Modern spiritual teachers in west influenced by east....

What does the Self mean to you?

The self is me, awareness.

And how do you define awareness?

You are a conscious awareful being. It is just your ordinary everyday awareness, not the subjective objects—thoughts, feelings and perceptions—arising in it. It is so much you, so natural to you that you don’t even notice it. You think it is something hidden far away, mystical perhaps, only available by some insight or epiphany.

It is because of that awareness that you experience what you experience. As yourself it is how you know what you know. Ignore what you know but HOW you know. And the answer is so simple that you will discount it immediately. It is because you are aware. You are aware because you are awareness...................................................................Teacher James Swartz

 "Can I realize myself beyond time?" - M: "Yes. Drop time."

Dont give up....

Shift of perception

Byron Katie: Fear of the Future

To understand feelings I should have a heart....

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I can only get something I already have through knowledge.

But knowledge doesn’t happen by itself. It must come through a

vehicle or instrument.

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THE MEANS OF KNOWLEDGE

by

James Swartz

Perception, inference, and language are means of knowledge. The means of knowledge we use is determined by the type of object we want to know. For example, if I want to see a sunset I can’t use my ears. Knowledge of thought depends on intellect. To understand feelings I should have a heart.

The means of knowing relative things is obvious, but the knowledge

revealing the limitless I is subtle because it has to remove a deep and hidden

obstacle, the ignorance of my limitless nature. For the means to operate properly, assuming a clear message is  coming from the scripture through the teacher, the mind must be trained to listen.

Listening with an open mind requires disciplined and consistent setting aside of cherished views of oneself and world. A means of knowledge is not brainwashing, accepting a new belief system; its only purpose is to deliver of a clear vision of truth, the limitless I. Simply hearing that one is free of limitation is not enough. Doubt comes from incomplete and incorrect thinking and is only removed by careful and patient reflection Meditation as a thought-free state or religious ritual as devotional practice are valuable tools for purifying the mind, but will not remove self doubt. So, along with the knowledge that I am limitless Awareness, I should follow the method of thinking enjoined by the scripture, the negation of all incorrect views about the nature of the world and myself.

The most formidable obstacle to the assimilationof the truth is the thought “If only I were different or the world were different, I would be happy.” Looking forward to an ideal inner or outer situation is futile because life and oneself is already and always perfect. When this thought is removed the mind enjoys limitless vision. So spiritual practice, meditation if you will, is the struggle to purify beliefs supporting the notion of oneself as a limited being.

Words can only reveal known objects. For example, the word ‘television’ wouldn’t have been understood a hundred years ago. Words  only work to describe substances, properties of substances, actions, species  or classes, and relationships, so how can the limitless I, which is apparently not an experienced object and obviously beyond these categories, be revealed  through the teachings of Vedanta?  If I say “tree,” a tree thought takes place in the mind because we have experienced trees, but the words “limitless I” don’t mean anything to most of us because we think of our ourselves as limited I’s. And the limitless I is the part of ourselves that can never be objectified, so it seems words won’t work to reveal it. However, if the thought that we’re limited is a delusion and the limitless I present and accounted for, an intimate part of every transaction, words can reveal it.

Vedanta tackles the word problem by first informing me that I’m an

unlimited I. That I’m limitless is indicated by the fact that though I have

literally hundreds of thousands of unique experiences in my lifetime, I

continually experience myself as a simple conscious being, one transcending

all experiences. The same I, unaffected by time, witnessed my baby body,

youth body, adult body, and feeble old-age body and their myriad transactions.

Talks of JKM

Ending of memory...

The Mind cannot enter into a totally new dimension if there is a shadow of memory of anything.

conversation with  Pupul Jayakar

Real revolution...JKM

Jiddu Krishnamurti was born on 11 May 1895 in Madanapalle, a small town in south India. He and his brother were adopted in their youth by Dr Annie Besant, then president of the Theosophical Society. Dr Besant and others proclaimed that Krishnamurti was to be a world teacher whose coming the Theosophists had predicted. To prepare the world for this coming, a world-wide organization called the Order of the Star in the East was formed and the young Krishnamurti was made its head.
In 1929, however, Krishnamurti renounced the role that he was expected to play, dissolved the Order with its huge following, and returned all the money and property that had been donated for this work.
From then, for nearly sixty years until his death on 17 February 1986, he traveled throughout the world talking to large audiences and to individuals about the need for a radical change in mankind.

