Shivoham
I was once listening to a cd - a recording of someone's "pravachan" or discourse.
I dont know his name, but what he said, made a lot of sense to me.
He said - we must be honest. We must be natural. We must be how nature has inended us to be. In trying to bocome something, or like someone, we move away from what we are, and we move away from the truth, we move towards dishonesty or rather inauthenticity. The more we move away, the more alienated we become, and feel lost.
He quoted an example - to 'Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain' ,- nudity came naturally. it was not planned, it was not an outcome of any effort, it was not intended by him. A bush of thorns tugged away his last peice of clothing - a torn sheet. And he said - 'so be it' and accepted his current state - nudity. He accepted it and became comfortable with it...and made no efforts to change it. Now, taking on nudity, forcing it upon oneself, is not the same..is not natural...and will not lead one to the same path as him.
Come to think of it, we become Jains or Buddhists or Christians or Almanites or ....and so on..but we forget to be ourselves. We drown ourselves in rituals ,symbols, signs, pretences and live in a false notion that all of this will lead us to the ultimate...whatever that is. These great beings, Jesus Christ, or Mahaveer Jain, or Lord Krishna, or Gautam Buddha, had known truth maybe, and they tried to show us the way. But we have made them the destination. They pointed a finger towards something, something beyond them - we refuse to see that and have caught the finger and refuse to see beyond , refuse to let go of the finger and walk the path shown by them.
Somehow, I can never subscribe to a particular "ism" , or become a follower, or worship. There is something that is just not there in me, which leaves me incapacitated to "worship" or totally "surrender to one"(though sometimes I have wished I could). Yes I pray for their blessings and energies , I wish to learn, take lessons, and move on my own path, free and unburdened. I feel closer to myself this way. :-).
1 comment:
Nice write up - I agree that being 'yourself' is the key to happiness. I think we just need to please ourselves in life honestly. One can do that by following a religion or an "ism" and another one without following.
If we see inside ourselves, we all want to lead a satisfied life. We want to have a good feeling about ourselves. It helps to keep mind at peace and also deliver our responsibilities.
That is why I like the theory of Karma. Karma is doing what you feel right at a given point and do it unconditionally. You do not have to justify your actions to anyone but yourself. If you think what you did was right, you were right and otherwise.
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