{"id":512,"date":"2015-01-22T07:38:41","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T12:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/?p=512"},"modified":"2015-01-22T07:38:41","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T12:38:41","slug":"the-body-is-the-perfect-prison-for-it-limits-us-while-making-us-believe-we-are-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/the-body-is-the-perfect-prison-for-it-limits-us-while-making-us-believe-we-are-free\/","title":{"rendered":"The body is the perfect prison \u2013 for it limits us while making us believe we are free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.<br \/>\n<em>&#8211; Bob Marley<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><em>Kabir &#8211; The couplet<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u0905\u091f\u0915\u0940<\/strong> <strong>\u092d\u093e\u0932<\/strong> <strong>\u0936\u0930\u0940\u0930<\/strong> <strong>\u092e\u0947\u0902<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong>\u0924\u0940\u0930<\/strong> <strong>\u0930\u0939\u093e<\/strong> <strong>\u0939\u0948<\/strong> <strong>\u091f\u0942\u091f<\/strong> <strong>\u0964<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u091a\u0941\u092e\u094d\u092c\u0915<\/strong> <strong>\u092c\u093f\u0928\u093e<\/strong> <strong>\u0928\u093f\u0915\u0932\u0947<\/strong> <strong>\u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong>\u0915\u094b\u091f\u093f<\/strong> <strong>\u091c\u093e\u0924\u093e\u0902<\/strong> <strong>\u0915\u094b<\/strong> <strong>\u092b\u0942\u091f <\/strong><strong>||<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><em>transliterated:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nAtki bh\u00e3l sharir mein, teer raha hai toot |<br \/>\nChumbak bina nikle nahee, koti jatan ko phoot||<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Translation:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nThe shaft of the arrow that struck the body is out, but the head is stuck inside |<br \/>\nWithout a magnet to help, it is very difficult to pull it out||<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>My understanding:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nThe soul, at birth, get\u2019s this body as a tool to achieve its stated purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Then, the world, society, our physical senses and our individual interpretation of the need to achieve something in this physical world take over. That seems to override the original programming that states the body is the tool, and instead makes it the primary purpose of existence.<\/p>\n<p>The soul, now, is trapped in this vehicle it was supposed to use, helpless and confused. At some point, it succumbs to the overriding demand for physical existence, and follows the body\u2019s lead, instead of leading the body.<\/p>\n<p>The only one who can help correct the situation is the one we trust the least, and approach only under extreme duress \u2013 a true guru. For our physical programming does not allow us to trust a person who expects nothing but our own improvement as the only payment for his efforts.<\/p>\n<p>However, the guru is the only magnet that can remove the trapped arrowhead and cleanse the blood of the accompanying poison and infection, without destroying the body, so the soul can still put it to effective use.<\/p>\n<p>So find that guru, and hang on till you truly find enlightenment \u2013 since that is the way to find our true purpose in life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold. &#8211; Bob Marley \u00a0 Kabir &#8211; The couplet \u0905\u091f\u0915\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0932 \u0936\u0930\u0940\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902, \u0924\u0940\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u091f\u0942\u091f \u0964 \u091a\u0941\u092e\u094d\u092c\u0915 \u092c\u093f\u0928\u093e \u0928\u093f\u0915\u0932\u0947 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902, \u0915\u094b\u091f\u093f \u091c\u093e\u0924\u093e\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u092b\u0942\u091f || \u00a0 transliterated: Atki bh\u00e3l sharir mein, teer raha hai toot | Chumbak bina nikle&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kabir","category-philosophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":513,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions\/513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}