QUOTES AND PASSAGES ON FROM MY WRITINGS, DISCOURSES AND FACE BOOK POSTINGS ON - SEEKING, THE JOURNEY, THE PATH, LIBERATION AND AWAKENING

The move from self to Self to non-self; the move from destiny, to free will, to Divine will; to move from helplessness, to empowered creator & manifestation, to surrender; the move from blame & guilt, to complete responsibility, to all embracing  acceptance that all is perfect as it is; the move from chaos & confusion, to passionate effort, to the discipleship of effortlessness; the move from being lost, to the gurgle of  knowing you are a vital part of the cosmic play, to awakening;  the move from limited personal identity to expanded personal consciousness to Universal Consciousness…All That Is; the move from self to Self to non self…

The paradoxes of being the seeker: a) While there is nothing (or no one to seek) it is this very seeking that takes you beyond the seeking & the seeking self. b) Though God/Self cannot be found by seeking, it is those who seek that find the God/Self within & around! c) All that we come across while seeking - all the concepts, paths, masters, philosophies - become redundant & yet the seeking was/is not redundant! d) Even as you begin seeking, it changes you and the seeking becomes a ripening. Seeking stops in the moment of understanding that which you seek, and the rest is purely spontaneous process...having nothing to do with the seeker.

At the start of spiritual interest we add, learn, acquire, go deep...there is divine pursuit…effort is natural; at some point a spontaneous removing, dropping, simplifying happens… there is divine surrender... effortlessness is natural! Initially we move from a seemingly mundane world into a seemingly sublime one; at some point... we take full circle to embrace the day to day here and now world as sublime!t we take full circle to embrace the day-to-day here & now world as the sublime!

Maya is the divine hypnotist; awareness the divine de-hypnosis! As we move into awareness & its de-hypnosis can we better enjoy the show of Maya -the mystery & illusion-the ups & downs of day to day life - from the best seats in the house! In this de-hypnosis we abide in the 'gap' between the breath and witness the drama/Maya that every breath brings on

It is not action that we must surrender - but doership!  It is not effort that we must surrender - but the self-will that seeks to direct it in particular ways. Its not passion that we let go off - but attachment! Its not activity or engaging with life & its people/events that we must step back from-  but from identifying self through them/that!

As long as we desire to ‘meet’ or ‘become One’ with God- we are going to have a ‘God’ outside self to do that with & the Godself That I Am cannot consciously Be. Our yearning-while it plays a vital ripening role in the unraveling of Self-at the very core implies some degree of a state/sense of separation. The gnosis that there is no God ‘out there’ shifts us from this desire into knowing its more about a growing awareness ...of our Godhood or the state of consciousness we call 'God'

Effortlessness does not imply no effort; it means when things happen through a ‘me’ rather than by a 'me’. The self who ‘does’ things starts to recede; the Universal Self that is spontaneously functioning starts to be felt more palpably. Our sense of 'doing' things - ‘negative’ or ‘positive’- starts to recede; the sense of the cosmic play perfect as it is starts to be experienced more palpably. Effortlessness is the shift from i… to I. From limited individual self to the Whole! Effortlessness is pure discipline- current self disciple to its universal Self! And thus effortlessness is not no effort but the empowered actions and inspired activity of the universe- while current self is at rest and in surrender

The mind drops off by itself once all its exploration is done...till then ‘dropping the mind’ remains a mind-concept! Silence occurs when The word has filled and pervaded you…till then silence remains …a word!

The journey inwards: at first it’s all very interesting. Gradually it becomes our intellectual understanding & we hold them like concepts somewhere a little outside us. Then the eureka’s begin & it’s all turning into the way we think & feel…into our beliefs; soon we can think feel speak no other way- its becoming our truth ...our energy signature and we experience like wise.  Through it all we are rewiring our neural pathways-unconscious aspects of self are dissolving increasingly-the new self consciously stabilizes. Its all becoming part of our new neural pathways …our DNA - the starting point for all 'future' experiences or lives. It’s like alchemy... a finely attuned process …we are turning matter into gold...spirit!

Many of us try to become another Buddha or Osho or this Master or that; and yet each Master is an individual unique delightful exploration of the whole- enabling us yes -but towards our own exploration and our unique picture of the whole! If we were to all go 'back' with the same picture- what a waste of eternity!

True insights are when the abstract 'THAT' becomes the tangible Ah this'!

