The spiritual path is a process of knowing oneself holistically, connecting with the Supreme Being and self-refinement and self-expansion. How many people follow this path. Let’s start with great enthusiasm. Then some lose courage on the way. Some consider worldly passions and colors as everything. Some get entangled in the business of narrow selfishness and ego and compromise on the ideals of life. Some people get confused due to laziness and carelessness and end up wasting their precious lives. Often the main factor in this is the lack of understanding that spirituality is a science of refinement of consciousness, in which one has to deal with the dirty mind and confused mind due to many births. One has to climb the peak of consciousness by crossing the ocean of the unconscious mind. One has to move forward.-Acharya Dr. Pradeep Dwivedi
Undoubtedly the path is difficult. It is difficult. When the karmic amount committed in the past stands in the way like a mountain like a rocky barrier, then the faith of the seeker becomes shaky. A traveler who tries to collect a lot on the path of religion and spirituality with the help of cheap puja-patri, offerings and icon worship gets ruined on the way. He even becomes an atheist and starts cursing even God and powerful Guru. Whereas the path of religion and spirituality has its own rules and regulations, it is science.
Even a little understanding of this does not allow the seeker to deviate from the highway. He doesn’t get entangled in the trails. Religion-spirituality starts with the primary class of religiosity, in which worship and rituals are taken, but with self-study and self-reflection, the seeker’s understanding also becomes subtle. With the awakening of the spirit of theism, faith and devotion matures. After this preparation, one gets admission in spirituality class.
It is not surprising that the sages walking on the spiritual path have described it as difficult as walking on the edge of a knife, but when have even the humble pilgrims who have chosen this difficult path accepted defeat? Despite knowing the difficulty of the path, they have been searching for this path in every era on the strength of their inner call. With the support of someone capable, he has been achieving his desired goal with immense patience, infinite faith and continuous efforts. Undoubtedly the support of a capable Guru (Complete Guru) makes the work easier. It is our utmost good fortune that we got the company of an incarnate Guru.
The practical and scientific form of spirituality is easily accessible to us along with the Siddha Sutras of our Guru, but there is a minimum demand of courage, devotion and preparation to adopt and adopt them in life. After all, every demand demands its own price, the more valuable a thing is, the same price has to be paid for it. A farmer, businessman and student puts in all his body, mind and money. Then, leaving aside all comforts and luxuries, one reaches the desired destination on the strength of solitary effort and devotion.
Similarly, the spiritual path also demands its price, in which purification and refinement of mind and consciousness is the main thing. Spirituality is the art of achieving everything by destroying oneself. In this, first of all the mind has to be refined. With this, the sun of enlightenment, which has been covered with the veil of ignorance for many births, gets illuminated and makes one aware of one’s divine existence. Actually, the blessings of Samarthguru (Complete Guru) and God always shower on all their children in continuous forms.
Lack of ability to accept and retain these is the main reason why most of the life remains devoid of them. The extent to which the seeker-disciple is able to imbibe this, his spiritual development takes place in the same proportion. The work of spiritual science is ultimately the rejuvenation of life. Divinity is emerging in man. This is the awakening and development of his inherent divine possibilities and abilities.
public welfare along with self-welfare
Its refinement begins with the purification of the mind, which in itself is a time-consuming and painful process. This work is accomplished with immense patience, unwavering faith and continuous effort. Even after repeated failures, the seeker does not lose courage and tries again and again. The courage to try a thousand times after a thousand failures and the indomitable courage to rise again after every defeat and move ahead defines the spiritual path. The life examples of all the seekers on the spiritual path testify to this truth.
For this, the most revered Gurudev has propounded the process of introspection, self-review, self-improvement and self-construction. In daily life, practical sadhana from self-realization to Tatvabodh has been explained, in which one has to pay attention to the trinity of worship, sadhana and worship along with restraint, self-study and service. This guidance of the most revered Gurudev inspires the seeker to learn according to his situation and sooner or later, by walking on the spiritual path, he fulfills the great objective of public welfare along with self-welfare.
Despite Gurudev and divine grace being with him, the seeker has to cross this path alone. At the call of his conscience, a seeker embarking on the spiritual path happily chooses this path. For this, do not worry about the cuts in the road. Who cares what people say and do? By the grace of Guru, one’s own soul is sufficient for guidance. People wander in the dark. Keep wandering. We will automatically move forward relying on the light of our conscience. How should we calculate who opposes and who supports? Our conscience, our courage are with us and we will do only what is right and appropriate for alert seekers like us.
