CONCEPTS ARE BROADLY CLASSIFIED AS POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, AND EMOTIONS ARE CLASSIFIED AS ATTRACTION AND REPULSION.
CONCEPTS FUNCTION AT THE INTELLECTUAL LEVEL, AND EMOTIONS FUNCTION AT THE MENTAL LEVEL.
SANKALPAM IS. CONCEPTS; VIKALPAM IS MISUNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPTS . SANKALPAM IS MITYA AND VIKALPAM IS 'BRAMAM'
SNAKE IS A CONCEPT; ROPE IS ANOTHER CONCEPT; IMAGINING THE ROPE AS SNAKE IS VIKALPAM.
RHYTHM, SATYAM AND PARAM INDICATE "I AM", " I " AND "BEYOND".
"I-CONSCIOUSNESS" IS "LIFE" THE FIRST EXPRESSION OF "ABSOLUTE".
I-CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE GOD-PRINCIPLE AS WELL AS ATMA.
THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE. BETWEEN ATMA AND GOD PRINCIPLE. ONE IS MICROCOSMIC AND THE OTHER IS MACROCOSMIC.
IN DEATH, THE 'LIVING' (JEEVA). DISINTEGRATES, AND "LIFE" (ATMA) CONTINUES TO EXIST.
WAVE, SEA OF WAVES AND OCEAN REPRESENT RESPECTIVELY I AM AN INDIVIDUAL, I- AM AND I CONSCIOUSNESS.
AHAMKARAM,
JEEVA TATWAM, ATMA TATWAM, ISHWARA TATWAM AND BRAHMA TATWAM. MEAN: FROM
INDIVIDUAL EGO TO INDIVIDUAl, FROM INDIVIDUAL TO I AM, FROM I AM TO "
I " AND FROM " I " TO THE ABSOLUTE.
HAPPINESS IS THE NATURE
OF "I AM", OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "LIVING" IN IT'S FULL EXPRESSION.
PEACE, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS THE BASIS FOR HAPPINESS. PEACE AND
HAPPINESS ARE THE ESSENCE OF LIFE AND LIVING. THEY ARE NOT TO BE
VIEWED. SEPARATELY. THEY FUNCTION SIMILAR TO OCEAN AND SEA OF GENTLE
WAVES.
ISHWARA AND ATMA ARE ONE AND THE SAME "I-CONSCIOUSNESS" -
ONE IN THE MACROCOSMIC SENSE AND THE OTHER IN THE MICROCOSMIC SENSE.
WHEN GOD IS VIEWED AS 'LIFE', THE ENTIRE COSMOS REPRESENTS "LIVING".
SIMILARLY, WHEN. ATMA IS CONSIDERED AS 'LIFE', JEEVA IS THE 'LIVING' ASPECT.
ATMA IS 'LIFE' AND JEEVA IS 'LIVING'.
AN INDIVIDUAL HAS BOTH THE ASPECTS OF LIFE AND LIVING.
'I AM AND I AM AN INDIVIDUAL'- ATMA AND JEEVA.
'EXISTENCE'
AND 'SENSE OF EXISTENCE' CANNOT BE SEPARATED. THEY EXIST TOGETHER
SIMILAR TO OCEAN AND SEA OF WAVES, SIMILAR TO DANCER AND DANCING,
SIMILAR TO SHIVA AND SIVAA.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ABSOLUTE. (BRAHMAM) AND GOD PRINCIPLE (I-CONSCIOUSNESS) IS SIMILAR TO 'LIGHT' AND 'DAY LIGHT').
BOTH
"ISHWARA CHAITANYAM" AND "ATMA CHAITANYAM" ARE ONE AND THE SAME "LIFE
PRINCIPLE..
ULTIMATELY,
BRAHMAM, ISHWARA AND ATMA ARE ONE AND THE SAME CHAITANYAM, AND THE
"INDIVIDUAL" IS AN APPEARANCE SIMILAR TO AN INDIVIDUAL WAVE,
PROJECTING B.M.I - KSHARA ASPECT.
ISHWARA IS PRAISED WITH THE EPHITHET "KSHARA-AKSHARA".(I AM AND " I ") "SENSE OF EXISTENCE" AND "EXISTENCE".
EXISTENCE
IS HIDDEN IN EVERY ANIMATE AND INANIMATE IN THE COSMOS, AND 'SENSE OF
EXISTENCE' IS THE EXPRESSION EXPLICIT IN CERTAIN CATEGORIES LIKE HUMAN
BEINGS, ANIMALS, BIRDS ,.
