Truth is Nothingness - sanātana dharma

MEDITATE, MEDITATE, MEDITATE. Leave the identity of the meditator and melt into the Silence / Stillness that is ever present. Stop Seeking till you find it. sanātana (सनातन) means the one which is existing since the beginning. And, the one that is existing since the beginning is avyakta (in-expressible or the Unmanifested) or Nothing-ness. Hence, sanātana dharma (सनातन धर्म) is that by which we get into the awareness of Nothing-ness.

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Come Home!

Come Home!

'Ts time

for coming Home.

O my child! come back home.

Enough of external wanderings,

physical and psychological.

O my child! come back home.

Movie after movie,

song after song, scenes after scenes,

series of births and deaths after,

life after life,

it is happening tirelessly, senselessly,

entangled as if there is no end,

O my child! come back home.

How long you want to suffer?

How long you want me to long for you?

Your separation has given suffering,

within and without,

creating havoc internally and externally,

enough of wanderings.

O my child! come back home.

Enter the realm of dazzling darkness,

pierce through the pitch darkness,

go beyond all dreams and delusions,

plunge into the eternal Nothingness,

to melt into Eternal Light of Nothingness.

'Ts time

for coming Home.

O my child! come back home.

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Invoking Blessings!

Invoking Blessings!

Invoking legions of Angels,

into the midst of this space

of Mother Earth

To bless and end this panic.

Invoking legions of Angels,

into the midst of this space

of Mother Earth

To bless and end this disturbance.

Invoking legions of Angels,

into the midst of this space

of Mother Earth

to teach humans the humanity of living humanly

to teach humans the discipline of abiding nature's laws

to teach humans the sanity of living in harmony with mother nature

to teach humans the purity of mind, heart and soul

to teach humans that to err is no more human but death,

to teach humans to live with compassion with everyone and everything around,

to teach humans to get rid of greed, insanity and all demonic qualities.

Invoking legions of Angels,

into the midst of this space

of Mother Earth

to teach humans to let go their egos', identities', illusions, and delusions,

to teach humans to let go their pride, prejudices, biases, and judgments,

to teach humans to get rid of their indulgences, ignorance, and malevolence,

to teach humans to be peaceful, meditative, humble, caring and loving,

to teach humans of being human,

to realize the Oneness with the Wholeness,

and melt into that One.

Invoking legions of Angels,

into the midst of this space

of Mother Earth

Come and pour thy blessings,

Come and pour thy blessings more and more,

heal the humans and the Mother Earth.

Invoking legions of Angels,

into the midst of this space

of Mother Earth.

Saturday, March 14, 2020

Emptiness Dancing - 3

Emptiness Dancing - 3

Emptiness dancing again,

very gentle,

as the move of a fresh-green leaf,

as soft as a petal of peace-lily,

rarely blossoming,

to be awed by the splendor

and magnificence of

its eternal presence.

As the mind leaned into silence, and

as the body leaned into stillness,

it revealed its presence again,

not to show its Identity,

but to merge and melt all identities.

Who is who?

What is what?

The who and what, where are they?

the question and questioner are lost

to become One with the Answer.

The One that existed

Ever existed.

The one that was imagined to be existing

was never existing.

All existences existed only

in the deluded illusions

to be lost and finally merge

into Eternal Nothingness.

The One that was,
and is dancing, -

is the emptiness -

again and again.

Surrender to Awareness

Surrender to Awareness!

In the stillness present between in-and-out breaths

the surrendering happened all by itself, and

Awareness has become aware of its presence.

In the battle din of activity

paused and focused on the stillness - lo

the surrendering happened all by itself, and

Awareness has become aware of its presence.

In the oceanic waves of thoughts

reflected on the self amidst the thoughtless - lo

the surrendering happened all by itself, and

Awareness has become aware of its presence.

In the myriad identities that were created

by the deluded illusory mind,

The I, me, and all the world existed, and

when plunged into stillness and silence

The I, me, and all the world surrendered to

the Eternal Awareness that is ever present.

Spewed out all the quaffed identities,

for it's unnecessary, for the Life to live

in the eternal presence of Awareness.

The surrendering happened all by itself, and

Awareness has become aware of its presence.

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Mindfulness or Meditation

Mindfulness or Meditation aspect is work in progress activity until awakening, and after awakening, it is working in progress.

Saturday, March 7, 2020

Ideal Conversations

In any ideal conversation what we anticipate is adding value on both the sides, or both the parties gain something tangible or intangible. Then only it would be called as an ideal conversation. Otherwise someone or the other has/have wasted their precious time.

