That much which has become permanent, otherwise there are temporary states, two steps forward and one step back. In times of crisis, is when it the integration is tested most. How far back you fall and how low, or if you fall and recover quickly, or you don't fall at all. The lesser the misery the more the knowledge has been integrated. Even Samadhi that is temporary is not enlightenment, enlightened is that Samadhi from which you never return.
So then how to integrate more and more, yes it's a process for most over lifetimes, there's a continuum of growth across lifetimes. Our shastras say that there needs to Shravanan, Mananam, Nididhyasa, as a daily discipline. The pillars that hold the knowledge are Vivek, Vairagya, the 6 wealths, and Mumukshutva. Then you see how much Karma and Dharma has purified your mind and emotions. How much meditation and sadhana has settled your thoughts, and how much Jnan has purified the intellect and how much consciousness has become an experiential reality for you.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Do you know THAT by which everything is known?
Chandogya Upanishad: "Do you know THAT by which everything is known?".
How come prehistoric men had advanced scientific knowledge? God has all the knowledge about his creation. Enlightenment is merging with God. Once merged with consciousness, enlightened Rishis had access to all the knowledge about creation, like Speed of light, Nuclear fission, Time, Atoms sub-atomic particles, and ALL science even that which is not known today but will be discovered in the future. Vedas are Shruti- knowledge coming from consciousness (God), not human mind.
How come prehistoric men had advanced scientific knowledge? God has all the knowledge about his creation. Enlightenment is merging with God. Once merged with consciousness, enlightened Rishis had access to all the knowledge about creation, like Speed of light, Nuclear fission, Time, Atoms sub-atomic particles, and ALL science even that which is not known today but will be discovered in the future. Vedas are Shruti- knowledge coming from consciousness (God), not human mind.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Cake Recipe :)
Take some warm water, add sugar and melted butter. Mix to make buttery syrup.
Add self rising floor. Mix.
Bake. Let it cool then eat and enjoy. Piece of cake! :)
In the sweet nectar, Rus, of Bhakti you then add the substance of Knowledge, Jnan, then you contemplate to fully bake, integrate it. The product is what you are! :)
Without the syrup, the flour of knowledge would be rock hard. Without contemplation the cake will not rise or cook.
Add self rising floor. Mix.
Bake. Let it cool then eat and enjoy. Piece of cake! :)
In the sweet nectar, Rus, of Bhakti you then add the substance of Knowledge, Jnan, then you contemplate to fully bake, integrate it. The product is what you are! :)
Without the syrup, the flour of knowledge would be rock hard. Without contemplation the cake will not rise or cook.
Let me die!
Adi Shankaracharya's Shiv Manas Puja is the most beautiful puja I know, just see the meaning. My whole life is puja! In the deluge of bhakti, in the sweet nectar of devotion and with the light of knowledge how can the ego not dissolve and disappear! How can it not! how can it not! Light the camphor from the lamp at the feet of the Lord, let is burn up and disappear, see nothing remains! I am reeling in bliss, this veil of ego has dropped. The ego is dead, there is only bliss. How can anyone or anything affect, there is no one there is nothing - just bliss! The rest is a play, I play my role well :)
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Unraveling the secret of Yagna
(WORK IN PROGRESS!)
I was looking for the key to open the chamber of the secrets on the 'Yagna' - and I found the key!
On the treasure chamber door is written "So Hum".
I unlock the door and walk in. There is a curtain on which is written:
"To Those Who Enter: The chamber exists only for 360 days and 360 nights! Reach the top or be consumed by fire! Many will come and Read, Few will Hear, and Only those pure of Heart shall ever reach the top!"
I am determined and move on. This chamber is vertical with stairs going up Seven levels. The chamber is suspended in void and the walls are made of earth, wind, fire and water. I see how a white light on the top breaks through the crystal floor of the 7th level into blue, green and red, illuminating the lower levels. I find knowledge written on ancient leaves.
"To Those Who Enter: The chamber exists only for 360 days and 360 nights! Reach the top or be consumed by fire! Many will come and Read, Few will Hear, and Only those pure of Heart shall ever reach the top!"
I am determined and move on. This chamber is vertical with stairs going up Seven levels. The chamber is suspended in void and the walls are made of earth, wind, fire and water. I see how a white light on the top breaks through the crystal floor of the 7th level into blue, green and red, illuminating the lower levels. I find knowledge written on ancient leaves.
On the first leaf I find inside is written:
"You can purify your body by following a proper diet.
Money is purified through charity.
Actions are purified through seva.
Mind is purified through pranayama and Sudarshan Kriya.
Emotions are purified through bhajans.
Mind is purified through pranayama and Sudarshan Kriya.
Emotions are purified through bhajans.
Intellect is purified through knowledge." - GuruDev
Thus Guruji gives the essence of the yagnas.
And awareness of the present moment purifies the memory Guruji? Unconditional, divine love purifies the ego?
I find another leaf on the secret of the 12 types of Yagnas which explains the essence given by Guruji, it's an oceanic depth of knowledge! (Gita Ch 4 V 23-33)
So many dusty leaves of sacred knowledge:
"BRAHMAN is the oblation; BRAHMAN is the offerings; by BRAHMAN is the oblation poured into the fire of BRAHMAN; BRAHMAN verily shall be reached by him who always sees BRAHMAN in all actions."
So many dusty leaves of sacred knowledge:
"BRAHMAN is the oblation; BRAHMAN is the offerings; by BRAHMAN is the oblation poured into the fire of BRAHMAN; BRAHMAN verily shall be reached by him who always sees BRAHMAN in all actions."
"See creation as fire of Yagna, so too the rain, the earth, man, and woman. The Vedas declare that man should also do Yagna for Brahman with Vedic knowledge, for devas with homa, for ancestors with shraddha, for humans with food, and for creation with bali."
"May my body, breath, and mind be fit for Yagna. May the Kundalini fire purify and transform."
Embedded in secret of Yagna is the secret of the Mantra. The continuous up and down of the sounds "Sa" and "Ha" is making this chamber vibrate, it almost seems alive like a Being!