ATMANUSANDANAM MEANS "BE EVER AWARE OF GOD WITHIN". ATMANUSANDANAM IS "BHAKTHY" AS DEFINED BY SRI SANKARA.
" I " IS PEACE AND 'I AM' IS
HAPPINESS. ATMA IN EACH ONE OF US IS BOTH LIFE AND LIVING. "AM". HAS NO
INDEPENDENT EXISTENCE, WHEREAS " I " HAS.
ATMA IS BOTH LIFE AND LIVING . JEEVA IS CONFINED TO 'LIVING'. A HARMONIOUS LIVING EXPERIENCE HAPPINESS.
IN
DEATH JEEVA DISENGAGES FROM " B.M." AND DISSOLVES IN ATMA. ATMA HAS NO
DEATH. IT ABSORBS JEEVA - IT'S OWN REFLECTION, SIMILAR TO OCEAN
ABSORBING A WAVE.
.
CONSCIOUSNESS IS PEACE, I AM IS PEACE AND HAPPINESS. ' I AM AN
INDIVIDUAL WITH B.M.I' REFLECTS LIKES/DISLIKES,, PLEASURE/PAIN AND
ATTRACTION/REPULSION, WITH DUAL AND CONFLICTING CONCEPTS, AS
REFLECTION/DEFLECTION OF I AM.
" I " IS INHERENT IN I AM . " I "
IS 'PEACE'; (LIFE); I AM IS THE MEDUM FOR PEACE TO EXPRESS
'HAPPINESS' . I AM AN INDIVIDUAL BRINGS OUT DUAL AND CONFLICTING
CONCEPTS, EXPRESSING LIKES /DISLIKES, PLEASURE/PAIN AND ALL KINDS OF
ATTRACTION/REPULSION., AND A FEELING OF 'INDIVIDUALITY'.
WHAT
ONE SHOULD AIM AT, IS PEACE, PEACE, PEACE. AS LONG AS BODY LASTS,
ONE SHOULD ASPIRE FOR HAPPINESS, THROUGH RHYTHMIC LIVING, WIPING OUT
THE PLEASURE/PAIN, AND. LIKES/DISLIKES, FROM THE MIND.
THE
OCEAN AND THE SEA OF GENTLE WAVES CAN BE TAKEN AS AN ANALOGY OF " I
" AND "I AM" (LIFE AND RHYTHMIC LIVING, EXISTENCE AND SENSE OF
EXISTENCE). .
SAMSKRITHY
(DIVINE DIRECTION) IS COMPARABE TO A CART-DRIVER WHO CONSTANTLY
KEEP A WATCH ON THE MOVEMENTOF THE BULLOCKS, AND DRIVE THEM IN THE
PROPER DIRECTION. ON THE OTHER HAND SAMSKARAM IS THE MOVEMENT OF THE
BULLOCKS, BASED ON INSTINCTS. OCCASIONALLY, THE DRIVER USES THE WHIP
TOO, AS A PART OF HIS DIRECTION!
INTEGRATED VISION, UNIFIED
VISION, EQUANIMITY OF VISION ARE DIFFERENT TERMS TO EXPLAIN "SAMATWAM"
WHICH IS THE CORE OF SRI KRISHNA'S ADVICE IN BHAGAVAD GEETHA.
SAMATWAM, SAMADARSANAM, SAMGNANAM ARE SYNONYMS.
ONE
CAN ASPIRE TO GET OUT OF INDIVIDUALITY/INDIVIDUAL, AND REMAIN AS "I AM"
(RHYTHMIC LIVING EXPERIENCING PERFECT HAPPINESS). AT THIS STAGE,
DEHABHIMANAM SHALL BE REPLACED , AND ONLY DEHABHODAM SHALL REMAIN, WITH
MINIMUM KARMA AND MINIMUM POSSESSION, WITHOUT ANY ATTACHMENT, WHATSOEVER.
WITH THEM.
SAMADHY IS THE STAGE WHEN DEHABHODAM IS FINALLY DROPPED..
"LIFE" IS "ATMA" (EXISTENCE); "LIVING" IS "JEEVA" (SENSE OF EXISTENCE)
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DHARMA RELATES TO RHYTHMIC LIVING. THERE ARE VEDIC TEXTS IN THE FORM OF SUTRAS UNDER SRUTHY, AND SASTRAS UNDER SMRITHY .
,APASTHAMBA, BHODAYANA, GOWDHAMA AND VASISHTA HAVE AUTHORED SUTRAS. UNDER SRUTHY.
MANU, YAGNAVALKYA, NARADA, VISNU, KATYAYANA AND BRIHASPATHY ARE SAID TO BE AUTHORS OF SASTRAS UNDER SMRITHY.
