Neo's Existence

   As the matrix said there is the One can free all of us! And there is Trinity n Morpheus and all the other characters and what happens normally when you see any such kind of a movie that you try to fit yourself in it as any of the character and according to that character you tend to see others as well what role they play in your life. Who is who in your life!!!
  The Yoga Vasishtha say the One is a seeker. The One who does this and that is the strength to free Himself. Once free His choice to whether get peace in the society or bring chaos!!! This choice is what makes Him great! But the irony of the situation is that each and every one of us are Neo's in their own life and he/she treats the whole world according to what he/she perceive. That's what the power of mind.
  As the Yoga Vasishtha say what is "Jagat". It is one of the attributes of the power of the mind and the consciousness. It has the power to create an entire existence on its own, own World. Each and everything in this creation is created by this power of the mind. Jagat literally means World. The consciousness creates this Jagat according to what it perceives. The world is the projection of this perception of an individual mind. Consciousness!!!
  Its Neo's World out there!!! Every Neo 8-)

Gratitude

In life how many times are we grateful to the Divine for giving us whatever we have? Believing in the fact that the Divine is taking care of all the needs is the major factor in one's development but to be grateful for that is the most amazing experience ever!!! When there is a turmoil in the mind and there are lots of things bothering you!!! Be grateful that atleast you are able to see your mind. Most of people dont even realise that there is a turmoil in the mind. They just keep on repeating the same things over and over again but still there is no craving to be free from it!!! Strange but true!!!

The moment you find the answer to the thing which has been the disturbing factor the mind just calms down and a new zeal is produced to fight with the problem!!! Solutions come to those who keep on asking themselves!!! What does it need to be free!!! All the answer are there in an individual consciousness! All you need to do is ask the right question??? Just by observing the thoughts you will find your answer!!!

Sincerity

Namaste

I was just thinking that why are people so lazy!!! Or not able to sincere to themselves??? Well the difference between being lazy and at ease is When there is something important to do but not doing it is Laziness but when you finish some important thing then you are at ease. So why are people lazy??? Because they are not sincere towards themselves... Sincerity brings a sense of responsibility towards ones own self. That you are responsible for the well being of yourself.

The whole point is how to be sincere??? The first thing to do is to drop laziness... Sit with yourself and let your thought process run wild... Think what all would happen if your laziness has reached your end... It is your end!!! Isn't it??? Brainstorm on the subject of all other possibilities of how to trick the mind out of laziness. You should find the answers within you as there is everything available to you!!! All the solutions and answers!!!

BE SINCERE to Yourself... 1 Line Intro Talk = Being Sincere to yourself is the Art of Living!!!

Evolution

Hi!
Evolution!!! What is this evolution? There is Darwin's theory of evolution that we evolved from apes. Then why didnt the other species? Who is the one evolving? Is it the Physical body, The Mind or the Consciousness? Are we still Evolving or its done? There are many such questions in the mind which needs answering. What do u actually mean by Evolution or evolving? If you see the Stone age. In that age humans were wandering the deserts, forest as tribals having different tribal way. No sign of communication or anything. Nothing to write or even read. Then slowly we developed a sign language and then drawings and sound. Slowly the Consciousness trained itself to develop a language. Differently in different places all over the globe. The physical body was the same but the consciousness evolved...
What about now!!! Has the evolution has stopped or is it still on???? There is this intriguing question which led to this realization that it is still on... Each and every individual consciousness is evolving by learning from past mistakes and not doing them again, the level of awareness decides how much a conscious mind has evolved. More the awareness faster is the evolution... Some people call it growth, others by many different terminology.
Life is going on as it was going on back in the stone age. And the evolution has now come to the nuclear age. and way further to go. each and every individual learns from the present. Awareness plays a very important part in it. A player understands his own mistakes and evolves into a better performer every time and again. Practice with awareness is the key to success. Evolution is a never ending process in the life of an individual consciousness. May it be Human or any other living organism. Animals evolve from their mistakes and that particular consciousness chooses a higher birth according to the information it has. Or impressions should I say. This is Evolution. Every individula consciousness wants to get higher and higher in the chain. This want/Craving itself leads to evolution. This rule applies to corporate offices as well. You evolve into getting yourself promoted minus the politics.... :-P
The individual who is striving for the higher good is always happy and evolves faster than every other individual... This is Evolution!!!

