Overcoming Misery
Many
times people are very miserable from within, but they wear a mask of
cheerfulness or even act confident and dominating on the outside. They
will keep pretending as if everything is fine, yet you can see the
misery drip from their faces. Every part of their body reflects anger,
bitterness, hatred and misery. This is what Lord Buddha has said – that
there is misery. Recognize it, and then there are remedies for it. If
someone says being miserable is my nature, then nobody can do anything
about it, not even God Himself. So misery is not our nature, it comes
because of samskaras (past life impressions) or karma. And this can be
removed by other samskaras. One remedy for this is Pratyahara (one of
the eight limbs of Yoga which means to exercise control or restraint
over the senses and withdraw them inwards). Another remedy to this is
meditation. So through meditation, pranayama, and satsang we can be
liberated from the miseries. It is then that we come to realize that our
nature is happiness, bliss. Just as light dispels darkness, our
Atma-shakti (the powerful soul as consciousness within) removes misery.
On the path of sadhana, all negativity and distortions such as fear,
anger etc. fall away. The goal of sadhana is get immersed in that
indescribable bliss which is part of our very nature.|| Jai Guru Dev ||
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