MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1135
Radhe krishna,
Have a blessed day,
STEPS TO EMANCIPATION
Swami SivanandaTanumanasi is making the mind as thin as a thread. Satwapatti is the acquisition of Sattwic mind. Asam-Shakti is non-attachment to the fruits of action. Padartha Bhavana is the perception of the Reality underlying everything. The sage beholds the Reality alone. All perception of objects, external and internal, is lost. This is the state called Padartha Bhavana. Tureeya is the fourth state in the ladder of realization wherein one rests in Brahman. The Vedanti says "Aham Brahma Asmi" or "I am the Reality. " Christ said "I and my Father are one. " Mansoor declared "'Anal Haq" or "I am That. " The Sufis affirm "Haq Manjud" or "Truth alone is. "
So, remember, cultivation of virtues is a fundamental part of self-culture leading to spiritual
evolution and Divine experience. This is the laying of the foundation as it were. If you want to
cultivate a garden from a wild piece of land, the first thing you have to do is to root out all the weeds,
the brambles, the undergrowth and remove all such unnecessary things. Then you have to prepare
the ground by removing all stones and pebbles and then make the soil fertile.
Thus, in this process of spiritual cultivation you must work at getting rid of the trash,
eliminating all that is undivine, unspiritual, transcending the brute and bestial nature such as greed,
hatred, anger, jealousy, selfishness, haughtiness and arrogance. Then you have to grow the flowers
of virtues in the garden of your heart. Then alone you will rise unto a state of godliness.
“Cleanliness is next to godliness.” One should have great deal of zeal in cultivating divine virtues.
Through the cultivation of virtues and removal of vices, the oscillating, tossing and restless nature
of the mind gets thinned out. Through prayer and meditation the veil of ignorance is torn aside. Now
you attain to the state of Reality-consciousness. Your experience is now one of absolute spiritual
bliss and peace. How can you now describe that grand experience of spiritual consciousness or
Divine ecstasy. You will only say, “I am Satchidananda.”
Swami Chidananda.
evolution and Divine experience. This is the laying of the foundation as it were. If you want to
cultivate a garden from a wild piece of land, the first thing you have to do is to root out all the weeds,
the brambles, the undergrowth and remove all such unnecessary things. Then you have to prepare
the ground by removing all stones and pebbles and then make the soil fertile.
Thus, in this process of spiritual cultivation you must work at getting rid of the trash,
eliminating all that is undivine, unspiritual, transcending the brute and bestial nature such as greed,
hatred, anger, jealousy, selfishness, haughtiness and arrogance. Then you have to grow the flowers
of virtues in the garden of your heart. Then alone you will rise unto a state of godliness.
“Cleanliness is next to godliness.” One should have great deal of zeal in cultivating divine virtues.
Through the cultivation of virtues and removal of vices, the oscillating, tossing and restless nature
of the mind gets thinned out. Through prayer and meditation the veil of ignorance is torn aside. Now
you attain to the state of Reality-consciousness. Your experience is now one of absolute spiritual
bliss and peace. How can you now describe that grand experience of spiritual consciousness or
Divine ecstasy. You will only say, “I am Satchidananda.”
Swami Chidananda.
The "Advaita" of Sankara is not so much the assertion of oneness as the negation of duality, as the names of his system suggests. God is not one or two or three, for He is above numerical affirmation.
- Swami Krishnananda
Chant the Maha Mantra
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
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