SYNOPSIS: By devotion, if we bring GOD in life then as a shadow of GOD, virtues and goodness would come into our life. READ THE FULL ARTICLE BELOW -
If we try to bring virtues and goodness one by one in life then even in our whole life span we would not be able to bring virtues and goodness in full. But if by devotion we are able to bring GOD in life then virtues and goodness will automatically come in fullness since they are the shadow of GOD.
Therefore, if we want to bring virtues and goodness in life then by devotion we must bring GOD in life. All virtues and goodness will automatically come in life.
It is very difficult to cultivate virtues and goodness in the modern era (Kaliyug). It is the effect of the modern era that virtues do not remain stable in life. A person knows that by lying he generates sin but still in his daily routine he lies many times. Lying becomes his habit. Similarly, a creature knows that stealing is a sin but still a businessman evades tax and commits foul play of money to evade tax.
But when due to devotion GOD comes in life then automatically falsehood and stealing stops. In life, non-violence, morality and all other virtues settle in.
All virtues are the shadow of GOD. Wherever GOD goes they accompany Him. Like if we go somewhere we do not have to call our shadow, it automatically comes, similarly, wherever GOD goes, virtues which are His shadow, do not have to be called, they automatically accompany Him.
When we look into the life of all the saints we will see that before the union with GOD they had evils but after union with GOD, virtues automatically developed within them. A lively example is that of Shri Valmikiji who was a dacoit and used to do the robbery in the forest. Saint of Deities GOD Shri Naradji once came there and gave him the mantra of "RAM-RAM". Shri Valmikiji was not able to pronounce the name of "RAM". The name "RAM" did not come out of his mouth. Then Saint of Deities GOD Shri Naradji asked him to reverse the mantra and pronounce Mara-Mara (which means Killed). By pronouncing Mara-Mara, "RAM-RAM" started coming from his mouth and Shri Valmikiji got connected with GOD. Devotion awakened in him and he became a sage from a dacoit. All virtues one by one awakened in him.
The second thing which happens when we bring GOD into life is that demerits and evils automatically run away the moment GOD comes into our life. Here too when we see the example of Sage Shri Valimikiji we can see that falsehood, stealing, violence and similar demerits and evils automatically disappeared when he had a union with GOD.
The summary is that when we bring GOD into life, two things happen. Firstly, virtues and goodness come in life and secondly demerits and evils disappear from life.
Without bringing GOD in life whatever means we adopt, these two things would not be possible despite our efforts till the end of our life. By bringing GOD in life, without any efforts, both things automatically happen.
When GOD comes to life a creature undergoes a change and is attracted towards goodness because GOD is pleased with it. He goes away from evils because it would pain GOD.
It becomes the aim of the creature that he keeps GOD happy and does not give Him pain, so he performs good deeds and refrains from indulging in bad deeds.
Therefore, with devotion and without any delay, we must try to bring GOD into life so that a big change automatically happens in life. The earlier we bring GOD into life the earlier this change would happen. Therefore, we must cultivate the values of devotion in the childhood stage in children so that they are attached to GOD and virtues get generated in them from the beginning and evils are stopped from entering.
English Translation vetted by Sheelnidhi Gupta