Like all the planets move on their orbit centering around the sun, the life of a person exists and continue to move on, based on a pull which remains outside his own self. This is perhaps a primordial affinity in man’s nature, which sometimes has been said as the genial current of the soul. A person’s life gets shaped and formed based on who or what is there at the center. Sri Sri Thakur wants us to put a superior beloved, nay the Supreme Beloved, at that place and tells us to make him the pivot of life. Life is in any way concentric, by origin; we have to only put an Ideal there.

If we do not place an Ideal there, there will be something else in that place, knowingly or unknowingly, which would then drive us in the manner it likes. Invariably, it is any of the various kinds of complexes, which are called obsessions, are found to be there, may be by design or by default. It is a complex psychological process, which is not always perceptible to all of us. But we can understand this at times, may be when we are at a distress, or in a dispassionate mood or may be by some kind of enlightened vision. Whatever may be our perception on this issue, since the issue is very complex, it is advisable to go as per the view of the great sages. Our rational understanding may not be enough to drive deep into it unhurt. Our vision may be shrouded by emotion and indulgence. Nevertheless, it is easier to grasp this while paying attention to the sayings of wise man.

An Ideal is said to be fulfiller the best. We need to have such an ideal before us whom we can follow and be fulfilled to the best of our requirement and who can guide us in the most unerring way.

Theoretically, we can have any one as ideal whom we love and to whom we are prepared to surrender. The fact is that as we follow the ideal, the strength and limitation of the ideal also would have influence on us. It is not very difficult to appreciate that higher is the goal better would be the progress. Similarly, higher is the ideal, better would be our benefit. On the strength of that argument, it is to be said that our ideal should the best, the highest, the most evolved person, the best guide and hence the God himself. We need to have an ideal like Lord Rama was for Hanuman, Lord Krishna for Arjuna, Sri Ramakrishna for Swami Vivekananda; all these are live examples.
On the basis of these yardsticks, Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra comes out the most appropriate Ideal for us, as has been said about his identity in the previous paragraphs. Another very reassuring fact for us is that Sri Sri Thakur himself has given us his words that once you surrender before him, he takes care of you.

Keeping ideal at the center of life essentially means to make him an integral part your core being. There has to be a deep and intimate relationship between you and Sri Sri Thakur. Sri Sri Thakur should have such emotional link with you that you would do every thing what he says. Consciously and sub consciously your thought and action will be guided by him. This is a kind of subconscious and automatic process. It has a natural force of its own, as Sri Sri Thakur is a very loveable personality and he has a strong pull effect. But a conscious effort also needs to be put in that direction. Sri Sri Thakur has provided the required path as to how to do that. We need to just mentally condition ourselves to listen what he says and do accordingly.

Among many other things that Sri Sri Thakur says, he says one simple thing. ‘You just love me’- a very short and sweet advice. In fact very high level spiritual practices become easier, if only we love him. Attachment to him is devotion. With love and devotion on the Ideal, there would be a continuous progressive refinement, which would take place almost imperceptibly. It is like how a plant grows after putting it in the soil and providing it with water, air and sunlight. Basically, after that, it is the law of nature that takes over.
With ideal at the center, life would become concentrated and focused. Having a framework of Sri Sri Thakur’s ideology in your mind and as that framework can solve all your ideological conflicts and can fulfill all other established ideologies, then you would not be torn asunder by a plethora of apparently contradictory views and emotions. Basically you now have a formula by which very difficult problems in life can be solved. You would rarely find yourself at a crossroad, as you have a compass in your own hand. You can get live guidance when it is required.

Now let us pass through an interesting dilemma. Either you are ideal centric or you are complex oriented. Complexes can give you temporary enjoyment, but can jeopardize your long-term interest (you may not come to know of that). Ideal can give you a balanced long-term growth oriented tenor of life. All these have to be understood in relative terms. There is nothing good or bad in absolute sense. In real life things are not always in black and white. Each one of us has to find a solution to this dilemma.

Sri Sri Thakur’s has provided a very simple solution to the mystery surrounding complexes. He says complexes like lust, anger, greed and such other obsessions are natural tendency of human being. These have been part of human psychology; hence these are not to be shunned of; nothing very much to worried about at their manifestation in our behaviour. In fact these are useful tools provided by nature to ourselves and each one of these feelings has got a very useful function to do. Only thing is that they need to be handled appropriately. The best way to handle them is to keep oneself under the influence of the Ideal. These complexes are very dreadful to the Ideal, as Ideal has got complete mastery on them. As long as a person is in touch with the Ideal, all these complexes would play only their assigned role. The moment, a person gets outside the area of influence of the Ideal, these complexes will assume various devilish role and start acting on the head of the person. Once they rise up the head, the person on his own cannot get rid of it. Again he needs the Ideal to come out their clutch. That is why Sri Sri Thakur advises hid disciples always to remain within the focal area of the Ideal’s light, so that the shadow of complexes will automatically shy away. Like we cannot fight with darkness without the help of light, similarly we cannot get rid of complexes without the help of the Ideal.

Once man is away from the clutches of complexes, then he is in fact master of his own self. In that state man can explore all the potential lying dormant in him. He can concentrate; he can regulate himself and can do whatever he wants to do. Then he can drive and play with emotions.

The attachment to ideal opens up so many fronts in a man’s mind that he out grows his boundary. The Ideal inspires him to go on achieving and acquiring more and more. The attachment with Ideal is a sure way to unfetter oneself from all kinds of bondage that man builds around himself. Sri Sri Thakur always inspired and supported people to live, grow, enjoy and acquire. Sri Sri Thakur promised peace and prosperity by means of the ideology that he preached.

The more we are attached to Sri Sri Thakur, more the chances that we get all what he wanted us to give. It all now is in our hand as to how much attached we feel for him and how much we translate his advises into practice and accordingly we get our selves rewarded.

Attachment with Ideal is not merely emotional issue, though Sri Sri Thakur at one place said that attachment has to be sentimental and fanatic. Attachment has to be inquisitive, active and volitional. Attachment has always to be followed by service and sacrifice. So attachment with Sri Sri Thakur will also necessarily have all these elements of activism. When a person will be actively fulfilling the wishes of Sri Sri Thakur, he will be outgrowing his own former self and possibilities for him will be immense. Sri Sri Thakur wants us to grow and be evolved into a very superior variety of human being.

Let us make a realistic appraisal of ourselves and admit that we do not have that kind of attachment. Sri Sri Thakur has provided way and means of acquiring that feeling of attachment. He has prescribed such ideological rites and formulae that the attachment will grow and culminate in the supreme state of devotion and faith.