The wheel of Samsara.

The wheel of Samsara.

The wheel of Sansar

If you look at it, Sansar is a gigantic wheel.

We all come here thinking there is something to gain from it.

We try to gain pleasure out of it.

But we don’t realize that whatever we are doing in our lives, everyone is doing the same thing in their lives.

And even in the past, people did the same thing over and over for thousands of years.

We are not doing anything different.

For example –

We think drinking is fun, but millions have the same “fun” as people in the past.

You may think you have discovered something new, but you haven’t.

We think we have better and more sophisticated weapons to fight now.

Weapons have changed, but hatred hasn’t, over thousands of years.

The same thing applies to food, sex, running after an elevated position in society, trying to gain a reputation, or trying to look bigger and better than others, etc.

All are, and were, the same.

We are not doing anything different.

If you list these so-called “pleasures” of Sansar, the list will be tiny, maybe 10-12 pleasures, that’s all.

And such Sansaric pleasures are accessible, with no significant effort needed.

You don’t have to do anything to get them.

Staying in Sansar – THEY FIND YOU.

You didn’t do anything special to get them.

Drinking buddies are not buddies of each other; their buddy is drinking.

Hatred is easy to cultivate; love is not.

Haters, you will find out everywhere.

Loveful people are rare.

Desires roam around the wild; desirelessness is not.

You may think,” But what’s wrong with these pleasures, this life?”

There is something wrong with these pleasures, this life.

They keep you occupied.

First, they make you restless before getting them, and you remain occupied.

Once you get them, they keep you occupied in their pleasures.

And then, once they lead to the consequences of physical and mental suffering, you remain occupied with them, attempting to get out of them.

And life comes to an end.

Also, while remaining occupied with them –

You develop crookedness in your mind, trying to get to them.

Simplicity of the mind disappears, and you give rise to the enemies ( Kasays ) within – anxiety, stress, depression, anger, deception, greed, restlessness, physical and mental diseases, etc.

And, if you think about it, the list of such mental sufferings will also be very small – 10-12, that’s all.

So, a collection of 10-12 pleasures and 10-12 sufferings makes the whole wheel of Sansar.

Sansar has nothing unique to offer.

But despite these sufferings, we keep hanging onto the Sansar; we cannot give it up.

Why?

Because Sansar is a motion.

And just as we keep a tight grip while being on a moving chakdol ( merry-go-round), we also hold onto this fast-moving Sansar.

And the faster it is, the tighter our grip.

( More attachment, more possessions = more fear = more tighter grip )

We are afraid to let go.

While living such a fearful life, we never explore options other than the Sansar.

And that’s why people fear taking the spiritual path – Dhyan ( meditation ).

Some people close their eyes to meditate and immediately open their eyes up.

They are afraid to let the Sansar go, even for a few minutes.

Some close their eyes, but they keep on thinking of Sansar.

They have found a convenient way of “staying” in Sansar while meditating.

One foot in Sansar and the other on the spiritual path.

They haven’t left the Sansar.

No, the spiritual path needs courage and boldness.

Dhyan is a unique experience, above and beyond the Sansar’s mundane chakra ( wheel ).

The courage required here is not physical but spiritual.

Gather your spiritual strength, focus on awareness, and let it become the only “real thing.”

Sansar will automatically start fading away after finding this new and unique existence.