As I brush the dust off another leaf, a voice inside me whispers a sacred secret, the knowledge of the yagnas for the finite vs infinite, internal vs external, microcosm vs macrocosm, Apara (lower) vs Para (higher)!
"May my body, breath, and mind be fit for Yagna. May the Kundalini fire purify and transform."
Embedded in secret of Yagna is the secret of the Mantra. The continuous up and down of the sounds "Sa" and "Ha" is making this chamber vibrate, it almost seems alive like a Being!
As I brush the dust off another leaf, a voice inside me whispers a sacred secret, the knowledge of the yagnas for the finite vs infinite, internal vs external, microcosm vs macrocosm, Apara (lower) vs Para (higher)!
As I pick up the next leaf the letters start burning, they pierce through my body, then my mind and reach the core of my heart. A voice in my heart reveals the secret of the levels of yagnas and the progression from the first to the final one! I see Nachiketa's footsteps here and follow...
As I climb to the next level I hear a voice, "The finite purifies, transforms, merges, unites into the infinite." A scribe on the wall reads, "Asatoma Sat Gamaya - Tamasoma Jyotir Gamaya - Mrtyorma Amritam Gamaya."
As I climb to the next level I hear a voice, "The finite purifies, transforms, merges, unites into the infinite." A scribe on the wall reads, "Asatoma Sat Gamaya - Tamasoma Jyotir Gamaya - Mrtyorma Amritam Gamaya."
Level after level, layer after layer I am unraveling the secret knowledge of the Yagnas!
I keep climbing, still looking for the knowledge on the Yagnas for Karmas and Vasanas to do the Yagna for my Jiva.
The 6th level has mirrors, in one I see my body in flames, in another I see myself inhaling and exhaling fire, and so on.
The 6th level has mirrors, in one I see my body in flames, in another I see myself inhaling and exhaling fire, and so on.
"I" can enter the 7th level through a burning door that opens only for a flash of a moment so "I" need to be aware!
Behind the last leaf, up on the top 7th level in this secret treasure chamber I see a brilliant light - that of a thousand suns! The ancients wore this Sahasra crown on the top of their head - the Mayans wore it, the Egyptians wore it, the Zorastrians wore it, and the Vedics cognized it.
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Websites on Yagna: http://www.hinduwebsite.com/yagna.asp
http://www.hinduwebsite.com/vedicsection/yajna.asp
Lecture 15, from 25th minute http://chinmayasaaket.org/resources/audio/
Websites on Yagna: http://www.hinduwebsite.com/yagna.asp
http://www.hinduwebsite.com/vedicsection/yajna.asp
Lecture 15, from 25th minute http://chinmayasaaket.org/resources/audio/
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Viveka Vairagya simultaneous
"I see my son, Viraj, has left his lunch plate in the bonus room, AGAIN! I go to his room and there are clothes on his bed! He is playing Xbox but he needs to finish his homework and study! I go and ask him if he's finished studying his Math and Bio, and he says No! I'm so upset! HHMMMMM!!!" I jolt and wake up...I was dreaming. Thank God! :) It seemed so real! Totally immersed in it, no clue that I was dreaming, while I was dreaming, no awaress of the waking state. When I die, the shastras say, this life will be exactly like a dream. Even the visions of the past in my mind are like a dream. So what is Real? That's Janak's question to Ashtavakra, that Viveka, being aware of the Real vs Unreal.
When I am aware, in the present moment, when I witness, observe, there is a separation between the witnessing and what I am observing. That difference the separation is Vairagya. It happens simultaneously with Viveka. More Viveka more Vairagya. Both cups fill simultaneously. When I repose in that pure sweet awareness, in deep meditation, it is so blissful, peaceful, totally content, happy....unending. That feeling is Vairagya, no desire to look for peace, bliss, happiness, love, contentment, from someone, something, or some situation. Maya, ignorance and illusion is like a demon who has used his magic or magic potion and possessed my mind and made me live in an illusionary world, like a dream, made me forget my Self. Matrix! the movie Matrix shows that. The moment my awareness wakes up I realize I am that!
When I am aware, in the present moment, when I witness, observe, there is a separation between the witnessing and what I am observing. That difference the separation is Vairagya. It happens simultaneously with Viveka. More Viveka more Vairagya. Both cups fill simultaneously. When I repose in that pure sweet awareness, in deep meditation, it is so blissful, peaceful, totally content, happy....unending. That feeling is Vairagya, no desire to look for peace, bliss, happiness, love, contentment, from someone, something, or some situation. Maya, ignorance and illusion is like a demon who has used his magic or magic potion and possessed my mind and made me live in an illusionary world, like a dream, made me forget my Self. Matrix! the movie Matrix shows that. The moment my awareness wakes up I realize I am that!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Viveka
What is permanent? Everything...everyone is temporary and changing. This body, this world can end in a minute. My thoughts...feelings keep changing. My body was not before birth, it will not be after death, but for sometime in the middle it is. How can I call it real? How can I accept that it is me? My thoughts and ideas keep changing, when they are not permanent how can they define me? How can they be real? Something that is white today can be black tomorrow, how can I say it is real? Anything that changes is not truth, is not real.
Every object is changing. There is a silent witness to all that - to the past present and future. I can observe my body, there is observer and body. I am aware of my breath, there is awareness and breath. I can witness my thoughts and feelings, there is a witness and thoughts. From where do thoughts come from? I experience stillness, silence, peace, bliss. Beyond that there is void. That void is the substratum of all existence, from the sub-atomic to the entire universe. It always has been - it will always be - it is beyond time.
That eternal factor is permanent. That alone can be termed real, the truth.
When I am absorbed in the changing & perishable I am not aware of the permanent BUT when I am established in the permanent I can see both. When established in this conviction it is called Viveka.
Every object is changing. There is a silent witness to all that - to the past present and future. I can observe my body, there is observer and body. I am aware of my breath, there is awareness and breath. I can witness my thoughts and feelings, there is a witness and thoughts. From where do thoughts come from? I experience stillness, silence, peace, bliss. Beyond that there is void. That void is the substratum of all existence, from the sub-atomic to the entire universe. It always has been - it will always be - it is beyond time.
