A Muktananda quote; founder of the Siddha Yoga spiritual path
Question: How can
we protect ourselves from the negativity and grossness that our living
and working conditions may expose us to and at the same time see and
love the Self behind it all ?
Answer:
. . . . this is exactly how we should conduct ourselves in the
world. All kinds of things happen in the outside world. We should watch
them with witness-consciousness without being effected. our minds should
always be focused on the Sahasrara. The world is full of change and
inequality. If there is progress in one direction, there is decline in
another. - - - If you find people enjoying more individual freedom,
you also find them losing their health. If you find wealth increasing in
one nation, you also find morality declining. This is what goes on, and
this is what always go on. There is really nothing in this world that
should amuse you or make you sad. The world is nothing but a play, a
sport. It would become monotonous if it stayed the same. It is
constantly changing. A wise person realizes this truth and remains
unaffected. Only if we lack discrimination, only if we do not think
correctly about things do we fail to understand that in order for the
drama of this world to go on there must be opposing forces. A single
force could not sustain the drama. It was only because Rama was opposed
by Ravana that we had the play of the Ramayana. It was because
Duryodhana existed along with Bhishma and Yudhistira that we had the
play of Mahabharata.
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