All Vedas and Upanishads, at the end they say, “neti, neti, neti”, meaning that state is such a lofty
state that when someone asks," How is that state?
Can you describe it?", there is nothing in this world that I can say.
Now what is success in spirituality?
It is defined in many ways.
Spiritual literature of our country, spiritual literature of Islam, spiritual literature of Judaism and
Christianity, they all describe the ultimate states in their own way and most of them describe as ‘hereafter’.
But who has seen the hereafter?
So the reward of my actions, it has to be immediate and now.
There are some immediate impacts and there are some impacts which takes years may be 10 years-15 years.
Same thing happens in business world also.
We have our monthly salaries and if you are loyal to the company or faithful to your company then after 10-15
years you also get rewarded. You can become a partner
or get a bigger package.
So in meditation the immediate reward is that you arrive at a state in which you are very very happy.
You feel peaceful. You enjoy this peace that you have never enjoyed before.
After each successful meditation, you will feel extremely peaceful.
It becomes part, it becomes our nature.
and let it unfold at its own pace.
Day after day,day after day when we meditate then day after day, day after day as many dimensions
unfold within us, I think the journey- this inner spiritual journey becomes very adventurous and exciting
actually then nothing in this world can be comparable.
Such experiences even though you may try to write down in your notebooks the words will fail but it's okay
“what matters is now”? I am experiencing all these things. The literature all these religions talk about the
outcome of each menace or exercise of spiritual nature.
All those descriptions will be left behind and you will say- “How come these authors did not write all these things”?
Because, How can they write if I cannot as myself experiencing all these I cannot write?
How can they write ? They, after all, are also human beings.
That's why Upanishads and Vedas,
though they started with a lot of positivity that this happens and that happens.
You feel peaceful and you go into samadhi. All kinds of Consciousness is described in
our Yogic Shastras. But at the end what do all of them say?
All Vedas and Upanishads, at the end they say “neti, neti, neti”, meaning that state is such a lofty state
that when someone asks, “How is that state? Can you describe it?“
there is nothing in this world that I can say is comparable.
That's why they say, “Neti (not this)”.
I cannot compare it with a bird.
I cannot compare with this.
Not this, not this.
Nothing in the world that can be compared with such consciousness.
That's what we are aiming for in our journey.