SIVANANDA DAILY READING FOR 15 SEPTEMBER THE GLIMPSE AND THE GOAL

When you get a flash of illumination, do not be frightened. It will
be a new experience of immense joy. Do not turn back. Do not give up
meditation. Do not stop there. You will have to advance still
further. This is only a glimpse of truth. This is not the whole
experience. This is not the highest realisation. This is only a new
platform. Try to ascend further. Reach the bhuma (the infinite). Now
alone you are proof against all temptation. You will drink deep the
nectar of immortality. This is the acme or final state. You can take
eternal rest now. You need not meditate any further. This is the
final goal.

You have within yourself tremendous powers and latent faculties of
which you have really never had any conception. You must awaken these
dormant powers and faculties by the practice of meditation and yoga.
You must develop your will and control your senses and mind. You must
purify yourself and practise regular meditation, then only can you
become a superman or God man.

Every human being has within himself various potentialities and
capacities. He is a magazine of power and knowledge. As he evolves,
he unfolds new powers, new faculties, new qualities. Now he can
change his environment and influence others. He can subdue others'
minds. He can conquer internal and external nature. He can enter into
superconscious state.

The wise cut asunder the knot of egoism by the sharp sword of
constant meditation. Then dawns supreme knowledge of the self or full
illumination or self-­realisation. The liberated sage has neither
doubt nor delusion. All bonds of karma (action) are rent asunder.
This is the master­-key to open the realms of eternal bliss. It may be
tiring in the beginning, because the mind will be running away from
the point (laksya) every now and then. But after some time it will be
focused in the centre. You will be immersed in divine bliss.