MUSINGS - 7

MAN   IN   PEACE   IS   NOT   AT   ALL   CONCERNED   WITH   CONCEPTS   AND   EMOTIONS,   NOR   HE   FEELS   THEIR   PRESENCE,   RATHER   HE   HAS   OUTLIVED   THE   'SENSE   OF   EXISTENCE'.


MAN   IN   HAPPINESS   FEELS   THE   PRESENCE   OF   CONCEPTS;   BUT   HE   EXPERIENCES   HARMONY   IN   THEM.   HE   IS   LEAST   AFFECTED   BY   EMOTIONS.   MAN   IN   ENJOYMENT   HAS   CONCEPTS;   BUT   HE   FEELS   CONFLICTS.   HE   PREFERS   ONE   TO   THE   OTHER,   AND   IS   PREJUDICED   WITH   THOSE   CONCEPTS  WHICH   ARE  NOT   TO   HIS   LIKING.   FOR   HIM,   HAPPINESS  IS   AT   A   LONG   DISTANCE.   MAN   WITH   EMOTIONS,  EXPERIENCES   PLEASURE   AND   PAIN  ALTERNATELY.   HE   HAS   NEITHER   ENJOYMENT   NOR   HAPPINESS.


PLEASURE   RELATES  TO   AVIDYA;   ENJOYMENT   RELATES   TO   GNANA   AND   VIGNANA.   HAPPINESS   RELATES   TO   EQANIMITY   OF   VISION.

WHILE   RELIGION   IS   IN  THE   FIELD   OF   MIND,   PHILOSOPHY   IS   IN   THE   FIELD   OF   INTELLECT.   SPIRITUALITY   ABSORBS   BOTH,   AND   STANDS   ALOOF.   BEYOND   SPIRITUALITY   IS   THE   ABSOLUTE.


EXPAND   THE   MIND   TO   COVER   THE   ENTIRE   VISWAM.


MIND   IS   IN   GOD,   NOT   THAT   GOD   IS   CONFINED   TO   MIND.


AVOID   REGRETS   OF   THE   PAST,   ANXIETY   OF   THE   FUTURE   AND   EXCITEMENT   OF   THE   PRESENT.


RELATIONSHIP    AND   ATTACHMENT   ARE   'BHANDANA'   LORD   KRISHNA   HAS   ADVISED   HIS   PARENTS   "PUTRABHAVENA   SNEHAYAN,   AND   'BRAHMABHAVENA   CHINTHAYAN"


GNANA   HAS   THE  LIMITED   FUNCTION  OF   REMOVING   'BRAMAM'   (DECEPTION)   FROM   THE   MIND.    VIGNANA   HELPS   TO   CHOOSE   GOOD,   DHARMA  ETC.,  IN   PREFERENCE   TO   ADHARMA,   BAD   ETC.     'SAMGNANA'    (WISDOM   KNOWLEDGE)     VIEWS   ALL   CONCEPTS   WITH   A   UNIFIED   VISION   AS   A   'WITNESS',     OBSERVING  THE   CONCEPTS ,   AS   SUCH .    GOD   IS  PRAISED   AS     'SAKSHI   CHETHA  KEVALO   NIRGUNACHA.


NATURE   IS   'MANIFEST   GOD',   AND   GOD   IS   UNMANIFEST   NATURE.  (OSHO)




'GOODNESS'   DOES   NOT   FIGHT   FOR   THE   SAKE   OF   'FIGHTING'.   IT   FIGHTS     TO   PREVENT   'EVIL'.   THIS   IS   THE   TRUTH   BEHIND    'KURUKSHETRA   WAR'.


SRI   KRISHNA   STANDS   FOR   AN   INTEGRATED   LIFE,   VIEWING   LIFE   AND   LIVING   TOGETHER,   AND   AT   THE   SAME   TIME,   CONTEMPLATIVELY   AWARE   OF  THE   'ABSOLUTE'   BEHIND   LIFE   AND   LIVING.    KRISHNA   REPRESENTS   'SATYA'   AND   RAMA   REPRESENTS   'DHARMA'.





THERE   ARE   APPARENTLY   TWO   FORCES   REPRESENTING   'GOOD'   AND   'EVIL'.   SO   LONG   AS   THERE   IS   HARRMONY,   HAPPIN ESS   PREVAILS.    WHEN   THE   EVIL   FORCE   ATTEMPTS   TO    DOMINATE     THE   'GOOD',    'DHARMIC'   WAR    BECOMES   A   NECESSITY,


LORD   KRISHNA   IS   NOT   TO   BE   CONFINED   TO   OUR    CONCEPTS.   HE   IS   A   MIRROR,   AND   REMAINS   CLEAN   AND   SIMPLY   REFLECTS   CONCEPTS   WE   ENTERTAIN.