DHARMA RELATES TO THE CONDUCT OF LIVING, SEPARATELY FOR EACH VARNA, AND ASRAMA.
IN
THE PRESENT AGE OF INTERMIXTURE OF VARNAS, THE VARNA-DHARMA HAS LOST
IMPORTANCE. SIMILARLY, WHEN OCCUPATION IS CHOSEN WITHOUT ANY
DISTINCTION OF VARNAS, THE DHARMA OF BRAHMIN COMMUNITY - LEARNING AND
TEACHING VEDAS - IS LOST.
COMPASSION, LOVE AND SACRIFICE ARE THE PRESENT-DAY DHARMA COMMON TO ALL VARNAS AND ASRAMAS.
VARNA
DHARMAS ARE RECEDING. ACHARAMS, LIKE SANDYAVANDANAM,
BRAHMA-YAGNAM,SAMIDHA DHANAM ETC., MEANT FOR BRAHMIN COMMUNITY, ARE PERFORMED IN A HAZZY WAY. SHODACHA
SAMSKARAMS LIKE NAMAKARANAM, UPANAYANAM, MARRIAGE,SEEMANTHAM , RITES IN
CONNECTION WITH DEATH ETC., ARE PERFORMED IN A HALF-HEARTED MANNER,
WHILE GIVING MORE IMPORTANCE TO THE POMP AND SHOW OF THE CEREMONY.
ALL
THESE RITES RELATE TO "LIVING" . RULES WERE CODIFIED AND WERE
RELEVANT TO THE PERIOD WHEN VARNAS WERE WELL COMPARTMENTALIZED
"LIVING.
('KSHARA'ASPECT OF THE 'REALITY) IS BOUND TO CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME,
WHEREAS "LIFE" (AKSHARA. ASPECT) REMAINS THE SAME FOR EVER.
IN THIS
CONTEXT ONLY, BHAKTHY IS BECOMING POPULAR. THIS BHAKTHY IS SPREADING
TO ALL COMMUNITIES, ALL. ASRAMAS, ALL VARNAS, AND IT HAS SPREAD IN
OTHER RELIGIONS AS WELL.
BHAKTHY IS EXPRESSED AT THE MENTAL
LEVAL, IN THE FORM OF BHAJANS ETC., AT THE INTELLECTUAL LEVEL IN
SATSANGH, AND AT THE WISDOM LEVEL IN THE FORM OF MEDITATION, UPASANA, ETC.,
FINALLY, BHAKTHY ATTAINS FULFILMENT IN 'REALISATION' WHERE BHAKTHA,
BHAKTHY AND BHAGAVAN BECOME ONE.
'BHAKTHY' IS THE PATH OF
SURRENDERING AND KNOWING. ALTERNATELY, ONE CAN TREAD THE PATH OF GNANA,
DOING TATWA-VICHARAM ETC., AND FINALLY LAND UP IN SURRENDERING .
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DEVI
IS IMAGINED IN THE SAHASRARAM AND SHIVA IS IMAGINED IN THE HEART
(HRIDAYAM) PROBABLY TO INDICATE CO-EXISTENCE OF "I AM". AND " I ".
DEVI IS. "SENSE OF EXISTENCE". WHILE SHIVA IS "EXISTENCE", DEVI. IS THE FIRST EXPRESSION OF SHIVA.
DEVI IS VIDYA MAYA; DEVI BRINGS OUT VISWAM - A UNIFIED CONCEPT - A HARMONIOUS VISION OF GENTLE WAVES.
AVIDYA
MAYA IS THE REFLECTION OF VIDYA MAYA, SPLITTING THE HARMONIOUS
CONCEPT, WITH NAME AND FORM, TIME AND SPACE AND CAUSE AND EFFECT.
DEVI
IS PRAISED "VIDYA-AVIDYA SWAROOPINI" - WHILE VIDYA BRINGS OUT
VISWAM, A HARMONIOUS CONCEPT, AVIDYA REFLECTS SPLIT CONCEPTS.
AVIDYA MAYA HAS TWO ASPECTS VIZ., MITYA AND BRAMAM WHICH MEAN ILLUSION AND DELUSION.
DHARMA
RELATES TO RHYTHMIC LIVING; SATYAM IS 'LIFE PRINCIPLE' WHICH IS THE
BASIS FOR 'LIVING'. 'KALAM', KARMAM' AND GUNAM FUNCTION AS THE FIELD
FOR 'LIVING', WHILE 'SATYAM' STANDS ALONE. SATYAM IS 'PRESENCE'
WHEREAS DHARMA IS CONNECTED WITH PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. DHARMA HAS
DUAL CONCEPTS - POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE. SATYAM IS BEYOND CONCEPTS.
