THE REALISATION OF REALITY.

Please read and understand what Swami Vivekananda had
said:-

“Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to
manifest this divine within, by controlling nature,
external and internal. Do this either by work, or
worship, or psychic control, or philosophy, by one, or
more, or all of these- be free and feel free.”

Life is a precious gift. It is the gateway to freedom
and light, but is seldom seen and experienced as
manifestation of colour and beauty, love and
compassion.

We all live in world of uncertainty, it is
impermanent, illusory- a place of pain, non-eternal.
Here happiness is a mirage, which never eludes us. Joy
is only an interlude between continuing sufferings.
Man and nature seems to have conspired to add to our
woes.There is apprehension in man’s mind, a sense of
bewilderment at the state of our being and the
inevitability of death which none can escape.

How is one to face re-birth ? What can one expect to
be incarnated into ? With his present make-up and the
sum total of what one is, how Can he hope to improve
his position, much less be an heir to,the bliss and
beatitude of life everlasting ?

Can we ever change our destiny? Can we ever conquer
death and attain a state where there is no
want,sorrow,suffering, sickness and old age i.e. a
state of permanent bliss and beatitude ? So many
profound questions for which baffled humanity seeks an
answer.

Most of us ,ever remain busy in our day to day
pursuits, seldom ask ourselves the questions:-

Who am I ?
Where did I come from ?
Why do I exist ?
Where am I going ?

Confused about the real and ultimate goal of life,
which is ‘SELF REALISATION’-to come face to face with
the reality and be free. Stress is on living a life
of purity. Blessed are the pure in heart for they
shall see God. To be pure is to be pure in thought and
action. To live one has to work. We are born to work.
Work is the greatest salvation of mankind. It can
inevitably lead one towards the supreme goal- THE
REALISATION OF REALITY.

The secret is “To perform right action without
attachment and with out hoping for the results of our
actions.By performing action without attachment and
surrendering all actions to the Supreme,leads one to
the supreme.

Question arises as to what is right action. To act in
unison with the divine, rather unselfish and detached
action. It springs from right thinking motivated by
pure mind which is ever blessed with divine grace, its
like a rippleless lake, clear and transparent. This is
THE REALISATION OF REALITY. Mind and action go
together as fire and heat-One cannot exist with out
the other. Mind is the source of all our actions. It
can be the cause of the bondage as also the key to
liberation and the mind plays the most dominant role
in one's life.

Desire, what is it? It is the projection of one's
mind, is the root cause of all evils and ills. One
suffer more by desire of things rather than lack of
things. Therefore the mind should be without desire.
Once there is no desire , there is no ego and mind
remains without fear,,envy,anger and hatred. One who
has acquired these awareness and reaches the
serenity,(Its difficult of course and not
impossible)has achieved all that needs to achieve in
life.

When we talk of desirelessness it does not mean to
work without any motivation and inspiration.Continue
to work diligently,earnestly, whole heartedly but
without attachment and hankering after the fruit of
action.Do your best earnestly and sincerely and leave
it to God, policy is good.

Now comes the question of fate and free will. How is
one to explain the inequalities of birth? One is born
as heir to the throne of a vast empire of wealth, the
other one is born in a low and wretched home. One is
born with high intelligence and become scholar,
doctor, professional etc, the other one is born as
sub-normal without intelligence. Of all the
explanations, the doctrine of Karma, as propounded in
the Bhagavad Gita, offers a more logical explanation
Do not confuse the theory of karma with that of theory
of fate. We carry with us the whole past-an indelible
record which neither time can blur nor death can
erase.But the free will exists there.

One can rise above and go beyond the laws of karma.
Can wipe out one's past and completely change one's
destiny- How ? again question. The answer is
Meditation. Meditate on Brahman. Knower of Brahman
becomes Brahman. By being attuned to the eternal, one
can attain eternity and thereby reach the state of
singularity, when all laws of cause and effect and all
mathematical equations break down. All the inevitable
and destined consequences of our past actions,
termed as "Prarabhdha" can be wiped out and makes one
enter into the REALISATION OF REALITY.

J.K