KRISHNA   AND   RADHA   ARE   NOT   TO   BE   SEEN   SEPARATE.   THEY   FORM   THE   DANCER   AND   DANCE.


KRISHNA   IS   COMPLETE,   ABSORBING   ALL   CONTRADICTORY   CONCEPTS   LIKE   GOOD/BAD,   SPIRIT/MATTER,   ATTRACTION/REPULSION,   SUBJECT/OBJECT,   MORAL/IMMORAL,   DHARMA/ADHARMA   ETC.,  ETC.


FREE  WILL   AND   PRARABDHA,   FUNCTION   SIMULTANEOUSLY.   SIMILAR   TO   THE   EXPRESSION   OF   PHOTONS  IN   THE   FORM   OF   'PARTICLE   AND   WAVE'.  WITH   THIS   CONCEPT   ONLY,   COULD   WE   EXPLAIN   THE   "EVOLUTION".


OF   'FATE   AND   FREE   WILL'   RAMANA   MAHARISHI'S   SAY   IS   WORTH   CONTEMPLATION.   "FIND   OUT   THE   'SOURCE'.   ONCE   YOU   REALIZE   THE   'SOURCE',   YOU   ARE   UNTOUCHED   BY   FATE   AND   FREE   WILL   TOO'


EVERYONE   OF   US   IS   IN   THE   BONDAGE   OF   'SENSE   OF   EXISTENCE'.   PROBABLY   SRI   KRISHNA'S   BIRTH   IN   THE   PRISION   SIGNIFY   THIS.


IN   A   NUMBER   OF   PLACES   IN   BHAGAVAD   GEETHA   KRISHNA   ADVICES   ARJUNA  TO   SURRENDER:    WHICH   MEANS   'SURRENDER   TO   I   CONSCIOUSNESS'.






SACRIFICING   SPIRIT   {YAGNA   BHAVAM)   IN   THOUGHT,   WORD   AND   DEED  IS   THE   KEY   WORD   OF   HINDU   CULTURE.   THROUGH   THIS,   THE   INDIVIDUAL'S   EGO   IS   ERADICATED.   THE   SENSE   OF   EXISTENCE   IS   REPLACED   BY   'EXISTENCE'.   'I  AM'   IS   REPLACED   BY   ' I '.   ACCUMULATED   KARMA   (PRARABDHA)   IS   SPENT   OUT   WITHOUT   CAUSING   REACTION.      'AAGAMI'   AND   SANCHITA   ARE    NO   MORE   THERE.   ONE   IS   RELEASED   FROM   THE   WHEEL   OF   BIRTH/DEATH,  WHEN   THE    BODY   FALLS   DOWN ,  AS   DESTINED   BY   PRARABDHA.



PRAYER   IS   DUALISTIC,   ATMA-ANUSANDANAM   IS   QUALIFIED   NONDUALISTIC   AND   ANUBOODHY   IS  NON-DUALISTIC.


KRISHNA   REPRESENTS   SATYA   AND   RAMA   REPRESENTS   DHARMA - TWO   ASPECTS   OF   THE   ABSOLUTE.   KRISHNA'S   CONCH   IS   'COSMIC  EGO'   'I-AM';   SUDHARSANA   IS   COSMIC   MIND;     SWORD   IS   COSMIC   INTELLIGENCE ;   GOBIES   AND   THOUSANDS   OF   OTHER   WOMEN -   NAY   THE   ENTIRE   COSMO,   HIS   SHADOW.   FLUTE- PLAYING   IS   THE   EXPRESSION   OF   HAPPINESS.   KRISHNA   IS   BEING   AND   RADHA   IS   'BECOMING'.


PRAYER   (IMAGINATION - 'BHAVAM'),   CONTEMPLATION   (UPASANA,  DHYANA) AND    AWARENESS   (ANUBOODHY)   COME   ONE   AFTER   THE   OTHER   IN   THE   SPIRITUAL   PROGRESS.


ONLY  THE   'DOER'  ASPECT  HAS   TO   GO.   THERE   IS   NO   CONTROL   OVER   THE   'DOING'   PART.   THE  TRUTH  THAT  BOTH  THE  DOINGS  AND  THE  DOER SHIP  ARE  RESULTED  BY THE   COSMIC  WILL  WHICH  IN  TURN  IS  ONLY  AN  APPEARANCE  ON  CONSCIOUS  WILL.  THE  ABSOLUTE  TRUTH  IS  THAT  THERE  IS  NEITHER  A  COSMIC  WILL  NOR  A  CONSCIOUS  WILL.


THE   PHENOMENAL   APPEARANCE   OF   THE   COSMOS   IS  ONLY   A   CONCEPT   OF   SUBJECT--OBJECT.  TIME-SPACE,   NAME-FORM,   SPIRIT-MATTER   AND   WHAT   NOT   WE   CONCEIVE.


WELCOME   DEATH   AS   A   CELEBRATION,   FOR   YOUR   JIVA   JOINS   THE   SOURCE   IN   DEATH.


KRISHNA   ACCEPTED   LIFE   AND   LIVING    TOGETHER   FOR   HE   IS   BEYOND   THE   APPRENTLY   DUAL   AND   CONTRADICTORY  CONCEPTS   OF   LIFE   ON   THE   ONE   HAND   AND   LIVING   ON   THE   OTHER.   HE   EMBRACED   BOTH.


TO   BE   ONE   WITH   GOD  -   SAYJYAM  -  ONE   SHOULD   BE   IN  ' EXISTENCE '  FORGETTING   THE   'SENSE   OF   EXISTENCE'.


SO   LONG   AS   THERE   IS   THOUGHT   ARISING  FROM   SENSE   OF   EXISTENCE    WITNESSING   AND   WITNESSED   SHALL   BE   THERE   SHADOWING   THE   WITNESS.   ERASE   THE   THOUGHTS   AND   CONTEMPLATIVELY   BE   AWARE   OF   'SAKSHI'   ALONE.   'WITNESS'   IS   'I-CONSCIOUSNESS.   BEYOND    IS   TRUTH   ABSOLUTE   WHICH   IS   NEITHER   WITNESS,   NOR   WITNESSING   NOR   WITNESSED.



WHAT   IS   NEEDED   IS   'INTEGRATED   VISION'.


LIFE   AS   WELL   AS   IT'S   EXPRESSION   ARE   INDIVISABLE.   TO   THE   EXTENT   WE   DIVIDE   THEM  AND   VIEW   'LIVING'   IN   FRAGMENTS,   OUR   HAPPINESS   IS   DISTURBED.   ONE   CANNOT   DIVIDE   LIFE   AND   LIVING.   THEY   SHOULD   BE   CONTEMPLATED   UPON   TOGETHER   AS   THE   EXPRESSION   OF   ONE   TRUTH.   WAVES   ARE   IN DIVISABLE.   CONTEMPLATE   THEIR   UNITY   IN  OCEAN


'STHITHAPRAGNA'   IS   CONSCIOUSNESS,   AND   HAPPINESS   IS   THE   EXPRESSION   OF   CONSCIOUSNESS.





FIRE   ELEMENT   ALWAYS   HAS   IT'S   PATH   UPWARD.   RIVER   ALWAYS   ENDS   UP   ITS   JOURNEY  IN   THE   OCEAN. THE   NATURE   OF  ELEMENTS   DOES   NOT   DIFFER   FROM   NATION   TO   NATION.



DOING   SHALL  CONTINUE   WHETHER   WE   LIKE   IT   OR   NOT  WHEREAS   DOER-SHIP   IS   GUIDED   BY   'SAMSKRITHY'  A   DIVINE   GRACE -   SOMETIMES   INTERPRETED   AS   FREE   WILL.


LOGIC   IS   GOOD   ENOUGH   TO   DISPROVE   THE   TRUTH;   BUT   TRUST   IS   NEEDED   TO   ESTABLISH   IT.


ROPE   AND   SNAKE   CAN   BE   IGNORED   AS   PRIMARY   AND   SECONDARY   ILLUSIONS;   BUT   THE   VERY   EXISTENCE   OF   THE   PERSON   WHO   HAS   EXPERIENCED  THE   ILLUSION   CANNOT   BE   IGNORED.  


ONE   HAS   TO   PUT   AN   END   TO   ALL   KNOWLEDGE   OBTAINED   THROUGH   READING   AND   HEARING.   WHAT   REMAINS   THEREAFTER,   IS   PURE   KNOWLEDGE   AS  'EXISTENCE',  AND   PURE   HAPPINESS.


EACH   ONE   REVEALS   TRUTH   HIS   OWN   WAY. THERE   IS   NO   NEED   TO   DEPEND  ON   ANY   PARTICULAR   SCRIPTURE.   BUDDHA,   MAHAVIRA,   JESUS   AND   MOHAMMED   WOULD   NOT   HAVE   COME   HAD   THEY  STRICTLY  FOLLOWED   THE   THEN   EXISTING    SCRIPTURE.


