We need the education to awaken to inner peace and happiness

Three grace helps evolve a person

The human race is more evolved as compared to other living beings, due to intellect that can make the right choice in his life. The masters of Eastern Wisdom say that it is the grace of the existence that we are born as a human being. The second grace is learning and educating the mind from eastern wisdom. It is because we never educate the mind – who we truly are? What is the world concerning our personalized experience? What is existence? And how to discover and live in peace and happiness? The third grace is to have an intense desire for self-discovery because of all our achievements, sufferings, problems and challenges, woven around the self.

Aspiration for self-discovery is important

The intense desire to educate the mind and evolve only takes place when a person recognizes the wrong notions and thing and removes them through learning the principles of eastern wisdom. He, then, contemplates and reflects that leads to clarity and conviction. It is interesting to note that Eastern Wisdom emphasizes the role of a teacher because he personalizes the teachings and practices.

The romance with the self that transforms the life

The great master, Sri Aurobindo, said that ‘Romance and Love mean to discover the eternal moment in any individual, so that delight of existence can be experienced at every moment and grows constantly.

My master used to say, never fall in love but rise in love. The fall in love can happen anytime in the life of anyone. But when a person treads the path of Eastern Wisdom aims at self-discovery, he becomes a seeker. The seeker alone can rise in love. It is a journey in life where a seeker discovers eternal love deep within oneself.

The romance when we fall in love fades with the time. After a few days, weeks or months, we tend to blame others as if they are not the same as before. We forget that we too have changed. This forgetfulness in mind leads to incomplete knowledge about our true nature. The hiding of true nature by the mind, caused by the wrong notion and thinking in mind, is ignorance.

How can Eastern Wisdom be an effective tool to manage anxiety?

Millions of people in the world today suffer from anxiety related challenges. Some of the known symptoms are unease, discomfort, fear; worry remains present after the stressor/s are gone.

The Eastern Wisdom says that ‘mind lives in five subjective states- wandering, forgetfulness, fancies, one-pointedness, and emptiness. The masters say that the first three states cause mental challenges including anxiety, stress, and suffering. The one-pointed state in Eastern Wisdom is much more than merely a focus of the mind. The one-pointed state isa qualified state of mind of a person who becomes a seeker treading the path to self-discovery.