…The perspective…
…We often do something and later regret about what we did. Because in the later analysis, we usually observe the thing more clearly from a different angle compared to the angle from which we had seen it before doing it. This is why we say” If I had known about it, I wouldn’t have done so, or I would have done it a bit differently .” This shows how our perception of a very ordinary thing in life too changes over time.
Our actions, opinions and decisions are mostly based on the perspective we hold at a time. As our perspective changes over time, the actions, opinions and decisions too are liable to change.
Sri Bhagavan gives a beautiful analogy to understand the differences in the perspectives of different people. People in a multi-storeyed building “see” the garden in front of it in various ways. The way those living on the ground floor see it is different from that of those living on the second. The same way the people on every floor have a different perception of the same garden. The same person will have different perceptions of the same truth when he moves from one floor to the next. The moment one “realises” this reason for the difference in perception, one becomes free of judgment. And when judgment is gone, it results in acceptance.
In spirituality, where tangible empirical proofs are yet very difficult to provide, experience is the greatest thing. And as there are various paths followed by various seekers, they are sure to have a variety of experiences. A few people who follow a path, for example, Yoga, may have the awakening of Kundalini accompanied by various “sidhis” or mystical abilities. In a kind of Yoga called “Hatha Yoga” it is possible to acquire the sidhi to float on the surface of water.
But the ancient masters have warned the seekers not to be deluded by these sidhis and to go forward to the ultimate enlightenment. And ultimate enlightenment doesn’t need any testimony from anywhere. Again it is much different from the different states of enlightenment. Ultimate enlightenment is a stage and not a state that comes and goes. States do come and go; they may stay for a long or short duration. But once your brain lobes are regulated and modified to function at the right frequencies, you reach the stage of enlightenment. From there, the way you experience life and the world is so singular that there is no comparison to it. Then you really begin to live in the present. And as Bhagavan says, “ To be in the Presence is to be in the present.”
There, all questions end and all seeking stops! There is no need to judge or choose based on the judgment! Because what is “IS”!
Koti koti pranaams at the lotus feet of beloved AmmaBhagavan!...
Written by Venu Nair
