The basic principle of creation is duality. If we
experience pleasure, we will also know pain. If creation had only manifested
pleasure or pain, we as human beings would not feel the interaction of duality,
but life would be very one sited in relation to existence. Some contrast is
necessary.
It is our response to opposites that causes us
problems.
Our egoistic feelings expressing as likes and
dislikes, are responsible for the bondage to our mind, as well as to our
environment. Psychological feelings of pleasure and pain, or sorrow spring from
desire. Desire is the product of our sense allurement to the object desired. I
want this, because it makes me happy, or it gives me pleasure.
Attachment to pleasure or aversion to pain, both
destroy the equilibrium of our inner nature. When we recognize that pleasure
and pain are inseparable, we can conclude that it is best to adopt a neutral
attitude toward them. The Buddha calls it going the middle way.
So in order to feel mentally above circumstances, we
need to practice a neutral attitude to all earthly changes.
The saints and sages have found that happiness lies
in a constant mental state of peace. They tell us, that a changeable mind perceives
a changeable creation and is easily disturbed. The unchangeable soul and
unruffled mind, on the other hand, behold behind the mask of change the Eternal
Spirit. When through realization we perceive the body and all things as the
condensed consciousness of Spirit, then the mind free from excitation remains
content in inner Peace and Joy, and abides in the Divine Indweller, the ever
youthful one, the inner Soul or Self.
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