Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Dependency is not liked by anyone.

Dependency is not liked by anyone. A dependent man does not gain happiness even in his sleep. "Paraadheen sapanehun sukhu naahi." (Manasa 1:102:3). Inspite of being so, then too man desires happiness from others, desires respect from others, desires praise from others, desires to gain from others - this is so very astonishing ! He who desires happiness from things, from individuals, from situations, from circumstances, from events, from various states / stages, from rest and relaxation, from gain, he has to become dependent. He cannot be saved whether he be Brahma or Indra or anyone for that matter. I say this to the extent that even Bhagwaan cannot be saved. He who desires something from anyone will definitely become dependent.
He who desires Paramatma, he is not dependent; because Paramatma is not other. This Jeev (embodied soul) is very much an "ansh" (part of, ray of consciousness) of Paramatma, but on desiring anything other than Paramatma we become dependent; because besides Paramatma, nothing else is ours. It is only on having no desire for other things, that desire for Paramatma is awakened. If desire for other things does not remain, then Paramatma will be realized.

When there is desire for anything, that desire validates a deficiency, a lack of something. In other words, unnecessarily at no cost, why are you buying paucity? If you desire to be happy, then do not desire happiness from anyone. Get rid of this thought completely from within - once and for all that "We will gain from another." Nothing can be done by anyone. He who desires something from another, can he be saved from dependency? Can he become independent? Therefore make this point firm - I will not desire anything from anyone!
He who sees himself has reliant on that which is acuqired and later gets away(i.e. perishables) , how can he be happy? The Self is not one that is created and destroyed (perishable) . The Self is Imperishable. There is another very extraordinary point - He who desire something from another is non-deserving. He is not deserving at all. Just like, one who desires respect from another, he is not deserving of respect. He who is deserving of respect, does not desire respect. If you look into it, out of 18 Akshouni armies, in which all were Kshatriyas and Kshatriyas alone, and inspite of being a Kshatriya Himself, Bhagwaan Shri Krishna, became a charioteer leading Arjun's horses. Such an ordinary task he undertook, that can be mocked! Can driving the horses be valiant work? Is it the kind of work that commands any respect? But He was not ashamed of doing such work. He was deserving of respect therefore he had no desire for respect. Now how is one to know that He is deserving of respect? In the opposite army, Bhishmaji is the first one to blow the conch, and in this army, Bhagwaan Shri Krishna is the first to blow the conch. Because in the Kaurava army, the most important person was Bhishma and in the Pandava army the most important person was Shri Krishna.

He who desires respect is a slave to respect and is not deserving of any respect. He who desires disciples, is a slave to disciples and is not a Guru. He who desires wealth is a slave to wealth, not a master of wealth. Therefore desires must be removed from the mind completely.

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