Self-realization

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It is by the inner life that self-realisation is achieved

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To be religious does not necessarily mean to be spiritual.

The inner life can be considered as a journey to a desired goal. There are certain conditions one should first know.

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Step 1:

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The first is the journey we have to make on foot.

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This at once changes the character of the journey and makes it different from the journeys we are accustomed to. The first condition of this journey is conscientiousness in regard to the customs on the way. When one has to walk along distances one gives up necessary burdens. We unconsciously make our life heavy for ourselves. When we have to travel on foot every little responsibility we take upon us, every little habit, weigh upon us — little things in everyday life we would never think about.

The moment one has started on this spiritual path he has more difficulties than the average person. He has to resist temptations. He has to answer for everything he does, either to himself or to life.

There are so many different kinds of debts we have to pay, yet we never think about them.

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The ancient people thought:

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My mother has brought me up from infancy, she has sacrificed her sleep, rest, and comfort for me and loved me with a love beyond any other love in this world, and she has shown in life that mercy to me which is the compassion of God.

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The spirit feels a great release when it pays its debts as it goes further. Those we have to pay we must pay, in the way of attention, service, and respect.

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Step 2:

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Develop deep trust

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Promises have no value. We can develop the tendency to trust others by being ready to undergo every loss.

The one who does not trust people outside will soon not be able to trust his own relatives, his own friends, and finally that distrust develops to such an extent that he does not trust himself.

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Step 3:

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Find someone whose guidance we can trust.

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In concentration lies the secret of all things.

What is meant by concentration is the change of identification of the soul so that it may lose the false conception of identification and identify itself with the true self instead of the false self.

This is what is meant by self-realisation.

Once a person realises by the proper way of concentration, of contemplation, of meditation, he has understood the ensence of all religions. Because all religions are only different ways that lead to one truth and that truth is self-realisation.