The Sadguru is taking the trouble of preaching to the disciples day and night with the intention that the disciples should attain the eternal, perfect True State. He wants the disciples to carry out higher devotion where worship is offered to his real state, where he is beyond qualities and is one with the Atman. He also wishes that the disciples should acquire knowledge and realise the real state of being the Brahman and see the Atman in all beings, and do the Spiritual Practice by living them. This complements the Devotional Practice, like repeating the Gurumantra given at the time of initiation, bhajan, etc., as can be seen from what the Sadguru expects from his disciples. To understand the true secret of Reality, one has to understand the nature of the state of Brahman it propounds. If we give up our attachment and ego and start living with the experience of the limitless Atman, only then will we be able to see the Atman everywhere. Therefore, the first stage is to obtain knowledge by rejecting everything which is not the Atman, and then in the next stage, see the Atman in everyone. The Sadhaka on the path of Self-knowledge gets rid of irremovable Maya by the Grace of the Sadguru and attains the state of perfection. He experiences the immense wealth of the real,non-dual Kingdom of Paramananda. It is the Supreme, perfect, and fearless state. The Sadhaka must understand the importance of carrying out meditation without any thoughts and sit in a secluded place for meditation regularly without fail. Actually, meditation and staying connected with one’s true self complement each other, and one should do both. Staying connected with the True Self is Anusandhana, and this means maintaining awareness of one’s real state of Being while carrying out the worldly tasks. If we meditate with Dispassion firmly rooted in our mind, meditation will be successful. The mind can be brought under control through constant practice and Dispassion. Both are necessary. Doing meditation for a long time is true Practice and rejection of the sense objects from the mind is true Dispassion. Sadhaka should start his meditation by repeating the Gurumantra silently with keeping in mind its meaning. Gurumantra is the key word, which means the formula of a scientific principle. It is the identity of one’s own real state, also the experience of that state, and of awareness of this true state. The first task to be done when you start meditation is to abandon all thoughts about the “I “ and “ mine “and turn your attention towards your own self. To make the mind give up its attachment to worldly objects and make it attach itself to Reality, the Brahman.
—Sadguru Shri Avadhootanand Maharaj. Nisargadattashram Mogarbav.