Real revolution

Essence of Deepavali....Drive the darkness and enlighten yourself.

Essence of Deepavali....Drive away the darkness and find the door of enlightenment.

There was a man who invented the art of making fire. He took his tools and went to a tribe in the north, where it was very cold, bitterly cold. He taught the people there to make fire. The people were very interested. He showed them the uses to which they could put fire: they could cook, could keep themselves warm, etc. They were so grateful that they had learned the art of making fire. But before they could express their gratitude to the man, he disappeared. He wasn't concerned with getting their recognition or gratitude; he was concerned about their well-being. He went to another tribe, where he again began to show them the value of his invention. People were interested there too, a bit too interested for the peace of mind of their priests, who began to notice that this man was drawing crowds and they were losing their popularity. So they decided to do away with him. They poisoned him, crucified him, put it any way you like. But they were afraid now that the people might turn against them, so they were very wise, even wily. Do you know what they did? They had a portrait of the man made and mounted it on the main altar of the temple. The instruments for making fire were placed in front of the portrait, and the people were taught to revere the portrait and to pay reverence to the instruments of fire, which they dutifully did for centuries. The veneration and the worship went on, but there was no fire.

Where’s the fire? Where’s the love? Where’s the freedom? This is what spirituality is all about. Tragically, we tend to lose sight of this, don’t we? This is what Jesus Christ/Krishna/Gautama Buddha   is all about. But we overemphasized the “Lord, Lord,” didn’t we? Where’s the fire? And if worship isn’t leading to the fire, if adoration isn’t leading to love, if the liturgy isn’t leading to a clearer perception of reality, if God isn’t leading to life, of what use is religion except to create more division, more fanaticism, more antagonism? It is not from lack of religion in the ordinary sense of the word that the world is suffering, it is from lack of love, lack of awareness. And love is generated through awareness and through no other way, no other way. Understand the obstructions you are putting in the way of love, freedom, and happiness and they will drop. Turn on the light of awareness and the darkness will disappear....

 Excerpt: Father Anthony de mello

From dawn to dusk I spend my day in vain talks,

From dawn to dusk I spend my day in vain talks,
Not even for a moment do I think "Who am I?‘ My Lord, you have told me if you  speak one word it will multiply into many words.

Ramana Deva, I am only pretending to be your devotee and not conducting myself as one.

I am a sinner who wastes most of his time listening to others‘ misdeeds and talking about them.

I have many defects myself, but if others mention them, my mind boils with rage.

Thinking that there is no harm in it, I do not hesitate to utter small lies. Oh!
Ramana Deva, is it not high drama to fall at your feet as if I am your devotee?

Though I have become old and suffer from various diseases, I have not destroyed the  desire for women.

The ghost of my mind desires to see their beautiful faces, converse with them, and listen to their honey-like speech.

Even though I give advice to the mind, it does not subside but wanders after them. Ramana Deva, when will this delusion end and my mind become firm? 

You know that my qualities and character are poor. You also know that among the ignorant full of defects, I am the worst.

Though you know all this, you still sort me and took possession of me. Ramana Deva, 

how can I explain this wonder?...........Sivaprakasam Pillai ((devotee who lived with ramana maharishi))

One devotee asked Bhagavan, ―Bhagavan, Sivaprakasam Pillai was such a 

great ascetic. He unswervingly put your teachings into practice. Reading 

his poems, I wonder where I stand! If he is in this wretched state, what 

will happen to me?‖ Bhagavan responded with a beautiful reply: ―When 

extolling God, Adi Shankara and other sages have berated their selves 

and said the same thing.  This is how  the sages guide others and warn 

aspiring aspirants.‖

"How is one to understand the mind?"

....Contd

"How is one to understand the mind?"

The way of the mind is the way of life - not the ideal life, but the actual life of sorrow and pleasure, of deception and clarity, of conceit and the pose of humility. To understand the mind is to be aware of desire and fear.

"Please, this is getting a bit too much for me. How am I to understand my mind?" To know the mind, must you not be aware of its activities? The mind is only experience, not just the immediate but also the accumulated. The mind is the past in response to the present, which makes for the future. The total process of the mind has to be understood.

"Where am I to begin?"

