The Eternal Quest

                                                   

                        We, human beings ,have temporary goals while we are on this human journey on planet earth. This scribe prefers to  call our short-term and long-term goals as temporary because these goals,whatever they may be ,does not have something of an eternal  in it. These goals can be called impermanent because these goals don’t meet an objective and fulfillment that has something of an eternity in it. We have goals of getting a good education, pursuing a successful career ,goals of seeking ourselves a suitable soulmate,having children and finally in the end we pass away to travel  into other realms. So do we think we accomplish that super-human goal for which God has sent us for while getting entangled in ordinary human pursuits?Eternal is something we used to denote an infinite expanse of time which has no beginning and no ending and by quest , we understand an objective or a goal. So what is the only human quest that has the essence of eternity in it? Many of us at the present day may be totally unaware about it but the only journey that is of the most significant value because of the implication of the infinite and eternal in it is a spiritual one. A spiritual journey is not enough , rather it is mandatory that we as divine beings enjoy a very committed and devoted spiritual homework that can get us to elevated spiritual heights of the greatest ecstasy and bliss. Accomplishing such a worthwhile state , we can then understand that the eternal quest for which we have all been born for is finally over. 

                Realizing our eternal quest and working with determination along our spiritual journey will be like a rainbow of the most vibrant colours encircling our lives. Innumerable saints have surfaced on planet earth to awaken us from our heavy snoring sleep and make us travel beautiful spiritual sojourns to enlighten us about God. The extraordinary and out of the world examples they have set for us to guide us help follow them all the way to the kingdom of God will be completely worthless unless we realize that how much they have toiled to make planet earth alight with their message from the Infinite being. These genuine messengers of God are here to make us realize us that we indeed are not living the real life we have been born to lead but only stagnating ourselves because of our materialistic pursuits.

                         There are basically two methods of realization to realize God. Some are inborn devotees of God who have a deep burning desire to realize God and the other class aspires to realize God because of the intense pain and suffering in their lives. If you don’t fall among these two lucky classes there is still another class,  a class which can start their inward journey by their personal method of inquiry. An inquiry to understand and realize the reason behind their existence as precious and priceless human beings. Falling into any of these categories can start your most precious journey and ambition , the eternal quest. When this lucky strike sparks off your deep and intense spiritual longing realize that the eternal quest has begun.

         When you pass away from the mortal realms thinking you have achieved the whole world without achieving anything of  spiritual value, realize that you have died a beggar!Nothing of any materialistic value  to  your possession can make your life a complete fulfillment. We realise the  phrase “ the only fulfillment is found in God”before becoming enlightened.If you fall among that lucky class  who has realized such a phrase , that you have transcended the seventh state and have been liberated,  know and realize that you have died an emperor.

                      Let us look at an example about how  unclear some unenlightened so-called “Babas”are about the eternal quest. I  was in an atheistic movement before and there was an unlucky chap ,a friend of mine,who could never hear the divine sound(their meditation  technique) So this friend of mine went up to this so-called Baba who runs Pathik Foundation these days, to inquire why he was so unlucky with the divine sound. Then  this so-called Baba who is thought to be so highly enlightened confides to my friend that he could not hear the divine sound because he was a great sinner in his past birth. Dont  you, my dear readers, think it is  quite astonishing for someone who does not believe in God to believe in the concept of heaven and hell? What  does this so-called Baba perceive himself to be,  to undermine the authorized authority of God that the Kingdom of Heaven is open for anyone who wishes to enter it.

                   Realising that there is much more about our lives than only mere material pursuits is the greatest blessing of our lives. It  is a very sorry state to shed our mortal bodies from planet earth without achieving anything of significant value and that something significant is achieved when we as divine beings realize our true essence and start the eternal quest.The ever growing demand around the world at the present moment to fulfill the eternal quest  needs to be pondered about.Realizing why millions around the world are on a spiritual awakening journey these days might add meaning to your own personal inquiry.We need not look at the lives of countless failures but only need inquire at the extraordinary lives of achieved beings who were and are here to make us realize that bliss is a state reserved for any aspiring human being,who wish to unburden their materialistic suffering and reside in that most astounding state,the eternal state forever.Realizing that a story of a Rama or Krishna can be your own story and therefore starting your personal spiritual story,understand that the eternal quest has begun.






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