The End of Separation: Finding Peace and Equanimity Through Our Relationships

Email

Whatsapp

Facebook

Pinterest

Twitter

Copy link

Our daily living depends a lot on our relationship with others. When our relationships are equanimous, we are truly happy and at peace.

When electricity operates through the electric juicer or toaster, it enables each gadget to perform what it is programmed to do. Likewise, if we understand that each one of us is simply an 'instrument' through whom Consciousness functions - we will have peace of mind.

With this understanding, we then realise the true meaning of 'universal brotherhood'. When this inherent interconnectedness is seen clearly, we are freed from all shackles that bind us to relationships where we consider ourselves as 'separate' from others. Everything then merges into one cohesive, harmonious Whole.

About The Author

The End of Separation by Gautam Sachdeva is comprised of essays, and some questions and answers that touch upon different aspects of relationships with others, with ourselves, with events that occur in our lives and, finally, our relationship with 'what is'... pointing us back to who we truly are, and not what we appear to be.

What a human being desires most is happiness. With the passage of time, he realises that happiness which depends on the pleasures of life is a fleeting happiness, as pleasures themselves are momentary. What he actually desires is a true, more permanent happiness one that is not dependent on pleasures.

What is this true happiness that one is seeking? To put it simply, it is nothing but peace of mind.

If true happiness cannot be found in the flow of life that alternates between pleasure and pain, then where is it to be found?

It is to be found in one's attitude to life. And one's attitude to life means one's attitude towards the 'other'. For daily living means 'my' relationship with the 'other', whoever the 'other' may be - parent, child, colleague, friend, or even a stranger. So what gives me peace of mind? I have peace of mind when my relationship with the 'other' is harmonious. And when is my relationship with others harmonious? It is when I am comfortable with myself and with others.