Man has certain desires. He is seeking the company of the highest, so that his lowest desires can be fulfilled. The highest is just a means, a method and that is the case with all means and methods. Whether the highest is the means, whether the highest is even the end, the real end is always the gratification of the lowly self. Man is such that even if he wants the company or proximity of Gods, it is for the fulfilment of his own personal objectives.
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Acharya Prashant: Man is such that even if he wants the company or proximity of Gods, it is for the fulfilment of his own personal objectives. So, as a man, he has certain desires. These desires he cultivates being a man, remaining a man. Then he seeks the company of the highest or the attainment of the highest, for what? For the fulfilment of these desires that he has, remaining as a man, desires that will further his continuation as a small and caged self.
Remember that he is not seeking the company of the highest, so that he may transform into the highest. He is seeking the company of the highest, so that his lowest desires can be fulfilled. The highest is just a means, a method and that is the case with all means and methods. Whether the highest is the means, whether the highest is even the end, the real end is always the gratification of the lowly self.
You might say, “It is understandable that the ego wants to misuse the highest as a method,” and then it is admissible that the highest is merely a method, a means and the end continues to be lowly. But what, when the end is Liberation, a Realization, or God attainment or dissolution of the self. Then surely, the ego is targeting something really high. Then surely, the ego is not seeking its own continuation, no. Even in the case, where the ego is seeking Truth or God realization or dissolution of the self, the ego’s internal process has to be understood.
