Don't make enlightenment your goal
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October 25, 2010
Don't make enlightenment your goal, because you don't understand that word completely. Make the yogic body and Vedic mind your goal. Enlightenment is more like an abstract concept, more like a poetry and romance which you are never able to catch. It is unclear. But the concept of yogic body and Vedic mind can be more tangible for you.
When I say yogic body, I mean a healthy, well-built, flexible, and joyful body. When I say Vedic mind, I mean a mind that is completely excited and inspired, every day healing itself, recovering itself and inspiring itself. Have these two as a goal. It is doable.
Because you keep some abstract goal, you don't know how my message each day leads you to that goal. Even mentally, don't have enlightenment as a goal, because you do not know exactly what it is. When you do not even know what it is, then how can my daily message and inspiration push you towards that goal? It becomes unconnected.
I want you to understand, every day my message should be inspiring you towards that experience, and you should start perspiring for it. Only then this morning message is useful. It becomes an inspiration. It becomes like a tonic. Otherwise, if you don't have a clear goal and don't know how to connect this with that, it is not a tonic; it is just toxic, a waste.
That is why I am telling you, have the yogic body and Vedic mind as your goal. Then you will see, every day, life with me moves you towards that goal and inspires you towards that goal. You will see that every day, life is an excitement, a joy. You are growing. Not only that, every day you can check and see, what is my measurement? What is happening here? What is happening there? What is happening to my kurma nadi? Is it becoming green or red? Every day, when you wake up in the morning, you can feel what is happening. Is today's mind high or low? Am I feeling excited? Did I sort out this problem which I used to have three months ago, or am I still carrying that wound? Am I feeling better? Doable! Then you will see that everyday life around me becomes worthy. Then you will feel like committing and taking responsibility for your life.