Daily Readings from the Works of Swami Venkatesananda


Venkatesa Daily Readings Vol 1 — Free Of Past & Future

July 27, 2023

Free of Past & Future

     When we talk of looking within and seeing oneself for oneself, it is not a question of estimating oneself. That is left to the psychologists who, for the sake of convenience, classify and pigeonhole. They look at people and label them. They have their own tests and measurements, and if I do not fit into their pattern, I am regarded as useless.    Christ told us to be like little children. We must shed the qualifications taught us by psychologists, stop "examining" our emotions, looking for explanations (justifications) and blaming others or ourselves for our actions. Thought obstructs spontaneous activity!

    Uncluttered by regrets concerning the past which is gone, and hopes for the future not yet here, "being" is terribly alive now and acts spontaneously. Freed from the inner vivisection and hence torture, its entire energy is available for the work of each moment. When the mind is freed from the past and future, it instantly acts.

    Life's burden of the instant is light, and life's joy of the instant is delight.

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