Throughout my journey—from childhood Karate to Krishna devotion, Reiki, and now yoga after finishing my CA—I have always gravitated toward physical and spiritual disciplines. However, I struggle with consistency and keep shifting between different meditation techniques based on how I feel each day. How can I cultivate focus and ground my practice while still remaining open to life’s natural flow?
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother never asked anyone to believe that The Mother does everything. If that were the case, then the Mother would be responsible for all the crimes that humanity does!! Basically, there are two operating systems given to human beings. The first is ignorance or lower nature, where we are being trained and schooled and prepared for the higher. Here we make the choices and learn and grow through the consequences. Here the Prakriti is the teacher, while the Mother is like the parent who usually does not interfere unless there is a crisis.
When the soul has graduated through it, then the other operating system, the Divine Operating System, comes into play. Here there is a lot of freedom and flexibility, as the child soul, now grown into its adolescence, is directly under the supervision of the Divine Mother. It is only here that, as one surrenders, the Divine takes up more and more directly the work and the progress.
Techniques are not spiritual practices. Anything from work to walking of washing clothes can become spiritual if one does it with the true and right attitude of inner aspiration.
Most people drift, even those who remain stuck with the same things. Drifting is an inner shifting of focus, not changing the outer work. One may change jobs but always with the idea of making money. On the other hand, one may continue the same work, but the motive may shift from making money to serving the Divine. It is the goal, the motive that matters. It is the inner GPS. The paths matter little as long as one is clear about the goal.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
