தேடல்

என்னிடம் கேட்கப்பட்ட கேள்விகளில் அதிகம் பேர் கேட்டது -

ஏன் இப்படி பைத்தியகாரதனமாக ஆன்மிகம், அது, இது என்று அலைந்து கொண்டிருக்கிறாய் ?

ஏன் எல்லோரையும் போல் NORMAL ஆக வாழாமல் - ABNORMAL ஆக இருக்கிறாய் ?

எல்லா மனிதரை போல் நிறைய பணம், பொருள், சேர்கை தேடு...

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நான் இருக்கிறேன் என்று எனக்கு தெரியும்... நான் இருக்கிறேன் என்று மட்டும் தான் எனக்கு தெரியும்.

NORMAL ஆக இருக்கிறேனா -ABNORMAL ஆக இருக்கிறேனா என்பது என்னை பார்ப்பவர்களை பொறுத்த விஷயம்.

And that calculation is based on their earlier input and databases.

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ஒரு கதை.

ஒரு ஊரில் ஒரு பழக்கம் இருந்தது.

அந்த ஊரில் வெயில் காலத்தில் எல்லோரும் வீடுகளிலும், குடிசைகளிலும் வசிப்பார்கள்.

மழை வந்து விட்டால், மரத்தின் மேல் வசிப்பார்கள்.

ஏனென்றால், மழை வந்து சில நாட்களில் அவர்கள் ஊரின் அருகில் இருக்கும் மலை பக்கம் இருந்து வெள்ளம் வரும்.

இதுவே அங்கு வாழ்க்கை முறை.

அந்த ஊரில் இருந்த ஒருவன் ஏன் வெள்ளம் வருகிறது என்று யோசித்தான்.

ஊர் பெரியவர்களிடம் கேட்டான்.
யாரும் திருப்திகரமாக பதில் தரவில்லை.

சிலர் அந்த மலையின் பக்கம் போக கூடாது என்று கூறினார்கள். அது இன்னும் நம் வாழ்கையை கஷ்டம் ஆக்கி விடும் என கூறினார்கள்.

சிலர், இது தான் வாழ்கை. இது தான் விதி என கூறினார்கள்.

யாரும் அந்த வெள்ளத்தின் காரணத்தை அறிய முற்படவே இல்லை.

மழை வந்தது.

அவனால் இந்த காரணத்தை அறியாமல் இங்கு வாழ விருப்பம் இல்லை.

அவன் மழையிலே அந்த மலைபகுதியை நோக்கி நடந்தான்.

வெகு தூரம் நடந்து வந்து விட்டான்.

அந்த மலை மீது ஏறினான்.

பல நாட்கள் கழிந்து விட்டன.

அங்கு சென்று பார்த்தால், அங்கே கடல் அளவிற்கு பெரிய ஏரி இருந்தது.

அந்த ஏரி நிறைந்து வழியும் தண்ணீர் தான் அவர்கள் கிராமத்திற்கு வரும் வெள்ளம் என்று புரிந்து கொண்டான்.

ஊருக்கு திரும்பி வந்து, அவர்கள் வீடுகளை சில தூரம் தள்ளி, மீண்டும் கட்ட வைத்தான்.

அதற்கு பின், அந்த ஊருக்கு வெள்ளம் வரவே இல்லை.

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இப்படி தான் நாமும் இந்த ஊரில், ஏன் வந்தோம், ஏன் இறக்கிறோம், என தெரிந்து கொள்ளாமலே, அந்த கிராம மக்கள் போல, வெள்ளம் இருந்தால் மரம் மேல், இல்லையென்றால் குடிசைக்குள் என வாழ்ந்து கொண்டிருக்கிறோம்.

பல ஆயிரம் வருடங்களாக இப்படியே உலகில் அநேகர் வாழ்வதால், இது தான் வாழ்கை என நினைத்து நாமும் வாழ்கிறோம்.

யாருமே வெள்ளம் ஏன் வருகிறது என பார்க்க முனைவதில்லை.

எனக்கு அது தெரிய வேண்டும்.

அந்த அடிப்படை கேள்விகளுக்கான பதிலை தான் நான் தேடி கொண்டிருக்கிறேன்.

அந்த தேடலுக்கு பெயர் ஆன்மிகம் என்றால், அதை பற்றி எல்லாம் எனக்கு கவலையில்லை.

பெயர்கள் வெறும் அடையாளங்கள்.

அந்த தேடலினால் நான் ABNORMAL என கூறப்பட்டால், அதுவும் என்னை பார்ப்பவர்களின் கருத்து தானே தவிர, எனக்கு அது எந்த விதத்திலும் வித்தியாசம் இல்லை.

நான் இருக்கிறேன் என்று எனக்கு தெரியும்.

நான் இருக்கிறேன் என்று மட்டும் தான் எனக்கு தெரியும்.

