Before the lockdown, I never wanted to stay in the
ashram throughout the day. I always wanted to go out and do programs or
meet people. I always felt that I am "on the move guy" and always wanted
action. Now after the lockdown period and being at ashram for quite
sometime, I must confess that I have begun to love staying here. I guess
once the lockdown opens, it will be difficult for me to move out. I was
reflecting on how our mind functions. The situation that was not all to
my liking has now become most likable. The mind after all gets
adjusted to whatever the situation is. It keeps constantly fluctuating
between likes and dislikes without any rationale. Probably, that's the
reason sages and scriptures warn us not to trust our minds. We can't
take it's thinking, feeling and willing too seriously.
Even
though the mind has no rationale, there is another rationale which we
need to understand. That is the rationale of "our needs". This is the
reason why am I happy now, even amidst this lockdown. I realized that my
need was not to move out of the ashram but my need was to preach and be
engaged in some productive way. Now that, I can get to do online
classes and preach even being put up in one place only, I am happy. Once, we connect to what our needs are then,
we can find a way to fulfill our needs even in different circumstances.
Understanding the language of our needs is so important if we want to
be happy and peaceful in world filled with changing circumstances. There
is always a way to fulfill our needs if we are just open and flexible.
We should be attached to the principle of understanding our needs and
fulfilling them but we should be detached from the ways in which we
fulfill this principle of fulfilling our needs.
- Achyut Gopal Das
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