on order to receive the guest
one must be at home
this home can not be localized
who is host and
who is guest
can not be known
neither can one say
to whom this space belongs
yet, we are in this together
love says, "I am everything."
wisdom says,"I'm nothing."
between the two my life flows
(--- by Shri Nisargadatta)
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
The Lotus and the Sun
lotus and sun
unites heaven and earth
unites Purusha and Prkrti
is devotion
is love
is radiance
ever new
ever fresh
complete
we act
to serve
as it comes
watch the speed
the movement
that is all there is
this is it
this is
this
.
non dual and dual -complement each other...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Unite Heaven and Earth
The application of "unconditional awareness" as described in above mentioned book, into our day to day circumstance is perhaps "the ultimate healing" in Buddhism and also in many other yoga paths. Exploring this presence and ways of how it weaves in and out from meditation into the practicalities of our real life is causing the heart to become very light and the mind to clear of puzzling paradoxes. Perhaps this journey will help some to close the gap between heaven and earth, between duality and non-duality. We will be less inclined to be puzzled and surprised by the experience of drifting in and out from different states of awareness and the need to find "gain and loss" in practice and setting rising events and situations apart from one another.
Let's see were the journey goes and embrace the never ending paradox, the matrix, which is really a close friend. This experience maybe unifying and liberating, so get ready for the never ending beautiful NOW presence...
Love and Light!
Invisible
develop into bloom
flowers dance with wind
some wither
some invite demons
to have tea
and become peaceful
a waterlily in water
has no ripples
a journey towards less density
we descend and ascend
from dense and heavy
to feather light
some of us become invisible
then sky and water and earth
dance as one light
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Easy or Not Easy - Try to Make No Distinction
HSIN HSIN MING
Verses on the Faith Mind by The 3rd Zen Patriarch, Sengstau
The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart.
If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinions for or against anything. To set up what you like against what you dislike is the disease of the mind.
When the deep meaning of things is not understood the mind's essential peace is disturbed to no avail.
The Way is perfect like vast space when nothing is lacking and nothing is in excess.
Indeed, it is due to our choosing to accept or reject that we do not see the true nature of things.
Live neither in the entanglements of outer things nor in inner feelings of emptiness.
Be serene in the oneness of things and such erroneous views will disappear by themselves.
When you try to stop activity to achieve passivity your very effort fills you with activity.
As long as you remain in one extreme or the other you will never know Oneness.
Those who do not live in the single Way fail in both activity and passivity, assertion and denial.
To deny the reality of things is to miss their reality; to assert the emptiness of things is to miss their reality.
The more you talk and think about it, the further astray you wander from the truth.
Stop talking and thinking, and there is nothing you will not be able to know.
To return to the root is to find the meaning, but to pursue appearances is to miss the source.
At the moment of inner enlightenment there is a going beyond appearance and emptiness.
The changes that appear to occur in the empty world we call real only because of our ignorance.
Do not search for the truth; only cease to cherish opinions.
Do not remain in the dualistic state -- avoid such pursuits carefully.
If there is even a trace of this and that, of right and wrong, the Mind-essence will be lost in confusion.
Although all dualities come from the One, do not be attached even to this One.
When the mind exists undisturbed in the Way, nothing in the world can offend, and when such a thing can no longer offend, it ceases to exist in the old way.
When no discriminating thoughts arise, the old mind ceases to exist.
When thought objects vanish, the thinking-subject vanishes, as when the mind vanishes, objects vanish.
Things are objects because of the subject (mind); the mind (subject) is such because of things (object).
Understand the relativity of these two and the basic reality: the unity of emptiness.
In this emptiness the two are indistinguishable and each contains in itself the whole world.
If you do not discriminate between coarse and fine you will not be tempted to prejudice and opinion.
To live in the Great Way is neither easy nor difficult, but those with limited views are fearful and irresolute; the faster they hurry, the slower they go, and clinging (attachment) cannot be limited; even to be attached to the idea of enlightenment is to go astray.
Just let things be in their own way and there will be neither coming nor going.
Obey the nature of things (your own nature), and you will walk freely and undisturbed.
When thought is in bondage the truth is hidden, for everything is murky and unclear, and the burdensome practice of judging brings annoyance and weariness.
What benefits can be derived from distinctions and separations?
