What experiences in life helped you grow the most?
If we look at our body from a spiritual aspect, our scriptures mention that our body has nine gates within itself. They are-
1. Right eye
2. Left eye
3. Right ear
4. Left ear
5. Right nostril
6. Left nostril
7. Mouth
8. Genitals
9. Anus
Also, in our scriptures, the body is compared to a city, a city consisting of 9 gates (entrance/exits). The king in the city is the consciousness, the Queen the intelligence, both are bound together in this city.
According to Bhagavad Gita 5.13-
सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी |
नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन् ||
Meaning- The embodied beings who are self-controlled and detached reside happily in the city of nine gates free from thoughts that they are the doers or the cause of anything.
This philosophy is explained in detail in Bhagavat Purana 4:29-
यदा जिघृक्षन्पुरुषः कार्त्स्न्येन प्रकृतेर्गुणान् ।
नवद्वारं द्विहस्ताङ्घ्रि तत्रामनुत साध्विति ॥
Meaning- When the living entity wants to enjoy the modes of material nature in their totality, he/she prefers, out of many bodily forms, to accept that body which has nine gates, two hands, and two legs. Thus he/she prefers to become a human being or a demigod.
Through these gates, ten kinds of internal air keep passing within the body. Some of prana, apana, udana, vyana, samana, etc. These internal air are responsible for the flow of energy and diseases within our body (Will write in detail about it. One can guard these gates through yoga. Guarding these gates will provide balance within you and help you reach the 10th gate, which is MOKSHA.
When and how is insight obtained?
To know and understand the insight, we have to take the help of Shiva and Bhagwati and surrender to Lord Shiva selflessly. By the grace of Shiva, the path of consciousness becomes easy. Consciousness refers to the awakening of man, that is, the state of mind when he realizes his own and the world’s existence. In other words, we can also call consciousness mind. Since we live with our mind there is a fear hidden behind every action of a person who lives with the mind. If we pay more attention to the insight of our soul than to consciousness, then the state of consciousness is attained. There is no greed, jealousy, or anger in the mind of the living person. He becomes fearless
The level of consciousness in the life of every human being is also different. Satoguna, Rajoguna, and Tamogun all come to the plane of consciousness. But the soul is outside all these qualities of nature. Therefore it is important to know the insight of the soul. When a person knows insight, all his sufferings and troubles go away. Now the point is how to know insight. Just as intellectual and scientific vision is necessary to see molecules and atoms, meditation and cultivation are necessary to know the soul. The study of the soul is called spirituality. When we know and recognize our soul, we reach the fourth dimension of consciousness, after which our consciousness becomes clean and pure
Spirituality is beyond science 