One of the most asked questions there would be in this time isโSince i have come late in Gyan, can i reach high level in spirituality? Can i achieve the same growth and progress? It is a common and often disheartening experience on any spiritual path to compare one's own progress with that of others who seem more advanced. This feeling of 'lagging behind' creates a significant internal conflict, especially when spiritual teachings themselves promise that even latecomers can achieve great heights.
The following guidance directly addresses this challenge, reframing the idea of spiritual effort, or purusharth, not as a measure of time, but as a function of humility, consistent remembrance, honest self-review, Shrimat-aligned living, self-discipline, and loveful-selfless-service. Must read the following post to understand its depth.
Title: "๐๐ช๐ง๐ช๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐: ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ, ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ"
Subtitle:
๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
โถ๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป: ๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ, ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด (๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ/๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด). ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จย & ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด. "๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐"
The following was written in response to a query we received on our Samadhanย WhatsApp group in September 2025. So please read the following in the same context.
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๐ค๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: ๐๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ช ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต "๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต." ๐ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด. ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ:)
The Response
I am happy to see that you shared your feelings so honestly. Your question touches the heart of ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ (spiritual effort) and humility. Hereโs a thoughtful, practical guide that aligns with baba's murli and general spiritual wisdom.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐๐
Baba (Shri Baba) emphasizes humility and steady, sincere effort rather than rushing or feeling superior because of time spent in knowledge.
Spiritual progress is personal: ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ. The focus is on "inner transformation", not external milestones.
โถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด: You can become 'first' (great purusharthi) even if you are late... because 'time' is NOT the deciding factor... it does not matter when you come in gyaan, but how 'intense' your Purusharth is... how quickly you understand the gyan & ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ it in your every day life... For example: you can be 50 years in gyan, but do not fully understand or practise the gyan. But someone new immediately brings the Shrimat in their life.
๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ
Even the most advanced souls maintain beginnerโs humility. This is a sign of ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข. Humility helps you grow and inspire others.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ, ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฑ
Set a consistent time for remembering Baba (e.g., early morning 4am or evening 7pm), even if for a shorter duration. Quality matters more than length.
Use accurate, positive thoughts: โ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ, ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ข, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฆ.โ
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๐ฃ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐
At the end of the day, note one or two moments where you remembered Baba and one moment where you slipped. Think whether you made any mistakes, and ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ honestly in your daily letter (dairy) to baba... See patterns, and choose BETTER the next time.
โ ๐ช๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น (๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐)
Write diary every day... be honest on your purusharth, and write everything to baba. Date, feel/experience, lesson learned, intention for tomorrow.
โ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
* Practice truth, love, non-violence in words and deeds. Small positive & kind acts (karma) accumulate great ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ
* Reduce wasteful or negative company; cultivate associations that uplift and inspire you in Babaโs knowledge.
โ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ
Selfless service, with the purpose to help, heal, guide, and uplift others. Engage in service as a means to remember Baba, not to earn praise. Let service be a sincere ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐.
๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ:
5โ10 minutes of remembrance, then read/listen to the Today's Gyan Murli...then a short high-quality task (positive thought, positive action).
๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
5 minutes of silence, self-reflection, affirmations, Yogโfollowed by a couple of lines in your journal (write it) about lessons learned today, and what you would like to do tomorrow.
๐๐๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค:
Set a time to reflect on purusharth: ๐๐ช๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ? ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ? Seek guidance from Baba and, if appropriate, a trusted elder in the BK family.
๐Read books & watch videos on ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ก, ๐ฒ๐๐๐, ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ (truth, peace, love, happiness, purity)
โ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐น๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ด
Regular study of Murli with a focus on the essence: Babaโs promises, the self-respect of being a child of the Ocean of Knowledge.
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โถ๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป: ๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ, ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด (๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ/๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด). ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จย & ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด. "๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐"
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