I KNOW - I AM.
- JUST I AM

MK Thyagaraja Bhagavathar - Lyrics - Bhoomiyil maanida

தியாகராஜா பாகவதர்

திரைப்படம் - அசோக் குமார்

பாடல் - பாபநாசம் சிவன்

பூமியில் மானிட ஜென்மம் அடைந்துமோர்
புண்ணியம் இன்றி விலங்குகள் போல்
பூமியில் மானிட ஜென்மம் அடைந்துமோர்
புண்ணியம் இன்றி விலங்குகள் போல்
காமமும் கோபமும் உள்ளம் நிரம்பவி
காமமும் கோபமும் உள்ளம் நிரம்பவி
காலமும் செல்ல மடிந்திடவோ ?
காலமும் செல்ல மடிந்திடவோ ?

உத்தம மானிடராய் பெரும் புண்ணிய,
நல் வினையால் உலகில் பிறந்தோம்
உத்தம மானிடராய் பெரும் புண்ணிய,
நல் வினையால் உலகில் பிறந்தோம்
சத்திய ஞான தயாநிதியாகிய
சத்திய ஞான தயாநிதியாகிய
புத்தரை போற்றுதல் நம் கடனே
புத்தரை போற்றுதல் நம் கடனே


உண்மையும் ஆருயிர் அன்பும் அஹிம்சையும்
இல்லையெனில் நர ஜென்மமிதே
உண்மையும் ஆருயிர் அன்பும் அஹிம்சையும்
இல்லையெனில் நர ஜென்மமிதே
மண் மீதிலோர் சுமையே
பொதி தாங்கிய
பாழ்மரமே வெறும் பாமரனே
மண் மீதிலோர் சுமையே
பொதி தாங்கிய
பாழ்மரமே வெறும் பாமரனே

Be a Flower

Every time a positive thought comes to your mind, i.e. Every time you feel love towards another Life, you are blossoming.

Everytime you feel your Love, you add a Petal to yourself.

But,

Everytime you have a negative thought towards another Life, you add a thorn to yourself.

Now,

If you are in LOVE towards EVERY LIFE on this earth, then you would have blossomed into a THOUSAND PETAL LOTUS.

This is symbolically in sync with what is said about ENLIGHTENMENT, in our scriptures and in mythology.

Enlightenment is not something specially attained only by blessed souls and God men.

Being in LOVE with the total existence, Any Life will be in a state of Enlightenment.

Its definitely possible for any Life to be in contact with about thousand different Lives at any time. And being in Love, Being in Unison, being in sync with everything in this existence, you just blossom.

You become the Flower..

You are ONE with everything in this existence.

Its a Flux, which is all ONE and Vibrating.

You are given option to take up petals or thorns.

If you add thorns to yourself, i.e. if you have hatred feeling towards any living thing, you will find yourself with all thorns on you.

And you stand alone like a Thorny Bush - A CACTUS.

So,

Just Blossom.

Just be the Flower.

Just BE.

Love is the TRUTH.

Love yourself, when You see the whole world in you.

You Love the whole world, when you see yourself in each and every livingthings on this earth.

Everything is ONE.

There is No differences in anything on this earth.

EVERYTHING IS IN YOU,

and also

YOU ARE IN EVERYTHING.

I am in everything, and Everything is in Me.

This is what Lord Krishna symbolises in Mahabharatha, when he ate the Mud and showed the whole universe inside him.

If you are able to Love a thousand Living things around you in a moment, then you become a thousand petal Lotus. You are in the state of Enlightenment. Keep this Love going on always from moment to moment, then you become Enlightened Soul.

Then you can see the thousand petal Lotus on your Sahasrara.

Then,

You are a Buddha.

Be a Buddha.

Be a Lotus.

Be a Flower.

Just BE.

Vote of Thanks

My Life - I have earned from others. - i.e. other persons and other lives in this existence.

Life is not just what I live with reference to a period of time. Its all those bits and pieces of "Time" the other person has shared with Me. My Father, Mother shared their Life with me for say till now from Birth. My sisters shared with me for a specific time, few years. My friends gave some portion of their Life to me. My teachers shared few hours. My house maid another few hours. My car driver, the college lecturer everyone shared few hours. The bus conductor shared few minutes. My co passenger shared about thirty minutes. My pet animal shared few months. Colleagues shared few years. My plants in the house shared a few minutes.

All these doesn't happen continuously but they share it with me in a random order. Say in bits and pieces of few minutes to an hour every now and then, whenever there is an opportunity, at different points of time frame.

Now all these put together -

a SUMMATION of ALL THESE SHARED time = MY LIFE TIME.

