- Attachments, Advantages of Detachments and JOURNEYING INWARDS and What can a person do during THE SILENCE OF THE QUIETUDE ?
A. Attachments- What can a person do during THE SILENCE OF THE QUIETUDE ?Advantages of Detachment and JOURNEYING INWARD. Examples
A. Attachment
a.Is state of clinging that comes from the false belief that something or someone is necessary for your happiness.
b.It is a strong intense desire or craving to possess something, and the moment we possess it, we are already possessed by it.
c.When there is an attachment FEAR, HOPE, LOVE, JOY is all coming from it. (in a negative manner). It is an erroneous way of acting in the world, and a door leading to suffering, pain, and anxiety. As it is an incorrect identification with self-image.
d.“The moment our hand touches any created thing, ATTACHMENT BEGINS. For e.g.- Felling trees, disturbing natural habitat and building institutions/ organisations.
“No one can be attached to the original untouched form of Nature/ Prakriti. As it is The Dwelling place of Param Atma and it is a breathe and source of life. For e.g.- Natural beauty.
What can a person do during THE SILENCE OF THE QUIETUDE? i.Learn THE PATH to Perfect the senses to connect to “ANTAR YAMI”, “THE TREE OF LIFE” to which we belong in order to gain our “TRUE IDENTITY”. ii.Detach from the attachment- Detach from possessing. For e.g.- The beauty of the rose is best enjoyed when on the plant. By identifying the attachment to which one’s life is revolving around and what is stealing one’s PEACE . iii. If there is an Attachment to a person.
Then FEAR- If the person is fearful about something, I too fear the same thing. JOY – If the person is happy, I am also Joyful due the same thing. HOPE – If the person is hoping for something, I start hoping for the same thing and if that does not happen then torments. LOVE- I start loving what the person loves. One way of detaching is by saying “MY SOUL is tied to it”. I say to myself “I CUT SOUL TIES” which means an attitude to “ LET GO / FREE A PERSON and “LETTING IT BE/ ACCEPTING “not running away from the situation but accepting it “As it is”. Advantages of Detachment and JOURNEYING INWARD. Examples By detaching /with drawing we gain mastery over senses otherwise senses gain mastery over us and we lose our ORIGINAL IDENTITY to the external world. B. Types of Attachments Disturbance is the first sign that the person is getting attached, and that the person needs to nip the attachment in its budding stage. It is a big obstacle for “THE INWARD GROWTH”. Disturbances can come from (the list of attachments mentioned below).
i. Material possessions ii.Things, work of our hands, events, situations, Limelight. iii. Persons, family, friends, community, pets and other living beings, others prejudices carried through generations. iv. Self-glory, name fame, praise, power, possessions, excessive love for body- ideas concepts, craving for knowledge. What can a person do during THE SILENCE OF THE QUIETUDE ? A QUIETUDE can have distractions ( stray/ wandering thoughts) that come and go and the mind is wandering. Distractions do not preoccupy a mind so it is not an issue. There is longing for THE SILENCE OF THE QUIETUDE in Distractions. Thoughts come to the surface and they burst like bubbles . It is Disturbances which are blockages for the growth in theJOURNEY INWARD. Detachment /unhooking from attachments slowly, delicately and consistently is the way forward. THE SILENCE OF THE QUIETUDE is of utmost importance in breaking free from attachments. Some details/examples on Attachments
i. Sometimes simple things like long and short duration entertainment grips the person and leaves the person in anxiety.
ii. If we are not indulging in sports or competitions in the right spirit, attachments continue. (It can stir up jealousy which gets deep rooted, gripping the person, which soon becomes very easily noticeable in the life of the person. And it can harm oneself and others).
iii. The person may try to hide his/her/their true nature but it will be obvious from the actions as the attachments grow.
Prakriti Prarthana Lyrics in English
Creator, Supreme Soul, Give peace, Give love. When my mind tires, And shivers in the cold. (1)
Like the flowering trees,Like the warmth of the moving wind. Keep me close, and let me grow In your light. (2)
You fill your energy, In every corner of the earth. Fill my tiny being too with your warmth, In my little heart. (3)
You have woven the web of life, I am but a strand in this web. By damaging this web of life, We only hurt ourselves. (4)
Commentary
“ANTAR YAMI “, “THE TREE OF LIFE “, “THE INNER BEING”, “THE DEEPEST POINT” is “THE HIGHEST POINT” “AWAKENING” the sixth sense”.
(1 & 2). I experience storms and hardships when I look externally. Therefore, I look to YOU WITHIN ME, and YOU bestow me with the experience of YOUR PEACE AND YOUR LOVE.
(1 & 2) My soul rests in Nature/ Prakriti and it is YOUR gift to all who live on earth. And I experience pure warmth in its sparkling light as it is always in YOUR HOLY presence and I can never get attached to Prakriti. The more I preserve it the more closer I can JOURNEY INWARDS and grow in YOUR LIGHT AND TRUTH, nurtured by YOUR love and awakened and enlightened by YOUR wisdom.
(3). YOU fill the whole universe and every Soul with YOUR inspiration. As I move closer to YOU “SHRISTIKARTA”,”SUPREME SOUL”, “PARAM ATMA” “ WITHIN ME, I truly experience YOUR Loving and peaceful PRESENCE in my heart.
(4). And when I JOURNEY INWARDS, I experience YOUR TOUCH and realize that everything outside is a web of life woven by YOU “PARAM ATMA”!! My soul connects with YOU and I realise that I am just playing a role in the web of life. And I need to respect the web.
A harmonious web is created only when strands are connected or interlinked but a single strand does not make a web. And more I CONNECT with YOU my TRUE SELF is revealed and becomes the truth. I am thus incapable of being false to anyone and I remain true to myself. Everything around me has the presence of “PARAMATMA” and it is my duty to respect all Life.
By hurting a Human Being or a Living Being in thought, word or deed. I am hurting myself and that breaks the web.
As it is “The Dwelling place” of “Param Atma” and it is a breathe and “Source of Life”.
Namaste – I respect YOUR presence PARAM ATMA in every Human Being.
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प्रकृति प्रार्थना गीत के बोल और व्याख्या हिंदी में Prakriti Prarthana with Lyrics in Hindi
Prakriti Prarthana with subtitles and commentary in English.
Attachments, Advantages of Detachments and JOURNEYING INWARDS and What can a person do during SILENCE OF THE QUIETUDE?