Today people are busy chanting various mantras but these will be of no use at the time of death, so what is the benefit of doing such things? So, firstly, know that knowledge which can be successfully applied as you breathe your last and then practise it. When you practise continuously throughout your life, then with your last breath too you will be able to do it. You can reach God even today. If someone has experienced God, then why can't you? See, a clean iron filing gets quickly pulled by a magnet but a rusty piece covered in soil is not attracted. Why? Because there is a hindrance. If you place a piece of paper between iron and magnet then also it is not attracted, because there is an obstacle. Similarly, if we are soaked in ego, cheating or cunning, we cannot get to God. But once we are free of these obstacles then all that remains is the Primordial Word. St Kabir said, “ Hum vasi us desh ke, jahan ran diwas kachhu nahin. Shabda milawa hot hai, deh milawa nahin .” It is already within you. Why is the mind not hooked to it? One reason is that mind is very rusty. It will be cleaned by and by but what is the second reason that the mind is not hooked to the Name? The reason is not obeying the Master wholeheartedly. You do not obey and to obey is single-pointed devotion. The Almighty said that this Knowledge cannot be experienced by any other means except single-pointed devotion.
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