I am the Eternal Awareness

I Am The Eternal Awareness

Who is thinking? And,

Who is not thinking?

What is thought? And,

What is that being thought upon?

I am the Eternal Awareness

aware of the thought, the thinker, and

the being that is thought upon also.

Who is feeling? And,

Who is not feeling?

What is the feeling? And,
What is not a feeling?

What is that being felt? And,
What is that being not felt?

I am the Eternal Awareness

aware of the feeling, the feeler and

the being that is felt and not felt also.

Who is worshiping? And,

Who is not worshiping?

What is worship? And,

What is that being worshiped?

I am the Eternal Awareness

aware of the worship, the worshiper, and

the being that is worshiped also.

Who is meditating? And,

Who is not meditating?

Who is the meditator? And,

What is that being meditated upon?

I am the Eternal Awareness

aware of the meditator, meditation, and

the object being meditated upon also.

Who is the doer? And,

Who is the non-doer?

What is being done? And,

What is being not done?

I am the Eternal Awareness

aware of the doer, non-doer, 

the thing that is being done and 

the thing that is being not done also.

What is time? And,

What is not time?

What is all that which is in time? And,

What is all that which is not in time?

I am the Eternal Awareness

aware of time, the one which is not time,

the one which is in time and

the one which is not in time also.

What is that which is moving? And,

what is that which is not moving?

I am the Eternal Awareness

aware of the one that is moving and

the one that is not moving, 

the motion and the stillness also.

What is being perceived? And,

What is not being perceived?

Who is the perceiver? And,

Who is not the perceiver?

I am the Eternal Awareness

aware of that which is being perceived, 

that which is not being perceived,

the perceiver and the non perceiver also.

What is pain? And,
What is pleasure?
What is health? And,
What is sickness?
What is a praise? And,
What is a blame?
I am the Eternal Awareness
aware of pain & pleasure, health & sickness,
praise & blame and I am aware that
'am beyond that also.

What is being learnt? And,

What is not being learnt?

Who is the learner? And,

Who is not the learner?

I am the Eternal Awareness

aware of that which is being learned, 

that which is not being learned,

the learner and the non learner also.

What is being communicated? And,
What is not being communicated?
Who is the communicator? And,
Who is not the communicator?
I am the Eternal Awareness
aware of the communicator, communication,
the thing that is being communicated and
the thing that is not being communicated also.

Who is the Guru? And,
Who is not the Guru?
Who is the disciple? And,
Who is not the disciple?
I am the Eternal Awareness
aware of both the Guru and the disciple also, And,
I am the Eternal Awareness that is
beyond the Guru and disciple.

Who exists? And.
Who does not exists?
What is that existing? And,
What is that not existing?
I am the Eternal Awareness
aware of existence and non existence also.

What is manifested? And,
What is not manifested?
I am the Eternal Awareness
aware of manifest and the non manifest also.

I am the Eternal Awareness
aware of everything that exists as
Emptiness & Nothingness.

Silence

SILENCE

Silence is amusing

Silence is scintillating

Silence is captivating

Silence is boring only to the mind and not to the Being

Silence is a mystery

Silence mystifies the brain and amuses the mind

Silence is amusingly addictive

Silence is the one that pervades everything

Silence is the substratum of everything

Silence is the One from which all noises take birth

Silence tears the veil of ignorance

Silence shakes off the being from all concepts

Silence takes off every support that the being creates

Silence itself becomes the ultimate support for the Being

Silence removes all the five sheaths

Silence takes the Being beyond the five senses

Silence takes away the burden of karmendriyas

Silence burns away the thoughts into ashes

Silence burns the Being from all vasanas

Silence burns all entanglements

Silence takes away the Being from the ocean of suffering

Silence throws the Being into the ocean of Bliss

Silence is the One that nurtures the Being

Silence is the One that Being feels safe

Silence is the One that Being always loves to dwell in
Silence is the One that sustains everything.

Purpose of Life

Q. What is the purpose of life?

A. Purpose of life is to understand and realize that there is no purpose for life.

It might sound crazy.

To come to this understanding we have to come to a halt from whatever we are doing, from whatever we are thinking, from whatever we are dreaming, from whatever we are aspiring, from whatever we are trying to achieve as a goal or objective or a fulfillment.

We have to stop for a moment from everything and come to a complete halt, then and then only the Heart would be able to really respond and become aware of that eternal purpose of life and that...that "there is no purpose".

