The purpose of life never directly relates to family. It was always made outside of it. Siddhartha Gautama even though had a child and wife, just touched the feet of his wife and child and vanished like a breeze never to come back. That was not how we burnt our karma on path of pure spirituality. It was a wrong step of Siddhartha Gautama for which he suffered all his life. Karma had to be burnt in totality, only then we could reach stage of enlightenment (kaivalya jnana), never before.
Living in a family whatever goal we choose in physical manifest life is okay. We could indulge in business, become an entrepreneur or serve someone or anything for that matter. But our inner goal of life can always wary. Outwardly it would appear we were engaged in physical pursuits of life but internally we also followed our absolute goal of life. For following inner goal path of contemplation, logical reasoning was necessitated which could always be indulged even while living family life.
Since six years of age I followed my search for god. By 13 I precipitated my simple desire wish to firm conviction… in this very life I shall see and meet god. From 13 years of age I seriously indulged in contemplation, path of self enquiry, logical reasoning. When I completed my engineering from the finest institute of my country, got married and settled in life is not being detailed. But I entered the family business as if working like a zombie all the time. My inner quest to find god all the time continued.
25 years of yoga meditation at the age of 37, still continuing in business I finally realized self, realized god. I had finally reached cosmic end of life, ultimate goal of my life. Only when God Almighty gave me a lengthy dictation, I came to know that I was not to go to office henceforth. The Managing Director of the organization quit the job that very day. The journey of life became very harsh. In absence of funds I was all the time extremely perturbed. I somehow managed through and through.
In Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna says, one who successfully travels spiritual journey even while living in family is a perfect Yogi. I do not know anything about technicalities. I only followed the path, my passion that came from within. I have no regrets in life. I have been extremely lucky to receive grace of god all the time. At no point of life I was ever wanting. Life was full of struggles but still manageable.
By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref 150924)
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