Each step has to be real-ized - become your experiential truth rather than only intellectual- for the next to happen! So we must know where we are experientially, and yet be open to the next level. I always tell my fellow travelers to do the tango- to experientially (not intellectually) know where you are in the now and wholly embrace the ‘step’- and yet be open to the 'next' and 'next' … (which is first intellectual then as we move into it after experiencing what led to it does it become our experiential truth)… thereby catalyzing our consciousness… into higher/finer levels of beingness…into being more in sync with pure consciousness!

Many consider devotion to be their allegiance towards their masters, gods, and perhaps higher-selves; but in its ‘purest’ expression, devotion is your ardor to ‘Be’…an allegiance towards your very purposes to BE. Towards those purposes that you, from Spirit for Spirit, Individuated towards.  And by your very ‘being’, through what you may call existences, you are expressing your complete devotion. If you understood this well, there would be nothing more to ‘add’ towards devotion. Your devotion is your enthusiasm towards being all that you have chose to ‘Be’ …do, feel, experience in what you call this life. In this joyous commitment to all that you are, now… you encompass masters and gods and indeed ‘serve’ them best. Feel free my dears, for devotion is not a narrow line of, ‘must be’, ‘must feel’, ‘must do’ towards some ‘higher ‘other’. It is being yourself…all that you consider or call good or bad….! Acknowledge accept and revel in all of self and you are expressing complete devotion…

Paradoxically, as we increasingly become one with the consciousness that we are, our concerns about going home lessens, because as Consciousness we rest in the knowing that I ‘divyaa’ (current self) will ‘go home’ when I consciousness choose…we rest in the gnosis that I ‘divyaa’ is not awakened as I consciousness don’t choose it yet and when I as consciousness do so…then so will i as divyaa! Obviously I consciousness still need i divyaa in the cosmic play! In this we move from current selves concerns to what we as consciousnesses choose...! In analogy if we are the producer of the play and acting in it, we won’t want to go off the stage if our role in it is not over, no matter how tired we are, as we know it will affect the play!

To know and see everything as Self …is... being established in Self... or the purnam darshan state of 'seeing' ‘God! To know and see that nothing is not Self is... being established in Self ... or the state of seeing ‘God! This is the much spoken about purnam darshan! Indeed it is the yearning to see /receive some other mystical 'purnam darshan'…that keeps us from this moment to moment purnam darshan

Ah to the paradoxical cosmic mating dance; to the simultaneous divine yearning and divine fulfillment; fulfilled even as we yearn and yearning even in fulfillment; seeking union even whilst enjoying the cosmic foreplay; the Shakti in me seducing the Shiva in me; the Shiva in me stretching it that wee bit longer…Ah to the Now.

It is only in separation that we ask why creation? Why forgetfulness? Why separation? As we establish in our authentic beingness as Self/Consciousness/Awareness we indeed revel in all states of (our) beingness. We embrace creation; we move from belittling the material experience/self; we understand the seeming separation & seeming ignorance as aspects of the Whole that I AM...we become aware there is no Self without its selves! Self is not a separate Whole somewhere... Self comprises of all its states & selves !In this there is no yearning for this or that 'better' state - we live in the perfection of where we are in the Now knowing we are simultaneously in all states as Self!

Surrender or homage can be to Guru God or Self… all three states are seemingly the same &yet each is a subtle shift into establishing as authentic Self. When nothing-not even our guru or god stands between Self-when there isn’t even a grain of sand in between-do we truly abide in Self. Ultimately abiding in Self is beyond devotion, gyan even love .Devotion to whom? Love implies another. And Gyan-knowledge of Self is still a hairs breadth from being Self! And yet as Self- a state of being  beyond duality & thus what we call contradictions- even though there is no other we view all as aspects of Self, and thus though one is beyond devotion love and gyan...they exist in relation to Self & all its reflections.

We are a combination of body, mind, emotions & spirit/energy and just the way we cannot exist only as the mind or only as the body or energy or feelings, our path too ultimately becomes a combination! Thus....Gyan-mind; bhakti-heart; kriya- energy; karma-body… together become the One path to Self.

The four paths are only different starting points; each being a door leading to the same place: a deeply fulfilled love and acceptance of self and thus all ‘others’! This is what ‘Bhakti yoga’ truly is! Both encompass ‘Know Thyself’. This is what ‘Gyan yoga’ is all about! Both reach an expanded sense of being …energy fields that can attract nothing but this expansion-and this is ‘Kriya’ yoga’! Naturally they lead to enhanced actions …and this is ‘Karma’ yoga’.

