Friday, December 22, 2023

What stops me?

Illusion (maya jaal) of words, questions and circumstances; 

A bait that traps the unsuspecting soul blinded by Raga (passionate attachment) and Dwesha (resentment),
Binding it again in yet another cycle of birth and death. 

Lack of awareness at its peak results in another momentous error. A lesson learned but a valuable opportunity lost.

The first folly - forgetting the self, it's true blissful nature, 
The second folly - wrongly perceiving oneness in presenting circumstances, 
Third folly believing that a particular set of things, individuals, and circumstances are favorable and essential for life,
The final folly - repeating this again and again without learning the lesson. 

No one but my own folly stops me from waking up and taking ownership of the uninterrupted bliss that is truly mine. 
Why am I not waking up and Realizing my eternal self? 
What stops me?