Truth is one of the twelve aspects of the Spirit, the others being Unity, Goodness, Knowledge, Love, etc. Any of these aspects in our life is a door to Spirit and its power, Truth being the most powerful of them. In a contentious atmosphere such as strike, the normal human tendency is to take full advantage of the weakness of the other. That leads to the result that one's strength may give. How did the SSI owner invoke the Spirit making the strike leaders change their attitude?

It is said Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 % perspiration. There is an impersonal truth behind this applicable to all statements of value. The mysterious Spirit is, after all, the truth of the moment, the Utter Truth of the ultimate significance of the event, or person. Life meets us at a millions of points of energetic expression. Each such moment has its own version of Truth. In any bargain, one such attitude is NOT to take advantage of the moment, or to consciously abandon the hold one has or has suddenly acquired.

The Spirit is in the subtle plane, we are in the gross material physical plane. For the Spirit to act we have to move into the subtle plane, evoke it and the Spirit should leave its home, enter into our physical plane, act and disappear. As we have five senses, the Spirit too has subtle vision, subtle hearing, subtle smell, etc. 

Sarvam Brahman' is an ancient truth. If that is so, evil too is Brahman. That question remains unanswered. Answering that question philosophically and expressing that knowledge successfully in life will be a new phase on earth. It implies that inanimate matter too is Brahman. The Upanishads speak of Him who is awake in all those who are asleep. Before discovering Brahman in the stone, we can do so in the plants.

Doraisamy Iyer was a tall patriot who gave up his legal practice to settle down at the feet of Sri Aurobindo. The mantra known as Sri Aurobindo's Gayatri among His disciples was written by Sri Aurobindo when Doraisamy wanted to perform upanayanam  to his son. When he was past 90, an American who passed his house heard many Shastris chanting. In reply to his query, someone near him answered that chanting of the Vedas at the time of one's death would lead the soul to moksha.

Robert McNamara, former Chairman of the World Bank, reviewing a book of Harlan Cleveland said the French Prime Minister, who had been complaining about the lack of thinkers should meet this author. Professor Harlan Cleveland is the author of 12 books, was an Ambassador of the USA at NATO, was the President of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences besides holding distinguished academic as well as administrative posts. In a small pamphlet on 'Seven Collisions of Life', the professor sums up the key secrets of life in five formulas.

Spirit is for the tapasvi, life is for the householder is our tradition. Our tradition is religious. Thousands of people accepting one's realisation of the Spirit is religion, as monarchy accords the divine right to rule over the nation to the royal family. Each man discovering his own Spirit is spirituality, as in democracy each one is entitled to rule the nation. Martin Luther thus pleaded for the individual's spiritual illumination, eliminating the priest who is the intermediary. Is it possible for each one of us to become a saint?

Divine Grace descends unasked. It descends as RAIN. No life can ever be sustained if rains fail. Rain also brings havoc when it comes down in far greater quantities than our systems can absorb. Grace must be received with inner true gratitude and unconditionally. But, we often curse the rain when it interferes with our work. Rains will never fail if the population is conscious that it is God's grace descending in the form of water. This year there is a short fall in rainfall in several districts in Tamilnadu.

A proprietor of a company of 58 lakhs of rupees of annual sales was working hard to raise it to respectable levels. He was diligent and willing to follow any method if only it would work. His friends told him that the inner Spirit, when invoked, would bring in outer prosperity. He had not heard of it, but was willing to try if only he could know how.

The Spirit is invoked in several ways. One method that is wholly suitable to the uninitiated is prayer, especially if it is undertaken for three full days. This is a suitable method to solve problems or avail of opportunities.