THERE IS HAPPINESS IN HUMAN NATURE THROUGH FREEDOM OF THE SENSES, FREEDOM
  IN WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT, BUT THAT IS VERY TRANSITORY, VERY LIMITED.
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EAL FREEDOM AND FEARLESSNESS COME FROM THE LIGHT.

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      How to awaken the Light? One method is to focus on the Light unconditionally, without analyzing any pros or cons. You won’t miss anything. You will feel full. Focus on the Light, day and night. Even when you are not sitting down to meditate—while walking, working, wherever you are, just focus on the Light. In the background of your mind, go on remembering the Light. That memory should remain with you and keep you inspired. It is not a meditation per se but at the back of your mind the Lord is always there.
      Light makes the darkness, the tamas, the drowsiness or laziness vanish. And gradually you will become fearless. By fearless I don’t mean bombastic—showing off. Please don’t do that. Fearlessness and joy go together. There is happiness in human nature through freedom of the senses, freedom in what to do and how to do it, but that is very transitory, very limited. Real freedom and fearlessness come from the Light. Remembrance of the Light should be there always. You may say, “I don’t see it.” Yes, that is a problem, but that does not mean it is not there. Do not deny the existence of Light in you or around you. That is a Western concept, I’m sorry to say—what they don’t see doesn’t exist. They won’t say “I don’t see; that’s my fault.”
 

      The very question “Who am I?” implies I am trying to remember who I am, what is my true self or true identity? Therefore, in your life, whatever you are doing, keep remembrance of the Light. If you do that, when you sit down to meditate your mind will automatically come to focus on the Light because you have been doing it the whole day. Then when you are in meditation you are alone with your Lord and enjoying it. Otherwise, if you don’t keep that remembrance throughout the day, when you sit in meditation other thoughts will disturb your enjoyment with the Lord.

SO THAT IS ONE METHOD: FOCUS. Though that is the answer, there are a few other practices that you can do. Listen to or imbibe Satsang. Control your diet so that you avoid certain foods if they do not agree with you, not only health-wise but mind-wise; so that what you eat does not make you out of balance, heavy or disturb your peace. We can choose foods that are of sattvic nature: healthy, calming and elevating. The company you choose is also very important. We sometimes fail to see the harm or good coming out of associations. The mind or subconscious attracts or invites certain elements and at that time we do not analyze the good or bad. We are attracted because our mind or subconscious contains those elements. Therefore use discrimination, not hating anyone but choosing to associate with those who will enhance your upliftment. It may be that certain attachments, certain relationships or things we have are so dear that they are not easy to let go in order that good associations can develop; the mind will like to retain these because we invite like a magnet the elements we have in our mind. Therefore I believe that discrimination has to be applied, choosing who and what will enhance and not degrade us.



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