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Understanding and pursuing 'clarity of the self'

Posted by Rahul Desai
 
History repeats itself. Earlier today, in the evening, I was sitting at home sipping the best coffee in the world (I made it); and it suddenly felt if I was getting back to my good old routine.

Well, talking of ‘repeating’, the only thing in common was the coffee in the evening and The Economic Times – Editorial page. But that too was good enough for me to plunge into the days in Bhopal. I can still remember how I finally grew the habit of reading The ET, thanks to Raghu (CEO, iBranch.in). The better, I am now at this new home (/house/flat/apartment) of mine with absolutely no looking back.

So I landed up at the spiritual column - ‘Cosmic Uplink’. Although the article could've been more interesting compared to regular ones, this one part of it made great sense to me:

“…the pursuit of atmasuddhi involves freedom from all aspects of one’s past and Atma-suddha present, which have the effect of sullying his soul, reflected in unnatural developments or situations, obstacles, shallow relationships, fruitless transactions and such irritants, which most persons are heir to.”

Munch the rest of the article at this link.



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And perhaps this is true "Moksha".

posted @ Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:36 AM by Dipal Patel

I did go to the link to read the complete article. Honestly.. This is not the best article I have read so far about treading on a spiritual path and attaining freedom from the past and the future, living without any bondage of one's karma and doing various practices for 'atma-shuddhi'. I am not sure if it's with the language or the content. Re-reading the article, I think it's more with the language. 
Nevertheless, I personally feel that yes, the latent karma within you and the future karma are both in your hands. You can do various things to internally cleanse the effects and after-effects of the past karma. And you can do a lot many things NOW to not your actions, speech and thoughts become your future karma.  
Dipal, I am not too sure about this 'moksha'. I think something like enlightenment is a farfetched idea. The apparently 'mere' way of living this life NOW and with awareness is a challenge for people like us (I am generalizing here but I can vouch for myself in this case for sure) for we do not really live in a 'sattvic' environment. By sattvic environment I would be emphasizing on an environment that supports your internal growth, cleansing of thoughts, actions, speech, behaviours, managing reactions to troublesome situations, living with awareness and aiming to know yourself better internally. While we can make the best of whatever environment we live, I feel it's a must for those on spiritual paths to just take off to a place where one can experience a truly 'sattvic life' and progress on the path of ‘atmashuddhi’.

posted @ Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:15 PM by Khushboo

@Dipal, I agree - that probably is the 'true' Moksha.

posted @ Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:01 PM by Rahul Desai

Human life is for striving to understand and achieve the Supreme(the Bhagvad Gita)! 
But it is 'maya' created by the same supreme that comes in multiple formes, mentioned here as aspects of past and present,which makes it difficult for us to remain in that state of completeness. 
This is a life long struggle that everyone goes through,some give up and enjoy (though enjoying is not denied in scriptures but it has a different meaning). The rest, very few, keep trying all their life. A few great souls reach there and then they don't care about worldly things. 
 
Good article, by the way, I have continued this tradition of ours with you, I subscribed to the Wall Street Journal last week.

posted @ Wednesday, October 28, 2009 1:05 AM by Yogesh Trivedi

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posted @ Sunday, March 14, 2010 5:08 AM by loren

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