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This afternoon, Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj spoke at the Columbia Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Seattle, where many new seekers had gathered to hear his talk, “Discover Your Inner Sanctuary Through Meditation.” This was the third day of his Evergreen Love and Spirit Tour in the city. Recognizing Seattle’s role as a global center for technology and innovation, he reflected on the pace of modern life. While technology has connected humanity as never before, it has also created an unprecedented flood of information.

The more information we receive, the spiritual Master explained, the more we must process and decipher, bringing greater stress and strain into our lives. Combined with the continual changes we face in our careers, health, relationships, and daily circumstances, modern life often leaves us searching for peace.

Although places of worship provide moments of calm and refuge, the challenges of life still await us when we return home. True peace, therefore, must be found in a sanctuary that is always available, regardless of place or circumstance. When life brings challenges beyond our ability to cope, we naturally turn toward God in search of lasting peace. This raises an important question: Where can God truly be found?

Drawing upon the common teachings of the world’s great faiths, Sant Rajinder Singh Ji explained that every religion traces its origins to saints and mystics who experienced God directly. Though traditions may differ outwardly, they all point toward the same inner reality: God is not confined to a distant heaven or a particular place of worship but resides within every human being. Our true identity is not the body or the mind, but the soul, a spark of the Divine. The purpose of human life, therefore, is to experience God for ourselves and cultivate the soul’s eternal relationship with God.

Each of us has been given the gateway to that experience through the third eye, the seat of the soul. Recounting the familiar story of the musk deer, which searches throughout the forest for the beautiful fragrance that is, in fact, coming from within itself. In the same way, he explained, we spend our lives searching outwardly for the peace, happiness, and fulfillment that already reside within our own soul.

When, through meditation, we gradually withdraw our attention from the distractions of the outer world and focus it within, we begin to experience the divine Light of God, which removes the coverings of mind, matter, and illusion that cover the soul. This inner experience brings about a profound transformation. Realizing that the same divine Light shines within every person dissolves the barriers that separate us, allowing love, compassion, understanding, and harmony to blossom naturally. The peace cultivated in meditation no longer remains confined to the meditation sitting but gradually permeates every aspect of daily life, enriching both ourselves and everyone around us.

This afternoon, Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj spoke at the Science of Spirituality International Meditation Center in Lisle, Illinois on the purpose of human life and the need to awaken the inner vision through meditation. He expounded on humanity’s longing for lasting happiness and how we instinctively search for it in the ephemeral outer world. Relationships change, possessions come and go, circumstances fluctuate, and life itself is fleeting. As long as our happiness depends upon what is constantly changing, our peace will also be unstable.

True stability, said the spiritual Master, comes only by anchoring ourselves in God, the one reality that never changes. Just as a ship remains steady when secured by a strong anchor, the soul remains calm amid life’s inevitable ups and downs when connected to the Creator.

A central theme of his discourse was awakening the inner vision. Our outer eyes naturally perceive differences. We notice distinctions of race, nationality, language, religion, and appearance. The awakened inner eye, however, sees something entirely different. It perceives the same divine Light shining within every form in creation. As this realization unfolds, the sense of separation and duality begins to dissolve. We recognize ourselves as members of one universal family, and peace, harmony, compassion, and love arise naturally. True vision unites us, while our outer vision is what divides us

We can awaken to this inner vision through meditation. As our attention collects at the seat of the soul, we begin to experience the divine Light of God already present within. God is not distant from us. The Creator dwells within each one of us, waiting for us to remove the clouds of distraction that obscure our vision. Connection with the inner Light transforms our lives. Rooted in direct experience, our faith in God is strengthened.  Anger, fear, jealousy, and ego gradually diminish, while our thoughts, words, and actions become more loving and compassionate.

Although meditation brings many physical, emotional, and mental benefits, Maharaj Ji reminded the audience that these are secondary. Its true purpose is spiritual: to experience the Creator within and awaken the inner vision through which we discover our true nature.