Paying attention to wise
instructions with regard to practical matters is part of good living. In the area
of spirituality, however, freeing oneself of all Dos and Don’ts is necessary as
it prevents the ego from getting a chance to have its ways.
In a truly spiritual life importance
is given as much to mundane matters as it is to the vaster consciousness. Understanding the consciousness beyond the
conventional neurology cannot come through following a set of
instructions. It needs patient application
in the form of intuitive awareness of what lies beyond the apparent. So, in the field of spiritual advancement,
Dos and Don’ts, acquisition of verbal knowledge and so on cannot go very
far. However, those can help us lead our
daily life with practical wisdom.
Here we look into five items that
can be instrumental in our keeping cool and going about our life with
confidence and equanimity. Once we begin
to show interest in leading a vibrant life, the five items are likely to manifest
themselves in our psychology without our effort.
The Five Wise Items
Delegate and Relegate.
Sincere application to practical matters on hand, setting
apart (‘delegate’) proper attention and time to them, followed by unconcern
(‘relegate’) is what is implied in this. The important thing here is the
‘relegating’ part which can relieve the mind of unnecessary burden through the
habit of thought.
Reflect and Reject.
Items that emotionally disturb the mind deserve this kind of
treatment. It involves calm reflection
and understanding what requires to be done practically, followed by rejection in
the sense of not letting the thought vortices demand our attention with regard the
issue. Again, this prevents the mind
from feeding on the item repeatedly as a matter of habitual neurology.
Accept and Act.
It is good to accept people and things as they are and adapt
oneself to them. This prevents rancor building up in us and helps
us develop rapport with life, no matter what it chooses to bring. Soon this
accepting and adapting oneself to life becomes a source of peace. Acceptance is to be followed by action to see how matters can be
improved, where necessary. A positive,
constructive and optimistic approach is always healthy.
Weave it and Leave it.
Well-meaning aspirations - molded, fostered and kept clean
(not sullied by thought) - set up a healthy current in one’s life. Such
aspirations will be fulfilled on their own chronological time. The usual problem is the psychological time
that corrupts the mind. If we understand
what it means to wait without knowing when, it will be wonderful. In fact, there is then no waiting in the
conventional sense of the word. This
takes away the poison of psychological time.
Once the aspirations are lovingly woven in a wholesome way in the
interest of oneself and others, it is good to drop them into the bottomless
abyss. They will sprout at the right
time!
Unconditionally Unload,
Unfold and so Explode! Understanding this item
requires self-awareness to the point of sensing how the habitual thought process
accumulates poisonous garbage. Attention to this matter leads to unloading of all such garbage that
would otherwise set up harmful offshoots in due course. Because of this
unloading and the consequent clearing, Divine Essence unfolds from one’s deeper region submerging one in a state of
progressive calmness. It furthers itself, making our consciousness expand
limitlessly. That is the explosion.
So, it is a matter of implosion followed by explosion. In that respect, it resembles a stupendous
astronomical phenomenon, the Supernova!
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