Drishti (Vision)

Each and every human being has his/her own way to look at things. This way is called Drishti. Observing people around me i have noticed that even when you are not supposed to talk or even look at people. Then to the mind doesn't let you do it. There is this tendency observed to look around and run around in the outside world. Lot of different type of people have their own different ways and different perception about the same things or situation. Pick up any situation and you will find out that there are people who are adverse to it and who are for it.

For any event to happen there is a prerequisite. What is it??? An Individual who is expressing and another resisting or responding or reacting... Basically its all cause and effect. If you take a look at your own mind you will notice that you look at each and everything the way you have been looking. that time there is no observer who is observing what you are perceiving. The more deep you go in your own Practice the more keen observation happens. Of your own Mind as well as the Situation. The first observer observers the situation according to what He/She is trained since a long time (Lifetimes) the second one exists but not awake in most of Us!!!! Who observes the same situation as a third person. To have this Drishti one has to awaken these observers who are inside each and every one of us.

There is one more tendency observed. For no Rhyme or Reason tend to judge people, to know what are people up to so that they can share some stupid gossip with their friends who are as useless as the one who does it. Many people defend and justify this but at the end its a futile exercise as there is nothing in this world which can give you that satisfaction which comes from looking inside ones own Self. It a 1000 Channel television set which has all kinds of Channels... Creative ones, educational ones, Emotional ones, etc etc... And while observing this slowly slowly one becomes bored of the individual mind also!!! Its the journey which is like this. Each and everything looses the Rasa(juice) Till then this futile exercise is on. So improving your Drishti is what is necessary and which comes through practice... So keep on Practicing!!!

Comments are invited!!! Till then Take Care :-)

Labels

Hey

Sorry for such a long gap as the last few months have been really busy... So Labels!!!!

As the topic name says Labels... What is the first things which comes to your mind??? Just sit back relax and give it a thought... Observe the thoughts and the patterns... The thing which i realized is that most of the people cant live without labeling others... They have to put some label to each and every person and then behave with them in a certain way!!! without that they cant survive!!! Accepting people as they are is a very good concept for them!!! Strangely the same concept which is made up by their own label of themselves tells them that they have accepted people as they are... But the process of labeling continues... IS this ACCEPTANCE!!!!

Everybody wants a life without problems and trouble and this same desire brings more problems and trouble... With experience you learn that whether there are problems or smooth life Living happily is the most important thing... That is the Art of Living!!! :-)

Life is a mix of good things, bad things, pleasure, non favorable conditions and all the things which most of us go through... Smiling through all of these situations is Living... It can happen only when this process of Labeling stops... Each and every individual is unique and nobody can categorize people into different groups but people do that, and their happiness depends on the presence of that particular group of Labelled people...

Same thing goes for oneself also... Labeling yourself is also the same process... Which increases Arrogance or can lead you to inferiority complex... and a long list of diseases!!! Labeling people lead you lot more things than labeling yourself... basically through Observation this realization has dawned that this tendency to Label (Whether people or yourself) leads one towards Maya or Material life... The journey inwards cannot start till one transcends this level... Or rather this tendency itself is Maya!!! which holds one or binds one to this world!!!

There is a lot more to this!!! As it unfolds I shall keep Posting it!!! Till then!!!

Adios!!! :-)

Steps of a Staircase

There has been a lot of inquiry about are you a ladder or a staircase... Inside me that is!!! and pondering over these questions what i found out that if you have to be a staircase you have to grounded in knowledge!!! but for that to happen first you need to relax, calm down... bring your mind to the present moment... Become happy and then explore!!! without a calm state of mind nothing can be achieved!!!!

All of you must be wondering what in the world am I talking about!!! Take few mins out of your busy schedule and think about this... What is a difference between a ladder and a staircase!!! Well this is a unique way our mind understands anything... by giving simple examples related to day to day things... A ladder only appears to be attached to its destination but its not. one small push and voila it falls down... whereas a staircase is permanently attached to its destination. only an earthquake can bring it down... or if you demolish it... another thing is its very difficult to climb a ladder and not very smooth journey up as well as down but its not the same with a staircase... going up and down is very easy...

