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How often have we wondered where we come from

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and where we are going?

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What is the destiny of our lives?

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Our purpose in this world?

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There are as many questions as there are stars in the sky,

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but the main question is:

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who am I and how can my thirst for happiness be satisfied?

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Life is wonderful and it manifests itself

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at the dawn of every new day in innumerable forms.

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As the clouds that cover the moon are visible by the light of the moon itself,

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so everything in this world is illuminated by the presence of the soul.

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The universe that surrounds us and appears infinite,

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with its millions of stars and variegated galaxies

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is but the point of an iceberg floating in the ocean of consciousness.

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The Vedic scriptures say that the universe

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is cyclically manifested and reabsorbed;

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it expands and contracts like a pulsing heart.

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Before the universe was manifested

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everything was in a state of deep sleep.

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Then, movement came from within the spiritual world and light came.

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Light means consciousness.

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That light revealed a substance similar to water,

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known as causal substance, the ocean of all causes.

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Then, innumerable seeds of conciousness were sowed in that causal water.

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Each of these divine sparks impregnated matter and caused it to move,

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and so the infinite cycle of life began.

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In this material universe

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everything that takes birth has to die,

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and everything that dies has to undergo rebirth.

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As the nebulose are the womb in which a new star is born,

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so the material elements of nature are the womb

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where the divine seed is placed.

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Everything that exists goes through this cycle

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of birth and death,

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even the stars and the planets.

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But the persons of true wisdom are not disturbed by this transformation,

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because they are aware that the soul is eternal.

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The radiance of thousands of rising suns

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can only partially evoke the effulgence of the universal form of the divine.

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When the soul leaves the body

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it returns to that light,

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while the body turns into dust,

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like star’s dust.

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In this universe different planetary systems exist

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and the soul goes through them

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in the course of the evolution of his counciousness.

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When matter is infused with the energy of that conscious light,

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movement begins.

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When matter starts to evolve

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by the influence of conciousness on it,

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initially it expresses itself in the primary ingredients:

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ether,

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air,

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fire,

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water,

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earth.

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The soul, like a seed of divine light,

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is present everywhere.

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Movement is the symptom of the presence of the soul.

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Matter deprived of consciousness doesn’t move;

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it is inert

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The soul is present even in stone, in plants,

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and in every atom of existence.

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In this way the living being goes through various births,

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assuming different forms

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according to the level of evolution of his consciousness.

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The living being expresses himself

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in innumerable forms

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that are expressions of a particular desire.

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The soul becomes covered by different bodies and mentalities,

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and journeys through more inferior species of life

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to more evolved species of life

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in the attempt to satisfy the material desires which originate in the mind.

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Actually we all come from the same source of light

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and therefore we are all spiritual relatives.

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The primordial elements of material nature

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are activated by the divine energy,

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and they mix in different ways

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to manifest the incredible variety of the creation,

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from the aquatic forms of life to the terrestrial ones...

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Every beautiful thing that we can see in this world

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is but a spark of the personal splendour of the Supreme.

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Finally, after having gone through innumerable births,

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the living being obtains a human form.

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Here, in the evolution of this species, we also find gradation.

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From time immemorial, those souls who have reached the human form

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have enquired into the mystery of the universe,

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and wondered: what could be the source of such great and variegated beauty!

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With all our efforts and all our technology

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we can but extend the limit of our defective senses;

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we can search after that source up to the ends of the universe,

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but only if that infinite source Himself chooses

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will it be revealed in our hearts.

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The Upanishads say: lead me from illusion to reality,

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from darkness to light,

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from death to immortality.

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Consciousness in the human form

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possesses the capacity to make choices.

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Exercising our free will we can shape our destiny.

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om

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asato ma sad-gamaya

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tamaso ma jyotir-gamaya

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mrityor-ma amritam gamaya

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We have to turn towards that light.

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Because the soul and the supreme soul are present

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everything is visible in this world.

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It is only because we have lost the consciousness of our real spiritual nature

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and forgotten our relationship with the original source of the universe,

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that we are now wandering through innumerable forms of material existence,

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in an endless cycle of birth and death,

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searching after fleeting moments of happiness.

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Now it is time to open your inner eye!