We do have the power to think and understand impartially but many times this power stays hidden. As a result we act carelessly at the times when the seeds are sown for sukkha and dukkha (pleasure and misery). We tend to ignore the adverse circumstances and go along with it. Deers may be grazing at any place but they always have the fear of the predators. That makes them alert all the time and can save themselves from the attack. This is the result of their awareness. If we want to save ourselves from the grips of sukkha and dukkha, we must oppose our attachments, desires, thoughts and works when they attack our senses (sometimes attacking in a hidden way), with ever flowing divine love. It is possible to oppose such attack naturally and with ease if we have the conscious awareness all the time. It becomes possible to oppose such attacks and keep constant equanimity at such times, only with the grace of god.
The subtle desires of the senses are so sweet and strong that we get sukkha only when they are satisfied. Human being who is immersed up to the neck in the daily affairs of the world has no understanding of the subtle tricks of the senses. There is no way he will have the comprehension of opposing it. It is very necessary and important for all human beings to be on guard with introspection for their own well being. After practicing introspection for sometime, there may be a condition when the senses will return to its appropriate place after touching the appropriate field as needed, without creating any excess happiness or unhappiness in the human being. Only then it can be said that there is no defect in the working of the senses in its appropriate field. It is possible to destroy the cycle of sukkha and dukkha only when the senses are brought in a condition when it act with wisdom and not for its own benefit. We will be able to act appropriately in all circumstances only after not allowing the senses to take interest in its own field. We must make a constant effort to remove the thoughts that spring up, to create equanimity towards it.
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Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Sandesh
Edition 3; pages 222 - 224.
The subtle desires of the senses are so sweet and strong that we get sukkha only when they are satisfied. Human being who is immersed up to the neck in the daily affairs of the world has no understanding of the subtle tricks of the senses. There is no way he will have the comprehension of opposing it. It is very necessary and important for all human beings to be on guard with introspection for their own well being. After practicing introspection for sometime, there may be a condition when the senses will return to its appropriate place after touching the appropriate field as needed, without creating any excess happiness or unhappiness in the human being. Only then it can be said that there is no defect in the working of the senses in its appropriate field. It is possible to destroy the cycle of sukkha and dukkha only when the senses are brought in a condition when it act with wisdom and not for its own benefit. We will be able to act appropriately in all circumstances only after not allowing the senses to take interest in its own field. We must make a constant effort to remove the thoughts that spring up, to create equanimity towards it.
(continued)
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Sandesh
Edition 3; pages 222 - 224.