I thank all the living beings who are given the name as ....
The father,
The Mother,
The sisters,
The friends,
The spouse,
The teachers,
The lecturers,
The milk man,
The auto man,
The maid,
The pet,
The plant,
The co passenger,
The bus conductor,
The temple pujari,
The car mechanic,
The paperboy,
The corporation cleaner,
The Petty shop owner,
The hotel bartender,
The EB lineman,
The doctor who helped in delivering me during my birth ,
The undertaker who will clear this body in the end,
The cinema artist who made me laugh,
The neighbour who made me shout,
The worm which is going to eat this body after the event called Death,
The seed which became the tree and gave the fruit that i ate,
The farmer who planted that seed,
The water that helped the tree grow,
The labourer who packed the fruit or food grain,
The shopkeeper who gave it to me, etc, etc.

There are Millions and Millions of invisible forces that helped me LIVE, and i THANK every one.

Also this LIFE, I cannot claim that I am making a LIVING. There are so many unknown forces that are acting in this existence due to which I AM EXISTING. I can not even take one percent of credit for MY LIVING here in this Existence.

Say, My father and mother helped in this formation of this body. I should thank them. And Right from the moment i fell in this earth, the air is helping me to Live. I should thank it. Without this oxygen, I cant exist. And I should thank the trees which release this oxygen so that I am able to inhale it. And regarding the food I eat to keep this body surviving, I should thank the plants and flowers that provide the food. I should thank the bees and air that help in pollination. I should thank the water which helps the tree grow. I should thank the sun which help the trees grow. I should thank the lizards which eat the insects which could destroy the plants and hence help me get the fruits or vegetables. I should thank the earth worm which mixes the soil and helps the plant in getting the nourishment properly. I should thank the earth for providing an opportunity for the plant to grow in it. I should thank the space above the earth to allow the plants to grow and flourish.

All these five elements - i.e. Water, Air, Fire (Sun), Earth, Space, are working their whole life time to provide ME a complete LIFE. Then how can i take credit for my LIFE. I am just a complete formation due to all these elements. I am just begging from all these elements so that I can survive. Nothing more can be done by me - living in this vegetative structure.

AM just a PUPPET. Nothing more than that. Now, I finally thank the Origin of all these elements, the SUPREME POWER - without which, there won't be anything called this existence can happen.

I bow to thee,

I surrender to thee,

Please, destroy me.

உன்னை அன்றி வேறு எதுவும் நினையாது இருக்க வரம் வேண்டும்

உன் தாள் தவிர வேறு ஒன்றையும் காணாதிருக்க வரம் வேண்டும்

உன் சேவை தவிர வேறு ஏதும் செய்யாதிருக்க வரம் வேண்டும்

உன்னுள், கசிந்து உருகி கலந்து போய் விட வரம் வேண்டும்

இறைவா, வரம் வேண்டும் .

Please.

Please.

Words of a harebrained

NOBODY needs NOBODY. I Am NOBODY.

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பூ மரத்தில் இருந்து விழுகிறது.

நான் தரையில் படுத்து இருக்கிறேன்.

பூ எனக்கு கீழே உள்ள புல்லின் மீது விழுகிறது.

Flower fells from the tree.

I am lying on the grass.

The flower falls on the grass which is below me.

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Kite in the air.

Air inside you

Silence...

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Desire is the memory of pleasure.

Fear is the memory of Pain

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If death is going to happen anytime, certainly, then it means that,

I AM NOT GOING TO DIE.

BUT, ALREADY DEAD.

Then,

This LIFE is just an ILLUSION projected by MIND, with reference to TIME and SPACE, till that incident called DEATH occurs.

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If you Live NOW, then Death is HERE. I can see Death. Its very far, yet very nearby. Coz, I don’t see anything between from where I stand NOW, and where the DEATH is. It’s pure vacuum.

Or Is it the Death is HERE, NOW?

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You may walk, here and there,

Walk to nearby village, town, to the nearby continent...

Walk up the hill,

down the valley,

run along the beach shores,

jump amidst so many people,

dive into the pool,

You may wak, jump, dive, drift and run ,

anywhere to any where at any time,

But,

you are always walking towards your Grave.

Not pessimistic.

Just the Truth.

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I don’t know what Life is....

But I know IT IS.

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Dualism is creation of Mind. Everything is ONE.

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You just be like a simple FLUTE. God will blow the air through you to bring out the beautiful music.

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The whole existence has got the same energy as the one that is operating in this body.

When I realized this, I was able to see the whole existence as one vibration. Just a single flow. I can see - SHIVA THANDAVAM.

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பிரம்மத்தை அறிந்தவனுக்கு இந்த உடலும் மனமும் வெறும் ஆடை தான்.

For One who knows the Brahman, this body and mind is just like a dress we wear.

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One, who sees him/herself in this whole existence, knows what bliss is.

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உன் உலகம் உன் எண்ணங்களில் தான் உள்ளது.

Your world is in your Mind.

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If you want to do something immediately, STOP for a moment.

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A crack

Issues between relations

A crack in the glass

Cover it with any adhesive in top layer

beneath

the crack remains

It will break up again someday.

