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🌺 ASHTAVAKRA GITA🌺
🌿Chapter - 2🌿
~ The Five Principles ~
🌱 Day - 9 🌱
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It is the same with the sense of touch. People go on with it even when they have become old. They can go on looking at sex books. Their minds are obsessed with it, even though they have become very old. Either you get steeped in sex or you are against sex. In either case, the mind is obsessed with it. Those who are totally against it are always on the lookout for someone talking about it. If a boy is talking to a girl, they immediately start getting suspicious. Let them do whatever they want to do. Why are you bothered? This is because your mind is obsessed with it!
Once in Rishikesh, there was a course for sadhus and mahatmas and a course for householders in the same place. Many of the sadhus would complain about some boy walking with some girl. It frustrated and irritated them. I asked why they were bothered if a boy was walking with a girl? It was not their business but why were they spoiling their sadhana? They were not the policemen there! They has begun doing policeman's job! Because they were so against it, their minds were again working in the same direction. It is interesting; this is what happens. All the priests, fathers and nuns, sadhus and mahatmas get caught up in this. They think they are running away from it, but they are caught up in it. मुक्तिमिच्छसि चेत्तात विषयान् विषवत्त्यज ।
I have heard that it used to happen even in Gandhiji's ashram. They used to have neem (bitter) chutney. They would make good food, mix in the neem chutney and eat it. Gandhi was very much against people eating tasty foods. Somebody came to his ashram from England and out of courtesy he said the neem chutney was good. As a courtesy, Englishmen will not say anything is bad when they visit a place. Gandhi became happy and asked the cook to serve him more and more.
In both the cases it is the same. Either you are for or against something. You have missed the boat, either way. You cannot be liberated from something you are against. If you are against something know that you have no freedom from it. If you find fault with someone or you are against someone, then you are stuck in that situation. Don't even be against the wrong. This is a revolutionary idea. I am not advocating wrong, but I'm saying don't be wrong against wrong.
मुक्तिमिच्छसि चेत्तात विषयान् विषवत्त्यज ।
What is your nature? Your nature is to move towards something which is life-supporting. The nature of life is to evolve, more and more. So whatever is not conducive to evolution is poison. Of all the objects of your senses, whichever is pulling you back is like poison; whichever is creating the boredom in you and giving a momentary sense of something is poison. Just drop them.
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji
ASHTAVAKRA GITA
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