freedom from compulsive slavery
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FREEDOM FROM
COMPULSIVE
SLAVERYby
Shri Prashant
What is COMPULSION ???
When the mind is disinterested in doing something or when any external influence is forced upon one self then, it is called as
COMPULSION.
Superficially, interest determines whether an activity is compulsion or not.
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Where does interests comes from ??
Your interests are also a result of external influences which you gather
from outside.
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ASK YOURSELF…
Would your interests have been the same if you were born and brought up in a
different country, in a different society, in a different age, in a different gender etc.?
For example – If you were born in Brazil
then you must have been interested in
watching football instead of cricket.
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THAT MEANS…
You weren’t always interested in something. The time and the entire
moment of life gave it to you.
That is why your interests are external influences which comes to you through your
mind.
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Now when both compulsion and interest are external influences then
how intelligent is it of us to call some external influences as interests and
other as compulsion ??
When an external influence is taking place it not
only gives u a compulsion or an interest, it actually
tells you what to like and what to dislike.
This entire process is called CONDITIONING.
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For example- The ones who are vegetarian
surely do not like to have non-vegetarian
food because they have been conditioned
from the beginning that the vegetarian food
is better than non vegetarian food.
But do they really dislike it ??
You can only dislike something when you understand the whole thing with a great
deal of intelligence.
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If it turns out that both my interests and disinterests are
external influences then is there any reason to rejoice fulfilling your
interest ??
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There are two ways to enslave a man: make him do something forcefully, and condition him.
When you condition somebody to do
something then it became his/her interest.
It would create a set of beliefs in his mind
towards the thing that is conditioned and
he/she will willfully start doing it.
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Doesn’t interests have some internal influence which comes from the mind ?
To know this, we should first know what the mind is ?
Brain
Intelligence
Mind
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BRAIN ???
The action of brain is ‘thoughts’ which
means all your interests and
disinterests are also thoughts as a part
of your programming, conditioning
and past experiences.
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INTELLIGENCE ???
Intelligence is the ability to respond to anentirely new situations and challenges ofwhich you have no experience in the past.Therefore the capacity to act independent ofthe past is called intelligence.
The best of computer cannot respond to an
input it has not been programmed but an
intelligent human being, an intelligent mind can
respond to an entirely new situation.
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SO HOW DO WE KEEP OUR MIND IN INTELLIGENCE ???
To be completely awake, wakeful , aware and attentive towards the situations and act accordingly independent of the past is
an indication of an intelligent mind.
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WHY DOES MY MIND KEEP ON FLUCTUATING ?
Your brain is the result of your past and every passing moment is becoming the past.
The brain lives in time and the time is continuously changing so as the thoughts.
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The entire content of your brain such asyour desires, beliefs, targets, emotions,concepts, expectations, identities comeseither from the external influence or theconditioning of the brain
And an intelligent man can see that allthis is “slavery”.
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Therefore , a free man is the one who acts out of his intelligence and not out of the external influences.
To be free one has to deeply aware of the causes of slavery.
In this deep awareness, in this deep attention lies the way to freedom.
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This presentation is an excerpt from the article:
FREEDOM FROM COMPULSIVE SLAVERY
Complete article can be read
at
www.prashantadvait.com ( Shri Prashant – Words into Silence)
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