And what does that mean that "there is no purpose"?
No purpose means:
- no goals
- no objectives
- no expectations from anyone or anything or any work
- no expectations from thoughts also.

And this having no purpose will clear us from all the entanglements. And the body for which it is born, it will fulfill its purpose. It will do for what it came for and perish after fulfilling its purpose.

We can see this body raising and falling. We are simply that Eternal Awareness.

And as long as this body exists we have to be very alert and understand what is that this body requires and respond to it and absolutely not to the mind. And the body's signals are very subtle, subtler than mind's signals. Most of the times the body's signals are dominated by the interference of the mind. That is where we always fall into trouble and create so many troubles in this world and make others living also miserable.

Our responsibility as a human being will be to be peaceful and let that peace prevail all through the Cosmos. And, that can happen only when we do not have any purpose to gain or lose. And, that is what living without purpose means.

If we have to do a job, we just do it. We plan for all the activities and just perform it without anticipating for any result. And, that is what without purpose means.

Everything and every activity that we perform need to be performed without any motive or without any purpose. We just do for doing sake and nothing. We perform every activity but let go everything, every feeling, every attachment. And, that is what without purpose means.

Everything happens all by itself. We as with our ego does not have any role to play. We just have to go along with the Cosmic plan. Just play our role as a body and not as a mind. This point is very subtle.

Finally there is only nothingness and we are that Nothingness or Emptiness beyond all concepts, ideas, idiosyncrasies, egos. And, that is what our purpose is; to awaken to that Nothingness or Emptiness and become aware of that Nothingness or Emptiness.

Surrendering into Silence

In between the thoughts when you are forcibly thrown into the Silence just be in that Silence. There will be moments of unknowingness and nothingness. Enjoy those moments. Become a child who does not know anything and who leaves everything to the Cosmos. Just rest in that infinite cradle of innocence.  Just be there. Surrender to those moments and then... and only then you lose your self and you can be your Self. If you are trying to deviate from this Silence then it may take a lot of time to get back, may be sometimes thousands or millions of life's. So respect, acknowledge the Silence that is present in every moment. Pause from the busy-ness of this worldly life even if it is for a moment and just merge into that Eternal Silence.

Meditation

When mind takes a step backward and heart takes a step forward then meditation happens. The rest is all manipulation.

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What is Sandhyavandanam (संध्या वन्दनं)?

Q) What is Sandhyavandanam (संध्या वन्दनं)?

A)
Sandhya (संध्या) = the junction point or the junction time.
vandanam (वन्दनं) = expressing gratitude by being in that awareness

so sandhyavandanam = being in that awareness of that junction or time.

now what is this junction point or junction time is nothing but Stillness. the junction point or the junction time is nothing but the empty space that is created between each inhalation & exhalation or exhalation & inhalation; the empty space that is created as the morning changes to mid-day; as the mid-day changes to evening; as the evening changes to night;  as the night changes to mid-night and as the mid-night changes to morning or day.

Sandhyavandanam is a kind of spiritual ritual which informs us to get back to that awareness of Stillness that is ever existing and ever present and which is the substratum of the whole existence of the Cosmos. It is acknowledging the Truth and being present in that awareness of Stillness every time.

Spiritual Questions - Part 19 (What is meditation and Samadhi?)

Q. What is Meditation?
A) Acknowledging that I am the part of Truth itself.

Q. What is Samadhi?
A) Only Truth exists (and being always in that Truth).

shuklambaradharam slokam meaning in Telugu

శ్లోకం 

శుక్లాంబరధరం విష్ణుం శశివర్ణం చతుర్భుజం|  
ప్రసన్నవదనం ధ్యాయేత్ సర్వ విఘ్నోపశాంతయే ||

పరమార్థం / నిగూడార్థం

ఓ అనంతుడా!

భూత, భవిష్యత్, వర్తమాన కాలాలతో; లేనిది ఉన్నట్టుగా ఉన్నది లేనట్టుగా భ్రమింపజేసే ఈ విఘ్నము నుంచి స్వచ్ఛతతో, పరిపూర్ణమైనటువంటి ప్రేమతో సర్వత్ర వ్యాపించి ఉన్న, ఈ వ్యక్తావ్యక్త సృష్టిని ధరిస్తున్నటువంటి అనంతమైనటువంటి ఆ నిశ్చల ప్రశాంతత సమీపమునకు మళ్ళించు / ఎరుక కలిగించు. 

