Fine Tune Heart And Head With Commitment
In Indian culture, there is a maxim called 'andha panku nyaaya'. The narration goes further-a blind man and a lamé person are trapped in a forest Fire. One cannot see but he can walk, while the other cannot walk but he can see. They both help each other... lame person guiding and the blind person carrying the lame person and thus they both escape the forestfire. We are caught in theforest fire of samsara, living a life of deficiency. Our head and heart each has one type of strength and also one type of weakness. Strengthening the strengths and weakening the weaknesses makes a person integrated. Krishna refers to such an integrated person as yuktaha. In such an integrated space one can come out of the forest fire of samsara, conflict and the ups and downs in life. We need to amalgamate both head oriented knowledge and heart oriented devotion. In the words of Adi Shankar Acharya, both head and heart should blend in the right proportion. Fine tune both your head and heart right now, in all walks of your life. Dealing with your partner, sometimes only the head may not work, sometimes only the heart may not work. At times, you have to be flexible with both dimensions of your heart and head. The complete works of Adi Shankar Acharya addresses both these methods: balancing your head and your heart. What is very important is your commitment towards growth and enlightenment-moksha, towards liberation, niravana, call it by any name it does not matter. It is such a commitment which brings about a certain synergy, brings about certain homeostasis in your whole being. Without commitment all knowledge one acquires will only decorate one's ego. Without commitment towards enlightenment all the feelings in one's heart are directed towards decorating a feeling that one is a very heart oriented person. Have you seen a lot of 'feeling oriented arrogance ‘as some people express? More often they shun knowledge and take shelter by declaring that they are just feeling oriented. Therefore, the bottom line is-it is neither the head oriented knowledge nor heart oriented feelings but it inthe commitment towards liberation-nirvana which is most important. Just fora moment let us scan back to the lives of great masters. We realise that there existed thirst for achieving enlightenment irrespective of the situations or difficulties that they encountered in their lives. By studying the lives of enlightened masters one gets in touch with the recipe for engaging in an adventure-ature adventure of life. In fact, this adventure is the very purpose of their whole lifetime. It iswhat is the quality of an enlighten person ('Siddhashya lakshanaani should become the effort for the seeksaadhakasya saadhanani prayatnensampaadyani iti shravanaat. For example, if someone's cookiability is something to be emulated, recipe of that good cooking should betaken and adopted in one's life. Pause for a moment; let us exam clearly our commitment and fine tumour understanding so as to get claritand polish our understanding. Allg masters had commitment towards enlightenment, and it is that commitment with which one's knowledge w sharpen the focus. One's heart, one’ elevated feeling is going to smoother one’s way into understanding. Witha deeprooted commitment nothing substantial would happen.
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Courtesy: Swami Sukhabodhananda and Speaking Tree,Times of India
Fine Tune Heart And Head With Commitment
In Indian culture, there is a maxim called 'andha panku nyaaya'. The narration goes further-a blind man and a lamé person are trapped in a forest Fire. One cannot see but he can walk, while the other cannot walk but he can see. They both help each other... lame person guiding and the blind person carrying the lame person and thus they both escape the forestfire. We are caught in theforest fire of samsara, living a life of deficiency. Our head and heart each has one type of strength and also one type of weakness. Strengthening the strengths and weakening the weaknesses makes a person integrated. Krishna refers to such an integrated person as yuktaha. In such an integrated space one can come out of the forest fire of samsara, conflict and the ups and downs in life. We need to amalgamate both head oriented knowledge and heart oriented devotion. In the words of Adi Shankar Acharya, both head and heart should blend in the right proportion. Fine tune both your head and heart right now, in all walks of your life. Dealing with your partner, sometimes only the head may not work, sometimes only the heart may not work. At times, you have to be flexible with both dimensions of your heart and head. The complete works of Adi Shankar Acharya addresses both these methods: balancing your head and your heart. What is very important is your commitment towards growth and enlightenment-moksha, towards liberation, niravana, call it by any name it does not matter. It is such a commitment which brings about a certain synergy, brings about certain homeostasis in your whole being. Without commitment all knowledge one acquires will only decorate one's ego. Without commitment towards enlightenment all the feelings in one's heart are directed towards decorating a feeling that one is a very heart oriented person. Have you seen a lot of 'feeling oriented arrogance ‘as some people express? More often they shun knowledge and take shelter by declaring that they are just feeling oriented. Therefore, the bottom line is-it is neither the head oriented knowledge nor heart oriented feelings but it inthe commitment towards liberation-nirvana which is most important. Just fora moment let us scan back to the lives of great masters. We realise that there existed thirst for achieving enlightenment irrespective of the situations or difficulties that they encountered in their lives. By studying the lives of enlightened masters one gets in touch with the recipe for engaging in an adventure-ature adventure of life. In fact, this adventure is the very purpose of their whole lifetime. It iswhat is the quality of an enlighten person ('Siddhashya lakshanaani should become the effort for the seeksaadhakasya saadhanani prayatnensampaadyani iti shravanaat. For example, if someone's cookiability is something to be emulated, recipe of that good cooking should betaken and adopted in one's life. Pause for a moment; let us exam clearly our commitment and fine tumour understanding so as to get claritand polish our understanding. Allg masters had commitment towards enlightenment, and it is that commitment with which one's knowledge w sharpen the focus. One's heart, one’ elevated feeling is going to smoother one’s way into understanding. Witha deeprooted commitment nothing substantial would happen.
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Swami Sukhabodhananda and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Swami Sukhabodhananda and Speaking Tree,Times of India