Tip to the students and to the Saadhaka-s

Monday, 04^th December 2017

Saadhaka is a spiritual seeker. He/she is in constant seeking. He/she seeks the reality of existence. You become a seeker only when you start experiencing the mystery of life. The true mystic experiences make you a seeker. You want to know the secret behind all these. That is why you start the seeking.

The most important value of a seeker is his/her truthfulness. A Saadhaka needs to be truthful. Truthfully he/she must accept that he/she doesn’t know much about himself/herself or about the Universe. There begins the seeking. Here truth refers to the straight-forwardness. Accepting the reality as it is; without interpretation or justification.

A Saadhaka/spiritual seeker is not a believer. He/she is in search of the truth behind his/her experiences. Experience it; Remember it; Reflect on it; Understand it; Realize it; Know it. This is the process.

The Saadhaka is seeking deeper experience and knowledge. His/her faculties of experience must be sharpened for effective Observation, Memory, Reflection and Understanding. That is the importance of a disciplined life of a Saadhaka. Without having sharp internal instruments, he/she cannot go on with seeking.

There are three levels of practices for the disciplinary life of a Saadhaka. 1. Self Restrictions 2. Self Study and 3. Complete Surrender.

1. Self Restriction:This involves in Observation and Management of the most important five habits of your life;

i. Food habit

ii. Sleep habit

iii. Sex and other relationship habit

iv. Relaxation habit/Hobbies

v. Work habit/Duties.

These are the five essential habits of human beings. All these are necessary. But the excess or scarcity any one of them may affect the Saadhaka in a negative manner. But it is very important that the restriction must be from the Saadhaka himself/herself. It should never be from outside, from another person. Restriction from external centres will cause adverse effect.

2. Self Study: This refers to the efforts for self observation and to understand the nature of the Self. Here Self does not mean only the soul. Self means the body, senses, organs, thoughts, emotions, intellect, memory etc. This is the study of your own body and mind; to know exactly how they function in your day-to-day affairs. There are three facets of activity for Self-Study.

i. Physical/Breathing/Verbal exercises (Physical exercises and breathing exercises are very common now-a-days. The practice of Manthra/Prayers can be considered as Verbal exercises.)

ii. Reading/Listening

iii. Reflecting on Memory (Some people have the habit of thinking over and over upon what they heard or read. They are doing so for going deeper into the experience of what he/she heard or read. This is Reflecting on Memory).

3. Complete Surrender: This is the realization that Man can act only according to the will of Nature. Man must be active always. But all his/her actions are led by the Natural laws. This realization gives tremendous peace at heart, which helps the Saadhaka to go ahead with his self-enquiry. This obviously is not the belief that “man is nothing and God is all”. Not at all. But, man has to do his works, respecting the Natural Laws. This is what the meaning of the Surrender. It is not a belief or faith. It is a realization of the utmost importance of the Natural Laws and respecting It.  

Whatever I have written here is useful to a student as well. If he/she wants to win an examination, he/she needs to observe all these three levels of self-discipline for achieving the essential sharpness to the internal faculties and this will definitely lead to the success.

Observe and Manage. (OM).

Make your journey towards success effective..