For a lady, her husband is the image of God. She will have to realize God in and through
him alone. She need not go to temples even for worship. Your Vairagya is a momentary
bubbling. It cannot help you in any way in your spiritual progress. You may say, “This world is
unreal”; but in your heart of hearts you may be attached to several objects. The Vairagya that
comes temporarily out of family difficulties and troubles is like a flash of lightning. It will pass
away in no time.
In what sense is the world unreal? The world is not as unreal as the horn of a hare or the
son of a barren woman. This world is an empirical or relative reality (Vyavaharic Satta). It is not
so real as Brahman. When compared with Brahman or the Eternal, it has no real existence. The
world is a phenomenon or an appearance. Brahman is the noumenon or the absolute. The world
is unreal only for a Jnani who is resting in his own Svarupa. The vast majority of persons have
misunderstood the term ‘Mithya’. Hence they try to leave the world aimlessly without any
discipline and without developing any virtue. This is a sad mistake. Taking the world as a mere
appearance, you will have to work in the world with untiring patience without egoism, but with
Atma Bhav and with a clear understanding of the noumenon or the basis of the world. If the
aspirant leaves the world without purification of the heart through Nishkama Karma Yoga and
without possessing the four means of salvation, he will not be benefited in the least by his
renunciation.
The case of Mira is quite different. She was a Yoga-Brashta with full Vairagya, with a
heart saturated with Krishna-prem from her very childhood. Your case is different. Do not draw
a comparison here. You will have to evolve through serving your husband and humanity.
Practice this. See the Lord Krishna in the sparkling eyes of your husband and in all faces. May
God bless you!
From "May I answer that" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on Swami Sivananda: on the Website of Divine Life Society, Photographs of Swami Sivananda, German Pages on Swami Sivananda
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