Enough of Being a Samsari!

A sādhaka (spiritual seeker) is one who has ‘heard’ of his Self as an infinite mass of bliss in nature and wants to seek his identity with It. He is not a mere saṁsārin (worldly person) who is hopelessly suffering his limitations as a mortal, but is one who has come to the knowledge of the Self, and has been fully convinced of Its presence within him. A victim of habits is a saṁsārin. The master of revolt is a sādhaka.Saṁsārin is a cave dweller who is satisfied with his dark stuffiness and, in his resignation, makes no effort to find his freedom. A sādhak is one who is disgusted with the conditions of his living death in the tomb, and is groping along the walls to discover the exit that will let him out on the sunlit pastures of beauty, growth, happiness and joy. Enough of being a saṁsārī! Kill the mind. This is the golden key. The gate is avidyā (ignorance) that shuts you out of your own palace. Don’t stand in the cold and suffer! Enter your own royal hall of splendour and glory. Even at the palace gate, while waiting outside it also, you are the king, no doubt.The king in his silken bed of comforts is indeed wiser than the king who, in vain, waits at his own door, without using the key in his own pocket!In the drunken excess of the evening, don’t lend stupidity to your foolishness and expect the gate to open by itself! Act! Do spend all your energy in the right direction. The jīva can realise the Self only through self-effort.Act rightly, and claim manhood. Act wrongly, and slip into animalism. Refuse to act, and become as inert as a wayside milestone!Act! Strive! Meditate! Achieve! Thoughtless action and actionless thought—both cause sorrow and suffering. So act thoughtfully.

Enough of Being a Samsari!

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