Gyan and its in-depth understanding of the Oneness that permeates everything spontaneously leads to love (Bhakti)! And Bhakti(love) naturally brings about a deep understanding of its beloved (Gyan)! This leads to an almost effortless expansion of ones energy field (Kriya yoga) and enhanced actions in day to day living (Karma yoga)! Indeed together they become the one path of Raj yoga, and life becomes a moment- to moment meditation, and one lives in increasing awareness of…as… Self. Only the starting point differs, and based on your nature and sanskars, based on what you require one of the paths beckon you as you start this wonderful journey within. As one travels along their chosen path however, they begin to merge, and this is when the journey deepens.

Spiritual practices (chants, meditation, awareness or whatever practice we may use) are not really about improving self; but about dissolving self! They are not about aiding us, as much as about aiding the ‘Presence’ within become increasingly tangible!

This is the wonder of Existence, that every aspect of Its consciousness charts its own inimitable journey back ‘home’! Yes we have beloved masters, sacred texts/ poems & those who have already traveled along the path ( & their wondrous practices teachings experiences)  to help, enable, encourage & motivate us- but like we all have a unique fingerprint, we all have a unique path home! Each one shares what works/worked for them, but it is for each one of us to add to that living torch, a meaning, a quality that is uniquely our own! Only Consciousness could come up with this master plan-one journey, one exploration, one destination   yet each one individual special & unique!  There is no singular ‘best’ way towards awakening/enlightenment. There is no must do path, practice, step, teaching that is mandatory as a prelude to Self realization. Sometimes we get sidetracked by insisting this is ‘best’ or ‘only way’ or a ‘must do even if you do nothing else”…because something (path/practice/understanding) worked for us!  We think what worked for us will naturally work for ‘others’! The intentions are good. But truly truly…as we establish in our awakening/awareness…we realize there is no one way, nothing that is mandatory, that each one charts their own awakening-this is indeed the coup de tat/master plan  of existence… each one enables and yet each one creates afresh!

Consciousness/Creator: There is nothing in My universe that does not bring you 'back' unto Me.....! No matter how you view some one or something in your present moment, everything, everything in My Universe only enables you, aids you, becomes a vital step towards all that you already are... a step back unto Self. This arose in one of my older channelings in response to someone crying about an addiction that it is taking him away from 'God'. It went on to explain how even seemingly negative phases, bring about deep self awareness...and thus in the longer run are about Self growth...

Wizard of Oz: Dorothy to the good witch: "Oh Glinda can you please help me get back to Kansas?" Glinda:" You don’t need to be helped any longer. You always had the power to go back to Kansas. It was inside you." Dorothy: "Why didn’t you tell me before?" Glinda: "You would not have believed me. You had to learn for yourself…”.r yourself"

We are all unique & special; we are each what the Whole chooses to Be/experience/revel in through a 'me'! Indeed we are each what only we could be for the Whole! And in this gnosis is the embrace of our own individuality & that of every one! Thus being unique doesn't lead to exclusiveness but all inclusiveness; it doesn’t create hierarchy but is one with complete equality. So come beloveds ...enjoy & appreciate what only 'you' can be for the Whole; what 'God' has chosen to be through a 'you'! And yes enjoy, appreciate, revel & fall in love with all the other aspects of the Whole...God... through each & everyone around you!'t create hierarchy but is one with complete equality! So come beloveds

Heya all! Back from China and Dubai! Interesting experiences; yet good to be back home! Indeed any journey like this fully answers the 'why' creation ... 'why' separation ...question! It experientially brings alive the gnosis that consciousness is a state of being that simultaneously straddles   desire/yearning and discovery/exploration/play and fulfillment/rest...one is not w/o the other and in this gnosis can we enjoy each state as an aspect of pure beingness!

A personal sharing: Last eve I heard an old old song that used to be my favorite as a teenager- and I recalled the exquisite yearning that it used to bring about! And at that point I never quite knew what the yearning was about- at the most I used to think it was a yearning for love- for that significant other! But as I heard the song now, and felt not yearning but an inexpressible sweetness, I real-ized that current awareness of Self... its bliss, fulfillment, inexpressible divine connection call it what we may.. is what the yearning was about...and now in experiencing Self/being one with it…the yearning had translated  to this ...peaceful fulfillment for lack of better words!

Come beloveds, awake every morning as (Universal-God) Self! Let Self be aware of Self even as ‘you’ go to sleep; Let Self be aware of Self through ‘your’ every action and every word spoken (or not);  let see Self see Self everywhere through everything. Establish in unceasing awareness as Self. Use some tools if required initially to bridge the gaps & maintain this Consciousness! Chants, images, your connection with guru/god or whatever works for you to constantly ‘Be’ Self… to unceasingly be tangibly aware …of the intangible! In this, spontaneously where will you/ego/ limited self be?

