Renunciation is the withdrawal of mind from other things and concentrating it on God. Renunciation is a mind that looses attachment to worldly pleasures and seeks liberation from contaminated rebirth. Before it becomes a serious obstacle to your pure spiritual growth, learn to detach. Just as a bird cannot fly if it has stones tied to its legs, so we cannot make progress on the spiritual path if we are tightly tied down by the chains of attachment. Renunciation is letting go of whatever binds us to ignorance and suffering. Giving oneself over to sensual pleasure is a great hindrance to enlightenment. Sensual desire is the hindrance to enlightenment that is to be overcome through mindfulness. Through mindfulness, we see things as they really are and fully appreciate that grasping for sensual pleasure is only a temporary distraction from dukha, stress or suffering. When that distraction wears off, we want to grasp something else, and this grasping binds us to dukha. It is thirst or desire that puts us on an endless cycle of grasping and keeps us unsatisfied. We're endlessly pursuing a carrot on a stick. It's attachment to sensual pleasure that is the hindrance. That's why merely giving up something you enjoy isn't necessarily renunciation. Resisting food and then craving for it tells you that you are still attached to that particular pleasure. At the same time, it's important to understand that enjoyment of something isn't bad. If you take a bite of food and find it delicious, you certainly don't have to spit it out. Just enjoy the food without attachment. Eat only as much as you need without being greedy. And when you are finished, just wash your bowl.!!!!
Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram ~ Jai RUDRA Ke Roop Hanuman!!!!
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