Chander M. Gandhi

Spiritual Man: the Basics Chander M. Gandhi

Purpose of all teachings: spiritual, religions, yoga, and philosophy Is only One: Chitta Shuddhi. Chitta means consciousness, and Shuddhi means purity. Consciousness includes thinking and feelings. Hence, the purpose is to purify your thinking and your feelings, and thus, you become ripped or ready, you develop Childlike Innocence. The quest for "who am I" is subjective, not objective, so it cannot and need not be shown by another. No learning or knowledge of scriptures is necessary to know the Self. All knowledge is acquired only to be given up. Knowledge of the Self is being the Self. Abiding in the Self and Being the Self, and not seeing the Self, is Self-realization. This book is dedicated to: My mother, Satya Sheela Gandhi A mother's love is the highest Mother India Wholesome beauty of Her ancient culture greatly enriched my life For thousands of years, many saints, such as Lord Buddha and Bhagavan Adi Shankara, have tried to explain scriptures in a layman's language, which remained privilege of a few. So it is today. There are three reasons: 1. Unless common people can understand it, they won't read it. 2. Unless they can read and understand it, they won't use it. 3. Unless they use it, they will not derive the benefits that were intended. Not only languages were a problem, scriptures were very complex with many concepts that did not appear to have any practical use in a day-to-day living. So people did not read much, nor did they use it much. So it is today. Yet what was true then is still true today. There is nothing new. It is the very same Truth being explained again and again so common people can use it in their daily lives. It is for this purpose these three books-"The Basics," "The Seeker," and "Transformation"-have been written and titled as Spiritual Man. The goal of all divine personalities was the same-to uplift the consciousness of the masses, the common people. Only then there can be hope for peace and righteousness in this world. In today's age o