Friday, September 20, 2024

Nisargadatta Maharaj - Choice and destiny

 


"Questioner:

Surely, I am not the master of what happens.

... Its slave rather.


Nisargadatta Maharaj:

๐๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ๐ž.

... ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐Ÿ!


Questioner:

Does it imply avoidance of action?


Nisargadatta Majaraj:

You cannot avoid action.

... It happens, like everything else.


Q: My actions, surely, I can control.


NM: Try!

... You will soon see that you do what you must.


Q: I can act, according to my will.


NM: You know your will,

... Only 'after' you have acted.


Q: I remember my desires, the choices made, the decisions taken, and act accordingly.


NM: Then your memory decides - not you!


Q: Where do 'I' come in?


NM: You make it possible by giving it Attention.


Q: Is there no such thing as Free-Will?

... Am I not Free to desire?


NM: Oh No!

... You are compelled to desire!


In Hinduism the very idea of 'free-will' is non-existent.., so there is no word for it.

... Will is commitment - fixation, bondage!


Q: I am Free to choose my limitations.


NM: You must be Free first!

To be Free 'in' the world,

... You must be Free 'of' the world.


Otherwise, your past decides for you, And your future: Between what had happened, and what must happen - you are caught!


Call it Destiny or Karma, but never Freedom.


๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ ,

... ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ '๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž'."




I am that

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