RHYTHMIC LIVING BASED ON THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF DHARMA, LEADS TO HAPPINESS. SATYAM REPRESENTS "PEACE"
LIVING WITH THE QUALITIES OF LOVE, COMPASSION AND YAGNA (SACRIFICING SPIRIT) IS TERMED AS RHYTHMIC LIVING (DHARMIC LIVING)
BHAGAVATHAS
KINDLE YOUR EARNESTNESS TO FIND OUT 'REALITY'. ACHARYAS. LEAD YOU
TOWARDS DEVI, AND DEVI TAKES YOU TO "REALITY".
SALOKYAM, SAMEEPYAM, SAROOPYAM AND SAYOOJYAM ALSO. MEAN THE ABOVE SPIRITUAL PROGRESS.
OM
NAMO NARAYANAYA - THIS MAHAMANTRA IS THOUGHTFULLY COINED BY
SAND-WITCHING "NAMO" IN BETWEEN "OM" AND "NARAYANA". WHILE OM
REPRESENTS THE RELATIVE REALITY OF TRINITY GODS, NARAYANA REPRESENTS
ABSOLUTE REALITY . 'NAMO' MEANS SURRENDER OF 'INDIVIDUAL' TO BOTH
THE REALITIES.
INTELLIGENCE IS WISDOM KNOWLEDGE (DIVINE GRACE ), AND INTELLECT IS RATIONAL THINKING.
"I AM" (SENSE OF EXISTENCE) ONLY HAS PROJECTED DEVI WITH A NAME AND FORM. " I ", AS SUCH, IS NOT INVOLVED IN IT.
"I AM" REFLECTS "RHYTHMIC LIVING". "I-CONSCIOUSNESS" IS THE "LIFE
PRINCIPLE". LIFE AND LIVING EXIST TOGETHER LIKE THE OCEAN AND RHYTHMIC
WAVES THEREON.
RHYTHMIC LIVING MEANS LIVING WITH THE DHARMIC PRINCIPLES OF "COMPASSION", "LOVE" AND "SACRIFICE".
WITHOUT "LIFE" NO 'LIVING' CAN BE IMAGINED. AT THE SAME TIME, LIFE EXISTS INDEPENDENT OF 'LIVING' , AS EVIDENCED BY DEEP SLEEP.
IN DEATH TOO, ONLY THE 'LIVING' DISAPPEARS..
IN THE CONCEPT OF 'ATMA' AND 'JEEVA', THE FORMER IS "LIFE" AND THE LATTER IS LIVING.
"I-CONSCIOUSNESS" IS MACROCOSMIC AND ATMA IS MICROCOSMIC. BOTH REPRESENT "LIFE CONSCIOUSNESS".
"I
AM" IS 'CHIT'; "I AM" IS 'AANANDAM'; "I AM" IS "SAT"; I
AM HAS " I " IN IT. I AM IS SENSE OF EXISTENCE. I AM IS BREATHED OUT AS
HAPPINESS. I AM IS ANDHARYAMI.
DHARMIC LIVING IS AN ATTEMPT TO
DISCIPLINE THE OTHERWISE ARRHYTHMIC LIVING. LIVING IS ONLY A REFLECTION
OF LIFE. LIFE AND LIVING OPERATE SIMILAR TO OCEAN AND WAVES. WHEN THE
WAVES ARE TURBULENT AND FIERCE, IT IS ARRHYTHMIC LIVING.
SHIVA/MAHAVISHNU
REPRESENT CONSCIOUS ENERGY, DEVI (SAKTHY, MAHALAKSHMY) REPRESENT
COSMIC ENERGY COMBINED WITH CONSCIOUS ENERGY
BHAKTHY
IS THE PROCESS OF CONNECTING THE 'INDIVIDUAL' TO 'UNIVERSAL'. THE
PROCESS STARTS WITH FAITH, AND THROUGH BELIEF, CULMINATES IN TRUST.
MAN TALKING AND GOD LISTENING IS PRAYER: GOD TALKING AND MAN LISTENING IS MEDITATION. ( SWAMY SHANTANANDA PURI)
" I " EXPRESSES THROUGH "I AM"; I AM GETS FULFILLMENT IN " I ".
'I' IS THE ESSENCE OF "I AM".
THE MOMENT YOU COME TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE DREAMING, YOU SHALL WAKE UP. (NISARGADATTA)
YOUR DREAM IS UNREALLY REAL AND REALLY UNREAL.
'LIVING' HAS ONLY THAT MUCH REALITY AS THAT OF A DREAM.
