Nirmama
(Rising above 'me and mine')
The false Ego makes him feel proud , arrogant and delusional. He starts believing that the world revolves around him and thrives because of his presence and contributions. He starts assuming that the world around him would crush without his presence and actions. These fanciful thoughts give him a sense of doership as well as an exaggerated sense of self- importance. . He starts putting down others and makes them feel inferior so that in comparison he can feel superior. In fact, the false Ego compels him to build a wall around himself which eventually secludes and isolates him from others and makes him emotionally unavailable to them.
The foolish man forgets that he is not just the perishable body but an eternal soul, a spiritual spark, which is just a speck in this vast universe. This false identification with the body keeps him limited to the “ me and mine” mentality..
Man under the influence of the modes of material nature- goodness, passion and ignorance ; thinks of himself as the doer. Unaware! of the fact that although we all have a conscience there is a Grandmaster who controls our senses – HRISHIKESHA. It is sheer ignorance which keeps him away from the Absolute Truth that it is the opulent Bhagwan who actually controls everything, including the universe and everything in it.
He is the actual doer who controls us through Prana or the life force, which gives us the ability or capacity to do all that we desire.
Bhagwan Shri krishna clearly explains this to Arjuna in verse :
Bg. 3.27
प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः ।
अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताहमिति मन्यते ॥ २७ ॥
prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni
guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ
ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā
kartāham iti manyate
Translation
The spirit soul bewildered by the influence of false ego thinks himself the doer of activities that are in actuality carried out by the three modes of material nature
LIFE LESSON
As long as we think we are the doers, we become the sufferers. The moment the soul aligns itself to the will of the universe and surrenders to the cosmic force, it receives abundant grace. The biggest realisation being that all of us have to do our duty unmindful of appreciation, acknowledgement or criticism. Remember: The Bhagwan is Opulent; He has strength, fame, beauty, riches, knowledge and renunciation. He chooses to be detached and rules this universe with a 'Nirmama' bhaava ( nothing is mine).It is this ‘Nirmama’ bhaava we need to cultivate to lead a happy and peaceful life. Nothing belongs to us not even our karma, everything is given by him and we should acknowledge him for all that he has given us. It’s time we rise above the petty limited concept of “ me and mine!”
Written by: Saraswathi M V
Mentor: Prof. Shalini R Pujari
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