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'''''Everybody Obeys Him''''' is a discourse given by [[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]] on 1978 October 16 in Patna, India. This discourse is the fourteenth chapter of [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 3]].<ref name="AV3">{{cite book|title=Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 3|author=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}}</ref> | '''''Everybody Obeys Him''''' is a discourse given by [[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]] on 1978 October 16 in Patna, India. This discourse is the fourteenth chapter of [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 3]].<ref name="AV3">{{cite book|title=Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 3|author=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}}</ref> | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
{{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote= | {{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=Suppose a person is practising spiritual sádhaná regularly, properly, and with proper inspiration and sincerity, but some other desires, some other longings, remain coverted in the person’s mind. The person is a good person, he or she is sincerely doing sádhaná, but in his mind he thinks, “If Bábá gives me ten lakhs – or five lakhs – or only two lakhs – everything will be managed properly. Oh, no! I won’t ask for these things. No, no, no, it is bad, it is bad.” That desire, that longing for money, remains in him, although he or she is a developed soul, not a bad person, not at all a bad person. So what happens? Because of his piety, after death he gives up the physical structure, the solid body, and gives up the aquatic structure, that is, apatattva, also; but the other three factors – tejas [luminous factor], marut [aerial factor], vyoma [ethereal factor] – remain with him, with his detached mind.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}} | ||
Anandamurti starts the discourse by saying that the only way to surmount ''maya'' is through surrender to the Supreme. Anandamurti then explains that ''avidyamaya'' is the force that broadens the angle of radius between the Lord and the devotee, while ''vidyamaya'' shortens it. Both are useful for maintaining balance in the universe. Praise or punishment are for good reason. Anandamurti goes on explaining that the greatness of God cannot be conceived by unit beings. Logic, philosophy or science will not be able to catch Him. Humans will have to obey His laws and fulfill their duties for the benefit and welfare of all.<ref name="AV3"/> | Anandamurti starts the discourse by saying that after death the physical body remains in the earth while the mind leaves the body and moves in the universe until it finds a suitable body, in accordance with one's reactive momenta (the only way to surmount ''maya'' is through surrender to the Supreme. Anandamurti then explains that ''avidyamaya'' is the force that broadens the angle of radius between the Lord and the devotee, while ''vidyamaya'' shortens it. Both are useful for maintaining balance in the universe. Praise or punishment are for good reason. Anandamurti goes on explaining that the greatness of God cannot be conceived by unit beings. Logic, philosophy or science will not be able to catch Him. Humans will have to obey His laws and fulfill their duties for the benefit and welfare of all.<ref name="AV3"/> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||