# Dual Life
- URL: https://www.petrikajander.com/dual-life/
- Author: Petri Kajander
- Date: 2004-10-25
- Language: en

Our inner life is sacred and personal to each of us. Our external life we share with the world. It is not obvious that they can be in harmony and still enable the sought-for inner realization. But it is possible.

History has given us examples of sacred people who lived in isolated places and practiced their spiritual life. Often, we have this image of true practitioners, and nothing else is "serious" or real enough. Inner peace and mindlessness do not require any particular place or arrangement. We can practice it no matter where we are. It also stays with us when we have reached the right level. Actually, our environment and circumstances are no obstacles to our inner development.

We have to live in the world and take care of our duties and responsibilities. Actually, what provides a better opportunity to practice detachment and tranquility than the challenges of our everyday life? Our situations provide us with the training arena where we should be able to stay in a totally harmonious inner state—no matter what we are experiencing.

Living under time and space where causality is imposed does not mean that we cannot have a rich inner life as well. We can experience both worlds continuously. A place or situation will have no significance for us because our life is our state of mind. We create the meaning for the circumstances— not the other way around.

True teachings are nonverbal. They are not given by any symbols (i.e., writings, talk)—we have to experience them directly. Therefore, our life defines our existence, and by our behavior and actions we state who we are. What would be a better way to share the wisdom we have gained than to live among people and be a practical example? No words are necessary.