Sakthi-Gita is a simple and quick means to achieve the
purification and freedom of mind.
Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.—Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
There is only one goal, one target, one destination, one achievement in all spiritual practice, and that is purification of mind. Religious practices also aim in purification of the Mind which can only open the door to Self realization or God to be in God conscious state.
It is a notion of many of us that doing penance, Meditation, chanting God's name (Japa) , observing fasting, rotating rosary beads, observing simple or body torturing rituals one can attain Self-Realization or Godhood. But many are not able to achieve God or Self Realization in-spite of many years of spiritual practice.
Where is the problem? Is it in the technique? The fundamental problem lies in not understanding what all these different practices are meant for. All spiritual practices are meant only for purifying our mind. Any spiritual practice that is done without understanding the basic principle "Purification of the Mind" is a waste. One can enjoy few benefits out of the practice but not the ultimate goal. Example if fasting is not done without understanding the basic principle of mind purification, it will give benefits like weight loss or fat lost from the body. However if done with the intention of mind purification then both the body and the mind are purified. It is a pity that we keenly follow the advice of spiritual masters of any tradition but seldom realize what the advice is meant for.
Without understanding the means, all attempts will be futile in achieving the goal. People switch over to different techniques and spiritual masters because they find fault in the technique or the master. The fault is in us when we do not attempt to purify the mind. Let me give a great experience from my own life that will help you to understand the simple truth that if we perform an action without understanding the purpose of the means to achieve the goal, all our actions bear no fruit but are left with frugal benefits.
A real life incident
"If a man points at the moon, only an idiot looks at the finger”. - Sufi quote
My Aunt’s son, my cousin, was very poor in studies. My aunt requested me to teach the 12 year old boy every day one hour English subject. On the first day I asked my cousin to read a chapter from his English text book. To my surprise he was not able to read anything other than two words “The” and “And”. I was very upset and closed the book and as a joke asked him to read at least the name of the book. It was shocking to know that he could not even read the heading “English book for seventh grade”. Though it looked like a punishment by commanding him to write 100 times the word “English”, my intention was to help him to at-least remember the word “English”.
After a few hours later in the day, when I met him I gave him a piece of paper and asked to write the spelling of “English”. He wrote the alphabet “E” and could not complete the rest. I was literally angry and was also surprised how he cannot remember the spelling of “English” even after writing it 100 times. I suspected that he did not write 100 times and so asked him to show his note boo. He had literally obeyed my instructions by writing the word “English” 100 times.
Now analyze this situation. My cousin though obeyed my instruction of writing 100 times "English", why was not he able to reproduce it?. Is it lack of memory or concentration?. You would laugh at the way he accomplished the goal without understanding the purpose of performing the means. Instead of writing down the word “E.N.G.L.I.S.H.....E.N.G.L.I.S.H......E.N.G.L.I.S.H......E.N.G.L.I.S.H” 100 times , he wrote E.E.E.E.E.E.E.E.E for 100 times and then N.N.N.N.N.N.N.N. for 100 times then G.G.G.G.G.G.G.G for 100 times, L.L.L.L.L.L.L. for 100 times and the rest of the alphabets 100 times. He has completely misinterpreted my message to teach him. He has not understood the purpose of the practice of writing 100 times. Even if he did write mechanically , he would have got it. Since he did not understand the very means of getting the knowledge, the act he performed was useless. This is how in life we persist in repeating the tasks and end up in failures and never learn the mistakes. Most of us do spiritual practices and rituals without understanding the intention behind it. Overtime then the rituals not only become meaningless but also degraded to mere superstitions. When younger generation questions us about the rituals we are unable to answer them and instead we brand them as disobedient.
Method to purify the mind
Using Gita and Mahabharata , we would discuss the means to purify our mind.
