Internalize Your Experience

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We attend discourses by realized Masters and listen to everything they say. We nod, we agree or disagree, and then we go back home. Once home, we forget everything that was said in the discourse. For a lasting change to take place, we must be able to internalize the key points in the discourse. We must remember, recall, and practice at least some of the key points of the discourse in our daily life. We need other ways to internalize the words we hear. The question and answer session at the end of each discourse is a way to clarify doubts. Why, we may think, does the Master talk about this, and in this fashion?

The question and answer session is like dining in a restaurant. Everything I have presented to you is like a series of choices. They are like the items on the menu card we hold in our hands. We have several choices in it. First, we have to decide if we are hungry. If yes, we must decide if there is anything interesting on the menu. Once we make our choice, we can order and eat the food that we desire. Similarly, in a discourse, I touch on many topics. It is your choice to internalize it and select the best method. You can seek clarification for your doubts in the question and answer session. Again, the choice to implement and internalize it is completely up to each of you.

Although you might not agree, we have choice in everything we do. We have the choice to follow the truth or ditch it. We have the choice to cling to our lies or banish them. We can make the choice to follow the Master or not. But we have to be honest about the choices we make for ourselves and accept the consequences. A great truth supersedes all our choices. We need to recognize this truth. Of course, the truth does not care whether we believe in it or not. It simply exists. This great truth is that we are all connected. We are connected at the physical, mental, and spiritual levels.

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