WHO AM ' I '? THE VERY QUEST IS THROUGH 'I AM'!
POSSESSION
AND POSSESSIVENESS ARE DIFFERENT. WHILE POSSESSION COMES AND GOES IN
THE COURSE OF EVENTS, ON WHICH WE HAVE NO CONTROL, POSSESSIVENESS IS AN
ARTIFICIAL CREATION . THE FORMER HAS TO BE PUT UP WITH WHILE THE
LATER CAN BE AVOIDED THROUGH WISDOM KNOWLEDGE.
POSSESSIVENESS IS OTHERWISE TERMED AS EGO, INDIVIDUALITY AND SELFISHNESS.
"WHATEVER COMES, LET THAT COME; WHATEVER GOES, LET THAT GO.
I
AM, I AM AN INDIVIDUAL, I HAVE INDIVIDUALITY, POSSESSIVENESS INCLUDING
THE BODY, SO CALLED RELATIONS, FRIENDS, MATERIAL COMFORTS, ALL THESE ARE
ADDENDUM TO "I" - THE REALITY.
A SAINT HAS COMPARED "REALITY"
TO CONCENTRATED WHISKY (!!)WHICH CANNOT BE CONSUMED AS SUCH. SODA - A
SOFT DRINK - (ALL KINDS OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICES), IS NECESSARILY ADDED
TO MAKE THE DRINK ENJOYABLE!!
"I AM" IS AKSHARA AND "I AM SO
AND SO" IS KSHARA. BOTH AKSHARA AND KSHARA ABIDE IN "I CONSCIOUSNESS"
. BEYOND IS ABSOLUTE WHICH ABSORBS THE ABOVE SAID THREE ASPECTS .
STICK
ON TO "I AM" WITHOUT DILUTING THE SAME TO 'I AM AN INDIVIDUAL', AND
'INDIVIDUALITY'. 'I AM' SHALL IN DUE COURSE MERGE WITH
"I-CONSCIOUSNESS", AND ULTIMATELY BOTH SHALL REST IN "ABSOLUTE" - THE
GREAT SILENCE.
JEEVA REPRESENTS INDIVIDUAL,;
ATMA REPRESENTS "I AM"; PARAMATMA REPRESENTS GOD PRINCIPLE, AND
BRAHMAM REPRESENTS " ABSOLUTE" - ALL THESE ARE MERE CONCEPTS
ENTERTAINED BY 'I AM THE INDIVIDUAL'(JEEVA).
ATMA NEVER
ENTERTAINS DIFFERENT CONCEPTS SUCH AS TIME-SPACE, CAUSE-EFFECT,
NAME-FORM. .
JEEVA IS A REFLECTION OF ATMA ,
REFLECTING ANTHAKARANAM (MIND, INTELLECT, STORED VASANAS AND
INDIVIDUALITY). JEEVA HAS ITS JOURNEY THROUGH KALAM, KARMAM AND GUNAM.
EGO IS A DEFLECTION - A FEELING OF 'INDIVIDUALITY' - DOER SHIP, ENJOYER SHIP, ATTACHMENT TOWARDS BODY AND POSSESSOR SHIP.
SECLUDE
" I AM" BY EXCLUDING THOUGHTS. " I AM " SHALL IMMERSE IN " I ", IN
DUE COURSE; 'SENSE OF EXISTENCE' SHALL IMMERSE IN "EXISTENCE". TILL
THEN, REMAIN IN "I AM" WITHOUT ATTACHING MIND/THOUGHTS TO IT.
"I
AM" IS THE UNIFIED VISION OF "EXISTENCE". A NEW BORN CHILD IS THE
APPARENT MODEL OF "I AM". THE CHILD HAS NO CONCEPT OF TIME AND SPACE, NO
CONCEPT OF CAUSE AND EFFECT AND NO CONCEPT OF NAME AND FORM. THE
CHILD DOES
NOT EVEN DIFFERENTIATE THE ELEMENTS.
ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT 'LIVING' HAS ITS BASE IN 'LIFE'. THEY EXIST LIKE WAVES AND OCEAN.
OCEAN HAS MORE REALITY THAN THE WAVES. WAVES APPEAR AND DISAPPEAR; OCEAN REMAINS CONSTANT.
LIFE IS DIVINE GRACE - LIVING APPEARS ON IT AS IF A 'HUMAN EFFORT'.
WITHOUT LIFE WHERE IS LIVING? THE ULTIMATE TRUTH IS THAT BOTH THE OCEAN AND WAVES HAVE THEIR BASE IN "WATER".
