Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. ‘I am’ is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with effort is self-inquiry. When spontaneous and natural it is realisation.
Scholars who incessantly contemplate on acquiring strength and knowledge should also consider it their moral duty to impart knowledge to the ignorant, so that they can develop their mental faculties. This would automatically lead to the latter’s self-development and spiritual progress.
Contemplating upon divine qualities, performing good deeds and chanting are all ways of destroying delusion through satsang.
Those who educate children well are to be honoured more than parents, for parents only gave life, and teachers, the art of living well.
Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
A leader must be established in higher values, and be able to communicate her vision to the people. A leader must have impeccable character and be above reproach. She must be dedicated to the welfare of the people, not be driven by self-interest!
