Daily Readings from the Works of Swami Venkatesananda


Venkatesa Daily Readings Vol 1

December 19, 2025

     The word is the Scripture, the truth, the highest wisdom, the consciousness that is God himself. But until the truth is discovered and realized, the word remains a sealed book, the hidden treasure. Food outside the body decays but the same food eaten, digested and assimilated, becomes body, becomes “me”, becomes living substance. Scripture outside one’s self is a dead weight, because it causes the illusion of knowledge and thus blocks discovery or realization.

     When the same Scripture (word) is discovered, uncovered and is seen in the light, then it is assimilated. There is sameness between the truth and the discoverer, the seeker and the sought. The word becomes flesh, spiritual being; it is not a foreign body suspended in the stomach, it is not even a “part” of one’s being, it is one's being itself.

     That is religion. That is holy Communion. That is yoga. This light is within every one of us  and has to be diligently sought there in meditation. Meditation in itself may look like a technique  to begin with but with persistent practice it becomes life itself. Then daily life becomes divine life.

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