Monday, 04th 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..