Tap into presence

People often define their purpose through professions and worldly roles, yet history remembers saints and mystics rather than kings or conquerors, because saints taught us how to live in peace and fulfil our life's purpose. All spiritual traditions invite us to find our oneness with each other and with God, so we can live in peace and harmony. These ideals, however, are difficult to practice unless we experience our oneness directly. When we recognise our shared essence, life becomes calmer and more harmonious, for we would not harm another any more than we would harm ourselves.

True oneness cannot be achieved while our attention remains fixed on outer differences of faith, nationality or appearance. It is realised only by awakening to our spiritual nature. What gives life to the body is the soul, a spark of the Divine, and the same Divine Power enlivens all beings. By experiencing the soul, we experience unity at its deepest level. This realisation need not wait until death, through meditation, while still in the human body, the soul can journey inward through the gateway of the inner eye and enter spiritual realms.

The divine energy, full of hope, love and positivity, is always with us, but we are often unable to harness it because we look outward instead of within. Our search is comparable to that of the musk deer, which roams far and wide seeking the sweet fragrance of musk, unaware that the source of the scent lies within its own body.