About Transactions and self

About Transactions and self

From our experience we say
Doing transaction of any kind
Whether social, commercial, religious
We need another
But if we don’t know about another
Then transaction can be risky
It can cause pain, hurt, loss or suffering
Therefore don’t transact with unknown.
(a frequently used proverb)

But, how do we know someone without transacting?
After transaction only we know
Transaction with unknown person maybe good or bad.
But the same applies to your known
If you know someone and then transact
In that case also transaction maybe good or bad.

One need to ask oneself,
what is cause of his suffering
Transaction with known people
Or transaction with unknown people?
We all know the answer
Only known can cause suffering highest suffering.
Unknown doesn’t has much power to cause suffering.

Then we need to ask ourselves
How do I know that I know that person?
Because that person is my friend since last 30 years?
Because she is my wife or husband
living around me since last 20 years?
Because a person is my son or daughter?
Because that person is my colleague since last 10 years?
Is this knowing enough for safe transaction?

Thinking that a person is around me
since last many therefore
I know him or her is the biggest illusion.
What is knowing?
Do you know yourself fully?
If yes then you should be able to control
yourself fully and you shouldn’t suffer.
But we suffer, because we don’t know ourself and
the behavior of other can upset us.

We don’t know what we are eating is nutritious for me not
We don’t whether studying something
will help me fulfilling my life or not.
Getting married to someone can please my mind or not
Having some car or house or job or children
Will please and settle me or not
Recovering from a disease will make me happy or not.
Winning a lottery will make me happy or not.

For the time being we feel happiness
and then we start suffering again
If the nature our mind is such then
We don’t know ourselves
And in that situation saying
Transaction with unknown will cause pain and suffering
Is not wise idea.
If you don’t know yourself
then transacting with even known will cause you suffering,
if not today then wait for some more time.

Sansar Vyavhar - transaction are cause of pain,
pleasure, joy and suffering
for those who don’t know their mind
But those who can live in Sakshi Bhava
Even with all kind of transactions
All kind socially perceived suffering and joy
There is no suffering
There is no joy.
It is blissfully doing what is needed at that time because
Desh Kaal Paristhithi - Time space and situation.
And blissfully living in the awareness

O Chaitanya, do you know your mind?
This is more important than
knowing the people and objects around
Because your cause of suffering is not knowing
or not knowing the people around
But your not knowing the self
Not knowing the mind of self!

Yours Truly Hari
Hari Om Tat Sat