Is Spiritual practice a must?
Is spiritual practice a must for everyone?
You have to insulate yourself from the effects
of worldly living. The environment has its strong
impact. The external world is in a rat race for greed,
glamour and respectability. It does not bother about
real joy and purity.
Naturally,external influence affects an individual.
In this rat race even if one wins, one continues to be
a rat. Glamour gives you an illusory joy but your soul
needs to grow.
Why does a fish in an ocean try to jump out?? asked a
Zen student. "The fish is trying to explore a world
beyond the ocean" answered the Zen Master.
Consciousness in each one of us is like a fish that
wants to explore the unknown, to evolve and grow. If
you do not insulate yourself from negative forces,
there will be a leakage of energies and that would
hamper your growth.
So it is necessary not to struggle in life and not
allow negativity to control your life. One has to
learn to float in life, to let go,let in the
essentials amd negate unessential feelings.
How can I insulate myself from negative influences?
People live life in fear. It is out of fear that they
worship; out of fear they get married; out of fear of
insecurity they beget children. Whenever fear emerges,
there is aleakage of energy. Fear creates a hurt body
and it then tries to survive by quoting philosophy and
logic.
We try to protect outselves from fear through this
influences of worldly life.... by acquiring more money
and more power. But spiritually we can insulate ourselves
from fear, only if we have trust.
We were secure in out mother's woomb. At term when we
were pushed out into the world, it was as though we were
facing death. We experienced tremendous fear.
After being born,is it death or birth that marks our lives?
Trust that when one door closes, another door opens. Such
trust insulates us from fear. The spiritual way of seeing is, if there is an impression or a hegative impression of fear in the mind, one has to de-identify with it. This
detachment of de-identification is that insulation. It is
called 'atma smaranam nay self rememberance.
What happens when we insulate outselves from negative
impressions?? Worldly influences do not touch us.
Instead, we would be in touch with higher vibrations
and open ourselves for higher influences. The higher
centres in us are constantly communicating something
profound to us, but we close ourselves to them. It is
like acup turned upside down. No amount of rainwater
can fill the cup.
The moment we are available for higher vibrations, we
attract nobler aspects of life. Lower states attract
lower aspects of life while the higher states attract
higher aspects of life. This is the law of attraction.
Why is devotion necessary??
Devotion activates our higher centres. Devotion purifies
our emotions. Devotion allows the finer vibrations to
flow into our lives.
With devotion, your third eye or intuitive eye opens,
and you would see many meaningful coincidences occuring
in your life. You will see the mysterious hand of God blessing you.
You have to insulate yourself from the effects
of worldly living. The environment has its strong
impact. The external world is in a rat race for greed,
glamour and respectability. It does not bother about
real joy and purity.
Naturally,external influence affects an individual.
In this rat race even if one wins, one continues to be
a rat. Glamour gives you an illusory joy but your soul
needs to grow.
Why does a fish in an ocean try to jump out?? asked a
Zen student. "The fish is trying to explore a world
beyond the ocean" answered the Zen Master.
Consciousness in each one of us is like a fish that
wants to explore the unknown, to evolve and grow. If
you do not insulate yourself from negative forces,
there will be a leakage of energies and that would
hamper your growth.
So it is necessary not to struggle in life and not
allow negativity to control your life. One has to
learn to float in life, to let go,let in the
essentials amd negate unessential feelings.
How can I insulate myself from negative influences?
People live life in fear. It is out of fear that they
worship; out of fear they get married; out of fear of
insecurity they beget children. Whenever fear emerges,
there is aleakage of energy. Fear creates a hurt body
and it then tries to survive by quoting philosophy and
logic.
We try to protect outselves from fear through this
influences of worldly life.... by acquiring more money
and more power. But spiritually we can insulate ourselves
from fear, only if we have trust.
We were secure in out mother's woomb. At term when we
were pushed out into the world, it was as though we were
facing death. We experienced tremendous fear.
After being born,is it death or birth that marks our lives?
Trust that when one door closes, another door opens. Such
trust insulates us from fear. The spiritual way of seeing is, if there is an impression or a hegative impression of fear in the mind, one has to de-identify with it. This
detachment of de-identification is that insulation. It is
called 'atma smaranam nay self rememberance.
What happens when we insulate outselves from negative
impressions?? Worldly influences do not touch us.
Instead, we would be in touch with higher vibrations
and open ourselves for higher influences. The higher
centres in us are constantly communicating something
profound to us, but we close ourselves to them. It is
like acup turned upside down. No amount of rainwater
can fill the cup.
The moment we are available for higher vibrations, we
attract nobler aspects of life. Lower states attract
lower aspects of life while the higher states attract
higher aspects of life. This is the law of attraction.
Why is devotion necessary??
Devotion activates our higher centres. Devotion purifies
our emotions. Devotion allows the finer vibrations to
flow into our lives.
With devotion, your third eye or intuitive eye opens,
and you would see many meaningful coincidences occuring
in your life. You will see the mysterious hand of God blessing you.
