Liberation

Mahabharat is such an interesting epic that covers all aspects of life. It's said that after winning the Kurukshetra war, the Pandavas ruled for eighteen years then during their old age Pandavas along with Draupadi went to Himalayas and they passed away one by one except for Yudishtra, who is said to have entered the heaven while still in body. He was liberated while still in the body. 

Content people (1st liberating quality) are the happy people in the society. 

Calm people (2nd liberating quality) are harmless people in the society.

Compassionate people (3rd liberating quality) are loved by others.

Courageous people (4th liberating quality) are respected by others.

The liberating qualities need not be sequential. Bheema manifested courage but at one stage he fell down, it was said that it was due to his lack of contentment and greed towards food.

Only Yudishtra manifested contentment, Calmness, Compassion, Courage and most importantly clarity. He was stable through all situations of life and lived a life of moderation. Clarity comes only when we are out of illusion of attachment.

There are two sides to each liberating quality. 

Contentment: Satisfaction with whatever we have as well as doing our best.

Calmness: Life is a balance between holding on and letting go. In acceptance peace. Let go but have the will power to hold on to the righteousness.  Adapt but not fully adopt.

Compassion: The ability to appreciate the good and forgive the bad.

Courage: Balance between trusting what is to be and living the now completely even if the trust is broken, we need to move on with the ability to trust all over again.

 Lalaji says "Mental attachment is bondage, detachment is Liberation". This clearly implies that Liberation is not non possession of things, it means that nothing should possess us.

Babuji says "Liberation is like a child's toy. Liberation is the bare minimal which we need to achieve in this lifetime. Fix your goal which should be complete oneness with God, rest not until the ideal is achieved".

Chariji says " The real liberation is freedom from the idea of freedom ". This clearly conveys liberation is not escapism from duties or pain. Excessively seeking freedom is a bondage in itself. Liberation is an attitude of moderation even from liberation itself. 

Daaji says " Be courageous, be loving, be peaceful and less inviting to desires. This is the heartfulness way of life". He speaks about the five C's. The above statement implies that the practice of the first four c's is the heartfulness way of life.  It automatically leads to the fifth C, clarity which liberates us from illusions. 

 Let's go agile, the main goal is complete oneness with God; liberation is a smaller goal on the way.Split liberation into smaller chunks, manifest liberating qualities (Contentment, Calmness, Compassion, Courage, Clarity) in our day-to-day life and keep refining ourselves.