We can say negative emotions are vikara - sex, greed, jealousy, anger, lust, obsessions, entanglement. How can there things be got rid of? They can be got rid of when there is repose in the innermost being - when you are joyful and clam. Because you can't deal with anger on the surface level!

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                🌿Chapter - 20🌿

               ~ Repose In Being ~

                  🌱 Day - 114 🌱

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भावाभावविकारश्च स्वभावादिति निश्चयी ।

निर्विकारो गतक्लेशः सुखेनैवोपशाम्यति ॥

This is wonderful. Just these words are sufficient. With this thorough understanding - not just thought - you will stop blaming yourself for having feelings; or for not having feelings, for having bad feelings or self pity, and praising yourself for your good feelings. You will never get into any of these mental trips. You will go through and see this is caused by nature. Nirvikaro. Then, you will become devoid of any flaws. You'll be the flawless consciousness at any time and at all times. Gatakleshaha. All the sadness, sorrow and distress will disappear from your consciousness. They will not be able to come near you. They will not be able to touch you. That type of consciousness will dawn on you.

Joyfully and happily you will repose in the Being. निर्विकारो गतक्लेशः। It is such a cool and deep sense of peace and joy. It's not the joy of excitement, but the joy of inner tranquillity; a joy which cools every bit of your being. Your eyes are cool, your mind is cool, and your intellect is cool. Your innermost Self is at peace. It has rested after all the hustle and bustle. Desire is hustle and bustle! Desire is agitation, activity. And all that is dropped. Peacefully, repose in the innermost core of your being - as though you are dead! You will see that your desires are gone, because they are just an illusion. That's all they are. Will they ever give you that cool, tranquil, peaceful joy? You may have seen many successful people. Maybe they appear to be happy to you, because you have a desire inside, a hankering for this. Want, want, want.....

So Ashtavakra said to repose in that peaceful, cool, calm, serene depth of your being. This is something immensely valuable and precious. If you could get rid of a few layers from your depth; if for a few moments, you could repose in your Self, and be very cool and desireless, then those moments will be very precious in your life. Those moments strengthen your inner being in such a way that it goes with you for lifetimes! That's why it's called sadhana i.e. the real wealth that doesn't leave you. Dhana means wealth. Sadhana is 'the' wealth. Other wealth will not stay, for instance if you take Indian rupee outside India, it will not have any value. If you bring Polish money to India, it has no value. If you take Russian money to America, it has no value. You will have to take basketfuls to get a litre of gasoline! It will have no value. American money still has value, because it says, 'We trust in God!' I think it has value because of that sentence. It's God who makes money valuable, otherwise even that is nothing!

Repose in your Self. Let other things also happen. I'm not saying that you shouldn't be concerned about tomorrow. And that you can spend all your money today. And can think about tomorrow when it comes. Until you get so soaked in your being, keep all your life's paraphernalia and plan about things, finances, etc. But never allow them to penetrate you. Neither health, nor wealth, nor any concern should penetrate deep inside you. Otherwise, you will be reposed in it. You will attain that. Drop other concerns. That is Nirvikaro. Vikara means distortion of emotions or negative emotions. We can say negative emotions are vikara - sex, greed, jealousy, anger, lust, obsessions, entanglement. How can there things be got rid of? They can be got rid of when there is repose in the innermost being - when you are joyful and clam. Because you can't deal with anger on the surface level! How can you? Behind anger is the desire which is the cause of the anger. Unless you root out the desire, you can never be devoid of anger. Behind all the anger is a desire.

You can show anger. Even if you get angry, it should not be for more than a few seconds, like drawing a line on the surface water. If a very angry person is around, the atmosphere will have the air of anger and many times it makes the others angry, too. भावाभावविकारश्च स्वभावादिति निश्चयी । That's why it is said these are Vikaras because then they don't get impressed in you. You become निर्विकारो गतक्लेशः - all the vikaras have left you. They are not yours in the first place! When you know they are not in you anymore, all the sadness, sorrow, everything negative leaves you. And in joy, in peace, in that very soothing inner state, you will find happiness. You will repose there. सुखेनैवोपशाम्यति । Ashtavakra orders to repose there.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

ASHTAVAKRA GITA

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