Inner Engineering # 2 — The Only Bondage
In this session, we will be talking about the only bondage which is responsible for all the Human Miseries.
DESIRES
The basis of all the human miseries are the unfulfilled desires and the never ending desires.
But, you will say.. if we don’t have any desire, there is no life, life will become so still. Yes, It is the energy of life or the energy of desires which keeps us going. If every entity of the universe looses its desire, the whole universe will collapse. Will it not? Yes, it will.
So, how do we take the desires into account?
By controlling our desires. We need to understand, what is that with which we cant live and what is that which you need to live the best life. You need to identify the difference between your needs and wants.
Sadhguru says, there is no calamity hitting us on daily basis, but our little little desires makes us feel miserable.
People coming out of restaurants have more joyful faces than the people coming out of temples. So, if it is Dosa versus Divine. Dosa wins. This is us humans!
We humans have made it all Physical, our needs have become totally physical and when physicality is all that we know, desire is inevitable. Its unavoidable.
Sadhguru also says that we all are in a state of mental diarrhea. Our choices of commodities and food are wrong, which has made us all like that. Our minds are poisoned, we have been feeding ourselves in such a way.
We need to understand what are the essentials that we need to live, once we are able to control that, we can make sure that we live a happier life, we can spread more love and teachings to our closed ones which they need.
We also need to understand that our thoughts and desires are a psychological reality not the existential reality. But since, we are involved so much in that, we think it is the life, but it is not, its just our imagination.
We forgot everyday, that the whole universe is right there for us, for you.. every day the Sun comes right on time, your family is with you and they are all well, everything is so stable and right outside, but why are you so wrong from the inside.
One nasty thought and you call it a bad day, aren’t you a psychological box?
So, we just need to control our desires, we need to understand how our mind functions, once we are able to understand that, there is nothing which can bother us. Control your desires, what we practice everyday, we make it a habit, make sure you do the right things everyday.