APART
FROM WATER, OCEAN AND SEA OF WAVES, FURTHER DISSECTION AS INDIVIDUAL
WAVE AND STILL FURTHER ENTERTAINING A FEELING OF INDIVIDUALITY (EGO )
ONLY DISTURBS THE OTHERWISE PEACEFUL NATURE OF OCEAN AND THE HAPPINESS
IN THE COLLECTIVE WAVES.
IT IS SAID THAT "TUREEYA" IS 'I AM' AND
TUREEYADITA IS " I ", ALTHOUGH IN PRACTICE, BOTH TUREEYA AND
TUREEYADITA EXIST IN "I AM". THEREFORE, CONTEMPLATIVE AWARENESS RESTS
IN CONSTANT CONTEMPLATION OF "I AM".
SILENCE BRINGS OUT ONE'S INNER STRENGTH.
.
BHALYAM, PANDITHYAM, MOWNAM AND MAHAMOWNAM ARE RESPECTIVELY EMOTIONAL, RATIONAL, WISDOM KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWLEDGE (PRAGGNANAM).
AHIMSA , IN ITS TRUE MEANING , IS DHARMIC LIVING; KURUKSHETRA BATTLE ,IN THIS SENSE , WAS A 'DHARMIC WAR'
WHERE
KILLING WAS A NECESSARY EVIL. ULTIMATELY, THE KURUKSHETRA WAR WAS TO
DO AWAY WITH THE EVIL ELEMENT, AND ESTABLISH THE TRUTH THAT A HEALTHY
LIVING IS WHAT IS EXPECTED OF "LIFE". (AMPUTATION OF A PART OF A BODY IS
A MUST TO RESTORE A HEALTHY -DHARMIC- LIVING.)
DHARMIC WAR IS A WAR BETWEEN TWO VALUES VIZ. , ALTRUISM AND ATTAVISM.
DHARMAM IS DIFFERENT FROM ACHARAM . THAT WHICH HOLDS YOU, IS DHARMAM. THAT WHICH IS HELD BY YOU , IS ACHARAM..
ACHARAM SHOULD BE BASED ON DHARMA . THE BRAHMINS GIVING MORE VALUE TO ACHARAM IN PERFORMING THE YAGNA
THAN TO THE DHARMA OF FEEDING THE STARVING CHILDREN ( AN EPISODE IN SRIMAD BHAGAVADAM ), IS NOT A DESIRABLE ACT.
IN SHORT, RHYTHMIC LIVING IS DHARMA. ACHARAM MUST BE A TRUE EXPRESSION OF DHARMA, AND NOT A MERE REFLECTION.
WHILE ACHARAM IS A WAY OF LIVING BASED ON VARYING CULTURE, DHARMA IS THE 'ADHISHTANAM' FOR LIVING.
COMPASSION, LOVE. AND CHARITY. ARE THE THREE ESSENTIALS OF DHARMA.
MARRIAGE
IS A TRAP WHERE TWO INDIVIDUALS OF OPPOSITE SEX ARE CAUGHT AND
CHAINED BY THE SHACKLES OF INSTINCT AND EMOTION. WHEN VIEWED
DIFFERENTLY , WITH DIVINITY ATTACHED TO IT, MARRIAGE IS A
CELEBRATION OF 'I' ABSORBING 'I AM'. (LORD MAHESWARA AND DEVI )
DEHA
BHODAM AND DEHA ABHIMANAM ARE ABSENT IN DEEP SLEEP. AS WE WAKE UP, "I
AM" - DEHA BHODAM ARISE, FOLLOWED BY DEHA ABHIMANAM, THOUGHTS ETC.
BOTH THE 'KNOWER' AND THE 'KNOWN' ASPECTS ABIDE IN "KNOWLEDGE".
"SATYAM" IS BEYOND CONCEPT, AND OUR DESCRIBING IT AS PRAGNANAM AND AANANTHAM, IS BOUND BY CONCEPT.
SATYAM IS 'SILENCE', AND ANY CONCEPT OF IT IS ONLY A CREATION OF MIND.
DEVI
IS COSMIC EGO EXHIBITING BOTH VIDYA MAYA AND AVIDYA MAYA. WHILE
VIDYA MAYA BLESSES US WITH WISDOM KNOWLEDGE (SAMGNANAM), AVIDYA MAYA
REFLECTS ILLUSION (MITYA), WHICH IN TURN BRINGS OUT 'DELUSION'
(BRAMAM). WE ARE CAUGHT IN BOTH MITYA AND BRAMAM.
WHILE AVIDYA
MAYA BRINGS OUT DUAL/CONFLICTING CONCEPTS, VIDYA MAYA EXHIBITS.
