211. In the Association of Wise & Holy People……………

Satsangatve nissangatvam Nissangatve nirmohatvam Nirmohatve nishchalatattvam Nishcalatattve jiivanmuktih Due to Satsanga one develops non-attachment; with non-attachment one is free from delusion, which leads to being non-skeptical. If one is non-Skeptical he is sure of Liberation. The association of wise person helps to move beyond one's limitations to the higher aspect of what it means to be a human being. Sri Sri Shankara in His Bhaja Govindam has given the flow chart for liberation. We are well aware that attachment is the route cause of sorrow, but at time we are unable to overcome those attachments. Why is it so???? Attachments are habits that are hard to die. It needs a vigorous practice to come out of this habit. Attachment can happen to anything which we take to our heart. Those attachments lead one to bondage. Attachments cause one to forget the purpose of the object they are attached to. Once it so happens that A Spiritual Guru accepts the invitation of his disciple and tells her that he would visit her home the next day. The lady goes to the bazaar to get a new and costly door mat as they had an old one. The next day she is waiting for the Gurus arrival and is preparing payasam for him at kitchen. As soon as she hear the door bell sound she rushes out to cautions the Guru not to step on the new costly door mat and soil it. This is what happens if we get attached to anything we forget its purpose. It was Moha that lead King Dhritarashtra to spoil his son Duryodhana. With the association of wise and holy there is awareness. Awareness helps drop attachment when attachments are dropped; one has clarity of mind. This is explained by Lord Krishna as Sthitapragnattva, the stablised consciousness. A stable mind can achieve anything. In Bhagavad-Gita Chapter 2 verses 55, Lord Krishna says: prajahati yada kaman sarvan partha manogatan atmani eva atmana tushtah sthitaprajnah tada uchyate “When a man completely casts off all the desires of the mind, and is satisfied in the Self by the Self, then is he said to be one of steady Wisdom.” Association of wise leads to non-attachment and in simple terms it is living life with awareness and is like spending time in the core and watching the actions that are happening at the edge as a witness. Any association that promotes this kind of thought is the company worth to be with. I personally feel from the bottom of my heart this platform called SPEAKING TREE is one such place where i am able to associate myself with the great thinkers like you and help myself to advance towards excellence in spirituality.