1998/01/28 02:14
kundalini-l-d Digest V98 #84
kundalini-l-d Digest Volume 98 : Issue 84
Today's Topics:
Taking a Break [ WaterFall <watrfallATnospamniagara.com> ]
Re: Taking a Break [ "R Wondga" <falconATnospaminame.com> ]
Re: fighting fear [ RadiantTch <RadiantTchATnospamaol.com> ]
Re: fighting fear [ Blythe <merlinATnospampnn.com> ]
Re: fighting fear [ Harsha1MTM <Harsha1MTMATnospamaol.com> ]
Ear Ringing Poll RESULTS [ SchrLL <SchrLLATnospamaol.com> ]
Re: throat chakra and sleep [ SchrLL <SchrLLATnospamaol.com> ]
Re: fighting fear [ SchrLL <SchrLLATnospamaol.com> ]
Re: Taking a Break [ Gloria Greco <lodpressATnospamintercomm.co ]
Re: Holographic connection [ Gloria Greco <lodpressATnospamintercomm.co ]
AutoPost from Kundalini Resource Cen [ "mark s. waind" <gandm.waindATnospamsympat ]
Re: Ear Ringing Poll RESULTS [ Gloria Greco <lodpressATnospamintercomm.co ]
AutoPost from Kundalini Resource Cen [ "Mark S. Waind" <gandm.waindATnospamsympat ]
Re: fighting fear [ merlinATnospampnn.com ]
Re: throat chakra and sleep [ Gloria Greco <lodpressATnospamintercomm.co ]
Re: HRTZEN: Holographic connection [ Ann Morrison Fisher <annfisherATnospamstic ]
Re: HRTZEN: Re: Holographic connecti [ anandajyoti <anandajyotiATnospamgeocities. ]
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 14:23:11 -0500
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> Subject: Taking a Break
> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 07:07:59 +1300
> From: WaterFall <watrfallATnospamniagara.com>
> To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com
>
> Just a quick note to let everyone know that I'm going to be leaving the
> list for awhile. I dropped in here about 2 years ago and was so
> impressed with the quality of people on this list, that I never left:)
> So take care everyone.... namaste
>
> My health has really been screwed up in the last few months. I'm being
> checked out for hypothyroidism... (throat chakra, again:) But it makes
> me very dozey in mind and body.
>
> it's been a pleasure...
> Nancy Kar/Eckert
> WaterFall in spirit
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Just a quick note to let everyone know that I'm going to be leaving the
list for awhile. I dropped in here about 2 years ago and was so
impressed with the quality of people on this list, that I never left:)
So take care everyone.... namaste
My health has really been screwed up in the last few months. I'm being
checked out for hypothyroidism... (throat chakra, again:) But it makes
me very dozey in mind and body.
it's been a pleasure...
Nancy Kar/Eckert
WaterFall in spirit
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 11:51:48 -0800
From: "R Wondga" <falconATnospaminame.com>
To: <watrfallATnospamniagara.com>
Cc: <kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com>
Subject: Re: Taking a Break
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Hi Nancy
Here is a site that has something that may help you, and anyone else for
that matter, feel better. It is excerpts from a book called "The Game Of
Life and how to Play It", written by Florence Scovel Shinn, a little known
metaphysics teacher and artist in New York in the early part of the century.
The book was published in 1925. Her words have helped me emensly on my path.
God Bless http://www.concentric.net/~conure/gam_ndx.shtml
love and light
namaste ashtu
Bob
>Just a quick note to let everyone know that I'm going to be leaving the
>list for awhile. I dropped in here about 2 years ago and was so
>impressed with the quality of people on this list, that I never left:)
>So take care everyone.... namaste
>
> My health has really been screwed up in the last few months. I'm being
>checked out for hypothyroidism... (throat chakra, again:) But it makes
>me very dozey in mind and body.
>
>it's been a pleasure...
>Nancy Kar/Eckert
>WaterFall in spirit
>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 16:05:32 EST
From: RadiantTch <RadiantTchATnospamaol.com>
To: Kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com
Subject: Re: fighting fear
Message-ID: <e2566610.34ce4c1eATnospamaol.com>
Blythe,
Heeheehee, I've had the same results, and ain't it wonderful?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blessings, sister,
Barbara Ellen
<< Once upon a time, back when I was a construction worker, the other woman on
the crew and I were hated by our crew boss. Our presence seemed to enrage
her. We tried shielding ourselves with Light. We tried prayer and calling on
*----*. We tried 'being good'.
