kriti vaasan sir's class 07 Nov 2021

 Main Learning Points today were when Kriti Vaasan sir's elucidation of the nuances of  the waking state . Normally 3 states were considered in consciousness , Waking , Dream and Sleeping . 

Today , Mr Kriti Vaasan sir  further classified the Waking state we have into 3 more . I do not remember the third . I missed it, while noting down . 

I remember, ' Mohika' and ' Moorchika ' states , within our waking states . 

Mohika State in Chetana : We WANT something, strongly, and very badly . We pine for it . We crave it . We yearn for it . Or we want a certain even to happen to us . We WANT it strongly. Or we want to possess an external object , be it a piece of property , or social position ( fame ) or a person . 

When we are ' possessed ' by this thought of possessing something or someone , we lose our sanity . We lose our normal self . We resort to or stoop down to - doing things that we normally we do not do  , to get what we want ! 

When we are possessed by severe longing , we are not what we NORMALLY are ! We behave strangely .  Sometimes we even behave senselessly , as our normal senses stop functioning .This is a nutshell , is ' MOHIKA ' state . We are in the grip of MOHAM aka infatuation . Not necessarily  towards a PERSON,  this is a strong DESIRE to possess an object or for a desired event to happen . 

MOORCHIKA STATE : This is the opposite of Mohika state , or ' Post Mohika ' state . 

When the desired object is not available to us , or when the strongly desired event does not happen , the deep shock that the mind undergoes, is Moorchika . Deeply upset state. Our consciousness undergoes mental FAINTING .  When the ' kaama ' ( ANY desire, not necessarily a physical desire for another person ) is not fulfilled, ' krodha ' takes over .

 We start blaming events , objects, persons we perceive to be responsible for our un-fulfillment , we blame our fate and we get deeply angry . This is Moorchika state. Our mind , temporarily , loses its balance. 

Again, we are not the normal , peaceful , pleasant person . We become intolerable. 

A mind that continually undergoes this  ' Mohika ' and ' Moorchika ' state , experiences a great deal of suffering . Meditation is one cure. So are, not wanting , not resisting , and acceptance of what ever happens, who ever comes into and goes out of our lives . 

We must stay with  - what is inside us and what stays with us all the time . Then , what comes and goes , who comes and goes , will not bother us.  Outside objects that we want to possess, persons, events cannot give us lasting happiness . 

Let us take Deep Sleep for instance . We do not lose our consciousness in Deep Sleep . We do not ! 

 If it were so, it would be impossible for us to get us and say , stretching ourselves happily , ' I have had a good sleep ! ' 

Who was witnessing it ? Who was watching it ? There must be someone  ! Catch hold of the witness and STAY with it. 

For , all mind level experiences are untrue . Untrue because they are impermanent . REALITY CAN NEVER LEAVE YOU ! What leaves you , is NOT REAL ! 

What is the  use of getting attached to things , that come and go ?