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YOGASADHANA 41and attract you, you should ruthtessly avoid them. you will haveto develop vairagya forthese tempting objects and it must maturealso. ln this stage you are conscious of your degree ofVairagya towards different objects. (3) Ekendriyari: Thelndriyas stand still or subdued, but the mind has either Raga orDvesha for objects. Mind is the only lndriya that functioninowindependently. (4) vasikaram: ln this highest state of vairagya,the objects no longer tempt you. They cause no attraciion.lndriyas are perfectly quiet. Mind also is free from likes and dislikes.Then you get supremacy or independence. you are consciousof your supremacy. without vairagya no spiritualprogress is possible.One Anna (/ruth of a Rupee) of pleasure is mixed with fif_teen Annas of pain. Pleasure that is mixed with pain, fear andworry is no pleasure at all. lf you begin to analyse carefully thisone Anna of pleasure, it will dwindle into airy nothing. you willfind that it is a mere play of the mind. Wake up. Open lour eyes.Develop Viveka. You cannot get the real happiness from finiteobjects that are conditioned by time, space and causation.Nitya, Nirupadhika, Niratisaya Ananda, eternal, infinite blissthat is independent of objects can onry be had in the immortalspirit or Atman, the Indweller of your heart. Therefore, shun theexternalthings ruthlessly; you can develop Vairagya. Vairagyais the foundation-stone for the spiritual path.Why do men run after sensual pleasures? What is theiridea of happiness? Do Samskaras force them to repeat thesame sensual acts? ls man a creature of environment or circumstances?can he not obliterate the samskaras by suitabtemeans?on account of ignorance man runs hither and thither toseek happiness in objects. A litfle ginger bread and a sweetmeat,a son and a young wife, some position and power andsome money in the bank to boot, will fill the heart with joy andwil! calm his nerves. That is all he wants. Bliss of himan,supersensuous Ananda and peace, spiritual ecstasy are unknownto him. He dislikes it also. He hates people who tatk onhigher sublime matters. Man can obliterate his samskaras byPurushartha (right exertion). He is not a creature of circumstances.He is the master of his destiny.