Dousing the Flame of Cravings through Silence

Dr Gautam Chatterjee

Desire drives the craving instincts. Craving is a mental state where one lives in the arena of “irresistibleness”. This represents a chaotic sound (thought) within the silence of mind. This sound thought is like white ant which destroys the persona and changes the Karma and drives one to stoop low to appease the cravings of lower order. Craving makes us a victim of lust and lure which in turn brings pain and pathos to ruin our entity. Thus, in Maun Sadhana one is involuntarily trained to counter the “Craving mind”. It alters our focus of attraction from body and brings us on soul plane. The cravings do come also from depravity but one learns through Maun that “deprivation” is just a mind game and solutions embedded within waiting to be explored and unearthed. Over emphasizing self-appeasement and desirous fire of “More need” make us a stooge of our mortal entity and chance of mending Karma pattern is lost in the process. Craving for luxurious food; craving for very high living; craving for sensuous pleasure of variety; craving for power and money are the common traits of mortals. Maun Sadhana clears this froth of craving as happiness is mortal and ananda or bliss is immortal are realized in the hours of silence. Eternal nectar or bliss is so intoxicating that the lure of outer world cannot penetrate. Shunning the cravings of mortal kind is not so tough if we have complete trust in Param Guru and ultimate faith in Guru. Because if one practises Maun Sadhana and turn the mind towards Guru or being Gurumukhi then the mortal “ills” like cravings fade away for sure. Because bliss lies beyond our body and that has been the destiny birth after birth. So, act now to silence the cravings for good.