That eternal factor is permanent. That alone can be termed real, the truth.
When I am absorbed in the changing & perishable I am not aware of the permanent BUT when I am established in the permanent I can see both. When established in this conviction it is called Viveka.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Evolution
The evolution by Darwin, the 10 avatars and the evolution of the nervous system is synonymous. Manu is the first human mind.
See the nervous system developed more and more from life forms in the oceans, to amphibians, to mammals, to a dwarf man, to the cave man, to the first full man avatar - Rama - the light of Atman/Brahman inside can be housed only when the nervous system was fully capable and Narayana can housed therein. That's why only in a human birth can we realize we are Brahman.
See the nervous system developed more and more from life forms in the oceans, to amphibians, to mammals, to a dwarf man, to the cave man, to the first full man avatar - Rama - the light of Atman/Brahman inside can be housed only when the nervous system was fully capable and Narayana can housed therein. That's why only in a human birth can we realize we are Brahman.
Ladder of Bhakti
Doing each action as an offering in a Puja-prayer to the divine is Karma Yoga. Taking what comes as Prasaad. Today Swamiji explained Karma Phal so well - he said Karma Phal is a technical term which means drop the worries and anxieties for the future. Keep your mind in the present, action is done in the present. If the mind is free from worries, anxieties then it is calmer and more focused and less dissipated to act. Worrying about the future takes away so much energy of the mind. When Vasanas are 80% then drop the worries. They become 60% then do Karma Yoga, then mind and Vasanas get more purified. Then 40% do Abyasa, practise to again and again bring back the wandering mind, I think for that Pranayama and focus on breath is good. Then when 20% Vasanas are there mind can be purified through meditation, contemplation. Then the Bhagavad Gita 12th chapter explains that knowledge is more important than abyasa, meditation more important than knowledge and renouncing the fruits of action more important than meditation. Peace immediately follows. This is the ladder of Bhakti.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Nachiket and Yama
It is absolutely amazing that the previous post I wrote, before I started listening to Katho Upanishad, was exactly the question that Nachiketa had for Yama. I was astounded to hear the 3rd question by Nachiketa to Yama, is there existence after the death of individuality.
As a meditater stands at the edge of infinity, there is a sense of the unknown infinite beyond, a fear of the unknown. The state of samadhi can't be known, therefore nothing can be recollected as to what that state was like, nor how long one was there, and if one goes into samadhi will one come back. The mind can't comprehend the concept that I can be infinite - how can I exist without a central reference point. In that existence where there is no "I", no thoughts, there is existence, intelligence, infinity, bliss. It takes great courage to let go of the "I"ness, the reference point, the ego, and take the plunge into the unknown timeless infinite and destroy the ego. Like offering ahutis into the sacrificial fire.
In the havan, the kund is the body, the fire is consciousness. Into it are offered all the objects and mystically it is done 3 times to offer the 3 types of identity we have, perceiver, feeler, thinker, and also the physical, subtle and causal. Nachiketa is the fire into which the ego is offered and burnt up. He stands face to face with the principle of death who takes you to the other shore - the unknown shore - where Yama takes the soul. Therefore at the ledge, the gateway to infinitude, Nachiketa asks Yama what lies beyond tell me.
To be cont.
As a meditater stands at the edge of infinity, there is a sense of the unknown infinite beyond, a fear of the unknown. The state of samadhi can't be known, therefore nothing can be recollected as to what that state was like, nor how long one was there, and if one goes into samadhi will one come back. The mind can't comprehend the concept that I can be infinite - how can I exist without a central reference point. In that existence where there is no "I", no thoughts, there is existence, intelligence, infinity, bliss. It takes great courage to let go of the "I"ness, the reference point, the ego, and take the plunge into the unknown timeless infinite and destroy the ego. Like offering ahutis into the sacrificial fire.
In the havan, the kund is the body, the fire is consciousness. Into it are offered all the objects and mystically it is done 3 times to offer the 3 types of identity we have, perceiver, feeler, thinker, and also the physical, subtle and causal. Nachiketa is the fire into which the ego is offered and burnt up. He stands face to face with the principle of death who takes you to the other shore - the unknown shore - where Yama takes the soul. Therefore at the ledge, the gateway to infinitude, Nachiketa asks Yama what lies beyond tell me.
To be cont.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
On the ledge of eternity
This is His house, He has graciously put my life in it. Through His eyes I see, through His ears I hear, through His hands I do. His rays are my thoughts, like glitter on water. He comes to life through my Prana. Every breath starts from Him, ends in Him. I see Him in the gap between the breaths. Every thought starts from Him, ends in Him, awareness of Him between the thoughts. As my eyes retrieve, my ears silence, my thoughts merge into Him. My breath seizes into where? I stand on the ledge of eternity afraid of disappearing into the unknown timeless void, I remain on the brink. Or shall I merge into Him as before, taking the leap of faith that I Am Him?
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Manmohan Kanha vinti karu din rain
Manamohan Kaanhaa binti karoo din rain
Raha take mere nain
Raaha take mere nain
Anb to daras de do Kunjbihaari
manvaa hai bechen
mana mohan Kanhaa
vinti karu din rain
Sneha ki dori tum sang jodi
Ham se to naahi jaaye ye todi
Hey Murlidhar Krishna Murarii (2)
Tanik naa aave chaiin
Rah take mere nain (2)
Ab to daras de do Kunjbihaari
manvaa hai bechen
mana mohan Kanhaa
vinti karu din rain
Manamohan Kaanhaa binti karoo din rain
Raha take mere nain
Raaha take mere nain
Anb to daras de do Kunjbihaari
manvaa hai bechen
mana mohan Kanhaa
vinti karu din rain
Sneha ki dori tum sang jodi
Ham se to naahi jaaye ye todi
Hey Murlidhar Krishna Murarii (2)
Tanik naa aave chaiin
Rah take mere nain (2)
Ab to daras de do Kunjbihaari
manvaa hai bechen
mana mohan Kanhaa
vinti karu din rain
Monday, October 26, 2009
Walking on a path or xpanding...
