Every
human thinks that there is only one world. They are right up to some extent.
However, if we look closely, every creature on this Earth has its own
manifested world. Everyone has their own thoughts, feelings, emotions, anger,
love, envy, etc. about things around them or themselves. For example, My name
is Ram, I live in the USA, I am Hindu, I love Tennis, I dislike caste system, I
work at MNC, I have plenty friends, I am rich, I am educated, I am smart, I am
a brother, I am sister, etc. This is my world in my imagination. The same way
everyone else have their own imagined world.
We
have become so busy in our world that we don’t even recognize countless worlds
around us. This makes us different from others at the thought level. We
recognize people only based on their physical traits e.g. outer look,
profession, color, race, religion, name, gender etc. But we fail to address
their inside world, which is pretty much the same as ours. They want happiness
and joy in their worlds like I want in mine.
But the problem starts when we think there is only one world and that is MY WORLD. Everyone else in my world is merely an actor, without realizing that I am also an actor in their world. When I think this is my world and everyone else should run according to my will, it creates a ripple effect on other's world. If this ripple is positive or brings comfort and happiness to others world, it is welcomed. But if the ripple creates a disturbance in another world then it faces retaliation, anger.
In other words, our likes and dislikes about each other depending upon the consequences of our relationships. A favorable consequence will result in liking and an unfavorable will result in disliking. For example, If someone helps or supports me in my deeds even if I am doing something unethical or against the law, it will generate feelings of liking for that person, hence the consequence of our relationship is favorable to me. On the other hand, if that person stops me, it will generate feelings of dislike and the consequence of our relationship will be unfavorable.
Our bodies are like clay vessels (e.g. cup, glass, jug, pot, etc.). If we look at these vessels, physically they look different from each other. They are named based on their shapes and attributes. However, the content they are made up of is the same "Clay". When these vessels are painted with various colors, it makes them look even more different from each other. Now imagine, these vessels bragging about their color, shape, capacity, and do the comparison with others unaware of the fact that the core content we all are made of is the same - Clay.
Now, what is the use of the vessel if it can't contain anything. Imagine, all these vessels are filled from the same source of water (OCEAN). When water was in the ocean it had no shape and when it was filled in vessels it took shape of the vessels. Water in the vessel has lost its contact with Ocean (its source).
If we think a little deep, human bodies are the same as these vessels. Like vessels, we have different attributes - black, white, fat, skinny, rich, poor, etc. But we fall under one class(vessels) "Humans".
After paying close attention we see that our body is nothing, but a collection of flesh, bones, and blood covered under our skin. Some are dark in color, some are fair (like vessel designs and colors). But from inside we all are same as clay (flesh, bones, and blood).
Now we have the body, but what is that element which makes us aware that the body we are dwelling in is our body and pervading in this body like water in the pot. What makes this body breathe, move, talk and do various other activities? What is that if gone away from our body we are declared dead and our body is just handed over to fire or buried? This is something intangible that exists within our body, but the effect of its separation is very tangible. In order to explain this let's assume that when we are born with no past memory and we have no name. Then we are given a name by our family, introduced to the world and people around us, what religion we belong to, etc.
These teachings about us are imposed on us and we start believing that we are what our name is, we are what our religion is, we are what and how others see us. We start believing that we are merely our body and the death of our body is our death. We forget our true nature the same way water in vessel forgets about its true nature as Ocean. continued……
But the problem starts when we think there is only one world and that is MY WORLD. Everyone else in my world is merely an actor, without realizing that I am also an actor in their world. When I think this is my world and everyone else should run according to my will, it creates a ripple effect on other's world. If this ripple is positive or brings comfort and happiness to others world, it is welcomed. But if the ripple creates a disturbance in another world then it faces retaliation, anger.
In other words, our likes and dislikes about each other depending upon the consequences of our relationships. A favorable consequence will result in liking and an unfavorable will result in disliking. For example, If someone helps or supports me in my deeds even if I am doing something unethical or against the law, it will generate feelings of liking for that person, hence the consequence of our relationship is favorable to me. On the other hand, if that person stops me, it will generate feelings of dislike and the consequence of our relationship will be unfavorable.
Our bodies are like clay vessels (e.g. cup, glass, jug, pot, etc.). If we look at these vessels, physically they look different from each other. They are named based on their shapes and attributes. However, the content they are made up of is the same "Clay". When these vessels are painted with various colors, it makes them look even more different from each other. Now imagine, these vessels bragging about their color, shape, capacity, and do the comparison with others unaware of the fact that the core content we all are made of is the same - Clay.
Now, what is the use of the vessel if it can't contain anything. Imagine, all these vessels are filled from the same source of water (OCEAN). When water was in the ocean it had no shape and when it was filled in vessels it took shape of the vessels. Water in the vessel has lost its contact with Ocean (its source).
If we think a little deep, human bodies are the same as these vessels. Like vessels, we have different attributes - black, white, fat, skinny, rich, poor, etc. But we fall under one class(vessels) "Humans".
After paying close attention we see that our body is nothing, but a collection of flesh, bones, and blood covered under our skin. Some are dark in color, some are fair (like vessel designs and colors). But from inside we all are same as clay (flesh, bones, and blood).
Now we have the body, but what is that element which makes us aware that the body we are dwelling in is our body and pervading in this body like water in the pot. What makes this body breathe, move, talk and do various other activities? What is that if gone away from our body we are declared dead and our body is just handed over to fire or buried? This is something intangible that exists within our body, but the effect of its separation is very tangible. In order to explain this let's assume that when we are born with no past memory and we have no name. Then we are given a name by our family, introduced to the world and people around us, what religion we belong to, etc.
These teachings about us are imposed on us and we start believing that we are what our name is, we are what our religion is, we are what and how others see us. We start believing that we are merely our body and the death of our body is our death. We forget our true nature the same way water in vessel forgets about its true nature as Ocean. continued……