What is Spirituality?

Q. What is Spirituality?
A. The ability of accepting the inevitability without questioning is Spirituality.

Spiritual Questions - Part 17 (What does the characters l, 0 mean?)

Q) What does the characters l, 0 mean?
A) There is only One and that One is Nothingness. And, that Nothingness is everything. Anything that we see, hear, perceive, feel or experience is from that and in that Nothingness. That Nothingness is the substratum of everything.

Spiritual Questions - Part 16 (What is the concept Adam and Eve?)

Q) What is the concept Adam and Eve? How to understand these two characters?

A) It is very simple.

Adam = Purusha = Avyakta = Unmanifested Cosmos

Eve = Prakriti = Vyakta = Manifested Cosmos

It is erroneous to depict Adam and Eve as Man and Woman.

The thought is the fruit. Thinking process is the sin. When one is in the thinking process, then the creation goes on and that one is bound to the wheel of samsara undergoing the cycle of birth and death. When one comes out of the thinking process there is no creation. Then one enters into the Avyakta or the Unmanifested Cosmos. Then one is out of the wheel of samsara. That individual dies before his/her physical death and there is no more and nothing to be born again.

In Mundaka Upanishad third chapter, first khanda there are two verses which tell us a story of two birds on a tree.

Mundaka Upanishad - Chapter III, Khanda 1, Verse/Mantra 1:

द्वा सुपर्णा सयुजा सखाया समानं वृक्षं परिषस्वजाते |

तयोरन्यः पिप्पलं स्वाद्वात्य नश्नन्नन्यो अभिचाकशीति ||

dvā suparṇā sayujā sakhāyā samānaṁ vṛkṣam pariṣasvajāte
tayor anyaḥ pippalaṁ svādv attyanaśnann anyo’bhicākaśīti.

Two birds living together (living in the same Universal Consciousness), united always, never separated, each the friend of the other, known by the same name, closely perch upon the same tree. One of them eats the sweet fruit of the tree (delving into delusion), while the other simply looks on without eating (remains in the Universal Consciousness) remains not deluded.

Mundaka Upanishad - Chapter III, Khanda 1, Verse/Mantra 2:

समाने वृक्षे पुरुषो निमग्नोऽनीशया शोचति मुह्यमानः |

जुष्टं यदा पश्यत्यन्यमीशमस्य महिमानमिति वीतशोकः ||

samāne vṛkṣe puruṣo nimagno’nīśayā śocati muhyamānaḥ,
juṣṭam yadā paśyaty anyam īśam asya mahimānam iti, vīta-śokah.

Seated on the same tree the individual bird or jiva (identifying with the thought process or the mind) is drowned in grief as it got deluded and identified itself with the ego/mind moving away from the Universal consciousness. This when it beholds the other (bird which is always in the Universal Consciousness) ponders within and becomes aware of its ever present Universal consciousness realizes its own glory and gets freed from grief.

Q) What is sin?
A) Identifying our Self with the thought process is sin. Forgetting our true nature of avyakta, infinite Nothingness is sin.

Spiritual Questions - Part 15 ( What do the words "I, me and mine" mean?)

I, me and mine.

• Who am I?
• What is this me?
• What is mine?

If we can find answers for the above, then all seeking comes to an end. But how to find the answers?

The only way that we can find answers is to shed all the extra baggage and come out of the thinking process.

In trying to seek for Self-realization we are trying to add more things (we may call them as spiritual things). But in reality we are supposed to subtract and withdraw everything instead of adding. This realization of removal of all the additional things one has to get as early as possible or else the seeker in us is bound to go round and round the wheel of samsara.

There is a scene in the movie “Matrix – Revolutions (3rd part of the Trilogy)” where the hero Keanu Reeves will be in an underground metro railway station and wants to see where the track goes. So he walks in between the rails and ends up coming onto the same platform where he started.

This whole world of samsara exists as such in triviality. We can never come out of it as long as we are in the thinking process and bound by the mind. To come out of the wheel of Samsara we have to just get out of the wheel. By standing on the wheel it is never possible. So by thinking and being in the mind it is never possible. The moment we give up the thought process then lo we are already out of the wheel.

