The Astounding Truth About the Vedic Hindu Philosophy I Wish I Knew 27 Years Ago

Being successful on the personal development journey isn’t about action

When you commit to doing any action, you seek 1 of 4 ends for the actions.

You are not clear at a fundamental/unconscious level as to why you do what you do. This is best seen when you engage in self-sabotaging behaviors. Such as procrastination.

You know if you don’t make a reservation for dinner to take out your girlfriend for dinner on valentines day. There will be negative consequences.

When you know the cause of your procrastination. That is, you don’t like your girlfriend. You then understand why you cannot be bothered making the reservation for dinner.

Therefore knowing the ends of action and understanding what drives action, from the Vedic Hindu perspective, will provide you with absolute happiness.

Why the Hell Do I Do What I Do

There are 4 reasons as to why you carry out any action.

The 2 most common are for gaining security and wanting to experience pleasure. The remaining 2 are right action and freedom.

Security. The Sanskrit name for security is artha. It is the state of seeking to be free from danger or threat. For example, I stash my money away in the bank in case of an unforeseen financial problem in the future.

Pleasure. The Sanskrit word for pleasure is kama. A feeling of happiness or enjoyment. This can be on the level of the senses like eating donuts. Or intellectually, you like to gather information on personal development strategies.

Right Action. The Sanskrit word is called dharma. This is the satisfaction you derive from helping others. For example, when you hold open the door for another person you feel good.

Freedom. The Sanskrit word is Moksha. Is understood in a negative sense. That is not bound. You seek freedom in all your activities. For example, you experience an unpleasant feeling around someone. You then leave the room. You sort freedom from the uncomfortable emotion.

Prioritize action

Prioritizing action comes with maturity. When you were a teenager your focus was on yourself. School, going out on weekends, and working a causal job for some money. Your focus was on enjoyment and security.

As you have now matured your focus is now more on family, friends, possibly your community, and your job now has more influence over more people.

Your focus on enjoyment and security is done in line with the right action.

I want the world to my liking

Currently, your whole life is about changing and manipulating the world and others to suit your own end. The truth is not always nice to hear.

You need to make a very important distinction. That is what you think you are seeking and what you are really seeking.

You think you are seeking security and pleasure. However, you are really seeking freedom from seeking security and pleasure.

If you are a spiritual seeker you seek freedom in a negative sense. That is a freedom from the experience ‘I am insecure’ and ‘I am not happy the way I am’.

If you are in a permanent state of being secure then you are always happy. No situation will change your experience.

It’s understanding your pursuit (at a personal level) which will allow you to understand why you do what you do. And how you can free yourself from the rat race.

How do you become emotionally mature

That you are not happy inside yourself is marked by constant consumption of things outside of yourself. If you think about these things, they have only ever provided you with limited pleasure.

You can now conclude that the sense of not being satisfied is centred on yourself.

Freedom

The Hindu Vedic philosophy states that by your fundamental nature you don’t lack in any way. The issue is that you do not know that you don’t lack in any way. Therefore, the key is knowledge.

You Are the Problem, You Are The Solution

You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution

-Bob Proctor

You are plagued by 2 types of problems

That you view yourself as the problem. You are also the solution.

You experience 2 types of problems:

Your first type of problem is outside of yourself. Such as you want to go outside but it’s raining. The problem is outside of yourself in that you require an umbrella. With the problem being outside of yourself you have to do something.

The second type of problem the solution is inside itself. For example, to complete a jigsaw puzzle you don’t have to go outside the pieces. The solution is inside the jigsaw puzzle.

Ultimate freedom is happiness

You do action for gaining security and/or a sense of pleasure. But really why you act is for freedom from a sense of insecurity and pain.

Your core problem is now one of non-self-acceptance.

This is the second type of problem. Where the solution is inside itself. That is the solution inside of you.

The answer to your fundamental problem is freedom.

Freedom may appear to be another end of action. But it’s not. It’s the end to all action.

With an absolute acceptance of your fundamental nature, the seeking stops. Being absolute nothing can be added to your happiness. As your happiness is not lacking in any way.

The final piece of this puzzle then is what is your fundamental nature? And how do you know it?

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