Nothing is yours
This world is full of people and material things. Some of which you proudly say to be “YOURS”. But are they truly yours, is there anything in this world you can call yours ???
we keeping calling the body, fame, dream health, beauty, affluence, position, status, post etc. as “ours” but are they really ours?..
If your answer is yes, just ask yourself a few simple questions…..
· Can we exercise independent control over them?
· Can we keep them as long as we want
· Can we prevent them from getting sick
· Can we prevent them from dying
· Did we bring them with us or can we take them with us.
If your answers are “NO”, how can you say they are your ???
Each and everything which we presume to be “ours” is not ours. They were never ours and they will never be our in this and in any lifetime….no matter how hard you try.
Things and people whom we call “ours” are constantly drifted “away” from us. Lets say if any body is to stay with you for 80 years; and you are 40 now – hasn’t the body drifted 40 years away from you? Even now, isn’t the body drifting away from you in every fraction of second constantly- without fail? From the time you were in womb till the time you reach your tomb, it drifting away from you. What if I ask you to pin point even a single second in life, where these material things have came closer to you. Your answer can never be yes.
Same is the case for all; family, wealth, power, health, time, authority, beauty. “Each was not with you in past; each will certainly not remain with you in future; each in the present is constantly drifting away from you – And still you proudly call them to be “yours”!!!!
Can there be a bigger stupidity? A bigger dishonesty?
All sufferings, pains, tension, sorrow, frustration, which we experience in life, are seen and exclusively arising because of this above stupidity. All vices in us (anger, pride, attachment, jealousy, greed etc.) are result of this wrong assumption of ours- “that the worldly things are ours or can be ours”, But the fact is they are not “ours” and they cannot be “ours”.
All worldly things were never yours. They will cease to be yours in the future and now also they are drifting away from you- and so they are not yours.
All these worldly things are not for you. If they had been for you, they would have come along with you the moment you were born and would live with you till you die and would cease thereupon. If they were meant for you, how can they remain here, in this world even after your departure and vise-a versa
The fact is they are been given to you and would be taken away from you as soon as the fixed alarm in Yamraj’s alarm ring. Since they are not yours, the logic says you have no right to form attachment with them or liking them and call them “yours”. Since they are not yours , you have no right to enjoy them and use them for your gratification or for gratification of those whom you consider to be “yours”.
The ultimate question now in your mind is – what then you can do with them?
You have two things in the world which you say to be yours and they are either people in your life or things (power, money, status, beauty, knowledge, post etc) in your life. Use these things for the welfare of this world. They are given to you to “utilize” but for the welfare of this world. People whom you don’t consider to be yours - are “others”
· If you have power; help powerless
· If you have good position; have others getting employment.
· If you have a robust body; help the weak.
· If you have wisdom; help the idiot.
And don’t expect anything in return. And this is all “karma yoga” is.
This is the only thing you can do- with whatever has been given to you. If you are able to do this, only then you would free yourself from all pains, sorrows of life.
Propellant
The object of this narration is not to make you throw away your belonging – not at all. That would be another stupidity to counter an existing stupidity.
I have a small example for you:
You are way back to your home and are on traffic signal, where you see a beggar and you give him Rs. 10 /- . Your car moves on and soon you reached your home sweet home, where you see your own son coming towards you demanding RS. 10 /-. You hand over to him Rs. 10 /-.
Now my dear friend, in both the cases you parted with Rs. 10 /- and most importantly you are not expecting that money to come back. Your only intention was to please the Recipient.
But payment to the beggar was regarded as donation by you, all religious institution and rest of the world. Payment to your son is not credited to your donation a/c by anybody in this world- not even MR. CHITRAGUPT (proverbially a chartered accountant up in the heaven keeping ledger a/c of your karmas). Why? What was the difference?
Difference was that you didn’t considered that beggar to be “yours” while you considered your son to be “yours” !
That was the only difference. What else could be the difference?
If you want that the 10 rupees you gave to your son should also be credited to your donation a/c, than don’t consider your son to be yours. If you want give him everything you have . but don’t consider him “yours” this would directly be credited to you karma ledger account maintained by Mr. CHITRAGUPT. You are not required to be indulge in any charity or donation – give everything to those whom you like. But do not consider them to be “yours”. Each and every karma of yours will become a “divya karma” and an asset for you and you would never be sad, sorrowful or anything. You would always be happy.
Easy! Is it not? What is the problem in doing so? What is the problem admitting the truth? Are they yours? Can they be your? Never!!!
Result
When you firmly believe that “nothing is yours” – you become vice – free. All the evils run away from your life instantly. Merely by belief! Whether it attachment (raga) or aversion (dvesha), whether it is greed or anger; whether it is pride or animosity – all vices disappear the moment you “admit” (you already know) that “nothing is yours” and upon firm admission or acceptance itself – you become “dharmatma” – “nirdosh” – “amal”- which you is fact are !! This is the result of a change in belief – of adopting a correct belief.
Concept by Mr.NAROTTAM.B.VYAS. (original writer)
Article by Manish purohit (modifier)