There is a simile given in Vedanta teachings. Let us say a sculptor has to sculpt a statue from a rock. What he has to do is only remove the unwanted rock pieces from the big rock. The sculptor always sees the statue lying always within the rock. What he does is only remove those extra pieces that are blocking the view of the already inherent statue.

Another simile is “the clouds obstructing the sun’s view or light”. The sun is always ever present. It is only that the clouds have to be moved to have clear view.

So, we all are already that. We have to simply remove our conditional thinking, our pre-conceived notions about us and the world around including everyone and everything that is present in it whether animate or inanimate.

Spiritual Questions - Part 14 (What is awakening?)

Q. What is awakening?
A. A natural noumenon which happens in the phenomenal world and we say it as awakening.

Q. What does the word noumenon means?
A. The dictionary mentions it as "The intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception."

Q. What happens when a person gets awakened?
A. No-thing happens.

Q. What do you mean No-thing happens.
A. No-thing means the happening of Nothing-ness happens. If there is something related to the mind or the ego - the "I", then we can say something happens. When it is not related to the mind or the I, then what do we say. Because in the awakening there is only No-thing which happens. And, even saying the word "happens" is also in a way wrong. Because it does not happen. It is is always there. Only thing is we get aware of that It is.

Q. What happens after awakening?
A. There will be a huge paradigm shift in perception of every thing.

Spiritual Questions - Part 13A (What is self-inquiry?)

Q) What is self-inquiry?

A) Inquiring about Silence through silence (no-thought or no-mind state).

Q) Can you explain further?

A) No, it is not possible, but will try to make a futile attempt.

Let us say you are looking for an answer to a question. What will you do? (I will ask someone.) Let us say in this case, you ask someone and that person does not know, or even if that person knows the answer he/she will not be able to express it as it would be inexpressible, then what will you do? (No idea.) Under such circumstances where there is no external source available for finding the answer then we try to look within for an answer. This does not mean that you are looking with your eyes into your physical body. Looking within means you are introspecting and interacting with your mind and questioning its existence. As you keep doing this, there will be a stage beyond which mind cannot give you an answer. Then you automatically enter into silence. Through this silence (the no-thought state) you enter into the Silence/ Stillness. In this Stillness you will see the Truth and understand that what you see as reality is only an illusion which the so called mind has created it.

Q) I understand it a bit, but how to reach that state?

A) Generally there are various kinds of techniques that are prescribed. Most of these techniques are based upon some or the other breathing patterns.

Q) Do you mean to say....if I follow these techniques can I get to self-realization?

A) No.

Q) Then why should I follow these techniques?

A) These techniques allow us to quieten our minds, our thought processes. 

The path in which such techniques are involved is called as progressive path. And in all progressive paths there is a seeker and something to be sought which the seeker is seeking for. Over a period of time the seeker gets into a state where he/she will start questioning the existence of a path. Then the seeker reaches a void and changes from the progressive path to direct path. In the direct path the seeker can quieten the mind faster and straight tries to reach to the source. This source is Nothingness or Emptiness.

Q) So do you mean to say that progressive path is not to be taken?

A) No. The progressive path is very important and it is the one path (among many) that one follows so that one can quieten the mind and take it away from its natural wandering. But once the natural wandering of the mind is stopped then mind can be taken inside and starts questioning about its existence. Since the mind has no real existence it cannot answer and gets disappeared. Then the natural substratum of Silence which was ever present appears clearly as if we are able to see the sun after the clouds have vanished.

Q) What are the main differences between these two paths?
A) Actually there are no paths in spirituality. It is only our illusion and the state in which our minds are. In the progressive path there is a seeker and there is something to be sought by the seeker. In direct path, the seeker questions - "what is being sought?"; "who the seeker is?"; and "where is this seeker existing?" There are no answers for these questions. But, when these questions are framed, then the seeker, the thing being sought and the questions all become one by dissolving their existence in the Stillness and by dissolving into Stillness they lose their existence. This is where the state of noumenon happens and it is a Natural state. The seeker comes to a realization that he/she is already that which is being sought.

Q) So you mean to say that Self-inquiry means I am inquiring about my self?

A) No. You are inquiring about your Self (the True Self) with your self (an illusory existence). As the True Self surfaces out (in reality we get more aware of it) then the little self slowly (sometimes all of a sudden) disappears. This surfacing of True Self or getting aware of the True Self they call it as awakening.