--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" <steve.sundur@...> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" raviyogi@ wrote: > > For people fascinated with the world these revolutionaries are great > > heroes. The crowd is a myth, there are only individuals and true > > transformation is only possible with the individuals. Taking a look > > superficially the self-realized masters also seem to be dealing with a > > crowd as well but it is just a misconception they really work at an > > individual level. The only revolution that is possible is inner but > its > > a pity that its never satisfying for the ego since it is the ego death > > itself. Real peace, happiness, love, compassion is only possible with > an > > inner revolution. Hope I made some sense. > > > Thanks, I think I got it on the second read. And it is an interesting > perspective. I am not sure how I feel about it. Yea, of course the > real "revolution" must occur within. But between that, and a figure > (personality) to inspire the "masses" there is the possibility of > someone who can inspire others to take actions that can produce changes > in their evironment, county, or world. If that makes any sense. >
I guess its not an easy job to intellectually articulate it without sounding cold, distant and impersonal. Sure changing the surrounding environment sounds great on paper but it only provides momentary happiness before the mind moves to yet another imperfection in the outside world. It's a never ending quest for perfection in the outside which always leaves an inner discontentment if one is really aware. I spent most of the day cleaning my Guru's ashram. I remarked to my friend how great a seva (service) cleaning was because even after several hours of cleaning you can't possibly say that the area was perfectly clean. Cleaning is an endless fruitless activity like changing the world. Its a perfect seva to judge inner calmness LOL.. I constantly see people engaged in believing that their ultimate happiness lies in changing outer imperfections or that their happiness lies in making a difference in the outer world. That happiness lies in being a good father, a good spouse, a good child, a good employee or making a difference to the society, helping heal people, help suffering people in Sudan. In India there is much appreciation for wandering mendicants, they appreciate a sadhu who finds no need to indulge in any outer activity to be in total inner happiness. I remember how excited I would get when I was young to serve food to a Sadhu who would appear on our doorstep to beg for food. Perfection is never possible in the outside world, we can say perfection is only possible in the inner world. Inner perfection is nothing but accepting that outer perfection is an impossibility and that the existence is imperfectly perfect, that in fact the existence moves from one perfection to the other. Once this inner state is reached it doesn't imply cold and impersonal behavior. In fact only when this inner acceptance is reached that you can now compassionately indulge in changing outer imperfections.
