The Essence of our Being

Time and again, ancient Rishis and Masters have said that man's true nature is Bliss. Over the years, so many Masters have happened on planet earth. Whether it was Buddha or Christ or Krishna or Mahavir, the core of their message was the same. They all said that man's true nature was bliss and they all gave methods or techniques to reconnect with that Core..

Their expressions might have been different but their message was the same. Of course, again and again people miss the Masters message because they cling on to Masters personalities instead of their message. This is the root cause for fanaticism, religious wars and all other things that are happening on planet earth.

Anyhow, all these Masters had the same message, that man's core is bliss. And all of mans effort are actually in seeking this inner space, this space of bliss within him. but over time, due to social conditioning and distractions, man forgets his purpose and starts seeking this bliss in outer world things, in material things, in names, in forms, in labels given to him by society, in relationships, in careers and what not.

To chip with a story,
An old man went with his family to watch a movie in a theatre.

The movie had just started when the man suddenly started groping about in the darkness on the floor.
His granddaughter who was sitting next to him got annoyed and asked him what he was doing on the floor.
He said, Dear. I have lost my chewing gum. It has fallen out.'
The child got irritated and said, 'Grandpa, it's alright, leave it. We will buy some more chewing gum. Now watch the movie.'
The old man said, 'I want only that chewing gum.'
The child said, 'Grandpa, don’t behave like a baby. We will get more chewing gum.'
The old man said, 'But dear, my teeth are in it.'

You see: what we are really seeking is something (Till now we are not clear about it), but we are seeking it in the name of something else! And at the end of it, we find that even after achieving all the outer world things that we seek, there is a certain void in us. There is a certain yearning in us. This yearning is because we are actually searching for Bliss. That’s why we never feel fulfilled. This yearning is the call of the being.

Unless we are centered in our being, we will not experience a totality, we will not experience fulfillment. In our outer world achievements, we might be filled, but not fulfilled. When we are centered inside with awareness, we will have fulfillment every minute whatever we may be doing in the outer world, because the fulfillment does not come from what we are doing outside; it comes from inside.