Page 39 - Goal of Life

GOAL OF LIFE\u000Awhich is unchanging and eternal, we will automatically be free from both attraction and repulsion. This is Vairagya (renunciation) in true sense of the term. All our problems arise out of undue attachment to things. Babuji talks about due attachment or non-attachment. There are certain practices which are given to us by Him to attain this particular state of Vairagya. Firstly, we have to study the nature, structure and purification of Knots 1 and 2 (Granthis) and attain Laya Avastha (Free movement). The state of mind at Knot 1 and 1(b) is an unperturbed one with an awareness of Omnipresence of Divinity making one realise that there is nothing which one can call his and thus the seeds of vairagya are sown. Besides, development of love towards the Master and devotion to the Divine enables one to move to Knot 2, which is called the Spiritual Heart. Here the outermost covering of the soul - the Annamaya Kosa - is loosened and the spirit is allowed to move out of its shackles consciously. The compassion to fellow beings grows and love and concern for others develop; we then discern the true sense of attachment to God and non-attachment in its correct perspective. The first Knot has to be kept as pure as we can so that the attitude of yielding to Master develops. Though the desire to have the company of similar Divine seeking souls becomes somewhat\u000A34\u000A