From my childhood days I have always been a lover of Spirituality.  I have listened to many concepts of truth.  yet there was a void within me that keeps  saying to me there was something more to  all of this.
 In 1978, I was transferred from the Regional Office of the Ministry of Works, to the Head office in the City.of Georgetown Guyana.
 One day an Indian woman clad in white sari, came into the Office, and invited me to come to the Raj Yoga center, which was one block away from my place of employment. 
 This was the turning point of my spirituality, as I sat in the center   I felt at that moment, complete, peaceful and free.
 I took the seven days course, and all the questions that I had searched for, for years were answered in that course.  I became self realized in those seven days.
             I realized that I am not my physical body, I am a soul ,that the soul is changeless it is immortal and industructible. The soul has three faculties, the mind, the intellect and the memory, it  uses  the body to play it’s role as mother as daughter, sister, wife, etc. I realized that this is not my first birth that I am eternal, imortal, and that I always existed.
 
 I realized that in  the creation story in Genesis, 2-7, when God created us he gave us his qualities and virtues but I the soul always existed. I have come to the realization that the life that I have now is based on my actions in my  previous births, reason is the soul is influenced and not immune to it actions 
 
 I have come to the realization  that my image is that of a soul, and my likeness to God is to be like Him, loveful, peaceful, merciful etc. these are the qualities of God. If God created me and named me a Soul, then He too is a Soul, but Supreme in  nature.
 
             We live in a world of peacelessnes, man is still seeking to find themselves and God.  When realization of the self takes place then  realization of God will come and we would to know  that we are seeking what we are, and that is Peace..  Peace is the nature of the Soul. peace cannot be found externally, the mountain is only a reminder to us of who we really are. It all begins with us.  It is our duty to do our part as peaceful souls and realize that wars are brought about not by a peaceful and faithful divine action but when selfishness predominates us, there is an emission of the qualities of God that are within us.
 
           In the world today there are rumors of wars, there is so much pain and suffering. We are at the end of the World cycle.  There is a deep need for moral and spiridtual values, which can only come about through the knowledge of self realization.  Self  Realization is to know who you are. Becoming self realized helps us to live balanced lives, it developes moral character then the noble qualities of God are exemplified in our every day lives, such as faith in God, respect, kindness, consideration for others, courage, and even-mindedness.  These qualities reflects that one has come to know self. Self Realization creates right characters and helps us to establish positive habits such as self-discipline, service to other, truthfulness, and the ability to perform elevated actions .
 
 
When we become  Self realization  we become aware that the suffering of mankind is caused because of the lack of knowledge of the self. Remember we were pure soulsl. Sufering is an indication that the soul has become impure.
 
We have twenty four hours in one day.  Let us give one hour of each day to pay attention to the self, the (Soul) and its daily activities.
Let us pose questions to ourselves, like who am I? and who God is? Self Realization makes us introverted, it pays attention to the mind and it’s association, it loves silence, it keeps us in our original nature of pace.     
 
Through this one drop of realization, our lives can be transformed, and through us this world would become a better place.