First, one has to find the psychic being, make it one’s sole preoccupation and the occupation. It means an ongoing inner concentration in the centre of the heart on the Divine Presence there. This should continue even while doing all the activities of life, just as a human mother is occupied with the infant baby even while she is busy with a hundred different things. So too the mind and heart must be preoccupied with the discovery of the Divine Presence within. One can take help in this inner concentration on the heart (centre of the chest) by taking the Mother’s Name, contemplating upon Her Image, a mantra that spontaneously arises within.Β
Along with this, one should try to grow in inner quietude, peace, equanimity by becoming a witness to all the various habitual reactions and responses that arise within us. We should make conscious choices to express only those movements that help us and the world progress and move forward, while carefully avoiding in speech and action all that would harm and hinder our own and other’s progress.
One should spend time in reading books that uplift and inspire us, such as Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri, The Mother’s Prayers and Meditations. It is necessary to be careful of one’s friends and the company one keeps.Β
Slowly, one will begin to grow aware of a Presence within, a formless but concrete Reality like a luminous flame, an inner warmth and sweetness, an unalloyed peace and joy, a subtle inner guidance that softly indicates the direction we must take, the right thing to be done. By listening to it and following its guidance, the nature slowly gets groomed by the psychic being in us to become a transparent channel and a faithful instrument of the Divine.Β
For more details, you can hear the talks available at Auromaa as well as read the writings on the subject.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
