We are all entangled in desires, because our very birth is rooted in them. Desire means the tendency of “let what I have remain, and let me gain even more.” This is the state we are in now. But as a beginning, one should cultivate the attitude: “Let what I have remain, and whatever more I need, let me ask it from the Lord.” In this way, if we receive something — it feels like ‘the Lord has given it,’ and if not — ‘it was not His will.’ Gradually, this understanding deepens, and we begin to feel that whatever we already have is the result of His will alone. This awareness reduces restlessness and attachment, and as attachment diminishes, the craving for ‘this or that’ also lessens, and desires gradually fade away.
It is impossible to go beyond desire by our own abilities alone; there is no alternative to surrender. For this, good company plays a crucial role. If one associates with a renunciate, attachment to material things like clothes naturally decreases, but if one keeps the company of a wealthy merchant, the mind inclines towards luxury and indulgence. So, it is important to seek company that helps nurture surrender.
Surrender means offering everything wholly to the Divine — becoming free from worldly labels and identifications. For this, one should associate with those who are truly free from such worldly identities. The best means for this is the remembrance of God’s name (Naam). Time, place, situation, caste, gender, learning, ignorance, wealth, poverty, good or bad health — nothing can obstruct the remembrance of His name. It requires no tools or equipment. It can constantly be carried within the heart. There’s no hardship of physical renunciation in chanting the name, and it can be taken anywhere, anytime. For this, one must let go of the tendency to identify with worldly objects. When we hold the faith that ‘the Lord is always with me,’ the mind does not become absorbed in material objects. Just like when Sita was reminded of Rama upon seeing the ring Maruti gave her, in the same way, while taking His name, we too should feel His presence.
Those who remain in constant remembrance of the Lord transcend the influence of time itself. Such individuals have no fear of death, because having surrendered everything to the Lord, no desires remain within them. And where no desires exist, time cannot enter. The end of desire marks the end of body-consciousness. In the fading of desires lies the death of egoistic possessiveness — and to witness this death while alive, one must stay immersed in the Lord’s name.
It is absolutely true — the annihilation of desires lies within the remembrance of the Divine Name
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