Anyaya Bhakti means

What does "Ananya" really mean ?  What does it mean when one says EXCLUSIVE DEVOTION ?   I have difficulty understanding  "I am only God's and only God is mine."  In Gita 7-19 Lord Krishna says "Vasudeva Sarvam",  so with that bhava or feeling, how is one to truly comprehend exclusivity ?  How does a devotee with exclusive devotion, behave in this world?      Briefly please - 

Exclusive Refuge in God - What are the 1st, 2nd, 3rd....steps? (Gita 18:66)
sadhak_insightMay 13, 2011
Shri Hari
Ram Ram

For exclusive refuge by self what is the first step towards God realisation by
exclusive refuge? What are the 2nd and 3rd steps?
kindly let me know all steps to improve sentiments.

Pawan Kumar Singhal

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Shree Hari Ram Ram

If you are satisfied with the responses, we can bring closure to this topic. Thank you, Ram Ram

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Hari Om

Actually, God said : Aham tvaam sarva papebhyo ...( I will free you from all your sins) merely because Arjuna had that 'desire' to get rid of sins. However, sadhaks should not surrender with a desire ...say to get rid of sorrows. Sharanagati , of course, takes away sorrows from your life ( by destruction of sins) but it is a much more powerful path than to get you mere 'cessation of sorrows' !! It CAN get you PARAM PREM ( ever increasing Love) of Prabhu...provided you don't surrender with any desires. It is a law: If you want 'something' , you will get 'some' thing (limited) only BUT If you don't want anything, you will get everything ( unlimited) !! Surrender has power to make Paramatma dance to your tunes, become indebted to you.

In Sharanagati ...you should NEVER renounce your DUTY ...Sarva dharmaan parityajya ..does not mean that ! You should renounce 'shelter' of duty. While you should keep doing your duty, the shelter should be exclusively of Paramatma !!!

The ultimate goal of a sadhak should be ' Bhagvadashrya' ( Shelter of God) and 'Vishraam' ( taking rest) ... Sharangati gets you both.

Why does 'Ma Suchah' ( do not worry) though very simple, become a really very tough and challenging task for a sadhak ? It is because we continue our habit of taking shelter of our karma, duties, mind, intellect etc. A Sharanagat sadhak therefore must be careful in this regard. He should take shelter of Prabhu and Prabhu only ... Not of his own ability, power, mind, intellect at all. The more weak you become, more effective will become your sharanagati. Hence, God MAY also first put you in situation where you are totally helpless...( So that you are forced to take exclusive shelter of Him) and then make you blissful ..! An old habit of His . Hence do not give Him an opportunity to first make you totally helpless....become yourself so in advance with a smile ... Take NO SHELTER at all of your own ability, power, mind , intellect etc..! Leave to God !

Jai Shree Krishna

Vyas N B

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Dear Gita-Member Pawan Kumar,

You can find "Exclusive Refuge in God" if you can donate/surrender
all of your thoughts and imagination to God. Any activity such as bhagans
and or dancing will not work (right now) because your mind/thoughts will always
run-away and you can not "control" them. Once your mind/thoughts
are gone somewhere else, then it does not matter if you do bhajans or you
dance.

The first order of things is to "transform your thoughts from physical-thoughts
to non-physical-thoughts'. In this direction you will find the second and third
steps.

Once you have "transform your thoughts" then the "baseline" of your
thinking will become "non-physical-thoughts (higher power, source, God)".
Then your mind/thoughts will not "run-away" anywhere.

With due regards and best of luck!

Notesh Otes
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I wiil appreciate if someone can send audio link to this message.

O God ! I have now come under your shelter ! Now make me play (dance to your tunes) as you deem fit and as per your will !!

( Naath thaare sharane aayo Jee, O Naath thaare sharane aayo Jee ...Jache jis tarah khel khilaao the man chaayo Jee )

All burdens from my mind have been removed and I have forgotten all my sorrows. My worries are gone NOW THAT I have found shelter of big feet of Yours !!

( Bojho sabhee utar gayo man ko, dukh bisraayo Jee ! Chinta miti, bade charano ko saharo paayo Jee)

All cares , worries of mine have now become your worries ! I have now become worry less and my inner is now filled with bliss !!

( Soch fikkar ab saaro thare oopar ayo Jee ! Main to ab nischinta huyo, antar harkhaayo Jee )

All fame and ill fame (of mine) are Yours (fame and ill fame) now that I am called to be surrendered ! My bee form has firmly stuck to Your lotus form feet !!

(Jas apjas sab thaaro, main to daas kahayo Jee ! Man bhanwaro thaare charan kamal par jaa liptaayo Jee )

O God ! I have now come under your shelter ! Now make me play (dance to your tunes) as you deem fit and as per your will !!

( Naath thaare sharane aayo Jee, O Naath thaare sharane aayo Jee ...Jache jis tarah khel khilaao the man chaayo Jee )
Gaurav Mittal

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Hari Om

First Step is 'Acceptance' ....Accept with a simple heart ( Just As you accepted
'I am Brahmin' or 'I am married' or ' I am son of Mr....' )

I am God 's , Only God is mine, Nothing else is mine.

