THE PHYSICAL EXISTS WITH REFERENCE TO THIS BODY ONLY.
Did you notice, that in this moment, when you are awake, you are worried, you are anxious, you undergo pain n suffering? You, also have, so many other problems, innumerable questions, about everything else. Similarly, you have many doubts and end number of other things, as well, in this moment, when your eyes are open.
Now, suppose, that, a little later, you fall asleep. Suddenly, everything disappears for you. All, what you were bothered about and knew and named, as so many other things, which, also existed and appeared to be very real, to you, in your waking, no longer, do exist for you, in your sleep.
Why so? Because, in your sleep, this body, is not in your experience. In your sleep, the body consciousness is not. Sleep is, as good as, death. That’s why, with disappearance of this body, everything else, too, disappears for you, in your sleep, because, all these various things, are physical in nature and relate to the physical only. They all, have their origin, in the physical only.
That’s the reason, that all your worries, your suffering, your anxieties, your problems, your questions etc exist in your wakefulness only, because, only in your waking, the body is, the physical is, the body-consciousness is. Now, the same is true, for death, as well. With death i.e. with falling of this body, all, what you knew, as so many things, suddenly disappear, for you.
So, all these various things, which exist for you, in your waking, are not real, because, all those things, be it your problems, your suffering, your questions, or many other things, which you know, as me, mine and others, fundamentally, pertain to the physical and hence, are physical in nature. All these physical things, really exist, for you, with reference, to this body only. The physical, exists for you, so long, you are in this body only.
The physical, exists in your mind, because, mind is the identifier, mind is the cognisor. It’s your mind, which looks at the physical and identifies something or others, as the physical. Now, mind, too, is physical except that it is not, as gross as, this body but subtle. That’s why, the physical does exist for you, in your waking only, because, in your waking, the mind is alive, mind is active. In sleep, the mind is not and hence, the physical, too, is not.
The point, therefore, is that temporary should always be treated, as temporary and our treatment and our involvement with the temporary, with the physical, should also be, as and when needed and not total and not, as if it’s real, as is the case with us now. Please know that, we suffer, we undergo pain and we have worries, anxieties and what not, simply because, physical has become real for us, the unreal and temporary has become real and permanent for us.
Real or truth, is only, that which is there, with you, in your sleep, which exists in your sleep, I mean, something which is there, with you all the time, uninterruptedly. Truth, can never be, like coming and going, appearing and disappearing, as is the case, with the physical. Physical comes n goes, appears n disappears and hence, is really not because, physical is not permanent but impermanent or temporary only.
Now, in your sleep, what really exists or is there with you, is your ‘being’, your aliveness, because, of which you are alive and which really keeps you kicking, in your sleep. Your ‘being’, your aliveness is there with you, even in your sleep, when all else, which you knew and considered, as real, is really not there with you.
So, always, remember that physical is relevant to you, only so long, you are in this body. When, you are not in this body, then all what you know, as the world and all other things, too, lose relevance for you. Hence, keep your involvement with the physical to the minimum, to the extent needed only. Because, the reality or the truth of this existence, is not this physical but the aliveness or the consciousness or the ‘being’.
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