What is Moksha or liberation or salvation? [5-01-08]

[dattaswami]

What is Moksha or liberation or salvation? [5-01-08]
Actual meaning of Moksha is liberation, now the sense can be according to the context. Suppose somebody is prisoned for him, liberation from jail is Moksha, like that it can be used in general sense. But in spiritual knowledge what is salvation. Liberation from worldly bonds is liberation. When the bond is formed with God the other bonds cannot stay. But here the point is that when the bond is formed with GOD subsequently and spontaneously the bond from the world vanishes.  He is liberated from the bonds of the world as soon as the bond with God is formed. So there need not be any effort for liberation, liberation is spontaneous consequence of attachment of your self to God. Once the bond with God is formed the liberation from the world bonds is the spontaneous consequence. It is a natural consequence.

There is no need of any effort for liberation. All the effort must be put only for attachment of your self to God. The more you are attached the more you are liberated from the worldly bonds. So it is a natural consequence. All the effort must be put to develop the attachment to God. Devotion is directly proportional to the salvation. More the devotion more will be the salvation. Now for attachment of your self to God the worldly bonds will disturb. So, in the initial stage some effort must be put for liberation also. So that you will get some lone atmosphere and you will avoid the disturbance so that you can hear God. While you are hearing about God you must avoid worldly disturbance. So get rid of worldly bonds and you put effort. After hearing devotion is developed. Once the devotion is developed there is no need of any the effort for liberation. Liberation is a spontaneous consequence. Initially some little effort is need for liberation to develop devotion. So the definition of liberation in the context of spiritual knowledge is the liberation from the worldly bonds, which is a spontaneous consequence of devotion to God.

In the initial stage before the devotion is established; before the devotion is generated; knowledge is necessary. Unless you know something about Mumbai you will not have interest to reach Mumbai. In the initial stage of learning the details of God; hearing about God; the devotion is not generated in that stage little effort must be put for liberation. Once you cross that stage and devotion is generated on God then there is no need of any effort for liberation. Liberation is a spontaneous consequence of devotion.