25. Going The Other Way

Do we have the vision of being an important person in the society?

Let us look at what we think are necessary to achieve that status. In the society, we weigh ourselves in importance based on our material wealth. We can achieve high status if we have our own property, not one house, but several houses. Then, we want to have a fleet of cars. It is better if these cars are imported. Then the most important thing is the size of our bank balance. It should be 6 or 7 figure to be impressive. All these will make people gasp and stop them in their tracks. We will have become a notable person in the society.

Understand what we have achieved here. We have increased our value by the things we possess. We have allowed ourselves to be weighed by the things that surround us. Our importance has grown because we have accumulated matter. Our importance is nothing but our wealth. Minus this wealth. Where do we stand?

So, the energy in our life is only material. Although energy is living the matter, energy is independent of matter. Matter is active because of the energy in it. Material or matter is living the energy. It is not the other way around.

How to get out of this? Enlightened Masters have shown us a way out of this. If we visit Ramana Ashram, we find that people worship old coconut shells, a staff and a small piece of furniture. These objects have been used by the Enlightened Master. The material itself held no value to the Master, but He added value to the materials by using them. They have been touched by the energy that added value to the matter.

By living consciously the Masters add value to things. Energy guided their lives. Conscious decision guided their lives. When we decide to live, when we consciously decide to live, life starts happening to us. Conscious decision is not only for our job, marriage, or lifestyle. Don't limit it to big decisions.

We can do it even when we decide to sit on a chair. We can feel the comfort of the chair consciously. Not only should we sit consciously, we should also listen and see things happening around us, consciously. Then, the effect and affect of outer thing or matter will not be enforced upon us. The outer events will not create a surge in us.

By cultivating this energy will make us richer than our imagination.