What is the state of the doer in the state of being? He is pure, steady, unmovable, inexhaustible, free from desire, situated in the spectator, in his own state, in a bag made of the qualities of the enjoyer, and thus he is situated in the infinite. - Maitranyam Aaranyakam
Many people speak against duality, but some days ago, I was reading the book “Reading in the Brain” by Stanislas Dehaene, where he mentioned a very unscientific and unprovable notion that there is a difference between the brain and mind that are governing us.
I think this difference means that neurons aren’t the only thing that affects our thoughts. We innovate based on pre-existing notions, as if the brain can function while contemplating ideas that seem impossible. Our mind adds emotion to it.
There does exist the duality of brain and mind, and our aim in religious spirituality is to recognize this difference but try to synchronize the two poles during meditation to set ourselves right. This practice helps the meditator through mind cleansing and restructuring.
There are two other ways to restructure. Either indulge in pleasure-giving activities or refrain from displeasure. We have to quench our thirst, avoid pain, and flow smoothly towards goals. In other words, hard work shouldn’t seem hard. It should be something that you want and ought to do at the same time.
The characteristic of a truly spiritual person is that they never feel bored and attend to their thoughts and emotions without attachment. You will never find them in displeasure.
We all desire abundance. An abundant or spiritual person is a spectator through varied experiences, which could be internal and external. This spectator is just situated and reacts only to set people right if she wants to care; otherwise, she simply traverses.
For the soul, or Atman, there is no limit or extent of flow. The evanescent soul is capable of thinking anything and doing anything, both different things at the same point of time, yet retaining the inner purity and intelligence in the form of positive and fruitful thoughts.
The brain does the analyses as a defense; the soul only accepts. A pure soul can do multiple things at a particular time or concentrate deeply on one. For the soul, which is more observant and situated, analysis is novel or unknown.
The soul or mind in reality knows no difference between love and hate, stillness and reaction, pleasure and displeasure, truth and lie, or happiness and sadness.
Spiritual practice helps us reach this state of mind frequently during the day when our truth and existence are unrecognizable. Working on tasks becomes important and enjoyable. One’s observations become non-judgmental and monotonous, like a cricket test match. A true yogi is patient, still, and inwards.
A spiritual person indulges in everything, but his core is distant from it. They do not get consumed into it. They detach themselves and therefore comprehend procedures and intelligent ways of working, whereas a vulnerable or agitated soul is looking for flaws, their own or others’. The yogi cannot get blackmailed by their bodily reactions and instincts. They know that they want food, so they eat it slowly, enjoying every morsel, instead of looking for the number of chapatis being served on their platter as compared to their friend during a feast. No matter how hungry they are, they share food adequately.
A spiritual person is reading, not forcing themselves to read.
A spiritual person learns and does not depend upon someone to teach them the concept.
A spiritual person fearlessly pursues her ideas and solutions, while a vulnerable person takes over responsibility and wants to materialize ideas with ineffective strategies due to poor intentions, and for that the vulnerable person needs the support of folks, while the spiritual person works alone, not retaliating like the vulnerable person.
The spiritual person shares, while the vulnerable person boasts.
The spiritual appreciates, while the vulnerable misuses others for their own gains.
The spiritual people are dangerous because they know how to set people right.
In my pursuit towards spirituality, I haven’t reached the stage of a yogi. Some of my pleasures and indulgences hamper my meditative capacities. Not that I cannot enjoy them; I prefer not to give up totally on the worldly luxuries yet. This would be a better way to put it because I apply a lot of perfumes on clothes and creams for my dry skin.
I eat in moderation and have very few thoughts about others and what they do, but I have a desire to go ahead academically even if the people submerged in worldly penance would deprive me of success.
Success is my only fight, and my means to achieve it is spiritual. It depends upon a flow of hard work throughout the day. When people are deep asleep at 4 am in the morning, I am already mopping my floor or reading.
I want to share as an example that my right arm was aching so much that I did not feel like typing anything. So I resorted to administrative work and discussions today.
Tomorrow I can pursue something else. I have cut down upon my goals for this week, as I need to stay still longer like a stone rather than react to uncultured remarks out of professional rivalry. I need to inculcate indifference but care for the people in need. I pity the people who, because of their lack of spirituality, create havoc in other people’s lives. They always demean me and comment badly even though there are no strong grounds. My personal life is not something to be churned because you will get no butter out of it. All you can get are insights, but for that you have to have a mind and brain, and you should be able to accept this duality.
Here is the spiritual lesson: read the scripture stated above to comprehend and summarize this rhetoric. The doer is Atman or God who resides inside us and enjoys doing things for each one of us. He is still undeterred telling us to shed responsibility and comprehend stillness and enjoy peace.
Try to introspect upon your inner well-being for 10 minutes every four hours, from 8 am onwards every day. You have to recognize the duality of thoughts and feelings but act upon the morally and emotionally more likeable appeal to your core. If anger is one such thing that you like to manifest, go get angry, but watch it neutrally. Do not curse yourself for it. And do not use others in it as reasons. You are your own devil or angel, and so make your life scriptural by following this regime.
Believe me, it will be a phenomenal transformation of your mind, body, and soul, and it is the most fashionable and cool thing to do nowadays, because it is in. You will stand out like this. Accept and opportune boredom and build a beautiful world.
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