Friday, April 3, 2020

Friday Series - Week 9 of 13 – வேதாத்திரி மஹரிஷியின் ஆசை சீரமைத்தல்! – L...

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I dedicate this Episode to Kalyan Dayalamoorthy who has introduced me to
Vazhika valamudan Introspection classes.

I want to take up Aasai Seramthal exercise for today.

Today’s cheat sheet:-

Courtesy: Book on Yoga for Modern Age by Yogiraj Vethathiri
Maharishi

Lessons learnt from the
workshop
·       
By
naturally, we cannot renounce all our desires.
·       
All
living beings have three kinds of natural sensation
1.     
Those
arising from hunger
2.     
Variations
in climatic conditions and
3.     
Excretory
forces.
·       
These
sensations are balanced with suitable commodities, facilities and help.
·       
Men is
not exempt from this Law of Nature.
·       
The
natural emergence of consciousness for survival and enlightenment is Desire.
·       
IT has
been said that desire is the root-cause for all the miseries of man. It is not
so.
·       
Pain or
pleasures is in the method, in the limitation and in the implementation of
desire in life.
·       
When
the desire is kept under watch and awareness, it will result in a creative and
purposeful life.
·       
In
Sanskrit Desire is called Kamam and is classified as a temperamental mood – one
of the six temperaments.
·       
Desire
becomes a mood only when it gets emotionally attached with men, material or
enjoyment. It then becomes inordinate desire or greed.
·       
There
are also desires that elevate man by resulting in benefits to his life.
·       
It has
been preached from time immemorial that if man seeks to be liberated from
misery, he should give up Desire in all forms.
·       
This
counsel, however, is not practicable, for without Desire, no man can live.
·       
The
tendency to live is itself a desire.
·       
Desire
is the proof for the functioning of life and hence there is nothing wrong in
it.
·       
Desire
becomes harmful and sinful only when it grows beyond limits and causes pain to
self or others, at present or in future.
·       
In the
long run, if an unnecessary desire is left unchecked and allowed to repeat as a
habit, it will become a psychic disease of man.
·       
Therefore,
Desire should be allowed to function only on natural needs, so that its fulfilment
may not disturb one’s peace of mind.
·       
Let it
be clear that the fulfilment of any desire calls for expenditure of a certain
amount of our life-energy through that mood.
·       
We
ourselves get transformed into quality and shape of the aspect that we desire.
·       
Consequently,
the desire itself is transformed into a plan of action.
·       
Even
though Desire starts from one man, as it is a divine force having its root in
the Universal force, it has the power to function with the connection of any
number of persons.
·       
Desire
will produce the due result in time according to its strength and pressure,
provided its fulfilment is possible under the Law of Nature.
·       
One can
and may desire thousands of things, but he can enjoy or experience only a few,
to the extent his physical body permits and within the life-span available.
·       
Similarly,
a man entertaining desires in a large number without balancing them by
enjoyment and experience, is toppled by his mental load and loses peace.
·       
One
should always be aware of the divine value of the life-energy and regulate
desires if he wants to enjoy a peaceful life.

·       
Analyse Your Desire First
·       
If it
is assessed that no harm would arise from the action of enjoyment following the
desire, to self or to others, at present or in future, then the valid
conclusion is that such desires are virtuous.
·       
The
human mind is such that it can generate hundreds of desires in the course of
one hour and this process goes on throughout one’s life. Only a few of these
desires have the potential for fulfilment.
·       
Most of
the desires do not work out to achievement and the failure brings misery,
frustration and vexation colouring man’s character to an irreversible extent.
This is an unhappy situation for any man and so how is he to avoid it?
·       
He has
to understand and analyse the anatomy of desires and decide in time as to how
he is going to act on those desires.
·       
So it
is the mind that should be trained to adjust its functioning to the speed,
necessity and welfare of the body.
·       
The
process of Moralisation of Desire is a must for all people who want to lead a
better, prosperous, healthy and peaceful life. Whenever a desire arises in
one’s mind, the following questions should be posed:
1.     
What is
the root of the thought?
2.     
Is this
desire to the good?
3.     
Can I
not live and be content without this enjoyment or desired thing?
4.     
What
exactly will be the result to me and others if I achieve the desired thing or
enjoyment?
5.     
If it
is clear that I can live without such enjoyment or thing, why should I
unnecessarily create an involvement?
·       
With
these questions, every desire should be introspected.
·       
If the
desired thing is necessary for life and is found to be good, then we have to
expand our introspection in order to find out what is the method of planning
and achievement.
·       
Six are
the aspects that should be in unison and in coordination in regard to any
desire. They are:
1.     
The
desire itself;
2.     
Plan
3.     
Approach
4.     
Achievement
5.     
Enjoyment;
and
6.     
Assessment
of the benefits.
·       
How to
implement / or practice it
·       
In the beginning of the practice of moralising
the desires, one has to allot a time of fifteen to twenty minutes every day.
Weigh all desires arising and retain only the harmonious ones, after
eliminating the unwanted and the unnecessary.
·       
Follow this practice daily. Your conclusions
will stand strongly against any adverse desire whenever it arises.
·       
In the course of seven days, you would be
surprised to find that your desires stand dramatically reduced in number and
what are left are such as would preserve and consolidate your peace and
happiness.





















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Reference:-
Vethathiri Maharishin -
Ennam Aaraithal

Yoga for Modern Age by
Yogiraj Vethathiri Maharishi

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