Taking this example and applying it to our life... Be like a staircase not a ladder... which means no matter how many wrongs or rights you face on the path, keep your focus at the end or rather the GOAL... A ladder falls of if shaken... Many events will come to your life to shake you and the Master will let them come just to let you know what you are... If such events will shake you then know that you are a ladder... There are many people in this world who play it dirty... If that shakes you off your focus or your sankalp... then you've lost your connection... Don't be sad if you've realised that you are a ladder and don't be too happy if you think you're a staircase... hehehehe!!! Cuz if you are stuck in any of these then you are bound to the ladder... remember that whether its a ladder or a staircase you don't relax on it... Same way on the Path If you are thrown off by people and their behavior or any other politics then you are off... No matter what happens in the organisation keeping your focus on the Master and His words is the wise thing to do... Becoming a Staircase... Having that unshakable faith... Then to an escalator and then to a LIFT!!! Heeheehehehe ... Now you only find out what are these!!!!!!!! :-)

Possession

Hi!!!
What is the first reaction when you see something beautiful??? WOW!!!! isn't it? Which shows that Appreciation is normal and the first response of everyone... That is the basic nature of a human being... But when it comes to an individual the reaction changes!!! the moment an individual tries and possess it, the purity and the beauty of it is lost!!! This has become a normal tendency of the mind... once you become aware of these tendencies you are already indifferent from it... There might be a possibility of getting entangled in the same tendency all over again... which happens most of the times...

Love to Contentment

When just the presence matters the most. You are content. There is just the presence which is precious!!! Presence of your very own Nature!!! Love!!! Contentment!!!
There is a time in our life when you can say that you have lived your life really is the time when you were in your very own Nature which is Love!!! First reach your Own Soul!!! Own Nature... You will Automatically find your Mate!!!! The Divine!!!

Non-Violence

What do u understand by the term Violence and Non-Violence??? Violence means hurting someone and non violence means the exact opposite... Well most of us think that way... Most of us think that Violence is an act of hurting Anything... And Non-Violence is an act of not hurting anything...

Well My realisation on this is completely different!!! Whether its Violence or Non-Violence both are not part of any Action!!! Both these are not Actions!!! Rather its an Attitude!!! To be Violent at place where its required is not Violence... eg; If someone is really depressed and Suicidal then slapping that person and getting him back to present might look like violence but actually its not Violence!!! Similarly If someone is getting beaten up by someone and not doing anything about is might look like a Non-Violent act but actually which means indirectly you supporting the Violence thus making your attitude Violent...

The actions which are performed does not really mean that a person is violent or not... Its the attitude by which the person acts!!! The notion of the person doing the act defines the merits or demerits...

If your attitude is Non-Violent... Violence cant come anywhere close to you!!! And vice-versa!!!

Tell me what do u think about it!!! Comments are welcomed!!!!

Love... Continued

Hi there

Its been a long time I have not been posting anything on the blog... There have been many new realisations as well as re realisations... :-) So this one is the continuation on the topic of Love...

Was wondering about one of the most amazing Phenomenon of Power!!! How in the world does anyone get motivation or power to act??? Pondering over this, it struck me that its Love!!! Anything and Everything gets power from Love!!!! A completely Logical Mind also loves its logic and thus gaining power to apply logic... An Atheist also loves his beliefs thus getting energised not believing in God... All the distortions of Love viz; Anger, Arrogance, Lust, Greed, Jealousy, Attachment, Obsession, Entanglement also give power but with a negative approach... The original power of Love is reduced... Purest form of Love is Unconditional which has the power to protect anything from Harm... Knowledge of this frees you from Fear... Fear of Death, Fear of Losing Love...

Till there is a tendency to search love outside in others this Fear exists... Even Fear gains power from Love as Fear is Love upside down... This knowledge can liberate you from all fears... Moment you see beyond fear you ll realise that the source of unlimited power is already with you... The most powerful Thing in the world is ....

