A little more silence for some more time. Yes, we need it. We
need it more often when we are in action. Only Nishkam Karma, a selfless
action is the true action. Whatever we do otherwise, is meant for our survival
or for satisfying our needs. Our needs may be real, assumed or imagined. The
moment we trespass the limit of our real needs and enter into the realm of
assumed or imagined needs, we get involved in activities (not selfless
actions) that may harm us or the others.
We all, without exception, are powerful souls, a part of the Supreme
Soul, an infinite source of energy. There is nothing like ‘a weaker soul’.
The misconception, that we, individually, are separate from the One, and the
Only One Infinite source of energy, the Supreme Soul, makes us think
that some of us have ‘strong souls’ and many others possess ‘weaker souls’.
Similarly, there is one, and the only One type of Energy that
maintains and sustains the entire creation, the universe. There cannot be many
types of energies, like good or evil energies.
The knowledge, the Vidya, is the knowledge of the
truth, the reality; all else is the lack of knowledge or the doubt. Lack of
knowledge or doubt is Avidya.
The nature has granted to all of us, without discrimination,
full command over the Energy, its Source and the knowledge that we are in
command of the energy and its source. But, the knowledge is incomplete unless and
until we know and internalize that the infinite energy and its source we are in
command of, are shared equally by all that exist in this universe.
The dreadful and intimidating thoughts of the paucity of
sources or resources with many of us, or our being under the influence of evil
energies or some of us being souls that are weaker than the others arise due to
Avidya or doubt.
No doubt, the realization of our limitations and inadequacies
never leaves our mind. We own everything, like all others do. The Infinite
Source of the Energy has divided itself into infinite parts; all, by
themselves, also being of infinite quantum. And, after such division what
remains is again, Infinite. Our limitation is that we cannot understand this
mathematics. We cannot believe that if we are in full command, others also can
be, and, in fact, are in full command.
Once we get settled with the thought that we have everything,
only if we are prepared to share it fully and unconditionally with all others,
we become complete. We, then, assume full command over infinite source of
energy to live on. That energy that maintains and sustains life can just not be
evil; because, if that had been the case, the life couldn’t have been there in
the universe since time immemorial.
Is it not strange that we keep on going in circles without
realizing that we owe our existence to its centre that is equidistant from all
the points, infinite in number, on the peripheries of the circles?
The method most suited to us in modern times to get settled
with the thought that whatever we have is equally shared by all others in this
world is dedicating oneself to selfless service of the others (Nishkam Karma)
and restricting our activities to satisfy our real needs. Silence is a state
where one can listen to one’s inner voice.
A little more silence for some more time will help us in
removing all doubts and gaining true knowledge for leading a meaningful life.
PROMOD KUMAR SHARMA
[The writer of this blog is also the author of “Mahatma A
Scientist of the Intuitively Obvious” and “In Search of Our Wonderful Words”.]
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