THE GLOW ~ VERSUS ~ THE WORLD Surah Samiksha

What fulfills you? What makes you happy? This is a profound question. We can’t just work, work, work without rest, relaxation and renewal. How we keep the balance is important.

Spirit offers us a dynamic, living radiance, a glow, emanating from inside that sustains and guides us. The world is going to offer the pleasures of the external world, complete with physical challenges, competition, survival issues and plenty of drama.

Drama is something you fall into
when you haven’t discovered your spiritual purpose (dharma).

The world is going to suggest external solutions, drawing us outward, always dependent on conditions. Our fulfillment then is conditional, conditioned on ’conditions’ going our way: the music inspiring; the hike free of rain; the campground free of mosquitos; the movie funny; the sail sunny with a good wind; the road trip safe, et cetera. Conditions!

Sports, movies, games—the world calls us outside ourselves. Spiritual life calls us inside ourselves. It reveals the mysterious path to itself—Spirit. Spirit is overflowing, radiant, blissful, resplendent with the peace that passes understanding. It lifts us up out of the mind into an expansive domain, which is its own nature, transcendent of mind.

In the East, this is called Surah Samiksha—the shine of the Sun Self. Surah is the spiritual Sun, the inner glow of consciousness that cascades down from the heavenly worlds into life. This is the shine of the High Self, the light of pure awareness. Samiksha is mindfulness. So, Surah Samiksha is staying mindful of the charm of the Sun Self as it subtly radiates into one’s life. This is an experience of bliss, since bliss emanates from the Divine Light. The Sun Self (God) literally glows with delight. It is a warmth in the heart that radiates. This inherent glow is often obscured by the background chatter in the mind.