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1. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
2. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
3. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
4. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be
filled.
5. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
6. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
7. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
8. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven.
challenges therein is the true test. It would help then to look at achievers who have
reached the pinnacle of excellence in their respective fields. Are they not people like
you and me who have broken the set stereotype and gone beyond the paradigm?
Have they not set an example that is beyond the ordinary? The difference is that,
though they walked alone, they did so with conviction, confidence and commitment
like the Paccheka Buddha of early Buddhist philosophy who was an individual in
pursuit of a way out of the daily trammels of living, but charting his own course.
We tend to get caught in sense-illusion. We feed illusions and mistake that for
fulfilment. The minute what we expected to achieve does not happen, it makes us
feel disturbed.
And if the same situation turns in our favour, it excites our senses. However, joy and
sorrow are never permanent. They have tendencies to change in accordance to the
situation. So whatever is bound to change is not real and what is not real cannot be
true.
What, then, is truth? Changing situations are always the reason for our happiness or
unhappiness. But neither the changing situations are real nor the joys and sorrows.
They are just relative terms. These are creations of our avivek or lack of
discrimination that makes us float on the surface, preventing us from knowing our
true nature. The five subtle organs of sense, that of touch, smell, taste, hearing and
sight keep us occupied all through life and we are unable to look beyond these.
We get caught in a whirlpool of being happy or sad due to ignorance of our real Self.
Our true nature is love and that is concealed in pure consciousness. Depriving us of
The causes which are exact opposites are limited and occasional whereas the joy of
Brahmn is self-existent, universal and independent of particular causes and objects.
There is no obligation to be pleased with success and pained with failure; both can
be met with perfect equanimity. Our attitude to pleasure and pain is determined by
force of habit. Actually it is ego-consciousness that enjoys and suffers. It continues
to do so as long as it is bound up with the use of life and body and is dependent on
them for its knowledge and action. But when the mind becomes disinterested and
free and sinks into a secret serenity, when its consciousness becomes illuminated, it
gladly accepts whatever happens, knowing full well that these contacts come and
go.
The illuminated consciousness removes avidya or ignorance and the glory of truth is
revealed; the sat-chit-anand. Deliberating on this reality gives us true insight into
our pure Self. Sat is truth or existence, chit is intelligence or consciousness and
ananda is bliss. By constant and conscious reminders one could work towards
dwelling in this permanent Truth. When all penetrating existence that is formless,
shapeless Supreme energy in Creation become one with the Intelligence or
experiences the aspect of Pure Consciousness, one enters into a state of eternal
happiness and divine bliss or ananda.
Responsibility and freedom go together. If you don't want to take responsibility, you
can't have freedom either. The two come together or they go together. If you shun
responsibility, you have to accept slavery in some way or other.
Now, you had dreamed about freedom without ever thinking that great
responsibility will follow. Freedom you have, but you have not fulfilled the
responsibility. Hence, sadness lingers around you. You are absolutely capable of
removing this sadness. If you were capable of destroying your slavery, your chains,
you are certainly capable of being creative.
Freedom means you will have to be responsible for every act, for every breath;
whatever you do or don't do, you will be responsible.
People are really in deep fear of freedom, although they talk about freedom. But my
own experience is: very few people really want freedom; because they are
subconsciously aware that freedom will bring many problems that they are not
ready to face. It is better to remain in cozy imprisonment. It is warmer, and what will
you do with freedom? Unless you are ready to be a seeker, a searcher, a creator ...
Very few people want to go on a pilgrimage or to go into deeper silences of the
heart, or to take the responsibility of love. The implications are great.
You will have to dispel that darkness, otherwise sooner or later you will enter into a
prison. You cannot go on burdening yourself with sadness. Before the burden
becomes too much and forces you back into slavery, into imprisonment, change the
whole situation by being a creative person. Just find out what is your joy in life, what
you would like to create, what you would like to be, what you want to be your
definition.
Madame Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society used to carry two bags in
her hands, always. Either going for a morning walk or traveling in a train -- those
two bags were always in her hands. And she was throwing something out of those
bags -- from the window while sitting in the train -- onto the side of the train.
She would say, "This has been my whole life's habit. These are seasonal flower
seeds. I may not come back on this route again, but that does not matter. When the
season comes and the flowers will blossom, thousands of people who pass every
day in this line of railway trains will see those flowers, those colors. They will not
know me. That does not matter.
"One thing is certain: I am making a few people happy somewhere. That much I
know. It does not matter whether they know it or not. What matters is that I have
been doing something which will make somebody happy. Some children may come
and pluck a few flowers and go home. Some lovers may come and make garlands
for each other. And without their knowing, I will be part of their love. And I will be
part of the joy of children. And I will be part of those who will be simply passing by
the path, seeing the beautiful flowers." (Satchitanand.14)