Tuesday, August 14, 2007

THE REALISATION OF REALITY.

“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.”
-SWAMI VIVEKANANDA-

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

We all live in world of uncertainity,(Life is like a drop of water on the Lotus Leaf) it is impermeneant, 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 incarnted into ? With his present make-up and the sum total, how canm he hope to improve his position, much less be and heir to,the bliss and beautitude 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 permenant bliss and beautitude ? 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 inevitablty 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 what is right action. To act in unison with in 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, cleasr 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 awaremesses and reaches the serenity(Its difficult ofcourse-but possible)has achieved all that needs to achieve in life.

J.K

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