Vivek and or Vikas

As a matter of fact both Vivek and vikas are the essential twin requirements in a sadhak for his progress in the vertical direction. If either is lacking, off-take is out or question. If either is achieved, refinement may take place but off-take may not be possible. if one birth’s sadhana alone is considered and that too without external aid.

Vivek in a wider sense means the power to differentiate between the visible world and the invisible ‘Atma’. One may achieve this power and may have to his credit something positive. But this itself will not reach the sadhak to the ultimate goal.

The word vikæs carries a very wide meaning and anything you imagine gets itself æssimilated or merged in it but the definition still remains incomplete. In other words complete vikæs means complete refinement. Once this stage is reached, nothing remains to be achieved and ‘Parambrahma’ stage is reached. Moreover if vikas is an aim, it brings along with it a sense of dynamism in the sadhak, ao essential feature for self evoiution.

If efforts in the right direction are made for vikæs and as the sadhak progresses it will be possible for him to achieve vivek. as Vivek in itself is a part of vikas.

Vivek may be achieved in absence of the isadguru’. An essential factor might be a ‘full sense of determination’.

Vikas is a heavenly matter difficult to achieve. It not only requires hard determination but a correct guidance if the kadhak is to achieve the results in shorter time. This is possible only under the focus and blessings of the perfect master, the ‘sadguru’.

In my own humble way of thinking, I therefore feel that vikas first and yikæs last, vikms and only vikas should be the aim of life and vikas the master guide.