Become a Witness

SUKSHMANANDA SWAMI





Detachment is not indifference or lack of love. In fact, it is real love because it is not related to appearance. Witness has no attachment and, hence, no detachment is needed. Ego has attachment, therefore, detachment has to be developed.If appearance was a permanent reality , we could not make changes. We make changes in our lives in order to gain new experiences. This is possible only because that particular part of life is not reality , it is appearance, and until we know what reality is, we will continue the game of changes to modify our experiences. This is the age of browsing. We browse quickly through a variety of experiences, including relationships.The browsing will continue till we reach reality . So, in one sense, by browsing, we are indirectly searching for reality .
Spirituality eliminates the disparity between appearance and reality . The answer, “I don't know why I love you, I just do,“ reveals the ridiculousness of the situation. If you do not know why you love, it simply means you are not conscious about your love. True love never generates problems but is always part of the solution; it is part of witness, not ego.
The ability to love the world is a post-transformation state. A single glimpse or a single darshan of God alone is insufficient to transform a person's whole life. The darshan should become the background music of our lives, or it will appear and disappear like everything else in life. Only when we see the difference between the eternally real and the ephemeral image will our problems disappear.