||ShriHari||
All brothers & sisters! carefully put yourself into remembrance of God. All the time keep praying to Him –
‘Hey Nath! [O Lord!] I must not forget you’.
Remembrance of God eradicates all adversities from one’s life –
‘Harismritih Sarvavipadwimokshnam’
(Shrimdbhagwat 8/10/55).
Like a lantern, it gives light and support in the darkness. There is no other support in this world except the remembrance of God. Mere remembrance of Lord, sets human beings free from worldly bondage –
‘Yasya Smaranmatren Janmsansarbandhanaat ।
Vimuchyate …’
(Mahabharat Anushasan. 149).
Everything in our lives become all right just by remembering God. Therefore, call out with sincerity,
‘Hey Nath!, Hey Nath!!’ (O Lord! O Lord!!).
Pray to the Lord only for one thing that ‘Hey Nath! I must never forget you; please bless me so that I may not forget you’. One Shloka goes like this –
Shambhuh Shwetarkpushpen Chandrama Wstratantunaa । Achyutah Smritimatren Sadhawh karsamputaih ॥
i.e. ‘Lord Shankar is pleased with a white flower of ‘aak’, the moon with a fibre of cloth and saints are pleased with mere salutation, but Lord Vishnu is pleased just by remembering Him ’.
Except remembrance, neither any object nor any effort is required. Once, Mother Kunti told Lord Krishna; “Look! Your brothers are suffering in the forest; don’t you feel any compassion for them?” Lord Krishna replied, “My dear aunt, what can I do for them? Draupadi remembered me, when her clothes were being taken away, but brother Yudhishthir put everything at stake in gambling but did not remember me! At least he should have remembered me”. Lord Krishna knew everything about the sufferings of Yudhishthir but he did not emancipate Yudhishthir due to Yudhishthir not remembering Him. Then how can you expect your emancipation without remembering the Lord ? The gist is that by mere remembering of the Lord, one attains salvation, sorrows vanish forever and one experiences immense bliss. What can equate to such an inexpensive, great deal! Such a simple ‘saadhan’ (spiritual discipline) it is! But it produces such a great result. If we can’t do such a simple thing then what can we do? There is neither incurrance of any expense nor requirement of any physical labour. Therefore I suggest that start praying all the time – right from getting up in the morning till going to sleep. Keep praying ‘O Lord! I must not forget you’. Whatever the form of God you have in your mind, remember it and create a longing within that
‘O my Lord! I must not forget you’.
Immerse yourself completely in this, then undoubtedly everything will become all right.
From book ‘ O Lord ! I Must Not Forget You ‘ by Swami Ramsukhdasji