MUSINGS -10

PAIN   AND   SUFFERING   RELATE   TO   BODY   AND   MIND.   THEY   APPEAR   IN   THE   FIELD   OF   LIVING.   GOD-THOUGHT   IS   THE   BEST   REMEDY   TO   CURE   ALL   ILLS   IN   THE   LIVING   SPHERE.


IT   IS   NOT   WISE   TO   BELITTLE   LIVING;   AT   THE   SAME   TIME,   DON'T   HANG   ON   TO   LIVING   ALONE,   WITHOUT   REALIZING   'LIFE'   BEHIND   'LIVING'.


SPIRITUALISM   RELATES   TO   LIFE,   AND   MATERIALISM   RELATES   TO   LIVING.   THERE   SHOULD   BE   A   HARMONY   BETWEEN   THE   TWO.


OUTLIVE   DUALITY   IN   CONCEPTS.   DEVELOP   HOLISTIC   APPROACH   TO   OUTLIVE   THE   DUALITY.


SAMSKARA   AND   SAMSKRITHY   INDICATE   DESTINY   AND   DIVINE   GRACE   RESPECTIVELY.   SAMSKRITHY   IS   INTERWOVEN   IN   SAMSKARA.


SANYASA   IS   NOTHING   BUT   OUTLIVING  THE   SENSE   OF   'I AM THE INDIVIDUAL', AND  TO  REMAIN   AS   'I AM'.   SAINTHOOD   AND,   SAGE   ARE   DIFFERENT   EXPRESSIONS   OF   "I AM".


GET   RID   OF   EGO,   OUTGROW   THE   FEELING   OF   'I AM THE   INDIVIDUAL.   IDENTIFY   YOURSELF   WITH   "I AM"   WHERE   LIFE (I CONSCIOUSNESS)   AND   LIVING   (AM)   CO-EXIST   AS   'I AM'.


WITHOUT   " I "   THERE   IS   NO   INDEPENDENT   EXISTENCE   FOR   'AM'.   ' I ' IS   THE   OCEAN   OF   CONSCIOUSNESS   AND   'AM'   IS THE   GENTLE   WAVES   OF   LIVING.   IN  WAKING   AND  DREAM   STAGES,   BOTH   LIFE   AND   LIVING   EXPRESS   TOGETHER   AS   "I AM".   IN   DEEP   SLEEP,   IT   IS   DORMANT   ALTHOUGH   ' I'   CONTINUES   TO   EXIST.


'I AM'   IS  INQUIRING   'WHO   AM   I'. (  'SENSE   OF   EXISTENCE   INQUIRING   THE   "EXISTENCE").



'I  HAVE  INDIVIDUALITY' (EGO),   'I AM AN INDIVIDUAL'  (BODY-MIND-INTELLECT) 'I AM   THE  UNIVERSAL ,(I AM) -  ALL  THE   THREE,   FORM  THE   'LIVING' ASPECT.     ' I '  CONSCIOUSNESS'   IS  THE   'LIFE'  PRINCIPLE  PERMEATING    THE  INDIVIDUALITY, (EGO),  INDIVIDUAL(MIND),   AND   THE   UNIVERSE.


CONTROL  OF   PRANA   IS   'YOGA',   AND   CONTROL   OF   MIND   IS   GNANA.


SHIVA   AND   JEEVA   ARE   ONE   AND   THE   SAME   REALITY.     WHEN   ATTACHED   TO   KARMA,   IT   IS   JEEVA.   WHEN   NOT   BOUND,   IT   IS   SHIVA.


AHAMKARA,   A   FEELING   OF   'INDIVIDUALITY'   (FEELING   OF   DOER SHIP   AND   ENJOYER)   IS   THE   ROOT   CAUSE   OF   ALL   MISERIES.


"I AM",   AS   SUCH,   IS   A   UNIFIED   CONCEPT   EXPRESSING   HAPPINESS.   IT   IS   'VIDYA   MAYA'   NEXT   ONLY   TO   ISHWARA.   'I AM  AN   INDIVIDUAL'   'I   HAVE   INDIVIDUALITY'   AND   CONCEPTS   IN   DUALITY,   COME   UNDER    AVIDYA   MAYA..



THE   INQUIRY   'WHO   AM  I,   IMPLIES   'WHO   IS   THE   SOURCE   OF   I AM?'.    THIS   SHALL   LEAD   TO   'I '   WHICH   IS   'I-CONSCIOUSNESS'


AS   ALREADY   SAID,   ' I '   AND   'I AM'   EXIST   TOGETHER,   AS  ' LIFE   AND   LIVING',   LIKE   THE   OCEAN   AND   THE   GENTLE   WAVES   THEREON.