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தற்கொலை


தன்னை இந்த உலகத்தவரிடம் நிலை நிறுத்தி கொள்ள

ஒரு உயிரின் அதீத முயற்சி.

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The day you realize that the TRUTH of Life is within you, that moment you taste freedom.

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When you know that the next moment is undetermined, then you take the first step towards Realization.

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மனம் என்னும் வேர்களை அறுத்தால், சம்சாரம் என்னும் மரம் தானே விழுந்துவிடும்.

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புலன்களை அடக்குவது வெற்றி அல்ல. புலன்களை இயக்குவது தான் வெற்றி.

Controlling your senses is not victory. One should know to Operate his / her senses.

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நீ வெறும் நீ. வெளிப்புற அடையாளங்களில் உன்னை இணைத்து கொண்டு, உன்னையே நீ தொலைத்து விடாதே.

You are just You. Don’t identify yourself with external identities and lose yourself.

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அன்பு செய். அது தான் உன் உண்மை சொரூபத்தின் முதல் பிம்பம்.

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Doubt is the father of Intelligence.

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உண்மையை அறிந்துகொள்ள ஆசை தான் எல்லாவற்றையும் விட பெரிய ஆசை. ஆனாலும் அதுவும் ஆசை தான்.

உங்கள் தேடுதல் நின்று போனால், அது தான் உயர்ந்த நிலை.

Desire to know the reality is the biggest desire for a human. The day your search for reality ends, its the highest elevated position of Human life.

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In an ant, In the rat, In the leaves, In the rain, In the enemy, In the mother, In the wife, In the frog, In the bee, everything is ONE Life. Everything is SHIVA.

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Don’t get entangled with the senses and mind. Realize that you are manifested in this whole of existence. You are the Brahman.

HERE and NOW

As a child, we were taught always to live with a factor called TIME. And we also keep track of the Time effectively - so that we have come to a stage in human evolution that we have courses for Time Management.

Really, Evolution ??

Do we really know what time is ? Isn't it just a tool devised with a standard rules followed by the whole of people in the world for better understanding of events and better communication.

NOW is the reality. When you stop the clock which is running in your mind, you suddenly blossom. This action is so beautiful that you cannot just express in words. The experience of NO TIME, will bring an immense relief to you, that you feel FREE from a bondage. Yes, then comes the opportunity for you to understand that TIME had been a crippler. It had been binding you all the while in your life, and your mind has used TIME to keep you enslaved.

There comes an opportunity to realize that you don't need this external measure called time, to LIVE. Even if your mind doesn't understand this concept of TIME, you would still continue to breath, and continue to LIVE.

For the first time, you taste FREEDOM.

You may ask me how can you call me enslaved? That too a slave of My Own Mind?

A Simple Exercise.

Sit simply for TWO minutes.

Not necessarily you have to close your eyes, or hold your breath etc. Just sit simply and just watch around for TWO minutes. Also, watch all those that comes to your mind.

Now, take a piece of paper.

Write down all those that came to your mind.

Say you can definitely jot down a minimum of Five things - say you might have had a place in your mind, a food, a vehicle, a girl, or a boy, or a song, or a future tour, or next week's cinema tickets, or last year temple visit, anything that came to your mind.

Now next to every item, just try to write down the time or year in which that thought had sourced from.

Say if its about a girl, just write down what was the thought exactly about that girl, and when it happened. Or if its about next month's tour, write down the month of it. Similarly every thing you write down the Year of Sourcing.

Now take up a time line and jot down all the five events based on the TIME.

Today - the day i am writing this page is - March 27 2009 12.04 PM.

Say your Five events have timeline of - 1999, 2009 Jan, 2009 Jan, 2009 may, 2010. You can see that you were never in this NOW. Your thoughts were wandering in the range of 1999 to 2010. This is just an example of TWO minutes of watching. Just imagine - till date from your Birth, how many thoughts would have hijacked you and in what all frame of time references.

Am I right, that your Mind has enslaved you?

There would have been hardly a very few moments that you have realised NOW. Coz, in NOW, Mind freezes. When you have an hair raising experience, you are in NOW. Say you are driving the car, and suddenly there is another car coming fast towards you in the opposite side, and you act spontaneously, to take a sudden twist and save yourself, that moment your mind would have frozen and it would have stood silent, stood still, and you just act to save yourself. That Moment is one of the examples where your mind stops. And that is Living in NOW.

When you are in NOW, you have options to LIVE. Say in the morning, when you start to office or school or college, your mind is full of the options on how to reach the place before hand of the specified time. Your mind is engaged. If you are in NOW, you understand that - I AM HERE AT MY HOME NOW. I have an option to go to the office / school or also an option to take a break. Now, you can decide If i am going - How I can go to that place. Now, you start to enjoy the travel. You are no more worried about the Goal / destination. You will reach it happily.