LOVE

Cravings and Dispassion

Hmmm!!!
Each and every human being is craving for something or the other. There is no Human who is completely dispassionate about life (there are exceptions). The more cravings you have the less stability you have in your thoughts as the energy is segregated in all these cravings. Then slowly it eats up the mind and its sanity. And you wont even know when it is converted into an obsession. There are people who can observe their cravings but cant do anything about it. As nobody knows the way out. They try fighting out which makes it even worse. The more you resist the craving more it persist and lash back strongly.
Ever sat and wondered what is this craving all about. May it be regarding Food, Money, Fame, Power, etc, etc. But at the end of all these cravings there is nothing but a false sense of security and pleasure, Which in reality does not exists!!! For eg. In the present moment you crave to be somewhere else and do something else, but you are stuck wherever you are!!! This craving when fulfilled then there are new cravings and new bondage. the vicious circle continues...
There is one more thing I have observed that there is a lot of feverishness connected to the cravings which doesn't let you enjoy the fruits of the past cravings to its fullest. Cause there is this feverishness about it getting over soon. When you are on a Holiday you think that its only 2 days left and then back to the same old pattern of job or business or whatever!!! But at the time of the Holiday you don't seem to enjoy the trip. There is a lot of turmoil regarding what will happen when you are back in the office and the pending work and what more!!! :-) Strange!!!
When Dispassion settles in or rather first learning what is Passion!!! You will automatically know what is Dispassion!!! Living life to the moment Passionately. Doing anything you do with all the Love whether you like it or not Will bring Passion to your life. Once you start doing things passionately slowly the result of it will not matter. Just by doing it will satisfy you more than waiting for the result... It is the wait for the result which brings about the Anxiety and Fear and Feverishness in you!!! So just settle down and whatever you do do it will full passion and love... Give your 100% and see the difference in the result as well as your own state of mind!!!

Comments are always welcomed!!! Till Then ....... Adios Amigos... :-)

Perception

How amazing it is to see the most ironic thing in this entire creation... PERCEPTION!!!!

This word first of all itself is the most funny... Funny because till you don't realise the humour in it you yourself are busy indulging in it... Mind perceives through the limitations of the 5 senses... Eg. Eyes can only see what can be seen, ears can only listen to what can be heard, tongue can taste and speak only what can be tasted or spoken, Nose can only smell what can be smelled, body can touch only what can be felt... All these senses are limited to the gross... Mind is the faculty which perceives... But the hilarious part is that Mind itself cant perceive another Mind... it can predict another mind but cant perceive it fully... hehehehe... The effort of trying to understand another mind through the limited vision is the most futile... but still most of us do it...

Till a certain level of maturity haven't set in, Its impossible to evaluate the unique individual consciousness... Perception through the 5 senses will definitely lead to misjudgement... Judgement again happens according to how you perceive a person and then the intellect compares it with the database called "Memory" and then decides either "Good" or "Bad" or whatever... Again the funny part is the memory is full of impressions which are gathered by the perception based on the 5 senses!!!! One need to rise above the perception to actually see each and every individual as Vrittis and not just people... As the mind matures one starts seeing the beautiful individual consciousness... and so on the journey begins... More the maturity of the consciousness better the "perception"...

I am not saying that perception is a bad thing or you should not do it... Rather just making you aware that this is how I have observed the pattern of the Mind... Observation, Perception and Expression are the the characteristics of the Consciousness... Letting the judgement go is what seems to be beneficial... the moment you drop it you come back to the Beautiful Present Moment... Where each and every individual is New... This realisation will lead to putting a stop to judgement which are really not necessary... With that stops the accumulation of impressions (KARMA)... You can live more Vibrant, more Pleasant, more Blissfully the Life...

