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A true Knower will be like a child. With childlike simplicity, he goes on doing straightforwardly whatever comes to be done from time to time. Be that good or bad by ordinary standards, favourable or unfavourable. Will the child worry about whatever it does? Sometimes the child will go to one when called fondly. At the same time, he may refuse to go to another who invites him with equal fondness. Nobody adduces any reason or dislike in the child's behaviour. It is natural for him to do so. The child shows his small measure of likes and dislikes also. They are not governed by any thoughts or standards of good and bad, dharma or adharma. It is a natural way of behaviour for the child. The Knower too, like a child, will have his sense of doing or not doing, getting or not getting; he will have his way of behaviour and response. But that is not dictated by any standards or perceptions of good or evil. Any one must and will have his nature. The Knower too has his. That nature expresses itself spontaneously. Ultimately, thoughts about good and bad cannot and will not hold good absolutely! Like sukhas and duhkhas, mental creations and reactions, all other postulates and concepts, also are mind-based, mind-born. Hence they are subject to fluctuations or changes. Depending upon the individual concerned and also relevant to the situation prevailing at the time, any moral, religious or spiritual standard will undergo thorough change. Arjuna felt that the Kurukshetra war was utterly sinful and would lead to hell. But when Sri Krishna instructed him properly the same war shed its sinful note and shone as auspicious and harmonious. This is so with everything everywhere, in a way. The mind should find its deep and well-founded harmony, while doing whatever is being done, as well as before and after doing so. This harmony and its preservation are the most important aspect of spiritual wisdom. Enlightenment should lead to mental harmony of an unshakeable nature. * * * |
