Crucial Observations

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Then Swami Akalal performed a parikrama of the holy spring and we walked in step

with him, listening to the instructions he gave us further. I vividly recollect

the two crucial observations he made: i) He was categorical in saying that we

had to make the best possible use of our present lives - this should consist of

consolidating what we had achieved in our past lives. It is the stability that

has to be prized most in the spiritual path, he emphasized. This brings to my

mind what Lord Krishna reveals in the sixth chapter of the Gita--that the

aspirant has to build on what he has attained in his past life until he is

firmly established in sadhana (a 'long' pursuit, indeed!). ii) Cautioning us,

the Swami said that during the course of his life, an aspirant has to remain

mentally alert and vigilant throughout to avoid pitfalls. Inward purity and

peace have to be cultivated at all costs. This calls for patience and

perseverance - qualities highly necessary for advancement in spirituality. The

Swami gave an illustration to drive home the point: just as the flowing stream

"swallows up" whatever refuse is thrown into it, so should an aspirant develop

in himself the capacity for bearing hardships; he should remain unruffled in

the extremes of joy and sorrow, never losing his mental equilibrium. The Swami

observed further that facing the severities of life heroically and retaining

mental composure even in adverse circumstances are a kind of penance that pays

the aspirant rich dividends in spiritual terms.

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Crucial Observations >Tue, 30 Dec 2003 01:06:34 -0800 > >Excerpts from -

http://www.koausa.org/Saints/Wangnoo.html > >Then Swami Akalal performed a

parikrama of the holy spring and we walked in step with him, listening to the

instructions he gave us further. I vividly recollect the two crucial

observations he made: > >i) He was categorical in saying that we had to make

the best possible use of our present lives - this should consist of

consolidating what we had achieved in our past lives. It is the stability that

has to be prized most in the spiritual path, he emphasized. This brings to my

mind what Lord Krishna reveals in the sixth chapter of the Gita--that the

aspirant has to build on what he has attained in his past life until he is

firmly established in sadhana (a 'long' pursuit, indeed!). > >ii) Cautioning

us, the Swami said that during the course of his life, an aspirant has to

remain mentally alert and vigilant throughout to avoid pitfalls. Inward purity

and peace have to be cultivated at all costs. This calls for patience and

perseverance - qualities highly necessary for advancement in spirituality. The

Swami gave an illustration to drive home the point: just as the flowing stream

"swallows up" whatever refuse is thrown into it, so should an aspirant develop

in himself the capacity for bearing hardships; he should remain unruffled in

the extremes of joy and sorrow, never losing his mental equilibrium. The Swami

observed further that facing the severities of life heroically and retaining

mental composure even in adverse circumstances are a kind of penance that pays

the aspirant rich dividends in spiritual terms. > >- Shiva Bhakta

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