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Usually,\nwe fear losing something which we think is absolutely essential for\nour life. This fear of facing an undesired outcome haunts many of\nus. What we fail to understand is that life does not tolerate any\npowerlessness in our inner space and it works like a precise surgeon\nto remove the source of that powerlessness. In this case, it will\nremove what we hold on with fear of losing it, not to punish us, but\nto teach us a lesson that we can live well without it. This gives a\nnew insight into what renunciation means. Renunciation doesn\u2019t mean\ngiving up, it means not holding on to something or giving up the fear\nof losing something.<\/p>\n\n\n
Upanishads\nseem to offer morals, but in reality they offer strategies to deal\npowerfully with life. In this article, we will see how\n\u201cRenunciation\u201d is a master strategy to deal with all aspects of\nour life.<\/p>\n\n\n
The\nsecond part of the first verse of the Ishavasya Upanishad says:<\/p>\n\n\n
\n\u0924\u0947\u0928\n\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u0947\u0928 \u092d\u0941\u091e\u094d\u091c\u0940\u0925\u093e\n\u092e\u093e \u0917\u0943\u0927\u0903\n\u0915\u0938\u094d\u092f\u0938\u094d\u0935\u093f\u0926\u094d\u0927\u0928\u092e\u094d\n\u0965<\/p>\n\n\n
\nThena\nThyakthena Bhunjeethaa Ma Gridhah Kasyasviddhanam ||<\/p>\n\n\n
The\nliteral translation is, \u201cWith this renounced, you may enjoy. Covet\nnot the wealth of anyone at all.\u201d This looks like a very simple\nmoralistic instruction. But it is not. Order never comes by morals\nand discipline in the Cosmos. It is by intelligence and reality that\norder happens. The person who is trained in certain morals will\nalways be shaken, confused. He will not be able to handle life. The\nperson who is established in truth, reality, only he can constantly\nplay with life; only he can wage war.<\/p>\n\n\n
Upanishads\njust declare their own strength by their own statements. They don\u2019t\nneed any author or a listener\u2019s listening to authenticate them.\nThe following words are a revelation of that nature:\n<\/p>\n\n\n
\nWHATEVER\nYOU HOLD WITH FEAR OF LOSING IT, EXACTLY THAT WILL ONLY BE TAKEN AWAY\nFROM YOU.<\/p>\n\n\n
Whatever\nyou hold on with fear of losing it, exactly, exactly, precisely that\nwill be taken away from you. It will be a most precise operation.\nIf\nyou want to retain anything in your life, just renounce the fear of\nlosing it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n For\nexample:<\/p>\n\n\n \nThe\nlaw of life is: Life is not sadistic, and it does not want to see any\npowerlessness in your inner-space. Anything which creates\npowerlessness in your inner-space, precisely that will be taken away\njust to make you understand you can live without that. It is not to\npunish you. Life is not sadistic. It will not take away something\nfrom you just to torture you. Life wants to tell you, \u201cFool, don\u2019t\nbe powerless thinking that you will lose this, and if you lose that\nyou will lose everything in your life, or you will become powerless\nin your life. Now I am taking that away. See, without that you are\nable to live your life beautifully!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n Be\nclear that:<\/p>\n\n\n Definition\nof Renunciation:\n<\/p>\n\n\n \nRemembering\nnothing can make you powerless. Anything removed from your life\ncannot make you powerless is Renunciation, \u201cVairaagya\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n \n\u201cRaaga\u201d\nmeans: \u201cFeeling obsessed, completely overpowered by the desire\u201d.\nDesire is \u201cRaaga\u201d. Attachment is \u201cRaaga\u201d. Obsession is\n\u201cRaaga\u201d.\n<\/p>\n\n\n \n \u201cAraaga\u201d\nmeans: \u201cDetachment\u201d, \u201cHatred\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n \n\u201cViraaga\u201d\nmeans: \u201cKnowing very clearly, whatever you think as even core of\nyour life, even those things if they are removed you will not become\npowerless, you will not miss them, you will not become empty, you\nwill not be disappointed, you are not going to become dead, you will\neven forget you had those things or beings as part of your life\u201d.\nHaving this clarity is \u201cRenunciation\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n Business\nis war. Your living is war. Relationships are war. Everyone is in\ntheir own Kurukshetra. Kurukshetra has never ended. Everyone has\ntheir Kurukshetra. Let \u201crenunciation\u201d be your strategy for your\nKurukshetra. No one can win you. No one can shake you. No one can\nfrighten you.<\/p>\n\n\n The\nmoment you have a fear that if something is removed from your life\nyou will become depressed, you will become empty, you will lose life,\nthat fear becomes the strength of your enemy. When he knows you\ncannot be frightened, he becomes powerless.<\/p>\n\n\n Have\nthis simple cognition: \u201cAnything can be removed from me; I will not\nbecome powerless, I will not become depressed, I will not lose\nanything, I will not be lost, I may not even remember that I had that\nin my life\u201d. When such spiritual truths become part of your\ncognition and strategy, anywhere you go, Krishna is driving your\nchariot. You can never lose.<\/p>\n\n\n Based on satsangs delivered by rare Living Incarnation Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Usually, we fear losing something which we think is absolutely essential for our life. This fear of facing an undesired outcome haunts many of us. What we fail to understand is that life does not tolerate any powerlessness in our inner space and it works like a precise surgeon to remove the source of that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}