To experience the Supreme Self requires conscious and equal attention to the Body, Mind, and the Soul
Choose the Right Fuel for the Vehicle of your life
It is a common understanding that God and religion are inseparable. And it is believed that to realize God one needs to be associated with some religion.
Ideally, religion isn’t a system to preach about God, but a system created to experience God. Unfortunately, it is both misunderstood and misinterpreted.
If one wants to follow a religion to experience God, then he first needs the fundamental understanding of what is required of himself to experience the supreme self. To experience the Supreme Self one needs conscious and equal attention to three key aspects: one’s Body, Mind and the Soul.
I shall explain it with a metaphor we all understand well; a car. What does it need to run? The right fuel, well-working engine and parts; and finally, an able driver without which it cannot move.
In life your body is the car, the fuel is your food, and the one that drives the body; your atman.
Food is the primary requirement for one to maintain the body in a state where the source of all creation can be experienced. It is an irony that every movement we make happens with our permission and instruction however we fail to take care of how we fuel our body and still expect it to run fine. How can you expect a petrol run car to function if you fill the tank with kerosene!
You will agree with me that there is no God, no temple and no ritual that can make a car run without the right fuel and service. When God won’t take control of a non-living object like a car it is foolish to expect God to take care of our body when he has endowed us perfectly with the capability of doing so ourselves. Expecting God to take care of you is sin.
Servicing the body with the right food and sleep is service to God. Only after this primary requirement is fulfilled can one connect with the supreme driving force to experience a life free of hurdles. Connecting with the one who is the driving force behind your vehicle and fuel is Atma-Dhyana. Because even with the best car and the best fuel without a good driver one couldn’t move an inch.
By connecting with the supreme self you discover miraculous possibilities in life, because you aren’t in touch only with the atman, you are in absolute alignment with the power that is the source of infinite intelligence and limitless possibilities.
If one is determined and committed to bring changes in life what is needed isn’t the accumulation of knowledge and experience but a commitment to function with awareness. Awareness of food consumed and a commitment to unfailingly service the body to serve the divine within.
Equally necessary is the awareness of the self and meditation to connect and take care of the driver of one’s life. You will then know that the universe waiting to serve you and ensure that success alone is your experience !
Wishing you a life of peace, success and happiness.
Atmayogi Shri Aasaanji
Aham Brahmasmi !
