It's common for most minds being unwittingly attracted to and generate admiration towards others with certain qualities of names and forms that one desires, likes and agrees with, that inspires oneself in certain ways, that appears to be admirable and inspirational for oneself. Most minds also want to equip oneself with certain qualities of names and forms to be able to inspire others, that would attract admiration from others.
For the minds that are free from ignorance and egoism, there's neither admiration towards any qualities of names and forms that appear to be higher quality, superior, admirable or attractive, nor there's longing to be attracting admiration from others by possessing certain qualities of names and forms that appear to be higher quality, superior, admirable or attractive. Though without any intention, or expectation, or longing to make oneself being admirable or inspirational to attract any admiration from others, or to inspire anyone, one allows others to perceive and react towards oneself the way that they perceive and react.
Many people would think and believe and promote that if someone wants to be doing something in this world to make the world 'a better place', one should do one's best to be a highly admirable/inspirational person who can inspire and be admired by as many people as possible, in order to become 'an admirable leader' to be propagating one's vision to 'attract'/'recruit'/'leading' many people to also 'follow'/'adopt'/'practice'/'perform action according to' one's vision to make the world 'a better place'. As most people would be 'blindly' listening to and following those whom they admired or attracted to very much, regardless of whether it's something true, or not true.
In the path of yoga and Buddhism, it's not like that at all. In any circumstances, none should be encouraged to 'admire' anyone, to 'follow'/'adopt'/'practice'/'perform action according to' any teachings or visions from anyone who portrays certain qualities of names and forms that the mind desires, likes, and agrees with, that the mind admires or falls in love with, but everyone must investigate and inquire the truth of everything, including all the teachings of yoga and Buddhism, to attain self-realization, to free the mind from ignorance and the by-products of ignorance.
If the minds are free from ignorance and the by-products of ignorance through self-inquiry and self-realization by disciplining/purifying/silencing one's mind, then there's no need of anybody to be setting an intention/aspiration to be 'an admirable leader' to be attracting/recruiting/leading many others to 'follow'/'adopt'/'practice'/'perform action according to' a particular vision of making the world to be in a particular way that one desires, that one thinks and believes is 'the way to a better world', but without the need to be following any leaders, everyone who is free from ignorance will naturally stop generating unnecessary 'problems' or 'unrest' into the world, to be performing action, to live life, act and react selflessly in this world out of wisdom and compassion, without any intention, or aspiration, or desire, or ambition to make the world to be in any particular way, but allowing the world to be what it is, while accommodating and respecting everyone being what they are, having their own different ways of life/thinking/belief/practice/action/reaction.
It's never about training or being 'a leader with admirable charisma/quality' that would be 'attracting'/'recruiting'/'leading' many other people to be 'following'/'adopting'/'practicing'/'performing action according to' certain egoistic thinking and beliefs or visions about 'how the world should be like' and leading other people to be making the world to be 'the way that the mind thinks and believes how it should be', where there are many different egoistic thinking and beliefs or visions existing in the world that desire 'a world' that are very different from one another, where all kinds of corruptions, conflicts, clashes, discrimination, hatred, oppression, intrusion, violence and unrest exist due to different leaders desire/aspire to make the world to be the way that they think and believe how it should be, to be 'a world' that they desire.
"Even if all the leaders are taken out of the world now, the world will run on smoothly, probably more smoothly. Even if all the people retire into the forest, the world will go on." - Swami Sivananda
"Do not hoard disciples. Do not build ashrams." - Swami Sivananda
Siddhartha Gautama Buddha was never a 'leader' 'leading' a group of 'followers' who 'followed' his path, teachings, or disciplines. He taught, "Inquire the truth of everything. Discipline one's mind. Purify one's mind. Silent one's mind. Liberate one's mind from attachment. When there's attachment towards 'this worldly life existence', one is not a 'practitioner'. Do not blind-believing, blind-following, blind-preaching, blind-practicing, blind-agreeing/disagreeing."
Without 'leader', what is 'follower' or 'disciple', and vice versa?
For the minds that are free from ignorance and egoism, there's neither admiration towards any qualities of names and forms that appear to be higher quality, superior, admirable or attractive, nor there's longing to be attracting admiration from others by possessing certain qualities of names and forms that appear to be higher quality, superior, admirable or attractive. Though without any intention, or expectation, or longing to make oneself being admirable or inspirational to attract any admiration from others, or to inspire anyone, one allows others to perceive and react towards oneself the way that they perceive and react.
Many people would think and believe and promote that if someone wants to be doing something in this world to make the world 'a better place', one should do one's best to be a highly admirable/inspirational person who can inspire and be admired by as many people as possible, in order to become 'an admirable leader' to be propagating one's vision to 'attract'/'recruit'/'leading' many people to also 'follow'/'adopt'/'practice'/'perform action according to' one's vision to make the world 'a better place'. As most people would be 'blindly' listening to and following those whom they admired or attracted to very much, regardless of whether it's something true, or not true.
In the path of yoga and Buddhism, it's not like that at all. In any circumstances, none should be encouraged to 'admire' anyone, to 'follow'/'adopt'/'practice'/'perform action according to' any teachings or visions from anyone who portrays certain qualities of names and forms that the mind desires, likes, and agrees with, that the mind admires or falls in love with, but everyone must investigate and inquire the truth of everything, including all the teachings of yoga and Buddhism, to attain self-realization, to free the mind from ignorance and the by-products of ignorance.
If the minds are free from ignorance and the by-products of ignorance through self-inquiry and self-realization by disciplining/purifying/silencing one's mind, then there's no need of anybody to be setting an intention/aspiration to be 'an admirable leader' to be attracting/recruiting/leading many others to 'follow'/'adopt'/'practice'/'perform action according to' a particular vision of making the world to be in a particular way that one desires, that one thinks and believes is 'the way to a better world', but without the need to be following any leaders, everyone who is free from ignorance will naturally stop generating unnecessary 'problems' or 'unrest' into the world, to be performing action, to live life, act and react selflessly in this world out of wisdom and compassion, without any intention, or aspiration, or desire, or ambition to make the world to be in any particular way, but allowing the world to be what it is, while accommodating and respecting everyone being what they are, having their own different ways of life/thinking/belief/practice/action/reaction.
It's never about training or being 'a leader with admirable charisma/quality' that would be 'attracting'/'recruiting'/'leading' many other people to be 'following'/'adopting'/'practicing'/'performing action according to' certain egoistic thinking and beliefs or visions about 'how the world should be like' and leading other people to be making the world to be 'the way that the mind thinks and believes how it should be', where there are many different egoistic thinking and beliefs or visions existing in the world that desire 'a world' that are very different from one another, where all kinds of corruptions, conflicts, clashes, discrimination, hatred, oppression, intrusion, violence and unrest exist due to different leaders desire/aspire to make the world to be the way that they think and believe how it should be, to be 'a world' that they desire.
"Even if all the leaders are taken out of the world now, the world will run on smoothly, probably more smoothly. Even if all the people retire into the forest, the world will go on." - Swami Sivananda
"Do not hoard disciples. Do not build ashrams." - Swami Sivananda
Siddhartha Gautama Buddha was never a 'leader' 'leading' a group of 'followers' who 'followed' his path, teachings, or disciplines. He taught, "Inquire the truth of everything. Discipline one's mind. Purify one's mind. Silent one's mind. Liberate one's mind from attachment. When there's attachment towards 'this worldly life existence', one is not a 'practitioner'. Do not blind-believing, blind-following, blind-preaching, blind-practicing, blind-agreeing/disagreeing."
Without 'leader', what is 'follower' or 'disciple', and vice versa?
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