IT   APPEARS   THAT   TRUTH   AND   REALITY   ARE   'I '   AND   ' I AM '   WHEREAS,  ABSOLUTE   TRUTH   IS   ' SILENCE '.


NON-ATTACHMENT   IS   'ACCEPTANCE'   OF   BOTH   THE   POLES   OF   LIFE   AND   LIVING   AND  NOT   ATTACHMENT   TO   ONE    SIDE   IN   PREFERENCE   TO   THE   OTHER.


ATTACHMENT   AND   DETACHMENT   ARE   TWO   SIDES   OF   ONE   AND   THE   SAME   TRUTH.   DETACHED   ATTACHMENT  IS  THE   PRACTICAL   APPROACH   TO   'TRUTH'.


ANASAKTHY   IS   NEITHER   ATTACHMENT   NOR   DETACHMENT.   "IT   IS   THE   BASE   LINE   OF   THE   TRANGLE'   IN   THE   LANGUAGE   OF   OSHO.











 

MUSINGS - 6

                                                       MUSINGS -6
 
'BRAMAM'   (DELUSION  OF  VIEWING   ONE  FOR  THE  OTHER,    AS   IN   THE   CASE  OF  'ROPE   AND   SNAKE')   IS   REMOVED   BY   GAINING   KNOWLEDGE   OF  THE  ROPE.    BOTH  THE  SNAKE  AND  ROPE       ARE   ONLY   CONCEPTS.    ROPE   IS    'PRIMARY   ILLUSION',   AND   SNAKE   IS  'SECONDARY   ILLUSION'.   BOTH  THE  ILLUSIONS   COME  UNDER  THE  CATEGORY  OF ' AVIDYA'MAYA'..


WHILE   THE    'SENSE   OF   EXISTENCE'     (I-AM)  IS   'VIDYA-MAYA,   'I   AM   AN   INDIVIDUAL'   'I   HAVE   INDIVIDUALITY'     ARE    'AVIDYA-MAYA'.   'AVIDYA   MAYA'     REFLECTS   MITYA   (ILLUSION)   AND   'BRAMAM'  (DELUSION).


A   NEW   BORN   CHILD     EXHIBITES   ONLY   A   'SENSE   OF   EXISTENCE'.  THE   CHILD   IS   FREE   OF   CONCEPTS.   THE   CHILD   CANNOT  DIFFERENTIATE  A   SNAKE   AND   A  ROPE.


ONE   WHO   HAS   GAINED   WISDOM-KNOWLEDGE   NEVER   SEES   A   NON-SELF   IN   THE   'OBJECTIVE   WORLD.   HE   EXPERIENCES   'SELF'   WITHIN   AND   WITHOUT.


HAPPINESS   IS   GAINED   THROUGH   'WISDOM   KNOWLEDGE'.


WISDOM   KNOWLEDGE  IS   ABOVE   MENTAL   ACCOMPLISHMENTS,  INTELLECTUAL   UNDERSTANDING   AND   PHILOSOPHICAL   CONCLUSIONS.   WISDOM   KNOWLEDGE   DAWNS  IN  A  MAN  THROUGH   ,DIVINE   GRACE.


PRAYER   TO   GOD  MAY   APPEAR   SELFISH   IN   THE  BEGINNING.   YET  THE   PRAYERS   NOT   ONLY   FULFILL  THE  DESIRES   BUT   ALSO   PURIFY   THE   MIND,  PRAYER   IN   DUE   COURSE   TURNS   INTO  DEVOTION   AND   SURRENDER .   AS  THE   DEVOTION   GROWS   IN   INTENSITY,  THE   DEVOTEE   DESIRES   NOTHING   OTHER   THAN   GOD.

MIND   IS  THE   PRIMARY   ILLUSION   AND   CONCEPTS  ARE   SECONDARY   ILLUSION.


ABSOLUTE   IS   SILENCE.   LIFE   IS   THE   EXPRESSION   OF   THE   ABSOLUTE.   'LIVING'  IS   THE   APPEARANCE   ON   'LIFE'.


LIFE   IS   EXISTENCE   AND   LIVING   IS   THE   SENSE   OF   EXISTENCE.


SENSE   OF   EXISTENCE   ALONE   IS   ABSENT   IN   DEEP   SLEEP.   LIFE   CONTINUES   TO   EXIST   IN   DEEP   SLEEP.


