Be Characterless

)Be Characterless

There is so much emphasis placed on character. I see quite a few people refer to the importance of character in being true to themselves.

When we go for work, our character is verified. When we arrange marriages, character is verified. The outer world is huge on character. It needs facts, logic.

But, in the inner journey this obssession with character is a hindrance. Character is an off shoot of mind. Mind keeps clinging into the past and projecting into the future.

A person who is particular about his character projects himself in a way accepted, appreciated by the society so that others see him as predictable and safe to be around with.

But when one is aware, responds spontaneously, he is meditative. He does not operate out of fixed ideologies and principles. He is natural and not bothered about being seen as "normal".

When a man places emphasis on character in spiritual realm, he takes great care to lead a simple life, to be seen as pious. This very effort to be seen as simple only strengthens the ego.

A person who is aware, true does not care one way or the other. If he has comforts, he does not shun them, nor does he cling. He does not possess his possessions. He lives with no effort. So even in luxury, he lives simply. But a person who takes pains to lead an austere life lives a complex life in his simple avatar.

Truth has no requirements, no principles, no ideologies. It is characterless