The Practice Before The Practice

The title of Mark Nepo's book The Endless Practice: Becoming Who You Were Born To Be is like a mirror for me to see the reflection of the spiritual journey of my life. We are pilgrims of light to discover the purpose of life. It's a long journey. It requires the practice of knowing where I'm going and the practice of remaining awake, alert and steadfast as I'm walking on the path. As the author says "I need to meet life head-on and heart-on" and "reveal the gift." It took time for me to figure out the purpose of my life. Why am I here? I had read about it by reading spiritual books and talking with advanced spiritual seekers and teachers. I sincerely walked on the path head-on and heart-on. I took two steps forward on the the path of spirituality and one step backword. As I had seen the glimmers of light I continued my journey. The light of my faith never got extingusihed. Patience and perseverance, practicing meditation, and seeing the light coming from within have been very helpful to me in the pilgrimage of mylife. Namaste! Jagdish P Dave