We all live in our own ways the spiritual values of life. But, that doesn't really make us a spiritual person. A spiritual person is one who has taken to the Final Goal of Absolute Happiness. She/He has reached and clearly discovered that Infinite Bliss within. No pleasure, no comfort, no desire is of any value to him/her. Even if living amidst the world of tempting sophistications, charming luxuries, enchanting names and forms, even if involved in worldly activities, social systems and even material pursuits, even if interacting with people, objects and situations, the Spiritual Personality remains untouched by the external world. How does such a person live?
1) Like a child - Pure, Free, Happy
2) Like a madman - Disconnected and Lost in the Within
3) Like a ghost - Fearless and Unnoticed
It is not that the Spiritual person is like any of these. In fact, it is impossible to even describe or define a truly spiritual person because we can't ever gauge His infinite experience with our finite minds.
But, he has no malice in his heart like a child. He does not live in the past or the future. He has thus nothing to be stressed.
IF YOU ARE STRESSED, YOU ARE NOT REALLY SPIRITUAL.
He is in the world but he doesn't belong to it at all. He lives amidst us, but is always absorbed in His inner experience. Whatever he does is without any insistent intention to attain or achieve anything. He is thus neither strong likes nor dislikes towards anybody or anything in the world like the mad person.
IF YOU HAVE LIKES AND DISLIKES, YOU ARE NOT REALLY SPIRITUAL.
He roams in the world as fearless as a ghost - no darkness can scare him and no light can frighten him. Like a lion walking around in his own forest, the Spiritual Person walks around in the world in utter fearlessness and strength.
IF YOU FEAR ANYTHING OR ANYONE, YOU ARE NOT REALLY SPIRITUAL.
He wears just a wrap-around made of rags. He is least bothered about fashion or looks. In fact, nothing really matters because he is not at all interested in taking anything from the world. His entire purpose in life is to give, give and give. Thus he takes minimum, lives in exceptional simplicity and offers his best to one and all.
IF YOU DON'T GIVE MORE THAN YOU TAKE, YOU ARE NOT REALLY SPIRITUAL.
He is That to which no injunctions of sin or merit are relevant. He lives free of all scriptural orders also. It doesn't mean he does wrong things. But His abidance in the Truth is so unshakeable that to him there is no good or bad. In other words, He has lived Dharma & Self-Control (Niyojita Chitta) to such an extent, and made his mind so pure that the purity of His mind has negated His mind. Thus, now merit and demerit do not affect Him at all.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PURE, SELF-CONTROLLED AND DETACHED MIND, YOU ARE NOT REALLY SPIRITUAL
Are we REALLY spiritual?
TODAY's REFLECTION IN BASED ON BHAJA GOVINDAM VERSE 22.
To read earlier notes, visit www.seek-the-eternal.blogspot.in
1) Like a child - Pure, Free, Happy
2) Like a madman - Disconnected and Lost in the Within
3) Like a ghost - Fearless and Unnoticed
It is not that the Spiritual person is like any of these. In fact, it is impossible to even describe or define a truly spiritual person because we can't ever gauge His infinite experience with our finite minds.
But, he has no malice in his heart like a child. He does not live in the past or the future. He has thus nothing to be stressed.
IF YOU ARE STRESSED, YOU ARE NOT REALLY SPIRITUAL.
He is in the world but he doesn't belong to it at all. He lives amidst us, but is always absorbed in His inner experience. Whatever he does is without any insistent intention to attain or achieve anything. He is thus neither strong likes nor dislikes towards anybody or anything in the world like the mad person.
IF YOU HAVE LIKES AND DISLIKES, YOU ARE NOT REALLY SPIRITUAL.
He roams in the world as fearless as a ghost - no darkness can scare him and no light can frighten him. Like a lion walking around in his own forest, the Spiritual Person walks around in the world in utter fearlessness and strength.
IF YOU FEAR ANYTHING OR ANYONE, YOU ARE NOT REALLY SPIRITUAL.
He wears just a wrap-around made of rags. He is least bothered about fashion or looks. In fact, nothing really matters because he is not at all interested in taking anything from the world. His entire purpose in life is to give, give and give. Thus he takes minimum, lives in exceptional simplicity and offers his best to one and all.
IF YOU DON'T GIVE MORE THAN YOU TAKE, YOU ARE NOT REALLY SPIRITUAL.
He is That to which no injunctions of sin or merit are relevant. He lives free of all scriptural orders also. It doesn't mean he does wrong things. But His abidance in the Truth is so unshakeable that to him there is no good or bad. In other words, He has lived Dharma & Self-Control (Niyojita Chitta) to such an extent, and made his mind so pure that the purity of His mind has negated His mind. Thus, now merit and demerit do not affect Him at all.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PURE, SELF-CONTROLLED AND DETACHED MIND, YOU ARE NOT REALLY SPIRITUAL
Are we REALLY spiritual?
TODAY's REFLECTION IN BASED ON BHAJA GOVINDAM VERSE 22.
To read earlier notes, visit www.seek-the-eternal.blogspot.in
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