The wisdom below tells us that ultimate bliss dawns on us only if we can free our-self from our ego, pretensions and the stored knowledge in our mind. It is our attitude of ‘I know’ that entraps us into a fixed mind-set and limits our ability to wonder, discover and be creative. The key to happiness is to ‘let go’ ourselves and do our tasks with humility and awareness.
“Music needs the hollowness of the flute; Letters, the blankness of the page; Light, the void called a window; Enlightenment, the absence of the self.” ~ Anon
Bansuri image source: Wiki
Lets remember that wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one’s awareness of one’s ignorance. Awareness is the key to happiness 🙂
Namaste
Breath of Joy 
Humility and awareness. Got it. Thanks for the gentle reminder. 🙂
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And thanks for appreciating. it’s a reminder to me too 🙂
Cheers!
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Reblogged this on sueshan123.
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Love to be happy and give a smile to a nice heart.
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That’s a beautiful thing to say! Thank you 🙏
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Thank you. Kind of you.
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I enjoy every visit to your blog. Thank you _/\_
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Your words mean a lot. Grateful. Likewise I find your blog very interesting. Thank you.
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Never could understand this Eastern religion’s absence of self. Why were we even born then? Why extract ourselves from the world when we were born into it for purpose. If it means the absence of selfishness replaced by selflessness then I get it. Deflate the ego and submit will to will of creator I understand.
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Dear Carl true the question why we are are born and what is the purpose of life is not easily answered – at-least not by me 🙂 I guess each one may seek and find his or her purpose eventually.
However what you say in your last two lines is exactly what is enshrined in the quote. To lead a life with a joyous and calm mind we need to free our-self of our ego.
Many thanks and regards.
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A beautiful post with a message we must implement in life. Lovely read! 🙂
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Oh I am so glad you liked the message.Trust you doing well. Best wishes always 🙂
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Wonderful. Losing our ego is the path to empathy and the music of our evolution.
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A warm welcome to you and thank you for your beautiful comment! You are a creative artist and your presence here is an honor! Kind regards!
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Thanks a lot for your coment in my blog. I love the music of the flute, I like your words…
I wish you a lovely week.
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Your poems are so enriching even after Google translation. Gracias for your return call!
Dilip
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I agree with you completely… great and deep thought expressed by so few words.. 🙂
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I am glad you liked it! Thanks and cheers 🙂
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Thank u sir for such a gr8 thought.. Leaving ego is the only difficult thing, once we understand this every problem is solved immediately..just letting go things is more imp…
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That’s a lovely response Nupoor! You are very right our ego is deeply embedded and for letting go our ego we need to practice humility and selflessness!
Trust you doing very well and happy. Be that way always 🙂
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Dilip, I love the quote. I agree that we can get in the way of our own learning and growth. There is nothing to fear and much to gain with a blank page waiting to be filled.
Blessings ~ Wendy ❀
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Well said Wendy it is only by removing the burden of ego, fear, jealousy and all such like negatives that joy, fulfillment and stillness can creep in.
Thank you for a beautiful comment! Blessing gratefully acknowledged!
Kindest regards.
Dilip
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So true, thank you for keeping it in the forefront of our minds. Warmly-Sheri
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So kind of you Sheri! I am glad you liked it.
Warm regards.
Dilip
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What a beautifully profound saying!!! Thank you for sharing Dilip.
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Thanks Madhu kind of you! Best wishes always.
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Just like fruit laden tree that bends low….wise words as reminders
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Nice one thank you! Regards.
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Very well said! We can excel only if we let go.
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Yes but its the letting go that is a challenge isn’t it? 🙂
Thanks for stopping by and cheers 🙂
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Lovely reminder for us all Dilip and Music makes me Happy! ,, I used to play the flute at school.. 😉 not very well I may add…. And thank you for your link to your other blog… loved browsing there… 🙂
_/\_ Namaste to you too 🙂
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_/\_ Namaste Sue – Ha Ha I copied that namaste sign from your 🙂
It’s so nice to play instruments or any kind of music. Its creative and calms the mind.
Oh I feel good when a fellow gardener visits and encourages us.Thank you so much.
P.S. I will be responding to your comments shortly.
Cheers to a lovely day 🙂
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yes, Anon makes a profound observation
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Yes the wisdom is profound. Thanks 🙂
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I am adding this to my list of favorite quotes ever Dilip! And your photo illustrates it beautifully. Great post!
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Oh wow Tina I am honored. It is indeed so gracious of you.
Cheers and have a lovely April.
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Nice conclusion – relating awareness to happiness.
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I am happy you think so too. Yet to reach a state of awareness is the constant challenge 🙂
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So right, happiness and healing come with self-awareness.
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Oh yes self-awareness makes our life meaningful 🙂
Thank you and best wishes to you.
