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There is only one difference between you and Lord Vishnu - Do you know what? |
The 5 headed Cobra is under complete control of Lord Vishnu while in our case, we
are under complete control of the multi-headed cobra.
What is five headed cobra?
Cobra is our mind that hisses through its 5 heads (5 sense organs) or call it a
multi-headed cobra that expresses through various passions or modifications of
mind like: Kama (lust), Krodh (anger), Lobh (greed), Moh (attachment),
Ahankar (ego) and Matsarya (envy).
Lord Vishnu:
See these pictures of Lord Vishnu resting in Paramanand (supreme bliss) on the Cobra.
This happens only when one is in control of the mind. The harmless cobra in this
case symbolizes that Lord Vishnu has overcome the desires and is in full control of Prakriti,
or maya and its various modifications. This is a state of Bliss...Eternal
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Lord Vishnu in complete control of the multi-headed Cobra (mind) |
Lord Vishnu - a state of Bliss beyond the cycle of birth and death |
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Human being: Here is picture of an ordinary individual whose mind is consistently
craving for the temporary
joys (Maya) provided by his sense organs. Unfortunately, he is always in a tight
grip of the passions of mind that keep him away from the Paramanand (supreme bliss).
The deer (human being in this case) cannot escape the fear and the snake even though it is consistently
seeking the freedom. It always remains in the tight grip of the snake (mind with
its modifications) away from the Bliss....until
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Human being (like this deer) is consistently in grip of a python - of six passions
of mind: Kama (lust), Krodh (anger), Lobh (greed), Moh (attachment), Ahankar (ego)
and Matsarya (envy)
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This is a state of human being while living and under the grip of mind, when he
is finally consumed by the python (of his mind), and the cycle of birth and death continues... |
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Your journey towards the Divine |
Birth after birth, life after life, the deer continues his bondage. There comes
a day when deer starts thinking - Why am I bound by snake? Can I be free? What should
I do so that I am free? Can I enjoy the bliss? He turns into a seeker. His searching
mind opens a divine door for him.
Your journey toward the Bliss (God) starts
when you realize the bondage. The journey continues as you seek the freedom. It
progresses when you start looking at enjoyment provided by sense organs as a poison and nothing but poison.
As you travel the path towards the Divine the grip of the snake around you starts
loosening. The more you practice spirituality, the more you develop dis-passion (Vairagya
or reduction in desires and attachments) As the
dis-passion develops you start enjoying
the bliss. Divine doors of knowledge start
opening before you one by one.
It is always a long and painful journey...The divine is always with you as you travel
towards him. There will be difficult times and there will be help too. You may fall
many a times because you are trying to go back to the origin against the current
and the journey against the current is never easy. One step at a time and you will
still progress. As you move
up the ladder of Divinity the snake leaves you completely...because it dosen't have
anything it can tie around itself. Passions of your mind have reduced substantially.
So far you were seeking the God. Now, God is seeking you!
The Divine YOU:
Here is an image of the Divine You. A deer without
fear. A deer that is contented with itself and
waiting for the Divine. Away from the heard, his eyes are fixed on the goal and
he is peaceful. There is no fear in his eyes because he knows he is protected by the divine grace. The snakes of passion,
attachment and emotions have left him
long time back. The snake cannot catch him
because he has developed Vairagya (non-attachment)
with the help of Viveka (discrimination & wisdom). His passions have gone down
substantially. He still has a long wait before he attains the ultimate bliss. But
he has attained freedom
from the snake and he continues to enjoy the freedom as he awaits the Bliss.
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Divine seeker enjoying the freedom and waiting for the Bliss. There is no fear in
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The Message |
We should stop being proud of Ourselves - We are nothing more than a slave of
a monkey (mind.) Vultures (of though waves) are consistently feeding on us. 6 wolves
(lust, anger, greed, attachment, ego & envy) are dragging us on the streets.
Worth of our life is nothing more than a trash bag...full of trash (past memories,
current problems & future dreams.) If there
is no space left in the bag, how can God be in our life?
We are absolutely no different than the deer captured by snake in the picture above - that is full of
fear and cannot enjoy even a single moment of freedom it is consistently seeking.
Everyone came alone, naked and weeping. We will go alone, naked and weeping. Our
desires and attachment to objects are the cause of your misery.
Only those who tame the Cobra (of Mind) that operates through its 5 heads (sense organs) attain the Bliss, everyone else continues
their miserable journey through cycles of birth and death.
It is always our choice - whether I want to be an ordinary deer (consumed by
snake of mind) or a Divine deer (that will enjoy the freedom and bliss).
Try to peek inside, there is much bigger universe within us. The creator of this
universe (The eternal Bliss) is waiting to embrace you!
Be a Divine Deer. Lord Vishnu is waiting for you! |
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