Q: As far as my understanding goes, there seem to be two ways of life, shreya and preya. Except a few, almost everyone longs for shreya and most people are trying their level best to walk on the path of shreya. These people are known as saadhaks. The questions are the following: Why are only few sadhaks able to do quality meditation i.e. sincere efforts to walk the path? Why can’t most of humankind reach light? What is obstructing the way? Is it that difficult to practice meditation that only a few can do it? Please help me.

A: Anupreksha, very few saadhaks are able to be successful in their saadhna-spiritual practice for the simple reason that very few are sincere.  Most of the time people are not sincere and the attachment and the desires of the sansaar(world) are so great and the mind is so much impassioned in the hope that this visible world can give the ultimate high. So people are running after it and God and Guru are somewhat like a time-pass for most of the people. So when one is not sincere and with this dishonesty, if you are doing any practice; well – you won’t get any result.

It is not that reaching out to the final awakening is difficult. The question is what about the urge, what about the passion, what about the sincerity of the seeker? Well, if you don’t have that, then you are not a seeker and only a seeker can attain. Not a person who is just curious.

So Anupreksha, are you just curious or a seeker?