The guru is the bridge between the saakar & nirakaar

For years, one may have been conditioned to believe that God exists as Rama, christ or krishna alone and God’s grace enters our lives through these crevices of grace. The light of parmatma takes the shape of bodies and forms that feel recognizably safe and familiar to the mind. Rituals, traditions and lifestyles all tailored to focus the awareness outside. Bhakti needs a leaning on something outside to pour itself on unconditionally too.

Shree Bhagwan has time and again reminded us to do the self enquiry to wonder on the true nature of the light that has given birth to our forms and projections of the light that illuminates everything. The light when traced back to its source gives the saakshat darshana of the nirakar and infinitesmal Godliness that springs forth as soon as the mind needs to create a palpable and recognizable form.

Once this light is seen, one may find all forms of spiritual pursuit like yoga, tantra, Advaita, bhakti and karma to land him back to the source self alone. The celebration of life in so many multifaceted role plays and experiences drowns in the abyss of the silent self that has no colour, quality, ambition or quantity.

The Guru has seen it before you and known it’s validity and is here in your life to slowly nudge you to the same prakasha. When one stays in Guru sannidhi or presence or remembrance constantly, his realisation runs off on you too slowly causing the metamorphosis of the mind and later it’s laya or dissolution. The mind is a prejudice that the Guru helps to free you of.

The limited mind may judge in shallow ways that the worship of the sakaar must be shunned when one arrives at the nirakar. But it’s not like that. The jnani has no prejudice against the sakaar too. He may not shun it’s presence in his or others life creating a holier than thou scenario. He still participates wholeheartedly and even does the rituals and aachaaras of the saakar worship but internally he always remain unmukta and unchained to any fixated ideas

Be the nirakaar while celebrating the sakaar.

Om Namo Bhagwate Shree Ramanaya

-Musings of Advaitha.

Dr pallavi kwatra.