Guest guest Posted December 1, 2000 Report Share Posted December 1, 2000 Sanjay hollowness will be experienced after we have achieved the material aims which we had set for ourselves and had been pursuing ti to its best. Yes i think the true futility will be experienced only after that. If one has leave something then it should be left with proper understanding. And one should be able to feel it from inside. One should have an experience of what a married life is. There is lot which one will learn in married life.Married ones can tell that in a better way . A blind running away from it can lead to our downfall sometime later. Vairagya means that one should be able to feel the futility of this world. Vairagya gained through experince in life will leave a deep mark on ones psyche. Unless one doesn't feel that one can't get detached and one won't progress at a faster pace and will keep falling unless one give away the attachments. Sanjay the formal sadhana can be started. Rather detachment will occur a faster way when we combine sadhana with daily life. By introducing sadhana in our life we will tend to become observer then a doer. It will help in detachment. But question which is imp. is which sadhana should one do . That will depend totally on individual. And a Guru understands where a disciple stands perfectly well. Therefore he can best advice which sadhana should be done at which time in life. I think we should take up sadhanas which remove the imperfection in us. This will remove the depression and inferiority complex in one and will help one to look at life in a clearer sense. Removal of imperfections become much more imp. when one is living a wordly life. One has to interact in society, earn money, look after the family. How will one have a true and satisfactory desire to enlighten till one is buried under the load of imperfections. Sanjay when one goes ahead on spiritual path due to imperfection even there one gets to learn and understand ones imperfection. Rather its better in whenever or whichever way one gets associated to spiritual path. Spiritual Path will take care of all imperfection. Even if we approach it in cowardice it will make us understand that and make us courageous. Spiritual path will make us pious and it will help us experience divine. When we become pious we get a nature from inside not to go for tamasic things. We automatically get an aversion to non-pious things. It will be something very prompt. love, Anurag > Message: 5 > Thu, 30 Nov 2000 12:15:42 +0530 > " Sanjay Chakravarty " <sanjaych > Re: Re: Fellow Seekers > > Dear Anurag, > > I am indeed very grateful for your inspiring words. > > You say, " But even after getting all this a hollowness remains. " You are > right. But I have not experienced it yet, because probably my ego is tough. > > Then, you say, " Whether one goes in to spiritual path due to pain or > pleasures, one should be able to see the futility of wordly pleasures. > Unless that happens i think there will always be the fear of falling back to > the wordly pleasures. " Precisely my fear. And then, you also say, " I think > thats why it is said that one should go through all the ashramas " . Does it > mean that the experience of futility will come only after all that. For > taking to Vedanta, Vairagya is mentioned as a pre-requisite in our shastras. > Does it mean I start formal sadhana only after the ashramas are experienced > and I (hopefully) realise the futility of pleasures? > > I take solace in the statement, " Making ourselves perfect is what is > spiritual path " . > > You say, " When we take the step towards perfecting ourselves there are many > things > that come. We have to give all the attachments and beliefs. " That's an > important statement. It shows that giving up attachment is fundamental to > perfection. Yogah karmasu kaushalam, Sri Krishna says. So, the yogah of > detachment is necessary for human perfection. > > Anurag, many thanks for your reply. I have been listening on this list for > more than a year, and I have found your mails to be thoughtful and > well-intended. > > Regards > Sanjay > sanjaych > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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