The destination is bound to come when you travel in that road. But mind is occupied with the tension so that you miss the travel and rush to the destination in a hurry. Calm down. Live NOW. And enjoy the travel. If you are not in NOW, your mind will be wandering from - Origin of Life on this earth to the end of life on this earth, as i showed you in the exercise above. Your Mind has so much of potential to create a superbly crafted separate universe for you, that you will be hijacked so easily. Then, You miss the travel. And LIFE is not to reach a destination. In truth there is no destination. Its just a TRAVEL. And in this travel, there are people travelling with you.

This travel, or a train journey -

You have boarded the train in the point called C.

Some one has been travelling from point A.

Your father has been travelling from B.

Your friend boarded at D.

Your Dad gets down at E.

Your wife / husband boards in F.

Your Mom gets down at G.

Your children boards in H.

You get down at I.

Even after you get down the travel is going on.

Your spouse and children continue their travel. They don't get down of the train as soon as you got down. or you dint get down of the travel as your dad got down. Just a travel. And this travel can be understood only when you are in NOW. If you fix up the goal of getting a samosa before reaching the destination G, then you will be busily working on it and meanwhile you may not notice that E has crossed by and you dad has got down of the train.

This may sound a simple example - But this is LIFE - A TRAVEL

If you Live NOW, then Death is HERE.

I can see my Death. Its very far, yet very nearby. Coz, I dont see anything between from where I stand NOW, and where the DEATH is.

Its only pure vacuum.

Or Is it the Death is HERE, NOW?

Maha Vaakyas

Mahavaakyas

Upanishads which contain the essence of the Vedas form the Jnaanakhaanda portion of the Vedas are the very foundation of vedanta philosophy. Upanishadic statements are enigmatic in character. They deal exclusively with the discovery of the fundamental Spiritual Truth. They enshrine the doctrine of

1) the Supreme Brahman

2) the individual Self

3) the ultimate goal of life

4) the way of attaining that ultimate goal of life and

5) the impediments on the way of that attainment.

Every individual soul is only a focus, as it were in one infinite Consciousness, referred to as Brahman in all the Upanishads. Upadhis are the limitations of our souls. They are in simple terms the physical, mental and moral conditions under which we have to work in life. When these upadhis are removed, what we call the individual soul is identical with the universal soul.

The great maxims contained in four Upanishads of the four Vedas describe Brahman as:

1. “Praajnam Brahman”

—Aitreya Upanishad of Rigveda

-meaning “Intelligence or Consciousness is Brahman/Supreme reality"

2. “Aham Brahmaasmi”

—Brihadaaranyaka Upanishad of Yajurveda

— meaning “I am Brahman" or "I in everybody is Brahma‟

3. “Tatvamasi”

—Chandogya upanishad of Saamaveda

— meaning “That thou art”

4. “Ayam aatma Brahman”

—Mandookya Upanishad of Atharvaveda

— meaning “This Self or aatma is Brahman”

5. "Sarvam Khalvidam Brahma"

— Chandogya upanishad of Saamaveda

— meaning "All this is verily Brahman"

6. "So 'Ham"

— Given from - 'Sah + Aham'

— meaning " I, Myself, It is I"

These maxims are called as "Mahaa vaakyas" or "great maxims or mottos" which were direct revelations to the seers. Upanishads do not talk about personal God except Svetasvataropanishad, which mentions Rudra as Brahman. Etymologically the word Rudra in Sanskrit is derived as "rutaat-kashtaat draavyati iti rudraha" meaning the chaser of tribulations, trials and torments of the devotees. According to Vishishtaadvaita, Rudra signifies the supreme Paramaatman and not the well known Rudradeva, Siva. It is therefore proper to conclude that Upanishads dwell on superior and most difficult Jnaana yoga in the pursuit of the Absolute, which is the climax of the spiritual quest. Karma yoga and Bhakti yoga are the other paths of salvation which were not brought to light in Upanishads as such but are dealt at great length in Bhagavadgeeta, which are widely practiced in Kaliyuga and are more suited to the present times. Bhaktimaarga maintains personal relationship with the Supreme in various forms and avataaras(incarnations). The Aranyakas shifted the emphasis from the ritualistic to philosophical thought which work was completed by the Upanishads. The Upanishads also develop the monistic ideas scattered in the Samhitas, as conveyed forcibly in the Mahavakyas. It is interesting to note that criticism directed against ritualism and ceremonialism are not directed against philosophical conception found in the Mantras which are faithfully acknowledged and vividly developed in the Upanishads.

Source - Various Books and Websites.

Being and Becoming

Life when seen through the Mind, looks vast and wide, with all your dreams getting fulfilled and fears getting exaggerated. Your vision of Life has so many shelves filled with dreams, hopes, and fear and its always expanding.

As a child, you foresee your adulthood, and in 20's you fill your vision with 40's and in 40's its filled with your retired life. But, your life (or) your vision of life never has a major element - (i.e.) Death.

