One Moment of Determination

 

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One Moment of Determination

A single moment of determination, of sankalpa, of complete determination is enough, whereas a whole life without it is nothing. Remember it is not time but determination that is the important thing. The achievements of the world are accomplished in the realm of time and those of truth in the realm of determination. Our determination, must live in our spiritual practice.

We have heard Swamiji as well as other Masters say that transformation happens in a single moment, one pure moment without desire and expectation filled with total and unconditional surrender! We attend spiritual programs for a couple of hours, one day, three days or eight days and still nothing happens. The happening is not dependent on what we are hearing, or the energy flowing through the medium of the Master’s words, this revolution or transformation can take place in a moment.

Just one moment of will, of complete determination is enough. A whole life without determination is nothing. Remember that determination and time are the important things. The achievements of the world are made in time; those of truth, in determination. It is the intensity of one’s sankalpa, of determination, that gives a fathomless depth and an infinite expanse to a moment. As a matter of fact, in the intensity of sankalpa time ceases to exist and only eternity remains.

Our determination is the door to liberate us from time and unite us with eternity. We should let our determination be deep and intense. Let it pervade our every breath. Let it be in our memory, asleep or awake. Only through it can a new birth take place, a birth which knows no death. This is real birth. There is a birth, the birth of the physical body, that inevitably ends in death but this is not considered real birth in the spiritual sphere.

How can something that ends in death be the beginning of life? But there is another birth that does not end in death. It is the real birth. Its fulfilment is in immortality. It is for this birth that we attend Swamiji’s live shibirs, and we are called to attend these live shibirs for taking this birth. We gather together for that very birth – Guru-purnima is round the corner – another opportunity for this birth. But merely coming together is of no value. If we become whole, if we become one and call from the thirst of our own being, then the determination of our entire being will take us into the presence of truth.

The truth is very near but we need determination, we need will to approach it. The thirst for truth is there in us but determination is necessary as well. This thirst becomes a sadhana only when it goes hand-in-hand with determination.