SALVATION
Salvation means simply liberation. Generally, devotees pray God for salvation. But, they don’t know from what they desire the salvation! The word salvation is a general word. When You specify the item from which You desire the salvation or liberation, the meaning of the word salvation changes from one item to other from which liberation is desired.
Generally, the desire of majority of people is to get liberation from the worldly miseries and tensions while the soul is alive in this world. This is the ‘Jiivanmukti’ or liberation from worldly miseries while alive. Several scholars suggest meditation in the name of Yoga to get such salvation.
But, as soon as the meditation is over, again miseries are attacking and hence, this is not the remedy at the root level.
It is only a temporary first aid treatment for the wound caused by miseries.
It is just like putting wet cloth to lower the temperature of the body caused by fever, which is due to infection from germs. The root level treatment is to kill the germs by using antibiotic medicines.
Similarly, You have to analyse to root cause of the misery, which is the punishment stipulated by the constitution of God for the sins done by the soul in the past births and present birth. These sins are done due to uncontrolled excessive fascinations to self and own family members.
If the fascination to self and family is in controlled level, sins are certainly avoided.
The only way to reduce family fascinations is to develop more fascination to some other item and that item can be none other than God. The personality of God is also more attractive if all the details about God are thoroughly obtained from spiritual knowledge.
The servant of God propagating spiritual knowledge in the world gets more and more digestion of it, which develops more and more fascination towards God.
The fascination towards family bonds is real due to practical sacrifice done to these in the service of these bonds.
A real fascination to God can be identified when it weakens the other real fascination to self and family. The reality is proved by the practical service done to the family.
Such real fascination to the family can be cut only by another real fascination to God, which is the practical service to God. Reality of love lies in the practical sacrifice of service and sacrifice of fruit of work only. Hence, the servant of self and family gradually becomes the servant of God.
Such diversion of fascination through service from family to God can alone control the sins so that the liberation from miseries while alive becomes possible.
As the sacrifice through service increases more and more, the climax of devotion appears for the servant of God. Then, he becomes fully engaged in the service of God so that there is no time and energy to think about doing a sin for the benefit of self and family. In such case, there is no place for sin and misery in the life of the soul and this type of salvation has full proof from all sides. This is the salvation in Pravrutti attained through Nivrutti.
Another type of salvation from miseries is getting reformation of the soul and not doing any sin from today onwards so that God cancels all the pending punishments provided the reformation is real forever. This is getting salvation from miseries through Pravrutti itself. The fruit for this salvation and above said salvation is one and the same as far as salvation from miseries, while alive, is concerned.
But, in the former salvation a real advantage of having bond with God is achieved as a separate profit. In the latter salvation, avoiding loss by avoiding miseries is obtained. Of course, avoiding loss is also a type of profit only.
But, the latter salvation is real substantial profit, which is achieved by the real devotee of God or the servant of God alone.
There was very good control of sins in the souls in ancient times since much concentration on the spiritual line was given. When I came as human incarnation called as Rama, there was no need for Me to exhibit miracles since every soul had natural control over sins. I simply exhibited the ideal behaviour of a human soul in this world and all the people respected it since they were following the same ideal behaviour.
When I came as Krishna, the ideal behaviour of human being is lost to some extent and attraction for miracles increased in souls, which were aspiring the help from God in cancelling the sins done by them. Today, the condition is worst since souls are only attracted to the miracles of God aspiring His help in getting success in doing sins due to over fascination to self and family! These ignorant people don’t understand that such unjust materialistic progress doesn’t give happiness to them or to their families. In addition, miseries have to be faced for the sins done.
As Rama, I left the kingdom and went to forests indicating that God alone is the king and
the soul shouldn’t aspire for the position of God. When My left half (Shakti) asked My right half, the preacher (Shiva) for the path to cross this worldly ocean (taarakam), the preacher-half said that the path of Rama shall be followed, which is not to have aspiration for the kingship of God.
Hanuman had miraculous powers, but, became the servant of Rama, who didn’t exhibit any miraculous power. This means that miracles are not necessary for theists, who must concentrate on the good qualities of God only.