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214. VairAgyam (Determination)
A horse fitted with blinkers (aka blinders) would not run amuck. In human beings, the vairAgyam acts as the blinker / blinder - preventing him / her from running amuck in his / her life.
We can not write on a paper on which oil has been spilt. But if we dust it with chalk powder we can write on it once again. The oil is the worldly desire and the chalk powder is the Determination.
The medicine for a spider bite is turmeric paste. The three dangerous worldly desires viz for land, for women and for gold can be equated to the bite of the spider. The vairAgyam is the healing turmeric paste.
If the water brought from the river is muddy and dirty, we have to drop a piece of Alum in it. All the mud and dirt get collect at the bottom and we find clean and clear water on the top. The worldly desires are the mud and dirt in the human mind. VairAgyam is the Alum that can make the disturbed mind as clear as crystal once again.
The caterpillar gets arrested in it own cocoon. The Athma gets arrested in the delusion of MAyA. The fully developed butterfly emerges from the cocoon. VivEkam and virAgyam are its two wings. Athma which manages to escape from the delusion can enjoy bliss at the feet of God.
If all the wordy attraction act in one direction (in the exterior world), God will be in the exact opposite direction (in our interior world). If one gives up the worldly desires he can attain God. If he gives in to the worldly desires then God becomes very distant to him.
A horse fitted with blinkers (aka blinders) would not run amuck. In human beings, the vairAgyam acts as the blinker / blinder - preventing him / her from running amuck in his / her life.
We can not write on a paper on which oil has been spilt. But if we dust it with chalk powder we can write on it once again. The oil is the worldly desire and the chalk powder is the Determination.
The medicine for a spider bite is turmeric paste. The three dangerous worldly desires viz for land, for women and for gold can be equated to the bite of the spider. The vairAgyam is the healing turmeric paste.
If the water brought from the river is muddy and dirty, we have to drop a piece of Alum in it. All the mud and dirt get collect at the bottom and we find clean and clear water on the top. The worldly desires are the mud and dirt in the human mind. VairAgyam is the Alum that can make the disturbed mind as clear as crystal once again.
The caterpillar gets arrested in it own cocoon. The Athma gets arrested in the delusion of MAyA. The fully developed butterfly emerges from the cocoon. VivEkam and virAgyam are its two wings. Athma which manages to escape from the delusion can enjoy bliss at the feet of God.
If all the wordy attraction act in one direction (in the exterior world), God will be in the exact opposite direction (in our interior world). If one gives up the worldly desires he can attain God. If he gives in to the worldly desires then God becomes very distant to him.