Are Kaivalya and Self-Realization the same?
You will require to define self-realization for us first. Please offer us a definition. • Can man be realized without the gods? Is realization itself a God? We dwell upon that, and this is worship – we become that, and this is the culmination of worship? Where one God is present, all the Gods are present. Don’t get caught up in semantics. Challenge facing Westerners • From your view, what is the single most significant challenge unique to Westerners desiring to follow the Eternal Way? The single most significant challenge unique to Westerners is the concept of surrender. In English, both language and customs, surrender is what we do after having exhausted all other possibilities. When we have no other alternatives, no other options, when our back is against the wall, we raise our hands into the air and say, “I surrender!” In Sanskrit we surrender when we have complete trust, when we have total love and respect, when we only want to become the reflection of the Grace of the Guru. This u
