Is using spirituality to escape life’s struggles wrong, or can it be a healthy starting point?

The Enlightened One says, “If worldly unhappiness or suffering is not there, we would never searchrnfor permanent happiness. Therefore, it is very helpful to us. Permanent happiness is not throughrnbody; it is independent of body. When there is suffering, we search for safe-side, ‘Where is my permanent safe-side?’ That will help us go towards reality, towards the Pure Soul (spirituality).” Spirituality provides a permanent solution to all our problems Depression, frustration, tiredness, worries, loss, failures, problems, troubles, sufferings, physical pain, hurt, misery, sadness, sorrow, mental ailments, loneliness, hatred, irritation or anger, in this world each one is suffering from so much of pain, unhappiness, stress and tensions. This suffering is due to ignorance, ignorance of viewpoints of each other, and mainly the ignorance of Self i.e. ‘who am I?’ – this is the biggest cause of any problem. We do not know really ‘who am I’, therefore we believe, ‘I am this body.’ Who am I, who governs this Universe, where is God, what is God doing, how does the bondage of karma happen, how do we come out of the bondage of karma and how do we get ultimate salvation - once we know what is reality, then the worldly puzzles cannot confuse us. We can come out of all the puzzles and remain in eternal bliss. Spirituality is different from religion In this world, there are so many religions. People call chanting of some mantra, worshipping God, doing fasting to be spirituality. But that is a developing stage; it helps development of a person. But ultimately only when we attain Self-Realization, do we get ultimate knowledge and that will help us get salvation. In Akram Science (the spiritual science), we can attain Self-Realization directly with the grace of Gnani in just 2 hours (totally free of cost). Here, Gnani graces us with the real knowledge of two fundamental things: who am I? andrnwho is governing this world? Then, under his shelter, we learn to solve our worldly problems and start experiencing freedom from worldly unhappiness. Spirituality is based on the eternal element of Soul. rnLord Mahavir, Lord Krishna, Lord Rama were all spiritual scientists. These scientists realized the Soul, experienced the Soul and have given their disciples the knowledge of this Soul only. When we have some health ailment, we take help of a Doctor, isn’t it? We may be following Christanity or Hindu or some other religion, yet we get cured by the Doctor. The religion does not come in our way! Similarly, if you have any worldly problem of anger or pride or hatred or worries or stress or mundane issues that you find hard to handle, then irrespective of the religion you may follow, your worldly problems and puzzles can be easily solved with the help of a spiritual Doctor, who is called Gnani or the Enlightened One! The Enlightened Pure Soul within Lord Christ, Lord Ram or Lord Mahavir or a Gnani is of same quality. They have oneness with all Gods of the Universe. Spirituality is based on right understanding. rnOur mind, speech and body are managed by our karmic accounts. But we believe, “I am thinking, I am speaking, I am doing.” Due to this wrong belief, we become one with the mind, speech, body, intellect, ego, etc., which are otherwise separate from the Self. After Self-Realization, we get the right understanding that really, “I am a Pure Soul.” The wrong beliefs get fractured and right belief of, “who am I, what are my properties, what are my qualities, how I am separate from mind, speech and body, what is my function, how to keep awareness of Pure Soul in this body’ sets in. Thereafter, with the help of Gnani’s teachings, we can remain in awareness of the Soul, the inherent property of which is eternal bliss, and finish all the karmic accounts with equanimity. This is how spirituality helps us get liberated. Thus, spirituality is not an escape mechanism, but is a cure for the day-to-day ordeals that we face in our life. We do not have to seek solace in spirituality, it gives us a permanent solution to our problems when applied in life. To red more, visit: https://www.dadabhagwan.org/discover-happiness/