Sadhana - The Way of Life
There have always been, there are and there will always be, teachers who
reveal to man and who instruct him to attain the heights which he can reach by
the fullest manifestation of his physical, mental and intellectual powers,
through one-pointed steadfastness. The mind of man revels in external objects
and in purposeless observation and criticism of the outside world. How then can
it be trained to be steadfast?
Each one should ask himself the question: Mahatmas and Mahapurushas were
also persons like me; they were also embodied beings. When they could attain
perfection, I can also succeed, if I follow their method. What do I gain if I
spend my time in discovering the faults and weaknesses of others?
Therefore the first sadhana is search for the faults and weaknesses
within thyself and strive to correct them and become perfect.
The unceasing toil of each succeeding day has as its aim and
justification this consummation; to make one's last days sweet and pleasant.
But, each day too, has its evening. If the day is spent in good deeds, then the
evening blesses us with deep sleep, invigorating refreshing sleep, the sleep
about which it is said that it is akin to Samadhi.
Man has only a short span of life, here upon earth. But, even in this
short life one can, by wisely using the time with care, attain Divine Bliss.
Two men, in appearance the same, ostensibly of the same mould, grow under the
same conditions, but one turns out to be an angel while the other stays on with
his normal nature. What is the reason for this varied development? Habits and
the behaviours formed out of these habits, and the character into which that
behaviour has solidified. Man is the creature of character.
