Guest guest Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 >> Does realization change the personality, conduct and behavior? Does realization cause advent of qualities like love, kindness and compassion? Realization has been called [advent of] LIGHT... Knowledge... The life without 'realization' is said to be of... Ignorance and Darkness... [surprisingly, many people from many different cultures and times have described it this way!] ... Think of a person walking in dark: He/she might imagine rope to be snake and fear for his/her life. He might imagine and fear ghosts, vampires, evil spirits, where none might actually exist... He/she might even attack other people and objects because of 'seeing' them as some 'threat'! He might frequently hit [hurt] others and himself because of Not 'seeing'! ... Similarly in the life without realization, you fear of [and for] things that in reality don't exist [except in your own " thoughts " and imagination]! You worry about protecting that which doesn't even exist [your ego that only you create in your thought]! You perceive others as [often only because of your inability to See] as threat! You feel your [imagined] self is constantly under threat and ...you fear, worry and fret! ... You also frequently collide with and hit ['hurt'] other people who themselves are walking in 'dark'! ... Realization in this context is described as the advent of TRUE Light and Knowledge! Now you can see things as they are and much of your fears and anxieties automatically vanish because of it! You see rope as a rope [and not as a snake]... You see [self created] ego as never existing [and thus requiring no real protection]. You know Self as never under any threat... [and, thus requiring no real fear, worry or fretting]. ... As you can easily imagine in this __LIGHT__ now you can see clearly and thus may not end up 'hitting' and 'hurting' yourself and others because of bumping into someone or something that you could not 'see' before! You will also not fear of the snakes and ghosts that you now know as... 'non existing'! Neither will you fear the disappearance of that which [now you KNOW] never really existed [such as a shadow]. Your walk will change... and, the way you relate [collide, hit, hurt, get hurt] with others walking [in darkness or light] too will change! ... Now, one difference is that... even this Darkness [ignorance] is ultimately not Real! It is Only because you have your eyes closed and thus, can not 'see'! It is only because you have been walking with your eyes closed and have forgotten that there is any other possibility... You open your eyes and See... ... In terms of recognizing, once you open your 'own' eyes... to some extent you can see others and 'see'... whose eyes are 'closed' or 'open'! If your eyes are still 'closed' you might still be able to 'feel' those whose eyes are open - as, because they can SEE they will tend to 'collide' with you Less and Less! Even if you [in dark] " collide " with them they will have ability to see you coming, warn you and many times be able to move away... IOW... you will see them getting LESS 'hit' [hurt] and 'hitting' [hurting]... Some of them might even try to wake you up and request you to open your eyes and tell you that you can [open your eyes and see the LIGHT]... they might do it for love and compassion... as well as for your [and their] safety! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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