Being ME, Being Authentic ~ From a Spiritual Diary
Excerpts from Spiritual Diary of a fellow spiritual seeker . Note: Few parts are changed to bold fonts by me. ॐ नम: शिवाय If I would be attached to this body beyond its most basic needs, I would not have got the little glimpse of the SELF. If mind gets very conscious of the body then it is inspired to do something about it. In my case it’s not inspired and it’s fine. The mind has taken a body for its own purpose and so the decision to change its costumes must be left to it. I am unconcerned. My deep reverence to these imperfect instruments for leading me to this point. Does not matter if they are unattractive talentless instruments. Avadhoot Geeta says thus: “Even an unpainted boat will take you across”. My boat is unpainted but I am thankful to it for taking me to the Shore… If one wants to praise, the praise can be showered on the unpainted mind which had the capacity to let go. I thank the mind which troubled me a lot in life. It is deficient, untalented in most ways