Tuesday, November 27, 2012

There once was a bird.

There once was a bird.

By Ana Margarida Henriques

This was not any one bird.


I lived up there, above the clouds, higher than any living being could reach.

Their home made ice.

The bird was so hot, so hot that the snow was the only place I could be without com bust.

The legend says that the phoenix was burned a few hundred years in hundreds of years and rose from its ashes, as the original: resplendent and without memory.

But the bird did not know it, there was no time for her, did not know what was memory: it simply Era

She did not even know existed, had never seen any other being.

Their white feathers blended into the whiteness of the snow, playing with the drops of color of clouds and thin rays of the sun and stars crossed over your body.

She just thought it was an integral part of this magnificent spectacle of ethereal light.

There were rare occasions when the little star gazing into his eyes in deep reflection in the snow and, for a moment, remembering the night.

On full moon nights she felt light strands pull her into the air and flew down out of space in that light.

Turning formless and weightless, free, hear the music of the stars in pure ecstasy and let out a piercing shriek.

From the other side of the moon howling wolf.

This was just a wolf.

Born from the pack, had a hard life trying to survive, always learning the price of life in his body.

But do not think of these facts I mean any wolf.

What made this particular wolf was love that brought the chest, so great that led him to overcome his own pain.

So loved the moon that always wanted to see it closer.

Especially on the full moon.

It was at this point that wolves are separated from the pack and sought solitude.

In this solitude, the company under the moon confessed their pain: the harshness of life, the difficulty of managing the wills in the pack and his tremendous apprehension by dearest, your heaven and your hell.

Faced with such pressure that was on his chest and that accumulated at these times, the magnetism of the moon intensified these feelings so that the poor wolves fled to confront the nakedness of the moon and scream.

The older wolf was greater intensity of emotions that prespassavam your flesh like knives and tore his chest an infinite scream that echoed in the face of the moon.

Once emptied, cleaned of all emotions, returned to their loved ones in a halo of joy.

All wolves liked the full moon, especially this.

He had lost everything: pack, wolf, little ones.

What kept him alive was the moon, why he loved her so much he wanted to see her ever closer.

I wanted to tell him how much he loved her, howling their pain, open your heart and then zealously guard its rays of hope and joy that used parsimoniously over time until the reunion.

When he was about to reach the moon wolf skirt ago.

They spent many months on their feet until the wolf might realize that walking away was not a solution: it was not closer and the moon was not greater.

Then I decided to climb the mountains.

Rose growing, and, though he could not see the moon covered by clouds felt their magnetism at heart.

Your tired body was whipped by the cold mountain air but his heart was always getting warmer.

It was like a magma of violent emotion twisting and turning knocking thin walls of his chest to erupt.

He knew that his body was becoming too fragile to contain this growing avalanche as he climbed the mountain and that could kill.

It was the most excitement for the carcass of a simple wolf.

But still followed, between gasping between each step a ton of snow and buried in a rhythm of your heart crazy.

At each step blinded by fog, in an act of pure faith among the escarpment managed to reach the peak to look at the moon exactly one minute and thirty seven seconds before dropping his last howl.

Packaged in Wolf Howl wires touched the light bristling wolf, one after another until his coat stay fully illuminated by the moonlight.

In that brief moment, that it was a simple wolf was the happiest creature on earth.

In the spheres of his black eyes glinting light from the stars shone like diamonds.

This light charmed the bird, who had never seen another pair of eyes but his own, and was abandoned in flight in this light thinking they were the eyes of the moon.

It was the prolonged howl that echoed the cry of the bird that made from mirror, opening a chasm between the icy slopes.

The bird as a meteorite that crosses the space precipitated in combustion and bursts in the air.
At the last moment these animals, printed in wolf's eyes light most ever seen on earth.

And never the phoenix reborn.

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Sometimes It's Painful


Sometimes It's Painful


What I have watched in real as well as this virtual world/life that although you take all possible cares for others in all possible ways as per your capability, but there is no guarantee that even your smallest/insi
gnificant feeling will be taken care of by those whom you have taken care.

Funny world.

Sometimes I feel pity on such persons, but suddenly it strikes back to me that they are not responsible at all for such act.

All is happening due to their conditioning.


But never worry your caring nature/quality will pay that (happiness, contentment, peace, calmness, etc.) to you which you have never unexpected.

I remember Kabir's words (although not totally appropriate here)----Jo Toko Kata boye tahi Boye tu phool....toko phool ka phool hai vako hai tirsul----means---you go on sharing your flowers and in the end you will be left with flowers as you have that only....... meaning thereby...one can share whatever one has...one cannot share that one does not have.

