When I hear people discussing about going to Himalayas (deep dense forests) in search of inherent cosmic values of life I feel pitying them. Unable to come out of their old mindset, none wants to indulge in contemplation (chintan) to realize for self everything logically.
In present times there was no need to going to Himalayas or places of isolation at all. But this mistake was also committed by me above 45 years back when around 15 years of age I asked my mother permission for going to Himalayas permanently, leaving my family forever. I wanted to go for indulging in contemplation (chintan) all the time on inherent vital issues of life.
When my mother said over my dead body, there was never looking back. Since that day I started my spiritual pursuit of life even while conducting day-to-day affairs of life. Slowly I realized spirituality could be easily practiced at home. As spirituality demands inner journey towards our soul atman, spirit existing in heart the most we could do was become an introvert.
And finally I became an introvert of the highest order, never responding to what people said or did. I started living in my own domain, space.
Spiritual journey demands only one thing, indulgence in chintan (contemplation) all the time. This could be easily achieved at home.
Even while walking, jogging, swimming, carrying out affairs of my business I could easily indulge in contemplation on god. Practically every single moment of life I could do chintan (indulge in contemplation).
Around 15 years of age my father taught me art of shavasna (the dead pose). Lying in shavasna pose of yoga when going to bed in night I always indulged in chintan (contemplation) on queries within. Forming a roundtable conference consisting of Lord Krishna, Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed… even Adi Shankaracharya, Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharshi Ramana I started my spiritual indulgence.
As the query accordingly the preceptor! If I wanted to know anything about Jainism my query was addressed to Mahavira. To know anything about Christianity I addressed my query to Jesus Christ. In the morning when I got up all my queries within had dissolved forever.
The next night the same routine with a new set of queries!
Finally one day in the wee hours of third of August 1993 all queries within finally dissolved forever. In the cosmic journey of life I finally became a pure soul atman, a self realized person.
Having reached cosmic end of life I have nothing more to do. Moment I leave my mortal frame I shall attain moksha salvation.