All our effort should be directed to
silencing our minds. Easier said than done when it refuses to stop chattering
and, in fact, keeps reminding us of episodes long forgotten. We don’t need to
put our hands into the fire to burn. The mind does it for us.
As Swami Sarvapriyanand ji says, we are
supposed to be masters of our mind. But, actually, we are slaves twice over,
not only of our mind but our senses as well.
How can we ever even think of liberation
from the ego mind ? Every minute, we make a determined effort and the next
minute, we lapse into our old ways ! Even when we make resolutions to clean up
our mind, the next minute we break our own resolve. Why ? What stops us ? I would
imagine, our dual mind, which is ruled by our senses and ego and hence,
severely inflicted by likes and dislikes and prejudices.
When it concerns prejudice, it is like a
disease which has no discrimating power . It does not exclude any relationship,
however sacrosanct.
Here is when one puts a question mark on
the “educated” minds who feel superior for maybe having studied abroad , had
ample exposure, and now making a brilliant career but… without the basic plan for
a clear at heart and mind. We do have a very long way to go before the right
understanding dawns . In a limited span of the few years we have, now is the
place to start.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari
