Prefect Life - part 2 religious

In a perfect world,
why is man so imperfect?

It is so
that you can become more perfect.
Recognition
of imperfections leads
you to more perfection.

This is
a very delicate point.
If you
recognise imperfection
you may just sulk and brood over it —
''Oh,
I am imperfect,
imperfect and imperfect.''
Recognise the imperfection in you and
overcome it by seeing more perfection.

You have heard this before,
that all is God and all is love.
But
then
what is the purpose of life?

If everything is God then where is life heading to?

Life is heading towards perfection, isn't it?

We want perfection.
There are three kinds of perfection:
Perfection in action/work (kriya),
perfection in speech (vachan),
perfection in feelings/intention (bhaav).

Some people may be very good
in their actions
but
inside they feel very grumpy and angry.
Some may lie
— ie, their speech is not perfect
but
they do their jobs right or they feel right.

A doctor
may tell a patient,
''Don't worry, your disease will be cured'',
but
that may not be true.
At times,
the intention behind lying is perfect.
For example
a child asks his mother
where his baby brother came from,
the mother replies that she bought the baby.
The mother's intentions behind lying is perfect.
If someone lies intentionally then the feeling is imperfect,
the speech is imperfect and the action will also reflect the same.

Suppose
someone makes a mistake
and when you look at the mistake you get angry.
Then you are no better than the person
who has made the mistake,
because
there the action was imperfect,
but here your feelings have become imperfect.
Any action
will have some flaw.
But when the feeling becomes imperfect
then it stays for a longer period.
The innermost perfection is lost.

Many people
who fight for human rights
are fighting for a cause but inside, they get angry.
Anger
is as bad as lust
and
jealousy is no better than anger.

From all these six imperfections
(lust, anger, greed, entanglement, arrogance and jealousy)
you think one is better than the other,
but they are not.

Sadhana
helps you maintain your centredness
and not be shaken by small events.
When someone screams at you,
their speech is imperfect
but
don't assume that their feeling is also imperfect.
Don't see an intention
behind other peoples' mistakes as then,
the mind brings in more impurity.

That's also Vikara, the distortion.
Prakriti and Vikriti;
the whole creation
is made up of nature and distortion of nature.
Anger or jealousy is not our nature.
It is distortion of our nature.
They are part of this creation but we still call them distortions,
because they do not allow the Self to shine forth fully.
And
this is what sin is.

Sin
is not your nature
and you are not born out of sin.
Sin is just the wrinkle in the cloth.
It needs proper ironing.

Lust
is considered a sin because in lust,
you treat the other person like an object.
But in love,
you see them as someone higher.
Anger is a sin
because when you are angry you lose your centre,
you lose sight of the self.
In guilt,
you are limiting the small mind
to an action that has already happened.

Be thankful
that you have been bestowed with the qualities
that you have because it is not of your own making.
And
these qualities depend
on the part that you have been given to play.

When you understand this basic truth,
then your inner perfection becomes stable.
It is said by some psychologists that
''Deep inside you there is fear, guilt and anger.''
These psychologists
know nothing about the mind or consciousness.
I tell you that deep inside,
you are a fountain of bliss,
a fountain of joy!

Jesus got angry twice.
He threw people out of the church
and shouted in anger.

Krishna once broke his own promise.
He had vowed that he would not take up
a weapon in his hand during the Mahabharata war.
But when it became impossible to conquer Bhishma,
he picked up his weapon, the Sudarshan Chakra.

The peak of every emotion,
every sensation leads you to blossoming,
to the innermost perfection.
Don't look for perfection just in actions.
You name any action and
I'll show you that there is a flaw in that action.
Even when you give alms or charity,
you are bringing down the self-respect of the receiver.
But perfection in feeling is possible.

Perfection in speech is possible to a great extent
and to a greater extent, perfection in action is also possible.

Even if the Vikritis come in your way,
don't give them too much importance
for they are like the wrinkles in a cloth.
If you give importance to somebody's
anger, greed or lust,
then it's not only in them
but at some point of time it takes
a permanent place in your mind.

For example,
an animal has sex and after that it doesn't think
about it till the next season.
But
a man keeps on thinking about it in his mind.
This is what Krishna says in the Gita on several occasions;
''What has happened to your mind?
If you nourish these Vikaras inside you
they change from one impurity to another
and keep multiplying inside you.
Relax and know that you are not the doer.''

See this
whole thing as a drama.
That
is the only way
you can remain in your centre.

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