Our mind willfully accepts every truth without doubting anything. We always feel that whatever we see, that is this world and the universe are also true and therefore naturally accept it. We never give any thought to it anytime as our mind is ever ready to run towards the attractive visible. We forget that the real thing, the Atman, is invisible, minute of the minutest and is witness to all the happenings in the universe all the time simultaneously. We should therefore try not to be attracted towards the visible but consciously make an effort to turn the attention of our mind to the Atman. If we don’t do this then we will believe in the non existent universe which is a myth and an illusion. The tool for making this change in our perception is wisdom as defined by spiritualism. One very important thing has to be mentioned here. Many great philosophers have lived on this earth but only except for seven of them no one else gave so much importance to wisdom. The first one of them was Lord Krishna who told Bhagwadgeeta. The great Sage Kapilacharya who formulated and explained Sankhyadarshan was the second. The fourth one was Roman philosopher Platinus who died in 270 A.D. And the fifth one was the Aadi Shankaracharya who revived the Hindu religion and left his mortal body at the age of just 32 years in 810 A.D. The great Jew philosopher Spinozza who died in 1677 was the sixth and Shree Samarth was the last one. Shree Samarth’s faith in wisdom is so unwavering and ultimate that he believes that one can get to the Parbrahma with the proper and just use of wisdom even without any Sadhana! The Vedanta preaching regarding self realization starts with the application of wisdom but Shree Samarth through his vast experience in both the practical and the spiritual aspects of life helps the worshipper in the middle and the end of the path of spiritualism. According to Shree Samarth anyone can acquire wisdom if he has one or all of the three following attributes.
1) He should have done some holy work during his last life and because of that in this life he realizes the falsehood of the life itself which leads him to the knowledge about the self.
2) He should have undergone probably the ultimate grief in the world that very few have to face which makes him fed up of the life itself and he turns to spiritualism for knowing the inner self for some sort of peace.
3) He should aspire for being in the company of the Saints and once he finds the Saint willing to be with him he should by all means cling to him as an inseparable part of the Saint who then can lead him to the self realization.
The wisdom of recognizing what is full of Atman and what is not is written all over the Saints’ body and mind. It glows around them throughout their whole life. In their company you will always get to listen to the fact that except for the Atman and the ultimate Atman everything else is an illusion. Imbibing this, one automatically is inclined towards and becomes eager to have the view of his own self. Precisely due to this reason Shree Samarth time and again insists in the Dasbodha that one should spend as much time as is possible in listening to the Saints by being in their company. Yet given the vagaries and uncertainties of life it is not possible for everyone to be in the company of the Saints all the time, therefore Shree Samarth advises that one should at least try to read the message given by them through their books. He goes on to add that just reading the preaching won’t do but trying to practice it in everyday life will yield the desired results.