I THINK, THEREFORE I EXIST!

A similar statement was credited to the seventeenth-century French philosopher René Descartes. By saying “I think; therefore, I am” Descartes reckoned that he had arrived at the ultimate statement which could not be doubted. He found that he could not doubt that he himself existed, as he was the one doing the doubting in the first place.

Certainly, we feel our own existence. No matter how real this feels to us, it is just consciousness of our existence. As man there is yet a further quest. Who am I?

Yes, I do exist but what am I? Who am I? Many have tried in vain to define themselves by the title they bear on earth: President, Chairman, CEO, General Manager and so on. Such definitions vanish when the position that confers such titles are removed. Of course, such titles are transient. Neither can we be defined by our fame as beauty queen, wonderful dancer, or boxing champion as these too are not permanent and even if they are, they do not truly define us in our real essence and immense abilities.

The real question is that man needs to become self-conscious. The purpose of life on earth is for us to attain this all-important self-consciousness. To know exactly who we really are.

You are much more than your physical body that the world can see. Your physical body too is transient. It is born, it grows, matures, ages and then withers away. Yet through it all, deep within you, you do not feel old or frail. Only the body experiences these. That core in you that feels forever young is your real self! It is spirit!

To know the nature of the spirit therefore is to know yourself. Your real self. The spirit has its origin in the Spiritual part of this wonderful Creation. From there it takes a dip into this earth in order to mature. Maturity involves coming to self-consciousness. So, what is the nature of the spirit? What are the abilities of the spirit?

1. Spirit has access to the ever-flowing Power that streams through Creation. Spirit can make use of this Power to achieve the miraculous in all areas of life! The scope for development within our space of existence is set so wide such that development is endless and eternal!

2. Spirit is magnetic. It can attract people, circumstances and all that it genuinely desires. The possibilities are simply innumerable!

3. So that spirit will not attract everything and everyone to itself in a wild confusion, the spirit is endowed with the power to decide on what is to be attracted to it. The decision is made through our thoughts, words and deeds. So, we are also managers of what is to come to us in this wonderful workshop of Creation which offers a table that is always set. From this table we can take whatever we desire in line with our abilities. The table is always set and it gives to us and always gives in abundance.

You now see that for anyone to ignore these magnificent spiritual abilities and be restricted to some paltry earthy titles and fame is pitiable indeed.

With this understanding, let us begin our journey to self-consciousness by listening to our inner voice in silence, staying in nature regularly, practising the art of giving to others in love, receiving with gratitude and meditating on the Almighty always. Let us also resolve to do only what is good and make everything we do into a service to the Lord of all the Worlds! With these we will be on our way to working consciously in the spiritual sense. Peace, joy and success is what follows naturally.

HOW WE CAN LIVE A FULFILLING LIFE.

In order to live a fulfilling life, we need to know our own true nature, who we really are, indeed our inherent abilities! Our real self is not our title, position or the amount of money we have in the bank. The power we get from titles, position or money are temporary. Relying solely on them means that we will lose our identity when we are stripped of these momentary things.

 

The inner core of man is spirit. If we become conscious of this then we can tap into the limitless Power of Creation which only our spirit can access. Our titles, earthly power, position and our money do not have this access.

 

Just like a lens gathers the power of the sun, our spirit through its instrument known as the intuition can collect the Power of Creation streaming through us and we can pass this Power on in concentrated form through our thoughts to achieve the most wonderful feats if that is our desire.

 

Another ability of the spirit is that it can attract like a magnet. In order not to attract just anything to itself in a wild confusion, man is also endowed with the ability to decide what it wishes to attract to itself.

 

In short, we have access to the ineffable Power of Creation, we can attract what we desire just like magnets and we have the ability to decide exactly what we wish to attract! Now that we have an idea of our spiritual abilities, in order to live a fulfilling life, we have to commit to a wise use of these abilities. How can we do this?

 

Let us start with exercising the power of silence. If, for instance, you seriously contemplate on a subject, this thought takes on form within you and as you stay with the thought it becomes strongly magnetic within you through the power of silence. It will then attract all that is similar, bear fruits by producing more useful thoughts and will even attract higher thoughts from the unseen world and this is what is well known as inspiration! You then only need to carry out by visible deeds what the inspiration has indicated in all diligence using the all-embracing Power of Creation.  

 

We can also make wise use of our spiritual abilities by continually meditating on the Word of Truth. This will sharpen our intuition, the sense of the spirit which guides us from deep within us. This of course leads us to the right actions at all times.

 

Let us also spend time in Nature. Let us not be far from the steams, the fields, the flowers and the trees. Let us be friendly with the birds and the animals. There is a lot to learn in the radiant beauty, effortless ease and harmony we find in Nature. We can key into these as we grow in our own spiritual nature.

 

Another way we can live a fulfilling life is to embrace the Law of the Power of Simplification. In Nature we find that birds do not struggle to fly they just fly, the earth rotates effortlessly around the sun daily. We too can attain to a fulfilling life effortlessly when we leave alone the belief that life must be hard. The simple way for us is that we go through life joyfully, doing everything based on love and living in such a manner as to cause no harm to others in the pursuit of our personal desires. The Rule of living is as simple as that!

 

Success in life is attainable. Nothing comes to us that we have not invited. Let us therefore go forth courageously choosing at all times to do only what is good. As we wish it, so will it happen to us!