And then 'surrender' all your actions/deeds...your mind...everything to Him.
Surrender Karmas ...surrender results...surrender everything.

Keep doing your duty as always BUT

1 DO NOT worry ..Become NISCHINTA

2 DO NOT grieve ... Become NISSHOKA

3 DO NOT fear ... Become NIRBHAY

4 DO NOT doubt like whether I have actually surrendered or not , whether God has
taken me into His shelter etc...Become NISSANDEH / NISSHANK

5 DO NOT set any yardsticks

Simply leave every result to God.

GIVE full freedom ( KHULLI CHHUTI) to world , to fate and to God....Let whatever
is to happen ...happen. Give Khulli chhutti ... Simply let the results flow.
Focus on what you CAN do and what you SHOULD do. No focus on results at all.
Look at God...believe firmly whatever will happen will be auspicious and will be
WILL of God !!!

You keep doing your DUTY with complete care and stop worrying/grieving/doubting
and become fearless.

NEVER NEVER NEVER WORRY ...If you worry, where have you surrendered ? If you
have surrendered , where is the question of worry ?

MA SUCHAH .... MA SUCHAH !!!
TULSI SITA RAM KAHO, DRIDH RAKHO VISVAASH ! KABHU NA BIGREE NA SUNI RAMCHANDRA
KE DAAS !!

Says Tulsi : (O Jeeva) Say 'Sita Raam' ( Keep saying ...Sita Raam... Sita Raam
...Sita Raam) and keep believing in Him solidly (Have solid faith ... NO DOUBT
PLEASE... Become NISSHANK !!).

Says Tulsi : I have never heard an incidence ( a news) that something wrong ever
( ever ..ever) happened to a 'daas' ( surrendered Jeeva) of Ramchandra ( Jeeva)
!!!

What a beautiful statement !! How Divine !! Said Lord Krishna in 9:31... Na me
Bhaktah Pranasyati ..Never My devotee ( surrendered) falls ...

Never Doubt ...Never Worry...Never Grieve...Be fearless ..!! Once surrendered
...where is scope for fear/sorrow/worry/doubt ? Be MAST... Give KHULLI CHHUTTI
to ALL. Enjoy ...!! Be MAST ... Be MAST ...!!

ANDHADHUND SARKAAR HAI, TULSI BHAJO 'NISSHANK' ! KHEEJE DET HAI PARAM PAD,
REEJHE DET HAI LANK !!

Sita Raam...Sita Raam...Sita Raam..Sita Raam...Sita Raam ...!

( Pravachan of Swamiji on 15/5/97 at 5 AM)

Jai Shree Krishna

Vyas N B

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Steps to realize … flights to Refuge …

Once raises a debate of who is capable of realization and what is required to
realize between the brothers Kaartikeya and Vinaayaka. They both asked their
parents, Shiva and Paarvati. They were told, "one who understand the whole world
completely would". Kaartikeya with full confidence jumps onto his colorful
carrier and flies off to circle around the world so as to understand. Vinaayaka
sits quetly at the feet of his parents as he were. When the younger brother
returns back triumphantly, Shiva gives the verdict to his surprise ... The elder
brother does really realize.

One who looks for steps for realization will spend the whole life looking for
one. One who just stays … taking no stairs to anywhere … taking no flights to
anywhere … depending on nothing to be … is surely REALIZED. When THAT is
everywhere, the very notion of going somewhere as if to find IT defeats the very
fundamental appreciation of Vaasudevah Sarvam. Therefore ... just be ... YOU ARE
THAT! Do anything else ... you will remain what you think you are and what you
act you are. Since both the thoughts as well as actions do remain bound to a
specificity ... one can NEVER attain THE REALIZATION by riding over them. They
can carry you wherever they go ... but, they will retain you bound within their
own coccon of specificity as such.

Therefore ... just be ... YOU ARE THAT!

Respects.

Naga Narayana.

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The question is not very clear. My interpretation is that the question is:
if one wants to realize God what are the first three steps to taking refuge
in God.
There are no standard sequence of steps to God realization unless one
perceives that the path to the realization of God is one of going up the
stair case or walking down the path. SriRamakrishna said that there are as
many paths as there are opinions. Diifferent Grus can tell the path they
best know and the sequence of steps along the path they individually have
some experience with. So, there are no standard answers.
But if one has no Guru to help or guide, one would be better placed to
define the path towards God Realization as one of sailing into the Ocean
waters to reach God whose residence in not known. For this there is lot of
preparation before one decides to get sailing in to uncharterd voyage in the
ocean. One has to confident that one has the determination to seek God and
the faith that God will only help one to reach HIM. Without this
determination and faith being very strong, no one can can travel more than a
few steps and complete the journey to God. If the determination is strong,
one will never give up the pursuit of God. If one has the strong faith, one
will all the moment pray to God: " My dear friend God, please hold my hand
and take me along the path to you because I do not know the path" (this is
from a Bengali Song).
Then you would start feeling that God is indeed there and holding your hand,
directing you along the way. The more you see everything happening in you
and with you as God's handholding of your prgress towards Him, the more you
are submittinng yourself to God only and nothing else. The more you submit,
the greater is the the strength of handholding by God. The more you feel
confident that it is GHod who is guiding you and attracting you towards Him.
The more you see everything around you as nothing but God. Rather you stop
seeing anything in this World as different fromYou and God.
The first, second, thord and n-th steps are nothing but one and only the
same thing determination and faith to have the above experience, praying to
God, with earnesty incessantly all the time, to hold you hand that you
develop a blind faith that God is indeed holding your hand incessantly. "
God you do not have to give me happiness, please just keep me in your lap.
Let the earth beneath my feet vanish, you please, you please hold my hands
firmly and swing me with the strength of Your hands. I am in complete refuge
in You." (from a song composed by Rabindranath Tagore.
Basudeb Sen

