Without control of senses, without self-restraint, no spiritual growth is ever possible. Sincerity is the first quality to aim at and seek Truth. Meditation or spiritual life is bitter in the beginning, but its fruit is sweet in the end. The fruit is immortality, eternal bliss and everlasting peace. By meditation upon Brahman more and more, by union with Brahman, or by entering into His Being, there is final cessation from every illusion (Maya Nivritti), from pain, sorrow and death. Contd…