Coming this far on the journey of life, studying all the religious concepts, and understanding 3 primary tenable concepts, MEN - Moksha, Enlightenment, and Nirvana, what is our ultimate realization? Can we live a life of everlasting peace and eternal joy without any misery and suffering? The good news is that we can. Till now, this might have been a secret of peace, joy, bliss, and love, but if we realize the Truth, then it is no more a secret. It is just a set of principles that lead to Liberation.
Of course, we have to ask questions as we go on a quest, we have to separate tenable concepts from untenable concepts, we have to go beyond religion to realize the Truth and be liberated. Whatever be our religion, it hardly matters because religion is the foundation on which our philosophy of life must be built. Once the foundation is built, whether we follow the Hindu concept of Moksha, the Western concept of Enlightenment or the Buddhist concept of Nirvana, they all root from realization of the Truth that creates the shoot of Liberation from misery and sorrow and the fruit of joy, peace, and love. If we continue to live with ignorance, that we are the Ego, Mind, and Body, then there is no way for us to transcend suffering. But if we realize we are the Divine Soul, we can experience Ananda, eternal joy and peace.
Love is a source of happiness, but we feel guilty to love. Why? It is due to the ignorance of loving the physical body. Once we realize we are the Divine Soul and we love from Soul to Soul, we will experience an ecstasy of Soulful Love that is blissful and peaceful.
The moment we realize that we are the Soul, not the body and mind, we are liberated from fear. We live a life of surrender and acceptance, living in the moment, conscious of the now. Regret, anger, and anxiety become a thing of the past as we are liberated from all kinds of misery and sorrow, with the realization of the Truth.
Who doesn't want to live a life that is lled with happiness and knows no unhappiness? Any of these concepts, Moksha, Enlightenment or Nirvana can lead us to our Ultimate Goal. But we must realize the principles behind liberation and live a life of spirituality. After all, it is not so difcult to know that we are the life energy that is alive in the body. We are not the bodies that we wear, but rather the ones that wear the body.
Realization is not knowledge. One may read this book, and know of everything written, but one may not realize the Truth. Realization is absolute wisdom. It is a metamorphosis in our life.
Long ago, a king suddenly died leaving no legal heir. The ministers of the kingdom were in mourning when the old grandmother of the King told them that the grandfather of the king had a cousin who had a son, but unfortunately, he was useless and thus had become a beggar. However, he had the royal blood of the king.
After much searching, this far relative of the king who had royal blood was found begging near the market area. The ministers picked him up, cleaned, bathed and shaved him till he was presentable. They explained to him that he had royal blood and they wanted to crown him king. The coronation took place ending the mourning in the kingdom, without revealing that the king was the beggar.
Many years later when the king opened a cupboard, the beggar's dress, hat, stick, and begging bowl fell out and he thought of the market where he used to beg. He told his personal minister in condence that he wanted to visit the market early the next morning. As he left for the market in his royal silk attire, he quickly wore the beggar's clothes on top and covered himself with the hat to look like the beggar. He reached the market place and surprised the people who saw the beggar after many years. They teased him and asked him, “We thought you were dead. Where did you go?”
The king in the beggar's clothes took the same route that he used to take as a beggar, begging with his bowl, trying to understand what was happening in the market. In the evening, when it was dark, he returned to the corner where the minister picked him up in a carriage to take him back to the palace.
All day long, as the king was begging in the market with his beggar's clothes, not for a moment did the king think he was the beggar. The king knew very well that he was the king. Even though on the outside he was wearing the beggar's clothes, the silk shirt within rubbed against his skin making him constantly aware that he was the King.
What does this story of the King tell us? Those who realize the Truth that they are the Divine Soul, not the ego, mind, and body, can never forget their true identity even for a moment. Just because they are alive in an ego, mind and body complex, they don't become the body. If they do, then they have not realized the Truth and they cannot be liberated from misery and sorrow. Like the king had realized he was king, we need to have the absolute realization that we are the Divine Soul, which is the Truth. Just because we are embodied in a body-mind complex, we don't become that. Just because the king was wearing the beggar's clothes, he never thought for a moment that he was not the king but a beggar. We too must be ever conscious to transcend ego, mind, and body, to be liberated from all kinds of suffering and enjoy peace and bliss that comes with Realization and Liberation.
To enjoy Eternal Peace and Everlasting Joy, we must live in constant union with the Divine, being conscious of our true reality. This is the key to experiencing Bliss. If we do, we will be liberated, provided we don't sink into worldly pleasures and possessions. Building a strong connection with the Divine keeps us away from the cosmic illusion.
A liberated Soul lives life being conscious and enjoying the bliss of Divinity. One who is liberated doesn't get pulled back and imprisoned in ignorance again. A truly liberated Soul lives ever conscious of the Truth, blissful, peaceful, and joyous, loving one and all, each a Divine manifestation as he is. Such a person enjoys MEN, Moksha, Enlightenment or Nirvana, lives a life of Bliss, Joy, and Peace, liberated from all misery and suffering attaining the Ultimate Goal of life.
Discover the secret of Ultimate Peace,
A secret that will make Misery Cease.
Unifying us with the Divine, our Ultimate Goal,
Once we are liberated as the Divine Soul. 