Osho Misunderstood


Osho Misunderstood


The Osho was the only person in the whole spiritual history who was "really (in true sense)" against the "slavery" of sex.

But unfortunately there are many persons including his so called followers go on repeating Osh
o's thoughts as if Osho was for the sex only without quoting the context in which he said in favour of sex.

It is unfortunate to see the thoughts of the people branding him as a sex ambassador and the so called followers quoting Osho in such a way as if Osho's message was for or to indulge in sex.

They are simply stupids as Osho used to say about such persons.

They have not understood Osho at all.

In the book "Sex To Super-consciousness" because of which he is also known as Sex Guru , there is not a single word/sentence which is even near single x category.

In this book itself he has beautifully explained in scientific way "how he is really against slavery of sex."

In this background I have posted a few thoughts of Osho on sex.

The mind is not one's reality.


The mind is not one's reality...

it is a false interpretation....

One is not the mind, one has never been a mind, one can never be the mind...

That is one's problem....

...one has become identified with something which is not

and

then worry on

how to manage it, how to govern it, how to prevent anarchy...

From Satish Kumar wall

Choosing Friend


Choosing/recognising friends (especially humans) in initial stage of acquaintance is impossible.

However, after sometimes it becomes clear whether he/she is fit to be a friend or not, but this happening of recognition is a mysterious subt
le phenomenon.

Company of good (having open mind....having beautiful aura) friends is more contagious than company of bad (having closed mind....having dark aura) one.

[ This is the practical day to day factual reality and has nothing to do with spirituality/advaita/etc. concepts. ]

[ Friends include humans, animals, trees, goods,...anything ---- its a question of matching of vibration ]

[ Change in the level of energy after coming in contact with a friend is one of the best indicators in this direction ]

Logic and perception


As soon as the perception through the help of impulses (created by input from the sense organs)

and

the interpretation of impulses into so called thoughts by the conditioned brain starts,

the logic also simultaneously enters into the scene ;

hence, there can never be any perception or thought which can be said to be beyond logic.......

whether the logic can be known/understood or not is a different issue altogether.

Without Negative no Positive


I may be boring (non-interesting)...

I may not be up to your expectation....

I may be useless....

I may be hurting.....

I may be negative in approach....

Etc. Etc......I am all that (so called negative) you don't want/like.


But,

Never forget that whatever (all positives) you like/want can never exist or can never be perceived without my existence.

OPPOSITES/CONTRASTS


OPPOSITES/CONTRASTS


Do opposites/contrasts (like good and bad) exist ?

The answer is Yes and No both.



Yes, when we have some idea (preconceived notion) "about" anything leading to judgement of good or bad or opposites/contrasts.

In other words both the opposites/contrasts do exist for practical purposes.



No, when we have no idea (preconceived notion) "about" anything.

Its better to say that nothing can be said when we have no idea.

In a sense "everything is as it should have been in the moment".

The Most Misunderstood Master----OSHO


The Most Misunderstood Master----OSHO


I was discussing today with my real as well as FB friend about Osho. Although none of us is follower of Osho but both have read/listened him and love him too.

Both of us agreed that among all Master
s till date known to the humans, Osho is the most misunderstood one despite the fact that he explained the scriptures in the simplest possible words/language.

No one has conveyed the message in such a simple, logical, scientific and easily understandable way/language as he has done.

But the unfortunate part is that he is more misunderstood by most of the so called his followers rather than non followers.

Master vs Teacher


Master vs Teacher

The background behind the coining of these concepts/words is that .

.....a teacher is one who is simply a parrot/machine/philosopher who has just to vomit whatever has been crammed/understood intellectually by him/her be
fore the students so that they can also understand intellectually.

.....while a master/guru is one who has "known" the subtlety that is behind everything i.e. in whom transcendence of all what can be intellectually known, has happened.

A teacher may not be a master, but a master is bound to be a teacher if he/she wishes to teach.


But unfortunately almost all who are literate/educated up to certain level especially teachers (they have no idea about the difference between teacher-student and master-disciple relationships) behave/talk/express in such a way as if they are Masters. But this happens because of conditioning we receive.

Going by the technological development it can safely be predicted that the time is not too far when teachers in human form will be no more required because the machines would have very well replaced them.

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE


The concept of "UNCONDITIONAL LOVE" is an utopia

so far as human's mind is concerned

although this is already the case for/with the whole universe including the human body as there is no other way to be in the moment.


This is exactly like other utopias...."LET GO" , "JUST BE", "BE HERE NOW", like that .

