People often come to a spiritual Master to find solutions to various challenges of their lives. They consider meditation and spiritual practices to be a means for stress reduction and to experience peace of mind. This is good. However, as one grows spiritually, the focus of spiritual practices shifts from a mere “I” to “others” as well. The main focus then is to accelerate the evolutionary development of the soul so that the person can be of greater service to the mankind. Here, the key words are ‘growth’ and ‘service’.
GROWTH involves a series of development at the physical, etheric, emotional, mental and spiritual levels. Physically you need to be strong and healthy to sustain spiritual practices. Also, you need to enhance your brain’s capacity to register higher spiritual experiences by bringing the energy of kundalini to the Crown. At the etheric level, the meridians and Chakras should be healthy and strong to handle greater levels of spiritual energy. At the emotional and mental levels, you should practice character building for the purification of your astral and mental bodies. Without sufficient purification, practicing advanced levels of meditations can result in severe physical and psychological imbalances. At the spiritual level, generating good karma is essential to withstand the acceleration of negative karma.
SERVICE is not only alleviating the sufferings of others, but helping others to evolve as well. This includes healing others and spreading the teachings of the Masters to make the world better. Your spiritual development is accelerated manifold through service.
All these important aspects of your spiritual journey form part of the school of Arhatic Yoga®, the system of yoga that leads to sainthood.
Source: Extract from newsletter Soldiers of Light, Vol 43-44, by Vee Jay Attri