The individual self is
governed by the human body, the intellect, emotions and the humanistic ego. As
long as one is identified with the body, mind, emotions and the ego, life is
indeed only suffering. The moment one transcends the four villainous mediums,
the human body, mind, emotions and the ego, which are the primary obstructions
to the threshold of everlasting happiness, one succeeds in going beyond the
state of suffering to the state of no-suffering. The individual self is bound by
materialism, always is in the state of transitory happiness, is unfulfilling, stays attached to
externals, is normally identified with the transient and unreal and always
lives in fear and insecurity.
The human body is but a
temporary instrument provided to us to play our roles on planet earth. Mr.
Dipak Chopra says the body that we call
ours is really the raw material of the Universe and is nothing more than
recycled earth, water and air. The body is only an impermanent medium to make
us enact our roles as human beings but the real essence of being endowed with
the slender hands, strong feet, the belly, a pair of chests, the intellectual
head and the five sensory organs is to realise the spiritual purpose for which
we have been born and fulfill God’s plans for us by being spiritually elevated beings. Therefore, the
purpose of being granted a body and this
most priceless human life shall not be fulfilled unless we succeed in reaching
the state of permanent happiness and become established as devotees of the most
Supreme Godhead. The body is only a spiritual instrument to help us realise and
undergo the Ultimate purpose of human life.
The human mind is
vagabond, constantly chattering, a wanderer, dreamer, ambitious, restless,
fragile and yet strong at the same time, disturbing and greatly attached to the
sensory demands. The human intellect which
initiates, sets and programmes your entire life has the capacity to convert you
into a saint or a ruthless sinner, the President of the United States or a
simple clerk at the White House, a filthy whore or a perfect lady. The mortal
brain has the potential to transform you into the world’s richest man or a
hopeless beggar because the destiny of your life only and only depends on the
sub-conscious, conscious and the
superconscious choices you make. The vagabond
mind at one time escapes to the streets of Manhattan and the next moment takes
you to Malekhu to smoke weed. The restless mind wanders and fantacizes about
gambling, fast cars, stunning women and a million dollar jackpot at Las Vegas
and the next moment thinks about retiring to a monastary into the mountains at
Bhutan, living a reclusive life. The
inborn schizophrenic and the dualistic human mind can convert you into a
handicapped and paralyzed schizophrenic for two decades while at the same time
transform you into one of the best psychologists the world has ever seen,
someone like the likes of Carl. G. Jung. The human mind by it’s very nature can
either make your life positive or negative but can never keep you harmonized
and balanced. To be a completely balanced individual you shall need to
transcend the sub-conscious and the conscious states into the superconscious
states by employing meditation and the spiritual growth process. The cast of
the human brain is worthless if spent in a saga of a lifetime of tragedies achieving nothing of any significant value but
should be appropriately channeled for the mind to transcend the state of
no-mind so as to live a harmonious, balanced and a tranquil life of
no-suffering and everlasting happiness.
The entire Universe
exists out of the co-existence of the opposites, out of the inter-relation of
the negative and positive. So it is with the individual self because the skin
encased human body is the reflection of the Universal Self or in other words
and according to Mr. Dipak Chopra, we are nothing other than concentrations of
Intelligence within the field of Supreme Intelligence. We all have a habit of getting repelled by the negative
and attracted by the positive. The opposite polarities, the opposing forces or
the human emotions plays a ruthless and villainous role in our lives by doing
the same. The interplay of the opposite human
emotions robs us of permanent comfort in our lives, that of everlasting
happiness. The existence of the human emotions is the principle obstruction to
our destiny to the state of permanent happiness and once these opposing
intruders are transcended, our lives our forever treasured with the field of
everlasting happiness.
The human ego has a
habit of getting inflated by the wonderful judgement of others, seeks refuge in
complete satisfaction under the wraps of evaluation of people and at the same
time gets terribly wounded like a soldier falling to his deathbed on the
battlefield after getting nastily condemned by his fellow human beings. The ego
thrives under the constant appreciation, approval, opinions or a pat on the
back from people and while at the same time gets defeated from the ridicule,
comments, anger, blame, injustice, scorn, mockery from his peers. The greatest
battle ever fought, the Mahabharata war, was nothing but the result of the
terribly demoralised and the heights of pangs of the ego of the virtuous
Pandavas. The game of the ego lasts till the very last moment on your deathbed
when someone praises you," He died a modest man!". Even if you have
died a satisfied man the ways of the ego does not terminate the cycle of birth
and death until you are not liberated and which perpetuates the human cycle
depending on farewell remarks like your wellwisher’s close to your life’s end
and it is these kind of the most dangerous self-image that prepares you for yet
another life of the individual self until that precious life in which you do
not decide for a spiritual overhaul and are able to dissolve the ego to abide
in the unbounded Self forever.
