A new look at perfection
Earlier approaches to perfection are based on differentiation. There is no single approach to perfection. There are many...and some contradict with each other. In each the priorities are different from the others. Hence, we need a new approach that is based on the unity of paths.
Some of the attributes that are essential to attaining perfection are:
1) Non-attachment to results of actions
2) Dispassion (viewing opposites of success & failure, happiness & sadness etc) equally
3) Control over the body, mind and senses
4) Being directed from within (not by external circumstances or factors) - by creativity and inspiration
5) Living in moderation (abstaining from excesses of any kind)
6) Prioritizing realized knowledge over mental, sensory, speculative or bookish knowledge
7) Knowing that the universe is in the self, and accepting all living beings as part of oneself.
If able to live out these all at once (in unity and not one at the expense of the other), one can attain perfection quickly.
posted by Arjun Bala at
5:30 AM
3 Comments:
This approach is quite interesting. Although would like to know and understand how accepting all living beings as part of oneself is vital for attaining perfection...
Perhaps 7)Knowing that the universe is in the self, and accepting all living beings as part of oneself is the toughest to understand, and to practice even, hence it is stated last.
7) is best realized rather than understood.
However, since you ask..there are 2 points that i can make
1) It is a truth, as realized by myself. Also, it is stated by Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita
"When one beholds one and the same Lord existing equally in every being, one does not injure anybody, because one considers every thing as one’s own self. (13.28)"
2) Also,from a practical standpoint, in one of my earlier posts, i have stated in my post on absolutes (May 2006)
"Those of us that see ourselves in others and vice versa, see other people's point of view, and are hence better listeners and communicators. Also they are capable of forming deep and meaningful connections with others that are not based on shallow perceptions. Whereas those of us who are so absorbed in our own perceptions(or collective perceptions) find it difficult to relate to others (each one is different from us, and from others), and hence are less successful as communicators in their personal as well as professional lives."
Hence 7) makes us capable of forming meaning interpersonal relationships with others. Interpersonal skills is even one of the types of intelligence, and is critical to perfection (in our personal as well as professional lives).
This is also discussed in A Comparative History of Ideas By Hajime Nakamura, Page 138
http://books.google.com/books?id=Gpulmza7BBYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=A+Comparative+History+of+Ideas+By+Hajime+Nakamura&output=html&sig=H2l4cNOmzUaREeGWywBr22x9f5Q
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