Don't hold, let go

                         DON’T HOLD, LET GO

                                                                                                --A P ANAND

          Unfortunately, in the present era our life is in awry state and it is not a well knit family or society. We, very often use curt language for others to let off our inner steam which is not beneficial for our health and society creating hatred. We have our tendency for false worldly emotions and bonds which drag us to many miseries. Thus it is very necessary to extricate ourselves from the falsehood through self-discipline and spirituality. If we hold certain flowing thing, it becomes stagnant and exudes foul smell. In the same way if we catch/ hold or prevent a flying bird it casts curse on us and thus we let it fly away, soaring high in delight, in the open sky. It lightens the burden of our heart as well. Even Supreme Lord who is infinite and all powerful lets off our blessed wonderful soul on death to transform to another entity, making it infinite/ never ending. When the smooth and soft flower can amicably live with prickly thorns, then why we, the human beings, endowed with vision and discernment cannot live together for our own sake and avoid revenge and rancor.

                                                                                       

          Minuscule and persistent irritations and brawls lead to great wars if not nipped in the bud. One should, thus, not shut the door and turn one’s back for negotiations but leave some provision for consideration/ counseling of rapprochement.  On the contrary, if we do not control our senses and let them run helter skelter we will be ruined to smithereens, carry heavy heart, become obstinate and unacceptable by others and their eye-sore. Our scriptures also advise us not to create a rift with anyone and carry a heavy heart throughout life which not only sickens us but ultimately causes strained relations and violence. Also it changes our temperament/ behavior and outlook for the worst (ad nauseam) instead of being cheerful.

          Both the warring parties have to forgive, forget and burry, from the depth of heart, the souring incident happened in the past in the fit of anger. Remember that it is not possible to do so or shake hands with the clinched fists. Sometimes, one has to adjust/ compromise with awkward situation tactfully to avoid ugly situation to follow/ recur. While brokering peace/ mending fences or normalizing relations, ego comes on our way which is an evil in real sense. There should be a win-win decision for all and they should be elated.

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          An upright person, without internal and external knots shows bloomy, radiant and glowing visage/ disposition. People will have faith in him/ her and will believe in his/ her words without hesitation. Let-go person and without holding the adversaries will get sound sleep. In fact everyone intends to enjoy freedom and no one likes ation and miseries Bhakt Prahalada suffered at the hands of his own father who detention of any sort. Ask the one about values/ importance who is handicapped, incapacitated or behind the bars and when he/ she/ it is set free of all the encumbrances. Imagine, how much happiness Lord Rama and his subjects might have derived when he returned home after his banishment/ exile of 14 years. In the same way how much suffocation and miseries Bhakat Prahaladadid not allow him even to utter/ recite Lord’s name and glories due to ego. Lord Krishna also faced many severe problems created by his uncle, king Kansa.

          Some religious people, especially devotees of Sun god, while taking bath pray god, facing him, recite mantras in his glory and for effacement of their sins while taking water, which is a life force, in the cups of their hands. After finishing their prayer, they let the water go in utter faith. The Hindus and the ilk perform a ritual by letting flow a ‘donga’ (cup made up of dry leaves) along with other auspicious paraphernalia in it in the holy streams in the memory of their manes to get their blessings. They also immerse the ashes of dead bodies in holy rivers for the same reason.

          If it is not a ‘let go’ in real sense, it is not forgiveness and you have still embraced/ entangled yourself with miseries. The reader is reminded that the theme of this article is to ‘live and let live’ and not to be trapped in avoidable follies. One should imbibe this habit and try to flow life with the circumstances.

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