Company reveals your nature

If the "Law of Attraction" ( likes attract each other) is true (which is perhaps true)

then

your company (among whom you like to stay as friends or in any other capacity/relation) is of great importance

in

revealing your that nature (which plays a major role in happening of relations) which is acquired genetically and because of conditioning.
 — with Simay Ayaoku and 2 others.

CONSCIOUSNESS


CONSCIOUSNESS



Perhaps the consciousness is nothing but a by-product/appearance of happening of play of energy and its intensity depends entirely upon the the quantity of energy taking part in play at a given moment and the contents which
 appears to be present because of genes and conditioning.

Hence, the "quality and quantity" of so called consciousness does not remain the same in various states like normal awakened, so called enlightened, sleep, deep sleep, comatose, drugged, dead, so called evolutionary stage, etc.

I think there is nothing in which or where consciousness is not present because everything is nothing but play of energy as scientists are also saying now.

Wherever the play of energy is there consciousness as a byproduct has to be there.

Its a question of only detection/perception of the effect of play of energy.

In animate its effect is easily visible (basically inferred from the movement), but in animate only through scientific instruments this (movement of atomic particles) can be detected.

Perhaps that is why it is said that---Consciousness is all there is.
 — with Sabine Duch and Ana Margarida Henriques.

Significance of Diwali


HAPPY DIWALI



May this occasion of Diwali festival take away your misunderstanding (darkness), if there is any, about the “LIFE AS SUCH” !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Diwali/Dipawali is one of the unique festivals of India which has also a spiritual background/message like any other festival.

This is also known as festival of lights.

Basically all festivals are reminders of specific messages relevant to life “as such”, the enlightened/awakened ones wanted to convey and were linked to God/Goddesses/religions for their continuity as tradition.

But unfortunately the festivals continued but the background and the messages of all the festivals of the world have been forgotten and Diwali is not an exception.


Diwali is celebrated on no moon night (called Amavasya as per Hindu calendar).

People burn lights in different manners/forms for the whole night and all the doors and windows of house are kept open.

Lately bursting cracker was also added to this festival which has created nuisance of highest level.


Now coming to the spiritual aspect of this festival, symbolically the day called “Amavasya (no moon night)” represents our darkness i.e. having “no or wrong ideas/clues” about the life “as such” or in other words having misunderstanding of various aspects of life “as such”.

However, in having this darkness no effort was made, but in order to erase the misunderstandings (darkness) some effort “appears” to be made and that effort is nothing but symbolically represented by lighting in the night.

The message is when light (eradication of darkness which is nothing but absence of light) happens everything starts falling in line i.e. misunderstanding is replaced by the happening of the understanding that “everything is as it should have been in the moment” or “everything is happening on its own accord” or “there is no doer although doing appears to be happening” or “idea of separation is altogether false/appearance”……like that.

But for happening of this understanding, better to say “happening of knowing” the only requirement is perhaps “somehow” becoming/remaining open which is represented symbolically by keeping the doors and windows of the house (mind) open for the whole night i.e. so long as darkness is there.
 — with Ana Margarida Henriques.

Reciprocation in friendship

Reciprocation is the main characteristic of business and commerce. But if reciprocation is expected(felt as need) in even friendship, then that is not a true friendship as this is not the characteristic of true frienship. Its presence or absencce does not affect the true friendship.

Reaching te stage of Futility of all

Unless and until that stage/moment does not come in your life 

when you strongly feel to dump all the "sayings" including all of gurus and masters i.e. all the sayings starts appearing to be futile or starts appearing to be gibberish/meaningless, 

understand that you are far from realising the freedom/liberation from which you have never been out as there is no other way to be in the moment for anything/anyone.

Statement on Life

Any statement "about" the "life As Such" is not only always incomplete/partial , but untrue too because of being just an opinion/view/projection based on memory/past while "life as such" is always in the moment and its expression is entirely linked with the circumstances present in the moment.

NONE TO BLAME BUT ONESELF


NONE TO BLAME BUT ONESELF


So long as feelings like jealousy and possessiveness etc. are going to remain with the persons desiring to live together,

none of the arrangements like institutionalized marriage, love marriage, living relat
ionship, etc. is going to produce the results expected from such arrangements.

The fault is not lying with any of the systems/arrangements but with the understanding/maturity level of the individuals who decide to come together and in this decision (which happens) natural instincts (lust/hormone) has a major role to play.

MARRIAGE IS AN EXCELLENT CATHARTIC


MARRIAGE IS AN EXCELLENT CATHARTIC


If both of the partners are even slightly mature or even one of the partners is sufficiently mature i.e. has sufficient understanding, then there is nothing like marriage. It can prove to be a bliss.


