Seek the Atman

Let us seek the Atman! One can get a glimpse of it in silence — not just in absence of sounds, but in the silence of thoughts, when mind is calm and quiet. There is no need to go to a mountain top; no need to go to the riverbank; there is but one need — the need to go within.

Go to a quiet corner, sit in silence and look within. Ask yourself, ‘Who am i? Am i this body?’ The answer will surely come to you, ‘No. I am the Atman.’

Many are afraid of closing their eyes, because they see darkness. This is just the initial stage. Gradually this darkness will throw up sparks of light; gradually the veils will lift. This is a gradual process because the darkness we see is wrapped in veils. It is said there are five veils, which are to be removed in order to have the vision of light. Fortunate is he who has the glimpse of the eternal light. Then he begins to see radiance in every atom, in every speck of dust, in every leaf, stone, stream, in every star, in the Universe, which is throbbing by His Grace. And this is nothing but the Light Divine!


With self-realisation comes the awareness that you and i are one and the same; the same spark of Divinity is within you and me. To reach that stage, you don’t have to learn scriptures, nor read books. In such matters, books only bind you to dogmas.

If we wish to progress on the path of self-realisation, we have to stop identifying ourselves with the body and become aware of the Divine spark within!