Says mind every-time but how to? Changing physical places, arranging new things and making new friends won’t help much. In-fact, with mind no new life can be started, mind is the name of stored information and their projection into the future, it’s like a machine that runs for past memories and for the future dreams.
The mind is ever interested in the source, that’s why it keeps on running to the source of either past or of the future, and from the past the past emerges, and from the future the future emerges, and their reciprocal links…and, never ending thinking.
For a new life the mind must stop the external journey and must start the internal journey to its own source…
…the mind goes stronger and hard to handle when it becomes interested in the source of external objects, but it dies when we direct the mind to its very own source, from where all the thoughts emerge. From that place, where all the thoughts comes, when a person focuses there, he or she finds no thoughts and in that thoughtless fully aware state, the new light comes, the new dawn begins, and the new life starts!
People study Kabir and take the Ph.D., degrees. And proud to feel to put Dr., in front of their names. And some of them even look down to other people who are less educated or illiterate.
But, Kabir was also illiterate. Then what made him so great and so divine?
The answer is: he had the knowledge of “the absolute,” his knowledge wasn’t relative. Whereas all the worldly knowledge, taught in all the universities is just relative.
Not only Kabir but other mystics, gurus or say masters who had or who still have the knowledge of the absolute – had/have only the real knowledge.
Though the relative knowledge helps in giving better living condition but it doesn’t promise to give better humanity. It can create the machines but it can’t stop the war. It can feed the mind with all sorts of information but it can’t promise of a good character. And most important thing is: it is time dependent, it changes, it destroys itself then comes again in new rationale concepts and ideas…
Whereas the absolute knowledge isn’t relative. It’s something which makes a person feel alive, which makes a person divine, brings him close to the nature (to his real-self), and makes him feel contented and satisfied. And yes, it promises to give better humanity.
It means what the intentions a person carries or holds to something.
Whereas the world is interested in creamy words (meticulously phrased) and manipulative gestures. The saints, the sages are only interested in a person’s intentions. Though the words can be framed and rephrased but the intentions can not. It’s the truth of everybody’s life, which can be felt intuitively.
The phrase “Bhav Re!” I first got from the holy mouth of Avadhoot Baba Shivananda Ji which he learned from him guru – Nityananda of Ganeshpuri.
In-fact, this is great mantra. If we start believing on intentions rather than words, we would be able to see the exact face of that person who is hiding himself or herself inside the mask.
It is made of wisdom, mind, intellect, intuition and ego; where we close our eyes and lost inside.
But the problematic areas are uncontrolled mind, and “ego in every sense.” If they both are taken care, our inner-self, the inner-world is just awesome! And, this inner-self represents to Akash Tattva, the Ether Element.
We’ve heard lots of stories regarding “getting grace from a guru.” There are four ways actually:
The one, when one remembers one’s guru, in this case the grace from the guru’s side starts coming automatically.
The second, when guru gives just by watching a disciple.
The third is when guru gives mere by touching by hand.
The fourth is when guru speaks some words, and they go deep inside the heart and mind.
So, what is fifth? In case if you have some guru.
Ignorance: a spiritual guru shouldn’t be ignorant, and it goes worse when an ignorant guru claims of superior knowledge and it ruins when followers nod and believe.
Ego: it is of two kind, gross and subtle. The subtle ego is hard to recognize, and it is the most dangerous.
Attachment: with this, a guru is more interested in making fleet of Sheep rather making Lions.
Fear of death: a guru is beyond death, the one who fears is not a guru.
The truth is absolute, it is not relative; whereas science is relative, structural and organized. Science has a process, it can be analyzed and explained; it exists in relativity, it’s dual, and are based on certain factors, derivatives and catalysts, etc.
With a spiritual tongue, it is said,”which is perceived by sense organs is अज्ञान (ignorance); that which is perceived by name and form is संज्ञान (Knowledge). And that which is perceived by reasoning and analysis is विज्ञान (science). But the truth is beyond them because it is neither relative nor dual.”
The place from where a soul leaves the physical body, tells the level of the person.
It is said, if a soul leaves from the base organs, that time a person does urinate or potty, or both, then that person is of bad deeds. For a normal person, the soul leaves from the mouth(mouth remains open); for a good person, it leaves from the eyes(eyes remain wide open). And for an enlightened person, a soul leaves from Brahma Randhra (a tiniest subtle place at head).
Whatever kind of person departs, it’s always good not to cry but pray for him.
“Just Shiva and Shakti. No, there is just God Father Shiva. No, there is just mother Goddess.”
“God is shapeless. No, God has shape.”
“Teachings of dwaita. No, teachings of advaita.”
“There is rebirth. No, there is no rebirth.”
“Do mantra, meditation and satsang. Do nothing, all practices belong to the mind.”
“Life has suffering. No, life is for abundance and celebration.”
“Karmas of any type can be burned. No, you have to pay the price of your each bad deed.”
“A guru is needed, go to some guru. Your guru is within; you, guru and god are just one.”
“This god is great. No, this god is great.”
“This scripture is great. No, this scripture is great.”
“Forgive and bear. No, turn rebel.” Read More »
The suffering scene
I read somewhere a girl was raped by his father and grand-father. She was totally broken, at loss of life, her world was changed, emotions were ruined … and nothing left to her. To whom she expected safety those people made her unsafe.
The wound of emotions is the greatest suffering, it leads the life to a dead end. But there is a hope, when life raises questions, answers come … answers are bound to come.
In deepest frustration of our live, we think “What the life is all about?” Without frustration we raise no question for life, the whole life is passed in happy-dream like state. This is the frustration that leads to answers, and those answers break the dream. And end suffering entirely.
In the case of that girl, she went to a master and started asking questions about life and relations … before life and after life. She was cursed but in the other sense she was blessed, she must have got something valuable which can not be hunted. There might be many girl of same case, even some might have committed harmful to themselves or to others, but this is not the solution … solution is to raise ultimate questions for ultimate answers, those end all the suffering at once. And of course a great caliber is needed to find out the answers. Answers are not easy to find because they are the truths only, the ultimate truths; as soon as we leave all the untruth of our lives, we are answered immediately to “not easy to find answers.” Read More »