Renunciation, What does it mean?

Removing the desire from YOU and THE SHADOW of yours — the World, your own Parachayi — to a distance for you to be able to WALK the path towards God and know your Inner Self.

Still didn’t get it right?

Okay, so imagine...

Whatever you are at present, you still get questions from your dear ones like, "Hey, why are you doing this? God hasn’t said this," etc. They all give you a million ideas about God or life, which they too simply do not know. Yet, they will try to bind you to the very life they are living up to their heart’s content, assuming that, "Yes, we do exist."

And you are always subject to their desires. They will seek your presence, your Samaya, your Swakriti on everything they do, for they will feel complete — just for that one thing: "He/She loves me, likes me."

It has always been such. See your own life. Have you ever tried to know yourself?
From the moment you wake up, you have been trained to wish "Good morning," to greet "Namaskara" to parents, or to say "Hi" to your friends. Everything you do is the result of training — just like a robot.

You yourself do not do anything as per what you inherently are. Even you do not know what worship truly is. You watch others doing a parikrama, lifting their hands in a gesture each time they see an idol of God. It doesn’t come from your antara (inner self); you are just so well-trained by observing others or experiencing their actions that you simply replicate it.

That is why, to remove all this garbage, you need solace. And for that, renunciation is mandatory — that’s the Prathama (first) step and the most crucial one.

Because the whole world will erupt like a volcano: "How can this person behave like this? How can his/her eyes, which once sought one glimpse of me, stay away or never stare at me with affection? Do I not exist for him/her? Don’t I have an Astisthva?"

And that is precisely what this operation is meant for — as given by every single Guru in all ages and every cycle.

Then they will put you in a web of conflicts, citing the rules of Dharma Niyamas that they have studied from the Vedas, Itihasa, or even the Sages’ vani. They will say, "Your Purushartha demands that you must fulfill all objectives towards your parents and your family."

But did your own parents ever explain why you were brought to this planet? They performed an act, and you are here. It is not as though you just dropped from the sky. So, this isn’t an awkward question; rather, it’s a very straightforward query. An act was performed, and you came into existence — but did that act have any objective?

Most people have no objective. They simply want someone to take care of them in their old age or to fulfill the desires they couldn’t achieve in their own lives. Their unfulfilled aspirations become the responsibility of their children.

Things are like this. In every maze they have created, there is no one original thought that gives rise to their desires and the Phalam (results) they obtain. They all have desires after desires.

When you first step onto the path of renunciation, you will face the biggest hurdle of your life — you won’t be allowed to do it.

So, whether you understood this or not, at some point, you will have to cut all the bindings upon yourself to be ready to WALK THE PATH.

That's why doing any sadhana for getting something isn't :) ....