Indeed in trying to move away from yourself you are firmly there! So just Be Self…moment to moment… and 'you' cannot be. Establish in unceasing awareness as Self. In this, spontaneously the ego/ limited self cannot be? Indeed in trying to move away from ego…the ego is  firmly there! So just Be Self…moment to moment… and 'you/ego' cannot be

Focus on That which you choose to become; not on whom you choose to move away from. Constant focus on your higher Self restores your authentic nature spontaneously. Repeatedly acting and responding from your higher Self wears away all that is not in sync with this Self almost automatically!

Going within is not about sitting passively with your eyes closed. Going within is indeed a 24/7 moment- to-moment eyes-open state of alert awareness! When this is being done moment-to-moment and I mean moment-to-moment, everywhere you go, and through everything you do... then this awareness- this conscious living- is paradoxically the authentic  ‘going within’!

In the absence of all that i think i am tangibly, can I tangibly feel my true … Presence. Indeed in my very absence is... true Presence.

Surrender is the ceasing of living volitionally... and living without volition is the beginning of living wholly

Devotion begins as surrender to our gurus and gods but in its purest expression devotion is our surrender to ‘Being’ …our surrender to experiencing, expressing, reveling in whatever consciousness chooses through a ‘me’… and thus by our very ‘being’ through what one may call ‘existence’, we are expressing complete devotion! In more layman ways our devotion is our joyous commitment to all that makes up our Now… in this indeed do we embrace our masters and gods and ‘serve’ them best.

An all-knowing state is what many view as the penultimate of any spiritual journey, and it is somewhat startling to realize somewhere along the way that there is no such state as ‘all-knowing’. Paradoxically it is this knowing that there is no thing like all-knowing that truly comes closest to it! Indeed all-knowing is  a state of embracing the unknown..! Without this embracing of the unknown one cannot be all- knowing!embracing the unknown! without this joyful embracing of the unknown one cannot be all-knowing

Stagnation isn’t only in the inability to move on from challenging situations! It is equally vital to move on from our pinnacles; and like in any orgasm ...it is only in letting go that we experience further bliss!

Many a journey stops at some summit 'seekers' feel they have reached... happy at 'arriving' at some expressions of enlightenment and we have a tarot card which says just this: when you think you have reached...go through the next frontier …or sit and stagnate in your so called heaven!

Abiding in awareness means bridging even that nano second gap of 'becoming' aware! As we increasingly abide in awareness/being the witness - it’s about this ‘gap’ decreasing to dissolving!

Prayer for me is living in a 24/7 moment to moment thankfulness; being comfortable with the mystery of things/reasons we cant know-just knowing they have that perfect role to play; and accepting all that is w/o judgment.

’ who celebrates but spirit as a whole that revels in every opportunity of being!

And this is what courses through you, on your day of birth, in the face of all rational, which might try and suggest or convince you otherwise. It is why you feel instinctively within you a celebration, even if you know not why.

So rejoice in Self my dearest friends- it need not be a big bang every time- you may celebrate in stillness and quietude, allowing it to ripple forth in honor of the portal that allows ‘All That Is’ to infinitely and infinitesimally ‘BE’ !llment of the larger Whole-& unknown to you its not only ‘you’ who celebrates but spiritA Soul/ soul consciousness arises in facing opposite directions at the same time - toward eternity & time, infinity & space, unity & complexity, dualism without being dualistic, for in consciousness we can accommodate the opposites by identifying with both. This identification results in the experience of being an individual while at the same time being the whole and finding no contradiction in the experience...

Living in the now truly means no past conditioning!

Our state of consciousness, whenever we come across a book, movie, concepts, world events or personal experiences is what dictates our translation of the same

Cause and effect simply outlines that we are the cause; not some outside other, fate, or god. We can call this ‘cause’ our thinking, feeling, focus, which reflects as outer effects; or we can view it as our energy field which attracts like-wise effects; or we can call it karma - what we have chosen to explore, experience and expand and thus meet as outer effects.

Spiritual knowledge is about understanding the macrocosm to better understand, and thus enhance, the microcosm- your day to day life!

Know Thyself: Know ‘thyself –‘you’ current self are the doorway to your Infinite Self! Know ‘Thyself” – as the Infinite Self that you are enables you to understand current self!

Know Thyself: the Godself that you are and the limited self that you are not!

Know thyself: And how do we do this? The answer is in blending what may appear opposite approaches, but truly one complements the other. One path emphasizes becoming aware of the Infinite Self that we intrinsically are- and focusing on the love, abundance and fulfillment inherent in this sense of self. And even as we do this, focus passionately on this ‘new Self’ and fill with its expanded being ness the authentic Self automatically comes (increasingly) into view! The second approach accentuates a different kind of observation…and calls your attention to becoming cognizant of your subconscious conditioning, the goblins of fear and redundant pathways contained within your mind; and like cobwebs disintegrate when shown the light…this awareness cuts through them laser like and the true Self automatically emerges!

Different people and different stages have different combinations of self and Self enquiry! But yes some degree of self enquiry enables the Self enquiry phase! Yet if it is accompanied by some degree of Self enquiry...this enables the self enquiry! Otherwise one can get stuck in the self enquiry stage...therapy…focus on what’s not fine...focus on the past etc! But there are no cut off points...both in tandem work best according to me...and at some point as Self enquiry develops...the self is automatically getting healed and thus is self enquiry not required so much ...! But however much we may progress in Self enquiry...the basics of self enquiry remain the firm grounding and stuff to keep coming back to!!

self to Self inquiry! Initially self is needed...then we come to the gnosis all is as it should be … we know everything is our own soul plan...we know its for our higher better good... we know its all a play of consciousness...we understand there is no personal doer... etc etc etc and in that we automatically rest...there is a deep acceptance even if we cant know why...and thus surrender happens...and that phase of self inquiry which got us here isn't required anymore! The self enquiry changes from (current) self enquiry to (universal) Self enquiry...focus on Self...Establishing in unceasing awareness of Self. The inquiry is about Self now...we awake as Self/Consciousness; we are aware of Self even as ‘you’ go to sleep; we focus on awareness of Self through ‘your’ every action and every word spoken (or not)…

Evolution is inherent in our DNA! God is in our genes! Our goal… is our Source!

We often think in terms of Gods creating us; but in truth it is we who create our gods! Sensing our purest qualities as ‘self’, but unable to accept this vision as self, we project them onto a ‘god’ or goal outside. Our highest potentials, the gods we seek to be, are in actuality our source and immanent in our Dna; that record keeper so to say that keeps all that we are intact within us while we play the game of seeming separation and ignorance

The different roles and life plans are like a board game we have each pulled out from the universal playroom! Someone is playing president, someone businessman, someone spiritual teacher, someone aspirant, someone paan wala.... and in the larger picture none of these roles or what we ‘do’ in each life matter. They are only means for Self to experience its different aspects, and just as we choose any board game when we want to play with friends, we choose different life plans!

Each one resonates to their own 'path'. Thus there are no wrong or right ones! When anyone asks me how they know if some thing is right for them... I tell them that if you are drawn to it: path, guru, chant, 'yoga' whatever...in the now, it’s for you in the now! That’s the best clue! If not, then don't pursue it just because everyone around you is! And when it’s served its purpose in yr life...yr growth...you will automatically shift or be drawn to some thing else. And if something doesn't beckon you, it’s not for you! Thus does it not beckon! It’s all in reverse...if we haven't chosen to explore 'that' path...we don't need it for 'this life' experience....thus no encodements within us...thus are we not attracted!! But if anything repels...ah... time to look within...why? There is no need to be attracted to it, but shunning wont work! Reach a neutral ground....or fall in love!

Don’t try to make another’s path yours! Use from it what aids you! Yet don’t even get stuck in ‘no method’ or it becomes a method! Path’s cross, teaching happens, there is a connection, a resonance... towards your own experience of.

As we take our exploration of self deeper and deeper...we must remember that ultimately going 'deeper' is reaching the most simple! And the going deeper is only a tool to arrive at the utter simplicity of it all! Or it becomes ‘kaan rus’…intellectual mind games taking us away rather than towards.

There comes a point in the journey when we view the complete redundancy of words and concepts ...indeed of all that we have ‘learnt’. And yet this formed the bridge! And only when you have reached the other side, is the bridge dispensable! Value the bridge, and yet see it for what it is! And that's my current 'challenge'...it was easy for me to say and write the words when they all had that 'profound' meaning for me …but now I find myself always doing the tango ...coming from another place within... yet saying outwards this now 'meaningless' stuff...so that more and more reach the same place... where they too can chuck it all when ready and enjoy its aftermath! Of course sometimes I fall short of the words required... and I cry in joy...I laugh in joy...some think I am mad...and I am…but yes through it all love pervades... Not only is there an increasing feeling of there being no words for where I would like to take you, but the words I do use are usually accompanied by the action of “inverted commas” to imply that I don’t mean the word I mean as I truly mean! In the written expression, this sometimes translates to brackets after brackets or a string of seemingly contradictory sentences trying to clarify this!

