It is about
this ecstasy that Sankara sang:
Whether one is practising Yoga, or enjoying some comforts, whether one is with dear
comrades or alone by oneself, if one has learnt to find joy in the contemplation of the
Supreme Being, ones happiness knows no interruption. It is not, however, easy for every one to reach and sustain this state of mind as
a source of happiness as was attained by Brother Lawrence among others less known. Whether
ones effort bears full fruit or not, the effort should be maintained and assisted by
occasional deep meditation so as to train the imperfect mind to set true values on things
and happenings.
While this earnest effort is being made to identify one
self with the Universal and toliberate oneself from the ego sense, the aspirants way
of life should be the way of life laid down in the Bhagavad Gita. From what has been
al ready explained as the postulates of Vedanta, it will be seen that this way of life
flows as a natural corollary from Vedanta. |