By not losing our true self, ever.
First, how do we find it?
By meditating deeply, letting go of everything, and connecting with the emptiness ( Shunyata ) within, which is our perpetual true self.
And then constantly staying in it, going through all the life events in Samayag state.
In its presence, we realize that all life events, whether happiness or unhappiness, are transient; they come, and they always go.
Usually, when an unhappy event comes, we reject it; rejection is by the mind.
By rejecting it, we are not living it 100%.
Accepting it is living it 100%.
If we go through it at the soul level, we will realize that unhappiness takes its course and passes in due time.
Similarly, when a happy event occurs, we usually become attached to the objects, people, and situations involved.
But like all Sansaric events, happy events also come to an end.
And, when it ends, the mind wants more of such events ( more foods, drinks, drugs, people, etc.).
Wanting is the product of the mind.
But the soul says, “Wanting what?”
More of the same transient events like this?
That’s not wisdom.
This way, the mind foolishly leads us into unending Karmic cycles of likes and dislikes.
With a perpetual self, we live without attachment, desire for happiness, or rejection of unhappiness—in a Samayag State.
This way, we die a serene death, eliminating the need for re-births and consequential deaths.
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Consciousness is always in a Samyag state; you also become Samayag in its company.
On the other hand, Sansar is always in an unbalanced state, but it has no choice but to operate within the Samyag consciousness.
That’s why there is so much suffering in Sansar.
Samyagness is the invisible nature of the consciousness, which, sooner or later, we all have to adapt to; the sooner, the better because that’s where the peace is.
In a Samyag state, you will float above the stormy Sansar rather than drowning in it.
While the heart is beating, the mind has to be flatlined with the practice of equanimity.