soon as things happen according to our liking, there is spontaneous friendliness. We should like what the Sadguru likes. We should praise the Sadguru. We ma even have to be aloof from all, in order to be friendly with God. One who acts with such a feeling that God is his "Real Life-Force is capable to become his "True Devotee". The Sadguru is the Life-Force. He is the Supreme Self. This is called the "Devotion of Friendship". In Hindu mythology, there was a house built out of lacquer and flammable things, called Lakshagriha. The meaning of Laksha is spiritually somewhat different. God in the form of Lord Krishna could bring out the Pandava family from the Lakshagriha through a tunnel.
Lakshagriha is said to be our attention to objects. We are tied to objects and we will free ourselves only by focusing our attention on, and remembering the Lord. (Lakshya - object of attention; remembering that "I" am "I".) Remembering that "we are" is called Lakshya. We start from the state of not knowing anything, and by listening and paying attention to our mother and father, and also listening to many things which are told by many other people, we are filled up with ideas that we have heard and our attention is conditioned by that listening. Kauravas means individuals, the Jivas, who have turned their back on the Self, the Atman. By their conceptual imagination, the object of attention is jailed in the house of their attention. Desires are going to burn these individuals by kindling the fuel of objects. By putting our whole attention to remembering the Sadguru, and by remembering the name of God, we free ourselves from this flammable house of objects which bring only the flames of sorrow. Those who free themselves of this enjoy total happiness. Others, by failing to choose the right thing, remain in the same flammable house and suffer burns again and again. This is the opportunity to free yourselves. If you worry about yourself, what necessity has the Guru to worry about you? Give up your worry and take care of your Guru. Then the Sadguru will surely take care of you. The Sadguru is the Supreme Self, Paramatman. He is without any form or blemish. Our faith is so often lost as soon as something happens which is not desirable to us, but we should never worry. Let God do what he likes. You say that you are not superior to God, but your mind does not feel like that. You should behave in accordance to His will, and never be sorry. If a man puts his trust in the Sadguru, it is the Sadguru whose heart suffers even if the man is but slightly hurt, or if but even a hair on his head is touched. The Sadguru is always taking the side of the destitute. He will never rest before giving you the highest place, which is not fallible. Those who you think to be yours, will accompany you up to the cemetery. They will lament loudly upon your death, but God will never those who have surrendered themselves to Him. Therefore, you should have friendship with God.
Lakshagriha is said to be our attention to objects. We are tied to objects and we will free ourselves only by focusing our attention on, and remembering the Lord. (Lakshya - object of attention; remembering that "I" am "I".) Remembering that "we are" is called Lakshya. We start from the state of not knowing anything, and by listening and paying attention to our mother and father, and also listening to many things which are told by many other people, we are filled up with ideas that we have heard and our attention is conditioned by that listening. Kauravas means individuals, the Jivas, who have turned their back on the Self, the Atman. By their conceptual imagination, the object of attention is jailed in the house of their attention. Desires are going to burn these individuals by kindling the fuel of objects. By putting our whole attention to remembering the Sadguru, and by remembering the name of God, we free ourselves from this flammable house of objects which bring only the flames of sorrow. Those who free themselves of this enjoy total happiness. Others, by failing to choose the right thing, remain in the same flammable house and suffer burns again and again. This is the opportunity to free yourselves. If you worry about yourself, what necessity has the Guru to worry about you? Give up your worry and take care of your Guru. Then the Sadguru will surely take care of you. The Sadguru is the Supreme Self, Paramatman. He is without any form or blemish. Our faith is so often lost as soon as something happens which is not desirable to us, but we should never worry. Let God do what he likes. You say that you are not superior to God, but your mind does not feel like that. You should behave in accordance to His will, and never be sorry. If a man puts his trust in the Sadguru, it is the Sadguru whose heart suffers even if the man is but slightly hurt, or if but even a hair on his head is touched. The Sadguru is always taking the side of the destitute. He will never rest before giving you the highest place, which is not fallible. Those who you think to be yours, will accompany you up to the cemetery. They will lament loudly upon your death, but God will never those who have surrendered themselves to Him. Therefore, you should have friendship with God.
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