VAGDEVI SPIRITUAL PROCESS [#15024] DO GOOD, BUT DO IT MY WAY

Do good, but do it my way. Serve humanity, but do it my way. Have faith, but have it my way. Worship the God, but do it my way.

Does anyone really know which is the right thing to do and the exact way it should be done? Perhaps, no one knows the right answers to the questions we often encounter. Even the great ancient Indian philosopher, Rishi Vyasa, who is believed to have understood, defined and explained what Dharma (the true human nature that becomes the basis for defining the right human conduct and duty) doubted if he really knew what Dharma was.

We all have freedom to think about what is truth and conduct accordingly, provided it does no harm to anybody. We also have the freedom to speak about it. However, what we cannot and should not do is to claim that we have known the truth in its entirety and our conduct is the only right conduct.

Unfortunately, we human beings are thoroughly imbibed into our Ahamkara (for the sake of simplicity, we can use the word ‘ego’ for Ahamkara). Even the most honest among ourselves, i.e. who are honest to themselves, become much attached to the thought we are committed to and the deeds we are dedicated to. Our thoughts, our conduct, our words and we, all in one, an inseparable one, become a brand of our own. Incidentally, the word ‘brand’, in the sense we use it today, appears to have been evolved from some kind of shallow ego and pride.

When we become a brand of our own, at least for ourselves, we get settled in an illusion that is difficult to pierce through. Maybe, we do not need a fierce resolve to avoid getting entrapped in our own illusive image that we innocently consider as the reflection of our righteousness.  If only we give value to the sincere efforts of others and agree to travel a small distance with them, our sights may not improve, but our path will become more congenial. The thought that we are treading on a difficult path, itself nurtures our Ahamkara. Ahamkara being the most vicious and the strongest of the reasons causing illusion must be fought with whatever tools we can lay our hands on.

[This series is being presented by Promod Kumar Sharma, who has also authored “Mahatma A Scientist of the Intuitively Obvious” and “In Search of Our Wonderful Words”.]