55. Question / प्रश्न 55

The Ultimate Question :

Question प्रश्न  :

क्या भविष्य के विचार और चिन्ता से पूरी तरह मुक्त हो पाना संभव है?

Is it possible to be totally free from the thought of future?

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Order and Chaos.

This question needs to be dealt keeping in mind the following perspectives :

Freedom of The Individual with respect to The Freedom of Thought, Freedom of Action and Freedom of Will in the World as it is.

In the Life as it is.

Because in Reality there is nothing like Freedom, neither in the Life nor in the World  of the individual.

According to Shrimadbhagvad-gita :

Chapter 5 -

न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभुः।।

न कर्मफलसंयोगं स्वभावस्तु प्रवर्तते।।१४।।

नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभुः।।

अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः।।१५।।

ज्ञानेन तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः।।

तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत् परम्।।१६।।

न कर्तृत्वं -

neither the sense of "I do" --

Doer-ship,

न कर्माणि and nor the activities लोकस्य of the world,

सृजति are caused by the one - Who governs the existence -- प्रभुः।।

न कर्मफलसंयोगं And neither the result or the consequences of those activities are because of the One Whosoever governs this world and also the whole existence.

स्वभावस्तु प्रवर्तते -

It is really the "Nature" or the movement of the immutable principle, the same one, and the essential, Who as such ordains all the activities that appear to take place anywhere and at any moment।।१४।।

नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं This Conscious Principle neither takes away the wrong or the inauspicious done by anyone,

न चैव सुकृतं and likewise that  विभुः -

Takes the credit of having done anything auspicious।।

अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं - 

Just because of the jnAna is covered up under the ajnAna /  ignorance,

तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः -

The creatures - all those who think and believe "I was born and shall die too" fall a victim to this delusion.।।१५।।

Truly it is only the "idea", the thought appearing / emerging and disappearing / dissolving  in the mind that gets born and subsequently dies again. But just because of In-attention to this fact one tends to think or / and believe "I was born and I will die too".

Gita tells us :

अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।।

विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित् कर्तुमर्हति।।

...

एतन्मन्यसे नित्यजातं वा नित्यमृतम्।।

तथाप्यपरिहार्यार्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि।।

Even more, if you think / believe this Self gets born and dies again and again from  moment to moment then also you need not grieve .

ज्ञानेन तत् -

Through this understanding those,

अज्ञानं येषां नाशितं आत्मनः।। Who have destroyed this ignorance of their own about the Self,

तेषां -

For them,

आदित्यवत् ज्ञानं-

Their Understanding like the light of the evershining Sun,

प्रकाशयति तत् परम्।।१६।।

Illuminates and reveals before them The One Supreme.

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