Making The Journey With The Right Realization

It's so easy to become caught up in my physical role - my name, physical
personality and looks; the social setup or family I've been born into, my
friend circle, the school I went to, the person I married, the organization
in which I work, the various material objects I own or possess. I forget my
true identity, the spiritual being, and that it is me, the spirit or soul,
who is experiencing life through this physical body and surrounding
circumstances. The physical, human side is essential, but *it's the spirit,
the being, the energy, which makes the journey. The physical body is the
vehicle through which the journey is made. The people who exist in my life
are also energies making their journeys through their respective
vehicles.*Looking at myself and others, when I realize who is making
the journey and
I remember this and maintain this spiritual consciousness throughout the
day, I'm able to access spiritual treasures of peace, of power, of love and
joy and see the same in others. It is because of not remaining in this
remembrance; I remember and identify with the vehicle and experience my
false identity. That is why we find ourselves empty of these treasures
today. As a result there is a tremendous increase in interest in meditation
throughout the world. Unlike in the past when this interest was seen
primarily in the East, today relaxation and meditation is a blooming
industry in the Western countries.

The more I become trapped by a materialistic consciousness, and the more I
lose contact with my inner self, the less freedom I experience. The search
of happiness through the physical senses brings temporary, short-lived
gains. *My life lacks depth when the only things I know, realize and feel
are related to the loads of information I receive from the physical sense
organs,* and I become disconnected from the spiritual dimension.