In our age of constant dopamine fixes and instant notifications, finding true peace often feels like a mythical wish.
A Sanskrit Subhashita (a well-known saying) mentions this:
यस्य चित्तं निर्विषयं हृदयं यस्य शीतलम् ।
तस्य मित्रं जगत्सर्वं तस्य मुक्तिः करस्थिता ॥
Yasya cittaṃ nirviṣayaṃ hṛdayaṃ yasya śītalam |
Tasya mitraṃ jagatsarvaṃ tasya muktiḥ karasthitā ||
This means that ‘He, whose mind is free from objects of senses and whose heart is calm (free from passion, anger, greed etc.), the entire world is his friend and liberation or emancipation is as if in his hand only.’
The first half of the Subhashita mentions that when the mind continuously chases external objects, the mind will always be in a state of desire, reaction and finally, exhaustion.
That is where you have to make your mind ‘Nirvishaya’ - that is, you have to untether your sense of self from external conditions. This does not mean abandoning or ignoring the physical world. It means breaking the sensory addiction, or rather, the belief that happiness depends on achieving the next goal or any other form of external validation.
This is the clarity of the mind.
When the mind becomes clear, the heart becomes tranquil.
When you let go of the anger, the burning desire of greed or the spikes of jealousy, you let go of the reactions and make your heart into a sanctuary.
That is when life brings moments of stillness, patience and compassion, where emotional outbursts have no say.
When you attain both these things, the Subhashita mentions that the world becomes your friend and you realize that your freedom is in your hands as it had always been.
When you master your inner world, freedom is just a state of mind.
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