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Self attainment is not sufficient for enjoying misery
If the soul is really God, it will not be affected by the misery in anyway and moreover it will enjoy the misery with more vigor since the misery is not available in the upper world. By self- analysis you may detach from the misery but that much is not sufficient to declare the self as God. The characteristic of God is not detachment to misery but it is entertainment of misery with more interest. Even the detachment is not for a long time and the soul suffers with depression. Then, where is the question of enjoyment of misery for which God comes down with lot of interest in the misery?
Totapuri was an Advaita philosopher and gave a long speech to Shri Rama Krishna Paramahamsa regarding the unreality of the world. He got terrible stomach pain and his self-attainment was not firm for a long time. Unable to withstand the pain, he tried to kill himself but even the suicide failed. Then he realized that his soul is controlled by God’s power and is not the ultimate controller. Then the pain disappeared immediately.
At the Lotus Feet of His Holiness Sri Dattaswami
Anil Antony
Universal Spirituality for World Peace
antonyanil@universal-spirituality.org
If the soul is really God, it will not be affected by the misery in anyway and moreover it will enjoy the misery with more vigor since the misery is not available in the upper world. By self- analysis you may detach from the misery but that much is not sufficient to declare the self as God. The characteristic of God is not detachment to misery but it is entertainment of misery with more interest. Even the detachment is not for a long time and the soul suffers with depression. Then, where is the question of enjoyment of misery for which God comes down with lot of interest in the misery?
Totapuri was an Advaita philosopher and gave a long speech to Shri Rama Krishna Paramahamsa regarding the unreality of the world. He got terrible stomach pain and his self-attainment was not firm for a long time. Unable to withstand the pain, he tried to kill himself but even the suicide failed. Then he realized that his soul is controlled by God’s power and is not the ultimate controller. Then the pain disappeared immediately.
At the Lotus Feet of His Holiness Sri Dattaswami
Anil Antony
Universal Spirituality for World Peace
antonyanil@universal-spirituality.org