What is my path?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHduuQedwNo

it is very tricky to tell somebody that

take this path or look that I am on this

path and you also can

benefit from this path so go ahead and

jump into the path so as we know there

are many many kinds of Parts belonging

to many Traditions many cultures as many

parts are there as there are these

teachers so what is my way of

prescribing a path

as most of you already know that I

prefer to start with self-evaluation you

cannot simply choose a path like you

choose some item in the supermarket it

is a kind of hidden trial it's a waste

of time when energy and effort so what I

recommend is do a little bit of cell

evaluation it is a path is like a

medicine isn't it the

problem is ignorance mostly

and or you want to achieve something you

want to

get something usually a newcomer will

want to get something initially instead

of losing everything that is not so

appealing to the newcomer it is okay it

no problem because you know you will

need to start somewhere so get something

you want to get good health you want to

get good mind you want to get rid of

suffering you want happiness you want

success in life you want Supernatural

Powers you want extraordinary

experiences whatever it is no problem at

all but you will need to tell me that I

want this if you simply say I tell me my

path and it's kind of I am also hitting

in dark now unless I am a mind reader or

something

so it is like um going to a doctor and

asking for please tell me cure now the

doctor is going to stare at you because

tell me what is the problem tell me what

is the Affliction then I'll prescribe a

cure

so a path is like cure you want to

meditate because you want something

because you want to get rid of something

you want to worship a deity because you

want something from deity or at least

you can say I love that thing and that's

why I am worshiping it it is there must

be a reason somewhere otherwise what can

anybody prescribe what is there to

prescribe if you don't want anything so

usually people do not even know what

they want and that is why I recommend do

yourself evaluation if you have a guru

with you if there is a guru nearby you

can go and ask

please tell me where I am where do I

stand on the ladder of evolution

so that I can take up some practice at

least I don't even know where to start I

don't know what I want so you can go to

the nearby teacher it does not matter on

what path the teacher is usually the

teacher will say okay come and join me

and you know look

look around for a while spend some time

spend a few months with me and slowly

you will get an idea you will get the

clarity

to decide on a path so you see now I

have two or three options for you first

is you do the self-evaluation that will

clear it up which path is most suitable

for you second is you need to tell you

need to express your wish third is you

can go to a teacher spend some time with

the teacher Any teacher nearest teacher

to you and the fourth is

that you go to the teacher and ask

for a self-evaluation if you cannot do

it yourself that will not be

self-evaluation that will be only an

evaluation

so how to do the self-evaluation we'll

start from that and fortunately we have

um a long discussion on this matter so

there are two or three episodes of

podcast then discuss this

whole technique of self-evaluation

anybody can do it anybody and with the

self with the technique with the method

of self-evaluation I have suggested the

suitable path it is a good start I must

say it is a good start if you because

you are evolving entity so there will be

um changes as soon as you take up any

path the Mind changes and the path also

changes with it so you will need to

self-evaluate frequently and in

spiritual field frequently means at

least once or twice a year

you don't need to do it every day it's

not useful

so it is like a school where they take

exams which is like evaluation how much

you have progressed how much you have

learned in the school so if you have

progressed a little bit you will pass

the exam and then they will teach you

more that means they will admit you to

the next class next standard something

like this the path will keep changing

and where to start obviously you cannot

start at the college level usually

people start with the nursery

kg level

there sit down breathe and watch your

mind from there they start if it is not

clear what should I do then you should

have a little bit of Faith you see faith

is a bad word but if you don't do not

know anything and still wish to be on a

spiritual path then Blind Faith you see

go ahead hit in the dark what else can

you do because I can give you a long

lecture on which path does what probably

you're not going to understand even one

word of that it is like taking a young

child two year old and telling the child

look this is what we learn in physics

this is what we learn in chemistry this

is what we learn in Biology biochemistry

neurology is he going to understand

anything no ABCD probably does not even

understand ABCD also he takes it on the

Blind Faith repeats the ABCD after the

teacher that's how we started so that's

why I'm recommending that either go to

the self-evaluation audios three audio

recordings the podcast episodes and give

it a try evaluate yourself even half

evaluation will be okay and if that is

also not satisfactory go to the nearest

teacher join the teacher whatever

resonates with you whatever you like you

know if your nearest teacher is in some

kind of odd and strange kind of

practices and you don't like don't don't

go there then find somebody whom you

like the nearest one start there get a

feel of what what happens there do not

commit blindly

so if you know what is going what is

happening there there is no need to take

on that path blindly if you do not then

Blind Faith if you do not know what is

going what is happening there then it

will be a faith based thing to do so if

that is the answer to the question what

is my path and ultimately the paths will

choose you human mind does not have the

intelligence to choose the path I am

telling you my story actually

so I went through so many you know like

supermarket

of traditions I tried many many and then

one day I settled on something I though

I'm not I'm never sure where I'm settled

actually

that is the characteristic of a sea

cabinet uncertain always uncertain

because if you settle if you commit that

means your progress has stopped there

who knows where the paths go who knows

what can you find on which path

who knows if

your assumption that I have to settle

here is only an assumption who knows

that there is a better thing to do

better path to take up always so it is

an open-ended thing but slowly you

settle down just like a

um bouncing ball it bounces up and down

a little bit but then settles down at

one corner somewhere so this is how it

happens in the spiritual thing it will

never be the case that you will find a

path and that will be the final for you

forever it is kind of very ideal thing

to be

and it is it will never be the case that

you ask somebody it does not matter how

big that person is does not matter how

much knowledge that person has and if he

says look XYZ path you take it that is

for you it is not certain that that will

be for you nobody can tell you what is

your path the path tells you to pick

itself it sounds like you're mysterious

this is how it is at least that is my

experience

you will need to go through a few parts

there will be effort initially

and obviously the most natural path is

where there is no effort with the path

let's path the direct path so I am

assuming that I have settled down on a

pathless path right now but who knows

never be so sure never be certain this

is an open-ended thing spiritual journey

knowledge is infinite progress is

infinite can you say I cannot progress

Beyond this can you say like this how do

you know it's not possible to know it is

an open-ended thing so start somewhere

start at a good place start some

somewhere which you like do not use the

intellect so much it is like art you try

things you try many many things

and sometimes you like something and

then you find more things to try

you see everything is like this in our

lives isn't it for example the relations

we keep trying some will get somebody

or sometimes you settle okay probably

I'll never get into a relation which is

better than this so we

have this kind of Faith or assumption

sometimes

or your job or your business we keep

trying different jobs different kind of

businesses and ultimately we settle on

something which we like and we are

earning a little bit but we keep it open

we do not say I'm going to do only this

and this for the rest of my life no that

is not an intelligent thing to do we

keep looking for more opportunities

always it is like this in all the

domains of our lives and spiritual

teachings spiritual traditions and

spiritual path is nothing special it is

not fixed for one person some people

have may have this idea no I was born in

this tradition so it's gone now it's my

all options are exhausted I have no

freedom to get out of this tradition I

will stick to it no matter what and if

somebody tells me your tradition is

boring your tradition is foolish I'm

going to kill that person and continue

on my path so this is hard-headedness

this is stupidity

so open-mindedness open to all

possibilities this is how a Seeker is

always seeking so do not settle

thank you