I am always surprised when I read or listen to Sundar Kanda. How could Hanumana cross the ocean to reach Lanka that nobody from the mainland has ever reached earlier and challenge the most powerful person in the world "Ravana" in his own kingdom? It seems almost an impossibility. However, to make it possible, Hanumana used all the mental and physical faculties. The most important attribute was his flexibility to be small or big, harsh or soft, depending upon the situation.
On the other hand, we often get fixated. We get fixated on our desires and comforts. We find it difficult to work without air conditioning, once we get used to the same. We get used to mobiles and keep looking at the notifications almost every few minutes. We get used to the comforts of home and find it difficult to have tours. We get fixated on the relationships and find it difficult to think of an existence without them. We get fixated on our office and roles in the organization and find it difficult to think of our existence without the organization. Mostly, we get fixated on our self-image, our beliefs, religion, and traditions.
The question worth considering is what gave Hanumana that flexibility that most of us lack? Probably, Hanumana was so connected to Rama that he never had any worldly "ego". He did everything for the sake of Rama. Rama is not an individual but a cosmic consciousness. The consciousness that gives birth to everything in this world. Since he was connected to the source of the creation, nothing in His creation could bind him. It's like somebody establishing a direct connection with the field from which all the matter (bosons and fermions) is taking birth. Once that connection is established, one sees the temporariness of all the matters and with that wisdom and intelligence, there is no question of one getting fixated on the matter.
A fixated mind can't ever imagine the joy of that connection. In the state of fixation on the matter, it stays disconnected from the consciousness. It is like a state where a person has moved away from the Earth and is dependent upon an oxygen cylinder for oxygen. He feels comfortable so long the cylinder has sufficient oxygen failing to realize that it will always be a limited supply. There is a very strong dependency upon the cylinder and that is the reason why he feels that the cylinder is more precious than his life. Unless he returns back to Earth, it is very difficult for him to realize the futility of the cylinder. Once he touches the earth, the first thing he will do is throw away the cylinder. The greatest of the possessions becomes the biggest of the burden.
Hanumana was always on Earth to realize the futility of the cylinder. Most of us have moved away from the Earth and its atmosphere and fighting for oxygen cylinders and people feel that they have a huge godown of cylinders and that's why they are rich and wealthy. We all fail to realize our stupidity. Air is free. Happiness is free. We don't need to make efforts for the same. We just need to stay connected to the air the way Hanumana stayed connected to Rama. It appears that it's a big task. On the contrary, staying disconnected from the air and fighting for oxygen cylinders is a far bigger effort. Staying connected to the consciousness is our basic nature. We move away from this natural state because we lose awareness of that joy. As kids, we are all naturally connected to that consciousness and start getting fixated on our desires. If we remain aware and keep observing what happens as soon as we move away from the atmosphere, we will soon come back to the atmosphere rather than moving away from the same. That is what Hanumana did. He always remained aware of his connection to Rama and never allowed any fixation to take over.
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