...the first step is so important, for everyone to start meditating,
to start to awaken their spiritual forces, to remember that they are a
part of God already. A lot of people do not know it. They do not
remember that they have come from God.
They have this amnesia that, “No, we are not a part of
God. We are just our little egos, and we are separated.” They feel
bad about themselves or they feel bad about their lives, “How small I
am,” or something like that. But if they experience that they are a
part of God, they know that they are not small. They are a part of
God so they will easily follow the rest of the Path.
http://www.maitreya.org/FILES/Feast/Lectures/1st_seal_Mystical_Path.htm