From the only beginning: relationship. Relationship is life; to be is to be related. Only in the mirror of relationship is the mind to be understood, and you have to begin to see yourself in that mirror. "Do you mean in my relationship with my wife with my neighbor, and so on? Is that not a very limited process?"

What may appear to be small, limited, if approached rightly, reveals the fathomless. It is like a funnel, the narrow opens into the wide. When observed with passive watchfulness, the limited reveals the limitless. After all, at its source the river is small, hardly worth noticing.

"So I must begin with myself and my immediate relationships."

Surely. Relationship is never narrow or small. With the one or with the many, relationship is a complex process, and you can approach it pettily, or freely and openly. Again, the approach is dependent on the state of the mind. If you do not begin with yourself, where else will you begin? Even if you begin with some peripheral activity, you are in relationship with it, the mind is the center of it. Whether you begin near or far, you are there. Without understanding yourself, whatever you do will inevitably bring about confusion and sorrow. The beginning is the ending.

"I have wandered far afield, I have seen and done many things, I have suffered and laughed like so many others, and yet I have had to come back to myself. I am like that Sannyasi who set out in search of truth. He spent many years going from teacher to teacher, and each pointed out a different way. At last he wearily returned to his home, and in his own house was the jewel! I see how foolish we are, searching the universe for that bliss which is to be found only in our own hearts when the mind is purged of its activities. You are perfectly right. I begin from where I started. I begin with what I am." 

By J.krishna murti on individual and the ideal.

MARVELLOUS GEMS OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA

 

Buddham sharanam

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense." ...Gautama Buddha.

Ø Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumoured by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

Ø A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden."

Ø Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

Ø The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

Ø It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

Ø There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth...not going all the way, and not starting.

Ø The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

Ø It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

Ø To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear. Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals.

Ø What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.

Ø Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten."

Ø "A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker."

Ø The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Ø Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom

Ø You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together."

Ø The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest.

Ø The tongue like a sharp knife, Kills without drawing blood.

Ø To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent."

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?".....Gautama Buddha.

  The Buddha's final words are reported to have been: "All composite things pass away. Strive for your own liberation with diligence"

Gautama Budhha,           four noble truths,        Noble Eightfold Path

Tumse milne ke baad life main bahut aage aayi hoon...

Tumse milne ke baad life main bahut aage aayi hoon......................( After meeting you i gone a head in life.)

hello friend,

There is nothing infront(आगे ) of life nor there is back(पीछे ), there is nothing in top(ऊपर ) nor bottom(नीचे)...na toh kabhi tum peeche thi na abhi age ho..tum jahan ho wahi ho(neither you are moving a head nor you trailing, you are just there where you are.)..The change appear in awareness of self. if any one Begin to learn, distinguishing between physical body, physical mind, subtle mind..., ego ( not pride {I}).. psyche (not ego nor self)...soul(not parmatma)....The different levels of consciousness of self.

All the sensory perception are illusion, they are the manifestation of the inner subtle mind, which giving you the pleasure of that moment...This statement is wrong until someone have real experience to go beyond ego, beyond ego there is no sensory perception hence no mind, than what is there left? and who would be the knower?...if someone has experience of that thing he would say there is no movement in life, its just level of awareness of being...there is not relativity..there is no newton theory working, Matter is not the ultimate reality there is some thing beyond the matter(material); exists, that which is continues to live every where  which very much evident in all  the cosmos. 

tabhi vedas say" tumahre aage namaskar peeche namaskar oopar bhi namaskar neeche bhi namaskar...namashkar every where am every where...am every where...am every where..

When you Demolish the walls of Turbulence, you will find city of PEACE. .

when you begin to understand inner mind mechanics; you begin to have patience , when it is clearly visible to us who the devil is - making turmoil in the life.  we clearly identify the culprit. defined, visibly amplified in front of us. We begin to know the strengths , well wishers, cooperators who enhance the strength to fight the battle with demons.

Maine kuch bhi nahi kiya na diya( i  did nothing nor i have given anything to u , i cant infact)...its there ..its you...you have begun to see yourself..thats it.
your friend and well wisher.



To a visitor who asked to become his disciple the Master said, "You may live with me, but don't become my follower." "Whom, then, shall I follow?" "No one. The day you follow someone you cease to follow Truth." 
"All I did was sit on the riverbank handing out river water. After ( I )'m gone, I trust you will notice the river"............................Father  Anthony de Mello