THOUGHTS   ARISE   FROM  ' LIVING'.   THOUGHTS   MOVE   FAST   AND   SIGZAG   HORIZONTALLY.   THEY   TRAVEL   SLOW   AND   STEADY   VERTICALLY.


LIFE   IS   PERCEIVED   THROUGH   THE   MEDIUM   OF   LIVING.


LIFE   AND   LIVING   EXIST   TOGETHER   SO   LONG   AS   LIFE   WILLS   IT   SO.


LIVING   BRINGS   IN   CONCEPTS   IN   THE   FORM   OF   THOUGHTS.


WORLD   IS   KNIT   BY   KARMA,   AND   INDIVIDUAL'S   KARMA   IS   A   PART   OF   IT.


KARMA-FIELD   AS   A  WHOLE   IS   FREE.   EVERY   PART   OF   IT ,  HOWEVER,   IS   WELL   DETERMINED.


COMPASSION   OF   BUDDHISM,   LOVE   OF   CHRISTIANITY   AND   SACRIFICING   SPIRIT   OF   VEDIC   CULTURE   COMPLEMENT   EACH   OTHER   FOR   SACRIFICING   SELF-INTEREST  TO   THE   EXPANDED   SELF.


FAITH   OF   THE   MIND,   REASONING   OF   THE   INTELLECT   AND   TRUST   OF   THE   HEART,   COMPLEMENT   EACH   OTHER.


SPIRITUALITY   IS   THE   LIFE   OF   RELIGION.


TO   BE   RELIGIOUS   IS   TO   KNOW   THYSELF.


BLISS   CANNOT   BE   EXPERIENCED.   BLISS   IS.


COSMIC   EGO   PASSES   THROUGH   WAKING/DREEM/DEEPSLEEP.   CONSCIOUSNESS   IS   THE  AXIS.


INFINITE   HAS   NEITHER   SPACE/TIME,   NOR   NAME/FORM.


THOUGHTS ,  LANGUAGE   AND   KARMA   REVEAL   ONLY   PARTIAL   TRUTH.


CONSCIOUSNESS   DOES   NOT   COME   OUT   OF   COSMOS;   COSMOS   COMES   OUT   OF   IT.


SURRENDER  ' SENSE   OF   SEPARATENESS'   TO 'REALITY'   AND   BE   ONE    WITH REALITY.


KNOWLEDGE   BRIDGES   KNOWER    AND   THE    KNOWN.


MIND   IS   NOT   A   PROBLEM   WHEN   THERE   IS   ONLY   GOD   THOUGHT.


BREATHE   IN   LIFE   FROM   THE   'INFINITY'   AND    BREATH   OUT   LIVING.   THIS   IS   PRANAYAMA.


LIFE   IS DANCER   AND   LIVING   IS DANCING.


LIFE   ABSORBS   NOTHINGNESS   OF   THE   DEEP   SLEEP,   AND   EVERYTHING   OF   THE   WAKING   STAGE.


SPIRITUALITY   ABSORBS   RELIGION,   AS   WELL   AS,  ATHEISM,   FOR,  BOTH  RELIGION  AND  ATHEISM  ARE  ONLY  CONCEPTS. 


MEDITATION   IS    FINE   TUNING   OFTHE   MIND.


PEACE   EXPRESSES   CALMNESS   AND   NOT   THE   OTHER   WAY.


BLISS IS 'ABSOLUTE', PEACE   IS   DIVINE,  HAPPINESS   IS    HUMANE.  PLEASURE   IS    COUNTERFEIT   OF   HAPPINESS.


PEACE   ENTERS   YOU   WHEN   YOU   STOP   CHASING   IT.

 
STOP   STIRRING   THE   MIND.   MIND   SETTLES   DOWN   ON ITS   OWN.
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WATER,OCEAN  AND  WAVES  LOOK   DIFFERENT  WHEN  VIEWED  IN  ISOLATION.


ABSOLUTE  EXPRESSES  DIVINE  AND  COSMOS  IS  AN  APPEARANCE  OF  DIVINE.


ATHMA- VICHARAM   IS NEITHER  MENTAL  NOR  INTELLECTUAL  EXERCISE.
ATHMA-VICHARAM   IS CONTEMPLATIVE  AWARENESS  DEEP  WITHIN.


GNANA  HAS  THE  LIMITED  FUNCTION  OF  REVEALING  REALITY  IN  REFLECTION,LIKE  A  MIRROR.


AGNANA  WITH  DIRT  AND  DUST  CAUSES  DISTORTED  REFLECTION.


REFLECTIONS  ARE  NOT  REALITY.