The material man is
attached to worldly longings like a fast four wheeler, a stunning wife, a
majestic bungalow, the best school for his children, wild partying, the most
expensive attire and a couple of million dollars in reserve at his local bank. The
individual self is attached to the external, the transient world and materialism
and since the soul is not yet awakened the source for survival is always an
emphasis on the outside rather than within. The condition for sustenance in the
material world is, "
Survival of the fittest." Those endowed with a sound body and mind and who are eligible enough to
compete win the rat race for material supremacy and the rest stagnate and are
left behind. Happiness and peace of mind evades the materialists everytime the
infinity of desires that they have are not fulfilled and are left to drown
their sorrows engaged in addictive behaviours.
The more the want for material convenience the greater the inconvenience
and equally immense the hellhole of suffering as every extra desires that remains
unfulfilled. The only competent instrument for complete competency is the fully
awake Spirit which while getting ourselves grounded in spiritualism is the medium to provide ourselves with all material
comfort with an effortless effort. Just a release of the intention that you
have into your awareness and your desires are fulfilled instantaneously.
Whether you want your desires to stay
unfulfilled in spite of your tremendous
effort or that you choose to
awaken your Spirit which employs the effortless effort of your fully vibrant
Soul or the field of Infinite Grace to fulfill any desires that you may have –
The choice is yours!
“The material nature
is the cause of unfulfillment whereas the soul nature is the only source of
complete fulfillment.”
-Ashwas Thapa
“Identification with
the transient and unreal is the reason of unfulfillment and therefore the real
cause of all suffering.”
-
Ashwas Thapa
“Happiness without a
reason is the real source of fulfillment.”
-Ashwas Thapa
The material world never brings
fulfillment in the life of a human being. The individual self survives with a
terrible sense of unfulfillment as the material world is an unfulfilling medium
to provide total fulfillment. The infinity of the abundant material desires
that you may have makes your life an unfulfilling one till your dying day while
many of us may not be aware that one of the essence of being born as a human is
to live in the state of no-desires. Do not be taken aback to know that the
state of no-desires is the only spiritual medium that gives you the sense of
real and authentic sense of fulfillment. The only genuine state of fulfillment
is the state of no-desires because the most happiest human being is someone who
is desireless and therefore does not have a single problem. It is because as
long as there are desires there will continue to be problems and as long as
there are problems your life will lack happiness and the peace of mind. Abundant
joy and happiness without a reason or a cause is the real source of
fulfillment.
“The individual self
breeds fear and insecurity whereas the unbounded Self restores ourselves with
fearlessness and security.”
-Ashwas Thapa
The individual self is stuck into the
field of the known and always lives in fear and insecurity whereas on the other
hand the unbounded Self is securely settled into the field of the unknown and
forever thrives in fearlessness and security. To be secured into the field of
the unknown is to achieve total freedom from fear and therefore feel ourselves
secure and to get ourselves quagmired into the field of the known is live in
constant fear, doubt and worry about each stranger you meet and every situation
that you may encounter. The limitations of the bounded individual self like
fear and insecurity disappear once we encounter the field of Infinite
possibilities.
“ To feel completely alone is the
gentle dawn to be free of attachment.”
-Ashwas
Thapa
We are attached
to externals from the moment we are born and shoot ourselves with terrible
pangs of pain when we contact misfortune with them and lose them from our
lives. But, the state of Self-Knowledge says that there are no attachments like
a father, mother, soulmate, brother, sister or a son and a daughter. We are
only bound to one another to enact our roles in the drama called life directed
by the Divine Mother. Simple as that! And the moment when we start feeling
completely alone on the planet is the time when we become free of attachment to
relations like a father, mother, soulmate, brother, sister, a son or a daughter.
And! To be free of attachment is yet another essence in being born as
privileged bacchas or children of the most Supreme Godhead.
(This article is the copyright of Ashwas Thapa)
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