Sadhna

The fire that lights the pyre can be yours tomorrow. To burn you of your sins with the Smokey mist of clouds carrying you lightly on their shoulders through the flames to some destination unknown. Leaving behind everything like the water flowing through the river and mingling with the sea to merge as oneness of the soul.

Closing your eyes and driving your thoughts to oneness cannot be all of a sudden. Much turmoil is experienced in the mind. Hundreds of thoughts flash off and on. However, continuous effort is required to stem yourself from the past and present and connect with your inner self. Connecting within without any outside thought will come with practice over a period of time. However, even before we starts towards the path to sadhna we have to try and practice the art of living life with purity of thoughts and action.

Sadhna takes many forms. It is not only limited to just closing your eyes to the world and seeking enlightment.If you see a hungry person buying him food to satisfy his craving is Sadhna of action. And mind you just buying him food will not be enough. You have to buy him food as you would eat yourself. Speaking good words without any feeling of malice to everyone is Sadhna of speech. Eating only that much which is required for existence without unnecessary filling your stomach with junk is Sadhna of food. Sharing a part of your income for the benefit of deprived is Sadhna of offering. Like wise Sadhna has many forms. You can develop more forms once you are on the path. It is completely up to you how you would like to adapt to Sadhna.

Sadhna is a continuous process. You have to keep doing Sadhna of various forms whenever you get a chance. It is not a one time activity but ever evolving to keep you virtuous in your path to seek divinity. Every life form which is existing on this planet should be treated with the same endurance, compassion, love and serenity of thought. This needs practice as I said earlier. Over a period of time you will start feeling a very nostalgic pain in your heart whenever you will come across creatures who need your attention. When your soul starts connecting with others and you start understanding their plight, a thousand stars will start shining within you, lighting up your inner self with the wisdom that the Supreme then gifts you as a small percentage of his own goodness. How far you would like to open this envelope of wisdom is entirely at your discretion.

There would be times when you might feel that nothing is happening and you are just wasting your time. But let me assure you that every second you have devoted to Sadhna as above has not got wasted. You are like the pitcher which is empty and it will take some time to fill the same with water of pious actions without giving a thought on how they will benefit you. You will have to keep at your efforts. The moment the pitcher is full, it will overflow. That is when through some divine blessings you will start feeling as if a whole new world has opened up for you. Something which you had never imagined. It would be like living in the present but breathing the Universe. The experience would be thoroughly mystical and satisfying.

Sanjiv Gupta

Creator Merrigold