1 Ricbo akshare

involves money, obligations many, ,
with restrictions, strictures, dictating dos donts ,
with individual's and societal value system, duties, responsibilities,

most difficult to avoid, cannot be got rid of easily,
limits one's freedom, limits one's joy of living ,
steals away one's god given birth right of life in mukthi .

so human seeks ways and means , an aalambana , to regain his original freedom

in search of freedom, human stumbles up on every kind of avenues ranging from the best to the worst , each appearing to promise the heaven that he is seeking for

it can be any thing or many things , like smoking, drinking, movie, sport ,art, music, dance, drugs, devotion, reading, lectures, bhajans puja, sumiran, japa, pilgrimage, festivals, celebrations, rituals, or social networking, ,friends circles, clubs, pubs, parties, associations, spiritual masters, sathsangs, tours, picnics, pilgrimages ,,even prostitution, live in relationships, each having its own merits and demerits

the point to be noted is that aspiration/ urge./desire to live a life in freedom is genuine,

but the ways selected lands one into another kind of slavery / fetters though of gold

seeker approaches master for liberation, but remains chained to the dictates of master ending up doing what he says

it is to be noted that need for some relief from bondage does exist for any person,

relief acts like a jhoola, with long strings from a tree , so that human enjoys a freedom , lifting oneself and going a little up and above from the earth . it is a aalambana, one takes it's little support and swings to his heart's content for hours, in the garden enjoying the fresh air, listening to the chirruping birds and seeing vast sky and generous greenery

similarly in the spiritual realm, the episodes of krishna leelas, give relief and takes one free from earth plane, even the very name krishna serving as the reliable aalambana like a jhoola

but in reality it is a small gain. since, it gives a just limited freedom, one hanging on the nama rupa mahima aspects, does not become totally fulfilled , will not become totally muktha

what is required is not a jhoola for life long but a total freedom like one flying free in the high sky with no contact with earth plane, that is the absolute freedom

1.........not to hang on to a sthoola alambana , but to move forward to subtle and to subtlest and be free from even the subtlest aalambana is the wisdom to gain the absolute freedom ..... so krishna advises......''puja koti samam stotram stotra koti samo japah

japa koti samam dhyaanam dhyanakoti samolayah

(krishna arjuna samvade - uttara gita - mahabharat)

In a conversation of krishna and arjun,krishna said

the result that we get by performing

karod pujas is equal to performing of 1 stotra,

karod stotras is equal to 1 japa,

karod japas is equal to1 dhyaan

karodo dhyaan is equal to 1 mano layah.

2...... more it is a self referral .one wants to be most intimate to his own self .

so saints have chosen their deity or some have addressed to their own self ...

meera 's aalambana is ''meerake prabhu giridhara nagara

Balanced life is the best

but it is a compromise worst

sacrifices are essential to achieve a target

excellence is a result of foregoing comforts

a soldier has to rise to the call of duty against all the pressing demands at home

a factory worker has to work extra hours to meet commitments to customer

a doctor has to run to save a critical patient

a writer burns midnight oil

an artist ignores every aspect and puts his life in to his work

budha left home

where as ,against these

there are comfort seekers, neglecting the normal dues ,

some politicians are examples who just never bother,

but entertain themselves with near and dear

partying and joking when nation is facing crisis after crisis,

in the way nero fiddled when rome was burning

Sunday, May 3, 2026