Sacrificing the Sense and Memory of Relationships from Mind and Instinct

The second sacrifice is the sacrifice of bodily relations from the mind and the intellect.


 

While staying in touch with bodily relations and meeting them, there should be no attachment or special affection for them in the mind; there should be no pain felt in their remembrance.

This is called the sacrifice of bodily relations from the mind. Even while having love for our relatives, there should not be any love that is trapped in the specific roles of ‘mother’, ‘chacha’, ‘dada’, etc., but rather pure, selfless, soulful love.

 


There should, of course, be the awareness that they are our ‘mother’, ‘chacha’ or ‘dada’, but while meeting them, that bondage of relation should not be felt from within. The nerves, the very fine fibres of that relationship, should not feel that attachment. We should not remain conscious of the bodily relation itself, and the intellect should not lean toward it, tolerate pressure from it, be hindered by it, or become tense because of it.

The sacrifice of social honor, blame, praise, insult and respect


 

The third sacrifice is the sacrifice of social honor. In this Kaliyugi world, when a person walks on the right path, people often consider him ‘foolish’, call him ‘deluded’, and make fun of him. Some say that he has been enchanted, some say that he is trapped in the wrong place, and some say, “What is there in all this talk of ‘gyan and yog’?” Some ask, “Who has seen or attained God?” They say you have unnecessarily gotten involved in these useless talks and that you are a blind devotee.

Others may try to destroy the discipline of his yoga and knowledge in front of people, criticize him, trouble him, and create obstacles. But a sacrificial person renounces his sensitivity to insult and honor, blame and praise, and criticism. This means he does not hold anything in his mind except the lofty goal he has adopted. He hears what people say, yet inwardly he does not ‘hear’ it; he does not let any public discussion about his work disturb his inner resolve.

While living at home, daily facing such sarcasm, harsh words, and obstacles, and while remaining among those very people, one should renounce their effect from the mind so that they do not touch it. This is not a small sacrifice.

 


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