Distaste for sense objects is Liberation; Passion for sense objects is bondage. Such indeed is knowledge. Now you do as you please.
~ Ashtavakra Gita, Chapter 15, Verse 2
Ashtavakra has used the word "Vishay" grossly translated into sense objects. The fields or objects of attraction of the mind is vishay. It is not limited to sense perceptions, but feelings and thinking.
Distaste for sense objects is Liberation.
Where does the interests of mind lies? What food it chews and relishes all the time?
Mind is a belly that is hungry always. It is never content. It is interested to posses objects of any kind, chew it and consume it. It thinks about the taste of food, nice words it heard and the pleasant experiences. It also thinks about the past unpleasant events the abuses, insults, criticism. It is captivated by the happenings within and around.
What happened in China? Who won in the president election? How much is the onion price today? What did they tell about me? Why could not I respond properly when my mother in law abused me? How to make banana pan cake? Which brand of mobile is the best?
Petty issues running in the head all the time.
The mind is constantly occupied with such occupation. It is obese of experiences, yet, the hunger is never satiated.
True Knowledge is understanding. When the mind understands that its hunger is unreal or nothing and no experience in the world is capable of fulfilling the hunger, it stops wandering. It becomes quiet without any effort. The disinterest that comes along with understanding is called "Vairaagyam", dispassion.
Dispassion is not a virtue to be acquired or cultivated, but the nature of one's Being.
Passion for objects of interest is bondage. Find out where your interest lies. Is it really your interest? Has it ever fulfilled? What is the compulsion to have them? Contemplate. This indeed is the knowledge. Now do as you please.
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