When Deva Guru Bruhaspati cursed Indra to be born as pig on earth, the plight of pig's life was conceived by all other gods but Indra could not understand the power of Maya (Illusion) that seized him. For, when some gods went to 'Indra in Pig incarnation' and reminded him about his majestic powers as 'King of Gods' in heaven, he refused to leave the pig form and declared his life with his she pig and baby pigs was heavenly enough. Becoming desperate in convincing him, the gods had to kill all his pig family and even tear up the pig body of Indra, only after which Indra came out with realisation of his true identity.
Only time has to ripe, for an ignorant frog which is complacent and even feels luxurious about it's habitat of shallow muddy pool, to become aware of the awesome grandeur of the gigantic ocean.
The ensnaring Maya of pseudo happiness in the material pleasures of the 'bound' human beings is described well in the sankeertana, "Asamida Visupoudaka", of Annamacharya.
'It is in their nature for the human beings, to revel in teasing others as log as they are not fed up with their selfish desires and aspirations in this world. In their state of ignorance they feel comfortable even in their pains.
'He thrives in his entanglements with semblance of complacence till all his karmas are nullified; as long as others keep on applauding his life of pleasure-pursuit; till he becomes tired of his infatuation about worldly comforts and his mind turns towards the Eternal.
'His own ugly physique looks adorable, till it becomes corpse; till the illusion of transitory nature of the body does not leave him; till he remains in high spirits of accolades, trophies from the rulers.
'The arrogance arising on account of having servants waiting for one's orders remains; till all his periodical hand loans are cleared off; till he realises about putting a halt to the cycle of births and deaths; till he becomes aware of the Almighty within.........
If one feels the Self Realisation - expanding from Micro Terrestrial Being to the Macro Celestial Being - is a 'Dream', let us learn what sort of dream it should be from Sri Abdul Kalam; "Dream is not what you see in sleep; Dream is the thing which doesn't let you sleep!" Ultimately it hints again at Salient Sadhana !
Only time has to ripe, for an ignorant frog which is complacent and even feels luxurious about it's habitat of shallow muddy pool, to become aware of the awesome grandeur of the gigantic ocean.
The ensnaring Maya of pseudo happiness in the material pleasures of the 'bound' human beings is described well in the sankeertana, "Asamida Visupoudaka", of Annamacharya.
'It is in their nature for the human beings, to revel in teasing others as log as they are not fed up with their selfish desires and aspirations in this world. In their state of ignorance they feel comfortable even in their pains.
'He thrives in his entanglements with semblance of complacence till all his karmas are nullified; as long as others keep on applauding his life of pleasure-pursuit; till he becomes tired of his infatuation about worldly comforts and his mind turns towards the Eternal.
'His own ugly physique looks adorable, till it becomes corpse; till the illusion of transitory nature of the body does not leave him; till he remains in high spirits of accolades, trophies from the rulers.
'The arrogance arising on account of having servants waiting for one's orders remains; till all his periodical hand loans are cleared off; till he realises about putting a halt to the cycle of births and deaths; till he becomes aware of the Almighty within.........
If one feels the Self Realisation - expanding from Micro Terrestrial Being to the Macro Celestial Being - is a 'Dream', let us learn what sort of dream it should be from Sri Abdul Kalam; "Dream is not what you see in sleep; Dream is the thing which doesn't let you sleep!" Ultimately it hints again at Salient Sadhana !
Kupastha Manduka
Om Shanti!
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