hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
Spirituality - kṣaitrajña¹, some say asuratva¹. Do we know what this means ? Is it just a behavior ?
I go to the temple: fine.
I wear rudrākṣa or some other mālā (necklace ~rosary~) : fine
I pray: fine
I do pūjā : fine
I wear a mark (tilika) on my forhead : fine
I practice ahiṁsā (non-harm) to the best of my ability: fine
I do this, and that, and the other to make me 'feel' spiritual : fine
All these are fine and noble actions... yet , do you know who or what you are¹ ? One's real abhyāsa ( repeated or permanent exercise , discipline ) is to find out this one question. All other things then fall into place.
So, the question - are you just going through the motions ? Doing things that makes one ~feel~ like a spiritual pursuit is taking place or is it really ( really ) occurring and being pursued ?
This separates the window shopper from the mumukṣu¹. This is a hard question to ask yourself. But to one's self be true.
iti śivaṁ
words
- kṣaitrajña - spirituality or nature of the soul
- asuratva - spirituality or divine dignity
- who you are = niṣkalaṅka sahaja = unblemished nature ( that which is not caught up in all 'this' , the relative field of life)
- mumukṣu those in quest of mumukṣā - desire for liberation... but from what ?
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