We have been taught to take care of
ourselves. This had been a perfect education that even a chick receives from
its mother bird. Such education is necessary for each and every living being on
this earth. However, our lack of understanding of realities, that we may call
as ‘lack of true knowledge’ or ‘Avidya’), lead us to deploy our whole
system of body, mind and intellect in our selfish interests.
In addition to this, our pride that we
can accomplish more and more by doing less and less, thanks to our superior
intellect, made us dependent on others in many ways. We want that others must
do, whatever they can, for our benefit. To achieve this, we are ever ready to
manipulate things in our favour. In this process, we have lost much of our
freedom; and, with ever increasing complications arising out of it, we are
continuing to lose more and more of our freedom. Therefore, individual freedom,
if pivoted on self-centeredness is an illusion. True freedom can be achieved
only through selflessness. It has to be collective freedom.
The absence or lack of freedom may be
captivity of any kind, including that of one’s own. Any captivity is a cause of
sorrow.
Therefore, individual freedom, if
pivoted on self-centeredness, is an illusion. True freedom can be achieved only
through selflessness. It has to be collective freedom.
I quote herein under a portion from the
book, “In Search of Our Wonderful Words”.
“Let us discuss more about unlearning. What do we learn? We
normally learn to take care of ourselves. In modern times, the more one knows
about taking care of himself smarter he is considered to be. When the majority
of us learn the same lesson of taking care of ourselves, we erect walls around
us. We create walls to protect us but unknowingly we put ourselves in captivity
behind the walls we have created. One who is imprisoned cannot create. He is
deprived of the sources of happiness in life that are available in abundance.
One among such sources is the joy of creativity. We are a part of the supreme
Creator; creativity comes naturally to us. We have to unlearn taking
unnecessary care of ourselves. When we learn to take necessary (not
unnecessary) care of ourselves, we automatically tend to take care of the
others also. By doing so we create a universal order that may help all of us in
our efforts for survival of the entire universe. Is it not approaching closer
to the Divine laws? Further, when we take care of others without expecting
anything in return, we knock down the protective walls built by us and become
free and creative. Selfless service is the most creative thing in this world.”
[This blog is being presented by PROMOD KUMAR SHARMA, the
author of the book “IN SEARCH OF OUR WONDERFUL WORDS”. He has also authored
“MAHATMA A SCIENTIST OF THE INTUITIVELY OBVIOUS”.]
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