Eks1: Why are people the way they are?
Eks2: People are whoever they are without knowing who they are
Eks1: Why is it that things which are so obvious to me are not so for others?
Eks2: Maybe because whats obvious to others is not obvious to you
Eks1: There is something fundamentally wrong with the way people behave in this world
Eks2: You sure the problem is with the behaviour & not the thinking?
Eks1: I dont care where the problem lies, but it is getting tougher for me to accept things the way they are.
Eks2: Well, you dont have to accept it
Eks1: Things are so bad that I would have to cutoff myself from this filthy existence if I dont accept it
Eks2: Read this beautiful poem
The Great Way is not difficult
For those who have no preferences.
When love and hate are both absent
Everything becomes clear and undisguised.
Make the smallest distinction, however
And heaven and earth are set infinitely apart.
If you wish to see the truth
Then hold no opinions for or against anything.
To set up what you like against what you dislike
Is the disease of the mind
When the deep meaning of things is not understood
The minds essential peace is disturbed to no avail.
The Way is perfect like vast space
Where nothing is lacking and nothing is in excess.
Indeed, it is due to our choosing to accept or reject
That we do not see the true nature of things.
Live neither in the entanglements of outer things,
Nor in the inner feelings of emptiness.
Be serene in the oneness of things
And such erroneous views will disappear by themselves.
When you try to stop activity to achieve passivity
Your very effort fills you with activity.
As long as you remain in one extreme or the other
You will never know Oneness.
- Sengstan
Acceptance
Posted by Anup at 10:57 PM 1 comments
Labels: Factional Conversations
LAKSHYA
Eks1: You cant have a Lakshya for a lifetime
Eks2: Of course I can
Eks1: Then what would you do after achieving the Lakshya of your life?
Eks2: Lakshya isnt about achieving one thing after which I would say I have completed the purpose of my existence on this earth. My life is not about my Lakshya, my Lakshya is about my life.
Eks1: Life doesnt need a Lakshya to be lived. All the sense of achievement, sense of joy, sense of pride is superficial.
Eks2: True, but I never said that those feelings are what I am pursuing in this quest for my Lakshya.
Eks1: Then why have a Lakshya?
Eks2: Having a Lakshya for the sake of achieving it, is the worst forms of Lakshya a person can have. My Lakshya is not about setting a goal and achieving it, it is not about dreaming about something and going after it, it is not about pushing myself to the extreme to get whatever done. My Lakshya is something that gives me a sense of direction whenever I am lost, it is something that gives me a purpose in whatever I do, it is something that I know is mine, it is something that I cannot put into words coz if I could I would.
Posted by Anup at 11:27 PM 1 comments
Labels: Factional Conversations
LOVE
Eks1 : How do I know its love ?
Eks2: You must ask the right questions to get the right answers
Eks1: And the right question is ....
Eks2: How do I know its not love ?
Eks1: ok, How do I know its not love ?
Eks2: Its not love till you realize that it is.
Posted by Anup at 10:21 AM 6 comments
Labels: Factional Conversations