God Had Brought Me To My Knees

God Has Graced Every Tradition With Insight Into The Divine Mystery, From The Most Primitive To The Most Sophisticated-each Has A Gift To Bring To The World.

Stillness Within One Individual Can Affect Society Beyond Measure.

I Was Being Called To Surrender The Very Citadel Of My Self. I Was Completely In The Dark. I Did Not Really Know What Repentance Was Or What I Was Required To Repent Of. It Was Indeed The Turning Point Of My Life.

There Is A Beautiful Expression Of This In The Chandogya Upanishad: 'there Is This City Of Brahman, (that Is The Body), And In This City There Is A Shrine, And In That Shrine There Is A Small Lotus, And In That Lotus There Is A Small Space, (akasa). Now What Exists Within That Small Space, That Is To Be Sought, That Is To Be Understood.' This Is The Great Discovery Of The Upanishads, This Inner Shrine, This Guha, Or Cave Of The Heart, Where The Inner Meaning Of Life, Of All Human Existence, Is To Be Found.

You Must Be Ready To Give Up Everything, Not Only Material Attachments But Also Human Attachments - Father, Mother, Wife, Children - Everything That You Have. But The One Thing Which You Have To Abandon Unconditionally Is Your Self.