Message #32935

[Jitendra Hydonus]

The Wiseman sees the spirit everywhere. Devoid of longing for self and of any will to gratify selfish desires, he is content to receive whatever comes naturally for fulfilling the needs of his body, mind, and soul. He rises above all dualities, the manifestations of which are either good or evil; both cause bondage. Having found the unity, he has no consciousness of “me and mine” He entertains no inimical thoughts towards anyone, beholding in all the one spirit. Attaining the ultimate, he is indifferent to worldly success and failure. In performing dutiful actions for God, he is ever nonattached and unbound.

By “contentment” a Yogi displays his faith in the Lord’s power to a final good. Free of selfish desires, happy and fulfilled within himself, he automatically relinquishes the excess material baggage of unnecessary “necessities“ and egotistical strivings in favor of God-ordained dutiful actions for God imposed upon him by his body and his obligations to family, society and the world.

To attain spiritual freedom, the aspiring must also learn to free his mind from extreme sensitivity to cold or heat pain or pleasure. In Indian hermitages the true guru teachers the students not to be affected by externals, that the mind may become an altar for the changelessness of spirit. By catering to the demands of contrary sensations worldly people are unnecessarily restless— one of natures most cunning ploys to keep the consciousness ensnared. The advice in this stanza, however, does not mean that the devotee should deliberately expose himself to extreme cold and catch pneumonia, or burn himself crisp under the midday sun. He should practice titiksha ( dispassionate endurance ) even while adapting reasonable measures to remove external discomfort in the practice of titiksha evenmindedness is cultivated by will an imagination ( powerful suggestion to the mind) neutrality is attained scientifically by yoga meditation where in the Yogi learns to disconnect the ego from the sensations perceived through the mind.