Question: You Said Before That Each Incarnation...

Question: You said before that each incarnation is a steppingstone towards our God-realisation. Does that mean that we can’t reach God in this life?

Sri Chinmoy: No, not at all. It is a matter of previous background and aspiration. If one has been aspiring and meditating in previous lifetimes, then there is no reason why he cannot attain realisation in his present incarnation on the strength of his aspiration. Since we are all progressing towards realisation, in one incarnation or another this realisation is bound to take place. As I said, it is a matter of the aspirant’s spiritual development.