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Anjali January 40 KHNA - 2011
saw you were sad too like me. So here what you see is what I brought with my OWN money! That will be my moment, my moment of happiness”. Years passed. The boy’s dream came true. He studied hard, went to college, and got a degree and got a job in a reputed firm, with an excellent salary. As he dreamed, he got his first pay check also. The story is ending with a question to the readers. Will he buy what he promised to himself years ago? The answer is, most probably he will not ! The next question is why not? The answer to this question is philosophical and will lead us to discussion on ultimate purpose of life and spirituality. As desires, priorities, likes and dislikes change with maturity, we are moving closer and closer towards a different plane where material objects dot not mean much or we look at them without any attachment. The emotions and feelings vary with different objects. Relationship and attitude differ but only to the perceiver. A cigarette smoker gets attracted by a pack of cigarette, but to a non-smoker it does nothing, no change of emotions whatever. A drunkard gets excited by seeing a bottle of alcohol. You cannot say that a bottle of alcohol or a pack of cigarette got enchanted. In fact, it is the other way round. You got attracted by that inert object. Your mind got trapped. Change your mind, and you have control over your actions! What is important at one plane of consciousness, as the boy’s inclination towards balloons and marbles, is not important at another plane where the boy is in the realm of adulthood or old age. Priorities changed. The man of discretion and self control raises himself to another plane of consciousness - that is the world familiar to him - this world of material objects and emotions and the consequential attachments are no longer troubling or pleasing him. The different levels of experiences and consciousness we enjoy as we grow can be compared to our dream and waking state. We cannot experience the world of dream and the world of waking state at the same time. When we are awake, in that new dimension of consciousness, the world familiar to us while we were in the dream state is no more. The self controlled man lives amidst all of us, no doubt, but he experiences a world of greater joy and happiness. And the familiar world where all of us are living is a world of many sorrows and tragedies, and disappointments and dejec tions. As long as we are in the evel of consciousness where we are attached to the worldly pleasures, temptations, charms and desires, and the resultant disappointments, dejections, sorrows and tragedies, no doubt, this material world will continue to fascinate us. But when we reach the higher state of consciousness and enjoy the infinite bliss and look at this world from outside, we will understand the transient nature of those worldly objects and pleasures. To understand the transience and insignificance of this world we have to raise ourselves above the surroundings. But unfortu nately, many times we are going round and round in circles. Yes, we are still looking for marbles and balloons. But, when we realize that they no longer attract us, our journey towards the realization of the ultimate goal of life is getting smoother. Mr. Kumar is an Electronic Engineer by profession and is a Federal Government employee, in the Department of Defense. He has been teaching Vedanta since 1987 in the Washington D.C. area and has lead many Vedanta discussion groups. He is an active member of Chinmaya Mission, Washington, D.C. He can be reached at vijaykumar@rocketmail.com. KHNA - 2011 Anjali January 41
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