SPIRITUALITY  IS  FREE  OF  CONCEPTUAL  CONTRADICTIONS,   UNLIKE  RELIGIONS  AND  ATHEISM


BY THE GRACE OF GOD(IF IT IS HIS WILL):
AVOID CONCEPTS

AVOID  JUDGE MENTAL ATTITUDE .

LEARN  TO  ACCEPT  EVENTS  AS  THEY  COME.

GET  RID  OF  SENSE  OF  INDIVIDUALITY.

GET  RID  OF  DOER SHIP.


BE   COMFORTABLE   WITH   YOURSELF   AND   PEOPLE   AROUND.


FILL  IN  THE  MIND   WITH   GOD-THOUGHT.    BE   A  WITNESS   TO   THE   FUNCTIONING   OF   THE   MANIFESTATION.


REALIZE   THAT   YOU   ARE   BEING   LIVED.


LIFE   IS   A   MYSTERY,   NOT   A   PROBLEM,


UNDERSTAND   THAT   GOD   BESTOWS   WHAT   YOU   DESERVE,   AND   NOT   WHAT   YOU   DESIRE,


EVENTS   HAPPEN   AS   THEY   SHOULD,   AND   NOT   AS   WE   WISH.


PONDER   OVER   HOW   YOU   LOOKED   LIKE   BEFORE   YOUR   PARENTS   WERE   BORN.


BEING   HAS   ITS   EXPRESSION   IN   BECOMING,   AND   BECOMING   ATTAINS   FULFILLMENT   IN   BEING.


LIVE   AS   IF   YOU   ARE   ACTING,   AND   ACT   AS   IF   YOU   ARE   LIVING.


REALIZE   THAT   THE   WORLD   IS   UNREALLY   REAL,   AND   REALLY   UNREAL.


RESPOND   TO   SITUATIONS,   AND   DO   NOT   REACT.


EXPERIENCING   PEACE   AND   HARMONY   IS   THE   ENLIGHTENED   STATE.


BRAHMAN   IS   THE  ONLY   REALITY.


CONSCIOUSNESS    (ISHWARA)    IS   THE    EXPRESSION   OF   REALITY.


COSMOS   IS   THE   APPEARANCE   ON    CONSCIOUSNESS.


INDIVIDUAL   IS   THE   REFLECTION   OF   COSMOS.


INDIVIDUALITY   IS   THE   'DECEPTION'   OF   ASSUMING  INDEPENDENT  'DOER SHIP  AND  ' ENJOYERSHIP'


MAYA   IS   THE   ILLUSION   OF   MULTIPLICITY   IN   APPEARANCE  (COSMOS)


INTELLECTUAL   KNOWLEDGE   IS   THE   ANALYSIS   OF   CONCEPTS    IN   THEIR   MULTIPLICITY.


WISDOM   KNOWLEDGE   IS   THE   REALIZATION   OF  ' ONENESS'   UNDERLYING   THE   CONCEPTS   AND   EMOTIONS.


WISDOM   KNOWLEDGE   ENRICHES   INTELLECTUAL   KNOWLEDGE.


ONE   SHOULD   CONTEMPLATE   UPON   REALITY,   EXPRESSION,   APPEARANCE,   REFLECTION   AND   DECEPTION,   WITH   THE   ANALOGY   OF   WATER,   OCEAN   WAVES   AND   WAVELET,   AND   REALIZE   THE   NON-DUAL   REALITY.   PEACE   PREVAILS   ON   REALIZATION.


A   WAVELET   IN   THE   OCEAN   SHADOWED   BY    SELF-DECEPTION  ASSERTS  'I  AM  A  WAVELET'. ANOTHER   REALIZES   ' I  AM  WATER   REFLECTING   A   NAME   AND   FORM   IN   THE   VAST   OCEAN   OF   WAVES   AND   WAVELETS'.   ONE   SUFFERS   CHAOS,   AND   THE   OTHER   EXPERIENCES   HAPPINESS   OVER   THE   SAME   SITUATION.


I   IS   EXISTENCE;  I  AM   IS   SENSE  OF   EXISTENCE;   BEYOND   IS   ABSOLUTE...


I   IS   SHIVA,   I  AM   IS   SAKTHY,   BEYOND   IS   SADASHIVA.


I   IS   PURUSHA,   I  AM  IS   PRAKRITHY,   BEYOND   IS   PURUSHOTTAMA.


I   IS   GOD,   I  AM   IS   VISWAM,   BEYOND   IS    BRAHMAM.


I   IS   CONSCIOUSNESS,   I  AM   IS   COSMIC   EGO,     BEYOND   IS   AWARENESS.


