Many people think that they have committed so many sins,
such wicked deeds and the list of their known and unknown sins is so big, that
they cannot be reformed, so how can they achieve salvation? People who think in
this manner should know that as soon as they take a vow to walk on the path of
good deeds, the old dirty lice-ridden cloak of vices is automatically cast off.
By shedding off sins and desires and sincerely repenting for them, we are
liberated from the bad results of our bad deeds. Only those traits of acts of
our past births which are destined to be borne as prarabdha (fate) have to be born
at some time or other during this vehicle of more sins. The punishment under
God's law of fate can be lightened by not resorting to wickedness and repenting
for earlier sins and it is also possible to be forgiven.
The mental strength through Gayatri -worship definitely
helps to remove innumerable bad tendencies, habits and sinful attitudes of the
worshipper. Many people ask, "I have so-and-so bad tendency, I have not
paid any attention to avoiding non-vegetarian food, I have committed certain
bad deeds. Can I be deserving of Gayatri-worship?" Such people should very
well understand that Gayatri is a kind of soap. When soap has been created for
removing dirt, then it is useless to think whether dirty clothing deserves the
use of soap. The use of Gayatri is like a spiritual soap to remove the bad
impressions and influences and dualities and controversies within the mind. Hence
a sinful person should not hesitate to use it.
Liberation from evil tendencies is definite and easy with
inner transformation. It is neither impossible nor surprising if to-day's
sinner becomes a saint to-morrow. Authors of scriptures have told this straight-forward
tale with great emphasis on the destruction of sins through Gayatri-worship.
It is understood that one can be freed from the
punishment for past deeds by certain means, and then evil people will go on
committing sins and then resort to the above means by thinking that now their
past sins have been annihilated. They will think of further committing the
sinful acts and resorting to the prayers for destroying the sins thus
mistakenly thinking that they will get the benefit from their bad deeds and
simultaneously get the added benefit of freedom from the sins.
One must remove this misconception from its roots. If man
goes on committing more sins, he remains sinful only. There is no question of
his sins being washed out through prayers. If simultaneously he commits sins
also. When man starts despising sinful acts and saves himself from bad thoughts
- like cleansing from urine and faces - then on achieving this state of mind,
he will not have the inclination to adopt the path of sin. He will not expect
that God will accept a small bribe of prayers and forgive his continuity of
sins.
But in God's office, those person cases are considered
with a liberal attitude, who has given up bad deeds, and not only given up bad
tendencies but repented for past mistakes. For the banishment of crimes, the
rule of punishment is put into effect - when children do something wrong, the
mother scolds them, when a disciple becomes tardy, the teacher takes up the
cane, when the societal rules are disturbed, the local council dispenses
punishment, when the law is broken, fines, jail, extolment or death-sentence is
their. God has provided for punishment of sins through punishment from deities,
bodily ailments and material wants or scarcity. This rule of law is not meant
as revenge or 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for - a tooth'; but it is created
on the basis of highspiritual science. The reason is that as a result of the
unhappiness caused by 'punishment' there is a commotion within man's mind, a
certain reaction, which shocks his hidden, thinking and he gives up the faulty
path to return to the proper path.
Through punishment from others, we are forced to commit
penance for our purification. If we
willingly adopt this method for ourselves, willingly undergo penance for our open
and hidden sins, and then it is innumerable times better compared to the
penance forced on because of others. There is neither insult, nor revenge nor
dejection - instead, because of woeful penance there is spiritual joy, and
valor and courage manifest and our prestige increases in the eyes of others.
The fire of the soul is required for the eradication of sins. The creation of
this fire gives double benefits, one - destruction of harmful tendencies, sins,
and two - development, nourishment and increase in divine qualities through the
same warmth and brightness, and as a result the seeker becomes an ascetic,
mentally strong and luminous.
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