Purity of Mind Is the Goal of Spiritual Practice!

The purpose of spiritual practice is to increase the purity of the mind. Everything else, every discipline and every hour spent in practice, serves only this one goal. But what does purity of mind actually mean? Purity of mind means not allowing anything to remain in the mind.

People suffer because they hold on to thoughts, memories, emotions, and experiences. This accumulation creates what we call mental weight, a real burden that we carry with consequences extending far beyond everyday discomfort.

The Disease of Attachment: Bhavaroga

Mental weight prevents the human mind from freeing itself from the materialistic world, even after death. A mind burdened with accumulated impressions cannot ascend; it continues to wander on the earth without a body, bound by the very desires it refused to release during life. This condition is known as Bhavaroga, a disease that develops due to deep attachment to the materialistic world.

Our mind should not get stuck in any matter or create impressions. Life is meant to flow naturally, without inner obstacles. But when we seek enjoyment and happiness from the material world, we interrupt that flow. Such desires create new impressions and add fresh weight to the mind, reinforcing the very patterns that keep us bound.

Unlike physical ailments that end with the body, bhavaroga persists beyond it, fueled by the impressions we leave unresolved.

The Need for Divine Help

Just as physical diseases require external help such as medicines and treatments, mental weight requires external divine help. Our individual efforts alone cannot dissolve the weight accumulated over lifetimes.

In Chivality, we receive this divine help through the Master's energy, obtained by practising Masterfulness, which means keeping the Master in one's heart and remembering Him constantly. This is the practical mechanism through which Master's energy works within; it cleanses the mental weight and brings about light-mindedness, an enlightened mind that moves freely in the materialistic world without being affected by it.

When the mind becomes light and empty, peace reveals itself naturally.

The Peace of a Purified Mind

When peace arises from an enlightened and purified mind, the need for external happiness disappears. A peaceful mind never expects happiness from outside. Our ultimate goal, therefore, should be to attain and maintain a peaceful mind always.

This is not a distant ideal; it is a living possibility. Through the practice of Masterfulness, we are given the tools to release our mental weight and move through life with clarity and ease. Let each moment be an opportunity to purify, to remember, and to return to the stillness within. In that stillness, peace is not something we seek. It is who we are.