Reaching the spiritual level means recognizing that life is everywhere, consciousness is everywhere. I do not consider spiritual and physical separate. The subtlest state of matter is consciousness and the machaktiya state of consciousness is matter. This confluence creates this creation.
Therefore, spirituality means not to break ties with life, but to be excited, compassionate, loving and blissful. Each prayer begins with amazement. When we look at the sky and say, “Wow! How many planets, how many stars, this universe is so huge!” Only then our consciousness expands. This is meditation. The creation and the author are no different. Just as the dance is not different from the dancer, similarly the creation is not different from God.
Billions of years have passed since the beginning of life on earth. Human life of 80–100 years is nothing compared to this. Where are we standing in this huge universe? When we look at ourselves from this point of view, our thinking changes and consciousness reaches a higher level. In Vigyan Bhairav, there are 112 ways to know consciousness. One of them is to see the pure sky and get out of it. Gradually the mind becomes calm.
Three types of sky are described in the scriptures –
Bhutakash: This is the physical place where earth, water, fire and air exist.
Chittakash: Chittakash is the sky of the mind, which is a source of thoughts and feelings. Everyone’s birth chart is different, which can give information about his mind and his thoughts and feelings.
Chidakash: Chidakash is the most subtle level of heaven – the place of pure, silent and indifferent consciousness. There is no idea here, no feeling. Only energy is experienced. After intensive meditation or Sudarshan Kriya, you can experience this place full of love, peace and energy. The journey is that we reach the Chitrakash from Bhutakash.
Man is not just a body
Human beings are made of energy and waves, not just a body. When you close your eyes and ask – who am I? So there is no answer, only experiences emptiness. And that’s your answer, that is you. When the soul leaves this body, the mind also leaves the body. The human body is the medium where we can erase our old habits. The way Buddha taught the path of Nirvana means – sitting and believing that I am nothing, nothing. When this clarity comes, the mind becomes sharp and powerful like a laser ray. Resolutions in such mind are quickly fruitful and that mind also makes itself good.
All our past is like a dream. Think for a moment, what did you do from morning to morning? Are they not just memories now? Dreams are also memories. So look at your entire past as a dream. The future is also like this. You will do a lot in the next ten-twenty years, but eventually everything will pass like a dream.
Ghost and future
When we begin to understand that both ghost and future are dreams, the inner sky opens. Consciousness expands and a new dimension of life appears. Spirituality also means that we do not consider life as a burden. Get rid of the habit of being sad on small things. When this clarity comes from within that I am eternal, compassion becomes comfortable and service becomes natural. Service is no longer a duty, but only by our nature. This is the reason that a person meditating is more patient, more happy and more compassionate.
Being happy or happy is not a future goal, but a state of the present moment. When we live in this moment, there is a wonderful ease in life. The mind calms down and the heart is filled with love. This is true spirituality – right now, here, living completely awakened. So just stop, see inside and wake up. Spirituality is not an object of the hereafter, but the name of living this moment completely.
