Inner and Outer Education

Question: How can meditation help with the problem of teen suicide?

Sri Chinmoy: Here we see the supreme necessity of education. The inner education or even outer education is needed. I was told that in Japan the suicide rate is very high, and in other countries also. Many will not accept the spiritual life. It is too much for them. But you can take from my writings what happens when you commit suicide. If you can freely distribute my writings on suicide, perhaps some will believe it.

This world gets completely lost and goes down, down. But with the Forgiveness and Grace of the Supreme, seekers can go up. Again, with the intervention of spiritual Masters or highly advanced souls, or by the special intervention of the Supreme, if people commit suicide, they can be saved. But for ordinary human beings, suicide is the worst possible blunder. Blunder is the right word; otherwise, who believes in sin? It is all imperfection. Imperfection is nothing short of sin.

Now they need some mental light in their mind, a little light. You can take from my writings on suicide and also on hope, never to give up hope – that kind of inspiring thing. Never give up hope; there is time, there is time while walking along Eternity’s Road. Always there should be encouragement for those people. Suicide is a most serious crime against the soul. It is like we have a beautiful bird inside the cage, and we smash the cage. It is very sad.

24 February 2007 Chiang Mai, Thailand