After clearly knowing about
each of the above 5 kleshas, one can clearly know the following:
· Each of the subsequent
kleshas find their origin, their substance, their need, only from the first
Klesha "AVIDYA".
· Due to
the spiritual ignorance, forgetting that he is divine, he
develops the next klesha - "ASMITA", assuming an identity
"I" ness for himself.
· Now that he has assumed the
"I" ness, the "I" ness has to be given a physical identity.
So, he identifies himself with his body, mind. Obviously, he has to
gratify/glorify his physical identity which is assumed by him!
· He gets attached to all
those things/ all those human beings/all those attainments/ all those moments
which help him sustain and glorify his identity. Raga is thus developed.
· He gets averse towards
things which do not glorify his identity or which challenge his identity.
Dvesha is thus developed. If we quietly sit and just analyze about one or two
human beings whom we hate/ about whom we are aversive, we will know in our heart
that we hate them because, they do not glorify/ support our identity.
· Even in cases where we do
not even know about them and we hate them, we can realize, upon introspection,
that their ideas/ their way of life/ their talks/ their style of life is not
aligning with our approach to life/ our way of life. So, we love our own way of
life/ approach to life and even those who are at a distance are subject to our
dislike just because their approach does not tally with our approach!!
· Any change in his present
existence which may challenge his raga/dvesha, is feared by us. Abhinivesha
is thus developed. We fear all those changes which may challenge our way
of life, our approach, our outlook and our comfort zone.
· In spirituality, this fear
is very much there, though it is so subtle that we do not realize or accept
this fact. How???? . Any preaching by any master, any discourse or any teaching
or any instruction by our own Lord Sai- we are not able to follow though we
accept him as God. Why???
· This is so because, following
His spiritual instructions/ teachings call for changing our routines, calls for
devoting time for sadhana, calls for practicing things which we have not
practiced so far and also, we do not have a clear idea as to where we will
reach, what benefit we will get, how will we exist if we evolve spiritually.
SO, THERE IS FEAR OF TRAVELING IN A NEW PATH WHERE WE DO NOT KNOW HOW THE END
OF THE JOURNEY WILL BE, WE FEAR ALL THOSE THINGS WHICH WE MAY LOSE IN THIS
JOURNEY. SO, WE DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE.
Now, the main point where we
get stuck up in spiritual sadhana in the path of devotion or in the path of
Jnana is to be properly understood now and forever.
In the path of devotion, in
the flow of Attraction to Atma Nivedanam, the flow which should be by heart for
all of you by now, instead of knowing and realizing that devotion has to
be transformed to Love and then only Loving all can spontaneously happen
or rather everyone else with bask in the glory of the love that he exists as, we
straight away jump to Love All Serve All, Help Ever, Hurt Never statements.
How can one Love All Serve
All, Help Ever, Hurt Never, unless he has actually experienced that LOVE
in his own heart and soul?? How can one give to others what
he himself does not have??
Now, in the path of Jnana
also, we keep on preaching/ following the fact that we should not hate any one
or we should not have excessive attachment towards any one. However, we
do not trace the origin of this raga and dvesha, we do not come to realize and
know with conviction that all the spiritual sadhana is to be focused for
ultimately removing/ transcending the 1st ignorance- AVIDYA, ignorance of our
divine nature.
So, our sadhana is like
identifying a poisonous tree and then, trying to cut the branches of the
tree, even while seated on the very branch. Along with the branch that falls
down when we cut, we also fall down again and again.
If the trace of the poisonous
tree is to be removed, then we need to attack the roots and remove the
tree permanently. Then only can we be free for ever from the poison.
Now, to understand the above
from a positive angle, in spirituality, instead of knowing the cause of our tree
of life which is GOD, we nurture the leaves, the flowers, the branches which
are like attachments in our life etc.
If we are ever focused on the
roots, if we ever nurture the roots (God), with the roots
getting stronger, there is a very bright chance that even the tree of our
life, (our practical life, our Artha, Kama, Dharma, our relationships in family
and society, our well being in general, all these things) would also be taken
care of, just like a tree with very healthy root forming into a very
strong stem and branch, bearing very good flowers/ fruits.
So, in the above flow of Avidya to Abhinivesha, without focusing on the root Avidya, if we focus only on reducing our Raaga or dvesha, we will never be able to transcend our attachment or hatred permanently.
On the other hand, forgetting about the above flow, if we just focus, nurture and be devoted to the very root of our existence, THE GOD, then, everything in our life just falls in place like a healthy tree giving healthy shelter, healthy fruit, healthy flower etc, OR, even of our tree of life is not so healthy or so fruitful, we, focused whole heartedly on the root-GOD, are able to undergo all the prarabdha that our life fetches for us, smiling and singing HIS glory!!.
Think!!! Contemplate!!!
Love.
