Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
Release
In the same way, when the objects of knowledge cease and the knower becomes merged in Me along with the knowledge, then all ignorance disappears. At the time of deluge, all distinctions of sea, river etc. vanish and the whole world is covered with water. When the limiting conditions such as the earthen pot or the hermitage disappears, only the sky remains or when the firewood is burnt then only fire remains. When the ornaments are melted in a crucible with heat, they lose their name and form and only gold remains. When a person wakes up, the dream vanishes and only the dreamer remains (1106-1110). So My devotee does not see anything, except Myself. He thus attains the fourth form of devotion. This is called the fourth kind in order to distinguish it from the devotion of one in distress, of the seeker of knowledge and of the seeker of riches. If you reflect upon it, there is no such devotion as third or the fourth, or even the first and the last. In fact that which is My innate state, is devotion. But a devotee is misled by ignorance, in that he conceives Me in a form different from My essential nature and worships it. The devotee who conceives Me thus, maintains his faith in that form (1111-1115). |
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