Wisdom Of Wellness: Perpetuity Of Poise Of Purpose by Santosh Jha (self help books to read .TXT) 📕

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Religion Says The Same

As we said earlier, questions, which we popularly associate with spiritualism too has to be tested in the light of modern contemporary wisdom. It then would seem that the questions are essentially very temporal and secular and it is the contemporary holistic, assimilative and integrative knowledge of humanity, which should be assigned the question for answers, not spiritualism or any faith mechanism.

For example, when we now ask ourselves, ‘who am I’, we cannot be sure the answerer is speaking from his or her ‘nature’ or ‘nurture’. Firstly, we even cannot be sure the questioner is asking from his or her instinctive mind or cultured mind. In such a situation, when even question is uncertain in its origin, all answers become true but no answer is objective and singularly acceptable.

The paradox of questions and answers is – Every moment, everywhere, everything seems to herald the supremacy of ‘me’ and ‘self’. Everyone says he or she knows himself or herself and his or her priorities. Still, in reality, nobody seems to know, exactly who and what truly is this me and self.

In such a scenario, the entire spiritualism lands in the realm of confusion and conflict. The ‘design of God and His ‘expectation’ for and from humanity itself becomes a huge conundrum. Traditionally, religion, spiritualism and philosophy work on the premise of the ‘self’ being an objective realism, with born capability of a ‘general will’ and in instinctive possession of universal goodness. However, this hypothesis seems the primary source of confusion and conflict.

Krishna, the incarnation of Vishnu in Hindu religious traditions, says in Geeta, “the ultimate karma for a human is to become nisprih”. The meaning of this word ‘nisprih’ in contemporary world is almost impossible as it has huge metaphoric values. In Geeta, there is a powerful metaphor of akaam karma.

There is a suggestion of a consciousness, which is unattached with instinctive self. That is why; even when someone does an act or behavior, the energy of it should never come from its purpose and end result. Instinctive reaction is considered to be energized by the purpose and fruition of end results. Nisprih consciousness keeps it unattached to the fruition energy, qualifying an action as ‘akaam karma’.

This is hugely confusing, tough to understand. The suggestion is; everything needs to be done but nothing needs to be done for doing it! Everything needs to be done, which is positioned there to be done yet, in doing it, there must never be the notion of ‘me’ or ‘self’ involved with it. Even when, we look like involved in doing everything, there must never be the feeling and attachment of ‘me’ or ‘self’ in it.

This is mega confusing. The prescription is, “the beingness, the instinctive-me, the intuitive-self, everything shall be there when something is being done yet, there must never be an ‘attachment’ with it.”

This is a big challenge to keep one’s being unattached with the instinct. The trouble is, to do so; one has to be completely sure what this ‘instinct’ is? What part of it is the share of ‘nurture’ and what part is purely ‘nature’. This gut feeling or soul voice must first be purged of adulteration of ‘socialization’ and cultural benchmarks, then only one can be sure of the authenticity of it.

The big question is; is it possible to purge the soul voice of such adulterations? Is it possible to segregate the nature-nurture divide? Is the amount of objectivity, which is required for such action possible? Is it possible!

This big question precedes all questions of spiritualism. The biggest wonder of this mortal world seems to be, “The truth is neither finite nor established and static, still, every human believes, what he or she understands is the truth and what he or she chooses is the finite-static-established positioning of truth. In addition, there is this infinite and acute desire, urge and endeavor that, to make this truth prevail and perpetuate on everyone and everywhere, is his or her primary duty. Why and how?

The larger point, which needs to be understood is; if ‘nisprih’ means being unattached, then this unattachment should be not only from the instinctive ‘me’ and its actions but from the truths of the subjective soul voices too. How can one be ‘nisprih’ if this unattachment is partial and incomplete?

It is a huge challenge to rise up to this level of objectivity. Science says, objectivity is not possible for humans. In fact, it is not possible even for machines. No machine can work on hundred-percent efficiency. In fact, religion too says it is impossible for humans to attain hundred-percent objectivity.

Most human minds have been trained to accept that only one thing has been stationed in the cosmos as completely objective. That is God. That is why; every human has this ultimate benchmark of attaining godliness. Like, it is every machine’s pursuit to attain cent-percent efficiency. However, this does not seem possible ever.

If divinity is attainable, then it cannot be the final destination. If godliness is attainable then where is the utility of the benchmark of divinity? Godliness is something, which is beyond the limits of attainment of humanity, yet for everyone to chase.

In religion, objectivity has such a difficult positioning that it is even beyond perception of average humans, let alone it being achievable! Geeta elaborates the desirability of karma in the following way: ‘Life is ephemeral but not unreal; one needs to be unattached but not detached; being ‘nisprih’ looks like being recluse but it is not the same; doing without sense of doing is true action; the action and behavior, which is purged of instinctiveness are true action and behavior; all actions should be like offerings in a yagna (holy fire); only that action and behavior, which stands at the assimilative point of tangible and intangible is pure, etc.