Pleasure

Life is pleasurable.... Life is motivated by pleasure!!!! Depending upon the level of the quality of life, the quality and the quantity of pleasure vary... Nothing can be perfectly said about this as there are millions of permutations, combinations and vary from different individual... As each and every person is unique, His/Her way of experiencing pleasure is different & unique... Broadly can be categorised in 3 types, Tamasic, Rajasic and Sattvic...
Each and every person is stuck in either of these pleasures. Till there is a craving to experience pleasure Life will go on... Opening the deeper layers on this we can see that there is actually our own past impressions which lead to the thirst of finding higher and higher pleasures... On every level there is pleasure... through the 5 senses, Mind games, Intellectual games, etc etc... Till a seeker doesn't realise that Life itself is been motivated by pleasure this thirst will not be quenched...
For an immature mind this realisation may lead to depression, Life seems meaningless to him... But same realisation for a trained and mature mind is the state of actual liberation... Rising above the level of pleasure into Bliss... Any pleasure with sacredness will lead you to experience it 100% and will free you... Contentment will settle in... the moment there is contentment you have already risen from pleasure into bliss... Then the onward journey starts into the realm of the Self....

Beauty

What do we call Beauty??? Why do we find something Beautiful??? Observing this I found out that it depends on many things... For eg... Cravings, Aversions, Centeredness, your vision, etc, etc... Beauty is such a thing that cannot hide... Each and everything in this creation is Beautiful!!! All you need is awareness... The eye to see everything beautiful... As an English proverb says "Beauty lies in the eyes of the Beholder!!!" To a certain level its true... But as you go on deeper levels, deeper aspects of Beauty... On the subtle levels the Beholder and the Beauty are one... There is Beauty in the beholder itself...
If the beholder is beautiful inside everything looks beautiful... The whole problem starts when you either limit your vision and try to put beauty into a restricted box, or try to possess the beauty... The moment you do either of this, the beauty is lost... Everything is unique & beautiful in its own way...
There are many artists who paint, draw, perform, sing, etc, etc, etc... But how many of them can actually see the beauty in their work... And out of those very few who see beauty, how many can actually without getting into arrogance can observe the Beauty as it is... " Beauty in anything is lost when it is taken for granted!!!" There is one way to maintain this beauty, keep it alive inside you... And one of the way to do it is to be in a state of Wonder!!!! Aho!!!
People do something unique and abstract to make something Beautiful... Most of the people don't even see this... Just creativity doesn't make something beautiful... Its the Creators involvement in the Creation makes it Beautiful... That's how each and everything in this entire creation is Beautiful as the Creator Himself is the Material of Creation... An Enlightened one is a true artist... Someone who can see the entire creation as Beautiful piece of ART!!!!
That is BEAUTY!!!!!!!!

Nature

Hi there...

   Well sorry for not updating the blog for a long time.... But the experiences which i had in this past 1 month were, are and will be remembered for my entire lifetime... As the wise men had been saying find out what is your nature??? 

   On some point of time till you are observing, interrogating yourself... you find out that everything is happening according to what and how it is supposed to be happening... for people who think that they are doing this and doing that... Its true... for them doing is an act by which they feel that they achieve something... the funniest part is that till they realise that everything is happening they are in misery... once you realize everything is happening then all the struggle is lost... the so called War is finished... you are centered... till the next storm of course... 

   What is the true nature of You!!! Sit with yourself and find out... The Master says that your true nature is Love... Unconditional Love... Very few fortunate ones actually know what is this unconditional love... Everything is this nature is unconditional... Everything is there just for you to enjoy... and not get stuck in it... The Nature loves you Unconditionally... that is the Nature

s nature (prakriti ka swabhav)... But what is your true nature... As you are the part of this Nature so its your nature too... 

   Now the whole thing is that all this fundas are very nice in hearing and logically understanding... But when it comes to living???? Well i dont know How many can actually live it... On an experiential level!!!!!! 

   So one way of finding out is you can sit and explore what all is not your true nature... Ultimately you should reach there... I hope so... I ll be there... Or i am there... I dont know...

   :-)

Bhakti ((Devotion)

This is another path to enlightenment... In many of the scriptures it is said to be a part of Yoga... Bhakti Yoga... Where you immerse yourself in devotion to the Divine, to the Master...

As the name suggests it is the Union with/of as by the means of Bhakti (Devotion)... Bhakti!!! What exactly is this??? There are millions of explanations given in the scriptures... According to Narad muni who has written the Bhakti Sutras there are 11 types of Bhakti...

During my observation the awareness about the Bhakti or just to put it in words exist on 3 different planes of existence... Deh Bhava, Jeev Bhava & Atma Bhava... experience of devotion when you are in any of these 3 planes... In physical body, In individual Consciousness and In the Collective Consciousness...

