His Divine Holiness Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam has delivered almost 20,000 hours of recorded talks till date. As part of the talks, He shares simple small stories that give powerful cognitive shifts to the listener. Following is one such story:
Once a man approached the great enlightened master Ramana Maharishi
and asked him, 'Bhagavan, am I qualified for spiritual life?'
Ramana answered him with a question, 'Are you alive?'
The man was startled. He said, 'Yes, of course!'
Ramana replied, 'That is enough. You already have the necessary
qualification for spirituality!'
The very aim of human life is enlightenment. The possibility of becoming enlightened lies in the Kundalini shakti, an extraordinary potential energy
which is hidden inside every human body. If it can be awakened, it will take you to a different plane of consciousness, a different plane of Existence.
The possibility to become a different conscious being is present only in human
beings. Animals don't have this potential to become enlightened, to become
different conscious beings.