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First step is to know (not believe) God did the best for myself.
Second step is to know (not believe) God is doing the best for myself.
Third step is to know (not believe) God will invariably be doing the best for
myself.
This is 'surrender' as per Gita verse 66 chapter 18.
Humbly,
Sadhak.

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Dear Ones, Namaste!
In addition to many good postings as suggested by our moderators, I would add
the following:
It is important to remind us that God Realization means to be living a
harmonious life while being anchored in Peace in the midst of life's apparent
problems, and serving humanity.
The first step (and perhaps the 2nd, 3rd and last step also) is to find out what
is the reality of myself, or what am I really.
Am I this body-mind and its abilities or lack thereof, which I have taken to be
"me" versus "others" all my life?
Upon finding or rather realizing the truth of "myself", Life takes over and is
being lived through that body-mind organism free of individuality, and
therefore, free of attachments, and therefore, free of any suffering.
One may realize that only an individual suffers and, an individual am I NOT.
This is God realization.
We cannot go into steps of such an inquiry due to the length involved, but this
may give an approach and where we should focus when we say "God Realization".
Namaskar..........Pratap Bhatt

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Dear sadhaks,I humbly submit my views.
First step is Shravan yog.One must exercise concentration in listening to what
is being sermoned about .Second yog is comprehension in tru perpective.Third
step is Karma yog.We should exercise our conduct in alignment to righteous
comprehension.Fourth, not the last step, is meditation.
If all our steps are genuine,realisation will come as a blessing.
subhashtewari,jalandhar.

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Dear Sadhakas,
Hare Krishna.
This is in response to a question from a Sadhaka regarding taking Refuge in the
Lord.
Lord Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita,
" Sarva dharman parityajya,
Mam ekam saranam vraja,
Aham tva sarva papebhyo,
Mokshayisyami ma sucah. "
( Gitaji, 18, 66)
Which means,
'Abandon all varieties of dharmas,just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you
from all sinful reactions. Do not fear. '

How do we get to the faith of complete surrender to the Lord. One best way is
through devotional service.
Lord Krishna says in Gitaji,
" Yajnanam japa yajnosmi"
(Gitaji 10,25)
Which means,
'Of sacrifices , I am the chanting of the HolyNames.'

Chanting of the Mahamantra is a very practical way devotional service that aids
us in the process of total surrender to the Lord.
Let us chant,
"Hare Rama Hare Rama,
Rama Rama Hare Hare,
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna,
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. " And advance spiritually.

Thank You.

Prasad.A.Iragavarapu, MD
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Right life, that is a comprehensively applied set of psycho-physical disciplines
which re-pattern the various structures of the body-mind-complex to conform to
the structural laws of existence-being, and radical devotion in response to the
Grace of the Spiritual Master. The Spiritual master being the only source and
means of God-Realization.
"John Forth"

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Shree Hari Ram Ram

Sorry Pawanji, it took us a long time to post this question.
Please read entire series of sadhaka postings from Swamiji's books -

TAKE REFUGE IN ME ALONE

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sadhaka/message/2860
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sadhaka/message/2861
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sadhaka/message/2862
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sadhaka/message/2863
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sadhaka/message/2864
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sadhaka/message/2866
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sadhaka/message/2867

SHARANAGATI SERIES

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sadhaka/message/2829
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sadhaka/message/2830
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sadhaka/message/2831
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sadhaka/message/2832
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sadhaka/message/2833
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sadhaka/message/2834

please read as per Sadhak Sanjivani - entire shloka 18:66 in detail. IT IS
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

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You can find "Exclusive Refuge in God" if you can donate/surrender all of your thoughts and imagination to God. Any activity such as bhagans and or dancing will not work (right now) because your mind/thoughts will always run-away and you can not "control" them. Once your mind/thoughts are gone somewhere else, then it does not matter if you do bhajans or you dance. The first order of things is to "transform your thoughts from physical-thoughts to non-physical-thoughts'. In this direction you will find the second and third steps. Once you have "transform your thoughts" then the "baseline" of your thinking will become "non-physical-thoughts (higher power, source, God)". Then your mind/thoughts will not "run-away" anywhere. With due regards and best of luck!