Hi Folks !
How are
you doing?!
I have
a couple of very interesting questions today.
Here's
the first one -
' I
earnestly feel that I must work for the betterment of my society.I am in doubt
whether getting moksha for my self is more important than selflessly
working for the betterment of the environment around me.
Please
guide me.'
All of
us, some time or other in our busy lives, do dwell on this question.
There
are two aspects to this.
1. What
do you understand by ' Moksha?'
Moksha,
Nirvana or any similar terminology usually means a place which is peaceful,
silent, and / or may have all pleasures, luxuries -
Many,
many people substitute Moksha for Swarg (heaven ).
A permanent
abode of unlimited happiness and fulfilling of every craving.
I did
too, once upon a time.
Fortunately,
Vipassana wised me up, woke me up from this acquired / self -imposed silly
belief and grounded me in reality which is so beautiful and empowering.
What (
on earth ) causes us to remain stuck in this cycle?
Our
unfinished business on earth!
Like
paying off or balancing our karmic debts.
This
has to be cleared first.
A
moisture laden cloud cannot climb high.
For eg,
if you have killed, maimed or hurt anyone in any way, or not forgiven someone,
the repentance or forgiveness has to be from deep within.
If
it is denied because the person believes it does not come from the heart, that
the actual lesson of humbleness / gentleness / courage has not been learnt,
then one has to come back again and again until one learns it.
Once
this ' karma ' part is taken care of, the ' doing ' part, over time, starts to
wither off.
Lastly,
the ' doer ', the ' I ' , who takes the longest to go.
Once
one has achieved this, one crosses over and becomes an ' Anagami', or a non -
returner.
Simple,
isn't it?!
No, it
is not.
Go sit
a 10 - day Vipassana course to start understanding and experiencing this funda,
both at the same time !
2. Now
for the second part which is so intrinsically connected to the first one.
Working
selflessly on one's own chosen field which goes beyond personal gain, like the
environment or children or the abused or mother earth ( who is also abused ),
is itself a cause noble enough to cleanse oneself and move closer to that
wisdom which will eventually enable one to get off this cycle.
Each
one of us, before taking birth, plan our agenda for the life we are choosing to
take.
We run
through important possibilities which may block or speed up the process once we
are on earth and take precautions.
Getting
Moksha is not always uppermost before every lifetime because we ourselves chose
this entire journey to enjoy creation, remember?!
So we
indulge in all kinds of silly things,argue, become sad and mad and howl and
then become holy!
Or, we
have had tough, regimented lifetimes and want to go berserk now because we
feel we have the right to ' enjoy ' the way ' they ' did for hundreds of years.
An
example?
The new
rich. Consumerism.
The
desperation of both the rich and poor to have everything right now as if they
don't care if there is a tomorrow or not.
The
tussle between the developed and developing countries regarding burning of coal
and wood fire or the huge dams or nuclear power at whatever the cost.
So take
stock of your own feelings and intentions.
You
would automatically be working towards your own Moksha when you do any task
selflessly and joyfully.
There
will never be a time in even the remote future when everybody has grown
wise and has attained Moksha.
Never.
Because
the earth is a school and it does not close when we pass out.
We may
come back as teachers, masters and guides to other eager beavers who are bright
eyed and eager to learn, just as we were, once.
Now the
second question -
I had
been called to give a lecture on Past Life Regression in a Mumbai suburb.A lady
sent this -
'
U told all success stories but is there any unsuccessful one? '
I am
answering it here as it came as a comment on a post.
All
sessions do not give 100% success to the issues taken up.
There
are some very important reasons for it.
1. The
Therapist may not go deeper as she / he may feel a block in the client.
And the client may not go back for the next session.
2. The
client may have chosen an affliction to learn about pain, patience, suffering,
curiosity etc.
3. The
client may not accept what is emerging from his / her own past lives if it is
not to their liking.
Many
times, the critical filter of doubts and questions is removed, but intellect
and ego stay put and interfere in the cleansing.
When
one's ego or self image is one's own identity, one is not ready to let go of
it. because they fear a loss of identity.
