It is easy to see many complicated reverberations within our minds. They deplete the mental energy and bring down our trust in life. To get over this, people turn to religion or meditative methods that give them the trust and some grip on life. It can bring in some peace of mind. However, the dependence on a system that incorporates an external entity retains the mind in state of low awareness that is characteristic of many unhealthy outputs such as fanaticism and conflicts, emotional dependence and the associated fear etc. So, the question is, “Is there any other way to approach the problem of mental agitations, fear and uncertainty?” Once we understand the limitations of the dependence on religious or other methods, we transcend that stage and the door opens for us to explore the region of total inward resignation. This needs the boldness to stand alone and approach life with simplicity. As long as we are a member of a group, it cannot be done. This is so because it would lead to a kind of slavery and our perceptions will be conditioned by the beliefs of the group and its system. Once we understand that non-dependence is the right base for spiritual exploration, our awareness gets down to the bottom of the mental collections – accretions of many centuries handed down to us by heredity and our own accretions. As we move to the bottom, confusion begins to give way to clarity. It is like cleaning a shelf that has gone into disarray over the years and into which clouds of dust have taken residence. We remove all the things, get to the very corners of the shelf and start from there. One gets a feeling of intrinsic goodness in that approach. Very soon we see how, in the realm of the mind, much of the burden is self-collected. We see that external dependence sustains fear subterraneously and it appears in the form of dreams. The dependence also creates mental blocks to entering free spiritual explorations.
Moving into oneself in the above manner, one sees the value of passivity and resignation from self-centered activity due to habitual neurology that is driven by desire and fear. There is a deep sense of release from the robotic nature into which the mind falls unknowingly. The total inward resignation is a consequence to understanding how our moving away from ourselves through the habit of thought is the primary cause for being unhappy and making others unhappy. That helps us reside in our deeper self in a quiet and peaceful way. Such a mind becomes a receptacle to receive the sacred – that which is untouched and uninfluenced by society and its corruptive ways. The other salutary thing is that unconditional compassion flows out from such a mind, like a primordial fountain towards all.
The mind functioning from that inward integration and peace is capable of fulfilling the mundane responsibilities to the best of its abilities. There would be joy in every application and relationship. Concomitantly, the mind’s conventional fears drop off.
This matter of total resignation takes place naturally in those who delve into themselves through gentle self-awareness that keeps them company during the waking hours. No separate time need be set for any practice as those practices would fundamentally deny the matter of total resignation! Surrendering in order to get something is no surrender at all.
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