Who is our enemy ???

[Guest guest]

Dear Respected Ajitsingh Ji:

 

You said:

>>Please don't mind my language and let me find answers here. Will

you please write on Who is our Enemy <<<<

 

I am glad to learn that you at least think that you may find some

answers here. ??? Even when answers are close to you (in general or

personally to you) that are hard to find and then realize them. It

gets even harder to implement them.

 

uddharedaatmanaa.a.atmaana.m naatmaanamavasaadayet .

aatmaiva hyaatmano bandhuraatmaiva ripuraatmanaH .. giitaa 6\.5 ..

 

##Meaning - One has to salvate ourselves. One should ensure that

they do not lower themselves. Your are your own enemy and your own

friend.##

 

na hinastyaatmanaatmaana.m tato yaati para.m gatim .. giitaa 13\.29 ..

 

##Meaning - One who does not harm himself goes to the higher goal.##

 

Most interestingly, even the followers Buddha religion who do not

believe in the existence of "aatmaa" or "prabrahmaa", still preach

similar thoughts of salvation.

 

attaa hi attano naatho attahi attano gati .

tasmaa sa.n~nasaya.attaaNa.m assa.m bhadda.m va vaaNijo ..

dhammapaada 380 ..

 

##Meaning - We are our own owners and no one else is going to help us

salvate. Just like a treader takes care of his horse, thus we should

take care of ourselves.##

 

Although the term you appear to singular it must be interpreted as

encompassing many.

 

You - One Individual

 

One - Individual Family

 

One - Individual Community

 

One - Individual Faith

 

One - Individual Nation

 

One - Human beings

 

One - Universe

 

Keep on perceiving "the individual ONE" as different only leads to

separation and division but the salvation comes only when

that "Individual one" realizes the similarity with "One". Therefore

adavita is to be realized. There is no ----ism in advita. Just

realization.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Regards,

 

Dr. Yadu

 

, "sardarajitsingh" <the-hermit@i...>

wrote:

> Thanks Pradeep jee,

[Guest guest]

Namaste Ajit and other members,

 

Every now and then we hear that we see the world as we are. 'Only if

you have hatred, anger greed etc in you heart, will you see it in the

world around you." However this may give rise the the question, "

well i see a lot of evil in this world and a lot of evil done to me,

but I didn't do anything like it, or have any feeling like what I am

getting or seeing."

 

Here what we need to remember is, we are the creators of our own

karma. If we are destined to suffer something, we will suffer only

that. If our tormentors torment us in some way, they will only to the

extent we r supposed to suffer according to our karma. Maharshi

said, : "Others are not responsible for what happens to us. They

are only instruments for what would happen to us some way or other.

Let us be strong in faith and not succumb to fear. Whatever happens,

happens according to your prarabdha. Let it exhaust itself. Evil

intentions and evil actions are natural to the evil-minded. But

their evil will only turn back on themselves, and not affect us

simply because they desire it. One is required not to think of

oneself, so why should there be anxiety regarding others."

 

Another thing to be noted is, what we get back may not be the exact

thing we have in our heart. We may have it in hatred towards

something else, and that hatred will take another shape and come back

to us. For eg. If we throw a stone into sewage, the sewage water will

splash on us. What you threw in was a stone, but what came back to

you is sewage.

Similarly our feelings may not come back to us in the same shape that

we let it into this world. It will take a different shape when it

comes back to us.

 

That is what is meant by the enemy is within us. The real enemies

are 'lust, anger, greed, pride, jealousy and hatred' that we have

within us. We let these out in this world, and these very emotions

take various shapes and come back to us. If we rid ourselves of these

enemies, then there will nothing that we'll be letting into this

world, and so there'll be nothing that will come back to us. If all

we have is peace and love, then how can hatred and anger come back.

 

This is illustrated in Ramanar's story that I narrated yesterday. The

man came with dislike in his heart, but left the ashram with love.

there are many more stories of ppl coming to his ashram with hatred

in their hearts and leaving as His devotee !. However I can't

possible narrate all the stories, for my post would become too long

and tiring to read.

 

Maharshi was so full of love and peace, that no matter what kind of

energy came to him, it got transformed into love and peace!

 

On another instance Maharshi said, "If one abuses another or injures

him the remedy does not lie in retort or resistance. Simply keep

quiet. This quiet will bring peace to the injured but make the

offender restless until he is driven to admit his error to the

injured party. "

 

Here Maharshi talks of keeping the heart quiet, free from emotions

like anger, hatred, jealousy and the kind. If we light a fire of love

so great in our heart, the no matter what filth is dropped into it by

other negative forces will only be burnt and purified.

 

This is true not only with Maharshi but also in our daily life, even

in our own club.

You wrote, "I am also grateful to Dr.YADU for sincerely replying to

my piercing questions without getting angered, or without passing

judgements. I learnt a lot from him.", "I am grateful to Dr.Yadu,

Radhakutir and SVCS whose answers (without rebuking me)were really

worth taking note of."

 

You accept that your questions are piercing, but Dr. Yadu and Radha

Kutir didn't return the attitude. As you stated they answered without

getting angry or without passing any judgement and without rebuking.

This calmness of mind brings calmness to the agitated one too.

 

However your agitation did come back to you in another form, when

another member said that you are insulting our Gods. Your own

agitation took another shape and came back toyou. This is what is

meant by the world is as we are. And Dr. Yadu's and Radha Kutir's

calm reaction is what is meant by, 'your peace and quiet will

eventually bring peace and quiet to the aggitated mind."

 

Hope this helps.

 

Hari Aum !!!

 

P.S. Dear Ajit, I need to thank you for bringing about such lovely

duscussions. Also when I gave ur illustration above, it was meant

merely for illustration purposes ONLY, and is NOT meant to decry your

actions or offend you in any way.

[Guest guest]

The only enemy is our Ignorance about our True Selves. Any thing

else is a manifestation of that ignorance. It is because of our

ignorance that we feel the need to act with anger, greed,

resentment, jealousy etc., because we don't know any better!

 

If we realized that there is only ONE, that all we see is merely a

reflection of our own selves, then we no longer have anyone to get

angry at; if we know we have the whole "world" at our fingertips, we

have nothing to be jealous about, and if we know that we are "love"

itself, we have nothing to resent; if we know that everything is in

perfect harmoney, exactly the way it needs to be, then there is no

place for anger or resentment towards anyone.

 

All sadhana, no matter what the path, is geared towards removing

this ignorance. This simple change in paradigm removes the only

enemy we ever have. In fact its rather simple. So simple that we

can't stand to accept it as it is; instead we complicate it with

words and explanations, and then produce explanations of

explanations! It's actually amusing when we think of it ... isn't it?

 

Or perhaps I find it simple because I didn't get it yet!!!

 

_/\_ Tat twam asi

 

Uma