Very few can move from their present life situation to transformation without a transition. The example is given of the crow. If you put a basket upside down over a crow, the very moment you lift the basket a little, the crow flies away. Other birds are not as swift; they come out slowly, or think it over first. The crow doesn’t think, it just flies away. Very few are able to leave their present conditions as the crow leaves the basket. Make your life more concise so you can attain to higher values. This is the wiser course. By doing this, you will see that life demands less energy of you. As it is, many lack energy, are tired or unwell, carrying a load they were not meant to carry. Jesus said, “Come ye who are heavy laden and find rest.”

IMPLICITY MAKES YOUR LIFE MORE PEACEFUL. This is not renunciation, or even dispassion, but consolidating your life pattern. Make peace and health your first priority. For peace of mind and a healthy body you need the least number of things; the more your needs, the more you lose your peace and health. You have fought the battle of your life, now consolidate your position. Eventually you will see that whatever you were doing was for peace and health anyway. Start your life anew. Gathering back your time and energy will bring a new discovery: you were panting for this but not aware of it. This is the path of vividisha, progressing step by step, to bring you to the practicalities of living. Although this is not transformation per se, it is a necessary transition.

      Life forms a very small portion of existence. It is a school; the buildings and premises are a very small part of it. Learning is the main purpose. We came here to know, not only to live. We came to live in order to know, to be conscious. Through this new perspective, you will see what life is and how to proceed. You will become immune to many things; they won’t affect you as they previously did. True Being has to be born in us, not by demolishing what we are, but by transforming ourselves into what we truly are.
      Mankind has lived on earth for thousands of years now; we have become quite used to it and have gotten attached and in a rut. Our tendency is to carry on without changing, but there is more to life than just living. We keep coming back, striving to know. Some strive intensely, some just matter-of-factly, while some are unconscious and don’t strive at all. We have been educating ourselves for centuries, but we have missed the starting point. We know much about what is outside of us—history, geography, politics, commerce, sociology—but we are not touching the real me. We are missing the focal point from where change and transformation take place. To grow in wisdom we have to come back to our inner Self, to ask the essential questions: Who am I? What am I growing toward? We do not even know the ins and outs of our body complex. In addition, much is pending to be cleared in the subconscious and unconscious mind.