The most difficult exercise on the
spiritual path is being indifferent to people’s words and actions.
You can see their intention , to hurt, to
throw barbs for various reasons , to insult , to put you down , to wound you in
which ever way they can …. Quick reactions are so normal , though they should
not be.
The other day, I was asking my almost
eight year old grandson, “ do you become
a donkey if someone says you are one?” He laughed sheepishly but he understood.
These kids are very mature .
So, the long and short of it is, let all
such speech and action fall off your energy body because internalising these
meaningless negativities is just not desirable for the self.
So, when we speak of “Sama bhaav a”, or
balance or neutrality, it also implies a certain indifference to these episodes
and such people around you.
Please notice , I said AROUND you. Never let
these get INSIDE of you . Buddha spoke of suffering. The body will be diseased,
will die and bodily suffering therefore, is a reality.
But why would we suffer due to our own
ignorance, our own choices to feel the negativities of others in OUR system?
We can flinch from just venomous words. We
could also flinch from waves of envy and hate exuding from people. But , having
been exhausted by such reactions, when the immunity enters us , we are able to look at , to observe that
everything is powerless unless WE give it the power through our attention.
Suddenly, we can smile at all of that and we find we are free !
Ignore with calmness , knowing that we are
incapable of getting affected and rise in our vibrations to leave the space of
such low vibrations.
Sounds like a eureka moment, doesn’t it ?
But… far from it ! It takes a lot of courage and energy to leave that space
because, in leaving that space, we leave many people behind as well.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari
