MEANING OF DETATCHMENT FROM WORLD

On the first look, detachment from the world appears impossible to achieve. Nonetheless, this concept has been forcefully endorsed by God Almighty, while describing Himself in first person in Bhagwad Gita, direct to man, who seeks Him. We are born, brought-up and trained to prosper in this world - why then to be detached from it? In short-term view, detachment sounds wierd, but, however, in the long-term view, we shall discover that we are naturally detached from so many possessions of life, which we may have cherished as a baby, child and grown-ups. Why we have become detached from these, is either they are out-of-date, boring or there are better things we are drawn to. Logically, detachment from some worldly possessions comes naturally if we want to achieve still better. So, our attachment to our accomplishments in this world, may become hadicap to further progress. Thus, detachment is good ploy for self-management that Krishna preached about 5000 years ago.

One can practice detachment by being an impartial observer of one's own-self. It is possible only if one hands-over the charge of oneself to another. But, the fear that one may not receive the charge back, may hold one to do so. For this, one has to find out another-one who loves us truthfully, and who is not attached to our possessions. It is most probable that we may not find even one such person throughout our life. In this regard, God Himself declares "Love is my innermost nature, Truth I am" (Bhagwad Gita). Because God is Truth-all conscious-eternal bliss (Sat-chit-Anand), He is the most dependable-ONE for our sharing and caring. When, we are attached to God, we automatically become detached from His virtual image/creation (universe). The secret of achieving this state of mind was given to an iconic duty-bound man, Arjun by Krishna. The secret was: whenever, we pause while performing duty, imagine God's Universal form (Virat-Brahm), bow and whisper the fundamental mantra "Omn Tat Sat" (Omn is the extract of Truth). This message is coincidently present in different modes of worship as Omn-Omen-Amen-Amin.