This whole spiritual journey is a matter of inner purification. It is not a question of

changing your outward life. It is a question of the inner quality of your existence. For

this inner change there are several methods, techniques, or paths.

We have inside us animal instincts of lust, anger, pride, greed and jealousy.

However, we also have a potential to get rid of the lower self (animal instincts) and

become Divine. There is a spiritual path by which the inner purification happens and

when these elements of the animal world - in other words the lower self - get purified,

then the higher Self, hidden in us but overpowered by the lower self, comes to the

surface – it is a simple thing.

By 'purification' I mean that, in place of lust, love will emerge; in place of greed,

the element of charity and humanity will develop; and in place of asking service from

others, the desire to give service to others will develop. Then the real Divine will start

His manifestation in you.

What ultimately is purification? Purification ultimately means detachment. The

real impurity is to own something, considering it as your own, and to have a

relationship with it.

This process of purification or detachment is happening in life all the time. How?

Things are going away from us. For example – everybody wants to remain young, but

youth is going away. In the same way, sometimes money comes sometimes it

disappears. Sometimes you are healthy sometimes you are ill. One may try one’s best

but even then there is no guarantee that one will remain healthy. We can have a close

friendship with somebody and that friendship may come to an end any day. We all see

our dearest ones departing – our parents or our old relatives. The process of death

purifies. Death purifies - it is a great purifier. But there is one difference. All this

happens under compulsion. Those who accept it voluntarily through wisdom get

liberated.

They alone are wise who leave no stone unturned in their efforts for having Self-realisation before decay and death of the mortal body. And nobody knows when that moment of departure from this earth can come. The wise, therefore, are always vigilant and steadfast in their efforts.

To realise Divinity of human existence and experiencing God in life is the birth right of human beings.

This discordance between the inner life and outer circumstances, the great puzzle for all sensitive persons all over the world, never ends till one realises one’s true self. Self-Realisation / God -experience, therefore, does and must become not the first among several aims of life but the only aim of life.

In fact, Self-realisation remains unachievable for those who have a long list of priorities in life. The ‘lane of love’ is too narrow to accommodate more than one in it. Those who love the Ultimate can’t afford flirtation with many.

It is all temporary and phenomenal here except the ‘ATMA’ or ‘SELF’, realisation of the ‘SELF’ is the only achievement.

This human life has only one purpose - God-Realisation. They alone are fortunate who aspire for this. Human beings can only aspire for this because His experience or realisation by the human beings depends upon His mercy only.

When Self-realisation happens in human life, then the conflict of attachment and repulsion ends for that person. After that there remains nothing in life except celebration, bliss, love and service.

To serve humanity is to serve God. The creation is not different from the Creator. The two are only different faces of the same eternal Truth.

This chanting that we have been doing is a great science of sound for inner purification; for

the purification of the mind. All these things that you are doing here are hundred percent

scientific. This spirituality is a great science, which developed in India thousands of years

ago. These traditions exist even now, although quite a large number of people have forgotten

the reasons.

What is the chaos in the mind? The chaos is of thoughts, contradictory emotions and

desires. These words, which we chant, are mantras. They are more powerful than the thoughts

already running through the brain and they will, some day, push out all that rubbish of

worldly thoughts and bring up permanent peace and happiness. They are charged words,

pregnant with spiritual energy and Divinity. This science of sound is a great science.

In the same way, the sound ‘Om’ is the primordial universal sound. The modern scientists

also say that there was ‘Big bang’ (sound) in the beginning. It was from the sound that

creation developed and the first sound was Om.

It came to my mind to explain why we chant the mantras because in the West this tradition

is not there and people want to know the reasons why they should do it. So, just to tell you –

this chanting has very great logic and scientific reasoning to it. These mantras are devices (for

spiritual development), discovered and developed by great seers in the past.

Real spiritual evolution is not a joke. It needs the whole-hearted commitment and totality of efforts that it deserves. It doesn’t happen just by being interested in it.

Faith is the greatest factor in human life and everything is possible through faith.

There is always a hidden purpose in all these events of life. The purpose is known to God only. We human beings, conditioned by our worldly desires and limited vision, forget rather too soon that our Father knows what is best for us. It is only a question of our faith in unfaltering wisdom of our Lover, Father and Guide.

If our faith is shaky we have nothing but gloom, frustration and desperation in life. When the faith becomes unshakable we start having peace and happiness irrespective of our circumstances and outer events of life.

A seeker of Truth has to pass through several stages. The problem of finding adjustment of environment, and people around, is always there.

Service, meditation, prayer and love enable the seeker to realise the desired aim.

Fortunate are they who understand and follow the indications given by nature. Fools die in pursuing the pleasures of the senses.

Go on doing the practice of learning how to live in the present. In every matter there is God’s planning. Many aspects of God’s planning are understood at the late stage.

Everything in this cosmos happens by God’s will alone. Self-knowledge gets revealed automatically, one day, to those who continue the practice of performing their present duty whole heartedly.

Spiritual path

Self Realization and Enlightenment

Duty and Service (KaramYog)