Coming Home to God
Today, Sant Rajinder Singh Ji discoursed on the golden opportunity this human birth offers us, and how we can lead our lives to fulfill life’s true purpose. Our soul has been given this human existence to realize itself and find the way back to its true Home to be reunited with God, he said. However, when we come into this world, we lose sight of our goal and become entangled in the attractions of this transitory outer world. We while away our time amassing material wealth, possessions, knowledge, name, and fame. We dedicate our lives to establishing ourselves and chasing lasting joy, happiness, and bliss, which remain elusive.
Saints and spiritual Masters come to remind us that we are merely passing through this physical existence. The soul’s journey continues after physical death. Our lives here on earth are but a speck in the long voyage of the soul, as it traces the way back to its true Abode. We should use our time to help the soul prepare for its onward journey. While living in this world, our attention needs to be focused on our destination—God. Let us lead a life of devotion to God, said the spiritual Master, wherein we seek God’s mercy to remain detached from the entanglements of this outer world and focused on the world within; wherein we ask to be kept in God’s embrace, always, so that we can steadily take steps to go Home to God. It all begins with focusing our attention within through meditation.
