Q: If meditation is not the channel for spiritual enlightenment, then why should we meditate? What exactly are we supposed to do?
Meditation is a channel for enlightenment. I don't say meditation is not the channel; but when I say the word meditation, it is meant to be unclutched and not getting caught with one more shaft. If the meditation creates one more shaft, be very clear you will not be getting enlightenment.
Q: If we are not the body, how do we feel the pain of the body, and the fear of losing the body? And if karma theory is not right, how do we transmigrate?
A: Two things, I don't say you are not the body. You are not the body should become an experience in you. Not the theory given to you.
Second thing, whether Karma theory is not right, again, I don't say Karma theory is not right; it is not complete. It can't answer all the logical questions. It can't stand the sharp logic. It is ok to do business with but not to understand for yourself.
Karma theory is a beautiful way to give healing. See, at some point human beings need healing, some consolation, some healing, some effect. For the society karma theory is really beautiful. It can give a healing effect it can give a big comfort feeling, but not for the seekers.
It is not for the seekers. In the beautiful words of the Upanishads, the seeker's path like walking on the razor's edge.
Katha Upanishad says,
Awake! Seek an enlightened master to realize the Self. Sages say the path is like a razor's edge, hard to journey.
It is not for the people who are seekers of truth, at least not for the people who have come up to the level of Dhyana Spurana level. For the society it is a good idea. I have accepted the karma theory and talked about it in the media. For public it is good, it gives you inner healing effect and you don't have to suffer too much, torture yourself too much, and a lot of psychiatric problems will be avoided. You will be more balanced and less depressed.
For all those things, karma theory is ok; but ultimately when you start seeing the truth it doesn't hold good. When you penetrate it with the sharpest logic it doesn't hold good. So the only way to transmigrate is just unclutch. And all the concepts of pain, or pleasure, flood everything with truth.
Let everything be flooded away, let you be completely flooded by the truth. The concept of joy and bliss exist only then the karma theory holds good; because the karma theory is about bringing more joy and less pain. But I am saying even that idea is a lie. You are constantly connecting and creating, so when even that idea is a lie you will not be driven towards joy or you will not be driven away from pain. Those concepts will start losing meaning for you. You will start living in a different space.
When I speak to the public the truth has to be told in a different way. But when I speak to the seekers I want to say the ultimate truth and I have to explain in a clear way. It's just the levels of understanding. I am not against the first level, but when I have to say the ultimate truth I have to completely pull down the whole structure. Only then you will be awakened to hear the truth. Then the truth can be given to you.