Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Baggage is bondage

As long as there is wanting to have something or to become something, there will be that baggage of wanting that we will be carrying and we will not be free. The seeker has to go beyond the seeking to be Free. Freedom comes only when we let go all the wanting.

All philosophies try to teach us to become a hero. But only Truth teaches us to become Zero. As long as we desire to become something or a hero, we cannot become that, because we will be burdened more with the desire rather than that something. The moment we become Zero, then we can become real heroes. Only a Zero can engulf everything and can become everything, rest all will just be only something and can never become Nothing.

One of the Upanishad message is:

om poornamadah poornamidan poornaatpoornamudachyate 
poornasya poornamaadaaya poornamevaavashishyate||


 पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते
पूर्णस्य  पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते||

That is Complete and this is Complete
From the Completeness the Completeness arises
Taking away the Completeness from the Completeness
The Completeness remains as is.

The one that is existing is already Complete. It is the thought that to become something which will make it appear incomplete. Hence, the thought to become something will drive us nuts. However, the affirmation and complete conviction of Completeness and a constant awareness of Completeness will make and keep us free forever.

Every thought is a baggage and every baggage is a bondage. The attachment towards thoughts will bind us and prevent us from becoming free. This attachment towards thoughts has become the ever carrying baggage which is preventing us from becoming aware of the Completeness. Because of delusion we keep on carrying this baggage of attachment towards thoughts. Somehow and at some moment we should get bored of this baggage and get out of this game of delusion. The day we are completely bored of carrying the baggage (in any form, even subtlest), then and then only we can let go and at that moment we are free from delusion and become aware of our ever existent Completeness.

Let the Grace of that Completeness keep us ever awake in Completeness.