HOMOGENEITY . (E.G., OCEAN WITH GENTLE MOVEMENT OF WAVES IN HOMOGENEITY
REPRESENTS VIDYA MAYA, AND CONFLICTING WAVES REPRESENT AVIDYA
MAYA).
ONLY WITH THE BLESSINGS OF DEVI, ONE CAN OUTLIVE
INDIVIDUALITY AND SENSE OF INDIVIDUAL ( BRAMAM AND MITYA), AND ATTAIN
WISDOM-KNOWLEDGE.
FROM DEEP SLEEP TO DREAM , FROM DREAM TO
THE WAKING, THUS GOES THE CREATION. SIMILARLY, FROM WAKING TO DREAM
AND FROM DREAM TO DEEP SLEEP, IS THE REVERSE PROCESS OF DISSOLUTION.
WHEN THE CYCLE OF EVOLUTION AND DISSOLUTION IS REPEATED, NATURALLY, THERE SHOULD BE A STATIONARY BASE FOR THE CYCLE.
'MANAM' (MIND WITH FULL OF THOUGHTS) SHOULD BE REPLACED BY 'MOWNAM' (SILENCE)
ATMA IS LIFE AND JEEVA IS LIVING. THEY EXIST TOGETHER IN "I AM".
PARAMATMA
, ANTHARATMA, JEEVATMA AND AHAMKARAM ARE THE DIFFERENT TERMS FOR
I-CONSCIOUSNESS, I-AM, I AM AN INDIVIDUAL AND INDIVIDUALITY.
EMOTION
AND RATIONAL THINKING, (MIND AND INTELLECT), HAVE THEIR BASE IN
INTELLIGENCE. MIND AND INTELLECT ARE COSMIC ENERGY, AND
INTELLIGENCE IS CONSCIOUS ENERGY.
BOTH THE COSMIC AND CONSCIOUS ENERGIES EMANATE FROM ABSOLUTE ENERGY
COSMIC ENERGY IS "LIVING" AND CONSCIOUS ENERGY IS "LIFE".
( GENTLE VIBRATION OF WAVES IS 'LIVING', AND THE OCEAN IS 'LIFE').
WE HAVE FREEDOM TO REGULATE OUR THOUGHTS.
IT IS INTELLECT THAT HELPS TO CONTROL THE EMOTIONAL THOUGHTS.
WISDOM KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPED THROUGH INTELLECT, HELPS TO OUTLIVE BOTH THE EMOTIONS AND INTELLECT.
WISDOM KNOWLEDGE , IS OTHERWISE , KNOWN AS "INTELLIGENCE.
SAMGNANAM, WISDOM KNOWLEDGE AND INTELLIGENCE ARE SYNONYMS.
PHYSICAL
EXISTENCE, EMOTIONAL EXISTENCE, RATIONAL EXISTENCE, WISDOM EXISTENCE
ARE THE STEPS IN THE LADDER OF SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION TO ARRIVE AT THE
" EXISTENCE" PURE.
IT IS ADVISABLE NOT TO LOAD THE MEMORY WITH
THE TERMS LIKE ABSOLUTE ENERGY, EXISTENCE, CONSCIOUSNESS, I AM,
I-CONSCIOUSNESS ETC. IT IS BETTER TO STICK ON TO RELIGIOUS TERMS LIKE
'BRAHMAM, PARAMATMA, ATMA, JEEVA, AHAMKARAM .
MEDITATE. ON
ATMA (ATMANUSANDANAM); ATMA AND PARAMATMA ARE ONE AND THE SAME. BOTH
ABIDE IN BRAHMAM. AT THE SAME TIME, JEEVA AND AHAMKARAM ARE REFLECTION
AND DEFLECTION OF ATMA
AASAKTHY, AGNANAM AND 'AHAM', IN DUE COURSE, TURN INTO BHAKTHY, GNANAM AND BHODAM.
IT
IS INTELLECT THAT KINDLES THE 'INTELLIGENCE' WHICH IS INHERENT IN EACH
ONE. THEREFORE, ONE HAS TO UPLIFT ONE'S OWN EMOTIONAL MIND TO
INTELLECTUAL MIND WHICH IN TURN LEADS TO 'WISDOM -KNOWLEDGE' AND
FINALLY TO "REALITY".
FROM EMOTION TO RATIONAL THINKING, FROM
THERE TO WISDOM KNOWLEDGE AND FINALLY TO INTELLIGENCE. AIMING AT
INTELLIGENCE, EMOTION SHOULD TURN INTO BHAKTHI YOGA, INTELLECT INTO
GNANA YOGA AND WISDOM KNOWLEDGE TO ENLIGHTENMENT. THIS IS TERMED AS
SPIRITUAL JOURNEY.
