Good day my friends.
Welcome to Mohanji Speaks.
We have discussed about the unrest,
The anger that spilled over into the streets of America.
We have talked about racism,
We talked about discrimination,
We talked about masters and slaves.
This podcast is to discuss about who the real master is and who the real slaves are.
We have always discussed about freedom in various levels,
Various dimensions.
Time and again various people have spoken about the need for freedom.
We have fought for freedom.
We have waged wars for freedom and when freedom of movements are restricted we have become violent.
But what exactly is freedom?
Have you thought?
We believe that freedom means freedom of senses,
Freedom of mind and freedom of body.
This is what we understand.
That means we do have the freedom to do what we like to do.
But real freedom is freedom from senses,
Freedom from mind and freedom from the body.
This is your food for thought today.
Real freedom is freedom from all the aspects that we consider as ourselves such as body,
Mind,
Intellect,
Ego and the senses.
When we are bound by them we don't have freedom.
The freedom that we have fought for is that freedom where our movements are restricted.
Body,
Mind,
Intellect,
Senses are restricted.
Ego is affected.
That's the freedom that we fought for.
That's the freedom that we waged wars for.
So if we really really have to experience freedom we have to experience freedom from our senses,
Mind and body.
That's the real freedom.
The senses,
The mind and body would like to roam on sensory objects in the outside world fulfilling desires at every point in time.
They seek fulfillment.
Body seeks fulfillment.
Mind seeks fulfillment.
Intellect seeks fulfillment and ego seeks fulfillment.
Senses helps that.
This is the freedom that we have been talking about and we thought this is the freedom that we need.
But is that so?
Think.
When you are away from desires,
When you are away from need for sensory satisfaction all the time,
When we are contented inside,
When we are away from the compulsions of the body,
The mind,
Intellect and ego,
When we are fully settled and satisfied,
Beauty and peace of our soul,
That is freedom.
We do not need any external objects.
We do not need any external factors such as relationships,
Time,
Space,
Conveniences.
We don't need any of those because we are fully settled inside.
So real freedom is freedom from the mind.
When we do not have to chase sensory objects,
We are free.
Ability to do something or be somewhere,
That is not exactly freedom.
But because we are connected to the body,
Because we believe we are this personality,
We believe that is freedom.
But that is not.
This is an important thought.
So who are the masters?
There is only one master,
Yourself.
Who are the slaves?
We become the slave when we are slaves of wrong masters such as mind,
Body,
Intellect and ego.
Spirit is always free.
Spirit has nothing to do with our completions and fulfilments.
Spirit is free.
Soul is free.
Soul has nothing to do with us.
It's peaceful,
Always,
Stable,
Peaceful,
Settled inside.
And when we settle inside,
Along with the soul,
We become the soul,
We are also peaceful.
There is nothing outside of us.
Or there are many things outside of us,
But they do not interest us anymore.
But if you are fully settled inside,
Just like the soul,
Who does not interfere in your satisfactions and completions,
You will also be disconnected,
Detached from all these things outside.
But you will be there in everything,
Detached and unaffected,
Just like your soul.
You can do anything you like,
But the soul is detached and disconnected.
We will be like that.
That's real freedom.
So if you really want to be a master,
You got to be yourself.
You cannot be your mind,
Intellect,
Ego and body and still say you are free,
Because that's not freedom.
If you really understand this freedom,
You have understood the truth of existence.
This is the truth.
I leave you with this thought today.
Ponder it.
Think it over.
Discuss about this matter.
And as you discuss more,
You will get more and more awareness.
I wish you happiness,
Fulfilment and settlement inside yourself.
Lots of love.
This is Mohanji.
