|| Shree Hari ||
(Vikaar Aap Mein Nahi Hai)
It is not a rule that before
realizing God, one becomes free of all impressions of favorable and unfavorable,
i.e. existential distortions (vikaar). But after realizing God, all distortions (vikaar)
are wiped out.
Rasopyasya param drushtvaa nivartate" (Gita 2/59)
"The distortions of the mind in the form of relish,
pleasure and delight come to an end, on realizing God." (Gita 2:59).
In this there is one very
extra-ordinary point, which is extremely
beneficial. It is my sincere prayer, that you go deep
into it and understand it.
We get a person, thing,
situation etc that is favorable to us, and
we don't get a person, thing, situation etc that is to our liking - This is Life!
The extent to which favorable and unfavorable situations make an
impression on us, is called "vikaar."
We have
to become free from these "vikaars" - impressions of favorable and unfavorable
situations; because as long
as there is vikaar, the turmoil of these various impressions
continues, till then there will not be
peace.
Search within that where do these vikaars (restlessness
from impressions) reside? The vikaar
is in the mind, intellect, in the inner senses. Therefore vikaar are taking place in
the "karan" (instrument), not in
the "kartaa" (doer). This is the
main point that needs to be
understood. If you receive something that is favorable, you become
pleased, and if you receive something unfavorable, then you become
displeased – these are two
states. In these two states, are you two or one? Think about this
point. In a state of happiness, you were that one,
and in a state of unhappiness, you were the same one - isn't this the
truth or not? In reality, these states are also in the
mind-intellect, but you assume them to
be in you – this is the mistake that you make.
In pleasant and unpleasant
states, you believe yourself to be happy
and unhappy. The impressions of pleasure and displeasure fall
on the inner senses (antahkaran), then you
become happy and sad. You assume that "vikaar"
to be in you. In
fact these impressions of various changes are not in you at all, the impression of turmoil are on the inner
senses (antahkaran).
You know both pleasant and unpleasant. Only he can know both, who is separate from
both of them. He who remain even in
pleasure and also in displeasure, both that pleasure and displeasure can be
known by him. Happiness is separate and
unhappiness is separate. The one who
remains separate from these two, knows these two. If he
had blended with these, then he would not be able to know both pleasure and
displeasure. Rather he would know only
one of them with whom he has remained.
The second point is that
while being happy also you are the same and why being unhappy too, you are the
same, therefore only you are able to experience them separate and apart. He who can experience separately both
pleasure and displeasure he is separate from pleasure and displeasure. When will one experience being separate
from pleasure and displeasure? When you
do not remain established in "nature" (prakriti) and become established in the "swa"
(self). "Samadukhsukhaswasthah"
(Gita 14/24). Nature is filled with favorable
and unfavorable impressions. If you become established in nature, then
surely there will be these mental distortions.
But these distortions will never be in you (self), never ever.
Even in a state of ignorance, there were no distortions in you. There
has never been any impressions and distortions in your self, there can never be. If there were distortions in you, then they
would never go away. The impressions and distortions are in
Nature. Experiencing yourself
to be separate from nature is enlightenment.
It is attaining liberation.
As such you are separate
from Nature. Please have mercy, you
pay attention and try to understand this point.
You are not the kind to come and go.
God has said -
Maatraasparshaastu
kounteya sheetoshnasukhdukhdaah |
Aagamaapaayino'nityaastaamstitikshasva
bhaarata || (Gita 2/14)
"Oh
Sun of Kunti ! those bodily sense objects, that give rise to feelings of
heat and cold, pleasure and pain etc, (happiness and unhappiness through
favorable and unfavorable situations) are transitory and fleeting. Therefore
Arjuna, bare these patiently. (i.e. remain unaffected by them or ignore them). (to be continued)
From book in Hindi "Satsang
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Date : 14th January 2013 (Vikaar Aap Mein Nahi Hai)
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