Ideology is Ugly

 

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Ideology is Ugly

Whenever we talk of ideology, things start becoming ugly. All idealists live in a hell of their own making.  If there is no ideology, there is nothing to compare – there is no criterion. Then whatever is happening, is happening - we have nothing to compare it with. Then wherever the river is going, that is the only way to go. Then one simply allows existence to have its own way. One never comes in the way; it is a deep let-go.

Then everything is beautiful. And then we realise that it has never been otherwise. Everything was beautiful, always. Look at the animals; look at the birds; look at the clouds; look at the trees. Ask the trees; ask the stones. Everything is beautiful. The trees must be very surprised that we look so sad. The trees must be puzzled that man looks so burdened, when everything is so light and so floating. The birds must be laughing at us that we go on carrying such a load - the load seems to be nowhere except in our mind.

With such a burden, we miss life, we miss love, we miss celebration, we miss laughter. We cannot sing; we cannot dance; we cannot laugh. And because of this, we become desperate and we start fighting more. We think we are not fighting as much as we should. That’s why we are not so happy.

We keep on deceiving ourselves that we are happy when we are unhappy within, it is just a show we put on for the benefit of others. We go on trying to prove the opposite of what we actually are, and the possibility is that 99.9% of the time we will actually be the opposite. When we smile, there are hidden tears. When we try to dance, there is a rock-like heart which makes it difficult to move in fluidity.

Why are humans in such a plight? The whole world laughs. The trees laugh at us. We may not hear; we may be escaping; we may have become deaf. The birds laugh; the animals laugh. Something has gone wrong with humans. What has gone wrong with them? Only one thing - the whole of nature is flowing and humans are fighting. In nature the ego does not exist. Trees are there, but without any egos - only humans have ego. And that ego is the whole hell.

That ego needs to fight continuously, because it feeds on fight. The more we fight, the stronger our ego becomes. It is a fighter. That’s why surrender is so difficult. But unless we surrender, we will remain in misery. Surrender is the door to bliss, to beauty, to truth, to love, to life, to God. Surrender is the door. And when we say ‘surrender’, it doesn’t mean that surrender has to be towards someone. That is just an excuse; because we cannot surrender unless we have someone to surrender to - that’s why someone is needed. Otherwise, there is no need; we can simply surrender, and the door is open.

Lord Krishna says, “If you cannot surrender, then surrender to me. Let me be the excuse.” But when we surrender, then we know that Krishna has tricked us. When we surrender, we will not find Krishna there - we will find the whole cosmos and we floating in it, part of it.

Then we are no more separate - not going on our way. Then everything is beautiful, blissful. Without conflict, ugliness disappears; without conflict, sadness disappears; without conflict, sorrow disappears. Then whatsoever is, is beautiful.