Developing this insulation
Only a spiritual person who has reinforced the inner personality and has insulated himself from the onslaughts of the world can enjoy the technological gizmos. Just as only an adult can really enjoy Nintendo games. The child is too attached and suffers and agonizes over winning or losing.
Similarly only an uninvolved person can really enjoy a game of cricket. During an
Once you develop this internal insulation you go through life like a dancer negotiates the stage. An accomplished dancer presents a picture of grace and charm. Her movements are beautifully choreographed, skillfully coordinated while she manages the space available to her. The complicated synchrony of song, rhythm and emotion is portrayed effortlessly and she is able to lift her audience to a high. Never does she take a false step. Even if there is a minor slip she quickly corrects herself and is in unison with the tabla. Yet right through her performance she is aligned with the vertical axis. Otherwise she would come crashing down in an awkward heap.
The world provides the tabla and musical accompaniment. You are the dancer who has to learn the art of dancing to the world’s beat. Then you become a picture of grace, beauty and charisma. Otherwise you make the wrong moves, fall out of rhythm with the world and lose your balance because you are not in tune with the vertical axis – the thought of Atman that keeps you in balance. It lifts you from the world of finitude and takes you to the realm of infinity.
