A sanyasi, a holy man, who travelled from place to place once found an unusual stone which he suspected was a diamond. So, he took it with him and at night slept under a tree in a small village. Early the next morning a villager came rushing to the spot where he lay and said that he had dreamed that a sanyasi possessed a precious stone and that he would give it to him.
“That is what I have,” said the sanyasi, “You may have it”. He handed the big diamond to the man. The villager couldn't believe his eyes. Being a jeweller, he immediately recognized the value of the stone. He happily took it home. But at night he couldn't rest and kept thinking while tossing and turning in bed.
The next morning, he rushed to the spot where he had found the sanyasi the previous day, but the holy man had gone. He ran in search of him and finally managed to track him down. Falling at his feet, he said "Take away this diamond. Give me, instead, the spiritual wealth that makes it possible for you to give this stone away".
We all know that it is neither cash nor kind that makes a man rich. More than this, it is the sense of contentment that enriches a man.
Freedom is a basic tenet of Indian Philosophy. The “competent student” (Adhikari), should feel an attitude not of criticism or curiosity, but of utter faith (Sraddha).
Mumukshutva is the ‘desire for release.’ The desire is for freeing, for liberation, to let go from encumbrance.
Different systems put forth this concept in different ways. The emotional intensity is expressed as ‘Samvega’ in the Yoga Sutras. We have mention of ‘Arta’ in the Gita besides ‘Jijnasu’, etc.
The real issue is that earlier development that occurs through rigorous discipline either formally imposed or self-directed become the real factor for the intensity of spiritual urge. Since many are not able to consciously generate such an urge, the matter remains relegated to fate. Though many claim the panacea is disinterestedness, etc. Technically, such disinterest is also a means and means have no precedence over a genuine urge which remains the highest motivating factor. The hurry in application of the means is seen in some. Such ones are the best students who have intense urge and the finest means and methods to reach spiritual ultimate. That is how we find so many divisions of the Adhikaris in earlier literature. In yoga also they talk of nine-fold division of the spiritual students.