Bhaya is fear and Nirbhaya is free from fear. Is Abhaya also being free from fear? No, even though theses two words Nirbhaya and Abhaya sound to be the same there is a subtle difference.
Abhaya can
be taken as absence of fear. To explain it better let us suppose there is a
half cut trunk of a tree with protruding branches and it the dark it appears to
be like a ghost. A beam of light would dispel the fear as it brings out the
broken tree with branches to our mind. The act of beam of light was to give us
Nirbhaya fearlessness. It is a momentary experience to be fearful and free from
fear, they are like clouds covering the sun they appear and disappear. But a
person who is indifferent whether it is a ghost or anything else for that
matter he has got Abhayattva, state of acceptance.
Mind is
deluded to be afraid and removal of the fear is also an act of mind. Bhaya and
Nirbhaya are linked with fear and removal of fear but Abhaya is not linked to
either of them. It is a permanent state of fearlessness or could be considered
as state of acceptance. The person who has experienced this is aware of his
true nature and hence does not become a victim of fear. He is not aware of the
second apart from the one which he is aware.
Fear exists
in the thought of a second entity. Nirbhaya is linked with unity consciousness.
There is no skepticism in such a state of Advaita one is truly fearless. Fear
is there when our true identity is lost, when Absolute is forgotten and world
is felt, when there is desires and attachments, when there is need for
something, when we are deluded by objects that we perceive. There is
fearlessness when one is in the experience of true nature.
Once it so
happened that the Greek Emperor Alexander learnt that Sage Dandini who was
dwelling in forest was a great philosopher and wished to see him. He sent his
messenger to fetch the sage. The messenger went to the ashram, the sage was in
meditation.
The
messenger said, “O Sage Emperor Alexander, the son of the mighty God Zeus
commands your presence at his palace”.
The sage
remained in deep meditation and did not reply. Whereupon the messenger said
angrily, “The powerful warrior Alexander does not take any refusals kindly, if
you obey you will be rewarded if not your head will be cut off.”
Sage Dandini
was neither pleased nor panicked by this threatening invite.
He looked up
and said: “Tell your master the mighty son of Zeus that firstly all sons of
Zeus are my brothers and we are all equal in the eyes of Absolute. Secondly
since I am contented with what I have I do not require any rewards and thirdly
he can cut off my head, but will never be able to disturb the peace of my soul,
something which clearly Alexander does not have in spite of all his conquests.”
When Alexander, the great received this message he was amazed and his desire to
meet such a fearless Sage doubled and he came to Sage Dandini to learn the
secrets of Spirituality.
Absolute is
always there for us to protect and He protects all as His own offspring there
is no need to ask for His protection, all we need to do is to make ourselves
worthy and utilize His protection.
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