Many of us think of our 'purpose to be' in terms of that one over riding theme; but at its deepest - each truth that becomes yours, beyond its mere intellectual understanding- is your purpose to be! And whatever truth you are experiencing in the now- is your current purpose!

The journey towards our goals- its myriad experiences, joys & learning- are the real objective of any goal; and the perceived goals themselves are only the means towards this exploration & self discovery! In this gnosis will you rest even as you ‘strive’; touch peaks at every ‘step’ along the way; find fulfillment moment to moment rather than at some perceived ‘end’!

Make Beauty the path home! Think what happens when you come across a thing of beauty? You enter a speechless space-which the mind cannot describe & thus it rests- & there is spontaneous meditation! Without the barrier of the mind you are wide open to All That Is! This is why man has been drawn to beauty through existence

No choice is really 'wrong'! Even if it leads to what we may view as stagnation,  a dead-end or  a challenging situation -for that 'seeming mistake' was what we needed to meet, face & get out of the way- and in this understanding...there no wrong choices!

Creation to each of us: "If ever there was a reason-it was 'you'

Let us not seek to know it all as much as enjoy All That Is!

Know that as Mankind- you carry all the previous dimensions you existed in- within you! The minerals your body requires are the remnants of the mineral kingdom; vitamins part of the plant kingdom and proteins are your heritage from the animal kingdom! Humanity stands not alone, but partakes in all life on earth!

Tantra is often defines as expansion or a weave and this accurately sums up the path of tantra which enables each of us to expand our personal energy field/weave into becoming one with the universal grid/weave!

Focus on that which you choose to become, not on that which you choose to move away from. Constant focus on your higher self restores your authentic nature spontaneously. Repeatedly acting and responding from your higher Self wears away all that is not in sync with this Self almost automatically! See this thru a LOVELY PARABLE & THE LAWS OF ENERGY:

A sculptor, renowned for his magnificent elephant statues, was hired by the emperor to carve one for the palace. Fascinated as yet another splendid ‘elephant’ emerges from the rough block of stone; the emperor asks the sculptor his ‘secret’! The sculptor replies simply-  that he does nothing other than become aware of the magnificent creature within the stone- and the rest of the work is done by God! The emperor, thinking the sculptor is evading the secret of his creative powers, demands to know what the sculptor does to make God work for him!?  The sculptor once again shares simply, telling the emperor that all he ‘does’ is visit the stone and look at it deeply everyday … and soon… what appears to be a shapeless chunk of stone begins to show the barely discernible yet increasingly apparent inner essence. And even as the faintest glimmer has been seen, all he ‘does’ is focus on it… and the initially vague outline begins to reveal itself more strongly…till one day he can clearly see/feel the  elephant stirring within the rock! After that all he ‘does’…his role… is to focus on this magnificent creature…and automatically his chisel and mallet begin to remove everything that is not this splendid elephant!

In energy terms (simply put) as we entrain with our ‘higher/finer’ frequencies, they become a part of our energy field, and the basic principles of energy come into play: a) ‘Like attracts like’- so not only does your energy field attract more and more of the finer frequencies, but there are increasingly less denser frequencies to attract their like anymore ; b) ‘Energy resists its opposite’- so a finer honed positive energy field actually keeps at bay, the lower/denser frequencies coming your way or easily becoming a  part of your energy field! As we establish in unceasing awareness as/of Self; the ego/ limited self cannot be. Indeed in trying to move away from ego…the ego is firmly there! So just Be Self…moment to moment… and 'you/ego' cannot be

If everyone got liberated how creation would be! So just like we don’t want a good book/movie to end, we - as Consciousness- keep enough aspects of Self within the cosmic play, knowing full well that each 'self' will awaken at the right time... just like the cue actors get when its time for them to exit the stage... at... the right time for the betterment of the play! the right time for the betterment of the play...CONT In this gnosis, our focus shifts from personal consciousness and its concerns of "when will I get liberation"...into becoming one with Consciousness and its cosmic play… and in that... resting in whatever is good for Consciousness/The Whole… rather than concern about an individuated me and its liberation. Of course, the very 'desire' for liberation implies, the Whole is readying for 'my' exit...! The 'effort' that arises due to this desire, is what the Whole is doing thru a 'me'...! The 'effortlessness/surrender' that then just happens.. is The whole merging increasingly with the 'me'...and as the gap decreases..... we move beyond concerns about personal liberation...even whilst the whole is dissolving personal self...

