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The Four Stages of Human Progress | |
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Speaker | Shrii Shrii Anandamurti |
Date | 1978 November 7 |
Time | Morning |
Place | Kolkata, India |
Topic | Four steps toward perfection |
Included in | Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4 |
Location in Sarkarverse |
The Four Stages of Human Progress is a discourse given by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti in Kolkata, India. The discourse was delivered on the morning of 1978 November7. This discourse is the fifteenth chapter of Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4.[1]
Synopsis
By building a road one does not advance along the path of progress – one will have to move along the road. So humans must progress in the psychic realm. And in the process of movement, they will reach a stage when the mind becomes non-existent. It is the human mind which performs spiritual practice. Unless and until the mind reaches that final supreme point, human beings will remain imperfect.
Anandamurti starts the discourse by explaining a shloka from the Bhagavad Giita:
Ye yathá máḿ prapadyante taḿstathaeva bhajámyaham;
Mama vartmánuvarttante manusyáh pártha sarvashah.
According to your desire you will receive from Parama purusha and Everyone walks the same path; realizing the Supreme truth as early as possible is an advantage as it accelerates our coming closer to our goal. Anandamurti then explains the four stages of progress: In the first stage a person tries to make sincere efforts to attain the goal. Followed by a second stage, in which one's determination helps them to attain some degree of control over their propensities. On the third stage, a persons gains full control over one tendency and on the last stage all propensities are brought under one's full control. At this stage, one is able to know everything by sending their mind to a particular point in time or place. At this stage it's vital to surrender the ego to Parama Purusa so as to degeneration. Anandamurti goes on saying that this is how human beings advanced in the past and will advance in the future.[1]
References
Preceded by Tantra Is Sádhaná, Sádhaná Is Tantra |
Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4 With: The Four Stages of Human Progress |
Succeeded by Ye Yathá Máḿ Prapadyante |