19. Qualifications for Enlightenment
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When we see young seekers and enlightened Master in a young body, we decide that spiritual advancement is not for us.
We think that the path is not for us. We wonder how many austerities the Master practiced all their life. We think we have no time to follow these rituals.
Understand! If we delve deeply into any subject, we can become enlightened, because all paths lead to the same goal. There is no need to do only puja or meditation. Albert Einstein became enlightened because of Physics. Ouspensky became enlightened because of logic and mathematics.
Even if we do scientific research deeply to the very end, we can reach enlightenment. Nithyananda always says, 'If you are logically logical, you go beyond logic'.
Then we have another question. 'Master, are we qualified to seek?'
Ramana Maharishi answered this question beautifully. He asks, 'Are you alive?' If we are alive, that is the only qualification needed for seeking enlightenment!
Be Clear! The qualification for seeking enlightenment is being alive. That qualification is enough because life itself has been bestowed on us by the Divine. That alone is more than enough to receive Divine grace. Nothing more is required. All the rest will be taken care of by the Divine.
A small story:
A man who was born blind went to a doctor and asked him if he could have his vision back. The doctor examined him and said, 'you need an operation to get back the vision. From now on, you will be able to walk without your stick.'
The blind man replied, 'Doctor, I understand two things. I understand that you will perform an operation. I understand that I will be able to see. But I do not understand how I will walk without a stick?!'
All his life he had been walking with a stick and he thought that the stick was related to his walking itself. He could not understand how he could walk without a stick. The doctor said, 'When you get your vision, you will understand.'
If we have had a glimpse of light at least once, then we will know that we are in darkness. If we have not had even this glimpse, we will not even know that we live in darkness.
Only when we get a glimpse of light will we understand what type of darkness we are in. We will then start searching for a master or spiritual teachings.
Let us not postpone our enlightenment. Let us do everything with deep awareness. That is enough to set us on the path of enlightenment.