TO LIVE FOR GOD IS LIFE

[Ms Tercy Lonan]

105. TO LIVE FOR GOD IS LIFE
There is no treasure greater than the treasure of the great Reality. A life that is in conscious
contact with that Reality is rich in the truest sense of that term. A life that is devoid of contact with
that Supreme Reality is poor, even if it is rolling in material wealth or even if it is revelling in the
most admirable scholarship, intelligence and psychological acumen. “What shall it profit a man, if
he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” Thus, in these words, this telling truth has
been brought home to us.
How then is the sincere seeking soul to be possessed of this treasure? How to ensure that we
are not deprived of this great inner wealth of the Spirit? How to ensure that our life is not devoid of
it, but is, rather, blessed by it?
The answer is that with our entire being we have to try to have It, to possess It, to cherish It,
and to bless ourselves with It. Not one part of our being should be allowed to go in any contrary
direction. Not one part of our being should develop a taste or a desire for anything other than That.

You should supplicate It, entreat It, ask It, pray to It, saying: “Let my entire being dwell in You. Let
no part of me, even for a little while, ever, ever swerve from being totally directed towards You.”
That is why life has been given. That is why your blessed human status has been given to
you, so that it may be totally offered for this one supreme task which alone makes this thing which
you refer to as life worthwhile. You live when you dwell in that Being. You live when you are in a
constant state of awareness of that Being. You live when you are awake and aware of the fact that
you live, move and have your being in the Supreme Spirit.
“I dwell in that Supreme Spirit. That Supreme Spirit dwells within me. My life is for it. I live
in order to give myself totally and entirely to that which is my very own.” To thus be consciously
aware and to be consciously engaged in a total self-offering of yourself in all its completeness to
that one and one alone, sole, non-dual Reality is the greatest privilege, is supreme good fortune.
There is nothing higher than this. To think of God, to ever be engaged in moving towards
that Being inwardly by enquiry, discrimination, investigation and aspiration, to have an intense
feeling of oneness with It—in short, to live your life in all its movements and all its manifestations
only for the one single purpose and objective of being God-filled and God-directed—was the great
ideal placed before us, with all the power at his command, by beloved and worshipful Holy Master
Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj.
Such a life he called divine life for it is divinely oriented—dwelling in the Divine;
beholding the Divine everywhere, in all things, at all times, in the midst of all activities; being filled
with that divine awareness. For that is the only thing that there is. All other things are illusions and
delusions, self-created hallucinations, non-existent fantasies. The one solid reality is that Being
who is your all in all, your beginning, your middle and your end, your source, your support and your
ultimate fulfilment.
To that end let us live. Let us lead a divine life. May Divinity fill every cell of our being,
every breath that we take, each moment, each step. Let us live a life permeated and filled with
Divinity, for that is the only life that there is. God is the great Reality. To live for Him is life. All
other things are the contrary of life. They are shallow; they have no real worth; they have no
meaning.
Let us realise this and actively move towards God with our total being every moment of our
life. This indeed is supreme blessedness.
Being omnipresent and beyond time, God is always here and now at all times and all places.
He is present within as well as without. This is the central truth realised by all mystics. And this
truth makes one free. When this truth dawns within—through deep faith, belief and trust in the
words of those who are our well-wishers—then verily one begins to live. For then one lives, moves
and has one’s being in God.
Until that experience is reached, upon all the three levels—physical, mental and
spiritual—one should fill oneself with all that is Divine. In all these levels, be God-filled through
continuous unbroken thought of God, through continuous unbroken awareness of the truth that God

is all-pervading and eternal, that He is here and now. God is all-pervading; therefore, He is here.
God is beyond time, eternal; therefore, He is now.
Holding on to this truth is being close to God in spirit. Verbally, fill yourself with Divinity
by chanting His Name, speaking about Him only, praising Him, glorifying Him, praying to Him,
and speaking kind words that bring joy and solace. Outwardly, cultivate the company of those who
are believers, pious in devotion and seriously engaged in sadhana. Keep company with lofty
scriptures and spiritual books. Inwardly, in your heart of hearts, cultivate compassion, kindness,
truthfulness, integrity, nobility.
Thus, always fill yourself with divine things in both the outer and inner life. Lead a totally
and wholly God-oriented life both within and without. That is the way to grow in Divinity, progress
towards Divinity, attain experience of Divinity and ultimately be established in Divinity.