Everyone has desires.
It’s human nature. But usually, we become attached to some specific desires.
We continually keep on thinking of finding ways to meet those desires.
If they are not fulfilled, we become sad, angry, and even depressed.
And if we get what we want, we temporarily become happy. It boosts up our ego, but soon - it loses its charm, and we start looking for something else and become a prisoner of another desire.
We also become attached to what we have - to our possessions.
We may have been fine when we did not have certain things - like diamonds, for example, but if we lose it after having it for some time, then it becomes very challenging.
We continually keep thinking about it and keep on suffering.
We also become prisoners of specific beliefs.
It’s good to have some beliefs, but it’s not good to become their prisoners.
If we do, then we cannot see beyond the boundaries of those beliefs.
Our vision becomes very limited. It diminishes our ability to see and analyze or accept other theories and beliefs.
Truth cannot be realized by a closed mind - with a limited vision.
Rabindra Nath Tagore, a receiver of the Nobel Prize, once said that we try to build walls of certain beliefs around ourselves for protection - but sometimes those walls become so high that we become prisoners within them and cannot see anything beyond those walls.
Bhagvad Gita says: Expectations and Attachments are the root cause of all sufferings.
Attachment to some specific thoughts and unfounded, unproven beliefs is the highest invisible binding force, and freedom from it means happiness and Moksha.
‘Rajan Sachdeva’
It’s human nature. But usually, we become attached to some specific desires.
We continually keep on thinking of finding ways to meet those desires.
If they are not fulfilled, we become sad, angry, and even depressed.
And if we get what we want, we temporarily become happy. It boosts up our ego, but soon - it loses its charm, and we start looking for something else and become a prisoner of another desire.
We also become attached to what we have - to our possessions.
We may have been fine when we did not have certain things - like diamonds, for example, but if we lose it after having it for some time, then it becomes very challenging.
We continually keep thinking about it and keep on suffering.
We also become prisoners of specific beliefs.
It’s good to have some beliefs, but it’s not good to become their prisoners.
If we do, then we cannot see beyond the boundaries of those beliefs.
Our vision becomes very limited. It diminishes our ability to see and analyze or accept other theories and beliefs.
Truth cannot be realized by a closed mind - with a limited vision.
Rabindra Nath Tagore, a receiver of the Nobel Prize, once said that we try to build walls of certain beliefs around ourselves for protection - but sometimes those walls become so high that we become prisoners within them and cannot see anything beyond those walls.
Bhagvad Gita says: Expectations and Attachments are the root cause of all sufferings.
Attachment to some specific thoughts and unfounded, unproven beliefs is the highest invisible binding force, and freedom from it means happiness and Moksha.
‘Rajan Sachdeva’
Rajan ji your posting is so very enlightening. On reading it I feel I got a very soothing feeling.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much 🙏.
Thank you for such thought provoking posts.
ReplyDeleteThis is very true.🙏
ReplyDeleteFrom Spirituality point of view very apt thoughts. However Rajan Jee, in our routines, we fix up our goals, we work for same. Unless there is desire to succeed, efforts will not work. Can you help by distinguishing these different stuations?
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