Though your projected life carries fears, its not the fear of death but mostly it will be of economic imbalance in living (or) you will have the fear of losing something which you had (or you think you had) gained in the past. Death never appears in your vision, coz you don't want to die.

Even I don't want you to Die.

Have a long and happy life.

But, are you really getting happier day by day - with your vision?

And is this - "Becoming" factor helps you to maintain your happiness level indicator always in Green?

Your mind always thrive to BECOME something. It doesn't like to stand still. Its always volatile. Never it gets frozen. Sitting in a hall, and just looking at a photograph of a green valley and mountains, you are hijacked to that place , Easily. You lose yourself from where you are, at that time.

Have you ever realised or cherished this "Becoming" factor?

You do cherish it - Yes. But it cannot be 100%. Coz its not the reality. It Might happen / Might not happen. You have the aspect of doubt included. But that doubt is covered up with the hopes - calling it as being Optimistic.

I am not asking you to be worried always. I don't want you to be Pessimistic also. But neither optimistic you have to be.

But JUST BE.

Just Be HERE and NOW.

Time is the biggest crippler. It binds you with its massive force. But have you ever seen what TIME is ? Its an illusion created by the Mind. It doesn't exist in reality. You use Time to refer to things of Past and Future. Its just a Tool of reference for better understanding - Similar to mathematics, or any other science, which are knowledge which helps you to understand things better. Coz when there is a necessity for communicating certain things - there are certain common aspects as - Language, Time, Science. etc. Just to convey any aspect to another person we use Time.

But, when you are on your Own, you come out of all these benchmarking and you look at things as they are. Then you realize that you don't need any of these external factors for your knowledge. These external factors can give you information - but Knowledge blossoms from Within. It is the resultant factor of your understanding. When you take out all these binding factors of space and time, then you realise that Time never existed. Space never existed. Then you are able to see - Earth and Life as ever evolving Phenomenon.

Life is a continuous flow, happening in infinity. Infinite time and Space. It is ever continuously blossoming. Everything is Moving. Nothing is stagnant. Every Atom is in a continuous flow. Now, when you attach a dimension to it, and give a time factor to it, you freeze it. Your mind looks at it as a Three dimensional object with reference to that particular time. But it is still moving Here, Now. So, You miss out the point and your mind is no more watching the movement of it NOW. It has stopped with a particular point of Time. Its Frozen. Dead. But any event or object - anything for that matter, is not the same always. There is no Same moment in this existence. Every Moment is unique. Every Moment is evolving. Life is a continuous flow. It never ceases.

Life is an energy that exist everywhere. Its in Human beings / trees / animals/ plants/ insects / micro organisms / etc. etc. This energy acts differently according to the object it is surrounded by.

In a Dog - It barks.

In a Plant - It blossoms flowers

In a tree - It gives fruits.

In a Human - It does many things.

Only the vegetative part is different. The energy is the same. The whole world is only ONE ENERGY. Everything is Same. The whole existence is ONE. Only the external suit differs. This external suit has been presented with certain properties and thus the energy operates according to the limitations (or) the properties of the external suit. Its like there are many colours of balloons - but every balloon is filled up of same AIR.

Everything in this existence is ONE. Everything is SHIVA. When this is Realized - then there is the beautiful opportunity for you to see the Cosmic Dance in Unison. This dance of the whole existence is symbolised as our LORD NATARAJA - i.e. SHIVA in DANCE. The whole existence is perceived as SHIVA IN DANCE.

As Sri Adi Shankaracharya says in Bhaja Govindam -

shatrau mitre putre bandhau

maa kuru yatnam vigrahasandhau

sarvasminnapi pashyaatmaanam

sarvatrotsrija bhedaagyaanam

Do not waste your efforts to win the love of or to fight against friend and foe, children and relatives. See yourself in everyone and give up all feelings of duality completely.

Only the vegetation differs. And the difference is, that,

Humans can't fly - But Birds can fly.

Birds can't swim. - But, Fishes can swim

Fishes can't walk - But Man can walk.

Man can't give fruits - But trees can give fruits.

Its just the vegetation, which causes the limitation. When you are able to cross the limitation, then you Realize the Reality.

When you are in the "Becoming" vision, you are bound by limitations. Being Here and Now, is the real freedom which keeps you away from the bondage of Time and Space. Then you will have the beautiful opportunity to USE TIME and SPACE. They will be a best tool for a better living. Nothing more than that.

Be Here.

Be Now.

Just BE.

Just Sit back, Relax and look deep into your phenomenon of "Becoming".

See how far your mind has projected your life?

Lets take up a question.

a) What is the future goal of your life - say short term goal - in next five years?

Write down the answer.

Now start writing down the attributes of it. Say for e.g. If your goal is to own a house in five years - start writing down points - as its physical specification, colors, plan etc etc.

Now next question.

b) From where did you get the inspiration for this Goal?

