If the Jiva has the heart set on developing the life, that Jiva must get rid of all kinds of affections, infatuations, attachments, desires, anger, ego etc., with love and devotion. All these are obstructions in the path of development of life.
Mind is confused with decision making and its alternatives, uncontrolled vrutties while making a decision, and inability to make right decisions. Similarly, intellect with its understandings, strong opinions, logical arguments and insistences obstructs establishment of divine faith (Nistha). Prana with its all kinds of impurities like desires, greed, covetousness, hate etc., is obstructive and troublesome in the path of sadhana.
Sadhak of development of life must separate and completely understand all kinds of impurities of mind, intellect, chitta, prana and ego. He must deny to be directed by them with awareness. Sadhana is not possible without living-effective practice of removing such impurities. The reason being, physical prana affects and deludes the mind, confuses intellect and causes impurities in chitta, making it impossible to have complete purity of thoughts within us.
Purpose of the sadhana is to act differently from the human nature. Sadhana is done to make sure that the waves from senses, mind, chitta, ego and prana do not touch us. Only then, we can visualize subtle in the physical. Physical body is given to us for that purpose only. Sadhana really begins only after entering the subtle.
We should continue to think deeply about the direction where we are going and the items that prevents us from going in that directions. We should also analyze ourselves brutally. Sadhak must understand the twists and turns of mind, intellect, chitta, prana and ego. It is still possible to control them only with the help of Naam-Smaran of Shree Bhagwan without understanding them, but we want to do everything with the help of intellect that has knowledge and awareness.
If we develop mind, intellect, prana, chitta and ego at a higher stage where Naam-Smaran can flourish; and then if we do Naam-Smaran, human being definitely experiences factual results of Naam-Smaran in life. For this to happen, lots of patience and tremendous hard work is needed.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Yog Part 1,
Edition 1, Pages 323 - 324.