Think Chinese checkers...! first all the counters are 'home'; then with great 'deliberation' they enter the game; the 'challenges' are part of its fun; 'careful moves' are made; the way ahead is 'studied and entered into'.....and then at so...me point... the pace changes... and rather than deliberate moves...the counters have pre-set the path back home...there is only that path left...and no other place to go...and thus they all go home...and both parties playing the game have enjoyed the whole experience;-)))))))))

'God' /'Consciousness'/Spirit imply a dynamic state of being... a kinetic state of perfection….not something finished and done with! As consciousness experiences /expresses/ revels in Itself, through its 'individuations', It expands/deep...ens/enriches Itself...and then 'that' enriched consciousness/god/spirit has more to experience/express and revel in... ever more...infinitely..(in linear language, because ofcourse all of this 'happens' in the now!) and thus individuates/ sets forth again…and again…always from this infinitely ‘more’ enriched experience of Itself….It’s the paradox of how All That Is ...ever becomes 'more'...;-) but we are all trying to express the inexpressible and thus words may vary but are all really saying the same thing...in essence!

Even our identity, seemingly so established and life long, is but a fleeting moment...a spontaneous experience...within consciousness…

Every long song can be heard from The soul to god/higher self/consciousness point of view...indeed almost very love song is great to meditate on... one needs not only chants and bhajans...as a group we regularly 'meditate' to love songs...! For example Johnny cash song "I walk the line for you"...I keep my eyes wide open all the time. I keep the ends out for the tie that binds. Because you're mine, I walk the line"- i hear it as 'God' singing it to me and the whole gnosis of divine will/free will unravels within! Or Stings: "Every step you take (I'll be watching you) Every single day. Every word you say "i will be watching you." … ha ha i hear it from Self to self! Or Joe Crocker: " You are so beautiful / To me / Can't you see / You're everything I hoped for / You're everything I need / you are so beautiful to me..." I hear it as existence singing it to me... or even the song "I don't want you to be no slave; I don’t want you to work all day; I just wanna make love to you. Love to you Love to you... is Shiva singing it to creation...! Oh I could go on and on! “.So if i am ever in the car with the radio on and love songs playing....zoom i am in immediate medit zone.. ;-)

Everything we see, hear, come across in any way...is a message from Self to self!! Every reaching out is a learning! Every healing is self healing! Loving another is only a tool towards becoming Love itself! Helping another strengthens self…encouraging another helps us move from discouragement!

Growth is more like a spiral which emanates from a central point, but gets progressively farther away as it revolves around the point…

I conjure current-self like an antenna...and based on the antennas frequencies...it tunes into those thoughts that the Universe emits and experiences Itself thru. As any antenna vibrates to a range of frequencies (not only one frequency) it thus Gathers or tunes into a gamut of thoughts! So pictorially the way I see it -as current self -I vibrate to many frequencies and thus finer and denser thoughts; but we also have a certain centre of attention- that frequency we usually reside in- and that is what will gather the most thoughts! The trick is to raise this centre of attention..! To raise our frequency!

A simple analogy to view how awareness of the larger picture changes your responses to life-automatically! If you miss signing a vital contract due to a fall on yr neighbors soapy floor- you would be angry inspite of what the many texts & masters say about anger! But as you become aware that the delay saved you from the elevator crash- your anger would turn to genuine forgiveness & thankfulness… automatically! om the elevator crash- your anger turns to genuine forgiveness & thankfulness- automatically! if you see a girl being badly manhandled on the road you would be pained- no matter what the texts say about no pain- but as you become aware its a movie shoot- the pain dissipates into the zest of being on the sets - automatically! And yet all that really happened in these scenarios- was a larger view of the same! Thus move into the larger ... move from personality to larger self awareness! Acquiring a soul perspective allows us to see things differently - and we always see a more inclusive, universal picture. this expanded view adds to an understanding, appreciation and thus enjoyment of life!

And that’s what the spiritual journey is about! No not knowing it all in advance- that’s against the grain of life- like knowing every step of a game you are playing! Would you play snakes and ladders if you knew before hand every throw of the dice and what would transpire next in the game? You would throw the game away! Would you buy a jig saw puzzle if it were already made?