Listening to a Kailash Kher's rendition of Kabir's Niharwa...so beautiful to the soul...
the mind drops to the heart becomes meditation...
the heart longs, oh! my beloved, blossoms into devotion...
these tears of devotion... become precious pearls...
in the dance of trance unbecome...merge...transend...
the mind drops to the heart becomes meditation...
the heart longs, oh! my beloved, blossoms into devotion...
these tears of devotion... become precious pearls...
in the dance of trance unbecome...merge...transend...
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Sharad Purnima - Raas Leela of Krsna and the Gopis :) the eternal cosmic celebration...the dance of dualities...He is mine only mine! I am dissolving in devotion....merging into my charming Krsna...oh! I am drunk with this bliss! ..and in the height of this ecstacy i become unconscious, nothing remains just His cool divine loving presence :) leave me here I am satisfied, I am finally at rest, my heart at home...
Friday, August 28, 2009
The Grandest..the Greatest Yagya of all time...
Listen to a whisper from infinity.... a secret whispered...it is sacred.
...a Grand Yagna is taking place on this earth
the greatest of all time...a culmination
all those who have gathered here in belongingness with be united
all those who participate will be redeemed
in a Yagna you surrender into the fire of purification with 'Swa Ha'
like that you will return to your true pure nature with every S_ H__
...the rest is a secret....
everyone on earth should come and participate now in this grand Yagna
so many are already sharing their journey in this amazing Yagya...
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See how you hide a treasure
Where do you hide a treasure?
In something simple so no one would guess where to find it, yes?
And then we go on a treasure hunt & then when we find it - it seems so simple!
Isn't it?
Nature has hidden a sacred treasure in something very simple
...it is our breath....
and we look for treasures and meaning of life in something deep, philosophical, complex, and we go on and on searching in the whole world...till we get tired, no? and still we don't find it! :)
Yet it is with us all the time...
Our breath
Just relax and you will find it
Deep within our breath is the greatest treasure and the most sacred secret...
Nature has given it to you!
and you will find it - when you get tired and relax! The greatest is the simplest.
Isn't it?
Then when you relax...in that present moment... you will smile :)
...in your true nature you will feel a blossoming...an expansion...
and you will drop everything...
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What is the mind?
Only a veil.
Separating what is U
the mind seperates and divides you with a veil
Like you look up into the night sky
...that expanse of space...
and then imagine your mind coming in and covering it like a veil - a curtain limiting you, seperating you, making you finite
when the mind drops to no-mind ...that veil in space uncovers.... you become whole once again, infinite space...
do we need a mind? Or can we be no-mind all the time?
"Shivam Shantam Advaitam Charutam Mannyante sa Atma sa Vigyeya"
"Namami Shamishaan Nirvana Rupam , Vibhum Vyapakam Brahma Veda Swaroopam"
Sri Gurum Charana Prananam!
Jai GuruDev
...a Grand Yagna is taking place on this earth
the greatest of all time...a culmination
all those who have gathered here in belongingness with be united
all those who participate will be redeemed
in a Yagna you surrender into the fire of purification with 'Swa Ha'
like that you will return to your true pure nature with every S_ H__
...the rest is a secret....
everyone on earth should come and participate now in this grand Yagna
so many are already sharing their journey in this amazing Yagya...
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See how you hide a treasure
Where do you hide a treasure?
In something simple so no one would guess where to find it, yes?
And then we go on a treasure hunt & then when we find it - it seems so simple!
Isn't it?
Nature has hidden a sacred treasure in something very simple
...it is our breath....
and we look for treasures and meaning of life in something deep, philosophical, complex, and we go on and on searching in the whole world...till we get tired, no? and still we don't find it! :)
Yet it is with us all the time...
Our breath
Just relax and you will find it
Deep within our breath is the greatest treasure and the most sacred secret...
Nature has given it to you!
and you will find it - when you get tired and relax! The greatest is the simplest.
Isn't it?
Then when you relax...in that present moment... you will smile :)
...in your true nature you will feel a blossoming...an expansion...
and you will drop everything...
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What is the mind?
Only a veil.
Separating what is U
the mind seperates and divides you with a veil
Like you look up into the night sky
...that expanse of space...
and then imagine your mind coming in and covering it like a veil - a curtain limiting you, seperating you, making you finite
when the mind drops to no-mind ...that veil in space uncovers.... you become whole once again, infinite space...
do we need a mind? Or can we be no-mind all the time?
"Shivam Shantam Advaitam Charutam Mannyante sa Atma sa Vigyeya"
"Namami Shamishaan Nirvana Rupam , Vibhum Vyapakam Brahma Veda Swaroopam"
Sri Gurum Charana Prananam!
Jai GuruDev
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Go for TTC! I just returned...
Loved Ones,A bunch of 17 souls have returned from TTC in Washington DC. There has been such a shift within - a great transformation - a whole new world has opened - a new life... There are not enough words to describe all the growth that took place, the knowledge, grace, compassion and much MUCH more...Now...I am back and feeling very humbled and Emmense gratitude to hold the seat of service. To serve at the feet of my Guru...
As Gurudev is there for my growth I am there for others....So many are inspired by the 17 who went for TTC to go for TTC. 3 that I interacted with.See just like if you had taken the Part 1 course earlier in your life - you could added more years of better quality life to your life...just like that go now for TTC and increase that fullness in your life sooner than later.
Jai Gurudev
Some responses:The essence of what u said came across so strong that i felt it in my bones ...current sa lagaa ...and something dissoved in me ... I guess I was thinking why I should go for ttc 2 for sometime now, given we seem to have sooooooo many teachers here - Like this isn't my choice at all .. It's an honor and responsibility that He decides ...something dissolved in me - I had an 'aho' moment - something in that simple statement - I am very humbled and feel Emmense gratitude to hold the seat of service - unblocked something in me ... My heart dissolved and my mind silenced ...Thankyou!"
