Saucha and Santosha [eAshram]

Day 2,425, 02:10 Published in India India by Patanjali
Om bhūr bhuvah svah



Motto:
The nature of mental states is influenced by the three gunas – Sattva, Rajas and Tamas – which constitute the mind as well as all material objects, gross or subtle.
That is why the same object can create different feelings in different minds. A beautiful woman, for instance, may be regarded either with pain or with joy by the disappointed or successful suitor in whom Rajas prevails, and with calmness by a saint whose mind has a preponderance of Sattva; she hardly evokes any sentiment in a mind full of Tamas.
- Raja Yoga by Swami Nikhilananda






I talked before about Sauca and Samtosha, which are part of the practice we should follow in this life.
They say that if you try to attain perfection for any one of the Yama’s then you could fulfill your existence only doing this. On the other hand, for those who could not attain perfection of no one of those quality’s, there is the way of practice, the Nyama’s and those that follow it.

Take for example Ahimsa.
In this game we intend to kill others (as many as good), like in a game, yet, with no violent intention and not aiming to really kill.
However, the violence arise in our minds, doing that.

Also, for Asteya we develop a deviant behavior because of this game.
I mean, the great majority of us is wanting to get more weapons and food to could inflict more damage and to grow faster. Same with the gold for upgrading different buildings or facilities.
Asking, always this support, even if we could provide it for ourselves is a kind of action against Asteya, because lead our mind to greed.

All those facts, even if they took place in a game, affect our real life, because they became causes, for our mind’s, in our real life, making changes for real, and not only in this e World of us.



That (^) for, the elders from ancient time advised us to follow the rules of Tapas, Svadhyaya and Pranidhana.

A good example of Tapas we could do here, or in RL, is the restraint, especially regarding those actions of us that are against the Yama’s.

So, instead of asking all day long supply from others, restrain ourselves, have patience and look forward for a better game, developed with our own strength.

By such restraining, we will also not be tempted to buy gold from game and to show up, but to survive with what the game gave us and enjoy the company of those like us, nice persons, with a normal common sense.

This will, eventually, light up the fire of will from inside us.

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Meri shubhkaamanaaye aapke saath hai !

Chalte, Chalte !