The Puranas and other Shastrik Scriptures mention of the divine cow “Kamdhenu” in the heavens. This milk of Kamdhenu is like nectar, which provides eternal joy and vigor to the devatās. Praying before this angelic cow is said to fulfil all desires. Gods might know the truth of the Kāmdhenu in the heaven. But, it indeed exists on the earth – in our world, as the Almighty Gayatri Sakti. The upāsanā of Gayatri calms down all passions and endless thirst of worldly attractions. Waning of all the untoward, unnecessary and arbitrary cravings of mind by devotion to Gayatri naturally educes the otherwise unachievable ‘āptkakāma’ state of – ultimate fulfilment, beatified content and peace. The noble aspirations and determinations of a devotee of Gayatrī never remain unaccomplished. The milk of Kamadhenu is said to remove all sins and sufferings. The sādhaka, under the shelter of Gayatri Sakti also experiences the elixir of its divine inspiration that induces instant light and inner strength and consistently eradicates all tensions, worries and evils from his life.
By its very origin true existence of human self is pervaded with immense joy. Divine ecstasy is the natural expression of the soul. Removal of the mist of all worries and insidious tendencies introduces the inner self with its blissful origin. One can indeed live in this beatified state – like the Gods, if the roots of his negative emotional influences are eroded. Gāyatri Sādhanaā eventually ennobles this ultimate enlightenment. The roots of all worries, insidious thinking and untoward emotional currents emanate from three principal causes – (i) Ignorance; (ii) Infirmity; and (iii) Scarcity.
(i) Ignorance is the sole cause of absurd, haphazard or abject thinking. The mind of most people is often found engaged in thinking what it should not. Varieties of fears, complications and troubles in one’s life are invited or imposed by his fallacious thinking. For instance, because of his ignorance or illusions about his own potentials, he may take up such projects or plans in hand that would lead to failure and despair. At times, his underestimation or overestimation of other’s capacity or realities or of the likely future developments puts him in embarrassing or awkward situations in his personal, professional and social encounters. He often lives in an illusory world of false expectations, imaginations and ambitions and keeps doing what he ought not. Similar is the result of short-sighted thoughts and deeds driven by the attractions of momentary or immediate gains. In essence, he frequently faces disappointments, disgrace, stress, jealousy, deception, depressions and related sufferings in the worldly interactions mainly because of his own follies.
The scenario is worse on the psychological fronts. Even the well-educated and materialistically successful or progressive fellows are seen suffering from the hidden pressure of ego, attachments, jealousy and varieties of emotional aberrations. Small incidents that disturb one’s emotional makeup appear severe to him…. Enormous changes in the circumstances like those due to variation in the attitude or expectation of a friend, or death of a near and dear one…, etc-occur in everybody’s life…. But there are hardly a few who remain aloof or unperturbed by such ‘natural’ disturbances. Because of our ignorance, we inadvertently neglect the supremacy of Nature and often tend to impose ourselves, our fears and aspirations….; we always want favorable circumstances and are reluctant to accept the certainty of even some natural events just because they would be or painful…. Because of this indirect expectation of the impossible, we are shocked and shaken upside-down by tragedies, hardships and unprecedented problems and put ourselves in a helpless state of great sorrows and suffering….
(ii) Infirmity: It is the weakness or deficiency of our mind that enslaves us in the web of desperation, fear and sorrows. Many of us are unable to make use of the rare opportunities be quested by the Almighty and can’t even bear the burden of our natural duties.
One suffers ill health or sickness because of the weakness of the body and can’t enjoy even what he possesses as comforts. Tasty food, enchanting music, beautiful scenes, wealth and other accessories can’t offer any pleasure to a bedridden sick man. These might even sometimes irritate or trouble him on the contrary…
Mentally deficient ones can’t acquire or appreciate the grandeur and depth of literature, philosophy or science, etc and remain deprived of the enlightenment and joy of thoughtfulness and knowledge…. Spiritual infirmity distracts one from swadhyaya-satsang and divine devotion and bereaves the realization of the limitless inner power….
(iii) Scarcity: Many people complain of lack of resources and support and cannot do much despite having talents. Many of them are found disappointed, worried and depressed due to this ‘misfortune’. Unavailability of food, clothing, shelter, books, medicines, monetary resources, friends, etc would naturally impose some handicap and hindrance in the progress of one’s life.
The hrim, śrīm, and klim powers of the Kamadhenu Gayatri are the eternal sources of righteous intellect, prosperity and might. These eliminate all ignorance, infirmities and scarcities from the sādhaka’s life and expunge his sufferings, sorrows and burdens forever….
Source: Gayatri Sadhana – Why and How?