Say as in the example - A house - then what is your inspiration for this wish for house.

This question is asked for the reason - that will help you get to the origin of that wish. Where it all started. Definitely you were not born with a plan to build a house. And definitely not even while you are in school. So, what is the origin?

Definitely the answer will be - you were inspired by some external aspect. Like - someone else has done it previously- so let me also do it. Or Let me prove a point to the fellow humans - that i am also able to do it, as others have done it. Doesn't look more than a mere ego state.

So the goal is dumped into your life by other external persons or sources.

Why do you have to let your life a GARBAGE BIN?

All these projections of life, make you miss the reality - The Truth. Realise it. Live NOW. Don't live your life after so many years. It means you are missing your life Here, Now.

Who knows, you might DIE the next Moment you finish reading this page. :-)

This uncertainty is the beauty of life.

Enjoy It.

Don't freeze yourself and burden yourself. You want to do so much before Death knock your door. Its good that you always remember - "Miles to go before you sleep" But don't reach your destination virtually. Then you miss the beauty of travel.

Enjoy the Journey.

Any ways you will definitely reach the destination. But Watch the travel also. Enjoy the travel.

Being in life is Living.

Becoming is an illusionary image designed by your mind.

Just BE.

World of SINS

Sin.

Right from our birth, we have been told a lot and lot and lot about sins. Its always told to us that Human beings are bound to do a sin and later has to repent to the God / Creator for getting forgiveness. So there are certain aspects called as Sins, and if we commit a sin, we should bow down to God to ask for forgiveness. Else we will be punished by God for the Sins we commit.

But What exactly are these SINS?

A person is said to commit a sin when he / she breaks the rules of a society. A society is a well knit structure for better living and rules are helpful to the humans to live WITHOUT DISTURBING the fellow humans. And when someone breaks the rules, he is said to commit a sin.

All these are social factors. But When it comes to disturb an individual, then?

Now, isn't there a Sin while you kill a life? or If a person is beaten, isnt that a sin? and Now, isn't Terrorism - a sin ?

Beautiful questions.

A person kills another LIFE and isn't that a SIN?

I would call it an event that originates due to SELFISH interest in mind, and occurs due to the wish to survive. A person is ready to destroy another Life for his / her survival.

Yes, I can hear you telling - even that another Life has the complete right to Live. So, who is this person to destroy that life? Hence it has to be called a SIN.

Let me ask you something.

Have you removed a weed plant that had grown in and around your house?

Have you killed a mosquito?

Have you removed a spider web in your house?

Have you plucked a flower from a plant?

Have you plucked a leaf from a plant?

Have you wiped away the ants in your bathroom?

Have you ben watchful to see whether there is an ant on the road when you drive?

Have you hit a fly while driving your car?

Have you poured your remaining waste soap water into drainage after washing clothes?

If i continue, the list will be very BIG. I just want to drive the point that there is destruction of Life, in a normal human's day to day activity. The fact is, its not getting noticed. Coz the life that is getting affected is not of bigger size. Or those activities are not categorised as SINS.

Freedom ??

I will tell you a small story.

There was a parrot living in a cage of a beautiful household. It was taught only one word by the house owner - i.e. "FREEDOM". Hence the parrot always keep on repeating that word - Freedom.. Freedom..

Once it so happened that, a friend of the house owner visited him. He was sitting there and the parrot was repeatedly telling - Freedom.. Freedom.. He really pitied the bird. So, he decided to open the cage. He opened the cage, and still the Parrot was saying Freedom, Freedom, and was sitting inside the cage. It never attempted to fly out. The friend was amazed. He thought might be the parrot didn't notice that the cage was open. So, he put his hand inside the cage and forcibly took the bird outside. But the parrot was holding to the cage bars with its beak. But the friend pulled it out of the cage and left it fly outside. But to his astonishment, the parrot flew back inside the cage, sat there and again started to shout - Freedom.. Freedom..

Why such a story now?

Actually this story came up to my mind while we friends were having a discussion on - WHAT IS REAL FREEDOM?

Being an Indian, we are always proud to say that We have got freedom, after a long fight against the colonisation of British Government. But have we ever thought what really freedom is? Who is another government to give freedom to you? Or who is even your own government to impose rules on you? Was there any difference in an Individual's life - before 1947 and after the freedom? No. Absolutely not. Only it was a political and social situation we refer to as freedom.

I am not telling that rules should not be there. Rules help Humans to live a better systematic life in a social setup. Simple. It just helps a person to live without disturbing the other. Rules doesn't have anything else more than this purpose. Since we are taught right from childhood that we were slaves for another country's human, we are conditioned to think that there are supreme powers than yourself on this planet and you have to succumb to them. As, in a Tamil song -

ராமன் ஆண்டாலும் ராவணன் ஆண்டாலும் எனக்கொரு கவலை இல்லே

which means - it really doesn't matter to me whether the ruler is Lord Rama or Ravana. I am the Ruler for Myself. I am not enslaved. The external situation can decide only the way of your living. But in truth, Life is decided by an Individual. If I decide to be FREE, nobody or nothing on this planet can break my freedom - except the supreme power.