All this looks like a complex portrayal of confusion and conflict. It has been hinted in Geeta: “to be human is to stand at either end of the two extremes of this conflict (dualism). It is only the God, who stands in the middle of the two extremes and still, ubiquitous in both the extreme ends (non-dualism). This is some exclusive positioning, which is reserved only for God, unavailable and untenable for humans.

Science attempts to present an easy and understandable definition of this cosmic conundrum and conflict. It says, ‘objectivity is not possible for humanity as the very presence of body melts the objectivity. The objective realism and truth changes the very moment it is observed. It is only natural that there shall be difference in ‘observer-dependent’ and ‘observer-independent’ realisms. This is the stated position of quantum physics.

An average human does not need to delve deep into these issues. Just be innocently humble to accept the under-mentioned ‘four pillars’ as essential for the beautiful palace of workable objectivity. The conscious positioning for the pop mystic has to be simple and easily available.

Being ‘nisprih’ as enunciated by religion is a long tough process. However, be it religion, philosophy, psychology or science; all wisdoms say one thing about the ideal life positioning of a person with a higher consciousness. This notion of ‘nisprih’ person and personality is the benchmark that one needs to attain to become a true spiritualist. However, all wisdoms provide a simpler and easily workable model, which is also what a pop mystic need to accept and practice.

For a pop mystic, or a contemporary modern spiritual, to ensure that his or her life becomes a long unending process of joy-journey towards attaining ‘nisprih-benchmark’, one just needs to ensure –

First, he or she would never discriminate against anyone. Affection and equitable affability for all is what every religion also prescribes.

Second, he or she shall make tolerance towards all as his or her primary virtue and never ever allow aggression towards anyone.

Thirdly, he or she shall keep away from greed and self-gratification instincts.

Four, life-long, he or she shall make such endeavors that would keep him or her on the unending journey to mitigate ignorance.

That is why; Geeta says, ‘all actions must be like offerings at a prayer’, which ensures that all actions must be aimed at collective wellness and never towards singular self-gratification. Never ever be narcissistic about what you know. Knowledge is an infinite journey. Journeying is joy, not arriving. The moment you feel you have arrived, narcissism kills your wisdom.

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A Truly Scientific Value-System

It needs to be emphasized that what old wisdom prescribed for a spiritual person and what also science accepts in its behavioral aspects, may look like some sort of an archetypal and outdated morality. However, it has to be accepted that all wisdoms, in their core ideologies are same and their prescription has always had values and utility, which shall remain transcendental. The reason for this is; they look like moralistic because they have been set in a prescriptive format; however, they are based on scientifically proven utility for all of us. We shall talk in detail about their scientific utility to bring home the idea that a pop mystic must have them as all these ideas have larger modernist utility and contemporary common sense fruition.

Human mind is where all mysticisms emanate and end. The multilayered mechanisms of mind is one huge mystery, humanity has been attempting to unravel since thousands of years. The spiritualism and philosophy have given its own interpretation. Science has taken over and presented great facts about mind mechanism, its structure and functions and this has led humanity to understand lot many things about consciousness.

Human brain is the central mechanism for ensuring the survival and excellence of human body and it has to be accepted that the conscious and subconscious mind accepts and expresses almost everything in terms of its primary and pivotal role of ensuring a mechanism for survival and excellence. This interpretation of human mind looks so demeaning as we all are inclined to accept ourselves as something big and a lofty and special creation of God. Accepting ourselves as an entity, with base idea of survival is revolting.

That is why, science says, “the idea of a self, in objecting terms is often pitted against the ‘self’ itself, which we have been used to accepting subjectively since thousands of years.”

The mechanism, as we are, may not be easy for us to accept but it is very helpful in enhancing our joy and satisfaction. Just for knowing the mechanism, we need to accept that human mind ensures this survival and excellence through a continuous and complicated maintenance of a process called homeostasis – better understandable as ‘poise’. All wisdoms, old or new, since thousands of years, have talked about the importance of this core idea called ‘poise’, explained in terms of philosophy and spiritualism. Science unravels it in terms of physiological, bio-chemical and psychosomatic homeostasis. We need to understand this ‘larger poise’ and its utility.

In lower organisms, the homeostasis or poise is only physiological and biological but as human mechanism is very complex, human mind has to perform a complex and multidimensional homeostasis. In humans, the poise also has to be bio-sociological, psychological, emotional, spiritual as well as volitional. We are talking about this all because, wellness and excellence has to specifically do with this homeostasis and spiritualism is one potent and innate mechanism to ensure overall homeostasis – the wellness poise.

There are sufficient scientific researches to establish that when people are in true love and absolute intimacy, they practice the above-mentioned traits and values of – nondiscrimination, tolerance and non-aggression, non-self-indulgence and accommodation towards other’s ideas, behavior and actions. As people do it and make it their first skin, their overall homeostasis is in great shape and this reflects in their healthy state of mind and body as well as behavior-action. This has a cyclic impact