Me, my guru – on knowing self and mind training!

 

Me, my guru – on knowing self and mind training!

“Guruji, why do you insist on ‘knowing self’ when we are healing ourselves? Is not healing enough? We are good with the results we get with our healings. Why should we look within and know ourselves?” asked Vaishnav.

“First tell me, why not? Why don’t you want to know yourself? What exactly is your problem in knowing self?” asked our Guru with a smile.

“Because it hurts! It is painful when I meditate and look within. I don’t want to suffer this now. I just want to enjoy life. Just tell me ways to get my desires (which are very basic and normal for me!) fulfilled” retorted Vaishnav.

Many of us felt his rage and anger. We suffered his way of thinking and supported his line of thought in this area. He was right. We hated to look at ourselves closely. It hurt us a lot. It disturbed us. We suffered. And we felt we had the right to learn at our own pace. We didn’t have to learn it now. We chose not to put ourselves through this suffering. How in hell were we wrong?

“all the answers are in your question itself!” said our Guru. “Does looking at yourself in the mirror hurt? No! then why when you look within? If you yourself are not comfortable looking at yourself, how can you expect to like yourself or love yourself? And

Unless you like/love yourself how can you expect any other person in the world to like/love you?

If we do not know the climatic conditions of a country, how will we know what and when to wear? How will you judge the right time to plant flowers?

Contd.....

# clarity of thought, knowing self, being aware of self, emotions, causes and conditions of our feelings, disturbing emotions, mind and its games, 

also read suggested:https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/2021/01/if-winter-comes-can-spring-be-far.html 

Note: Bhagyarekha, your experience is answered in this post.....keep up the good work.....