The mind’s activity, its thoughts and feelings, obscures the Self. We lose sight of our universal nature, the inner Source from which the mind arises. In forgetting our Self, our mind grasps at endless desires in hopes of obtaining lasting bliss. As the mind moves from one desire to another searching for satisfaction, these selfish, grasping desires create chaos in our mind. Eventually, the chaos and turbulence within exhaust us, creating a deep yearning to return to Oneness.
By unifying our thoughts and desires into a single desire to know God and reveal the Self, we align our will with the Divine. This unification guides us back to Oneness. It is why we constantly remember God, Guru, and Self; repeat the mantra at every opportunity; meditate regularly; and see God in everything and everyone. These practices align our will, focus, and desires, dissolving the ego-bound conditioning of the mind.
When desires are unified into the supreme desire for God, then this longing holds the power to dissolve anger, greed, passion, self-will and personal power. We become what we think and if our thoughts rest on God, we become one with God. This powerful dharma, contained in God’s name, God’s presence, God’s remembrance, and God’s realization in meditation, can dissolve the desires of the senses and the conditioning of the mind held in samskaras.
When self-grasping desires dissolve, we are no longer driven by the ego or its attachments. Instead, love and unification with God become the motivator of our actions. In this one-pointed focus, free from selfish attachments and with mastery over passions and senses, we transform into pure instruments of God. We become vehicles through which Divine will manifests.
Our mistaken identification with the body and mind leads us to believe we are the chaos of fleeting thoughts, pleasures, and pains. But when we transcend the mind and reach its Source—God within, the Self—we recognize who we truly are: the all-pervasive Divine love.
Through the supreme stillness of meditation, through the repetition of the mantra, and through selfless acts of kindness, we shed the false identities of body, senses, mind, intellect, and ego, embracing our true essence. In this state, the restless mind no longer oscillates between pleasure and pain, desire and aversion. It finds its home in the ultimate truth—Brahman, the eternal Oneness.
Blessings,