If you wish to move in the One Way do not dislike even the world of senses and ideas.
Indeed, to accept them fully is identical with true Enlightenment.
The wise man strives to no goals but the foolish man fetters himself.
There is one Dharma, not many; distinctions arise from the clinging needs of the ignorant.
To seek Mind with the (discriminating) mind is the greatest of all mistakes.
Rest and unrest derive from illusion; with enlightenment there is no liking and disliking.
All dualities come from ignorant inference. They are like dreams or flowers in air: foolish to try to grasp them.
Gain and loss, right and wrong: such thoughts must finally be abolished at once.
If the eye never sleeps, all dreams will naturally cease.
If the mind makes no discriminations, the ten thousand things are as they are, of single essence.
To understand the mystery of this One-essence is to be released from all entanglements.
When all things are seen equally the timeless Self-essence is reached.
No comparisons or analogies are possible in this causeless, relationless state.
Consider movement stationary and the stationary in motion, both movement and rest disappear.
When such dualities cease to exist Oneness itself cannot exist.
To this ultimate finality no law or description applies.
For the unified mind in accord with the Way all self-centered striving ceases.
Doubts and irresolutions vanish and life in true faith is possible.
With a single stroke we are freed from bondage; nothing clings to us and we hold to nothing.
All is empty, clear, self-illuminating, with no exertion of the mind's power.
Here thought, feeling, knowledge, and imagination are of no value.
In this world of suchness there is neither self nor other-than-self.
To come directly into harmony with this reality just simply say when doubt arises, 'Not two.'
In this 'not two' nothing is separate, nothing is excluded.
No matter when or where, enlightenment means entering this truth.
And this truth is beyond extension or diminution in time or space; in it a single thought is ten thousand years.
Emptiness here, Emptiness there, but the infinite universe stands always before your eyes.
Infinitely large and infinitely small; no difference, for definitions have vanished and no boundaries are seen.
So too with Being and Non-Being.
Don't waste time with doubts and arguments that have nothing to do with this.
One thing, all things: move among and intermingle, without distinction.
To live in this realization is to be without anxiety about non-perfection.
To live in this faith is the road to non-duality, because the non-dual is one with trusting mind.
Words!
The Way is beyond language, for in it there is no yesterday, no tomorrow, no today.
Verses on the Faith Mind by The 3rd Zen Patriarch, Sengstau
The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart.
If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinions for or against anything. To set up what you like against what you dislike is the disease of the mind.
When the deep meaning of things is not understood the mind's essential peace is disturbed to no avail.
The Way is perfect like vast space when nothing is lacking and nothing is in excess.
Indeed, it is due to our choosing to accept or reject that we do not see the true nature of things.
Live neither in the entanglements of outer things nor in inner feelings of emptiness.
Be serene in the oneness of things and such erroneous views will disappear by themselves.
When you try to stop activity to achieve passivity your very effort fills you with activity.
As long as you remain in one extreme or the other you will never know Oneness.
Those who do not live in the single Way fail in both activity and passivity, assertion and denial.
To deny the reality of things is to miss their reality; to assert the emptiness of things is to miss their reality.
The more you talk and think about it, the further astray you wander from the truth.
Stop talking and thinking, and there is nothing you will not be able to know.
To return to the root is to find the meaning, but to pursue appearances is to miss the source.
At the moment of inner enlightenment there is a going beyond appearance and emptiness.
The changes that appear to occur in the empty world we call real only because of our ignorance.
Do not search for the truth; only cease to cherish opinions.
Do not remain in the dualistic state -- avoid such pursuits carefully.
If there is even a trace of this and that, of right and wrong, the Mind-essence will be lost in confusion.
Although all dualities come from the One, do not be attached even to this One.
When the mind exists undisturbed in the Way, nothing in the world can offend, and when such a thing can no longer offend, it ceases to exist in the old way.
When no discriminating thoughts arise, the old mind ceases to exist.
When thought objects vanish, the thinking-subject vanishes, as when the mind vanishes, objects vanish.
Things are objects because of the subject (mind); the mind (subject) is such because of things (object).
Understand the relativity of these two and the basic reality: the unity of emptiness.
In this emptiness the two are indistinguishable and each contains in itself the whole world.
If you do not discriminate between coarse and fine you will not be tempted to prejudice and opinion.
