An Exceptional vision & an excellent pathway-wisdom 14
An every action has a reaction
This is what is said by sir Isaac newton, one of the famous scientists born to this world.
Look at this!
What about the Birth,
What about the Disease process,
What about the Aging process,
What about the Death,
Those are the 4 main actions happening in this world. In the case of creatures, these actions are more prominent. But, did any one of you think of the reactions to the above mentioned actions?
If one has a birth or a birth process, this birth can be stopped forever…….
If one has a disease or disease process, this disease can be stopped forever……..
If one faces aging or aging process, this aging can be stopped forever………
If one faces death or death process, can be stopped forever………
Pay 100% attention to what I am going to say
As a world or as a creature of this world, you strongly believe……..
The one you see in this world exists or persists as it is.
The thing you hear exists or persist as it is.
The things you smell exist or persist as they are.
The things you taste exist or persist as they are.
The thing you touch exists or persists as it is.
The thing you think exists or persist as it is.
This is the routine or the nature of the world. You can not think even a bit beyond that, nor does somebody teach you to think.
The only problem here is, this type of THINKING PATTERN is the one you receive birth, aging, disease & death. If your thinking pattern is right, then there is no problem. But, if it is wrong, you can see & say “OH God, what I saw & said over the years & years is wrong.”
Shall we do a small experiment to see whether your thinking pattern is right or wrong?
Let’s take the one you see…
Look at a tree. There you think you have seen a tree. Shall we see whether you saw is an actual tree?
See! The tree is made up of different parts & to the collection of these parts you call a “TREE.”
Shall we divide these parts further & further more?
Only the atomic stage will appear (according to science). The collection of atoms or aggregation of atoms finally builds up to form a thing called a “TREE. “The TREE is made of atoms & atoms form a specific picture or a photo or a photograph to which you mention as a TREE. You can now understand what I said & explained.
If you further divide this TREE, you can see that the TREE is made of “RUPA KALAPA”, which are even smaller than atoms, which will be seeing under the meditative mind.
Now you can come to a realization that the picture of a TREE you have seen up to now, does not exist, as it is & what you see is THE EFFECT OF A CAUSE. THE CAUSE IS HIDDEN UNDERNEATH BUT YOU SEE THE EFFECT. The most dangerous thing is you love the effect without knowing what is inside giving rise to BIRTH, AGING PROCESS, and DISEASE PROCESS & DEATH. When you touch the TREE with a desire, the desire comes due to lack of knowledge about the cause or atoms or RUPAKALAPA. If you see the atoms in your first glance, you never develop desire or hate on the other hand, giving rise to no more BIRTH, DISEASE, and AGING, DEATH. “Actions are being reacted.”
Let’s take the sound…..
Think a bit!
Sound means the sound which can not be seen. It is an “ENERGY “that can not be seen, smelled, tasted, touched or grasped.
So how do you call a “bell sound”?
So how do you call an “animal sound”?
So how do you call a “human sound”?
What you really do is, the sound buds to a picture saying “bell sound, animal sound, human sound, etc.” this joining process is done by the mind from inside. The most dangerous thing is, when you hear a sound like this, it will lead to BIRTH, DISEASE, AGING & DEATH. Because what you hear does NOT exist as it is. The actual or real hearing is, sound is one thing & added things like Bell, Animal, Human are other. Once you hear this pure sound, you never LOVE it or HATE it leading to NO MORE BIRTH, DISEASES, and AGING & DEATH.
E.X.: When you hear a song of a famous singer, you love the song saying or thinking that the song or singing sound belongs to this particular singer. So that you develop craving for the sound but sound is thing which cannot be loved, hated because it is an energy force. Once you see it by meditation you never love nor hate it.
Finally, the reality of the sound is not like you thought in the past.
Let’s take smell.
The smell you receive is not attached to the one you see. E.X.: when you smell a flower, the smell is one thing & picture of a flower is another. Once you see this truth & once you see this separation, you will see the difference between the smell & the picture, so you do not love the pure smell nor do you hate it.
Let’s take taste.
This is exactly like above. Taste is one thing & the medium is another. Craving or hate just because of “NOTSEEING” this happening.
Let’s take touch.
You touch only the atoms or “ RUPAKALAPA” but you think you are touching a boy, a girl or a cat leading to love or hate giving rise to BIRTH, DISEASE,AGING & DEATH.
LET’S TAKE MIND.
Pictures of mind or mental pictures do not exist as it is. It is merely reflections like mirror reflections. Man thinks that they are there as they are developing desire & hate leading BIRTH, DISEASE, and AGING& DEATH.
Finally you will see that the actions are being reacted by seeing the REALITY of what it is, leading to gradual reduction of desire & hate leading to NO MORE BIRTH, DISEASE, and AGING& DEATH.
You can come to understand that your own birth, disease, aging& death is because of your own thinking pattern which leads to develop desire & hate, leading to kamma formation, leading to rebirth, aging & death once again.
Dr. Dammika Wijerathna