Attachment and Hatred
Sukkhanushayi Ragaha
Duhkhanushayi Dweshaha
Out of the five kleshas or impurities that cloud our consciousness, are raga and dwesha. Where attention goes, energy flows. When a particular object person or situation gives us pleasure, our energy travels along with the mind that gets attached to it This is Raga. It comes with Avidya or ignorance that we are separate from the other. Since we think we are separate when we go through a happy time, say while eating a chocolate, we fail to realise that the chocolate has not given us any new happiness, but just triggered the happiness within. With this wrong understanding, we get attached to the chocolate and have more and more of it. This leads us to decay and that is Raga or attachment. It follows our attachment to all that gives us happiness and pleasure.
Opposite of Raga is Dwesha. The more we love someting, the more we hate something. While pleasure is the basis of getting attached, we shudder or run away from that which is unpleasant, bitter or has given us an experience of sadness. When we are averse to or hate something, the balance of energy and mind is tipped outside and we lose our centred state of being within us, which is the true reason for our happiness. -
Swahilya Shambhavi.
