weekly knowledge # 11.doc

Weekly Knowledge #11 London 24 Aug 1995 United Kingdom ANASUYA Knowledge will be different at different levels of consciousness. At a particular level of consciousnes s you will become anasuya. Anasuya is devoid of fault-finding eyes. If a mirror is dusty, you need a duster to clean it. But if your eyes have a cataract, any amount of dusting will not help. So first you have to remove the cataract. Then you can see that the mirror is already clean. There is a certain mind set that always finds fault, even in the best conditions in the world. hen you give a person with this mind set the best, they still find faults. !ven with the best possible companion, or the most beautiful painting, they will still find something wrong. That "ind of mind set cannot "now the sacred Knowledge. Krishna tells Ar#una that he is giving him the $oyal Secret, because he is anasuya. %&ou are not finding fault in 'e, even though you are so close.% (rom a distance, even craters cannot be seen. !ven on a smooth surface there will be holes. If you are only interested in the holes, you will not see the magnanimity of things. If you are not in anasuya, Knowledge cannot blossom in you. Then there is no point in giving Knowledge. )uestion* hat about discrimination -- isdom+ Answer* If it is in your vision, your vision will find discrimination. The moment you are out of the path, everything is all wrong, that is not anasuya. (or eample, you have a friendship, and after years you decide to leave. hen you leave, you do not see the good in that relationship. &ou find fault. This is not anasuya. /owever, once you discover you have the wrong vision, half of the wrong vision has already disappeared. There is a fine line here. There cannot be any better eample than the cataract. Instead of saying, %'y vision is blurred,% you say, %The whole world is not sharp.% Suppose someone is coming in. It is windy, so you shut the door. But the person thin"s the door has been slammed in his face0 This is asuya. It is not anasuya. 'ost of the population is li"e this. Asuya is finding fault. It is seeing malicious intent everywhere. It is li"e a child who says, %'other, you don1t love me0% The child1s vision is wrong. If the mother does not love the child, who will+ It is the same as if someone comes and says, %2uru#i, you don1t love me0% If I don1t love them, forget about it. 3obody else in the world will0 here else will they find love+ 3owhere. A mother may get frustrated but not a 'aster. )uestion* It seems as though you can1t have anasuya unless you are enlightened+ Answer* 3ot always. This is an ecuse. To get enlightenment, you must have this vision.

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Weekly Knowledge #11 London24 Aug 1995 United Kingdom

ANASUYA

Knowledge will be different at different levels of consciousness. At a particular level ofconsciousness you will become anasuya . Anasuya is devoid of fault-finding eyes. If a mirroris dusty, you need a duster to clean it. But if your eyes have a cataract, any amount ofdusting will not help. So first you have to remove the cataract. Then you can see that themirror is already clean.

There is a certain mind set that always finds fault, even in the best conditions in the world.hen you give a person with this mind set the best, they still find faults. !ven with the best

possible companion, or the most beautiful painting, they will still find something wrong. That"ind of mind set cannot "now the sacred Knowledge. Krishna tells Ar#una that he is givinghim the $oyal Secret, because he is anasuya . %&ou are not finding fault in 'e, even thoughyou are so close.%

(rom a distance, even craters cannot be seen. !ven on a smooth surface there will beholes. If you are only interested in the holes, you will not see the magnanimity of things. Ifyou are not in anasuya , Knowledge cannot blossom in you. Then there is no point in givingKnowledge.

)uestion* hat about discrimination -- isdom+

Answer* If it is in your vision, your vision will find discrimination. The moment you are outof the path, everything is all wrong, that is not anasuya . (or e ample, you have afriendship, and after years you decide to leave. hen you leave, you do not see the goodin that relationship. &ou find fault. This is not anasuya .

/owever, once you discover you have the wrong vision, half of the wrong vision has alreadydisappeared. There is a fine line here. There cannot be any better e ample than thecataract. Instead of saying, %'y vision is blurred,% you say, %The whole world is not sharp.%Suppose someone is coming in. It is windy, so you shut the door. But the person thin"s thedoor has been slammed in his face0 This is asuya . It is not anasuya . 'ost of the populationis li"e this.

Asuya is finding fault. It is seeing malicious intent everywhere. It is li"e a child who says,%'other, you don1t love me0% The child1s vision is wrong. If the mother does not love thechild, who will+ It is the same as if someone comes and says, %2uru#i, you don1t love me0% IfI don1t love them, forget about it. 3obody else in the world will0 here else will they findlove+ 3owhere. A mother may get frustrated but not a 'aster.

)uestion* It seems as though you can1t have anasuya unless you are enlightened+

Answer* 3ot always. This is an e cuse. To get enlightenment, you must have this vision.