- Puja - Worship
External Puja must become internal - then it must become part of our being .
External sweets must become internal - i.e. you must eat; only then there is satisfaction.
Then it is assimilation; it becomes part of every cell of your being.
- Meta-physics
The time has come to end all wordy warfare and meta-physical squabbles.
After physics, metaphysics.
True, everything up to the Ultimate can be covered in this specious "after".
But, we do recognise in the realm of metaphysics, the two distinct regions where two different laws operate - the lowlands of reason and the up country of intuition.
The climate is entirely different, and the wearing apparel, too.
If you go with the lowland costume - mind, logic and reasoning, into the upcountry of Revelation, you will catch cold!
Though modern (Einstein's) theories contradict and cancel the older (Newtonian) theories in physics, yet, the latter are effective in their own limited spheres.
In the same way, Gaudapada laughs at theories of creation and Karma which, however, operate ill planes lower than absolute idealism.
- Reward
Do not look for external differences between a saint and a layman.
It is the inner attitude that counts.
The worldly man is attached to the action and expects reward.
The saint? He is unattached and expects no reward for his service.
- Faith-Experience-Realisation
Physics and metaphysics can only describe the nature of the universe.
Both will postulate categories which are beginningless - the atom is beginningless, so is ignorance or cause-effect relationship.
They can never describe the origin of the universe - it is beyond the intellect which itself is an effect of the fundamental postulate.
Revelation is our only guide-test.
Faith is inevitable and experience or realisation thereof.
- Atom and Atma Jnana
Knowledge of the Self.
We are told that the split atom is so powerful that it can bring about drastic changes in the genes that govern the characteristics of man-normally almost impossible of achievement.
It may be that this is what was aimed at by the practice of Yoga-specially Japa Yoga and Kundalini Yoga. Between the Perfect Soul and the imperfect man there are some fundamental differences-defects. If they are removed, imperfect man will become perfect Yogi. The persistent bombardment of the genes in man enabled this to be affected. This breaking up of the extremely subtle genes, demanded extremely subtle power and the Mantra Chaitanya coupled with concentrated mind did this trick and provided this subtle power.