Received a question in the comments section:
Can you elaborate this:
कबीर पगरा दूर है - आए पहुँचै सांझ
जन जन को मन राखती, वेश्या रहि गई बांझ
Kabeer Pagra door hai - Aaye Pahunchay Shaam
Jan Jan kau man raakhti - vaishya reh gayi baanjh
My thoughts:
Kabeer ji says that the path (of liberation) is far away, and the evening of life (old age) had already arrived.
We spend our whole life trying to please our senses - running after sights, sounds, taste, smell, and touch.
But the Atma (soul) remained neglected - without fulfilling and accomplishing the purpose of human life.
Kabeer ji gives a beautiful analogy by comparing the Mind with a woman. That our mind keeps on satisfying and pleasing all the senses - but not bearing a child - the child of Moksha - the liberation.
Just as having a child - the feeling of motherhood is the highest feeling of satisfaction for a woman - similarly, the greatest desire of the mind is to achieve freedom - liberation.
However, the irony is that we keep on satisfying the senses with the worldly pleasures - but forget the real purpose - of achieving Moksha - Liberation.
' Rajan Sachdeva '
Can you elaborate this:
कबीर पगरा दूर है - आए पहुँचै सांझ
जन जन को मन राखती, वेश्या रहि गई बांझ
Kabeer Pagra door hai - Aaye Pahunchay Shaam
Jan Jan kau man raakhti - vaishya reh gayi baanjh
My thoughts:
Kabeer ji says that the path (of liberation) is far away, and the evening of life (old age) had already arrived.
We spend our whole life trying to please our senses - running after sights, sounds, taste, smell, and touch.
But the Atma (soul) remained neglected - without fulfilling and accomplishing the purpose of human life.
Kabeer ji gives a beautiful analogy by comparing the Mind with a woman. That our mind keeps on satisfying and pleasing all the senses - but not bearing a child - the child of Moksha - the liberation.
Just as having a child - the feeling of motherhood is the highest feeling of satisfaction for a woman - similarly, the greatest desire of the mind is to achieve freedom - liberation.
However, the irony is that we keep on satisfying the senses with the worldly pleasures - but forget the real purpose - of achieving Moksha - Liberation.
' Rajan Sachdeva '
Very true.
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