Self – Mind – NO Mind March 9, 2009

no doubt, trying to understand the self , has so many different approaches…… so many ways …. and all are valid ……………. for, we are what we are , each one the divine Bindu on the vast circumference with an unlimited radius, and the Centre is ONE. The process of Pratyhara is the process of shortening the distance between you and God and is also termed as ‘ centering’.

In reality, there is neither a centre, nor a circumference . But, it helps the intellect to understand , and shed its obduracy or ignorance , necessarily a slow process .

What comes to mind is this : all saints and sages, Swamijee and Krishnamurthyjee included; their lives, their experiences, their words, only illustrate the Truth of the Ultimate Dissolution of the Mind. No Mind. And, the way to it .

This happens in a Flash. Happens when it happens . Is not subject to the Law of Cause and Effect( Doing) , and yet, alights as Grace not without much Doing ! Only after much Doing !

Each of us enjoys the journey even on the spiritual Path through one’s own Mind or Swabhava. Some of us may choose to walk the shortest Path between our place on the Circumference and the Centre; while others may enjoy many fragrances by moving slightly away from the radius every now and then, and coming back to it again and again.

But the ultimate experience is No Mind.

Here are some thoughts on No Mind :
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THOUGHTS ON NO-THOUGHT

What is no-thought? Silence?

Before the thought arose, there was silence; when the thought was no more, there was silence. How is it that I never became aware of this Silence?

Could there be awareness of Thought, if there were no silence to support it? In the background?

Does the Silence ever disappear? ………And Thought?

What is a Thought? Words? A string of words?

Where does word come from? Rise from? ……….. From Silence? When the word is no more, where does it go? Disappear into?……..Silence?

When the word is no more, is it really no more? Could it have its entity even when it is no more?…… As silence?

That, which is born from silence, is sustained by silence, dies into silence; can it be other than silence?

Is Silence a word? A thought? Or, no- word? No-thought? Just `being’?

And, now comes the rub!
Why should you be reading these thoughts on No-thought?
The knowers of silence say,
“When silence is known, all is known. All you could desire is within your grasp. Silence is the intelligence, from which all wisdom flowers. It is the fulfilment of life; nay, all evolution.”

But
As we read these words, our minds do not accept their truth,
And, therefore, we continue Our game ,according to our concepts and conditionings,
The game of herculian efforts, and what we feel are `achievements’, `successes’,
Till one day, it dawns on us, totally tired and fagged out , that all we ever valued
Did not have the power
To give us what we were always seeking; and what we were seeking was only
A moment’s repose;
Total, and absolute repose right Now.

And
It is right that it should be so; for all this is the play of Universal Consciousness, Which is
What You are.

AUM

narinder bhandari

Bhagavat Kripa – God’s grace – Swamiji March 9, 2009

Shree Hari :
Ram Ram

9th March, 2009, Monday
Falgun Shukla Troyadashi, Vikram Samvat 2065, Somvar

Bhagavat Kripa (God’s Grace)

Question: Those favorable and unfavorable situations that come, are they due to destiny or due to God’s grace? If the fruits of actions are bestowed by Bhagwaan (God), then is His grace of any use?

Answer: Favorable and Unfavorable situations are the fruits of actions, but the ordainer is Bhagwaan (God). Just like when a man works hard an entire day in the forest, then who pays him? But if he were working under some Master, then the master would pay him. Similarly according to your actions you receive the fruit, but the bestower of the fruit is Bhagwaan; because the actions being inert, they themselves are incapable of giving fruit.

Bhagwaan (God) is embodiment of grace. In all his actions and all that he ordains, there is His grace. However, due to our sight being on destiny and our attention not being on His grace, man is unable to benefit from His grace. Just like a calf does not benefit as much with any milk that is given to him, and benefits more from his mother’s milk. Similarly benefit that one gains form having his eye on destiny is not as much as having the eye on His grace.

Destiny (fruit of past actions) is perishable, but grace is Eternal. Just like when sugar is mixed with sand, it becomes very difficult to separate the sugar from the sand. However, an ant can easily separate the sugar from the sand, similarly a devotee even in destined situations, recognizes Bhagwaan’s grace.

Situations if they are seen as the result of past actions, when favorable situations come, one becomes happy and when unfavorable situations come one is saddened. But when it is seen as God’s grace then in all situations one is joyful ! Therefore seeing it as God’s grace there is immense benefit.

Man on properly utilizing the situations that come their way, can attain one’s salvation – this is God’s grace. If man cries and prays with deep sentiments as that of an afflicted soul, then Bhagwaan can even forgive the fruits of inauspicious actions and spontaneously also illume him with Vivek (discrimination). This is His grace.

From “Prashnouttermanimaala” in Hindi pg 75 by Swami Ramsukhdasji

Ram Ram

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