I   IS PARAM ATMAN,   I  AM   IS   ATMAN AND   BEYOND   IS   BRAHMAM.


I   IS   OCEAN,   I  AM   IS   WAVES,   BEYOND   IS   WATER.


I   IS    DANCER,   I  AM   IS   DANCE,   BEYOND   IS   PERSON.


I   IS   SATYAM,   I  AM   IS   DHARMA,   BEYOND   IS   PARAM.


I  IS   DIVINE   TRUTH,   I  AM   IS   COSMIC   TRUTH,   BEYOND   IS   ABSOLUTE.
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I   IS   DAY-LIGHT   I  AM   IS   DAY   AND   NIGHT,   BEYOND   IS   LIGHT.


I   IS   KNOWER,   I  AM   IS   KNOWN   BEYOND   IS    KNOWLEDGE.


I   IS   AKSHARA,   I  AM   IS   KSHARA,   BEYOND   IS   PURUSHOTTAMA.


I   IS   KNOWER,   I  AM   IS   WITNESS;,   BEYOND   IS   SILENCE.


MEDITATION   IS   A   MENTAL   PROCESS.   IT   IS   NOT   AN   END   IN   ITSELF.


DURGA,   LAKSHMY   AND   SARASWATHY   REPRESENT   SAKTHY  -  DYNAMIC   ASPECT   OF   ENERGY.


MOTHER   OF   UNIVERSE   AND   FATHER   OF   HEAVEN   FORM   THE   ETERNAL   COUPLE  -  SAKTHY  AND  SHIVA,   IN   ONE   FORM   AS   ARDHANAREESWARA.


MAYA   HAS   ONLY   THAT   MUCH   VALUE   AS   THAT   OF   THE   SYMBOL   'X'   COMMONLY   USED   FOR   SOLVING   ARITHMATICAL   PROBLEMS.   THERE   IS   NO  NEED   OF   IT  ONCE   THE   PROBLEM   IS   SOLVED.   ALL   'APPEARANCES' SERVE   THE   PURPOSE   OF   'X',   AND   THEY   DISAPPEAR   WHEN   'REALITY'  IS   REVEALED.


WITNESSING   IS   THE   ART   OF   LIVING.   LIFE   WITNESSING   THE   LIVING   SIMILAR   TO   DANCER   WITNESSING   HIS   OWN   DANCE.   A   LIVING   WITHOUT   LIFE,   AND   A  DANCING   WITHOUT   DANCER   CANNOT   BE   IMAGINED.


SILENCE   IS   REALITY.   SILENCE   EXPRESSES   CONSCIOUSNESS.   SILENCE   IS   LIGHT,   AND   CONSCIOUSNESS   IS   DAY-LIGHT.


WE   ARE   BEING   LIVED,   AND   NOT   THAT   WE   ARE   LIVING.   WITH   THIS   UNDERSTANDING,   THERE   WONT   BE   A   GUILTY   FEELING   OR   DISAPPOINTMENT   OVER   THE   RESULT   OF   ACTION.


IN   THE   REALLY   UNREAL   WORLD   (A   DRAMA   STAGE)  THE   INDIVIDUAL   (ACTOR)  ENACTS   THE   ASSIGNED   ROLE,   LIFE-LIKE,   LEAST   MENTALLY  AFFECIED   BY   THE   EMOTIONS  HE   EXHIBITS.


COSMIC   WILLL   EXHIBITS   FREE-WILL   AND   FATE   IN   THE   INDIVIDUAL.   MAN'S   FREEDOM   OF   CHOICE   IS   A   DELUSION.



BEING   APPEARS   AS   BECOMING,   AND   BECOMING   ATTAINS   FULFILMENT   IN   BEING.   SAKTHY   ATTAINS   FULFILMENT   IN   SHIVA.   SHIVA   IS   DANCER,   AND   SAKTHY  IS   THE   DANCE.


FROM   SENSES   TO   MIND,   FROM  MIND   TO   INTELLECT,   AND   FROM   INTELLECT   TO   INSIGHT.  ( FROM   EMOTIONS   OF   PLEASURE/PAIN   TO   CONCEPTS   OF   LIKES/DISLIKES,   AND   FINALLY   TO WISDOM  KNOWLEDGE  EXPERIENCING  HAPPINESS.


BHAVAM   IS   MORE   IMPORTANT   THAN   THE   WORD   UTTERED.


