- Pradakshinam
We can only perceive the Truth from our own point of view. In order to realize the Purnam, the Infinite, we should endeavour to appreciate others' points of view too. That is the meaning of Pradakshinam - circumambulation or going round a temple or deity.
- Identification
Unnecessary and false identification alone is the cause of our misery.
The wise man, however, will not identify himself with the world nor with his own body and mind, nor the experiences that these latter have in the former.
Even in the Cinema we see this illustrated.
The wise one who remembers all the time that it is a show enjoys both tragic and romantic scenes, whereas the weak-willed fool identifies himself with the play and weeps or laughs.
- Accuse
When you accuse someone with your index finger, you accuse yourself with the other three.
- Fragmentation
In the self imposed darkness of hypocrisy, Man goes against his own nature, indulges animal passions, and then blames or justifies himself - with the result that his personality is split into several fragments. This inner fragmentation gives rise to fears and anxieties, worries and agonies. He does not want to face himself - and hence he cannot meditate. He does not want to face himself - and hence his need to rush around constantly, now doing something, now undoing something else, now acquiring something, now destroying something else. This undivine life will not cease unless and until man lights the lamp of inner awareness - this light is divine, and the life that is characterised by this inner light is divine life, this agony will not cease. Any attempt to rectify the deficiency will only add to the trouble.
- Salvation is Inevitable
It is natural for water to flow down; it is inevitable that it should rise as vapour. If it is the nature of mind and senses to flow towards baser, animal tendencies, it is inevitable that that energy will one day be lifted up to higher centers of consciousness. If the fall of man is natural, the salvation of man is inevitable.