A good meditator is one who has a mental link or union with the internal
self and the Supreme Soul or God who is the source of all goodness. This,
along with an understanding of the laws of action or the laws of karma,
which govern the behavior of souls, means that one does not have to
renounce or leave society in order to achieve enlightenment. Rather,* the
soul filled with spiritual illumination faces society directly with
understanding and the generosity to serve it and to elevate (improve) it.
*
The soul becomes elevated not by the renunciation of responsibilities or
worldly duties but by a *renunciation of the negativity that exists within
the role being played by it in society.* A good meditator does not try to
escape social obligations (duties) but rather *purifies those duties* by
becoming filled with light, love, peace and happiness. *The stage of
self-awareness and God-communication injects a subtle richness into one's
life-patterns.*
There are those who believe that the elevated state is beyond society and
its duties. They find a quiet spot in the jungle or an ashram and
contemplate (think about) deeper things. There are others who are stuck in
the quicksand of their problems, and believe that those who leave society
and take up a spiritual lifestyle are saints. However, *holiness and virtue
are qualities attained in one's life situations,* not in running away from
them. The elevated state is not merely a matter of elevated thoughts (which
can be experienced in a sanyas), but elevated actions also, for the benefit
of the self and the world. We are what we do and not so much what we
imagine ourselves to be.
self and the Supreme Soul or God who is the source of all goodness. This,
along with an understanding of the laws of action or the laws of karma,
which govern the behavior of souls, means that one does not have to
renounce or leave society in order to achieve enlightenment. Rather,* the
soul filled with spiritual illumination faces society directly with
understanding and the generosity to serve it and to elevate (improve) it.
*
The soul becomes elevated not by the renunciation of responsibilities or
worldly duties but by a *renunciation of the negativity that exists within
the role being played by it in society.* A good meditator does not try to
escape social obligations (duties) but rather *purifies those duties* by
becoming filled with light, love, peace and happiness. *The stage of
self-awareness and God-communication injects a subtle richness into one's
life-patterns.*
There are those who believe that the elevated state is beyond society and
its duties. They find a quiet spot in the jungle or an ashram and
contemplate (think about) deeper things. There are others who are stuck in
the quicksand of their problems, and believe that those who leave society
and take up a spiritual lifestyle are saints. However, *holiness and virtue
are qualities attained in one's life situations,* not in running away from
them. The elevated state is not merely a matter of elevated thoughts (which
can be experienced in a sanyas), but elevated actions also, for the benefit
of the self and the world. We are what we do and not so much what we
imagine ourselves to be.
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