Every Sadhaka must enter on the path of inquiry. Then only can the conviction dawn and grow, that nature and all learning connected with nature are unreal; then only will these be given a relative, not an absolute value. They are of course to be learnt and experienced as necessary for existence, as a kind of daily routine. They should not be mistaken to be the Highest knowledge, the unchanging Eternal Truth. That mistake, if committed, leads to Asanthi, an agitated mind. Agitation produces worry and anxiety. They in turn destroy peace.
If you aspire for Santhi, Peace, Equanimity, the basic thing is have faith in the temporary nature of Nature, and be engaged in the uninterrupted contemplation of the changeless Godhead.
Therefore, do not be bound by selfish attachments; engage yourself in the discharge of your duties, do not allow yourself to be gladdened by success or saddened by failure; be ready to renounce all that is harmful; and, then, through Discrimination, you can beat the Drum of Victory! Great Declarations like these, reveal the Highest Truth and the Glory of Godhead.
If the two paths, Jnana and Bhakthi, are compared, it can be said that the Lord's Grace is won more easily by Bhakthi, then by the other path. In Bhakthi sadhana, there is the need to grasp the reality and its inner meaning, fully and clearly. For this, the objective world is itself the proof and argument, the effort and the means. To know this, spiritual inquiry has to be pursued; such an inquiry will grant unshakeable Santhi. Inquiry alone can reveal the Truth behind all the objective world. It is your experience, is it not, that when you do some task carefully for a long time, correcting your mistakes as and when you discover them avoiding the repetition of the same while continuing with the task, you invariably achieve even more success than you hoped to get? What is wanted is just the unflagging desire to achieve victory. That will lead you to discover the means thereof, to develop earnestness and care in the pursuit of those means, and to get success. The wish must be strengthened by the will, and the will by the effort.