"I just want to be of better service to Guruji, not necessarily teach, and decided not to do TTC. But after reading your e-mail about personal growth and how we all feel if we could have only taken Part 1 sooner, I thought that I should at least find out..."
As Gurudev is there for my growth I am there for others....
The essence of what u said came across so strong that i felt it in my bones ...current sa lagaa ...and something dissoved in me ... I guess I was thinking why I should go for ttc 2 for sometime now, given we seem to have sooooooo many teachers here - Like this isn't my choice at all .. It's an honor and responsibility that He decides ...something dissolved in me - I had an 'aho' moment - something in that simple statement - I am very humbled and feel Emmense gratitude to hold the seat of service - unblocked something in me ... My heart dissolved and my mind silenced ...Thankyou!"
"I just want to be of better service to Guruji, not necessarily teach, and decided not to do TTC. But after reading your e-mail about personal growth and how we all feel if we could have only taken Part 1 sooner, I thought that I should at least find out..."
Guruji's GP Msg.
...when finite and infinite co-exist ...when wisdom awakens within ...we start living from simply existing...
-- Sri Sri's Ravi Shankar's msg. on Guru Purnima
http://dinesh-inquiryintothereality.blogspot.com/2009/07/guru-poornima-09-message.html
Friday, July 31, 2009
Everything is changing...
Sometimes it is hard to accept things and people just they way they are and even harder when people change. You feel that they are not sincere, or lack truth, or that they have betrayed you. Tell me - does truth change? Truth has to be the center that is constant around which everything changes. Tell me - should love change? If the love is true then it should not change.
There is a beautiful chapter in the book, "Bang on the Door", by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar called "True Intimacy". I read that exactly when I needed to. It's amazing how God and Guru are there for you always. That knowledge was a savior for me. It's says that true love is disspassionate...it does not care how the other person feels, thinks or does. Even if the other person kicks you - there should still be compassion and dispassion. That is true love.
Jai Gurudev
Sunday, April 5, 2009
May I become Dispassion - May I become Love born from that Dispassion - May I become Truth born from that Love - May I do Seva that is born from all of these.
Gurudev ke saaye mein Gurudev ke sath Gurudev ki he raaha par chalon hamesha mein.
Krishn ki Vinita kahe, hae Raghu Nandan hae Ghanashyam, tere dil mein bussi rahon, teri nazron se he dekha karon.
"bhav sagar sab sookh gaya hai...fikar nahi mohe taranana ki...mohe laagi lagan Guru charanan ki" "Niharwa hamako na bhave...Sai ki nagari param ati sundar...jo koi jaae na aaye"
Gurudev ke saaye mein Gurudev ke sath Gurudev ki he raaha par chalon hamesha mein.
Krishn ki Vinita kahe, hae Raghu Nandan hae Ghanashyam, tere dil mein bussi rahon, teri nazron se he dekha karon.
"bhav sagar sab sookh gaya hai...fikar nahi mohe taranana ki...mohe laagi lagan Guru charanan ki" "Niharwa hamako na bhave...Sai ki nagari param ati sundar...jo koi jaae na aaye"
Thursday, January 22, 2009
What is about to follow are simply my personal thoughts and intuitions about the subject matter. It is not written or copied from any Hindu text therefore it should be considered as my personal commentary.
I have often wondered how the highest knowledge and the most superior intelligence that conceived the Vedas could have existed thousands if not millions of years ago. If Ram chandraji himself was the first human avatar, i.e. about 1-2 millions years ago, the Vedas already existed, so they are much older than even that! If man before Ram chandraji was primitive then how could these Rishis have so much intelligence and knowledge, that too far superior than what we have today. According to Hinduism the Vedas are immortal they always existed and that the first yuga was the most pure, the Sat Yuga in which all human were of the purest form. This is contradictory to science. If these Rishis are from an age much earlier than Ram then what form were these Rishis? They could not have been humans. If they had such knowledge, no species on earth had a nervous system evolved enough to carry this intelligence. Could it be that these Rishis were not in physical form? Could it be that these Rishi were Siddhas - another energy form of enlightened souls? The Vedas are called the Shrutis - that which is not conceived by the mind but that which comes from consciousness directly. If the Rishis were not human then the Vedas were not conceived by the mind, if they were enlightened being could it be that they channeled this eternal truth some of which is now in the Vedas? That truth could have later been conveyed in the form of Sanskrit mantras to enlightened humans when the human nervous system had evolved enough to carry it. Also, these Rishis or Siddhas existed in different parts of the world, California (Kapilla Rishi), in Nova Scotia (Nava Kosha), in Germany, Mesopotamia, Afghanistan, Indonesia, etc. A number of references in our ancient texts refers to places elsewhere in the world. Mt. Meru is in the middle east and some of the other places along the Tigris and Uphretis (where man first started farming), also the Soma plant referred to in the Vedas is found in the middle east and Afghanistan.
These Siddhas or Rishis are eternal and still exist today. In the Yoga Vasistha, Ram chandraji is given the highest knowledge by Rishi Vasistha. It could be that Vasistha may not even be a human but a Siddha and Rishi Vasistha is still there today and will be there till the end of creation. Although it may seem strange to us today, I think that in earlier ages Hindus accepted other forms as a part of existence and not something super natural. Even enlightened souls today would consider the same and are in fact able to see and communicate with other forms in existence.
