We Tend To Forget Who We Really Are
The root cause of our darkness is ignorance of our true Self, a complete and absolute notification with the physical m and its material possessions, cumulated out of excessive desire. The problem with many of us is that have completely identified ourselves ch the body-the physical, material pacts of our existence. But we are not bodies we wear! The body is only a ment we have worn during this sent earth-incarnation. o is the culprit It is again, the ego which creates in he illusion of separateness, making identify with the body. Overcoming is essential to attain jnana or sod. Overcoming ego subsumes patrol of the senses. When the senses disciplined, we become aware of the th of the soul within. We are not the bodies we wear; we are much more than the body-mind complex to which we attach too much importance! Sages and scholars have linked the Atman to the lamp shining within; it is surrounded by three separate covers; three separate layers. The mind is the first cover from the inside; the sense comes next; the flesh outside is the third. When the mind is unaware of the reality of the Atman within, when it thinks egoistically that is the 'doer it wallows in error. The mind must turn within, it must acknowledge the supremacy of the Atman. Alas, we are unaware of this great truth. We are obsessed with the physical and material. We look at the mirror, and we are dismayed by the wrinkles on our foreheads and the grey hair on our heads. We try to figure out ways of getting rid of those wrinkles and greying hair! Attachment and vanity result from excessive body-consciousness! The paradox Is it not a paradox that when we cling to the body, it tends to wither and lose its shine? When we disregard the body and use it merely as an instrument of service, it begins to glow with health and radiance! When i urge you not to identify yourself with the body, i am asking you to move away from the allures of the materialistic world. The more we identify with the body, the more we want, the more we crave, the more we possess, the more we get entangled in maya, illusion. Identification with the body leads to the illusion that power, pleasures and possessions of this world can make us happy. But this is not true; instead, the material possessions only keep us in bondage-the bondage of avidya or ignorance. Once you are freed from thillusion, you willrealisethe truth outsells, and move towards God-realisaticMan keeps on accumulating. Darksome of the rich people i meet, "Whatare you going to do with the millions yhave saved?" They tell me, "This is no the time to think of it. Now we are busmaking millions. When the time come will think of how to spend those millions." Alas, this is the tragedy of man-hthinks he has plenty of time! But suddenly, too suddenly, death pounceson him. Leaving everything behind, man bids adieu to the world. He had tifor everythingexcept Self-realisationand awareness of the truth of life
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Courtesy: Dada J P Vaswani and Speaking Tree , Times of India
We Tend To Forget Who We Really Are
The root cause of our darkness is ignorance of our true Self, a complete and absolute notification with the physical m and its material possessions, cumulated out of excessive desire. The problem with many of us is that have completely identified ourselves ch the body-the physical, material pacts of our existence. But we are not bodies we wear! The body is only a ment we have worn during this sent earth-incarnation. o is the culprit It is again, the ego which creates in he illusion of separateness, making identify with the body. Overcoming is essential to attain jnana or sod. Overcoming ego subsumes patrol of the senses. When the senses disciplined, we become aware of the th of the soul within. We are not the bodies we wear; we are much more than the body-mind complex to which we attach too much importance! Sages and scholars have linked the Atman to the lamp shining within; it is surrounded by three separate covers; three separate layers. The mind is the first cover from the inside; the sense comes next; the flesh outside is the third. When the mind is unaware of the reality of the Atman within, when it thinks egoistically that is the 'doer it wallows in error. The mind must turn within, it must acknowledge the supremacy of the Atman. Alas, we are unaware of this great truth. We are obsessed with the physical and material. We look at the mirror, and we are dismayed by the wrinkles on our foreheads and the grey hair on our heads. We try to figure out ways of getting rid of those wrinkles and greying hair! Attachment and vanity result from excessive body-consciousness! The paradox Is it not a paradox that when we cling to the body, it tends to wither and lose its shine? When we disregard the body and use it merely as an instrument of service, it begins to glow with health and radiance! When i urge you not to identify yourself with the body, i am asking you to move away from the allures of the materialistic world. The more we identify with the body, the more we want, the more we crave, the more we possess, the more we get entangled in maya, illusion. Identification with the body leads to the illusion that power, pleasures and possessions of this world can make us happy. But this is not true; instead, the material possessions only keep us in bondage-the bondage of avidya or ignorance. Once you are freed from thillusion, you willrealisethe truth outsells, and move towards God-realisaticMan keeps on accumulating. Darksome of the rich people i meet, "Whatare you going to do with the millions yhave saved?" They tell me, "This is no the time to think of it. Now we are busmaking millions. When the time come will think of how to spend those millions." Alas, this is the tragedy of man-hthinks he has plenty of time! But suddenly, too suddenly, death pounceson him. Leaving everything behind, man bids adieu to the world. He had tifor everythingexcept Self-realisationand awareness of the truth of life
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Dada J P Vaswani 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: Dada J P Vaswani and Speaking Tree , Times of India