How to prepare for life?

Q: How to prepare for life?

 “Nothing very serious about life, actually. Life is full of surprises, and how well we are prepared depends upon our wisdom and upon our innate ability, which surpasses intellect. Suppose if I have to sit for an exam and pass, what do I have to do? Memorise a few things and learn a few things. But wisdom is a different matter. Wisdom is something, when invoked within you, thatallow you to handle the most unknown situations in life. No surprise can confuse you, no surprise can disturb you, and such is the way of our Indian civilisation. How can we prepare ourselves for the most surprising moments in life?

“Do not differentiate between the spiritual life that has to be dealt with later and the material life. Material life and spiritual life must go together. We should not differentiate between them. Material life and spiritual life are like two wings of a bird. If I pay a lot of attention to this material proliferation, there is nothing wrong with it, but I must pay equally intense attention to spiritual life if I want a balanced existence, if I want a satisfied existence while I am going through this so-called journey on this planet. How to do that? How to balance this?”

Kamlesh,our Master shared an interesting observation while he was explaining about the physical, mental and spiritual realms of human life. He said, “Now, look into the spiritual realm. Spirituality says that there is no limit to the expansion of consciousness, spiritual consciousness. We devote one minute a day, two minutes a day, to this field, which has no limitations, while we devote so much time to the field which is full of limitations – limitations at the physical level, and restricted approach at the mental level. Where there is no limitation, we don’t seem to be serious about it at all and we don’t pay any attention to it. That is the tragedy of modern life, you see.”

“The purpose of meditation after all is expansion of one’s consciousness.”

“If you meditate and create some inner peace within, having inner peace within, it will radiate outside.”