Our Invisible Self ~ I |
All of us remain ever so engrossed in our mundane preoccupations that we hardly find any time for our spiritual pursuits, something which is much more important to our eternal self. Many of us are often found saying that they remain so occupied with their work that they hardly find time for anything beyond work or personal affairs, let alone spending time for matters religious and divine. Notwithstanding this, we always have expectations that God will answer our prayers to grant all our wishes.
Is that not conflicting and contradictory? If we, being such puny creatures in the humongous cosmos, find no time for God, why should we expect God, being the master of the multiverses, to find time to answer our prayers? It is said that our prayers are very powerful and their vibrations, if made with concentration and devotion, could reach the Almighty. However, a hurried or half-hearted prayer or a prayer with divided attention is never answered by God. We, being the children of God, should commune with Him like His true children. If we earnestly pray to him as His children, He responds generously. Let us take an example. If there are many sons of a father, who shall he be attached to more or favour more? Of the many sons, those remembering him or making an effort to stay in touch with him shall be more loved or favoured.
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It is natural for the father to think that other sons are self-sufficient and happy enough not to require his help or favour. Same is the case with God. Those who remember Him with love, devotion and regularity are more favoured and blessed than those who do not. There are said to be two approaches to reach out to God ~ inward and outward. The inward approach guides us to look inside our soul consciousness to find God. The outward approach goads us to search for Him in places of religious worship and through complex religious rituals and sacraments. Hinduism has space for all paths to God. One should adopt one of these paths and reach out to God with all honesty and true devotion. One of the best ways to approach God is through yoga (union), as stressed by Hinduism.
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This yoga or union is the ‘union........