It can become the most sacred institution because in the life utilization of body by the partners is only a small part and that too is fully controlled by nature and unfortunately this is one of the major bones of contention of separation/divorce.

Marriage does not mean the system/arrangement as prevalent in the society.

Marriage is simply an arrangement to live together for the greater purpose of nature which wants to continue its existence through interaction of its components.

Even living in relationship is also no less than a marriage.


In any case married people are generally better placed or happier overall compared to single ones due to various factors .

This fact has been confirmed by many scientific as well as social studies conducted from time to time.

This is more obvious when a stage comes in person's life when the person starts living more for his/her children than for him/her-self. In single case the person starts feeling loneliness which otherwise could have been compensated by the partner.

But the foremost benefit of the marriage is that this works as an excellent "cathartic" like dream by providing various opportunities to release the blocked physical/mental energy by way of fighting, quarreling, abusing, enjoying sex as and when required basis, socializing, feeling of responsibility towards children and society, etc. etc. And life includes all ups and downs.

The Law of Attraction


The Law of Attraction is true beyond doubt.


Despite having various superficial differences which creates many ups and downs in initial stages of acquaintances,

the persons having similar nature/quality at deepest level of their psyche naturally (unknowingly/unconsciously) come together in the end.

Spontaneity


"Spontaneity" is always "unpredictable".


That is why it is hardly understood but 'generally misunderstood',

because it is a "happening" "without preparation".

Yes I Agree


There is a great rush/fad among the people to agree with a statement of a great person (like Rumi, Khalil, Osho, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Raman Maharshi,Adyashanti, Eckhart Tolle, etc.) without even reading the statement carefully (whether th
e statement makes sense or not) forget about understanding.

They never try to correlate the statement in question with other statements of the same great person and thereby miss the bus of understanding.

Spontaneity and Naturalness


Spontaneity and Naturalness are two facets of the same coin.


If spontaneity is diluted (which can happen only with effort), the naturalness is also bound to be diluted.

Misunderstanding vs understanding


Misunderstanding happens easily"

because of it being "reactionary" in nature does not need energy and time to process the information received through communication


while


"understanding happens with difficulty"

because of it being "responsive" in nature needs energy and time to process the information received through communication.

LAKSHMAN REKHA


SIGNIFICANCE OF LAKSHMAN REKHA



There is an incident in Ramayana when Lakshman drew a big circular line (popularly known as Lakshman Rekha) and told/warned Sita not to go out of the circle i.e. not to cross the boundary (line forming p
erimeter of the circle).

But despite his warning she got tempted and crossed the boundary line. And consequent to that not only she suffered, but all the characters of Ramayana.

I thought what could be the message other than that which has generally been understood.


Perhaps the message is

"Sometimes despite all care taken not to cross the boundary line (Lakshman rekha) drawn by other for you , you unknowingly invariably cross that line because you have not the same understanding of the person who has drawn the line. Hence, if you want a peaceful social life i.e. to avoid your own as well as others' suffering, you must practice not to cross the boundary line drawn by others as far as possible."

Bondage/Freedom is a MYTH


Bondage/Freedom is a MYTH


All the wise ones try to make you understand all the aspects of conceptual bondage/maya (misunderstanding) in the garb of making you liberated (free from bondage/maya).

They try to do that by using various other
 simple concepts.

In a sense the complex concepts by which you are burdened with are made simple.

Perhaps a moment comes when the concepts become so simple that all of a sudden you realise that you were just having an impression/idea that there existed something like liberation/freedom and you were never in bondage at all.


In ultimate sense perhaps there is neither anything nor anyone who wants liberation/freedom ,

but even if there is anyone the liberation/bondage is simply a myth/concept appearing due to influence of societal conditioning.

[ In the picture Idiots means misunderstandings/thoughts that give a sense of bondage/freedom ]

MEMORY & TIME


MEMORY & TIME



MEMORY AND TIME ARE TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN.



BOTH ARE JUST APPEARANCES

AND

NONE OF THEM EXIST "AS SUCH".



PERHAPS WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT

IN RESPONSE TO OUTER STIMULI,

OUR TRAINED/CONDITIONED NEURONS REARRANGE THEMSELVES IN SUCH PATTERNS

THAT

WE FEEL HAVING SENSE OF MEMORY AS WELL AS TIME.



IF THE REARRANGEMENT OF NEURONS DOES NOT HAPPEN ON THE EXPECTED LINES,

THEN PERHAPS WE WILL NEITHER HAVE A SENSE OF HAVING MEMORY NOR THE SENSE OF TIME.