Pleasure and Pain
Pleasure and pain are the effects of virtue and vice. They
are two kinds of emotions that pertain to the mind alone. Freedom from the body
and mind is the real nature of the Self or Atman, being a silent witness to
these emotions. Mind enjoys and mind suffers; the Atman has nothing to do with
these; It is all Bliss.
The Path of the Pleasant
The senses have been created with a natural tendency to flow
towards the objective Universe. This externalisation dissipates the rays of the
Mind, weakens the Intellect and blinds the eye of intuitive Perception. Unity
is falsely represented as Diversity. The untrue appears to be true – pain
appears to be pleasure; and the shadow holds out greater charms than the
Substance itself. This is the path the ignorant man pursues.
Who is Free?
The association with family members is like a chance meeting
of travellers on a journey. They depart with the fall of each body. Just as a
person casts of objects of his dream when he rises from sleep, so also he
should be prepared to detach himself from them at any time. One, who reflecting
thus lives at home without attachment and egoism is not bound by the home and
is Free.
to be continued
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