VII. SEEKING AND ENLIGHTENMENT
Time and again great Masters have told us that the Truth is within us. But we are always seeking the Truth outside.
SEEKING AWAKENS YOUR DNA
Intense seeking in itself awakens at least four to five strands of DNA. You do not need any spiritual practice, just intense seeking is enough.
It is like one seed becoming four or five apples, like one stem cell becoming two or three cells. In just that way, one multiplies into many. Intense seeking suddenly makes this apple grow into three or four apples.
So slowly the identity which you are showing becomes a superficial small part of you. It is no longer half of you, it separates from you, and it becomes just a thin veneer at the surface of you.
Look within and see, 'Who am I?' The personality which can be changed is not you. Then dig, 'Who am I?'
When you are hitting a wall or you have a sense of suffocation, increase the seeking with intensity and passion, and look again. Look within, over and over again till you awaken the next strand of DNA.
Many people become discouraged when they lost their inspiration. But here is an encouraging thought for us to remember. Whenever we feel the seeking has dried up in us, we should not be downcast.
The sense of dryness means that the next strand of DNA is awakening. It is actually a sign of progress.
Usually after five or six strands of DNA are awakened, the next activation will not be painful. That is what is called enlightenment. But until the first six strands of DNA are active, every strand we awaken will give us doubts.
We will always look back, wondering whether we are on the proper path. The sense of separating from out old ways will be painful and pressured. After the sixth strand, the transition ceased to be painful. It becomes a smooth process.
One strand is always awakened the moment we take birth. The second will be awakened the moment we begin seeking. From the second to the sixth is the period of enlightenment.
The sixth to twelfth is the period of incarnation. By the time the twelfth is awakened, you are an incarnation. After the twelfth is awakened there are hundreds of new layers opening up.
That is what purnavatara (complete incarnation) means: many different truths and teachings are constantly being revealed to the world, constantly being shared to the world.