Spiritual 'progress' is not some godliness or devoutness - simply put - it is expanding your energy field beyond current human levels/mind- operating at a frequency beyond the critical mass- where the critical mass/human nature doesn’t affect you-but you affect it. All other gains are like wondrous gifts but not the major shift that authentic spiritual journeys are about - only a single pointed focus on/enquiry into Self- will enable that!

Imho the much maligned senses can indee @kiran- patience devlops auotomatically when we live in the now! and paradoxically as we live in the now -the more do we trust any given future -and patience develops automatically when we repose confidence and trust in the 'future'! love dMorewondrous gifts but will not enable a major shift in being- only a complete single pointed focus on Self..will enable that with time.

@kiran- patience devlops auotomatically when we live in the now! and paradoxically as we live in the now -the more do we trust any given future -and patience develops automatically when we repose confidence and trust in the 'future'! love d@kiran- patience devlops auotomatically when we live in the now! and paradoxically as we live in the now -the more do we trust any given future -and patience develops automatically when we repose confidence and trust in the 'future'! love d@kiran- patience devlops auotomatically when we live in the now! and paradoxically as we live in the now -the more do we trust any given future -and patience develops automatically when we repose confidence and trust in the 'future'! love d@kiran- patience devlops auotomatically when we live in the now! and paradoxically as we live in the now -the more do we trust any given future -and patience develops automatically when we repose confidence and trust in the 'future'! love dbut will not enable a major shift in being- only a complete single pointed focus on Self..will enable that with timed be ways to be wholly in the now - it’s only when we get stuck in what we experience through the senses that they work against self! Otherwise they are tools consciousness created to experience self…every nuance of Self… moment to moment!! See this experientially beloveds…seeing a thing of beauty takes one away us from self to Self; as does hearing music or smelling a beautiful fragrance; or indeed taste- if we truly eat mindfully enjoying each morsel...we are wholly in the Now; and touch ofcourse touch, a caress a hug even a massage can establish us in the Now, beyond the mind!. It’s when our mind invades the sense experience that it takes us away from the Now! We wonder when will we next experience this… or fear losing the moment …or think in terms of possessing the object that allowed us this beautiful experience that they become limiting..( eg: Or oh my god this will make me put on weight? or when we fear to lose that moment...but otherwise senses can be a beautiful way to be in the Now and beyond mind identification...)

Life is our mirror! Everything we see, hear, come across in any way...is a message from Self to self!! Every reaching out is a learning! Every healing is self healing! Loving another is only a tool towards becoming Love itself! Aiding another strengthens self! Encouraging another helps us move from feeling discouraged! Indeed our day to day life is our current purpose in the larger scheme! Our current desires or fears are soul voices urging us towards what the whole wants to fulfill or move away from thru an us! So live it to its fullest, it’s your role in the cosmic play!  Our day to day life is what we are connected to the whole thru…there is nothing other than our day to day life surely?  ! Through this gnosis day to day life becomes a vital guru, a cosmic play ground, a passionate endeavour of the whole thru an us, and yet a certain stillness and surrender and flow enters it…!My spiritual and day-to-day life are not two compartments to be juggled but one beautiful whole- with the ‘spiritual’ permeating everything I do. Thus even now I lead a full if somewhat understated life.

The very 'awareness' that our thoughts create our life, becomes a strong propellant to change/expand/purify our thoughts… this is the power of awareness.....this is the life force within awareness....spontaneously birthing/enabling us to... move into(or away from) the life enhancing (life depleting) aspects that we become aware of ....! Just like it is natural for us to place our palm on a body part that hurts /is injured...just as a mother automatically embraces/places her palm on a troubled child...in the same manner awareness automatically makes us place that 'hand' on self because once we become aware that our thoughts create our life- we cant help but want to change our thoughts...and that becomes the first step...and as we all know there is great power in beginnings...

Often when we respond to something that we read/or come across  with a verbal or silent  “i agree or disagree” …through the  very act of agreeing or  not agreeing…we are subconsciously coming from a stale dated understanding/conditioning…  rather than the open/beginners mind. The context in which I write that: the moment we say/think i 'agree' it implies listening to something from a prior understanding... a understanding that is already 'ours'... a 'belief'..... something i 'already know'.....a nodding of the head at least internally that i know... thus when we 'agree' we are really not hearing it afresh... we  are comparing it to something that already exists in our mind...we are  judging/interpreting it against that prior knowledge... ! Try it, try listening to something w/o that subconscious i agree/disagree and the subtle diff comes alive...

Cheers to being the eternal student! Cheers to having a beginners mind! cheers to being open to the many 'answers' which may each be different yet negate not each other; cheers to being open to different paths and ways and not feeling ours is the only right way...