It is not easy to judge, only God and our Guru can truly know how much we have advanced. However, a simple parameter, which can give us some idea, is to see how much our mind has gotten detached from the world and the extent to which it has gotten attached to God. This is a simple rule of thumb to measure our advancement.
Do a reading of yourself. When you suffer reversals in the world, how upset do you become? If you find that earlier, you would keep brooding when someone insulted you, but now you are able to forget it in an hour's time, then you can conclude that you are progressing; your mind is becoming detached from the world, and your spiritual power is increasing; hence, you are able to remain normal in any circumstances.
Again, analyze how much does your mind yearn for a spiritual association. If earlier, whenever you had free time, you wished to spend it in seeing movies, but now you seek opportunities to sing devotional kirtans, it is a sure sign that you are progressing and that your mind is getting attached to the spiritual realm.
Very practical saying Swamiji! Only God and our Guru can truly know how much we have advanced in the spiritual path.Divine happiness comes when we ourselves do not change; what we remain the same under any circumstances.
ReplyDeleteIn order to measure our Spiritual advancement we can see much we have detached from the material world and how much we have attached our mind to God by reacting same under all circumstances.
ReplyDeleteit is necessary to test our self that how much we have proceeded in spiritual way. here given Swamiji some aspect to measure. But true advancement known by God and Guru only.
ReplyDeleteWe always wonder how much did we grow in our spiritual journey. Swamiji is giving us a wonderful means to measure our advancement. Thank you Swamiji.
ReplyDeleteNice article. Only our Guru can truly know how much we have advanced in the spiritual path. We have to analyze how much does our mind yearn for a spiritual association but for that we have detached from the world.
ReplyDeleteSo true and so good. We can measure out progress and work towards improving it if we are still not yearning for spiritual association and not getting detached from this materialistic world.
ReplyDeleteRadhe Radhe
ReplyDeleteWe are very lucky that blessings of Hari and Guru are always with us.Swami ji ke charno me koti koti naman.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very practical way of assessing our own progress. We tend to think that we are making progress if we engage in spiritual activities but the true measure is whether we succeeded in applying the knowledge. Thank you, Swamiji!
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DeleteVery difficult to measure one's progress for which one will have to judge without any bias. But this blog explains how we can measure our progress in simple ways such as noting our reaction and response in adversity or negative environments, and our increasing thirst for spiritual associations.
ReplyDeleteVery practical way of measuring our spiritual progress !!
ReplyDeleteOur ability to handle stressful situations without getting disturbed measures our spiritual progress.
ReplyDeleteThank you Swamiji!
Very true!
DeleteTo assess our spiritual progress we dont need to assess our spiritual activities but the effect of our Guru's words on our behavior is the litmus test.
Swamiji has set such an apt rubric to assess our spiritual progress.our endeavor should be to become good not to be called good.
ReplyDeleteNothing is hidden from the eyes of Guru and Hari.We are indebted to our Guru for continuously working and helping us to make improvement.
Thank you Swamiji for being with us and extending your support to make us progressive.
Very easy way to check our spiritual progress.
ReplyDeleteWe usually think that we are making progress if we engage in spiritual activities but the true measure is whether we succeeded in applying the knowledge. Thank you for this article!
ReplyDeleteThanks Swamiji for the knowledge to know our spiritual matrix.
ReplyDeleteRadhe Radhe
ReplyDeleteWe all are so blessed that Hari himself came in the form of our Guru.
We often get discouraged in thee path of spirituality. But if we are able to resume or continue our practice despite feeling dejected that is also an encouraging sign.
ReplyDeleteVery true, Swamiji. How much material happiness and material distress can take our mind away from Guru and God is the true measurement of spiritual progress.
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