When in Deh Bhava "I" am your servant!!!

When in Jeev Bhava "I" am a part of YOU!!!

And when in Atma Bhava "I" am YOU!!!

Each and every one has experienced this in some or the other Lifetime... This is the ultimate sthiti of Bhakti (state of Devotion) ... This Bhakti was the extra attribute(kala) of Hanuman over Lord Ram... If you are in this stage of Devotion you will be invincible... And Immortal... The Masters grace will protect you from any given troubles... That was the mistake of Hunuman.. He is liberated yet bound to this body... hehehehehe...

That is one way of Bhakti Yoga... There are many ones... There are 7 Immortals depending upon their type of Bhakti...All of these went on to become the Pinnacle of their type of Devotion. they are :-

1) Ashvatthama - Revenge

2) Bali - Donation (giving Daan)

3) Vyas - Seeking Knowledge

4) Krupacharya - Kraurya (Hatred I think so)

5) Parshuram - Valour

6) Hanuman - Service

7) Vibhishan - Treachery

All these are the immortals cuz they went on to become the Best in some or the other form of Devotion!!!

But all the truth is there in this Beautiful "NOW" Be in Now and Be happy, Be Nothing and Be Devoted... There is always somethings more to write on this topic.... So till the next Post...

Chill Maddi... ADIOS :-)

Sleeping Beauty

Hi

   Remember when we were kids ( I still am one ) we used to listen to stories... Few from Grandmothers and few in our school text book... Few as bedtime stories... And there was a story of a beautiful princess having sleep disorder... not insomnia of course... she was laden with a curse till she find real love.... Amazing story....

   But I am not talking about that Sleeping Beauty... I will like to share my experience when i was traveling from Amravati ( Maharashtra ) to Ahmedabad in a train... It was a very nice journey... A long one cuz the train was late... 2 hrs... and reached Ahmedabad 4 n half hours late... But the whole point is not about the complains of trains getting late and the driver sleeping off... hehehehe... It was a night journey... and I was not able to sleep as i had slept during the day after the lunch at a Rajasthani family's golden jubilee anniversary of a old couple... so u can imagine how was the food...

   Well so there i was not able to sleep... So i went and opened the door of my bogey and was standing at the door feeling the beautiful wind caressing me... Out there was a sky with so so many stars... Rare sight for a city dweller... and the entire creation was.... Just Sleeping... Well whatever i was able to see was sleeping... and then i realized that how Beautiful the sleeping nature was looking... each and every tree, the ground, the grass, the stones everything was just sleeping peacefully... And I was like " Guys this is the real Sleeping Beauty!!! " 

   There were very few lights which according to me were street lights... and few of the cars and trucks light on the highway which was coming across the path of the Train... Rest everything was just simply Sleeping... Beautifully Sleeping... This according to me is the Real Sleeping Beauty!!! Isn't it???

  Try this when you are traveling in a train and couldn't sleep... Just stare out of the window (to be on a safer side) and take a look at the resting Nature... I know that the nature is alive in the night also... but forget Logic and just experience the Sleeping Beauty...

Surekha - I mean Eurekka

If you are taking care of your own mind... The Master doesn't need to look at you... He looks only if there is a change required in you or there is trouble in the mind...
If you are taking care of your own mind then there is no feverishness or craving for the look or an appreciation or a gesture of acknowledgment... Just that there is a Longing which is out of fullness, completeness for that one look that communication in silence but no craving...
And there is a possibility of this happening vice verca also... But that is not my experience...

Be Longing

Hello there
I was doing the Sri Sri Yoga TTC and during that one fine day i was singing at the satsang and i had an amazing experience which i would like to share...
All these years doings satsangs at the Ashram and at other places I used to sing out of Longing... but that day i realized that there are 2 different types of longing... One is the longing in which there is a lack... something missing... and u r longing for it... and the other one is Longing out of Fullness... There is longing but no cravings attached to it... free of lack... which is way too high that any other type of longing... It is in this state you are totally free yet with the Longing... just Being with the Longing... Be(ing) Longing = Belonging.... :-)

Interesting na....hehehehe stay tuned for more...