Path to spiritual downfall
- काम – Desire. Is desire for something,
wanting something. Wanting to posses it
outside of one self..Desire make one blind to logic. This originates from one’s vasanas and is
from the senses. Its is bodily desire.
- क्रोध – Anger. When Kama is not fulfilled it
results in Krodha- anger. Anger has its
origin in kama. It
cannot exist independently. It is only the effect of which the cause is
kama/desire/expectation. Anger is a mental state.
- लोभ /मोह - Obsession. – Extreme desire, greed and infatuation. So much so that one losses control of reality. The object becomes more valuable than one self. Like the miser who will hold on to his money even if his wife and children are dying. He will even try take the money with him while dying.. Emotional attachment!
- स्मृति विनाश - Loss of Memory: When moha takes over one loses all memory of
what one has learned from knowledge and experience.
- बुद्धि विनाश - Loss of Intelligence: When memory is not
functioning, the ability to learn or process new information or surroundings is
also lost. Reasoning is lost. Decision
making is lost.. One gets scattered and dispelled.
- आत्म विनाश - Loss of Self- When intelligence is lost everything is lost. Human is lost. Life is lost.
