This is strictly for devotees- When do you feel pain /grief?When does it subside?What do you do when you?

Question

feel the grief?Why is a devotees story written with tears?When do the tears end?

a devotee is one who is in love with God

Sharma Vinay K devotion isnt about research!!!

Answer 1

Bhakti.... Love....and finally Viraha these are steps of the ladder reaching to our Priyatam

Bhaktas, gyanis, karmayogis, lovers all are below Viraha Yogis. Viraha is given by god to very very special bhaktas, whom he loves deeply.

viraha-yogini gopis... taught a lesson to Uddhava ji, who thought himself to be the biggest gyani just by one sentence

"Kaun Brahmm ki jaat..... Gyan ka se kaho Udho"
"Humre sundar Shyam.... Prem Ko Marg suddho"

whom are you telling this Gyan O Udho. we dont wish to know what is Brahmm and what is Maya...... we have a straight path of love.. and our beloved is waiting there for us...we dont need your dry Gyan.

Blessed are those who are given the gift of Viraha by Him.... Rukmini and all other queens are defeated by Radha..
who sings

" Tu to reh madmast... reh kar Sanwaria ke saathh
Ansoo, viraha aur muraliya... rehne de is Banwaria ke haath"

O Rukmini.. you be happy with his love...and enjoy his companionship... but leave his Pain of separation (Viraha), and his flute and tears with me... as these are my treasures.

another Viraha Yogi Kabir sings

"Viraha Bhujangam das gayo... Mantar maney naaa"

the snake of viraha has biten me...and now no mantra will work to cure me.

See how beautifully Sant Kabir told about the condition of a Viraha-Yogini and common person.

" Sukhiya sab sansar hai.... Khavey aur sovey"
"Dukhiya daas kabir hai... jaagey aur rovey"

The whole world is enjoying, eating and having good sleep..and this poor Kabir is waking and weeping for the beloved

Viraha granthh is very long... better not write more...


So real lover of God is viraha-yogi... who will be happy with the pain with the tears and with the suffering of separation... because it is her Sadhna, it is her method and it is her goal.


Just say -O My krishna ansoo diye...ahen di..par itni der se kyon ?...Pehle hi kyon naa tod diya mera maan ...mera abimaan ?

Answer 2

Devotee, by definition, is separated from God already. If we reunite with god, we'll call ourselves something else. We are not there yet, we just intentionally focus on love toward God as much as we can. We know that's the most important thing in life, since we glimped the little light which is... too beautiful.
So here's delema of devotee: We know we can be in total love of god, but what seems to be a real life we still are not different from not-devotee people. There's gap in who we know who we are, and what we act (and think and feel) like who we are. I even had series of depression, which made me feel worse (how can I be depressed...? I'm not suppose to! That kind of analysis)
All the pain and grief comes from not knowing who you really are, either you are a devotee or not. For a devotee, it can feel worse, simply because he/she experienced greater joy and happiness, emotion can rollercoaster down further. Important thing is, quickly remind yourself who you are. Nothing need to be judged. (Remember, I judged myself a devotee shouldn't be depressed?) If you remember who you are and stay in the pain, you'll be able to see the nature of pain much better. It can be a great opportunity to study yourself. Yet, don't the pain/grief rule over you, then you'll suffer pointlessly, and hurt others. This is very vague advise I can give any devotee in pain, but it saved me.
Stay awake! God bless your soul!

Answer 3

Many of us hav experienced the pain, a devotee's story is sometimes written wid tears n i do agree to this. Sometimes, we think it's high time that are questions are answered, n that the things which are happening to us, shouldn't hav happened. These thoughts can sometimes break all our emotional barriers n we lose patience ( saboori ). We start blaming God for what has happened. But later, we realise that if we are facing some hardships, it is to make us mentally stronger. God, always does good for His devotees. He wants to wait some more for the results coz only He knows the right time for it. Even it is some 50 years later. God want's His dear devotees to be the coal, so that only diamonds are formed through time.

Answer 4

I am confident if I understand the angle of your question. However, as far as I know, the pain is an essential sign of the established contact between the Divine and the devotee, seemingly initiated from the devotee's side: As long as there are the concepts of "You" and "I". When the "I" ceases to exist, the pain subsides, because the pain become a non-issue. Not only is the pain gone, so is the rest of the material world. What remains solely as apparent is "You" and "You" and "You".

Answer 5

To my view, when we read or hear or watch a movie of god and out of joy we get tears out from our eyes. I don;t know when tears will end. But i feel that, our bad characters, thoughts and evils are being washed away from us while we cry out of joy.

The devotees story written with tears are because it shows how they love god as their parents orelse as a child. Both.

Did i misunderstand your question??That is what i feel when i read all above statements.

Answer 6

When someone you intensly love suffer in front of your own eyes, when we lose some precious things, when we are abused for no mistake of ours, when you foresee a catastrope you feel grief/pain. As long as the ego identifies itself with the body mind complex, pain will persist. Once you relinquish the hold of ego, then you will come out of the pain cycle. Even clouds hide the sun only for sometime. Afterwards the clouds disperse revealing the sun again. No grief or no pain is everlasting. It will pass away as it comes. Do not allow fear to raise within you. Remember that you are "Amruthasya Putra".

Answer 7

Tears comes for joy, they come for viraha too. A devotees story is always written with tears of joy - in my opinion.
The tears ends when the yogi come face to face with the truth that is ultimate- the absolute Bless, Knowledge and existence

Answer 8

Regulate your life. We find fault on others, but we do not know our own fault. Pain and grief can be considered as an attribute of our mind. Mind is a battlefield. Avoid egoism and greed. Cultivate clean habits. Develop love for God. Overcome the desires in the mind. If you are able to overcome the desires, the pain and grief will vanish. I pray when I am sad. Being a human being still my mind develops desires. It is very difficult to conquer desires, good or bad.

Answer 9

I feel pain/grief when He remains a mute spectator to my condition of life where neither I get any guidance to do something nor there is any change in the situation that I am in and I feel helpless. Only time subsides it as one cannot cry for a long time or laugh for a long time, with passing of time and remaining as helpless as ever I find some excuse to sustain my self say I cheat myself for breathing as helpless situation is not life at all. Tears will end when he manifests his own blessings in my worldly life. I have nowhere to go.

Answer 10

During seperation of my Gurudeva,when I think I will never manage to become a pure devotee and to go back to godhead(Krsna)
In such moments I normally read some verses from the Bhagavad Gita or other vaisnava literature.It really helps.

Answer 11

When we truly realize our seperation, our rejections and heights of ignorance of living a life without knowing God, then only we truly as a devotee Grieve.

All those tears are flown to awaken God. It lasts until he comes to wipe it.