The primary aim should be to become Masters of yourselves, to hold intimate and constant communion with the Divine that is in you as well as in the Universe of which you are a part. Welcome disappointments, for they toughen you and test your fortitude. (SSS Vol.7, p. 214)
All rivers join the ocean. Likewise, the aim of all Sadhana is the merging of the individual soul with the universal soul. God’s grace is the unlimited ocean. The water vapour symbolises the ‘Sadhana’(propitiation); the cloud is ‘Satya’ (truth); and the raindrops are ‘Prema’ (love). They collect together to form the stream of ‘ananda’ (bliss), which joins the vast ocean of ‘Anugraha’ (Divine Grace). (SSB 1979, p. 95)
The main aim of human life is to acquire the knowledge of the Self. This is the true Purushartha (goal of life). Human life will find fulfilment if this goal is attained. (DD on 28-07-1999, p. 1)
The aim of Spirituality is to sow the seeds of love in all mankind and enable the buds of Peace to blossom in their minds. (SSS Vol.23, p. 155)