Page 97 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6
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Suffering is the root and results are flowers
The misery that is experienced from the bondage of name is one of the very subtle bondages . it is subtle, in the sense that one is not aware of it as a bondage. For one who has fixed up his Goal as Zero or Nothingness, and for ne who is beset with the difficulties on the path of surrender will definitely be aware of this misery. The prescription of the Master in this regard has been “ Forget Thyself”. Which is understood by me as Rememberance of the Master. The best and surest way to rememeber the Master is to loose oneself in His service.
We always want to be known as somebody and also recognized as such. What to talk about other possessions of material and spiritual. We all know the pain of separation of our near and dear ones from us and aware of the attachments that drain away our precious emotions. We always try to hold on to things essentially for our glorification and self satiation i.e individuality oriented leading to misery, pain and suffering. All seek freedom from the miseries but very few seek to get freedom from the individuality- the root cause of pain.
Once we understand this, then suffering becomes the root and the results are the flowers i.e freedom. Flowers give fragrance and the nature of its fragrance is such that it makes people forget themselves, though temporarily. Flowers in the nature do not exist for themselves, a rose is neither aware of its own beauty nor its form. Even if you call it by some other name, still there is no effect on its original nature. So the Being is devoid of the attribute of name. Then why cling on to it?The rose is also not worried either about its birth or its decay. But we are worried about the permanency of our form, the physical. The rose does not hold its fragrance to a select few, for who is near and who is dear. It is an expression of uniformity in dealings as Nature does and fulfilling its assigned duty. It also makes all conscient beings think
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