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THE WAY OF LIFE
your life turn their faces away from you in a moment. Have you not had this experience ? If so, why do you get entangled in the confounding tangles of the worldly relationships ? In this life, develop attachment for the Paramatma. Develop relationship with the Paramatma. At present, you may be having excellent relationships with some people in this world. Let those relationships exist but you must develop a deep relationship with the Paramatma. Every day have a darshan of the Paramatma at the three fixed times and perform the eight kinds of worship. Recite such profoundly devotional and emotional stotras as the Bhaktamar stotra and the Kalyanmandir stotra. Recitation does not mean uttering the words mechanically. You must recite them understanding their real meaning.
Go to holy places where there are no crowds and remain there for a few days. While you are staying there, you follow some fixed principles with a firm mind. Observe such principles with a firm mind. Observe such principles as celibacy, refraining from eating prohibited food, refraining from eating food in the night, seeing and worshipping the Paramatma every day, performing meditation and Japa, meeting noble spiritual heads and carrying out scriptural studies. If you stay in a holy place for a few days carrying out such activities, you will establish a close intimacy with the Paramatma.
Every year for some time you must remain in the company of men of serenity, self-discipline and spiritual excellence. From them, you acquire a knowledge of the real form of Dharma. You must delve deeper and develop an intimacy with the Paramatma.
This is not a difficult task. Even to-day, there are such noble householders and businessmen. They go to holy places which are not famous and remain there in solitude for a few days carrying out noble spiritual activities. They stay in the company of noble spiritual heads for some days. They realise the true form of the Paramatma delving deeper into contemplation and they try to become completely absorbed in a contemplation on the Paramatma. So, we find that in their lives, they observe the ordinary principles. They may not observe all the
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