"Arise, Awake and Stop not till the Goal is reached."
- Swamy Vivekananda.
Each and every living being has a purpose in life. What is it? .......... It is to seek the Para Brahman, The Supreme being. Is it so easy??? ..........not at all. But each life is a step towards the goal.
But there is no compulsion, no time frame. One can take one's own time to start one's pursuit of the Truth. One can start now or a few lifetimes later.
Once the decision is made, one should be like Tennyson's Ulysses and his men: 'To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.' Here is where Meditation comes to one's aid. It expands one's consciousness. Every seeker must spend some time to meditate.
Everyday before meditation i do Sharanagathi......er.... What is Sharanagathi??? Well, Sharanagathi is the total surrender before the Supreme Being.
What does a human being achieve through Sharanagathi? I too didn't know about it, until i happened to read an article in a Faith column:
When one surrenders oneself to the Supreme Lord, all the Sanchitha Karma (past life karma) and Aagaami Karma (future life karma) are nullified.
But one cannot avoid the Prarabdha Karma (present life karma). One has to work ones way out of it.
When one surrenders completely, ones Kriyamana Karma ( Instant Karma ) becomes good. Thus the burden of Agaami Karma will not increase.
But all the good Karmas are of no use if you don't do Nishkaama Karma (Service).
The Taurus Full Moon had been a great eye-opener.
