Kleshas! I love them cause I've been caught on every single one of these spiderwebs and for the most part, all it takes is realizing it to release myself out of their sticky trap.
Ignorance - misconception of reality. Believing the temporary to be eternal, the impure is the pure, and in scriptural terms, 'wo unto them who call good evil'...yup, ignorance...can rain on your parade every time.
I-am-ness - identifying ourselves with our ego. Creating a self-image that we believe is us, but it really isn't (yes, definite root in ignorance, but you see the different slant). This untrue image can include internal (I am messy) and external (I am a lazy person) false projections that trap us.
Attachment - attraction for things that bring satisfaction to oneself. Shop-aholics-R-us! The desire for pleasure rules and creates mindless actions and blind sighted vision. We can not conceive being happy without attaining what we desire. Even when attainment is obtained, the pleasure fades shortly and the cycle continues.
Repulsion - Opposite of attachment. I'll be happy when this ceases (rather than when I get it). I first learned about this one when loud landscaping machinery was operating while I was trying to eat a peaceful lunch and take a meditative walk by the river. Ha! Talk about your object lesson. If I cannot avoid what I do not like, then I will suffer until it is removed. Just thinking about unpleasantness will produce pain. Sounds like a Martyr's-R-us! I know because I founded the chain... ;)
Will to live - The deepest and most applicable Klesha, this one usually will remain intact until our last breathe. We know that death cometh, but the fear of it is embedded in the unconscious.
Seeing the Kleshas, acknowledging them is all the simple ones need to be released. Gross Kleshas are released with meditation, cleansing and seeking wisdom. Being free of the Kleshas allows us to see clearly, both our reality and our true nature in it.
Namaste.
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