Hindus worship every aspect and form in creation, that is why everything created by the Divine, permeated by the Divine is considered a part of the Divine and not separate from it. That is why every form is worshipped. In Hinduism we have so many Devi Devatas, Rishis, Siddhas, and many other forms (including energy forms that may not even be visible to the human eye) are mentioned in our text. All co-exist and are part of Divinity. It is strange that modern man refers to non-earthly forms in existence as extra terrestrials, something alien and other things super natural. In Hinduism these may be considered Devi-Devatas, Rishis, Siddhas, and other life / energy forms and not something extra ordinary. Amazing! :)
I have often wondered how the highest knowledge and the most superior intelligence that conceived the Vedas could have existed thousands if not millions of years ago. If Ram chandraji himself was the first human avatar, i.e. about 1-2 millions years ago, the Vedas already existed, so they are much older than even that! If man before Ram chandraji was primitive then how could these Rishis have so much intelligence and knowledge, that too far superior than what we have today. According to Hinduism the Vedas are immortal they always existed and that the first yuga was the most pure, the Sat Yuga in which all human were of the purest form. This is contradictory to science. If these Rishis are from an age much earlier than Ram then what form were these Rishis? They could not have been humans. If they had such knowledge, no species on earth had a nervous system evolved enough to carry this intelligence. Could it be that these Rishis were not in physical form? Could it be that these Rishi were Siddhas - another energy form of enlightened souls? The Vedas are called the Shrutis - that which is not conceived by the mind but that which comes from consciousness directly. If the Rishis were not human then the Vedas were not conceived by the mind, if they were enlightened being could it be that they channeled this eternal truth some of which is now in the Vedas? That truth could have later been conveyed in the form of Sanskrit mantras to enlightened humans when the human nervous system had evolved enough to carry it. Also, these Rishis or Siddhas existed in different parts of the world, California (Kapilla Rishi), in Nova Scotia (Nava Kosha), in Germany, Mesopotamia, Afghanistan, Indonesia, etc. A number of references in our ancient texts refers to places elsewhere in the world. Mt. Meru is in the middle east and some of the other places along the Tigris and Uphretis (where man first started farming), also the Soma plant referred to in the Vedas is found in the middle east and Afghanistan.
These Siddhas or Rishis are eternal and still exist today. In the Yoga Vasistha, Ram chandraji is given the highest knowledge by Rishi Vasistha. It could be that Vasistha may not even be a human but a Siddha and Rishi Vasistha is still there today and will be there till the end of creation. Although it may seem strange to us today, I think that in earlier ages Hindus accepted other forms as a part of existence and not something super natural. Even enlightened souls today would consider the same and are in fact able to see and communicate with other forms in existence.
Hindus worship every aspect and form in creation, that is why everything created by the Divine, permeated by the Divine is considered a part of the Divine and not separate from it. That is why every form is worshipped. In Hinduism we have so many Devi Devatas, Rishis, Siddhas, and many other forms (including energy forms that may not even be visible to the human eye) are mentioned in our text. All co-exist and are part of Divinity. It is strange that modern man refers to non-earthly forms in existence as extra terrestrials, something alien and other things super natural. In Hinduism these may be considered Devi-Devatas, Rishis, Siddhas, and other life / energy forms and not something extra ordinary. Amazing! :)
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Divine Love is that Love which has the Urge 2 Merge with the Divine.
Humans and civilizations have spanned over tens of thousands of years. One of the first species of the human lineage, as science stands today, appeared on earth between 1 - 2 million years ago. That time when the first humans evolved, other older breeds still existed, one that was more ape like, then there were dwarfs and the first tall straight standing man (homo erectus) and later the homo sapiens, of whom we are direct decendants. This consciousness has traversed so many lifetimes, 10,000+ or more in various forms. The human nervous system is the fully evolved one that can carry the fullest potential of consciousness.
The evolution on the physical plane as discovered by Darwin bears close similarities to the evolution of consciousness in Hinduism as the avatars of Vishnu. Life started in the sea, the first avatar being a fish (Matsya), then an amphibian, the tortoise (Kurma), followed by the first mammal the boar (Varaha), the half man half animal (Narsimha), the dwarf (Vamana), the cave man (Parasurama), the first man (Rama), the best avatar Krishna :), Buddha is believed to be the next but there is no sacred text on this, the final one is Kalki, an avatar yet to come at the end of the Kali yuga.
It is very interesting that a man made bridge of rocks was discovered by a NASA satellite connecting India and Sri Lanka. The bridge has been dated as being around 1.5 million years old. As we know from the Ramayan, Sri Hanumanji and his army built a bridge of rocks between India and Sri Lanka for Sri Ram to cross over to Lanka and rescue his wife from the King of Lanka Ravan. Sri Ram is the first full human form of the Vishnu Dus Avatars, and Hanumanji was still ape like. It is very intriguing that modern science and ancient Hindu scriptures do match up. As stated above the first humans did start evolving around 1-2 million years ago while the species with ape like form may have still existed. So it is quite possible that Hanumanji was from an earlier descendant of man and Ram chandraji from the first human species.
Later I will write on the mysteries of the ancient wisdom, the origins of the Vedas (Shrutis), and how can such intelligence be carried by primitive man who we believe not mentally evolved....
Humans and civilizations have spanned over tens of thousands of years. One of the first species of the human lineage, as science stands today, appeared on earth between 1 - 2 million years ago. That time when the first humans evolved, other older breeds still existed, one that was more ape like, then there were dwarfs and the first tall straight standing man (homo erectus) and later the homo sapiens, of whom we are direct decendants. This consciousness has traversed so many lifetimes, 10,000+ or more in various forms. The human nervous system is the fully evolved one that can carry the fullest potential of consciousness.
The evolution on the physical plane as discovered by Darwin bears close similarities to the evolution of consciousness in Hinduism as the avatars of Vishnu. Life started in the sea, the first avatar being a fish (Matsya), then an amphibian, the tortoise (Kurma), followed by the first mammal the boar (Varaha), the half man half animal (Narsimha), the dwarf (Vamana), the cave man (Parasurama), the first man (Rama), the best avatar Krishna :), Buddha is believed to be the next but there is no sacred text on this, the final one is Kalki, an avatar yet to come at the end of the Kali yuga.
It is very interesting that a man made bridge of rocks was discovered by a NASA satellite connecting India and Sri Lanka. The bridge has been dated as being around 1.5 million years old. As we know from the Ramayan, Sri Hanumanji and his army built a bridge of rocks between India and Sri Lanka for Sri Ram to cross over to Lanka and rescue his wife from the King of Lanka Ravan. Sri Ram is the first full human form of the Vishnu Dus Avatars, and Hanumanji was still ape like. It is very intriguing that modern science and ancient Hindu scriptures do match up. As stated above the first humans did start evolving around 1-2 million years ago while the species with ape like form may have still existed. So it is quite possible that Hanumanji was from an earlier descendant of man and Ram chandraji from the first human species.
