Sincere Souls

 

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Sincere Souls

Swamiji has given us a very simple mantra – I am a holy soul, I am a pure soul. The question is – how many of us actually feel that we are at the soul-level? Have we done our spiritual practise and reached to the level of the soul? Or are we still filled with body consciousness studded with desires, wants, expectations and so on? In the West the spiritual guidance that is received is not like what we receive in India. In the West, it is more about going to church and listening to sermons. These serve as a mode to awaken the desire to seek God – but most of such people have listened to such sermons so many times that a kind of fatigue has set in.

They know what has been said and what has been sermonised – but they are not living it. What needs to be done by such people is to live the truth in their lives – absorb the sermons and meditate and practise His presence every day. Try and connect within.

For example, when we go to a restaurant, we are not satisfied by reading the menu, we would like to see how the food tastes. Similarly, how many of us remain satisfied by just mouthing words about God or the Supreme Being? How many really make the effort to find God within themselves? How many of us can honestly say, “I have realised God, God speaks with me and guides me?” If this is not happening, then we should continue our search with greater intensity and honesty till we can honestly stand up and say that God is within us and we feel His presence in every atom and particle in our body.

Realising God is very easy and yet very difficult. It is said that the way to find God or Paramatma is through a Guru or Master – simply because through the ages the Guru has been the manifestation of God on Earth. If we can realise God in our Guru, then realising God within ourself becomes that much easier. Our meditation, spiritual practice and expression of the feeling of love towards all beings will ultimately help us move from body consciousness to soul consciousness.

So, to become sincere souls, living our lives in the image of God by losing our body consciousness and living in soul consciousness with a spirit of love and compassion is important rather than just eating, drinking, sleeping like animals do – it is best for us to realise that we are sincere souls who are made in the image of God. For that meditating and merging with one’s own consciousness is necessary!