Beware of the consequences!
Vitarka Himsadayah Kritakritanumodita Lobha Krodha Moha murvaka Mridumadhyadhimatra duhkhagnanantaphala iti pratipaksha bhavanam||
At times thoughts like, "I hate that person and I wish he were....," etc or other thoughts such as speaking untruth, stealing, not seeing the divine in all, a desire to possess undue material wealth, uncleanliness, discontentment, laziness to know the true self and god can occur. These thoughts may be preceded by greed, anger and delusion. One might even mildly, moderately or very intensely think about acting on those thoughts, instigate others to act or silently support others in such actions.
Here the whistle-blower Patanjali Mharishi warns us. Even if slightly, moderately or intensely, such thoughts happen in the mind, think deeply for a moment that the result of such thoughts are endless sorrow and ignorance. When one is aware of this, then they automatically refrain from thinking such thoughts. - Swahilya Shambhavi.
4 comments:
Does it mean you suggest people to repress their thought/feeling?
Not repress, but express in just the opposite way of the thought or feeling. For eg. if there is a thought of sadness, there are two choices - one is to sink in that sorrow the other is to draw just the opposite picture in the mind and see the happiness and within that the eternal truth which always exists. When there is poverty, see the things that are actually in abundance within and without. This cures and heals the situation. Anyway that is the truth too, so one can as well focus on that than getting caught up with the temporary emotion, problem, situation or thought.
Is there a state of mind that precedes thought. When I feel sad I first 'feel' sad and it is then the sad thoughts arise. Is this the same with other emotions. Are 'thoughts' and 'feelings/emotions' different or are they the same? If growing spiritually means staying with 'what is', does moving away from negative to positive help? It seems an endless game!
Dear Anonymous: You are absolutely right. This statement is not for the spiritually evolved one, but for the one who is still struggling with the mind, thoughts, emotions and feelings. It is just like immediately pacifying a crying child with a toy or a chocolate that it wants and then trying to take the child deeper when the mind is more calmer and settled down. When the mind is at war, there is no scope for knowing the Isness! First peace. Then truth dawns by itself!
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