Ignorance of Spiritual Life

It is known to us that main reason of suffering of a man is his ignorance to his own spiritual life. One should understand himself first. SELF REALISATION is the aim for all human beings. Human beings are ever hungry in nature and their hunger leads to a complex life where they lose their real aim of life. However, it is fortunate to born as a human being on this earth because a great realization is attached with this. Human personality is a beautiful thing gifted by God. One should utilize this for the sake of liberations and for the good of mankind.

Most of the people cannot realize the real need of human life and they chase the pleasure and comfort of life. This does not mean that one should not experience the pleasure or materialistic life. In fact experiencing the materialistic life fully with awareness, one can easily understand the true meaning of life. The materialistic pleasure and comfort is not the real significance or the ultimate objective of a valuable human life. 

The word self-realization is only possible for human as this is the only creation of God who has mind, thinking and reasoning capacity. A person may be well educated and have a nice life with all comforts of this world. But he is far from the realization of what actual happiness is? These people are not complete human beings. The original wealth is inside man’s heart and soul and that is the true thing. Until you do not know this truth you will seek for happiness and gratification.

How do you know that the path you are following to reach to the liberation is correct? Shri Ramana Maharshi said, "If you know that you know nothing then you are close to your mukti (liberation)”. Another saint said, “The perfection of human knowledge is ignorance of Divine knowledge”. You need to know enough that you understand that you know nothing .

Well, meditators, spiritual seekers,  think about the above and meditate and you would come to know where do you stand on the path of Self Liberation.

Yogacharya Shri Devdas Rao - Shri Shakti Darshan Yogashram, Mulki