The world we live in and also our life has three qualities: tamas, rajas, and sattva.Tamas makes us passive-static, rajas makes us active-dynamic and sattvacreates a balance. When I go to the extremeposition I become lethargic and lazy, and go into deep slumber. When I take an extremedynamicor action-oriented position I get exhausted. When I avoid extreme positions and take the proverbial Buddhist middlepath I am in a sattvik state, a balanced state. Living in a sattvik state makes me act wisely. I know what to do, how to do, and then do it. Not just to know and think about it. According me this is a sattvikway of living.
I try to follow this sattvikpath of living in every walk of my life. When I talk, when I listen, When I eat, when I sleep, when I work and when I exercise. When I have not followedthis balanced way of living I go through physical, mental, emotional and relational suffering. Suffering is my teacher. I do not hit my head when I suffer and I do not hit the other person'shead for my self-created suffering. I wake up, rise from my downfall , make a U-turn and go back the path of wisdom.
Paying attention to what is going in my mind, becoming aware of it helps me from taking the wrong way which may hurt me and others in my life. I know that it is to say that but difficult to do it. Patience, perseveranceand practice are my best allies. Introspection and meditation are also very helpful to me.Theyshow me the path of light in my journey of life.
Namaste!
Jagdish P Dave
On Oct 15, 2021 Jagdish P Dave wrote :
I try to follow this sattvikpath of living in every walk of my life. When I talk, when I listen, When I eat, when I sleep, when I work and when I exercise. When I have not followedthis balanced way of living I go through physical, mental, emotional and relational suffering. Suffering is my teacher. I do not hit my head when I suffer and I do not hit the other person'shead for my self-created suffering. I wake up, rise from my downfall , make a U-turn and go back the path of wisdom.
Paying attention to what is going in my mind, becoming aware of it helps me from taking the wrong way which may hurt me and others in my life. I know that it is to say that but difficult to do it. Patience, perseveranceand practice are my best allies. Introspection and meditation are also very helpful to me.Theyshow me the path of light in my journey of life.
Namaste!
Jagdish P Dave