In English
Preciousness of
People indulge in what they call meditation in (solitude). It is not seclusion in a room or a cave or a forest that constitutes solitude. It is the one-pointed contemplation of God that is true meditation. It means merging the mind in thoughts of the Divine exclusively. The mind is a prey to continuous fickleness. The only way to achieve concentration is to merge the mind in the , the integral awareness of the "I." The -principle is also described as , that which is hidden or held in secret. It is infinitely precious. is also termed or (knowledge of the Absolute). It is also called . This knowledge is so precious that it has to be carefully safeguarded. But when its preciousness is not realised, it is treated lightly. There was a shepherd who found a shining piece of stone in a river and not knowing its value, he tied it round the neck of his favourite lamb. A jeweller saw it and knowing its value as a diamond bought it from the shepherd for ten . When he was gloating over the cheap price at which he had got the highly valuable diamond, the diamond broke into a thousand pieces and an ethereal voice told the jeweller: "I could excuse the shepherd for treating the diamond as an ordinary shining pebble, because he did not know its worth. But when you, who knew its value, got me for a low price, I could not bear the humiliation and my heart broke into pieces." Students are indifferent to spirituality because they do not know how precious it is. Students should first of all realise the supreme value of spirituality. To pursue the spiritual quest with real understanding is . People refer to and associate it with Emperor . How did practice ? He reigned over the empire as a ruler. He led the life of a householder. He experienced the spirit of a (renunciant). He merged his entire being in the . To merge the body, the mind, the intellect, the will and the ego in the awareness of (the "I" or the Self) is . The goal of life should be to become a . This is the means to get rid of all worries.