Though Reason is presently the highest mental faculty available to man, it has several limitations. It fails when it makes claims to discovery of Truth.
He is with us through the change of seasons since His work is never finished. He is with us from birth to death, and He is with us when we depart to other domains. We rest in Him at the end of our life and return after receiving His nourishing touch.
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MOTHER BY MONA SARKAR (TEXT)
You do not know how privileged you are. For it is He — the Supreme — who is with you, who is guiding you, showing you and watching over you, telling you so many things, teasing you and playing with you. He is always with you. A fall does not touch Him.... If only the effort is there.... It is He who has descended in your midst to transform you and lift you out of ignorance.
This talk by Dr Alok Pandey takes up the subject of life and death as seen from a spiritual perspective. Followed by questions 'Practical means to find the soul,' 'Physics and metaphysics', 'Buddhist and other perspectives of the individual soul'.
Fall is never the permanent resting ground but a temporary moment to recuperate for the next level of effort. It is only through such successive efforts and attempts that eventual success comes.
We must uncover spiritual truths hiding behind all these stories and legends and philosophies, since to discover them again through a great personal tapasya is nearly impossible in our modern age, with such short life spans and a thoroughly materialistic orientation.
This brief reflection by Dr Alok Pandey is about dealing with the problem of sensitivity that afflicts some people and becomes the cause of much psychological suffering.
The mind, by its very nature can see things in bits and parts. It knows a little but much more escapes its vision. Though useful in its place, Reason must slowly give way to higher modes of knowledge through which we can comprehend the Whole.
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MOTHER BY MONA SARKAR (TEXT)
Nobody is responsible. Only the Divine is, for He has the power to change our destiny. ... To take the responsibility means to take the destiny in one’s hands, to have the whole charge of one’s life, to guide it, to lead it to the goal of one’s existence. That is what taking responsibility means. And the Divine alone is capable of doing it, nobody else.
The road to self-mastery is long and needs patience and perseverance. Yet it is worth all the efforts since self-mastery makes life beautiful and happy and opens doors to endless possibilities of progress.