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During a play, many scenes are presented on stage. Someone loses and someone wins. But the audience is not affected by the fortunes of the protagonists. This is how the samyakdrishti conceives real life - as a play in which he is merely the audience. There are many scenes enacted on the stage of life, some are favourable and others are unfavourable. But the samyakdrishti as audience is neither elated with joy nor despondent with sorrow upon seeing the various situations that develop on stage.
Thus, the samyakdrishti sees everything in the universe and categorises it in one of three categories: heya worthless, contemptible and pointless), gyneya {worth knowing well) and upaadeya {worth emulating
Samyaktva is like an ointment for the eyes because if it is applied, the darkness of ignorance is dispelled. The inner eyes are opened. This enables a person to truly see and understand his own qualities. Having done that, the person can enhance these qualities. Mithyaatva is a terrible disease. He who suffers from mithyaatva remains impervious to all spiritual knowledge, cannot be motivated towards renunciation or indifference to worldly desires and to sermons that could lead to his emancipation. But that soul shall remain indifferent to liberation.
He who suffers from mithyaatva shall never break through the cycle of transmigration irrespective of how strictly he follows the ascetic vows. Samyaktva is the only medicine for the ailment of transmigration. The attainment of samyak darshana {enlightened perception} by a person ensures that that person's gynaana {knowledge and chaaritra {conduct also become samyak {enlightened). Samyaktva works like an elixir. Once the seeker's perception becomes samyak, the seeker can ensure that his knowledge and conduct also become samyak and he attains liberation.
Samyaktva is the creed of consciousness. It is the religion of the soul. It is not the faith of the body or other material objects. A person may belong to any country, caste, class, religion or sect. All this has no connection with samyaktva. In order to attain samyaktva one must have firm conviction, spiritual strength, and deep unshakeable belief in the true nature of the soul, its attributes and intrinsic qualities.
No one can inherit samyaktva. A father may will his worldly property to his offspring. But he cannot grant his child samyaktva. For the son of a doctor to become a doctor, he shall have to study very hard and gain the degree on merit. Similarly, the son of a samyakdrishti shall have to make sincere and focused efforts in order to attain samyaktva for himself. He cannot inherit his father's samyaktva. Nor can samyaktva be bought with money. It is something that can only be attained through one's spiritual evolution.
Samyaktva is the supreme friend of the soul. Friend here means 'facilitator'. When the soul is curious about the journey of salvation, it is samyaktva that gives confidence to the soul to embark
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