Theoretical religion is only superficially satisfying; its supports give way under the stress of tests. True religion is the actual experience of God. Man came from God, but lost Him midst the dazzling desires of the world; and this loss is the cause of all human grief and suffering.
As man descended from transcendental Spirit into the body and the sensory world, when his life and consciousness flowed down and outward through the seven subtle cerebrospinal centers, the door to this inner kingdom leading back to God became locked by materialism. It cannot be opened by theorization and blind belief.
It is better to forge by scientific meditation the key of Self – realization, which alone will unlock the door to inner God -communion, rather than remain outside in material consciousness, unable to reach God with useless loud theological lamentations of dissatisfaction.
Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda
