Swamiji, I have read so much yogic philosophy that says that this mind/body that I inhabit is not the ultimate reality-that there is something much higher. Could I have your view as to what is the definitive reality of this life?

Ans : There is one great Reality, the Cosmic Being that is the source and origin of countless millions of universes. It is the non-dual Reality, present and hidden as the subtlest of the subtle, beyond the senses, and something that the mind cannot comprehend. That Reality is the centre of your being and is your eternal identity. This little 'I' of our personal ego that pushes and pulls us, that twists and turns us and shoves us down, is not our true 'I.'
Great enlightened saints and seers have given us the task for this life-Arise, awake and attain illumination. The whole of the process of your being and doing, thinking and acting should be this process of arising, being awake and alert, and attaining illumination. Then alone we are living. Call it brahma-jnana, call it Christ-consciousness, call it satori, call it the Supreme Tao, call it nirvana…It is the one, supreme, non-dual experience that liberates you forever from the bondage to yourself. It liberates you forever from this dream of being bound to a non-existent conglomeration of names and forms that is this universal appearance. This is the one and the only message-this is the one and only teaching.