The religious scripture like Vedanta teaches us
that you can acquire materialistic comforts and gadgets; nothing wrong in it,
but don’t show any greed for the same. While possessing the same, you should not
show your possessiveness for the same. Many people misunderstood this inner
meaning of this principle. It is not that you give up your possessions and only
engage in religious rituals. The sacred book Gita extols concepts like a
homeless and dispossessed. Accordingly,
people have either walked away from their home or leave possessions in the name
of religion or spirituality. Possession
is physical. A physical entity cannot put any pressure upon your mental health
and make you into bondage. You may be
the monarch of the whole world; yet you may show no- feeling of attachment for the same. You
may remain free of ‘me-ness.’ Contrarily, you may have very little under your
custody, but hopelessly you cling so much for the miniscule possessions you
have that ultimately you become dependent on the same and mentally you get
upset, if you lose the possessions. Vedanta teaches for renunciation. This renunciation is a mental process of virtually
abandoning and it is not a physical state. You must learn the technique of renunciation
and avoid greed for excessive attachment, dependence and acquisitiveness. One should be able to identify the
difference between the possession and the possessiveness.
Possessiveness is known as excessive zeal to
acquire, possess and brag about the possessions. Ultimately, these shackles you
in bondage and you lose your freedom.
Possessiveness stems from the attitude of dependence and lacks self-sufficiency. It develops fear,
suspicion, friction and frustration. The
burden of possessiveness sometimes makes you despair because you are unable to
work out the real plan what is to be done with the possession of these so many
assets? This will definitely lead to emptiness, incompleteness and
deficiency. At that point of time, you
become too obsessed with yourself and you lose your awareness.
Vedanta states that truth is the only reality in
life, and the same only can lead you to the path of renunciation. You must
accept the fact that inability to comply with the fullness of your purposeful life
causes an imaginary void. Then only, you
get allured to obtain very many materialistic dispositions to fill the
void. When this allurement is met, you
become jubilant. Vedanta teaches us how to acquire the knowledge of fullness.
Reaching this stage, you will not hope for any desire. You will be then completely independent of
the world. Vedanta also professes that
you master the technique to obtain the world in such a way that you are comfortable
at any occasion in your life. Vedanta
shows you how to gain from this world, but not becoming a slave of this
illusion. Your turning point is to
introspect to analyze the inherent power and become aware. Awareness is a function of the
intellect. You live in an illusory standard,
ignoring the important aspect of the intellect. Look within yourself. Are you
jealous, angry and are keeping a wrong notion clubbed with negativities towards
people? Or your approach towards them is compassionate and full of kindness?
Analyze whether you are mean-minded or you are
excessively attached to your all possessions.
Alternatively, you may be
inspired with a higher vibration to avoid all types of illusion to lead a
blissful life and serve mankind. To overcome all the passionate traits, you
must induce your ability to practice the concept of 3 D, namely dedication, devotion and discrimination. If you delve into the teachings of Gita,
Krishna advises Arjuna to perform Yagna, a work which is a spirit of service,
which ultimately leads you to a higher dedication and you achieve a level of pure consciousness. You must focus your attitude from taking to
giving. The art of giving provides a bliss and you will be more dedicated to
everybody you come across. The second D, which is devotion and that is nothing,
but your sublimation to God. Through this
devotion and love, you can energize your feelings to express love for others, which
will then remove hatred from your life as far as practicable. Any ill feeling will not settle in your
heart. Krishna says that who does not have anything is very dear to me. The third
D discrimination is another important aspect, which is knowledge. Through
this power of discrimination, you can enjoy the possessions without any greed. This
knowledge is your permanent
companion and will remain with you till the time you perish. Then you begin to
disinvest what is to be discarded and not that significant for a particular
time in your complete life cycle.
You utilize the same for the present moment and the
balance portion can be utilized for future.
Knowledge is nothing, but the permanent process of filtering your
resources and how effectively you learn from the same. It is a distinction between the permanent and
impermanent phases we all pass through.
You always put your best efforts to become the center of the wheel of
life. When you do that, you will be able
to grip the proceedings of the surroundings around you. All worldly affairs
encircle and provoke you to fall into its trap. The attachments and desires
spin ceaselessly around you and you will be in a swirl of convolution of mental
anxieties to decide what to do and what not to do? At that stage, learn to fix Atman at the centre of your
life. Then, remember God and He will fix
all your problems to guide you to move in the right direction. At that stage, you may be a millionaire or
you may possess very many things, but there will be no obsession and that would
be the real path of enjoyment.
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