For any conversation to be ideal there should be a safe environment. Until and unless a safe environment is not provided the conversation cannot be ideal. Only in a safe environment, both the individuals or parties would be able to share their views, opinions and would be open to hear each other's ideas and opinions also. Both the parties would be assertive instead of being aggressive in their conversations. Both the parties will gain something in terms of tangible or intangible and depart with contented hearts rather than getting hurt. The ideal conversation should be compassionate rather than fault finding. A compassionate conversation will bring in safe environment and open heartedness in both the parties and there is an acceptance of both the weaknesses and strengths, and it also provides a safe and healthy environment where it allows both the parties to look for the most productive, and effective alternatives. Instead of jealousy, prejudice, bias it allows a psychological safety, empathy, love, self-awareness, reflective and long-term sustainability.

Two parts of a human brain

Before we go further in understanding about a "conversation", let us understand the anatomy of our brain.

Our brain consists of various parts. In this article we would focus mainly on two parts.

The prefrontal cortex (Figure 1)
The reptilian brain (Figure 2)

Figure 1

Figure-2

First let us understand the purpose of our reptilian brain. The reptilian brain exists to protect us from any of life threats. This is the part of the brain that gets activated whenever there is a threat to our life - forcing us to either fight or flight (escape) from that situation. Another aspect that can happen is the freeze mode - one does not know what to do. When we see a snake, a tiger or huge fire or some dangerous situation where our body senses that there is a threat to basic life itself, then the reptilian brain gets activated and works very fast, triggers the whole sympathetic nervous system and prepares the body to fight for a stressful or dangerous situation involuntarily. There is no enough space or time for any thought process to occur here.

If a human being lives in a jungle amidst wildlife, where there is a threat to basic life itself, then the reptilian brain is very well developed for protection purpose. A human being living in a concrete jungle may not require this so much. However, in human conversations - when a peer, a partner or someone approaches us with a question, - the reptilian brain gets activated when we don't know what to do and instead of taking some time to think and respond assertively, we generally end up reacting aggressively.

As a human being we might be feeling a threat to our existence because somewhere we might have felt that there is no safe environment. Even though we might not feel a real threat to our life, we might have felt subconsciously some threat to our identity or ego and instead of preparing for a response, we might end up reacting instantaneously.

The prefrontal cortex of the brain is more developed in present human beings than those that of the primitive human beings as very few of us live in jungles. The prefrontal cortex is like a CEO of the brain and it helps in all deep thinking, wise decision or informed decision making processes. This part of the brain functions effectively, when the human beings feel that they are in a very safe environment and there will be not be any threat to their identities or life itself.

Various scenarios of human conversations

Let us now look into different scenarios of human conversations.

We can categorize the conversations into four categories. I have placed these four categories into a 2 x 2 Conversation Matrix (Figure-3).

Figure-3

Figure-3 depicts the four categories of conversations. On the X-axis is placed the 2nd Party who could be any individual or individuals other than you. The criticality increases as we move from left to right along the axis. On the X-axis "you" are placed. The criticality increases as we move from bottom to top along the Y-axis.

The four Quadrants in the order are:

Ideal Conversation (Win-Win: Both parties win) - Quadrant I
Non-ideal conversation 1 (Win-Lose: You win and others lose) - Quadrant II
Non-ideal conversation 2 (Lose-Win: You Lose and others win) - Quadrant III
Crucial conversation (Lose-Lose: Both parties lose) - Quadrant IV

Ideal Conversation (Quadrant I)

The Quadrant I in the "Conversation Matrix" talks about the ideal conversation for both parties. This is the conversation where both the parties feel that there is a safe environment to speak up and share their views, opinions and their views would be acknowledged and respected irrespective of whether they would be agreed to follow upon or not.

These are the conversations where there is a value addition for both the parties. Even there are disagreements, none of the individuals' feelings are hurt and after the conversation they depart with contented hearts.

The conversation might start by either of the party in the following manner:

Ideal Conversation:
"Hi! Hello! I would like to spend some time in having a conversation with you, which might as well add some value to your present life either tangibly or intangibly. And, I would like to discuss with you and share the information about this. Would you be willing to spare some of your time so that I can share it and after listening to it, you are free to accept it or reject it?

All ideal conversations should happen in a safe environment, lest they may tend towards non-ideal conversations.

How to provide a safe environment?:
In order to create and provide a safe environment for both the parties to have an ideal conversation, both need to be mindful of what exactly they want as an outcome from their conversation. There should be crystal clear clarity in what exactly each one want and whatever may be the outcome of the conversation, that outcome is not going to threaten their life. Instead it is going to enhance their present life system and helps in enhancing their overall well-being. Both the parties should trust that the conversation is going to add value to their present life either in some form of tangible or intangible manner.

Figure-4

- Continued in Part 2.