Tuesday, June 19, 2012

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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