Q: Is it possible for us the commoners to make relations with others on the basis of soul? If then how it can be achieved? Please explain.
ALOKDA: It is not about being common or uncommon since the soul is within all of us. Only in some people it is dormant whereas in others it is either awakened or close to its awakening.
Until the soul is awakened, it is good to regard all human relations as stamped with transience and imperfection so that we do not keep high expectations from people thereby creating needless stress upon them. Human relationships, like every other aspect of our human life should primarily be seen as a training ground for cultivating and harnessing the energy of Love within us. It should be seen as a field of experience through which we learn to love unselfishly, to give generously, to look upon all with benevolence, compassion and forgiveness. It is also a great opportunity to develop qualities of self-forgetfulness, tolerance, wideness in understanding and many other qualities that are helpful to walk on the path. One can discover different aspects of oneself through our relation with others since each provides us a mirror.
Going through life and relationships this way we become better equipped for discovering our soul. By learning to love selflessly, without expectations, unconditionally we eventually pass behind the human appearance and discover the principle of love that is found in the soul. In other words our relationships themselves become a path to the great discovery.
Of course once we discover the soul then things change. It is then and only then that some beautiful elements, some truth, some harmony and sweetness can be added to the story of human love. Otherwise even at best it remains woven on shaky grounds with storms and turbulences often round the corner, often ending in disappointments and frustrations. as long as love is rooted in the ego and desire self it remains uncertain and full of turbid mixtures. It is only what is rooted in the soul that can last and find true wings to uplift it from the earthly grounds to heavenly fields and ethereal skies.
Affectionately
Alok da
