Purity in its true sense means being only under the influence of the Divine. It means to speak and act only under the Divine Impulsion. The mind, by its ideas and preferences, the vital, by its wants and desires, however, distort this direct impulsion. The more these become quiet, the more we replace restlessness with peace, preferences with equanimity, wants with surrender and acceptance of whatever the Divine gives us, the purer these parts become. The main impurities are egoism, desires and ambitions.
One has to learn to step back, to become an inner witness, to restrain the impulse to speak and act under the impulse of ego, anger, fear, desire, etc, to practice moderation, to steadily apply buddhi, the discerning intellect to reflect whether things within are aligned with my life’s Divine Purpose, with the Divine Will within me or not. All this requires growth of consciousness since we can become aware only in proportion to how much conscious we are and can become.
Instead of justifying things, see them for what they are without giving favourable explanations. Keep offering the inner and outer movements to the Mother, praying for Her Grace to change them.
Most important is not to cling to anything and to be ready to renounce even a most helpful or beautiful thing if it now stands on the path to progress. The more the flame of aspiration grows, the more it automatically burns away the dross and purifies us.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
