ABSTRACT
All that we know of perfection is that it refers to a state where nothing is lacking—all is abiding peace and fulfilment. In a way, each one of us seeks perfection. The sick man seeks it in his struggle for perfect health. The poor man yearns for the ‘perfection’ he thinks wealth will bring him. Kapila, the ancient Hindu philosopher, expressed the state of perfection in a negative way, defining it as the ‘complete cessation of misery’. Expressed positively, the Vedic seers called it sat, immortal fife; chit, infinite consciousness or wisdom; and ananda, infinite love and bliss. Patanjali, the father of Indian psychology, explained the existence of this Godhead in man by means of an illustration from agriculture. The farmer who irrigates one of his fields from a reservoir does not have to fetch the water. Christ, like other great spiritual teachers, stated quite plainly that man must seek God within himself.