Later I will write on the mysteries of the ancient wisdom, the origins of the Vedas (Shrutis), and how can such intelligence be carried by primitive man who we believe not mentally evolved....
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Divine Love is above all
It may take sometime but one will realize that divine love is above all. All other forms of love are temporary. Like Gurudev says in one of the Bhakti sutras that all this melodrama love has so much pain. Hopefully one would realize from that pain that the only True Love is with the divine, that love brings fullness and bliss, in that love there are no strings attached :)
Jai Gurudev
Jai Gurudev
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Let go of all supports
Oct. 24, 2008
"Goddess Lakshmi sits on a lotus flower. Meaning that wealth and prosperity can be very fleeting. Any moment they could sink! Also the lotus signifies a fully blossomed consciousness and that only such a person is really capable of handling wealth effectively. The finances of a country (or a family for that matter) need to be managed by extremely capable hands, other wise, the wealth (and the country) could go under very fast… (America… You listening to this?! :))"
Diwali is coming and most Hindus around the world will be praying to Goddess Lakshmi on this day, much needed at this time...the world is going through an economic crisis.
At times like this one realizes that all those things that we find support and security in, money, home, job...are so flaky! Any moment they can go poof! Even our very life...there is no guarantee it will be there the next moment. So what is one to find security and solace in?
Most of our lives we use the help of so many walking sticks - we take the support of our bank balance, of a relationship, of our career, we constantly look outside to fulfill some need, physical, mental, emotional or spiritual. When all our supports come crashing down what happens? So what is one to find security and solace in?
Most of our lives we are facing one or more problems in the following categories: children and/or parent related, health related, or finance/prosperity/job related. We look to God for support, we ask Him to relieve us from these problems, to bless us so we don't have to go through them. And we keep going through this infinite loop all our lives...or multiple lives, never really thinking about our existence out-of-the-box. What is the meaning of our existence? Why am I here? Or who am I?
Ever wondered if there are...and who are those who blossomed souls, like the lotus...The lotus has it's roots in muddy waters signifying the world, yet it rises and blossoms above it. What do those souls find support in, solace in...Most people work on the outside and let it project inside, few work on the inside and project that on the outside...
"3 things that you should ask of a Guru are Unshakable Faith, Unwavering Devotion and Liberation! Everything else will anyways come to you when the time is ripe…"
"Yeh choti si zindagi mein kya?(what will you do in this short lifetime). Leave everything it will all come chasing you. There is nothing you will not have..."
Friday, October 10, 2008
Duality->Devotion->Oneness
Today was Dussera, day of victory. As Guruji said, and Dinesh repeated, that it is not victory of good over evil but rather of Oneness over the apparent duality. Navaratri as he mentioned is a journey from Duality to Devotion to Oneness.
Hinduism and other traditions of the Occident are different from religions of the middle east in the sense that reality is not classified into Good and Evil. Rather that both (duality) make up totality, and that Brahman or the universal consciousness is above duality. Hinduism defines creation as a field of duality for example: Lakshmi is both prosperity and proverty. Also the principle that opposite values are complimentary. What does it mean that opposite values are complimentary? I think it means that one sustains the other, that one cannot exist without the other. Like day and night, like the stock market gains and losses, like good health and sickness. Vikram Hazra in his blog very nicely states another example :
"Shiva represents Consciousness; all-pervading knowledge, the deepest part of us, the silent source from whence all springs. Shakti, the Divine Mother, represents Energy, which complements consciousness and evokes action. Hers, then, is the energy that runs the entire universe, whose basis is Shiva. This beautiful complementarity of knowledge and energy, of repose and action, of still and dynamic, is what causes the marvellous ebb and flow of life as we know it. Rather than worry about limited labels and concepts, these are opportunities for us to examine our lives in a deeper context. The rishis gave us these different representations not just to denote the varied aspects of our own existence, but to live a set of spiritual values which are hinted at by these apparently differing forms of the One Divinity.
Parameshwari -- the supreme energy, is also Jagadeeshwari -- the one who rules the world. Shiva -- the deepest silence within us, manifests into action through the movement of Shakti."
Hinduism is also different from other religions in the concept of God. In some religions God and His creation are seperate (duality) and in Hinduism God and His creation are all God. If God is omni present then I would think that He is everywhere and in everything, if he is infinite then also he cannot be defined or seperated from creation. Our journey starts from a prospective of duality, good and evil, God and me. For a devotee this duality is a play, devotion or divine love needs an external God, but in divine love, in bliss and ecstacy the devotee merges into the divine and becomes One. For a Gyani there is no duality - he knows he is God - Aham Brahmasmi. No matter what the path the journey ends in Oneness and one realizes that He is Love, He is Knowledge. I wrote something once:
At the pinnacle of devotion is liberation
At the pinnacle of knowledge is ?............Divine Love
In Divine Love knowledge is inherent
Without love knowledge is meaningless....
Jai Guru Dev
Hinduism and other traditions of the Occident are different from religions of the middle east in the sense that reality is not classified into Good and Evil. Rather that both (duality) make up totality, and that Brahman or the universal consciousness is above duality. Hinduism defines creation as a field of duality for example: Lakshmi is both prosperity and proverty. Also the principle that opposite values are complimentary. What does it mean that opposite values are complimentary? I think it means that one sustains the other, that one cannot exist without the other. Like day and night, like the stock market gains and losses, like good health and sickness. Vikram Hazra in his blog very nicely states another example :
"Shiva represents Consciousness; all-pervading knowledge, the deepest part of us, the silent source from whence all springs. Shakti, the Divine Mother, represents Energy, which complements consciousness and evokes action. Hers, then, is the energy that runs the entire universe, whose basis is Shiva. This beautiful complementarity of knowledge and energy, of repose and action, of still and dynamic, is what causes the marvellous ebb and flow of life as we know it. Rather than worry about limited labels and concepts, these are opportunities for us to examine our lives in a deeper context. The rishis gave us these different representations not just to denote the varied aspects of our own existence, but to live a set of spiritual values which are hinted at by these apparently differing forms of the One Divinity.