IN   EVERY   BREATH-IN   AND   BREATH-OUT,   IN   THE   WAKING   STAGE,   CONTEMPLATION   OF   LIFE   AND   LIVING   IS   POSSIBLE.      IN   DREAM   AND   IN   DEEP   SLEEP,   IT   IS NOT   POSSIBLE.


IT   IS   JEEVA  -   A   REFLECTION   OF   ATMA,   THAT   DEPARTS   ON   DEATH.   LIFE   HAS   NO   DEATH.


AHANTHAI,   MAMATHAI   AND   ABHIMANAM    ARE   TOGETHER  KNOWN   AS   AHAMKARA.


'DOER'   AND  ' ENJOYER'   SHOULD   BE   REPLACED   BY   MERE   DEEDS   AND       ENJOYMENT.   THIS   IS   THE   ANTI  DOTE   FOR   AHANTAI.    SACRIFICE,   IS   THE   ANTI  DOTE   FOR   MAMATHAI.     ABHIMANAM   SHALL      SUBSIDE   WHEN   THE   ABOVE   TWO   VIRTUES   SET   IN.


BRAHMA,   THE   CREATOR,   IS   A   SANKALPAM   OF   THE   REALITY,  (SUPREME)..


SAMSKARAM,   SAMSKRITHY,   SAMADARSANAM   AND   SAMARPANAM   ARE   THE    FOUR   MEMORABLE   TRUTHS.   SAMSKARAM   IS   DESTINY,   SAMSKRITHY   IS  THE DIVINE   FUNCTIONING,   IN   THE   FORM  OF   HUMAN   EFFORT'.   SAMADARSANA   IS  ' EQUANIMITY   OF   VISION'   ACQUIRED   THROUGH   WISDOM   KNOWLEDGE.   SAMARPANAM   IS    TRUST   AND   SURRENDER   TO   THE   ULTIMATE.





   



  

MUSINGS - 9 -

 INTEGRATE   'LIFE   AND   LIVING'   THROUGH   CONTEMPLATION.


THERE   IS   SUFFERING   WHEN   YOUR   MIND   IS   STRETCHED.   RELAX   THE   MIND;
ACCEPT   EVENTS   AS   THEY   COME.   DIVINE   GRACE   FUNCTIONS   IN   THE   RELAXED   MIND.

WHAT   WE   BREATHE   IN   IS   'SHIVA'   AND   WHAT   WE   BREATHE   OUT   IS   SHAKTHY.    ARDHANAREESWARA   IS   SYMBOLIC   OF   THE   UNITY   OF '  LIFE   AND  LIVING.


'I AM  AN  INDIVIDUAL'   IS   A   'SHRINKAGE'   OF   'I AM'. TO   THE   LEVEL   OF   'MIND'.   THE   FEELING   OF    'DOER   AND   ENJOYER'    IS   'EGO'.


DESIRE,   ACTION   AND   KNOWLEDGE   ARE    OF   THE   MIND  i.e.,   'I AM   THE   INDIVIDUAL'.


RELIGION   IS   THAT   OF   THE   MIND.


THERE   IS   NO    'INDIVIDUAL  JEEVA'   APART   FROM   'SHIVA'.


GOD,   WORLD   AND   SOUL   ARE   ONLY   CONCEPTS.


FROM   'INDIVIDUALITY'   TO   'I AM   THE   INDIVIDUAL',   FROM   THERE'   TO   'I AM',   AND   ULTIMATELY   TO   'I-CONSCIOUSNESS'.


' EXISTENCE'   AND  ' SENSE   OF   EXISTENCE'   ARE   EXPRESSED   TOGETHER.  .


SHED   THE   EGO   OF   'INDIVIDUALITY'.   JUST   'BE   AS    'I AM'  (   'I   CONSCIOUSNESS'   EXPRESSED   AS   'I  AM'.


ABSOLUTE   REMAINS,   AS   SUCH,   LIKE   THE   WATER   IN   THE   DEPTH.


LIFE   EXPRESSED   IN   'LIVING'   MEANS   'I  CONSCIOUSNESS'   EXPRESSED   AS   'I  AM'. 


FEEL   'LIFE'   IN   EVERY   CELL   OF   THE   BODY.



"I AM"   SHALL   LIFT   THE   INDIVIDUAL   FROM   THE   MENTAL   PRISON.


DO   NOT   ADD   MIND   TO   "I AM".   DO   NOT   ADD   'INDIVIDUALITY'   TO   THE   MIND.


ALL   THOUGHTS   IN   THE   MIND   ARE   BASED   ON   THE   BASIC   THOUGHT   'I AM   THE   BODY'.


'I AM  THE   BODY'   IS    THE   MICROCOSMIC   EXPRESSION,   AND   'I  AM'   IS  THE MACROCOSMIC   EXPRESSION,   OF   ONE   AND   THE   SAME    TRUTH.


