Aparigraha (Non Possessiveness)

Constant struggle to hold stuff is an indication of the greed that one carries. Always remembering the things that are under your control inside your locker, being afraid that somebody will take it away or wondering if it’ll be there when you come back. Constant greed creates fear, when a person is non possessive he/she is willing to take risks. One who is too possessive of its life will not do anything to expand its life, it will never do anything risky, it will simply vegetate (sleeping and eating only). A life lived without risk isn’t worth living; because you are not living you are just waiting for death.

Aparigraha will give you such a space, being established in that space will allow you take risks, Aparigraha is the second greatest truth after Ahimsa. Ahimsa (non-violence) will make people around you happy, Aparigraha will make you happy. Possessiveness doesn’t allow you to do things differently, even the way you do things was/is and will always be the same, you get caught in a routine and you don’t even dare to use different paths to do what you always do. From the path you take to your car (same footsteps), the chair you take in the classroom, the place where you put your toothbrush and to a certain extend you might not even use some corners of your house. Because we control everything that we do, we do not leave place for god (spontaneity) to happen. 

Miracles do not happen in your life because you plan everything. Living life in a non-serious, playful way is the path to miracles, if life isn’t jam-packed, it leaves space for god to intervene. Integrity with your Bio-Intelligence by not destroying it with luxury (comfort), unnecessary things. Living with right amount of things you need. Not taking away your body’s abilities by giving unnecessary things to your Body. 

Authenticity is needed to slowly nail down the things that are truly necessary, starting in your outer world and heading towards your inner world, up to the point where you do not hold anything unnecessarily. Go through all the layers and everything that you think is not you, drop it, and decide to give it away. It is your responsibility to understand that you are the cause of the body and mind that you carry, because you constantly keep the body into a damage state, you experience pains and discomforts. Stop possessing the body and allow it to align itself with the cosmos. Be courageous and lift the blanket of possessiveness.