Parameshwari -- the supreme energy, is also Jagadeeshwari -- the one who rules the world. Shiva -- the deepest silence within us, manifests into action through the movement of Shakti."
Hinduism is also different from other religions in the concept of God. In some religions God and His creation are seperate (duality) and in Hinduism God and His creation are all God. If God is omni present then I would think that He is everywhere and in everything, if he is infinite then also he cannot be defined or seperated from creation. Our journey starts from a prospective of duality, good and evil, God and me. For a devotee this duality is a play, devotion or divine love needs an external God, but in divine love, in bliss and ecstacy the devotee merges into the divine and becomes One. For a Gyani there is no duality - he knows he is God - Aham Brahmasmi. No matter what the path the journey ends in Oneness and one realizes that He is Love, He is Knowledge. I wrote something once:
At the pinnacle of devotion is liberation
At the pinnacle of knowledge is ?............Divine Love
In Divine Love knowledge is inherent
Without love knowledge is meaningless....
Jai Guru Dev
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Mt. Madonna - Vaayu putra Hanuman
Oct. 4th, 2008
Today we went to the Mt. Madonna Center (http://www.mountmadonna.org/) near Gilroy, CA. An ashram of the Hanuman Fellowship inspired by Baba Hari Dass. Good day to go as well, it's
the 6th day of Navratri.
It was a cool rainy day. The drive is so beautiful...up through the coastal hills, tall evergreens... even redwoods... on a curvy road. The rain had made everything look so fresh. When we reached, the ashram seemed ethereal, set on top of a mountain, a long flight of steps leading up to a small Hanuman temple, surrounded by tall trees, a beautiful panoramic view of the Santa Cruz valley and the Pacific Ocean.
The priest blessed us with a Tilak of sandalwood paste and then
Kumkum. We paid our respects and sat in silence for a few moments. Cool breeze, mist and rain and of course the serene presence of Hanumanji, ah! so blissful, we forgot the world for a while.
It was starting to rain and we ran into the meditation hall. Baba was there talking to those gathered around him. We got ourselves a hot cup of Chai and sat down near the window, looking out into the valley and ocean, clouds rolling and sun shining in the distance. I felt so much stillness and silence, a separation from an inner core
and outer shell. The feeling of the place was so calming, the devotees who live and work here seemed so blissful, it felt like they were on another plane of existence!
I told my friends of my first visit here. I had closed my eyes for a few moments in the meditation hall (where Baba sat now) and felt so much energy, I wanted so much to do an Art of Living course here...and my wish came true a few months later in the form of the Blessings course.
We strolled through the bookstore and glanced through beautiful arts and crafts.
I did not get to sit on the swing as it was wet and is my favorite part of the ashram. You get to see the entire Santa Cruz bay from up there on the swing, not to say that it feels so much like Vrindavan as well ;)
It was time to go already, bid farewell to Hanumanji. Many years ago at this time He was busy finding the Sanjivani to heal Lakshman (just before Dussera).
Swami Suckchaitanya of the Art of Living ashram in Canada has very beautifully described the meaning and connection of Sri
Hanumanji - Vayu putra - and the breath. It's part of the music CD "21st Km" by Keerti Mathur.
Very soon we start driving down the mountain from the abode of Hanuman to the world below, from the ethereal to the real, to world of: the Financial Crisis, the Bailout Plan, Sarah Palin...ok that's scary enough!
Till next time... :)
Today we went to the Mt. Madonna Center (http://www.mountmadonna.org/) near Gilroy, CA. An ashram of the Hanuman Fellowship inspired by Baba Hari Dass. Good day to go as well, it's
the 6th day of Navratri.It was a cool rainy day. The drive is so beautiful...up through the coastal hills, tall evergreens... even redwoods... on a curvy road. The rain had made everything look so fresh. When we reached, the ashram seemed ethereal, set on top of a mountain, a long flight of steps leading up to a small Hanuman temple, surrounded by tall trees, a beautiful panoramic view of the Santa Cruz valley and the Pacific Ocean.
The priest blessed us with a Tilak of sandalwood paste and then
Kumkum. We paid our respects and sat in silence for a few moments. Cool breeze, mist and rain and of course the serene presence of Hanumanji, ah! so blissful, we forgot the world for a while.It was starting to rain and we ran into the meditation hall. Baba was there talking to those gathered around him. We got ourselves a hot cup of Chai and sat down near the window, looking out into the valley and ocean, clouds rolling and sun shining in the distance. I felt so much stillness and silence, a separation from an inner core
and outer shell. The feeling of the place was so calming, the devotees who live and work here seemed so blissful, it felt like they were on another plane of existence!I told my friends of my first visit here. I had closed my eyes for a few moments in the meditation hall (where Baba sat now) and felt so much energy, I wanted so much to do an Art of Living course here...and my wish came true a few months later in the form of the Blessings course.
We strolled through the bookstore and glanced through beautiful arts and crafts.
I did not get to sit on the swing as it was wet and is my favorite part of the ashram. You get to see the entire Santa Cruz bay from up there on the swing, not to say that it feels so much like Vrindavan as well ;)
It was time to go already, bid farewell to Hanumanji. Many years ago at this time He was busy finding the Sanjivani to heal Lakshman (just before Dussera).
Swami Suckchaitanya of the Art of Living ashram in Canada has very beautifully described the meaning and connection of Sri
Hanumanji - Vayu putra - and the breath. It's part of the music CD "21st Km" by Keerti Mathur.Very soon we start driving down the mountain from the abode of Hanuman to the world below, from the ethereal to the real, to world of: the Financial Crisis, the Bailout Plan, Sarah Palin...ok that's scary enough!
Till next time... :)
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