Prescribed Pathways to Quiescence of Mind #36

The Sanskrit word, viveka, is of utmost importance today, at least for the sincere spiritual aspirant who is serious about attaining freedom in this very life. Discernment of the spiritual variety is what turns the ordinary pathway of religious convention into a broad avenue of inner communion. Common devotion to God is transformed into an ecstatic relationship with the Divine if viveka is present in the human mind. And as this dharma chart shows, discrimination of this kind should be applied to all stages and levels of life, like action and inaction. Then only will the obscuring clouds of false superimposition, called vivarta, part and dissolve, leaving the even-minded seeker fully at rest in all modes of existence.

The day of spiritual awakening is dawning. The soul is remembering its true nature and source of origin. The primordial Divine Energy has also been stripped of its hiding place in human consciousness. Importantly, Maya has been uncovered, its negative influences caught and held in abeyance for the time being. The world presses in, trying to cover the brilliance of the revelation of the Atman and Its Purveyor, The Divine Mother Shakti. She beckons the soul out of its complacency and encourages in to enter the fray. Signs of battle are all around — in the world, at the work place, in relationships, even at home. The soul must now be on vigil in order to protect the spiritual vision that has awakened it from lifetimes of slumber.