True Nature of Worship by Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya..Part - 4

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Dear All,

 

 

It is clear that there is discontentment in the soul of such men, which

drives the soul back to the world again and again. Discontent lives where

there is no soothing quietude. When the soul is afflicted with the fever

of iscontentment, there cannot be any coolness of peace in there. It is

not possible to attain peace of soul through worldly pleasures and objects.

It is attained only when one inculcates the virtue of greatness in his way

of life. Greatness is the sole basis for the peace of soul. Men with great

souls never need to bear the torture of iscontent or anguish even if they

are poor or lonely. Wise, benevolent people and true devotees are always

great humans with great souls. This is the single basis based on which they

lead their lives, be that full of hardships, peacefully and part with their

bodies with content. No mental distresses torture them.

 

All the sages, saints, doers, thinkers and philosophers have never been rich

or prosperous, nor have they devoted their lives to enjoyment of worldly

objects. Their lives have always been simple and ordinary. Their food, their

clothing, and their living has always been as average as could be. Their

daily routine and labour has been so arduous and demanding that to any one

it would appear as suffering. In times ahead also this kind of people would

live a life of dearth and those of this category present around us now can

also be seen to have adopted such a living. Even then rarely can anyone be

found as happy and contended as they are. There is just one reason behind

this and that is the greatness of their soul. Whoever develops this

greatness in his soul, spiritual peace certainly becomes his property. Who

would like to remain stuck to the equipments that led him to his goal when

he has already attained the goal itself? If light is available from the Sun,

there remains no need to light a lamp. The attribute of greatness that leads

to peace of spirit is the attitude of goodness.

 

Great men find goodness all around in the world, in every direction, in

every incident and in every circumstance. He does a good deed only for

goodness, and views and visualizes its result in all forms as good only.

Hopelessness, dejection, regret, unhappiness, remorse or the suspicion of

inauspiciousness or impossibility does not upset him. His mental state in

prosperity and success remains the same in poverty and failure as well. His

happiness, his bliss and his contentment are never perturbed. With one look

at the world, not one or two but hundreds of people can be seen making

merry, talking and smiling and in a pleasant state. Looking at them, it

would be difficult to say that in their lives there would be any pain or

unhappiness, any discord or discontentment. It may even appear that these

all are men with great souls and they have attained spiritual peace, which

is why such bliss abides on their faces. But what is seen is not truth.

Their happiness is just like someone is laughing or being happy in a dream

or unconsciousness. This happiness of them is neither original nor

permanent. That time either they are satiated with enjoyment of some object

or charmed with some gain or profit. If the cause of their pleasure is

identified and removed, then all their cheerfulness would be destroyed.

 

Real or spiritual happiness can only be that which has no cause, whose basis

is the soul and nothing else. Happiness that is experienced from ephemeral

and worldly enjoyments is a deception and so like other ephemeral illusions,

its effect does not last too long. True and stable happiness is only that

whose alternative never is sadness. One who has gained in his trade today,

one who has got married today, or one who is blessed with a son today, one

who has achieved great success or honor, would appear happy and pleased.

This does not mean that any greatness of soul has been expressed through

this cheerfulness. This happiness and cheer is a mere reaction to the said

gain or festivity. It gets terminated at the passing of the wave of passion

and the one gets back into his state of discontent and begins again to

experience dejection, unhappiness, tension, etc as before….

 

.... To Be Coninued ....

Author : Pt Shriram Sharma Acharya

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