In Christianity, Epiphany is the feast that celebrates the manifestation of Jesus and the revelation to mankind that God has taken human form. Today, we crave instantaneous gratification. Yet, attaining god consciousness and witnessing the effulgence of epiphany requires protracted sadhana.
However, to unravel this misconceived belief, look at the path through the lens of ‘self-efficacy’, a concept conceived by American psychologist Albert Bandura. Self-efficacy is the ‘belief in oneself‘, marked by the ‘can-do’ spirit.
Those who harbour this belief confront life’s trials head-on, like Maryada Purushottam Ram did. Conversely, those languishing in low self-efficacy flee from real-life encounters.
The dormant ember of self-efficacy often resides within our being, awaiting the guiding hand of a mentor or guru to breathe life into its slumbering ember, like the king of bears, Jamvant, who rekindled in Hanuman awareness of his boundless might in the Ramayan.
Krishn avers in the Moksh Sanyas Yog of the Bhagwad Gita, ‘The pleasures of the material world are fleeting, a captivating facade that leads to anguish. Yet, the wise remain undeluded by its transient allure, for they discern the sublime, and in the end, attain eternal bliss.’