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.Smile, whistle, laugh, jump, dance in joy and ecstasy.Sing Om Om Om! Ram Ram Ram! Come outof this cage of flesh.Thou art sexless Atma.Thou art that Atma who dwells in the chambers of yourheart.Act as such.Feel as such.Claim your birthright, not from tomorrow or the day after, but rightnow from this very second. Tat Tvam Asi Thou art That.Feel, Assert, Recognise, Realise, mybeloved Ram!Find out your centre.Dwell always in this centre.This centre is the abode of Supreme Blissand Eternal Sunshine.This centre is the Param Dham or Paramagati or Supreme Goal.This centre isyour sweet original home, the abode of immortality and fearlessness.This centre is Atma orBrahman.This is the Imperishable Brahmic seat of ineffable splendour and glory!DIVINE LIFEDivine life is life in God or the Immortal Soul.He who leads the divine life is free fromcares, worries, anxieties, miseries, sufferings and tribulations.He attains immortality, perfection,freedom, independence, eternal peace, supreme bliss and perennial joy.He radiates joy, peace andlight everywhere.To lead the divine life, you need not retire into forests.You can lead the divine life, whileremaining in the world.What is wanted is renunciation of egoism, mineness, attachment, Vasanasand Trishnas.Give the mind to God and the hands to the service of humanity.42SPIRITUAL SADHANAServe humanity with Atma Bhava.Serve the poor.Serve the sick with Narayana Bhava.Serve the society.Serve the country.Selfless service is the highest Yoga.Samadhi will come byitself without any effort for one, who is solely absorbed in service, when his heart is purified.Service is worship of the Lord.Never forget this.He who sees Brahman or the Immortal Soul in thespoon, Brahman in the medicine, Brahman in the patient, Brahman in the doctor, Brahman inservice, he who thinks or meditates thus, while doing service, verily reaches Brahman or theEternal.The practice of Brahmacharya is very important for spiritual progress.Brahmacharya is thebasis for acquiring immortality.It is itself divine life.Brahmacharya brings material progress andpsychic advancement.It is a substratum for a life of peace in Atma.It is a potent weapon forcontrolling the internal Rajasic forces, viz., Kama, Krodha, Lobha, etc.It gives tremendous energyand gigantic will power and good Vichara Sakti.Japa is an important Anga of Yoga or divine life.A Mantra is divinity.Japa is the repetitionof the Mantra or the names of the Lord.In Kali Yuga, practice of Japa alone can give eternal peace,bliss and immortality.Japa ultimately results in Samadhi or communion with the Lord.Sankirtan is the singing of Lord s names with faith and devotion.When you sing His names,feel that Lord Hari or Ishta Devata is seated in your heart, that every name of the Lord is filled withdivine potencies, that the old vicious Samskaras and Vasanas are burnt by the power of the nameand that the mind is filled with Sattva or purity, that Rajas and Tamas are completely destroyed, andthat the veil of ignorance is torn down.This kind of mental attitude brings the maximum benefit ofSankirtan.It is not the number of Japa or the length of time of Kirtan that counts for spiritual growthbut it is the intensity of Bhava with which the Lord s names are sung.DIVINE MESSAGEPure as the snow of the Himalayas, bright as sunlight, expansive as the sky, all-pervading asthe ether; unfathomable as the ocean, cool as the waters of the Ganges, is the Immortal Atman thesubstratum for this world, body, mind and Prana.Nothing is sweeter than this Atman.Purify your heart and meditate.Plunge deep in your heart.Dive deep into the innermostrecess.You will find it.Only if you search in deep water, you will find the pearl of Atman.If youkeep to the shore, you will find broken shells only.The best flower that can be offered to the Lord is your heart.Penetrate more deeply into theinfinite domain of Kailas, the kingdom of illimitable bliss and boundless joy and peace within.Just as the light is burning within the hurricane lantern, so also, the divine light is burningwithin the heart.You can behold the divine light through your inner third eye or the eye of intuitionby withdrawing the senses and stilling the mind.It takes a long time for charcoal to catch fire but gunpowder can be ignited within thetwinkling of an eye.Even so, it takes a long time for igniting the fire of knowledge for a man whose43ESSENCE OF YOGAheart is impure.But an aspirant with great purity of heart gets knowledge of the Self, within thetwinkling of an eye with the time taken to squeeze a flower by the fingers.Armed with patience, perseverance, tranquillity and courage, slowly ascend, peak afterpeak, subdue the Indriyas one by one, control the thoughts one by one, eradicate the Vasanas one byone and eventually reach the summit of Self-realisation or Divine Glory.O friend! Wake up.Sleep no more.Meditate.It is Brahmamuhurta now.Open the gate ofthe temple of the Lord in your heart with the key of love.Hear the music of the soul.Sing the song ofPrema to your beloved.Play the melody of the Infinite.Melt your mind in His contemplation.Unitewith Him.Immerse yourself in the ocean of Love and Bliss.SELF-ANALYSISDaily self-analysis or self-examination is an indispensable requisite.Then alone can youremove your defects and can grow rapidly in spirituality.A gardener watches the young plants verycarefully.He removes the weeds daily.He puts a strong fence around them.He waters them at theproper time.Then alone they grow beautifully and yield fruits quickly.Even so, you should find outyour defects through daily introspection and self-analysis and then eradicate them through suitablemethods.If one method fails, you must adopt a combined method.If prayer fails, you should takerecourse to Satsanga or association with the wise, Pranayama, meditation, dietetic regulation,enquiry, etc.You should destroy not only big waves of pride, hypocrisy, lust, anger, etc., thatmanifest on the surface of the conscious mind, but also their subtle impressions which lurk in thecorners of the subconscious mind.Then only are you perfectly safe.These subtle impressions are very dangerous.They lurk like thieves and attack you whenyou are napping, when you are not vigilant, when your dispassion wanes, when you slacken a bityour daily spiritual practice, and when you are provoked.If these defects do not manifest evenunder extreme provocation on several occasions, even when you are not practising dailyintrospection and self-analysis, you can be rest assured that the subtle impressions also areobliterated.Now you are safe.The practice of introspection and self-analysis demands patience,perseverance, leech-like tenacity, application, iron will, iron determination, subtle intellect,courage, etc.But you will gain a fruit of incalculable value.The precious fruit is immortality,Supreme Peace and Infinite Bliss.You will have to pay a heavy price for this.Therefore you shouldnot murmur when you do daily practice.You should apply your full mind, heart, intellect and soulto spiritual practice.Then only rapid success is possible.Keep daily spiritual diary and practise self-analysis (self-examination) at night.Note downhow many good actions you have done, what mistakes you have committed during the course of theday.In the morning resolve:  I will not yield to anger today [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]