I can
give you a couple of examples -
A man
wanted to know why he had not been able to get married. He was over 35. He saw
himself as an extremely poor temple priest's son who was to take up his
father's profession. There was poverty all around, not only in his house and
life seemed bleak.
He was
in love with a girl from a lower caste. He knew his parents would never agree,
so he stole the little money saved for his sister's wedding and eloped with
her.
He
could not live with her for long, left her but went to some other village. His
sister could not get married because there was no money for her wedding and
there was the added shame of his running off with a lower caste girl.
He has
the same sister now, older and still unmarried in this life too, and though the
family is better off financially, he can never get along with his parents or
the sister.
He was
shocked when all this came out and apologized to the three of them, though
a bit reluctantly.
He then
saw himself getting married in 6 months or so.
A year
or two later, I had to write an article for a magazine and started to call up a
few clients to confirm their health issues, fears and relationship issues had
really gone forever.
This
man said he was not married as yet. He did not want to come for another session
but asked me if I could give him something to do at home.
I asked
him to do Ho'oponopono and wished him luck.
Another
lady said there had been no improvement in her backache after the first bit.
No, she
did not want to come again either.
She had
taken an appointment with a specialist doctor someone had told her about.
I
wished her luck too.
People
always ask how many sessions would be required until their problems go away.
PLR is
still new in this country so it is alright to have doubts before the first
session.
But
expecting 100% cure of all the karmic wrongdoings in one session is not always
possible.
Toxic
relationships with mother / brother / or daughter in - law / husband / wife /
boss / lack of money / fears and phobias/ aches and pains -
Will
they all go away in one session?!
Sometimes,
yes, at other times, no.
When you routinely pay hundreds and thousands for treatment and medication which has not rooted out the seed cause, there should be willingness to try this therapy for some time.
It
boils down to how much responsibility you are willing to take for your own past
actions.
Are you
ready to let them go?
What
would you be without them?
What
would you replace that ego or anger with?
Think.
I do not hypnotize you.
When
you are ready, it's a breeze.
Take
care -
2 comments:
Dear Shubha ji,
Even if I dont put up comment here, I do read all your blogs.
There are many questions in my mind, and here I list a few of them.
1. I try to meditate. I do it for a few days, and then again dont do it for many many days.
I am observing that this is going on for a couple of years.
I am not able to meditate consistently, but I want to. Same is the thing with a few other activities.
For eg. going to gym, music class
Is it my laziness or is it something from my past life that is troubling me ?
How can I find out ?
2. You always explain the law and cycle of Karma thru your blog. So here is a question about it.
How can we find out if an event happening in our present life is a new karma we are creating altogether or its a
result of some action or happening in our past lives.
For eg. even if I worked very hard for all the year, my manager due to some personal vendetta, did not give me
good rating in appraisal.
So now the following questions arise :
1. Is he creating a new karma (bad ofcourse :-) ), of not giving me the rating I deserve.
OR
2. Is this due to my past bad karma ?
OR
3. If I deserve my due and am still not getting it, then can it be like, even if I am not getting it now, I would
get it sometime in future, when really the time is for me ?
Would like if you shed some light on these areas.
Thanks and Regards
Mandar
my question. It is a part of the answer to the second question in your post titled "Moksha". You have mentioned that "
There will never be a time in even the remote future when everybody has grown wise and has attained Moksha."
I don't mean to contradict you but we are observing that the world is changing and so are human beings. We were savage and brutal generations ago but slowly and slowly we learnt to be less violent. There are fewer wars, people are learning to live independently without subjugating others and there is so much of awakening nowadays about spirituality also. It means the entire human race is attaining maturity slowly. And our earth which is also a living being has entered into a phase also where it is experiencing an energy shift, is also evolving. Once upon a time, it was a ball of fire but over millions of years it has cooled down and it is sustaining life now. So, what I can see is that every body is evolving, so, there might be a time in the far future where everybody will attain Moksha and our earth will be another heaven to live in.
Please let me know what do you think or whether this can be a possibility or not.
With warm regards,
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