Change Your Direction
ACHARYA MAHAPRAJNA
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Everything depends upon our inclination, whether it is towards a peaceful and blissful life or whether it is towards a life full of problems and distress.When we try to find the solution, then the direction can change, and if we complicate the problem, complexities go on.There is no question of escaping from life. Change of direction does not mean escaping from life. It only means reforming one's attitude. Our inclination and all our activities are generally centred around reflection, not around reality .Our body , matter and all impermanent objects are the reflection of our non-dual existence, which is the truth. Whatever is viewed in a mirror is reflection, not reality .
Once when the Moon had risen high in the dark sky , a man observed his shadow fall ahead of him and thought it was someone moving ahead of him, for each time he moved, it moved, too. He became frightened.He was not aware that it was only a shadow. A non-percipient follows his likes and dislikes, so he will prefer what he likes and reject what he dislikes. A percipient uses a thing in the perspective of its utility and necessity . He will avail each and everything on the basis of its utility and requirement only , disregarding his likes and dislikes.
The conduct and behaviour of a percipient and a non-percipient are entirely different. Change of direction means reformation of conduct and behaviour. As long as one's behaviour and conduct remain unchanged, the change of direction in life does not take place.
Once when the Moon had risen high in the dark sky , a man observed his shadow fall ahead of him and thought it was someone moving ahead of him, for each time he moved, it moved, too. He became frightened.He was not aware that it was only a shadow. A non-percipient follows his likes and dislikes, so he will prefer what he likes and reject what he dislikes. A percipient uses a thing in the perspective of its utility and necessity . He will avail each and everything on the basis of its utility and requirement only , disregarding his likes and dislikes.
The conduct and behaviour of a percipient and a non-percipient are entirely different. Change of direction means reformation of conduct and behaviour. As long as one's behaviour and conduct remain unchanged, the change of direction in life does not take place.
