The Inner Calling to God's Presence

Given that our ability to perceive things, to see things, cannot bring us to the discovery of God, of the Atma within, and our ability to conceptualize, to think about things, cannot really unravel the mystery of the spirit, true spirituality cannot be unraveled in the mind. But you have some clues in your life. You can start by asking: What is that within you which pulled you into satsang versus other worldly things? What is that pull that draws you into satsang, into the presence of the Atma within, whatever outer form it may take? What is that that is the very center of your being, the very center of your existence, the very light of your presence? And that is called the inner calling, which is drawing you inwards. When you are drawn inwards and you remain there for some time, many times you don't want to leave. Why don't you want to leave? If it was nothing there—it may be a 'no thing' there—but if it was nothing there, then you would want to just run away from there. Who wants to sit in a dark, empty room for no reason?

So, somewhere when you close your eyes, something pulls you in. What pulls you in? What keeps you there? What do you experience that you want to stay there? Where is all of that coming from? Is it from your stomach, from your physical biological heart, from your kidney, liver? What is inside? Not biological organs, something deeper. What pulls us in? I was hearing this beautiful metaphor for this where it is compared to Krishna playing the flute and the Gopis are drawn in because of the inner calling. That is an outer representation of that inner calling. So, is there such a thing? And if I propose to you that it is that which really brings you to satsang, especially when you come over and over again, something is drawn there. So, what is there that is doing all of this, that is calling you home in a sense?

So, if I were to tell you that if you follow that voice, that calling—it may be wordless—then you will find that holy place within yourself where God lives. That is your heart temple. And if you don't spend your life living there, then I may be wrong, but in my view, that would be a waste of this life. Some of you come large distances regularly to be in satsang here so that you can make that journey from head to heart. That is why you come, independent of what the reason you think you may have to come; that is the real reason. Some of you have taken houses close to satsang so you don't have to commute. You come in the physical movement in that way so that you can really make this internal movement, because you're finding that where you live currently, that is in your head, things are very probably full of suffering. It is a roller coaster ride. The ups and downs of life make us giddy. So, there's a different calling which you are following now, which is calling you from a deeper place. In that heart altar, you will meet God's presence, and the more you want to remain there, the deeper you go spiritually. The more you keep thinking about "me, me, me," you're stuck in Maya. As Ananta said, Maya is "me-ya," the "me" has come.