The most important
question raised in Vedantic philosophy is this: Can you attain what you haven't
attained, or do you attain what you already have? If you are going to get
something which you didn't have before, what good is it? Since you didn't have it before and get it
now, there is every possibility that you'll lose it some time. And the question of getting what you already
have is ridiculous, isn't it? The truth
is that we get what we have already got, not what we haven't got. We get rid of what is not -- what we don't
have -- not what we have. This is
Vedantic philosophy in its subtle and highest form.
In Vedantic
philosophy there is nothing to be done; the only important thing is
understanding. Through understanding
comes liberation.
Mantra is
maheshwara. Maheshwara is the great
Lord, the supreme Lord, the inner self, the all-pervasive being.
If you are on the
spiritual path, you must keep your eyes open.
You must be very careful, very alert, about where you are going and what
you are doing.
You should remember
that it is not easy to be born in human form.
One should suffer
the past consequences of his past actions cheerfully. You are where you are because of certain
actions of yours, and you should bear the consequences cheerfully, by devoting
your time to chanting the divine name and meditating.
Departure from the
body is an extremely subtle phenomena which is very difficult to see.
