The Path towards God
Many of you are seekers of the divine kingdom. Your aim is to have a relationship with the only reality – that is God. But you find yourselves lost on the path and your urge to seek God does not seem to bear fruit. Many of you get disheartened at your constant failure. Some of you feel an inferiority complex – that you will never be able to find salvation.
The reason for being in constant failure inspite of your effort is that sin is playing the spoiler. Sin denotes rebellion against God, and while you are in sin, you are not in the will of God. Always remember in your mind that if you are bearing any sin in your heart, God will not listen to you. Thus if you want your efforts to bear fruit, your prayers must be according to God’s will and not your will. Remember this truth, that when you are sinning, you are carrying out your will, not God’s will. (more…)
As you go through the turbulence of life, you realize that there is nothing certain in life. Anything can happen and on many occasions you find yourselves helpless in spite of our best preparations. That is the time many of you turn to God and pray to Him to solve your problems. You expect God to turn your sorrow into joy and to get rid of your difficulties and troubles. Most of you remember the Lord only in times of trouble and that’s when you quickly remind Him that He is your father and therefore it is His duty to help you. You also remind Him that it is His duty to He help you as He had promised to do so.
FROM TEACHING OF AADISHRI ARUN: The pursuit of Happiness is a basic goal of all humans. Whatever we may desire and however varied our desire may be, the essential fact is that all of us desire nothing more than to be happy. The difference between the goals of different people is that different people desire different objects in their pursuit of happiness. Some people pursue wealth to be happy. Some people pursue, power and prestige, some may pursue fame and acclaim and some will pursue happy relationships. The objects of desire may be different but the basic urge-to be happy- remains the same.
Lot of devotees and God seekers complain that even after great effort, they are unable to have a direct experience of God.
We all want to know how to receive God’s grace and blessings. We are told that we are children of God but most of us feel forsaken by Him. Why is it that we are unable to experience the hand of God in our lives? This is because we are unable to live as per the laws of blessings.