Share the Wisdom of Sri Sri Ravishankarji - 4.

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Dear friends and devotees,

 

Bhakti is eternal.

 

Share the wisdom of His holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

 

4. LUST

 

In love even an object is elevated to life. Stones and trees speak to you; the

sun, the moon, the entire creation becomes alive and divine. In lust even a

living being becomes a mere object.

 

· Lust brings tension; love brings relaxation

· In lust there is cunningness and manipulation; in love there is

playfulness.

· Lust focuses on a part; love focuses on the whole

· In lust you want to grasp and possess; in love you want to give and

surrender

· In lust there is effort; love is effortless

· Lust brings violence; love brings sacrifice

· Lust demands; love commands

· In lust you are confused; in love you are focused

· Lust is dark and monotonous; love has many modes and colors

· Lust says, “All I want you to have is what I want.” love says, “I

want you to have what you want.”

· Lust causes feverishness and frustration; love causes longing and

pain

· Lust imprisons and destroys; love liberates and sets you free.

 

If someone’s lust is interrupted, they become angry and start hating. Hatred

in the world today is not out of love, it is out of lust.

Shiva, the embodiment of innocence and love, was meditating. His meditation

was disturbed by an arrow of flowers from the lord of lust. As soon as Shiva

awoke, he opened his third eye and the lord of lust, “Manmatha” – one who churns

the mind – was reduced to ashes.

Lust grips the mind, tires the body and dulls the intellect. Lust when

indulged brings inertia, and when suppressed brings anger. Lust is nothing but

primordial unharnessed energy. The same energy when harnessed manifests as

enthusiasm, sparkle, sharpness of intellect and love.

 

What can you do to sublimate lust and transform it into love?

 

· Take cold water baths

· Moderate your intake of food

· Undertake creative challenges

· Be playful. People who are in grip of lust cannot be genuinely

playful, and then there is no lust.

· Be generous, when you realise that you are here only to give, and

then lust is sublimated. Lust makes you possessive and greedy.

· Remember death

· Be in love with the divine.

 

To be contd. . .5.

 

With love and regards,

 

Sastry.

 

 

 

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