Is it Nature's plan for man to suffer? Explained by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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- www.tm.org Is it Nature's plan for man to suffer? Explained by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Reporter: Throughout history, man has gone through periods of misery and then joy, misery and then joy. And I was wondering whether it was part of Nature's plan that man should be miserable at times?
Maharishi: No, it is not the part of Nature; it is the part of our unnatural behavior. Nature has not designed this beautiful, perfect human nervous system to remain in agony. But if we eat something very hard, if we eat sand, and then the stomach will do quite a lot of revolting. And then the whole thing, hrrr. So there are certain things which are meant to be eaten, and other things are not for us to eat. They may be for horses to eat, for other animals to eat, but not for man. So each nervous system has its own function to perform. The human nervous system has the function to perform, and in performing, he has to enjoy the waves of happiness--great happiness, great joy, and great love. All of this is for man. But when we put some hard things, indigestible things, some poisons in our body, we strain our system of perception by extraordinary, loaded experiences. Then the system begins to break; and that is what we say, stressed. And these stresses cause abnormal behavior. And it is abnormality that comes to us as suffering. And abnormality is not designed or intended by Nature. Not knowing how to behave with this most precious and delicate machine, we start to misbehave with it.
his eternally positive outlook is deeply comforting. what a loving, open being. thank you maharishi for sharing yourself!!!!
I can listen to these words over and over again.
Pure knowledge has a purifying effect. Unless the individual experiences It for himself...intellectual satisfaction won't work.
Thankyou Beloved MAHARISHI.......
What a soft voice. Only self realised can have it.
Jai Guru Dev
Guru Dev Maharishi explains seven states in terms of TM very clearly
Wise words, thanks for posting.
every words is just knowledge of understanding ...thank you for sharing
Indeed it is the lack of knowledge 🙏🌷
Jaigurudev
As Maharshi said..Nature has designed the human being to not suffer..that is the possibility..it is structured in the design of our "nature"..to live life in absolute bliss; infinite creativity, etc....BUT..we have a choice. A choice to use that system as it was designed or not. For so much time, due to ignorance, we have chosen to not live our full potential..so long, that it is commonly thought, due to the "normal" experience of suffering that suffering is our destiny. A big mistake.
@SHOOTER0072003
Don't forget that the growth of material values is not only bad, but actually very helpful for the intelligent people, who have put Maharishi's knowledge on youtube for you!
This shows that the force of evolution always favours those who wish the best for themselves and for society. Very little knowledge (TM) can destroy heaps of ignorance in no time. Ignorance has no real essence but Maharishi's practical teaching does! Knowledge will prevail because it is the essence of life.
@RedShipsofSpainAgain no the first noble truth is not "Life is suffering". It's more like "Suffering exists". Very different meaning behind subtle difference in words.
@blairtee23
I think what shooter is alluding to is that the whole "network of enjoying" in the waking state - the whole standard of life with all its luxuries and comforts has grown so much in the past decades, that the children of every subsequent generation have to know and do less to have ever more (superficial) ways of enjoyment. Traditions and standards in education have eroded so much because people are becoming ever more easily satisfied with the material values that they have.
@SHOOTER0072003 the word is spelled dumbest.
isnt it clear
Man suffers materially because a few hundred very greedy people decided to gather all the wealth and abundance to themselves so there is not enough for every one else; and because emotionally people have identified with a small self and and a small mind and little desires and so had a limited amount of perception, seeing with blinkered vision, whereas when man wakes up he sees he is vast and unlimited, unrestricted and free, formless and pure existence. That is a real experience, permanent also, but unfortunately most people have not arrived at this realization as yet. But it is very, very real. It is not a useless theory for those who know it.
"Suffering is foreign to man's nature"? I would beg to differ; suffering seems to be a defining attribute of man. Every day people go hungry and starve. Every day people struggle to live, struggle to survive, make ends meet financially, etc. Isn't the First Noble Truth of Buddhism that life is suffering? To live, you must suffer. It is impossible to live without experiencing some kind of suffering. How do we reconcile this seeming contradiction with what Maharishi says here?
haha
Sorry but nature didn't "design" anything. Man isn't perfect and behaviour can't be unnatural. The normal state that Maharishi calls "stress" is what all people have had to put up with since we left the trees. OK so he has a way of reducing that stress but after 20 years of TM can I look in the mirror and honestly say I don't suffer? No, it's all a con. An inspiring con but a con nonetheless.