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How much ever we get to know by inquiry it does not satisfy us until our senses has experience of it. But the most amazing thing is that the information collected from ear or eye has to go to our mind and then it is our intellect which will analyse and make a discrimination of it. The mind that is getting the information from our sense is very busy and always either happy or sad depending on the information, but this is the outside feed that the mind is receiving. There is yet another side for the mind to experience from, it is the very quite and enchanting Self.
The mind has to turn a bit to “THIS” other side to experience deep sense of contentment. After experiencing this, the experience got from the outside world seems to be insipid. This is direct experience of the Self that is an ultimate finishing line for the craze of experiences we yearn to get. After this there is no surprise if the seeker has stopped to crave for anything from the outer world. This does not mean he is going to shun the worldly pleasures but the worldly pleasures to him will be a necessity not a luxury anymore.
The experience got from the senses from outer world may bring sorrow but majority of the time it is happiness only, but the direct experience of the Self will never get us sorrow or happiness but it will place us in Blissful state. This direct experience of Self is achieved only when the mind is not distracted by the senses. The experiences got from outside disperse our thought pattern and hence always the thoughts multiply and yield more and more thoughts with many more flips and flops. In contrast the direct experience of Self makes the thought process as steady as a silent valley stream flowing down without hurdles or interruptions.
Once this situation is reached then the outer world experiences are just events happening and will not have any impact either inspirational or remorseful. As they seem to be just things happening nothing else more.
The word of the Lord in Bhagavad-Gita, “Whatever happened in the past, has happened for the good; whatever is happening, is happening for the good; whatever shall happen in the future, shall happen for the good only. Do not weep for the past; do not worry for the future, concentrate on your present” seem to take relevance at this stage. The confluence of the enthusiastic outer life and the silence of the inner self create abundance and totality in life and this totality is the purpose of being born as a human.
To achieve the ability to make the mind turn inward to experience Self one has to develop a mental equipoise which does not get disturbed either by adversity or prosperity. This state can be achieved only by completely surrendering ourselves to Absolute. And for the mind to surrender to Absolute one need to relieve it from the bondage of material world. If the mind is always madly running behind the worldly pleasures all efforts to make it turn inward will be like pouring sweet water into a pot with a hole. To make the task of turning mind inward it is essential to work on the five external looking senses that provide information to the mind. If they are made to understand that the objects outside are momentary and will last only for the limited period of time, then the mind can be relieved from their temptations.
Who has to do this Job?????
It is the job of the Buddhi (Intellect) to guide the Senses through the Mind. The process of Mind listening to Senses should have to be reversed; Mind should take the place of the master with the help of the grand master Buddhi to educate the Sense.
How much ever we get to know by inquiry it does not satisfy us until our senses has experience of it. But the most amazing thing is that the information collected from ear or eye has to go to our mind and then it is our intellect which will analyse and make a discrimination of it. The mind that is getting the information from our sense is very busy and always either happy or sad depending on the information, but this is the outside feed that the mind is receiving. There is yet another side for the mind to experience from, it is the very quite and enchanting Self.
The mind has to turn a bit to “THIS” other side to experience deep sense of contentment. After experiencing this, the experience got from the outside world seems to be insipid. This is direct experience of the Self that is an ultimate finishing line for the craze of experiences we yearn to get. After this there is no surprise if the seeker has stopped to crave for anything from the outer world. This does not mean he is going to shun the worldly pleasures but the worldly pleasures to him will be a necessity not a luxury anymore.
The experience got from the senses from outer world may bring sorrow but majority of the time it is happiness only, but the direct experience of the Self will never get us sorrow or happiness but it will place us in Blissful state. This direct experience of Self is achieved only when the mind is not distracted by the senses. The experiences got from outside disperse our thought pattern and hence always the thoughts multiply and yield more and more thoughts with many more flips and flops. In contrast the direct experience of Self makes the thought process as steady as a silent valley stream flowing down without hurdles or interruptions.
Once this situation is reached then the outer world experiences are just events happening and will not have any impact either inspirational or remorseful. As they seem to be just things happening nothing else more.
The word of the Lord in Bhagavad-Gita, “Whatever happened in the past, has happened for the good; whatever is happening, is happening for the good; whatever shall happen in the future, shall happen for the good only. Do not weep for the past; do not worry for the future, concentrate on your present” seem to take relevance at this stage. The confluence of the enthusiastic outer life and the silence of the inner self create abundance and totality in life and this totality is the purpose of being born as a human.
To achieve the ability to make the mind turn inward to experience Self one has to develop a mental equipoise which does not get disturbed either by adversity or prosperity. This state can be achieved only by completely surrendering ourselves to Absolute. And for the mind to surrender to Absolute one need to relieve it from the bondage of material world. If the mind is always madly running behind the worldly pleasures all efforts to make it turn inward will be like pouring sweet water into a pot with a hole. To make the task of turning mind inward it is essential to work on the five external looking senses that provide information to the mind. If they are made to understand that the objects outside are momentary and will last only for the limited period of time, then the mind can be relieved from their temptations.
Who has to do this Job?????
It is the job of the Buddhi (Intellect) to guide the Senses through the Mind. The process of Mind listening to Senses should have to be reversed; Mind should take the place of the master with the help of the grand master Buddhi to educate the Sense.
There is a proper word vairagya in vedantha .means not having any interest in the worldly affairs.How it happens ??? All the time the mind is involved in the pursuit of acquiring.things.So the direction should be changed inwards.It happens with the knowledge and faith. It leads to control the mind and starts looking inside.towards the knowledge of Self.
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