Scripture: The Paramahamsa Upanishad 4.3
The aspirant who is seeking the Lord
Must free himself from selfish attachments
To people, money, and possessions.
When his mind sheds every selfish desire,
He becomes free from the duality
Of pleasure and pain and rules his senses.
It is difficult for us to see attachments as something selfish, but they are. When we say that certain people, animals and things are more important to us than others, we are, at the very least, feeding our ego with the idea that our opinion matters more than the opinion of others. If you ask others who or what is important to them, their choices will be different, so are they wrong? No and yes. They are no more wrong or right than your choices, so neither of you can really say who is importand and who isn't. Everyone is important to somebody so the enlightened person doesn't play favorites.
Must free himself from selfish attachments
To people, money, and possessions.
When his mind sheds every selfish desire,
He becomes free from the duality
Of pleasure and pain and rules his senses.
It is difficult for us to see attachments as something selfish, but they are. When we say that certain people, animals and things are more important to us than others, we are, at the very least, feeding our ego with the idea that our opinion matters more than the opinion of others. If you ask others who or what is important to them, their choices will be different, so are they wrong? No and yes. They are no more wrong or right than your choices, so neither of you can really say who is importand and who isn't. Everyone is important to somebody so the enlightened person doesn't play favorites.
Posted by Reverend Harold Boulette at 12/4/2011 6:38 AM 
Categories: Religion, Scripture
Tags: Scripture Hindu Upanishads
Categories: Religion, Scripture
Tags: Scripture Hindu Upanishads
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