Conscious of our Actions

Astro Guide Mysore

We had been on a three day trip to Nagarahole, Brahmagiri and Aralam Wild Life Sanctuary. That’s me, my cousin brother Raju and a reptile specialist Sunil.  We had a very nice time for all those three days.  On the way back we took the route from Mananthavady to Bangalore via Sulthan Bathery and Gundlepet. When we were passing through a beautiful stretch of road in the midst of Moole Hole Wild Life Sanctuary, Raju who was driving his Safari Dicor, started to speed.  The road was very good and had been maintained to the best.  He started to over speed, for which I objected and said that he should not cross a limit.  The reply he gave me was very casual but stirred me for a while.  He said “My Safari is an extension of me”.  He meant that he was in full control. But the thought of it being an extension of him was an extraordinary statement to me. 

We are all born with this body which as time goes grows and reaches the form of an adult.  But the process is too slow to notice.

As a baby, which is born into this world, does not know how to use the physical form (its body).  Slowly the brain with the help of neurons, the motor nerves, muscle contractions and many more functions tries to perform a particular act it desires.  This moment of success makes it confident to try other things.  This after a period of time and with a lot of practice after a million failures makes the child perfect.  It now knows how to hold, grip, clasp, pluck, break, push, stand, walk, hop, run, climb, etc.

As this is a phenomenon which is not a substantial one to remember we all forget it easily.

The hypothesis is that when any form of life is born, it is new in its physical body and does not know how to use it or control its movements.  This can be seen when a baby elephant plays around with its trunk thinking it’s a toy. 

As Raju said that after some thousands of kilometers of driving, he feels every sound the car makes and he knows how to control it.  We also have achieved the same thing with our body which is nothing but a physical entity which has to be controlled from inside. 

Then what is inside this physical body, which we now call a mechanism?  It is YOU who is inside, that is, you sit inside your body and try to control its actions to your requirement.  It’s beautiful when both the inner self and the physical self are in unison. 

The problem starts when the physical self starts to control you.  This is because the inner self cannot experience any feeling without the body and hence has to rely on the communicative factors of the sensory organs.  But due to uncontrolled usage of our sensory organs, we fall prey to its control and hence fall into the trap of being controlled by our senses.  This destroys the identity of a person and dissolves his individuality. 

We should recognize this phenomenon as early as possible in our lives.  We should take command and control of our actions by taking the reins from our physical self and securing it with our inner self. 

Let our Conscious Self take the decision and not our senses. 

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Author:
Sheshachalam Iyengar : iyengarastro@gmail.com