Monday, 18
February 2019
Virtues
of Solitude
The
Speaking Tree | Edit Page, India | ET
By
AMITAVA BASU
Gregarious
by nature, human beings need company to talk to, to intermingle and interact
with one another. To be alone is, therefore, perceived as a curse, and so,
solitary confinement is considered appropriate punishment for grave offenders
of law.
In colonial
India, solitary prison cells of the Cellular Jail in the Andaman Islands were
reserved for freedom fighters (‘traitors’).
But the
narrow, lonely cells failed to daunt their spirited inmates. On the contrary,
the stunning isolation led prisoners to attain true realisation, strengthening
them with vigour; they embraced death with asmile when condemned to the
gallows.
The body
is like a piece of attire that with death is shed as worn-out garments.
Likewise, the embodied soul casts off worn-out bodies and enters into other,
new ones. Nothing that you gain or earn is eternal; and nothing is in your
control.
When
revealing His Vishwaroop (world vision) on the battlefield of Kurukshetra,
Krishna told Arjuna that he should not be depressed and sad at having to wage
war with his kith and kin because their death had been destined to happen with
Arjuna being a mere instrument.
There is
a Supreme guiding force to whom you should surrender — lay your acts and deeds
at the lotus feet of this Supreme Guide and be duty-bound without expecting
reward or result.
The
Bhagavad Gita says, “A stable mind is one which remains unperturbed amid joys
and sorrows, is free from passion, fear and anger and is unattached to worldly
pleasures.”
DISCLAIMER
: Views expressed above are the author's own.
Quote
from the True Charm and Power of Vedanta
As we
unfold our spiritual consciousness, we think and live aright. Whatever approaches
us we take at its proper valuation and not as it appears. Nothing can deceive
us; therefore we do not labour for what is false and unreal. There are people
who work faithfully, but they feel the burden of life because their effort does
not bring the desired results. Whey is this? it is because their effort is to
controlled by discrimination; it is not directed by a purpose that is definite
and single. Single –heartedness doe snot come until we have the higher faculty of
discrimination awakened within us . only then do we think consciously and we
are not led away by passing fancies. If something arises that appeals to us and
arouses our desire, we do not struggle to gain it without reflecting whether it
will bring us a blessing or not. Courtesy
Secret of right activity
But, if He exists?
I
drive joy There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening
for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him.
One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something,
which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does
not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am
afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes
rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I
derive 4m.
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