Page 340 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6

Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6
making the river weak. The river cannot flow in torrents if so many canals have been dug out from it. The same is the case with us. Our ideas and thoughts always seem to have wings and so they have made the main stream weaker. During pooja (meditation) we draw in these things and consolidate them in one flow. The thought will have the same force from which so many canals have been made. So the process we adopt is that we go deeper and deeper into the vast expanse. The force of going towards it draws in the water spreading into all corners towards the force of pious thoughts. The result is that the scattered superfluous things came to the main and supreme current which is now to flow towards the Almighty- the main goal and place of our destination”. (SS. p507)
From the above it can be seen that all the thoughts shall be centered on the Divine/Master so that living becomes sacred only by reaching the goal. The course alters, the route meanders. But yet, it has to reach the goal of life. It should never stop and stagnate. Life should flow freely and fully like a river. Only the life that achieves the goal is called a sacred life.
Spiritual life is a current. It must not be allowed to stagnate. The very moment we allow it to stagnate, our spiritual evolution comes to an end. This stagnation - physical, intellectual and spiritual - is very dangerous in the case of spiritual aspirants. We have to avoid it at all costs.
We have to withdraw our mind from wherever it goes. We have to argue with it, as we would do with a loving friend, try again and again to fix it on the Divine. Our knowing the Divine to be present in every object should meditate on the Divine in the very object which may tempt it.
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