{"id":660,"date":"2015-07-29T11:04:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T16:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/?p=660"},"modified":"2015-07-29T11:05:44","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T16:05:44","slug":"to-gain-the-whole-give-up-hanging-onto-just-a-part","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/to-gain-the-whole-give-up-hanging-onto-just-a-part\/","title":{"rendered":"To gain the whole, give up hanging onto just a part"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTrust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it&#8217;s safe or certain.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>-Anonymous<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Kabir &#8211; The couplet<\/strong><br \/>\n\u091c\u094b \u0924\u0942 \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0915\u094b, \u091b\u094b\u095c \u0926\u0947 \u0938\u092c\u0915\u0940 \u0906\u0938 \u0964<br \/>\n\u092e\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u0939\u0940 \u091c\u0948\u0938\u093e \u0939\u094b \u0930\u0939\u0947, \u0938\u092c \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0924\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0938 \u0965<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Transliterated:<\/strong><br \/>\nJo Tu Chaahe Mukti Ko, Chhod De Sabki Aas |<br \/>\nMukt Hi Jaisa Ho Rahe, Sab Kuchh Tere Paas ||<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Translation:<\/strong><br \/>\nIt you are desirous of deliverance (moksha), give up hanging on to life\u2019s attractions |<br \/>\nAs you find the ultimate freedom, you will find you possess everything!\u00a0 ||<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>My understanding:<\/strong><br \/>\nDesire and possession are the two biggest bottomless pits we trap ourselves in \u2013 and then we complain that freedom is eluding us!<\/p>\n<p>I have heard many say they desire moksha \u2013 freedom from the cycle of life and death \u2013 but in the very next breath, they are already contemplating on what they need to do to make their life more interesting\/better\/more livable.<\/p>\n<p>Those desirous of moksha have to first understand what they are asking for \u2013 for being trapped in the encumbrances of life is the very thing moksha is the opposite of \u2013 and yet, they seem to ask for both. The subsequent complaint, that both are elusive, is a never-to-be-solved vicious circle \u2013 if you want the one, the other cannot exist.<\/p>\n<p>Now here is the hidden secret \u2013 as soon as we give up falling prey to the mirage of life\u2019s physical promises, we find that life becomes truly pleasurable, fun and truly livable. And then, at the end of this physical life, we can joyfully step into true deliverance.<\/p>\n<p>However, we fear that which we do not know \u2013 and that fear makes us reject it even if it presents itself in its true glory in front of us, unasked. So we have to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Give up this irrational fear of the unknown<\/li>\n<li>Understand the falsities that are the mirage of life\u2019s promises<\/li>\n<li>Recognize that only me, and no one else, can truly put me on the path to moksha<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then we will have fond the true joy of life and living and learning!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTrust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it&#8217;s safe or certain.\u201d -Anonymous \u00a0 Kabir &#8211; The couplet \u091c\u094b \u0924\u0942 \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0915\u094b, \u091b\u094b\u095c \u0926\u0947 \u0938\u092c\u0915\u0940 \u0906\u0938 \u0964 \u092e\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u0939\u0940 \u091c\u0948\u0938\u093e \u0939\u094b \u0930\u0939\u0947, \u0938\u092c \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0924\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0938 \u0965 \u00a0 Transliterated: Jo Tu Chaahe Mukti Ko, Chhod De Sabki Aas | Mukt Hi&#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-660","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\/660","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=660"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":662,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660\/revisions\/662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}