To live in the Great Way is neither easy nor difficult, but those with limited views are fearful and irresolute; the faster they hurry, the slower they go, and clinging (attachment) cannot be limited; even to be attached to the idea of enlightenment is to go astray.
Just let things be in their own way and there will be neither coming nor going.
Obey the nature of things (your own nature), and you will walk freely and undisturbed.
When thought is in bondage the truth is hidden, for everything is murky and unclear, and the burdensome practice of judging brings annoyance and weariness.
What benefits can be derived from distinctions and separations?
If you wish to move in the One Way do not dislike even the world of senses and ideas.
Indeed, to accept them fully is identical with true Enlightenment.
The wise man strives to no goals but the foolish man fetters himself.
There is one Dharma, not many; distinctions arise from the clinging needs of the ignorant.
To seek Mind with the (discriminating) mind is the greatest of all mistakes.
Rest and unrest derive from illusion; with enlightenment there is no liking and disliking.
All dualities come from ignorant inference. They are like dreams or flowers in air: foolish to try to grasp them.
Gain and loss, right and wrong: such thoughts must finally be abolished at once.
If the eye never sleeps, all dreams will naturally cease.
If the mind makes no discriminations, the ten thousand things are as they are, of single essence.
To understand the mystery of this One-essence is to be released from all entanglements.
When all things are seen equally the timeless Self-essence is reached.
No comparisons or analogies are possible in this causeless, relationless state.
Consider movement stationary and the stationary in motion, both movement and rest disappear.
When such dualities cease to exist Oneness itself cannot exist.
To this ultimate finality no law or description applies.
For the unified mind in accord with the Way all self-centered striving ceases.
Doubts and irresolutions vanish and life in true faith is possible.
With a single stroke we are freed from bondage; nothing clings to us and we hold to nothing.
All is empty, clear, self-illuminating, with no exertion of the mind's power.
Here thought, feeling, knowledge, and imagination are of no value.
In this world of suchness there is neither self nor other-than-self.
To come directly into harmony with this reality just simply say when doubt arises, 'Not two.'
In this 'not two' nothing is separate, nothing is excluded.
No matter when or where, enlightenment means entering this truth.
And this truth is beyond extension or diminution in time or space; in it a single thought is ten thousand years.
Emptiness here, Emptiness there, but the infinite universe stands always before your eyes.
Infinitely large and infinitely small; no difference, for definitions have vanished and no boundaries are seen.
So too with Being and Non-Being.
Don't waste time with doubts and arguments that have nothing to do with this.
One thing, all things: move among and intermingle, without distinction.
To live in this realization is to be without anxiety about non-perfection.
To live in this faith is the road to non-duality, because the non-dual is one with trusting mind.
Words!
The Way is beyond language, for in it there is no yesterday, no tomorrow, no today.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Spiritual Dance
"Parama Purus'a" (the Supreme "Shiva" or "Krs'na") wants to make the world dance. Everybody will be dancing with His vibrations and in His tune. Parama Purus'a will be enjoying with all. Does "He" not want this? Why should He live in the dry heart of a yogi? He would like a sweet, loving heart--"Sarasa Hrdaya." He will not like the desert. He would like fertile land. So, the heart of a devotee is like the fertile land. That is why Parama Purus'a says, "Mad Bhaktah yatra Ga'yante", i.e., wherever my devotees perform Kiirtan in full swing at once I reach there. You may say that Parama Purus'a is omnipresent. Now Parama Purus'a is omnipotent, He is also omniscient, it is a fact ; but there is a hub of that omniscience, there is a hub of those premonitions and post-monitions of all expressions. A central point is there. Parama Purus'a is omnipresent but He has a nucleus (Cakrana'bhi). Parama Purusa' will place that nucleus wherever He likes. He will take it wherever He likes. Parama Purus'a says, "When my devotees sit single-minded for Kiirtan (Ananyor Mama'ta Vis'n'ormamata')- "I at once take myself there. This is what I do." This morning I said that the practice of Dharma (i.e. Dharma Sa'dhana') is the characteristic of human beings. Now I say, "If you want to be established in Dharma Sa'dhana', then in any case do not forget the importance of Kiirtana, the greatness of Kiirtana, and also the greatness of devotion. Always remember that the devotion begins with aesthetic science and its ultimate domain ends where supra-aesthetic science (Mohana Vijina'na) begins."
