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Dear Members,

 

Question: In any field like sports/study etc.,

generally practice makes one perfect. But in spiritual

field it seems like a never- ending practice and

struggle. The goal is never reached. Is there an easy

way of reaching this goal of life and see the results

within a couple of years?

 

 

Let us take the example of three individuals--

 

One is a genius by birth. The second one is

intelligent though nowhere near the genius and the

last one is mentally challenged. All three suffer from

an ailment and need treatment. The genius would find

his remedy on his own with no or very minimal

directive. For the intelligent child, a little

guidance is essential. Someone needs to show him the

remedy and he takes the medicine, feels the

improvement and is cured. For the mentally challenged

person who falls sick there is absolutely no

possibility of him approaching a physician and seeking

a remedy. In fact he is not even aware of that he is

having an ailment. Naturally, if given treatment, he

would not even be in a position to understand if he is

making progress. So the care-giver needs to do

everything for him.

 

This model can be applied in gauging spiritual

progress too. The great mahatmas are so fully tuned

already and the urge in them to see God is so enormous

that when they chant the Nama, they immediately see

the progress and reach the goal, like the genius.

For the next category of spiritual aspirants, with

appropriate guidance from the Guru and life-long

effort, they do manage to reach the goal finally.

Then comes the third category into which majority of

us fall, on account of the heavy load of vasanas, that

we are carrying from previous births. We are like the

mentally challenged person looking up to God/Guru's

grace to do it for us completely. The load of vasanas

is so heavy that we are not in a position to perceive

the spiritual progress. All we have to do is chant

patiently with faith and not lose hope just because we

do not perceive instant progress.

 

When medicine is given it does its work without fail

in everyone. The difference in feeling the progress

depends on the level of urge to reach the goal. Let us

have no doubt about the fact that when we chant the

divine names, progress is being made all the time. It

is just that we are unable to perceive it, as would a

Mahatma or a great soul due to the variation in the

degree of urge to attain God.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

 

Regards

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