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Panchadashi Lesson G0328: Joyful Living

Panchadashi
Module - G
Unit - G03
Lesson G0328: Joyful Living through wisdom
By Raja Subramaniyan

We need to have correct perception in order to live joyfully.

Example: While walking we may trip on a stone and fall down. The fault does not lie on the stone. It is our responsibility to assess the path correctly and walk without falling.

Similarly, the objects of the world do not cause any misery. We need to assess the truth correctly and hence suffer. Once we know that the world is an illusion, it will be a source of entertainment.

Example: A movie is a good source of entertainment. The movie is a mixture of joy-sorrow, songs-fight, love-separation etc. Nevertheless, we enjoy the full movie.

Similarly, when we correctly perceive the world to be a source of entertainment, the life will continue to oscillate between prosperity and poverty, fame and blame, love/hate etc. Nevertheless, we will have joyful life just like watching a good movie.

In a movie, we are a passive observer. We do not have any control over the events in the movie. Even in real life, we do not have any control over the experiences that we go through. We are under the wrong assumption that our current action alone determines our experiences. The apparent cause and effect between our actions and the experiences that we go through is a myth. Since we think that, we have some control over our immediate future we get frustrated and stray into negative feelings when events do not happen in the way we expect them to happen in spite of our best efforts.

If we are to accept all our experiences as they come and keep performing our duties without getting affected by our experiences we can move towards gaining the absolute knowledge. When we gain the absolute knowledge, our experiences will no longer affect our joyful living.

Example: Light will show the presence or absence of objects. Light cannot create or destroy objects.

Similarly, knowledge cannot create or destroy the experiences. Partial knowledge will not illumine the experiences in their true nature. As a result, we will be affected by our experiences and oscillate between joy and sorrow. Complete knowledge will illumine the experiences in their right perspective resulting in Joyful Living.

Thus, the world will not change. We will continue to get good and bad experiences due to our past actions. Nevertheless, the wise will have a joyful life.

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