Sadhana---The way of Life

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Sadhana—The Way of Life

 

There have always been, there are, and there will

always be teachers who reveal to man and who

instruct him to attain the heights which he can

reach by the fullest manifestation of his physical, mental

and intellectual powers, through one-pointed steadfastness.

 

The mind of man revels in external objects and in purposeless

observation and criticism of the outside world. How then

can it be trained to be steadfast?

Each one should ask himself the question: Mahatmas

and Mahapurushas were also persons like me, they were

also embodied beings. When they could attain perfection, I

can also succeed, if I follow their method. What profits me

if I spend my time in discovering the faults and weakness of

others?

 

Therefore the first sadhana (spiritual practice) is, search

for the faults and weaknesses within thyself and strive to

correct them and become perfect.

The unceasing toil of each succeeding day has as its

aim and justification this consummation; to make one's last

days sweet and pleasant. But each day, too, has its evening.

If the day is spent in good deeds, then the evening blesses

us with deep sleep, invigorating refreshing sleep, the sleep

about which it is said that it is akin to Samaadhi

(superconscious state, transcending the body, mind and

intellect).

 

Man has only a short span of life, here upon earth. But

even in this short life one can, by wisely using the time with

care, attain Divine Bliss. Two men, in appearance the same,

ostensibly of the same mould, grow under the same

conditions, but one turns out to be an angel while the other

stays on with his animal nature. What is the reason for this

differential development? Habits and the behaviour formed

out of these habits, and the character into which that

behaviour has solidified. Man is the creature of character.

 

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Ram.chugani.