This soul has still not matured so as to not treat the PATH as a distance in TIME ( many thanx to the still immature modern scientific thinking). The soul is left with no choice but to believe in the Golden path to freedom. It still is very conscious of the present BMI and so of the variables like TIME, SPACE, RELATIONSHIPS. It ekes to transcend but is tied up with the vasanas with such sliding shipper-men knots which keep tightening on trying to pull away. The best way is to PLAN the journey. Don’t get Panicky or Paranoid about not being able to make the big LEAP, instead start preparing. Let the knots slide away to loosen yourself(unburden) by staying with the vasana. Let it flourish. Make herculean efforts to exhaust effectively so as to incur minimum new vasanas on the way. Exhaust in such a way that the side-effects or the new vasanas created are +ve in nature (+ve w.r.t. to you), which not only give an opportunity to expand the MIND but also, on exhaustion, create lesser and lesser vasanas but more and more of the positive type. The first step in breaking the cycle is to IDENTIFY it. And it’s always easy to identify your own conscious creation than the unconscious one.
Grihasta-ashrama in this KalaYuga gives a tremendous opportunity for millions of vasanas to exhibit their colors in a society friendly way. Staying constantly ALERT is the first KEY. Train the mind to keep at least one PHASE focused on the GOAL of LIFE, nothing short. All the other tiny GOALS IN LIFE can be accommodated in the other phases of the mind. For example, it takes a very little effort involving both intelligence and time to earn our basics like a descent living (healthy food, upright clothing and a comfortable shelter). Train the mind to break its shell. THINK BIG. Exert the BMI to its EDGE. Let it CRY for REST. Force it to PLEAD Mercy for all the unwanted extravagances it hooked itself up to. Show NO MERCY.
To do all this, the second KEY is to Discipline the MIND. It starts with external disciplines. If a pure mind can exhibit pure actions through the Body, the vice-versa is also true. It seems that the reverse flow of the discipline might take a little longer. Efforts towards continuous repetition of these actions will aid in disciplining the MIND. Do it regularly, daily and always consciously. A simple exercise like PLANNING a day’s work and sticking to it, is one of the BIGGEST SADHANAS ever. No Pooja/Japa at that time can replace it’s power. Work out the day in the Yagna Spirit.
PLAN OUT THE WORK & WORK OUT THE PLAN – Swami Chinmayananda
Break routines to create new routines and when the mind gets used to its comfort, deliberately break them too. Take a break after the BMI cried for PEACE. Plan vacations to unknown places, where the MIND cannot connect with any Past Memory. Blank it out. Trick it. Let fresh pictures implant the raw memory being created. Fresh impressions on a purer mind are far better than the past memories implanted by the impure mind.The third KEY is to EXPERIENCE every EXPERIENCE. Every bit of experience due to our Prarabdha has a POTENT SEED to flourish or give the next clue to the PATH taking to THE GOAL. Unleash the intellectual Power House to eek out that SEED from every experience (irrespective of it being GOOD, BAD OR just OK w.r.t. to your present Value system/society glasses)
The fourth KEY is to BELIEVE in yourself. Start with believing in your instincts, give it a chance. You will transcend to intuition(which is lighted by the FIRE of the ONE within you) quickly.
The fifth KEY is to GO all OUT. Go all out to accomplish the GOALS IN LIFE. Think of the magnitude of empires built by the saintly kings like Janaka & Dasharatha. The splendid wealth and materials amassed/looted from around the universe by demons like Hiranyakashyapa & Ravana. Think deeply then on the Glorious rule of the invincible RAMA, his reverent, astonishing, flawless court of LAW, his all encompassing divine JUDGEMENT and the ZEAL to help all, in their own context to march for the GOAL OF LIFE. The GM, MS, GOOGLE, RELIANCE or the TATAs of today are not even Lilli puts compared to the massive kingdoms & surplus of everything in those mythical Golden eras of mankind, where humans from all walks were given platforms to flourish in their own unique way and direction. What all can be thought by the mind has a potential to materialize. All humanly possible arts/sciences/philosophies flourished under the distinguished administration. Here the rajasic forces took directions from the sattvik wisdom. Likewise in this economic world, the entrepreneurs need to take advice from the enlightened ones.
Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj gave a splendid example in the modern times. His purpose got cleared when his ego was crushed by his Guru Samartha Ramdasji (Remember ‘Mana Sajjana Bhakti…..’). After listening to Ramdasji, Shivaji offered his kingdom to him which the Great Saint accepted and then asked Shivaji to rule it duty-bound. This way the Maharaj was doing his duty as an appointed King rather than thinking himself as the Lord of the Land. The work was the same for the Maharaja, just the attitude shifted tangentially. Higher Dharma ruled out the lower Dharmas. Unshakable history got created which is used and many a times mis-used even today. The Vivekananda once spoke of the Maharaj - “Shame on you, Doctor. You are a Mahratta and still that is all you know of the greatest king that India had produced within the last three hundred years; one who was the very incarnation of Siva....Is there a greater hero, a greater saint, a greater bhakta and a greater king than Sivaji?”
And so goes the roar of the Sahayadri Lion,
Jai Bhavani !!! Jai Shivaji !!! Har Har Mahadev !!!
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