(P.R. Sarkar)
4 November 1979, Ahmedabad
The truth is that Kiirtan really puts you into deep presence...
Parama Purusha is the supreme consciousness and Prakrti is the natural expression of this awareness... Both are always in union, just as Shiva and Shakti... Parama Purusha is referred to as "He" but obviously, the great ideas about the Supreme, that which we also all are, is far beyond any gender. It's all a hint to inspire the true accumulation of present moment awareness (that which is infinite to accumulate and which hurts none to enjoy and become), which leads to the vibrational transformation, integration and healing of the core of our beings. When we are seated in our true presence, we are beyond dogma, thought, and any manipulation and fabrication. Follow your heart and see what rings true for you.
(P.R. Sarkar)
4 November 1979, Ahmedabad
The truth is that Kiirtan really puts you into deep presence...
Parama Purusha is the supreme consciousness and Prakrti is the natural expression of this awareness... Both are always in union, just as Shiva and Shakti... Parama Purusha is referred to as "He" but obviously, the great ideas about the Supreme, that which we also all are, is far beyond any gender. It's all a hint to inspire the true accumulation of present moment awareness (that which is infinite to accumulate and which hurts none to enjoy and become), which leads to the vibrational transformation, integration and healing of the core of our beings. When we are seated in our true presence, we are beyond dogma, thought, and any manipulation and fabrication. Follow your heart and see what rings true for you.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
- 2012
The Presence Process and 2012 - Through the eyes of Michael Brown -
These articles are noteworthy - all written by Michael Brown - who helped so many to slowly look at themselves, processing feelings, without becoming mental about it. The biggest lesson is to be comfortable with all there is, even if the situation is uncomfortable. We don't need to sedate anything anymore, we don't need to explain anything at all, let it all flow through and do your meditation with a free mind... The energies truly free up.
These articles are noteworthy - all written by Michael Brown - who helped so many to slowly look at themselves, processing feelings, without becoming mental about it. The biggest lesson is to be comfortable with all there is, even if the situation is uncomfortable. We don't need to sedate anything anymore, we don't need to explain anything at all, let it all flow through and do your meditation with a free mind... The energies truly free up.
Resolve Emotions
Feeling all emotional states it is not easy... yet, it is for every one to process. Being with our feelings is being authentic... no analysis maybe necessary as it is too mental and distracts from actual feeling, which is "that what is." Words are not necessary to explain anything as they tend to trick the mind through manipulation to make the ego "feel good." Being with you as YOU, and with your perhaps immature child like emotional being is one of the greatest gift you can give to yourself. Sedation through food, drugs and alcohol does nothing much and only creates further aggravation and dysfunctions. There is nobody who has done it all, no matter how much personal experimentation they have done. Not even the greatest experts can claim to be further ahead, as many of them also still try to learn to "walk their talk." It is best to learn to trust yourself and it can be done by being with you as you, no matter what!
The journey really is, individually and collectively, to process generations of unresolved emotional states. It also is apparent that this world is a direct result of our unresolved emotions, and so is what we manifest in our families and communities. Our memories are coming up as feelings to be processed, to be felt, to allow them to flow through to resolve them, to notice them to look at them, right now. "If we are alive we are processing right now on this planet," so says the speaker in the above video. If we can't process we maybe barely alive and deprive ourselves of the opportunity of at least occasional states of clarity (I avoid the term "awake" as it is too vague of what that really means) - and, of deep inner blissful unity and the joy of the heart. With trust all will come together eventually.
Being present with your being, also leads into meditation when emotions are processed, they clear up naturally and so does the mind. Yet, if one can get ancient hands on instructions about meditation, go for it, as there is much power in the process of initiation, or "diks'a" as it is also called.
Meditation and kiirtan works on the vibrational field. The emotional processing works on the energetic field of the first seven years. Dynamics do and will change when we learn pay unconditional attention to all what we are. No words are necessary to make up stories to resolve the or manipulate energy. Energetic attention is all it takes to bring change. As with everything, patience is the key of "self" mastery and to authenticity. The journey is the goal here. We have arrived. The heart finds peace when it senses that we have already achieved the goal - presence - the journey comes to an end as it NOW only IS...
From My Heart to Yours!
Thursday, July 9, 2009
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