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Dear Sir,
Does letting your ego, prior knowledge, inner turmoil go…can give inner peace & freedom??
Regards,
Swati (your student fromTasmac)
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Dear Swati I remember you very well. You were a very good student and I am sure you are doing very well 🙂
Ego becomes goes (becomes less) with humility and belief that whatever status and distinction we achieve is not due to our acquired knowledge and cleverness but because the Almighty (or cosmic energy) allows it happen.
Letting ego go is not easy but definitely possible. Many good things happen like we get less angry, we don’t hate others and so on. In management jargon we develop a higher EI.
Many good wishes you to be happy and joyful in life. Kind regards.
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A wonderful perspective capped with a music analogy. Cheers to your positive attitude and efforts!
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Hi Frank I’m so glad you liked the post. Have a lovely day 🙂
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Rain yesterday and much more overnight … but oh well, only a few more hours of it.
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Oh OK. Sending some sunny days from India 🙂
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After our horrendous winter, the rainy days don’t bother me. So much of life is relative to its point of comparison.
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Yes you’ve been through a trying winter so its OK to have rains. Global warming is causing drastic changes around the world.
Cheers 🙂
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Lovely post….the essence of life is in being a learner always. The more we learn, the more we realize that how less we know.
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Welcome to my blog. Oh yes to be a learner is the art of growing and gaining experience yet remaining young at heart.
Thank you and kind regards 🙂
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Your message speaks volume….and the quotation is like cherry on the cake….loved reading it…..All the best
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Glad you liked the post. Yes it does convey a lot.
Thanks Shelly.
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Awareness is the key to happiness
Very right dear Sir. If one is aware of own ignorance, one finds new avenues of knowledge.
It is like a cave which has been dark & discarded for years. But some explorer dares to walk in & lights a match stick .The darkness vanishes ; doesnot matter how long it existed.
This is awareness of ignorance. Leads one to better life, peace & happiness.
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Dear Suhas that’s a beautiful comment and very inspiring too. Very well said “the darkness vanishes; does not matter how long it existed”.
Thanks my friend 🙂
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This is the reason why we learn so much in so little time as a kid but hardly learn as an adult. Letting go of the “I know” attitude is the hardest thing in the world but the most rewarding as well. Thanks for helping to reinforce this thought 🙂
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Hi Shmruthi now that is a beautiful response. True just to words “Let go” yet so challenging 🙂
Thanks and best wishes always!
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So true that “wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one’s awareness of one’s ignorance”. Thanks for the reminder!
If the mind is already filled up with a sense of self-importance, how will it make room for any knowledge?
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Thanks Manju you are right we need to keep our mind empty to learn and grow. Thank you and regards 🙂
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Ego is neither good in the worldly relations nor with respect to spirituality.
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Hello Renu and welcome. And ego being so powerful cannot be tackled head-on with our mind. It may be necessary to practice meditative techniques and processes to make us realize the worthlessness of ego.
Thanks and have a lovely day. Cheers 🙂
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ah the enlightenment. so very evasive, I guess only those disciplined and selfless can attain that.
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Thanks Amira and good to see you after very long. You are right even if enlightenment may be far off being selfless will make the journey very joyful.
Cheers and best wishes always 🙂
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Very true fact dearest Dilip! Ego is not good for the soul!
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So kind of you dear Tazein to stop-by. You are right ego is self-destructive.
Many good wishes – be happy be joyful 🙂
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Couldn’t agree more! Awareness and acceptance of one’s ignorance is the first step towards acquiring knowledge and wisdom.
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Yes you are right. The prerequisite is to develop awareness and mindfulness.
Thanks and cheers 🙂
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It can be hard to free yourself of all of that, though. But when you look out at the stars, you can only think of how little we truly know, especially compared to all that is out there on a scale we cannot even begin to comprehend.
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It is very hard to free our minds. And that’s a nice exercise to look at the vastness of the sky and know how miniscule we are! Thanks Binky.
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Thank you for this, my dear Dilip. I think we should actually have this hang on a wall to read every morning when we wake up and at night just before we go to sleep, to always be reminded. Thank you! 🙂
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Oh dear Marina I am happily surprised and touched that you could make time to read this post. I feel the real challenge is being hollow and empty even when we are successful. But for you dear Marina success sits lightly on your shoulder.
Cheers and best wishes always 🙂
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Agree. A humble student is like a pot who can be filled with knowledge. An arrogant one is not likely to have space for knowledge to be poured in.
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Your right unless we are open we can never learn and grow! Thank you and have a lovely day 🙂
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I read somewhere that the flute is like a catalyst. It takes in sound waves, beautifies them multiple fold and emits out far better than the input.
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Wow I am sure it does! Thanks for this lovely input 🙂
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