Guest guest Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Sairam (source) ** I AM THAT -NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ ** Q(Question ) : I want what is pleasant and don't want what is painful . M(Maharaj) : How do you know what is pleasant and what is pain ? Q : From past experience, of course . M : Guided by memory , you have been pursuing the pleasant, and shunning the unpleasant . Have you succeeded ? Q : No. I have not . The pleasant does not last . Pain sets in again . M : Which pain ? Q : The desire for pleasure , the fear of pain, both are states of distress . Is there a state of unalloyed pleasure ? M : Every pleasure , physical or mental , needs an INSTRUMENT . Both the physical and mental instruments are material , they get tired and worn out . The pleasure they yield is necessarily limited in intensity and duration . Pain is the background of all your pleasures . You want them because you suffer (you want the pleasure because you are used to suffering your pains . So , you are seeking its opposite ). And then , the very search for pleasure is the cause of pain . IT IS A VICIOUS CIRCLE . ** Realisation :The moment we decide not to mentally suffer a Pain ful incident in life , this decision stops our suffering .There pain stops instantly . Where there is no pain within , there cannot be pleasure Also . Same also , do not indulge the mind with the pleasures of life .. Just be in the present joy and not carry it in the mind. There , pleasure ceases with the very 'now' . As pleasure ceases , pain also ceases . ONE DOES NOT EXIST WITHOUT THE OTHER !! HENCE DO NOT SEEK BOTH ! Sairam sairam sairam Sai Rukmani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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