MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1199
Radhe krishna,
Have a blessed day.
HAPPINESS DEPENDS ON GOODNESS
Swami SivanandaThe world today is faced with a number of problems. There is ever a fear of world war. There is the fear of famine in some countries. Selfishness, love of power, position, hatred between individuals and nations, grow day by day. What Is the real solution for all these ills? "Be good: Do good." The ethics of right conduct is contained in this. Goodness implies kindness, benevolence and morality. Virtue follows goodness. It is an act of benevolence, compassion or mercy. A good man is ever happy. He always lives with God. He has divinity within him. Do all the good that you can in all the ways you can, to all people you can, at all times, with all zeal, strength, and love.
Enjoyment is fraught with suffering. In human attachment there is pain. In human relationship there is disillusionment. Yet, man never ceases to be attached to mundane objects, mundane relationship. Yet, man is never tired of sensual enjoyment.
- Swami Sivananda
Sadhana For Manonasa
Desires never perish by fulfilling them. If on the other hand you withdraw the fuel, the fire
will be automatically put out. The more you study and get at the root of the hidden lurking desires
the better you will be in a position to root them out. The desires that come on the surface of the mind
have their roots in the subconscious, and in as much as the roots are hidden, you will have to daily
do the digging of the mind and going to the root of these desires. Therefore, Gurudev has
prescribed: Set apart a time when there is no external distraction, and then go to a place where there
is no external distraction and sit there and feel that you are the witness of the mind. Just allow the
mind to wander for a while and see how it behaves, and try to delve within. All our time we are
engaged in drawing the mind outward. Make the mind inward and try to see within yourself what is
going on. It requires regular practice or else we will be thinking we are looking into the mind, but, in
the processes, we would be going with the mind. You should delve inward, introspect. You must do
a twofold process. One is diverting the mind-rays inward, and when you go inward, focus keenly on
a certain part of your mind and analyse it, dissect it. If you cannot see a place which is in darkness,
you throw the powerful search-light upon it. Similarly throw the mind inward and begin to see the
things inside. Supposing a thing is far away, you are not able to see it. You squint through a
telescope. Similarly you should analyse the part which is not visible, more minutely you should
analyse it in detail, separately, like looking through a microscope. Then you will come to know
more of your mind:—what kind of Vrittis they are, whether they are Sattvic Vrittis or Rajasic Vrittis
or Tamasic Vrittis. You begin to analyse intelligently. Here, we require a little bit of Viveka. We
have to be careful of two things. One thing is we should not go inward with partiality. If you are
studying the mind, be impartial, because this introspection is done with the purpose of ejecting out
all that is undesirable and supplying all that is required. Therefore, you should humbly go about this
work. If after studying the mind you are full of self-satisfaction, if you are satisfied with whatever is
there in the mind, such introspection and self-analysis will serve no purpose. Therefore, you should
go with a critical attitude. Just as you find out the defects of other persons, with the same critical
mind, you should find out your own defects. Otherwise, the benefit of introspection and
Desires never perish by fulfilling them. If on the other hand you withdraw the fuel, the fire
will be automatically put out. The more you study and get at the root of the hidden lurking desires
the better you will be in a position to root them out. The desires that come on the surface of the mind
have their roots in the subconscious, and in as much as the roots are hidden, you will have to daily
do the digging of the mind and going to the root of these desires. Therefore, Gurudev has
prescribed: Set apart a time when there is no external distraction, and then go to a place where there
is no external distraction and sit there and feel that you are the witness of the mind. Just allow the
mind to wander for a while and see how it behaves, and try to delve within. All our time we are
engaged in drawing the mind outward. Make the mind inward and try to see within yourself what is
going on. It requires regular practice or else we will be thinking we are looking into the mind, but, in
the processes, we would be going with the mind. You should delve inward, introspect. You must do
a twofold process. One is diverting the mind-rays inward, and when you go inward, focus keenly on
a certain part of your mind and analyse it, dissect it. If you cannot see a place which is in darkness,
you throw the powerful search-light upon it. Similarly throw the mind inward and begin to see the
things inside. Supposing a thing is far away, you are not able to see it. You squint through a
telescope. Similarly you should analyse the part which is not visible, more minutely you should
analyse it in detail, separately, like looking through a microscope. Then you will come to know
more of your mind:—what kind of Vrittis they are, whether they are Sattvic Vrittis or Rajasic Vrittis
or Tamasic Vrittis. You begin to analyse intelligently. Here, we require a little bit of Viveka. We
have to be careful of two things. One thing is we should not go inward with partiality. If you are
studying the mind, be impartial, because this introspection is done with the purpose of ejecting out
all that is undesirable and supplying all that is required. Therefore, you should humbly go about this
work. If after studying the mind you are full of self-satisfaction, if you are satisfied with whatever is
there in the mind, such introspection and self-analysis will serve no purpose. Therefore, you should
go with a critical attitude. Just as you find out the defects of other persons, with the same critical
mind, you should find out your own defects. Otherwise, the benefit of introspection and
self-analysis will be lost.
Swami Chidananda
Chant the Maha Mantra.
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
BE HAPPY.
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