BE   ONE   WITH   THE   OCEAN,   AND   EXPERIENCE   HAPPINESS,   OR   SUFFER   CONFINING   TO   THE   SHELL   OF   A   WAVE.


REMOVE  EGO  AND  MIND,  AND  REMAIN  AS  'I AM'.


PAIN   BRINGS   THE   BODY   TO   THE   FOREFRONT,   AND   'SUFFERING'   BRINGS   THE   MIND   TO   THE   FOREFRONT.


DO   AWAY   WITH   THE   EGO   OF   'DOER'   AND   'ENJOYER';   THEREAFTER,   ONLY   'DOING'   AND   'ENJOYMENT'   SHALL   REMAIN,   IN   THE   FIELD   OF   'KARMA'   .

,  YOU   OUTLIVE   THE   DUAL   CONCEPTS   OF   GOOD-BAD,   ATTRACTION    '-REPULSION   ETC.,   BY   DEVELOPING   'SAMADHARSANA'.  YOU   SHALL   EXPERIENCE   HAPPINESS.


EGO   IS   COMPARED   TO   A   SCULPTURE   ON   A   TEMPLE-TOWER,   ENTERTAINING   A   FEELING   THAT   IT   ONLY   HOLDS   THE   ENTIRE STRUCTURE  , ON   ITS   SHOULDERS.


NO   RELIGIOUS   RITES,   NO   PHILOSOPHY,   NO   SPIRITUALITY   IS   NEEDED;   SHED   THE   EGO,   EXPAND   THE   MIND   TO   COVER   THE   ENTIRE   COSMOS;   GOD   ENTERS   YOUR   HEART.   HAPPINESS   IS   FELT.   NO  NARROW   THOUGHTS,   NO   EMOTIONS,   NO   LIKES/DISLIKES,   NO   PLEASURE/PAIN.   LIVE   WITH   EQUANIMITY   OF   VISION   (SAMA DHARSANA)



NONE   CAN   ASPIRE   FOR   'SAMADHY',   SO   LONG   AS  THERE   IS   'SENSE   OF   EXISTENCE   (I AM)
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DESIRE   IS   THE   ROOT   CAUSE   OF   SUFFERING.   EVEN   OUR   VERY   COMING   INTO   EXISTENCE,   HAS   ITS   ORIGIN   IN   DESIRE.


'EVENNESS  OF VISION  ,IS   ANOTHER   NAME   FOR   HAPPINESS.


IN   MEDITATION,   THE   OBJECT   MEDITATED   UPON,   SHOULD   DISSOLVE,   ULTIMATELY.


DEEP   SLEEP   RESEMBLES   'MAHAMOWNAM'.




ALL   HAPPENINGS   ARE   A   MERE   PASSING   SHOW   BOUND   BY   'TIME'.


DISCIPLINE   YOUR   ACTION,   SPEECH   AND   THOUGHT.


DO   NOT   DIFFERENTIATE   LIFE   AND   LIVING.   THEY   ARE   OCEAN   OF   BLISS   AND   THE   GENTLE   WAVES   OF   LIVING.


THE   ENTIRE   COSMOS   IS     IN   CONSCIOUSNESS.


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MUSINGS 8

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GOD   IS   'EXISTENCE'.   'I-AM'   IS   'SENSE   OF   EXISTENCE',   AND   'I AM   AN   INDIVIDUAL'   IS   'MIND'.  


AN   ANALOGY:   WATER   IS   BRAHMAN.   OCEAN   IS   I-CONSCIOUSNESS.   THE   SEA   OF   WAVES   IS   "I-AM".   THE   INDIVIDUAL   WAVE   IS   'I-AM  AN  INDIVIDUAL'.


I-AM   EXPRESSES   CONCEPTS   IN   A   HOMOGENOUS   FORM.   INDIVIDUAL    (MIND)    SPLITS   THE   CONCEPTS,   ADDING   NAMES   AND   FORMS,   CAUSE   AND   EFFECT  AND   TIME  AND  SPACE. 


THE   INDIVIDUAL  MIND  SHOULD    ESTABLISH   IDENTITY INITIALLY,  WITH  'I AM',  AND     THROUGH   'I-AM',..WITH  I-CONSCIOUSNESS.


"I"   HAS   NO   CONCEPT   WHATSOEVER.   "I AM"   HAS   HOMOGENOUS   CONCEPTS.   "I AM AN INDIVIDUAL'  (MIND)    HAS   CONFLICTING   CONCEPTS.   "INDIVIDUALITY"   IS   EGOISTIC   FEELING   OF   'DOER SHIP   AND   'ENJOYER SHIP'    ENTERTAINED   BY   MIND.


