At times, I miss (in appearance, this part feels so separate, speed, time, hurry, ego, etc carried by such things). But what does the above message carry?ย ย Also, in the state of stillness, as observed, I see a flow of vibration and feel so true to being myself! ( And this part is separate) Not sure, but does one get into fatigue or experience it, or when I return to reality dealings, I get frustrated, etc etc. How to work it out!ย
To know is good implies that one should know the way and the teachings as revealed by the Divine Master. One should read, reflect and meditate upon them until they become mints of true knowledge by the fact of experience. This is the first indispensable step.
But naturally, it is not enough to read or meditate and become aware. One must live the Teaching and the truths that are revealed to us. For instance, in the Yoga of Sri Aurobindo a great stress is laid on Equanimity as a basis of all action. To live the teaching means to practice this equanimity with regard to people, situations, circumstances and all the ever-changing appearances of life. Similarly, with other aspects such as faith, aspiration, sincerity, devotion, surrender. All these must be cultivated consciously and their opposite movements such as doubt, anger, hate, jealousy, fear rejected. To live means applying all the truths that one knows by reading books of spiritual teaching or listening to them into practice, in our everyday life. It requires sincerity and perseverance, a steady application of will, in short making a choice between goal and the muddle, between one’s true aspiration and the actual life one is leading.ย
Finally, as a result of living these truths, one begins to change, at first within and next outside. Our nature begins to reflect the truths we have realised within. Our speech and actions become a natural flow of the truth we have experienced and realised and are trying to live. Instead of the struggling, egoistic being driven by desires, expectations, worries and fears, we become a wide and strong and supple instrument and channel of the Divine. A deep Peace and Joy replaces the sting of lust and excitements and desires. A spontaneous knowledge leaps intuitively from within and a vast universal love opens its doors and begins to flow in us. In one word, we not only experience the Divine deep within during meditation, but our entire being and nature begins to become divine through a close identity.ย
It is a whole program of sadhana given in these three words, – to know, to live, to become.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
