This discrimination that whatever
result action gives is limited – is the beginning of spirituality. Usually we
seek happiness, security, adequacy through doing some action or the other. However
whatever we can gain through action is always limited – limited in time, space
and object. Actually what we are seeking is not impermanent happiness or
security. We are seeking that which is nitya – that which is permanent – permanent
happiness, permanent security. Once we recognize these two facts
1. That what I am seeking is
permanent happiness/security
2. That whatever action I do can
only give me impermanent happiness/security etc – I can go to the gym and
workout – at the end of it lots of happy hormones are released and I feel good –
how long will that feel good last?
We are ready to ask the spiritual
question – if action cannot give me the permanent happiness/security I am
seeking, what can? Was my very assumption
that ‘I am not happiness/ I am not secure’ and ‘I can/must get it from
somewhere/something’ be wrong?
When we begin to think like this,
a study of Vedanta makes sense!