Thursday, June 17, 2010

Possession

Never say "mine." Whenever we say a thing is "mine," misery will immediately come. Do not even say "my child" in your mind. Possess the child, but do not say "mine." If you do, then will come misery.

Never say "mine." Whenever we say a thing is "mine," misery will immediately come. ... Do not say "my house," do not say, "my body." The whole difficulty is there. The body is neither yours, nor mine, nor anybody's. These bodies come and go by the laws of nature, but we are free, standing as witness. This body is not more free than a picture or a wall. Why should we be attached so much to a body? If somebody paints a picture, he does it and passes on. Do not project that tentacle of selfishness, "I must possess it." As soon as that is projected, misery will begin.
Posted by at
Labels:

6 comments:

  1. Priya Srivastava17/6/10 23:14

    Very well said , Basically this is attachment which we need to remove , we should do our duties, no doubt, but never get attached to the person , thing or even any idea because later that attachment may become cause of suffering.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Rishit Jain18/6/10 00:54

    Hmmm... the entire Bhagvad Gita is based on this idea.

    Evi, if you can, read Yoga Vashishtha. It's supposed to be a collection of the teachings of Sage Vashishtha to Prince/Lord Rama. I find it even more beautiful than The Gita.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Growing and Vinning18/6/10 02:50

    Is this not something similar to the teachings of Buddha. Non-attachment.

    E, this is also like the comment on your facebook "Who approaches life with force surely gets something
    Who remains content where he is surely gets everything"

    Words that sound so beautiful and refreshing to the mind. But how many of us really try to relate it to our life and experience and try to incorporate into action. :)

    Then I guess we all will become monks and sadhus. :)))

    ReplyDelete
  4. salvadorka18/6/10 22:39

    Well I hope that I won't become a monk because I would love to have a family hehehheeh

    ReplyDelete
  5. Growing and Vinning19/6/10 04:09

    hehehe,, then you end up with attachments, then surely follows misery.... :) which I think is also part of life to be experienced, ment to be part of learning and growing :) - by swami vino-da-ananda ;)

    ReplyDelete
  6. salvadorka21/6/10 05:23

    Well no misery in having kids and observing their growth. That is the utmost beauty of life I guess.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)