Time and again, ancient Rishis and Masters have said that man’s true nature is Bliss. Over the years, so many Masters have happened on Planet Earth. Whether it was Buddha or Christ or Krishna or Mahavir, the core of their message was the same. They all said that Man’s true nature was bliss and they all gave methods or techniques to reconnect with that core, with that bliss.
Their expressions might have been different but their message was the same. Of course, again and again people miss the Masters’ message because they cling on to the Masters’ personalities instead of their message. This is the root cause for fanaticism, religious wars and all other things that are happening on Planet Earth.
Anyhow, all these Masters had the same message, that Man’s core is bliss. And all of Man’s efforts are actually in seeking this inner space, this space of bliss within him. But over time, due to social conditioning and distractions, man forgets his purpose and starts seeking this bliss in outer world things, in material things, in names, in forms, in labels given to him by society, in relationships, in careers and what not.
A small story:
An old man went with his family to watch a movie in a theatre.(Loud laughter!)
The movie had just started when the man suddenly started groping about in the darkness on the floor.
His grand daughter who was sitting next to him got annoyed and asked him what he was doing on the floor.
He said, “Dear, I have lost my chewing gum. It has fallen out.”
The child got irritated and said, “Grandpa, it’s alright, leave it. We will buy some more chewing gum. Now watch the movie.”
The old man said, “I want only that chewing gum.”
The child said, “Grandpa, don’t behave like a baby. We will get more chewing gum.”
The old man said, “But dear, my teeth are in it.”
You see: What we are really seeking is something, but we are seeking it in the name of something else! And at the end of it, we find that even after achieving all the outer world things, that we seek, there is a certain void in us. There is a certain yearning in us. This yearning is because we are all actually searching for bliss. But we search for it in the name of other things. That is why we never feel fulfilled. This yearning is the call of the Being.
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This excerpt has been taken from the book: Guaranteed Solutions.
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