Strong desire, keeping good company and practice are the three steps for quick spiritual evolution. To comprehend the subtle spiritual truth, citta (memory) must be free from impurities and imbalances through the practice of meditation. Only in this way can one enter into the state of realization.
-Shrimat Bhupendranath Sanyal Mahasaya
In the course of his missionary activity Nanak often visited foreign countries. According to local folklore, he is said to have visited Mecca in the guise of a Muslim devotee. But his not paying heed to Mohammedan etiquette nearly cost him his life. On his first night at Mecca he slept with his feet towards the Kaaba. He was rudely awakened by an Arab clergyman who said, “Who is this sleeping Kaafir (infidel) who lies with his feet towards God?”. To this Guru Nanak replied, “Turn my feet in the direction where God is not”.