OUTLIVE   'INDIVIDUALITY,   REPLACING   DOERSHIP   WITH   'DOING';   REPLACING   ENJOYERSHIP   WITH   'ENJOYMENT.    THEN,   YOU   COME   TO   THE   LEVEL   OF   'I AM AN  INDIVIDUAL'.   REALIZE  THE   ONENESS   OF   CONCEPTS   ENTERTAINED  BY  THE   'INDIVIDUAL',  AND  EXPERIENCE  THE  STAGE  OF   'I AM'.. 



RISE   ABOVE   THE   CONFLICTS   IN   THOUGHTS.   FEEL   HARMONY   AND   ONENESS   WITH  EVERY   INDIVIDUAL.   THIS   IS   THE   FIRST   STEP  FOR   AN   'INDIVIDUAL'   TO   BE   ONE   WITH   'I AM'.  .

PLURALITY   AND   DIVERSITY   RELATE   TO   INDIVIDUAL   MIND.   'ONENESS';   RELATES   TO   'I AM'.  ABSENCE   OF   CONCEPTS   ALTOGETHER,   RELATES   TO   "I-CONSCIOUSNESS".

REALITY   IS   IMMOVABLE   WHEREAS  MIND   WITH   THOUGHTS  AND   CONFLICTING   CONCEPTS,   MOVES  LIKES   FIERCE   WAVES   ON   THE   OCEAN   OF   CALMNESS.  RISE   ABOVE   THE   CONFLICTS   IN   THOUGHTS.   THE   FIERCENESS   OF   THE   WAVE   SHALL   COOL   DOWN.   YOU   SHALL  BE   ONE   WITH  THE   INNUMERABLE  WAVES   IN   GENTLE   MOVEMENT,   ON   THE   OCEAN.


ON  THE  SURFACE  OF  THE  OCEAN,  THERE   EXIST   INNUMERABLE   WAVES,   THE   MOVEMENT   OF   WHICH   IS   GENTLE.   THERE   IS   NO   SEPARATENESS   AMONG  WAVES.   A   HARMONY   IS   PRESENT   AMONG   THEM.   THIS   IS   TAKEN   AS   AN   ANALOGY   FOR   'I AM,    WHERE   CONCEPTS  HAVE   NO   CONFLICT,   AND   HAPPINESS   PREVAILS.


WHEN   WAVES   ARE   TURBULENT.   EACH   ONE   FEELS   AS   IF   IT  HAS   A   SEPARATE   IDENTITY   WITH   A   STRUCTURE   OF   NAME   AND   FORM ,   BIG   AND   SMALL.   THIS   ANALOGY   IS   TO   INDICATE   'I AM  AN   INDIVIDUAL'   WITH     CONCEPTS   'I'   AND   'YOU',   AND    VIEWING   EVERY   OBJECT   IN   DUAL   AND   CONFLICTING   NATURE.



LIFE   NEVER   UNDERGOES   AGING,  WHEREAS 'LIVING'  DOES.



DIVISION   WITHOUT   SEPARATENESS,  IS   THE   ULTIMATE   OF   THE  ' MIND'.   BEYOND   MIND   IS   THE   SENSE   OF   EXISTENCE,   WHERE  BOTH THE DIVISION AND SEPARATENESS ARE  ABSENT.


   'SENSE   OF   EXISTENCE'   (I AM)   EXPRESSES   HARMONY   AND   HAPPINESS.  

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'I AM'  DOES   NOT   MEAN   AN   INDIVIDUAL   WITH   SEPARATE   IDENTITY (FALSE   IDENTITY).  ' I AM   IS   A   HOMOGENOUS   CONCEPT   SIMILAR   TO   SEA   WITH   GENTLE   WAVES   MOVING   IN   HARMONY,   .   I AM   COMPRISES   THE   ENTIRE   COSMOS    IN   HARMONY.    THERE   MAY   BE   APPARENT   DIVISION,   BUT   NO   SEPARATENESS.




I AM   HAS   HAPPINESS   WHEREAS   I  AM  AN   INDIVIDUAL   IS   CAUGHT   IN   EMOTIONS   AND   LIKES/DISLIKES.


VIEW   CONCEPTS    WITH   SAMA-BHAVA,  ( EQUANIMITY   OF   VISION),   "SAMATWAM'  YOGA UCHYATHE' --B.GEETHA..


OUR   EXPERIENCE   IS   LIMITED   TO   TIME-SPACE,   CAUSE-EFFECT,   NAME-FORM,   AND   IT   CANNOT   REVEAL   REALITY   IN   ITS   FULLNESS.   REALITY   IS   BEYOND   ALL   THESE   PAIRS,   WHICH   CAN   BE   APPROACHED  ONLY   THROUGH   'INTUITION' .   INTUITION   IS   BEYOND   IMPULSE,  INSTINCT,   SENSES,   MIND   AND   INTELLECT.