Nishkulanand Swami says, “From the moment I surrendered to Maharaj, all my internal restlessness got absolutely calmed down. I’m pretty sure that Bhagwan has come down onto this earth specifically for my sake.”
Did Bhagwan come to this earth only for Nishkulanand Swami? Bhagwan’s incarnation is for the good of all souls. Then why did Nishkulanand Swami believe Bhagwan has come here only for him?
Maharaj might have come for everyone. But Nishkulanand Swami took complete advantage of Maharaj; he used his entire body for the seva of Maharaj and got blessed. And so, he believes “Maharaj has come here only for my sake.”
When we got a chance to do the seva of Maharaj and saint, have we ever thought, “This chance of seva to Maharaj and saint is specifically for my sake. This good time has come for my sake alone”?
In general Bhagwan’s incarnation is for the benefit of everyone. Yet we should firmly believe that “Maharaj has come specifically for my sake, and I will take complete advantage of this opportunity.”
Do we own Maharaj completely yet?
On a full moon day, many individuals might be enjoying the beauty of the moon. If a random badmouthed person comes to us and speaks bad of the moon, will we worry or feel pain about it? No. Instead, we would get away from that badmouthed person and sit somewhere else to continue enjoying the moon.
If the same person speaks slightly ill of our parents, even if our parents are not around, can we bear it? No. Why? Because, our parents belong to us, and the moon belongs to everyone. Why would I worry and fight for someone who belongs to everyone? Why would I spend my private time serving someone who belongs to everyone?
If we consider the murti of Bhagwan as belonging to everyone, then we will consider the seva to Maharaj as belonging to everyone, we will consider puja to Maharaj as a routine, and we will consider aarti to Maharaj as a routine.
Aarti of Maharaj belongs to me or everyone? If we believe it belongs to everyone, then we will think, “If everyone comes, then we will do aarti. Otherwise, why should we do it all alone? What is the fun of doing aarti alone? And what would be the loss if we miss aarti for one day?”
Bhakti wouldn’t arise in us unless we establish a private relationship with Bhagwan. Firm faith is said to be established when we establish a private relationship between ourselves and Bhagwan. “He belongs to me, and this is my private relationship with Him.”
Nishkulanand Swami’s perspective is: “If I think He is not for me but for someone else, how am I going to be benefited? There is absolutely no benefit, right?”
Let us say, a small kid is playing in his mother’s lap. His older brother approaches him and says, “Get away from mom. She belongs to me, not you.”
The younger kid sitting in the lap doesn’t like it and goes against his brother by covering the whole lap, making sure his brother doesn’t get any place to get in, and says, “No! Mom belongs to me alone. Not you.”
It might be true that the mother belongs to both the kids. Yet the younger kid will not accept it; the younger kid thinks he is the sole owner of his mom, and then they get into an innocent fight. This is a vast subject of children’s psychology. They get immense pleasure and bliss when they think, “My mom belongs to me alone and not anyone else. I alone get happiness from my mom.”
Similarly, only when we believe “This Bhagwan belongs to me alone” can we get complete bliss of Bhagwan.
Nishkulanand Swami believes “Maharaj has come here for Nishkulanand alone.” Because of that belief, he is overwhelmingly filled with Maharaj.
Nishkulanand Swami also believes, “I am done with the cycle of births and deaths. The suffering of time is gone for good. Every moment I am taking in the complete joy of Maharaj that can overfill all the universes altogether.”
References:
- Chosathpadi Katha Part 32 (Pad 58-59).