|| Shri Hari ||
(सुखासक्तिसे छूटनेका उपाय)
The
main obstacle is - attraction and attachment to pleasure born of contact (pleasure
of union). This inner longing and craving, wishing, lust, greed for sense
pleasures, is the main disease. This sense pleasures do not remain, if you give
up its craving then it is a very straightforward task.
Wanting of sense objects, wishing for sense
enjoyments, desiring to hoard, longing for honor, glories, rest and relaxation
- these come in front of us and then they perish. Sometimes these wishes are fulfilled
and sometimes they remain incomplete; sometimes they are partially fulfilled,
and sometimes they dissipate; But we remain as-is. There is no change in the
"self" (swaroop). If we become established in our "self"
then desires will perish and if we get rid of the desires, then we will become
established in the "self". Of these two, which ever you wish, you do.
Truth can be realized by either having a quest to realize the Truth (Existent,
Real) or by giving up the unreal (non existent).
All that you have to do is to get rid of the longing for that pleasure which arises and later dies, that is it. The pleasure born of contact that does not remain forever and that deprives us from the pleasure of the Supreme Essence that is ever-lasting and eternal, this is such a pointless thing! If we are not able to give-up such contact born pleasures, then what are we able to give up!
The desire for pleasure arises and subsides, but you do not arise and subside. The desire comes in you, but you are not in those desires. You are all pervasive, desires are in one place. In other words, you are at all places, but desires are at one place; you are at all times, desires are at a particular time. And if desires are there or not, there is no change in you, you remain as-is. It is only you who has held on to those desires. The desires have no power to grab hold of you. At the time of "satsang" the desires do not remain, therefore one experiences that Essence remains as-is. On having desires, this realization does not remain. Therefore the question that arises is that while listening to satsang, the feelings that are there, the same sentiments do not remain at other times. In fact, that Essence is eternal and constant, and remains as is. Whether you listen to satsang, or you don't, whether you associate with bad company, the Existent Element remains as is, it never perishes. But your sight continues to go towards the unreal (perishable, ever-changing, non-existent) , then that unreal, non-existent dominates over you, and it appears as if the real and existent has not remained. That which is there at some times and not other times, how can it be real (existent)? The real and existent is present as-is at all times, constantly. The longing for the unreal does not have the power to hide the real; because the real (existent) is pervasive and the unreal (perishable) is "vyaapya". It is not that an ordinary, base thing, overshadows a great thing, covers it up. "Avrutam jnaanametena..." (Gita 3/39), "Due to this desire, this knowledge is concealed" - by this it means that knowledge is not concealed, your vision, your sight is concealed. Just as when the clouds come, the Sun cannot be seen, then we say that the Sun is hidden. But in reality, the Sun is not hidden, our eyes are hidden. The sun is even bigger in size then the the earth. How can it be hidden by a few tiny clouds? In the same way desires come, then we begin to believe that we have come under the sway of desires. The desires have become victorious over us. As such, this is not the case. How can desire hide you "self" ? Desires are trivial, and you are great - "nitya sarvagatah sthaanurachaloyam sanaatanah" (Gita 2/24) (to be continued)
From
book in hindi "Swadheen kaise bane" by Swami Ramsukhdasji.
Ram Ram
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