| We are the New Agers, the Spiritual Seekers, the | | | | I recently received an invitation to receive a profound |
| ones who hold lofty goals of becoming One with the | | | | blessing from a Gujarati saint from India who has |
| Divine, of creating world peace through mass | | | | become a living Gnani Purush - one who can separate |
| visualizations, of rising to the highest consciousness | | | | our egos from our Pure Souls. "That sounds like |
| imaginable. We want to offer unconditional Love to all. | | | | something I'd like to try," I thought, so I ran to see him. I |
| We desire utopia. We want to be able to give and | | | | expected another knows-all teacher, someone in a |
| receive instant healings. We try to communicate with | | | | high state of consciousness who would be interesting |
| our spirit guides and the angelic realms, andwe want to | | | | to learn from. But I was to be given a most precious |
| become free of the egos that sabotage our dreams. | | | | gift that would change my life forever. |
| We walk around in this duality with open hearts, big | | | | The Gnani Purush gave me separation from my ego... I |
| hearts, wondering why this world holds so much | | | | was given the awakening to my true self, the clearest |
| darkness when all we truly wish for is The Light. We | | | | vision of who I really am. I was given self realization in |
| look up, focusing on God when life circumstances pull | | | | the form of deeply knowing that I am pure soul who |
| us down. We try to help others, to do good, to be | | | | has this package it lives in called me. I've had the |
| good, to set good examples. We want our energy to | | | | intellectual concept of this for years, but the profound |
| effect positive change for the planet and the universe. | | | | and beautiful separation given to me by the Gnani |
| We work at surrendering to Creator of All that Is, and | | | | Purush has enveloped me in the true experience of |
| surrendering to allow the Universe to respond to our | | | | the Divine, of Oneness. I am living in the separation - |
| good intentions. | | | | between myself as pure soul - and the body person |
| We continuously search for the highest, for communion | | | | of ego/intellect who has my name and carries so |
| with the Divine, for our own higher selves. We feel sad | | | | much karma. |
| when we err, we rejoice when good wins out over | | | | And as I apply the knowledge I am receiving from the |
| evil. | | | | words of the Gnani Purush that are translated to |
| And the cycle continues... lifetime after lifetime after | | | | English, I become more steadfast and strong in my |
| lifetime. We understand that there must be a way out | | | | experience of living as a pure soul. I see all living beings |
| - that there must be a doorway to Spiritual/Ultimate | | | | as pure souls. This is not a concept - it is real. I now |
| Freedom. But even the definition of what this means | | | | enjoy (rather than dream of or imagine) such a sweet |
| eludes us. We read scores of spiritual books, looking | | | | bliss because I watch the wordly experience of my |
| for the one teacher or enlightened being who can give | | | | body person as separate from my true self. There is |
| us enlightenment and true awakening. And the years | | | | a detachment occurring within that gives me such |
| pass. | | | | freedom and peace that I feel gratitude in every |
| Does this sound like you? It certainly describes over | | | | waking moment. The separation is the most important |
| thirty years of my life. We call it our "spiritual path" and | | | | thing that has ever happened to me. I have stepped |
| it seems to have no end; we never quite find the | | | | through the Doorway to the Divine. |
| answers and the search continues. | | | | |