Re: Is impersonal merging temporary or permanent

Dear Hadai prabhu, Swamiji and all devotees,

     Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! Please accept my respectful obeisances!

     One very interesting point there was that I had originally planned to write about impersonal brahman alone, but as I wrote many more things came spontaneously and it also went over to Paramatma realisation too.

      A few lines got lost in Part 2 in the process of copy pasting from notepad to the editor (my fault of course). I apologize for the omission, but I see that remarkably it has not adversely diminished the substance of the article in any way . It�s the mercy of the Lord.

These lines are filled in the following places:

PART 2..... These lines come in between the sixth and seventh paragraphs. Starting with the start of the 6th para ...."In this way both Brahma Sayujya........"  and it ends at the start of the 7th para "However even Isvara sayujya...........etc."

   (After the start of the 6th paragraph.......)

     "........ In Brahma Sayujya, some devotee can come like Narada Muni and pull us out, but In Isvara Sayujya no devotee can come and save us as we have merged into the Lord's form and no devotee has the desire to merge into the Lord's body although they can travel to the brahmajyothi because impersonal brahman is the Lord's effulgence. Hence in Isvara sayujya the jiva soul is doomed not to achieve devotional service by any means of its own limited potency. To get out of here is vitually impossible and it is so difficult that it is therefore said  "spritual suicide", "irreversible" or "the annihilation of existence" or "the soul is doomed in by merging into the Lord".  But even these are "virtual...." because it is subject to the Lord's wishes.

        The reason why it is so much more difficult to get out of this one is because the Lord's devotees are not there to help us out. Now we know why it is essential to take shelter of a devotee to reach the Lord. Otherwise this is the kind of fate that the soul can obtain if one tries to attain the Lord without taking shelter of his devotees.

But even here the Lord takes mercy and gives the souls another chance by putting them out that merged condition and giving them another chance. However the mercy of the Lord is far more difficult and rare to attain than the mercy of his devotees and so this happens only very rarely compared to even being stuck in the brahmajyothi.  But the Lord can even make Isvara sayujya come to an end and he is all powerful so he can take the souls out of the merged condition. But this takes much, much longer time than it takes to get out of the brahmajyothi and so examples of souls getting out of Isvara Sayujya is very very rare. But there are cases where it has happened, so even though getting out of Isvara Sayujya may seem impossible, the Lord does make it possible. But the Lord will show his mercy can never be truly known, so it is described as irreversible. But Srimad Bhagavatam has given instances where it has happened. 

    So Isvara Sayujya is not the end of the road.............."   (7th paragraph continues from this point).

    I am very grateful that you are all very pleased despite my very haphazard service full of goof-ups. I do not deserve any praise. It is you all who told this to me and by your mercy, you have inspired this realisation in my heart and I have simply written back your own words in the form of an article. So All glories to Swami Gaurangapada!  All glories to Hadai Nityananda Dasa prabhu and All glories to all the devotees of the Lord, whether I know them or not! All glories to Nityananda Gauranga and Radha Krishna!

Aspiring to be of some service to you all,

Srinath

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