Five basic problems in life

Creation has been on for millions of years and souls have been taking birth in the body regularly.
Five basic problems in life

Creation has been on for millions of years and souls have been taking birth in the body regularly. If we scientifically look at the basis of soul, then science says energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it only changes form and body is not just elements, it is also consciousness.
So obviously if we believe in modern science, then we must also believe in consciousness… At Dhyan Ashram, practitioners have reported seeing their past lives and many such past life accounts have been recorded in detail. Soul exists in different homes and different bodies. Present souls have taken birth in a number of bodies. The question then arises, what binds the soul to this birth again and again and what would make the soul free from this bondage?

If you look inside any house across the world, you will find that there are five basic problems that are common to every house. These problems bind the soul to the cycle of births and deaths. First is the body which is constantly deteriorating, and one goes out looking for cures to ailments, for a better physique, to somehow arrest the ageing body and diminishing senses.
The next problem pertains to finances, loss in business, better job, better car, better house… If none of these, the soul is plagued by deteriorating relationship, the want for a better partner or mending the present relationship, since every relationship is based on give and take.
The fourth binding factor are emotions and instability arising from emotional attachments, so the person embarks on a search for emotional fulfilment.
The fifth problem pertains to the family—kids don’t listen, parents are unsupportive, future of kids, want for a baby etc.

In my 20 years of teaching, I have encountered these five basic problems with 90 per cent of people who come to me. In the market, if you see, the business of spirituality across religions is cashing in on this basic weakness of the soul... which is taking the unreal to be the real and awaiting lifetimes after lifetimes, jumping from one house to the next. Only 10 per cent come to me for real yoga and they are the ones who hold on… the rest fade away... some after getting what they desired and a fraction to some businessman who has promised them a quick fix to their maladies.
It is one or more of these five problems which bind the soul to birth and death… and what releases is the gyan given by the Guru.

| nagururadhikamtatvam, nagururadhikamtapah, tatvagyanatparamnasti, tasmayeeshreegurvehnamah |
No tattva (elements and physical assets) is greater than Guru, no penance is greater than Guru. The gyan given by Guru is supreme because it releases you from these bondages, into freedom.
This freedom is an experience which is individualistic and a part of the journey of the spirit—between the Guru and the shishya.

The writer is the spiritual head of Dhyan Foundation.
info@dhyanfoundation.com

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