Pure mind, intellect and soul tend to converge, said Ramakrishna. Pure mind entertains pure thoughts and the rest is overlooked but not suppressed because suppression raises the probability of reappearance. It encourages and guides to pursue action for the well-being of society. Desire and greed-based action may add to the accumulated stock of luxury but it binds the mind to the possession one has. Hence, the sense of freedom or what Sankhya calls ‘jivanmukti’ state of mind can never be attained.
The domestic will never open the door to the universal – experiencing the vastness within oneself would remain unrealised. On the other hand, selfless action holds the key to the ultimate purpose of life. Selfless action cannot be pursued without a pure mind. To initiate selfless action one does not have to wait for purity to arrive with pomp and show. While pursuing action, if one is conscious of the aspect of selflessness, automatically, purity of mind will grow. Only from field experience purification begins, it can never happen in a closed-door situation.
Pure intellect can guide the mind and help avoid unnecessary interferences and observations. One can avoid petty matters by following the process of identifying what is beneficial for the larger good. Mere intellect, can put one into manipulative action. So it will have to be associated by purity without which it will not be in a position to guide the mind to rise beyond self-promoting acts.
Purity of soul is divinity personified. Purity of mind and intellect helps attain purity of soul. Not everyone may be born with pure divinity. But with the help of purity of mind and intellect one is capable of attaining divinity. We are born as human but we may leave the earth as divine.
In an individualistic society we are concerned about our own freedom and we hesitate to intervene in other areas as that may conflict with someone else’s domain of freedom. But the concept of social work is important. Without hurting the sentiments of others how the principle of giving can actually benefit others without nurturing our ego is an important consideration. Righteous action requires a great deal of self-discipline and at the same time it runs a high risk of facing harassments. But mental courage may help us pursue our efforts. By sharing we only gain but that sharing must not sound like a donation. It has to be followed more as a service.
The other vehicle is meditation. Through constant prayers we understand, that the entire universe is manifestation of divinity. Meditation inculcates love in one’s heart based on which one then realises that everyone is his own image, a vast ocean of divinity. With this realisation discriminatory feeling towards others naturally disappears.
The lack of shared prosperity begets tension. On the other hand, inclusion of spiritual dimension in our economic pursuits expands the horizon of development in all possible ways. If we believe in negative externalities it is not difficult to see that hatred can threaten the future prospects of growth and benefits associated with it. On the other hand, if the basic institutions of spiritual development can be combined with economic pursuits, then complementary effects can be reaped on a large scale.
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Courtesy: Times of India, Speaking Tree, 28th Mar, 2019
Pure mind, intellect and soul tend to converge, said Ramakrishna. Pure mind entertains pure thoughts and the rest is overlooked but not suppressed because suppression raises the probability of reappearance. It encourages and guides to pursue action for the well-being of society. Desire and greed-based action may add to the accumulated stock of luxury but it binds the mind to the possession one has. Hence, the sense of freedom or what Sankhya calls ‘jivanmukti’ state of mind can never be attained.
The domestic will never open the door to the universal – experiencing the vastness within oneself would remain unrealised. On the other hand, selfless action holds the key to the ultimate purpose of life. Selfless action cannot be pursued without a pure mind. To initiate selfless action one does not have to wait for purity to arrive with pomp and show. While pursuing action, if one is conscious of the aspect of selflessness, automatically, purity of mind will grow. Only from field experience purification begins, it can never happen in a closed-door situation.
Pure intellect can guide the mind and help avoid unnecessary interferences and observations. One can avoid petty matters by following the process of identifying what is beneficial for the larger good. Mere intellect, can put one into manipulative action. So it will have to be associated by purity without which it will not be in a position to guide the mind to rise beyond self-promoting acts.
Purity of soul is divinity personified. Purity of mind and intellect helps attain purity of soul. Not everyone may be born with pure divinity. But with the help of purity of mind and intellect one is capable of attaining divinity. We are born as human but we may leave the earth as divine.
In an individualistic society we are concerned about our own freedom and we hesitate to intervene in other areas as that may conflict with someone else’s domain of freedom. But the concept of social work is important. Without hurting the sentiments of others how the principle of giving can actually benefit others without nurturing our ego is an important consideration. Righteous action requires a great deal of self-discipline and at the same time it runs a high risk of facing harassments. But mental courage may help us pursue our efforts. By sharing we only gain but that sharing must not sound like a donation. It has to be followed more as a service.
The other vehicle is meditation. Through constant prayers we understand, that the entire universe is manifestation of divinity. Meditation inculcates love in one’s heart based on which one then realises that everyone is his own image, a vast ocean of divinity. With this realisation discriminatory feeling towards others naturally disappears.
The lack of shared prosperity begets tension. On the other hand, inclusion of spiritual dimension in our economic pursuits expands the horizon of development in all possible ways. If we believe in negative externalities it is not difficult to see that hatred can threaten the future prospects of growth and benefits associated with it. On the other hand, if the basic institutions of spiritual development can be combined with economic pursuits, then complementary effects can be reaped on a large scale.
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Author’s personal views and kashmiribhatta.in is not responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing."
Courtesy: Times of India, Speaking Tree, 28th Mar, 2019