Studying Advaita Vedanta is the best way to
the path of detachment. When Shakespeare said, “ all the world’s a stage and
all the men and women merely players”, I did not realise the vastness of
implications in that one statement.
Advaita Vedanta tells you the same thing by
segregating transactional and ultimate reality. It comes as an amazing
realisation that we are not who we claim to be when we identify with the body
and mind. In fact, this puts us in a world of transactional reality where karma
rules the cycle of birth and death.
The moment we start the process of
elimination that we are not the body, not the mind, nor the intellect nor the
body of desires we have accumulated, there descends a tremendous sense of relief and lightness of
being .
There is nothing and no one to get attached
to. Yes, I have often been scoffed for this statement but believe me, as
Echkart Tolle says, now is the time either to evolve or “die” , the latter
meaning a metaphorical death.
Now, the choice is ours. Are we going to carry on with our old ways of
comparisons, judgements, hatreds , dislikes, manipulations etc or stop that
completely useless baggage and see the light which is everywhere ? Only our
inner light is dimmed by us, and none other .
So, we should know that one hundred percent responsibility for our souls is ours . Yet, we are unable to detach from what we know to be futile in our journey, like a dog’s tail, however much it is straightened, comes back to being crooked.
But sooner or later, the circle of life’s
mixed experiences , once exhausted, will bring us back to the point of
elevation: the NEED to elevate as the only choice . That will be a brilliantly
illuminated day for each of us.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari
