The Guru repeatedly points out that pain is bound to follow pleasure until the sufferer and enjoyer identities are given up. The root cause of pain is not the painful experiences of life but due to our own role play that we are identified with.
In a subtle way, the painful experiences are only a part of the karmic cycle of the body which keep passing over like clouds on the substratum of the atman/ consciousness. But we experience them because of the wrong identification.
However in real life…when pain is encountered at many levels in one’s life, it may be relatively easily forgotten to put the Gurus words to application. At these times, only the samarpan and leaning completely on him can offer relief.
When self enquiry is not possible…practice surrender.
It is ultimately not possible to escape or reject actions because they cause pain or pleasure because all actions essentially cause these two. The only way out is to enquire and find out that you can neither accept or reject any consequences to them.
Lay down your pain and your solutions to them too.
Resign to God’s will.
Om Namo Bhagwate Shree Ramanaya.
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