When you desire something in the material world (by this I mean something you do for yourself, to boost your ego or to gain emotional fulfilment) and really go for it, you either get it or don’t. If you don’t, that regret stays with you for long especially if u were really desperate for it. If you do get it, you either get it easily or get it after a lot of effort and struggle. If you get it easily, you sometimes feel grateful for having the privilege to have it or more often you take it for granted and lose respect for it. If you get it after a lot of struggle, you are more relieved than happy. Also when you get it (even better if it by itself comes to you) after you have been chasing it like mad, you feel is this all? I think that this feeling of “Is this all” is very precious. It is something that is worth contemplating. It sums up the emptiness of the worldly achievements. This is something that arises from somewhere very deep, showing the shallowness of something that has been achieved or received after great struggle. Where is the contentment of having achieved something or reached somewhere after so much effort?!!
On the other hand, if you desire something strongly in the inner world and put in your discipline and self effort, you will get it, no doubt. For a moment, it appears unreal and as it sinks in, you feel enormous gratitude, a feeling of being chosen or blessed, contented and equanimous. This feeling only grows with time, unlike the achievements in the outer world which very soon loose charm. And you also realise that there are many things which leave you with this feeling. When a seed you planted in your garden, has just sprouted, when you see its first flower, the first smile of your child, a look from the Master, a hot forceful shower after a tired day, the feeling of weightlessness after a Long Kriya are just a few examples. How amazing that most of these things don’t need much effort at all, in fact these are things that do not desire for either. These happen when you have accepted what it is and have relaxed into the moment. How simple is the way to be contented!!!
On the other hand, if you desire something strongly in the inner world and put in your discipline and self effort, you will get it, no doubt. For a moment, it appears unreal and as it sinks in, you feel enormous gratitude, a feeling of being chosen or blessed, contented and equanimous. This feeling only grows with time, unlike the achievements in the outer world which very soon loose charm. And you also realise that there are many things which leave you with this feeling. When a seed you planted in your garden, has just sprouted, when you see its first flower, the first smile of your child, a look from the Master, a hot forceful shower after a tired day, the feeling of weightlessness after a Long Kriya are just a few examples. How amazing that most of these things don’t need much effort at all, in fact these are things that do not desire for either. These happen when you have accepted what it is and have relaxed into the moment. How simple is the way to be contented!!!
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