Secret of Life

 

Sage Agastya: Aum. There is no indication today that man has any concern whatsoever for the question of ‘What are we doing, and why’ or for morality and respect.

Many Gurus are preaching to their disciples during this period,. Even  they do not understand that the world is at the brink of destruction. They are not trying to teach these important things to their disciples.

In the olden days, Gurus gave good knowledge to their disciples. However, the Gurus of today have begun to change, as their status is changing in all aspects.

Each thinks that he is superior and only his blessings are the best. It is because of their disciples that these Gurus are changing. Gurus now desire money and materials, and want to construct ashrams, hospitals, schools, and colleges. They are more focused on how to run these institutions. They are beginning to forget the most important things - devotion and knowledge.

Secret of Life

Sage Agastya: Aum. Life is a game. We cannot see where it begins or where it ends. What one has seen is ‘life.’ What one gains from materials is seen as ‘happiness.’ What the five senses have seen and understood is perceived as ‘truth.’ This is how man thinks in the small fortress he builds for himself in earthly life. The ability for man to think about what is outside his small fortress is becoming lesser.

Very few have the opportunity to think “Where have I come from? why was I born? What path must I follow? Where should I reach at the end?”

Very few have the ability to avoid problems, to loosen themselves from the grip of life. They do not attempt to find a spiritual path or ponder on what is beyond life and desire to learn about it.

However, there are some who have done good work in their previous lives, who are finally seeing the light. They are reborn as ordinary mortals in this life but after sustaining pain and injury, and tripping in darkness, they are finally seeing a new light.

Once they see the light, then the desire to know where it comes from wells up within them. Seeing that light, such people leave the dark fortress that they were living in; momentarily find a little happiness in that light and attempt to understand where that light comes from.

This is when one sits in meditation with closed eyes to see where this joy comes from. It is then that they realize that they have not experienced this sacred joy before.

That is when they realize the difference between the pleasure they have experienced until now through their five senses and intellect; and the pure joy they experience through their soul.

He also learns another truth that these small pleasures do not last forever. In worldly pleasures, things like money, material, and intellect get used up. In a way this pleasure is like a business.

However, there is no give or take in the pure joy that wells up from within. The soul that is a small particle of the Absolute that is present within man remains immersed in joy always. It is still there.

Bliss, ecstasy, and joy are the permanent characteristics of the Absolute. To experience this one need not:

1.Spend money.

2.Acquire materials.

3.Use intellect.

However, what is required to understand this deep tunnel within us is knowledge, devotion, and the ability to surrender oneself to God.

A mother doesn’t ask the baby if it wants milk when she feeds it. She does not use her intellect for that.

In the same way, one who in complete faith expresses the desire to see the Absolute; such a man, sitting in meditation, forgetting his body, disconnecting himself from the sensations experienced through the five senses; pushing the mind that is a monkey outside; if he follows the light within him with his inner eyes, will understand where that light comes from.

That is when he realizes that he is a soul, and that the entire universe is hidden within him. With this inner material, he is able to realize wisdom and Supreme energy of the Absolute.

That is when he realizes that he is not just a body made of the five elements, it is not he, he is not the body. In addition, he realizes that he is not the tool that is called the intellect that he has been experiencing until now.

Whenever that veil or curtain is completely drawn, then the light dawns, wow! I am a soul. He gets the answer to the question where have I come from?

When he realizes that the microcosm is a part of the macrocosm, he understands the meaning of ‘Aham Brahmasmi.’ If he continues in this state, he realizes that all the living things in the outside world are a part of the macrocosm like himself.

In this state he realizes ‘Tat Tvam Asi’ which is, ‘I am that.’ This is the meaning of Supreme Knowledge.

Once he realizes that he is the aspect of the Absolute, man understands that he must return to the Absolute. He understands that achieving that is the right thing to do.

It is not wrong to experience or enjoy the materials required for the body and mind within limits, in the correct way, without violating righteousness.

If the soul must exist, it needs the covering of a body. There is a relationship between the living body and the soul. When life leaves and the soul becomes detached from the body, it gets disconnected from the clutches of karma and will reach the place it is supposed to reach. This is the secret of life.