Everything has its price. Without paying the price, one cannot receive the things one desires. Similarly, the realisation of God also has its price, and this price is man’s being. Nothing less than that can be the price of the realisation of God. It can be attained only at the cost of the negation of one’s self. If one is not willing to negate oneself, one cannot achieve the realisation of God. One’s negation does not mean some kind of mysterious words counted out on the rosary. It can be done only through reflection and contemplation rather than by doing physical exercises in the name of spirituality. What is self-negation? Self-negation for man is to discover the Lord to the extent that his existence in comparison to that of God becomes valueless.