THERE IS A CONCEPT THAT WHEN THERE IS NO
SENSE OF EXISTENCE., AWARENESS COMES TO THE FOREFRONT. IN DEEP SLEEP,
ALTHOUGH, THE SENSE OF EXISTENCE IS ABSENT, IT IS A TEMPORARY
PHENOMENON, SIMILAR TO APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF WAVES ON THE
OCEAN, FOR THE TIME BEING.
"I AM", NEVER PRESENTS ITSELF,
ALONE. IMMEDIATELY, ON APPEARANCE, 'I AM' STARTS REFLECTING,
SPACE-TIME, NAME-FORM, CAUSE-EFFECT AND ALL CONCEPTS, EMOTIONS,
RATIONAL THINKING AND EGO.
INSTEAD OF SHRINKING AS EGO, "I-AM" SHOULD EXPAND AND IMMERSE IN "I-CONSCIOUSNESS. THE WAVE SHOULD IMMERSE IN OCEAN .
MIND IS LIVING , AND THAT WHICH HOLDS THE MIND IS LIFE; MIND IS COSMIC ENERGY, AND LIFE IS CONSCIOUS ENERGY.
LIVING EXPRESSES THROUGH TIME, CHARACTER AND ACTION AND LIFE EXPRESSES THROUGH LIVING.
THE VERY CONCEPT OF DEVI RESIDING IN THE HEART OF MAHAVISHNU, SUGGESTS THAT ATMA (I-AM) IS IN THE 'HEART OF
"I-CONSCIOUSNESS".
IT IS ATMA THAT REFLECTS JEEVA (I AM AN INDIVIDUAL) WITH THE ANTHAKARANAM AND INDRIYAS FORMING THE PHYSICAL BODY.
MIND
(ONE OF THE ANTHAKARANAM) BRINGS IN CONCEPTS, APPARENTLY DUAL AND
CONFLICTING IN NATURE, AND EGO (ANOTHER PART OF ANTHAKARANAM) REACTING
TO THE CONCEPTS, WITH LIKES/DISLIKES BRINGING IN PLEASURE/PAIN.
INTELLECT
FUNCTIONS AS A GUIDE , TO VIEW THE CONCEPTS WITH DISCRETION, AND
ENDOWS WISDOM KNOWLEDGE SO AS TO LEAD A RHYTHMIC LIVING , AND
EXPERIENCE PURE HAPPINESS.
SENSE OF EXISTENCE IS "CHIT". PHYSICAL EXISTENCE IS "SAT". THE RESULTANT EXPERIENCE OF SAT AND CHIT
IS "AANANDAM".
SATYAM IS BEYOND CONCEPT, BEYOND UTTERANCE AND BEYOND EXPERIENCE.
DEVI
REFLECTS AASAKTHY (DESIRE) WHICH IN TURN DEFLECTS KAMA, KRODHA, AND
AHAMKARAM. WHEN WE TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE SOURCE I.E., DEVI
HERSELF, AASAKTHY BECOMES, BHAKTHY, AND WE ESCAPE FROM THE REFLECTION
AND DEFLECTIONS.
DEHAM IS 'LIVING', AND DEHI IS 'LIFE'. DEHAM
ROTATES IN THE WHEEL OF TIME, AND DEHI IS THE AXIS. KARMA AND GUNA
ARE THE FORKS IN THE WHEEL OF TIME.
AN ASSUMED OBJECT IS 'LIVING', AND THE SUBJECT IS 'LIFE'.
THIS LIFE-LIVING DANCE IS SIMILAR TO OCEAN AND WAVES, FIRE AND SMOKE.
IT
IS EGO THAT CAUSES MITYA AND BRAMAM (ILLUSORY WORLD APPEARANCE AND
DELUSION OF MISUNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPTS) ONCE THE UNREALITY OF THE
ILLUSORY WORLD IS INTUITIVELY GRASPED, REALITY IS REVEALED.
ANY
AMOUNT OF EFFORT, LIKE RELIGIOUS PRACTICE, PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY, WITHIN
THE EGO CIRCLE, WON'T HELP TO COME OUT OF THE EGO PRISON.
ALL EFFORTS ARE SIMILAR TO THE SEARCH FOR THE 'TENTH MAN'.
IMPULSES, INSTINCTS, EMOTIONS, RATIONAL ANALYSIS ETC., ARE ONLY SHADOWS, OR RATHER SMOKE CONCEALING THE 'REALITY'.
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