Secret behind birth of Lord Ganesha

Q) What is the secret behind the story of birth of Lord Ganesha?

Hahahhahhahhhahhahh......It is simple. The "I" exists eternally; whether with human head, no head or elephant head. Only the "I" exists, rest is all illusion. This is the subtle meaning hidden behind the story.

Silence & Stillness

Q) How to enter into silence and attain stillness?

Silence & Stillness are both same. They cannot be attained. They are ever existent and eternal. Once our external noise stops (in mind), then we get into the awareness of silence & stillness. It is only a re-cognition of that state. To get into that awareness one need to do nothing, not even thinking. One has to just recognize the ever presence of silence & stillness.

Just recognize that silence & stillness which is ever present as a substratum. No effort is required. Just recognition without any effort.

vedAnta

Q) What is Vedanta?

The word Vedanta is formed by the conjugation of two words veda + anta = vedAnta. Anta means end while veda is derived from the root word vid meaning knowledge. Hence, Vedanta means end of knowledge. So, how can we understand the end of knowledge? The end of knowledge means where the intellect stops and no phenomenon which can be understood by the mind can take us to Vedanta. So, the end of knowledge is that stage where all knowledge ends, there is nothing which can be expressed. So Vedanta is the state which is inexpressible. Hence Vedanta means the avyakta and this can exist when one is aware of that avyakta, the ever existing One. Hence, Vedanta is not a noun, it is a verb where it is existence in that One state. It is Being. Being in that NO-THING state is Vedanta. It is a state which cannot be achieved. It is a state which need to aware of as it is ever existing.

(24 August 2011)

Upanishad

What is upanishad mean?

Upa=near
nishad= to sit
Upanishad = to sit near (to sit nearer)
Near to what? or near to whom?
It is sitting nearer to our own true self. Upanishads are those which take us to our true self. Upanishads are also termed as Vedanta. When Vedas are called as knowledge from the root word vid=knowledge, then Vedanta means end of knowledge. Which means there is nothing after the knowledge. Where knowledge ends there the mind also ends. This is a clear indication that the vedas explain or give information about the manifested (vyaka swarupa) universe while vedanta or upanishads explain or give information about the unmanifested (avyaka swarupa) universe. Since avyakta cannot be expressed in words, it is always expressed in negation as 'not this', 'not this' or 'neti', 'neti'.

The prime requisite to understand upanishads is to understand the word upa, which means near and i.e., nearer to the true self or Self and this is possible only when one stops the external noise and enters into the inner silence or stillness. The near means 'inner' and it is within. In that Silence and with the help of negation one gets aware of the 'Avyakta'.

While vedas explain about 'vyakta', vedanta or upanishads explain about the 'avyakta' and they do it only by negation and with some pointers.

The prime requisite to read or learn upanishads would be to understand stillness and silence. One should be able to enter into that stillness and silence, then only upanishads can be understood.


21 August, 2011 Dakshin Express; 23:40 hrs

Waste, Leisure, Boldness & Truth

What is waste in this world? What is leisure? What is boldness on spiritual path? What is Truth?

Any Thing is waste. 

NO-THING is not waste. 

Leisure is dwelling in anything but Truth. 

Boldness is to forego every concept as above. 

TRUTH is losing every-thing and being in the awareness of NO-THING. 

Boldness is Be-ing in that NO-THING. Boldness is going beyond every concept or getting rid of every concept, because each concept gives an identity. Hence one has to forego every identity. And, there is no path. Stating that there is a materialistic path and spiritual path is all one big illusion. There is only one path and that is awakening and it is not something one has to travel, it is just awareness and it happens only when one stops seeking for something. Just being aware of That is Truth.

Losing everything is gaining eternity. 

Changing the world

Why is the world imperfect, can’t I change the world?

What we see as imperfection in the world is in reality very perfect for the world. World’s perfection is in its imperfection. Hence, there is no need to change the world. Only we have to change. We have to change our thought process and go beyond the thinking process. Once we enter into that stillness or silence or become aware of that stillness and silence, then we understand that the world’s imperfection is indeed perfect. Because everything, every happening, every phenomenon is only an illusion. It is just only a thought and nothing else. The moment the thought is not there, nothing is there. The whole world just appears as an illusion of the thought projection.

Another beauty of this illusory world is its impermanence. Everything changes over a period of time. Everything gets transformed into something. ("Impermanence is the inevitability of the whole cosmos"). Hence when we try to understand this world with our mind we cannot understand it. Moreover we try to label everything and every happening in this world. We try to judge with our intellect. Once we get awakened or get into the awareness of the absolute then we stop labeling and judging. Then we just surrender to every happening and be with every happening. There will not be any anxiety behind any happening and there is no eager that something need to happen also. Because, when we enter into that changeless state of stillness and silence or become aware of that state, then we don’t want to change anything or happening.

One Morning

Another Morning
The awareness of awakening is happening.
Let us be just aware and
Live in the Being more than meing.

Blessed Moment - Poem

Blessed is the day for waking us into new moment.
Blessed is the moment for waking us into new awareness.
Blessed is the moment for making the awareness ever new.
Blessed is the moment for the awareness of stillness.
Blessed is the moment for the awareness of silence.

Blessed is the moment for the recognition of this inherent & intrinsic ever new joy.
Blessed is the moment of awareness which cannot be expressed.
For the moment cannot be expressed in any other way except for the silent and still joy.
For in joy we are born, in joy we live and into that sacred joy we melt.
Nothing is born, nothing is died
Everything is continuing its living,
For it is the consciousness which is living and
't is only the recognition of that eternal awareness which is missing in few moments.

Blessed is the moment for the awareness of stillness.
Blessed is the moment for the awareness of silence.