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What does a human being have in common with a large organization? Answer: They are both complex entities with multiple components, all needing to work together to achieve a larger goal.

Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj today compared the workings of a large enterprise to our human existence. Any major company has a mission statement, with a chief executive officer (CEO) ensuring it can achieve its goals. The organization consists of various departments, each designated with a specific task. The role of the CEO is to ensure the harmonious workings of all departments so that the company can achieve its targets. As long as everyone in the company works together, the company can deliver results. If, however, the departments fail to collaborate harmoniously, the company’s profit margins will suffer, and they will not fulfill their mission statement.

Our human existence is no different. We, too, have a mission statement: to achieve our soul’s merger with God. As with any large company, we have different aspects of our being: the physical body, intellect, emotions, and most importantly, our soul, which is our true essence. Each of these serves like a separate department in a large enterprise. Unfortunately, each is governed by its own goals, unaware of the mission statement they should be working toward together.

Our soul is meant to serve as our CEO. It is the responsibility of the soul to oversee and govern the harmonious workings of the body, mind, and emotions. If we remain unaware of our soul, our enterprise has no leader to guide it to its goal.

To rectify this, the first step we should take is to help our soul remember itself as a part of God. This awakening can only occur when we take our attention away from the distractions of the outer world. Meditation gives us an opportunity to convene the body, mind, and emotions. When all of these are stilled, we experience the joy and bliss of the inner worlds. As the soul connects with the divine love and Light of God in meditation, it awakens to its true nature and gains the strength needed to take its rightful place as CEO. We can then achieve our mission of merger with God.

How can we reach a state in which the turmoil and difficulties of the world around us do not disturb our peace? Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj explained that interactions with others can be disruptive when we have disagreements or engage in intellectual wrangling. To find peace in these situations, we need to tap into the calm we experience through meditation.

The key is to experience such tremendous joy in meditation that we are oblivious to the turmoil around us. Just as indoor air conditioning can help keep us cool and comfortable despite high temperatures outside, so can meditation keep us peaceful and calm as we deal with the outer world.

We have to learn, said Sant Rajinder Singh, to be in a spiritual, meditative cocoon that helps us remain in a state of bliss and joy after we finish meditating. The more we practice, he said, the more we will enjoy deeper states of consciousness that protect us from distractions that interfere with our state of peace and calm.