Now comparing to the story. Human life is similar to this parrot.We very well know that we are already in a cage called Human Body. And we all are talking about what Freedom is, to another co prisoner.

Let us visualize a situation.

There is a Vast area of Land. Land of thousands of acres.

There are plenty of houses, small rooms, big rooms.

You are provided with dress daily.

Given food from time to time. And a good bedding to sleep.

But only fact is that - this vast land is surrounded by a BIG, HUGE, COMPOUND WALL.

The Wall is so Huge that it is really impossible for anyone from inside to see what is on the other side. This whole land is encapsulated with the Huge wall.

Inside,

The Humans can roam around.

Go from one Room to another.

Will be provided food.

No limitations to do anything.

You can have good relationships.

You can make love.

You can create Off springs.

Only criteria is - You can't cross the wall.

You cannot cross the wall - Until you DIE.

Because, when you DIE, the body will be thrown out of the compound, to the other side of the Wall.

What, does it look more like our Central Prison?

Time passes by. A decade, two and more.

Centuries passes by. People continue to live. But suddenly there is a small clash of opinions among those people living inside.

But why?

What else could be the reason for Humans to fight among themselves? Either it would be Hunger in the stomach or Hunger in the Body.

Now, People divide.

Two groups are formed.

Two set of policies are formed.

Two set of rules are formed.

Both Communities don't mingle with each other.

So two new cultures come into being.

Two kinds of - Arts, Poetry, and Two New languages emerge from both community.

Finally, Two Governments are formed.

When two governments are formed - War is the resultant.

So people start to fight. Few killed and many are taken as prisoners on either side.

Now both sides have their own PRISON built on.

Now according to those prisoners - FREEDOM is leaving their respective jails and going and joining their community members.

But the fact is ALL THESE ARE HAPPENING INSIDE THAT BIG COMPOUNDED WALL.

But How many notice this ultimate truth. People are busy fighting the opposite community, Opposite state, Opposite neighbour, Opposite colleague, even Opposite Classmate. Only the criteria for the fight differs. With two countries the reason is Land and power, with two neighbours the reason is where to dump the wastage or regarding the car parking space, with two colleagues the reason is who will get the next promotion and with two classmates reason is who will get higher marks.

But No one notices that all this is happening already inside a Big Prison.

When a person understand that He / She is already a Prisoner - Will he look upon to the other person as an opposite party and try to imprison him and make a slave?

Or When a person knows that He / She is already a Prisoner in this vast space - Will there be any worries that He / She is imprisoned by an opposite community?

Now, the vast land is nothing but our Planet earth. Only factor being - We are not able to see the Huge WALL with our naked eye. Rest all is the same.

Humans are No better than that PARROT, and we just go on shouting FREEDOM, FREEDOM, but we never realise what Freedom is. We also don't want to get out of this Physical setup, and we still call ourselves free.

Even if someone tell us that we are in a prison, we will laugh at him. And even if someone tries to take us out of this physical barriers or cage, we always want to get back into this cage and live on. Because we are comfortable living inside this. We get food, we get physical satisfaction and we don't think anything beyond that. We are no better than that Parrot. We are just taught to shout that "We are Free, We are Free". But we never know what freedom is.

The day when a Human, understands that He / She is a slave here on this earth, and asks the question "Why I am given a DEATH SENTENCE for living on this earth? " - has at the least of an opportunity to search the Truth.

A person who doesn't understand that He / She is already in a Prison, will just get entangled with all the external factors and one day disappear from this space.

But living in this world, today, if A person asks such a question, He / She will be termed insane.

Even if I ask this same question - I WILL ALSO BE CALLED INSANE.

Whenever I think about Human life, I am always reminded of My friend, A sweet angry young man - Subramanyam.

But, People call him as Mahakavi Bharathi. He says regarding this situation beautifully in one of His song, as follows,

நல்லதோர் வீணை செய்தே
அதை நலங்கெட புழுதியில் எறிவதுண்டோ
சொல்லடி சிவசக்தி
என்னை சுடர் மிகும் அறிவுடன் படைத்துவிட்டாய்

வல்லமை தாராயோ - இந்த
மாநிலம் பயனுற வாழ்வதற்கே
சொல்லடி சிவசக்தி- நில
சுமையென வாழ்ந்திட புரிகுவையோ ?

Translation in ENGLISH

(I) made a noble veena

Would (I) throw it in the garbage?

Answer me, Oh Goddess

Why create me with a sparkling wisdom?

Wont you give skill and brilliance to make

the society lead a purposeful life

Answer me, Oh Goddess

will you make them live as a

burden to the land they stand on ?