Need for Spirituality

Regular spiritual practice — the permanent solution for mental anguish

The national police agency of Japan reported that in 1999, over 33,000 people in Japan committed suicide, reaching record suicide levels for the nation. The most notable trend in the finding was the sharp increase in suicides related to financial problems, amounting to a third of the total number of suicides committed.

The alarming incidences of suicide cases in a country like Japan, having all that the modern world deems necessary and sufficient to ensure happiness, such as a high per capita income, high literacy rate, and a predominantly nuclear family set up, is a cause for worry. This is an indicator of the fact that one has to search beyond mere gross things to ensure lasting happiness. Supreme and everlasting happiness is known as Bliss. Unfortunately, no school or college teaches us how to attain Bliss. The science that guides us on how to attain Bliss is called the Science of Spirituality. Regular spiritual practice, based on the principles of the science of Spirituality, gradually takes us beyond happiness and unhappiness to total Bliss.

– Editor.

* If one is not currently doing any spiritual practice, or to complement one's current spiritual practice, one can begin with the simple, but powerful spiritual practice of chanting or constantly remembering God's Name according to one's religion. Chanting also acts as a useful complement to any spiritual path one may be already following. It is a practice recommended for the current times by Holy texts and Saints of all religions.

To begin with, one can repeat God's Name according to their religion (refer to Issue 3 Clarification of Doubts section for a list of God's Names as per various religions), or the Name that they feel most comfortable chanting.
Interested readers can determine the exact chant for them from the experiment given inIssue 124, Message to Seekers section.