What exactly does it mean... this word has been mistook by most of the people... what normal Human mind perceive this as not indulging yourself in any of the worldly activities and any of the Worldly pleasures... No indulgence in the pleasure through the 5 senses... not to eat nice food, no smelling good fragrances, no hearing So called non satvic music and such kind of Taboos...
The irony in the situation is most of the people doesn't even know what Passion is!!! not knowing what is passion one cannot understand what is dispassion... you are passionate about something, u get it or u don't is a different matter all together... but that feeling of what is Passion is the link to understand what is Dispassion... the Pinnacle of Passion is dispassion... Surprised!!!! but true... where there is passion there is no feverishness, no bondage, where there is greed there is feverishness, negativity...
When you are passionately in love with someone or something you just adore it the way it is... when there is a sense of possessiveness there the problem arise... there passion turns into greed or lust or obsession... the pure form of Love is Passion... when true passion is experienced then only one can understand Dispassion... It is easy for somebody to just put it into words what is dispassion...
To understand dispassion first understand and experience passion... Sadly most of us do not realize the fine line between the Distortions of Love & Passion... Love on the level of Bhakti is Passion... where there is Passion there cant be sadness or misery... One automatically tends to feel Vibrant and blissful when there is Passion... the end of Passion is Dispassion... When it doesn't make any difference whether there is the presence of that particular thing/Person but still there is bliss, that state of mind is Dispassion... If there is presence one tend to enjoy it to the fullest but not crave for it when there is none... That is dispassion... Dispassion itself says "DIS" is "PASSION"... (This is Passion)!!!! hehehe an original one!!! :-)
One has to be aware and this awareness develops on its own... Everything is just effortless...
There are many who will not agree with this... But this is the WAY IT IS.... Full Stop.
Comments are welcomed!!!!
4 comments:
**the Pinnacle of Passion is dispassion...
this is the best explanation I have heard lately!!
Jai Gurudev
Very Well written :-)
i agree with most of it.. when the love transcends to bhakti nothing can shake it. the love grows and consumes the whole creation the whole universe . When you have it all there is nothing left. you are passionate and dispassionate at the same time.. :D strange are the ways..
Just happened to come across your blog, and I just have to ask: How and when does it stop to matter that the object of your passion is present or not..?! Right now that doesn't even conceptually make sense to me..
Thank you! :)
Nivedita
My dear Nivedita...
That state is what exactly called as Dispassion. It is a process of transcending from Passion to Dispassion. from Loving Something to Just Love... It is not a concept which you can understand by Logic... Its an experience...
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