WAKING   STAGE   DISPROVES   DREAM   CONSIDERING  IT   AS   A   DELUSION.   SIMILARLY,   SLEEP   IS   A   PROOF   THAT   WAKING   AND   DREAM   ARE   ILLUSION   AND   DELUSION.   LIFE   IS   A   PROOF   THAT   SLEEP,   WAKING   AND   DREAM   ARE   ONLY   APPEARANCE   AS   'LIVING' -  A   REFLECTION   OF   LIFE.   DEATH   IS   FINALLY   A   PROOF   THAT   LIVING   IS   ONLY   TEMPORAL   AND   LIFE   IS   ETERNAL.   ONLY   WAVES   DISAPPEAR,   OCEAN   WITH   WATER   CONTINUES   TO   EXIST.


DEHA-BHODAM   IS  CONFINED   TO   CONCEPTS;   DEHA=ABHIMANAM   BRINGS   IN   EMOTIONS.


WHEN   'I AM'   SHRINKS   IT   IS   EGO-I;   WHEN   I-AM   EXPANDS   IT   IS   PURE   CONSCIOUSNESS  -   PURE   " I ".


IN   'I AM'   WE   CAN   IMAGINE   BOTH   ' I '   AND   'I AM",   BOTH   'EXISTENCE'   AND   'SENSE   OF   EXISTENCE'.   IT   IS,   THEREFORE,   RECOMMENDED   TO   MEDITATE   ON   'I  AM'   WHICH   WOULD   ULTIMATELY   LEAD   TO   'PURE  ' I '.


IT   IS   NEITHER   EMOTIONAL   LIVING   NOR   INTELLECTUAL   LIVING,   IT   IS   WISDOM-LIVING   THAT   BRINGS   IN   HAPPINESS,   AND   LEAD   US   TO   PEACE.


VIHARA   BHAKTHY  (EMOTIONS   IN   FOREFRONT),   VICHARA   BHAKTHY   (INTELLECT   IN   FOREFRONT),   SAMARPANA   BHAKTHY   (ATTITUDE   OF   SURRENDER),   VIVEKA   BHAKTHY   (THROUGH   WISDOM   KNOWLEDGE) -  ALL   OF   THEM   COMPLEMENT   EACH   OTHER.


ONE   HAS   TO   CROSS   OVER   BOTH   'AVIDYA'   AND   'VIDYA'   IN  ORDER  TO  REALIZE   THE   ULTIMATE   TRUTH.


EFFORT   AND   GRACE   EMANATE   FROM   THE   TOTAL   CONSCIOUSNESS   AND   ACT   SIMILAR   TO   THE   FUNCTIONING   OF   WAVES   AND   PARTICLES   OF  'PHOTONS'.


ATMANUSANDANAM   IS   BHAKTHY  - ( SRI   SANKARA).;   FOR   THE   INTELLECTUALS   BHAKTHY   IS   GRACE,   FOR   THE   EMOTIONALS,   BHAKTHY   IS   AANANDAM,   FOR   KARMA-YOGIES,   BHAKTHY   IS   SERVICE.


GOD   IS   TO   BE   WORSHIPPED     NOT   OUT   OF   'BEETHY'   (FEAR)  BUT   SHOULD   BE   OUT   OF   'PREETHY'  (LOVE-PREMAM)


EVENTS,   AND   OUR   ATTITUDE  TOWARDS   EVENTS,   DIFFER   FROM   INDIVIDUAL   TO   INDIVIDUAL.   THE   LAW   BEHIND   IS   A   MYSTERY.


CONCEPTS  ,    IN   DUALITY,   ARE   ILLUSIONS,   AND   EMOTIONS   OF   PLEASURE   AND   PAIN   ARE   DELUSIONS   HAPPINESS   IS   THE   UNITARY   VISION   OF   CONCEPTS  AND    DEVOID   OF   EMOTIONS.


ALL   OUR   ACTIVITIES   CAN   BE   CATEGORIZED   INTO   THREE   DIVISIONS:   PLEASURE   OF   THE   SENSES,   ENJOYMENT   OF   THE   INTELLECT   AND   HAPPINESS  OF   THE  ' EQUANIMITY   OF   VISION'   ('SAMADARSANA);   PEACE   IS   BEYOND   AND   IS   THE   BASE.  



FAITH   COMES   FROM   THE   MIND,   BELIEF   COMES   FROM   THE   INTELLECT   AND   TRUST   COMES   FROM   INSIGHT.


BHAKTHY   IS   FINE   TUNING   OF   MIND   TOWARDS   THE   HIGHEST   VALUE,  CALL  IT  BY  ANY   NAME,  GOD,   CONSCIOUSNESS,  ABSOLUTE,   SUPREME,   AWARENESS  ETC. 


   













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