The Journey to Freedom
- drsarojsalelkar
- Oct 18, 2023
- 1 min read
What could you try for the first time?
Trying is the first step in our journey of accomplishment. Unless we try we would never know where the road would lead us. Yes we may fail. Not once or twice but many times but learning from our failures is the stepping stone to success. So whatever you choose to try out if you have a passion, right intention and perseverance nothing will stop you from reaching your goal.
However, although you can get all the help you need this journey of learning, unlearning and the experience that comes with it is all yours on a very personal and intimate level and what you do with it determines the direction your life will take. This is best explained by the Sanskrit shloka:
उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् | आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मन: ||
uddharedaatmanaatmaanam naatmaanamavasaadayeth aatmaiva hyaatmano bandhuraatmaiva ripuraatmanah
Which means,” Let a man raise himself by his own efforts. Let him not degrade himself. Because a person’s best friend or his worst enemy is none other than his own self.”
Some journeys are to be undertaken with friends, some with your better half but some are all by yourself. These are the journeys that lead to introspection and learning and uplift you in the true sense. Leading from lonliness to joy, from the seen to the seer, and from entanglement to freedom.