Eventually we went to a friend to ask for suggestions . That person listened
to our stories, and said that everything we had been doing served to
strengthen our fear and our boss's anger. He told us to
consciously open our bellies and heart to pull in all the vituperation and
hate, raising it up our spines and out the top to offer it with all our love
to *-----*. Opening to the dark side of this woman, rather than trying to
protect ourselves and close it out, removed all power from what our crew
boss was hurling at us. We both wound up higher than kites, alight with
loving *----*, and riding on that energy. The more furious our crewboss
became at us, the more blissed out on *----* we were. Our crew boss never
stopped hating our presence in her life, but rather than continue to try to
make our lives miserable, she moved to a different crew.
Opening up to another's hatred was scarey at first. It is still very hard
for me to remember to do, especially if I am surprised by yuck. It surely
works though.
Blessings,
Blythe >>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 15:55:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Blythe <merlinATnospampnn.com>
To: Kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com
Subject: Re: fighting fear
Message-Id: <199801272355.PAA12378ATnospampnn.com>
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>At 06:11 AM 1/27/98, Yu wrote:
>
>>When they show their dark side
>>to you(this is one kind of negative situation), you will feel fear(one
>kind of
>>negtive feeling); ignore your fear, don't follow your fear, relax on
>the holy
>>one which causes everything, good or bad. Holy one can destory a
>temple,
>>Holy one can also save a temple.
>
>Once upon a time, back when I was a construction worker, the other woman
>on
>the crew and I were hated by our crew boss. Our presence seemed to
>enrage
>her. We tried shielding ourselves with Light. We tried prayer and
>calling on
>*----*. We tried 'being good'.
>Eventually we went to a friend to ask for suggestions . That person
>listened
>to our stories, and said that everything we had been doing served to
>strengthen our fear and our boss's anger. He told us to
>consciously open our bellies and heart to pull in all the vituperation
>and
>hate, raising it up our spines and out the top to offer it with all our
>love
>to *-----*. Opening to the dark side of this woman, rather than trying
>to
>protect ourselves and close it out, removed all power from what our crew
>boss was hurling at us. We both wound up higher than kites, alight with
>loving *----*, and riding on that energy. The more furious our crewboss
>became at us, the more blissed out on *----* we were. Our crew boss
>never
>stopped hating our presence in her life, but rather than continue to try
>to
>make our lives miserable, she moved to a different crew.
>Opening up to another's hatred was scarey at first. It is still very
>hard
>for me to remember to do, especially if I am surprised by yuck. It
>surely
>works though.
>
>Blessings,
>Blythe
>
>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 22:56:15 EST
From: Harsha1MTM <Harsha1MTMATnospamaol.com>
To: yzhangATnospamcs.ubc.ca, kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com
Subject: Re: fighting fear
Message-ID: <6136cea9.34ceac60ATnospamaol.com>
In a message dated 98-01-27 08:27:14 EST, yzhangATnospamcs.ubc.ca writes:
<< Just like a famous Tibetian saint told his student:
"If you feel good, OK, don't care, continue your training.
If you feel bad, OK, don't care, continue your training." >>
Harsha apologizes in advance but cannot resist and adds with a smile:
If you stop your training, OK, don't care, don't feel bad
If you continue your training, OK, don't care, don't feel good!
The main theme is "OK, don't care!"
With love and humor---Harsha
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 23:02:01 EST
From: SchrLL <SchrLLATnospamaol.com>
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com
Subject: Ear Ringing Poll RESULTS
Message-ID: <fe3b96fc.34ceadbaATnospamaol.com>
ATnospam->->--Hi list!
In the poll I asked, “How many of you out there have experienced ear ringing
to any significant degree? Give me your responses and feedback.”
The responses poured in and there were over 20 of you who indicated a lot of
ear rining. There were fiveof us, including myself, who indicate this has been
happening to them since the 70´s. Several others indicated that it has been
going on for a long period of time. For others it is a new phenomenon and some
hear other sounds too. Many indicated the sounds occured abruptly and some are
a steady presence. Some indicated that the ear ringing could be brought on by
such things as meditation, kundalini activity and dream work. Some said that
ear ringing has been attributed to spirit guides and mediumship. Some feel
that it is a form of intelligent communication and that they wished there was
a way to interpret or understand it better.
I hope that those of you who have not yet responded, will do so. I believe it
is helpful to us all to know what experiences we share and perhaps how to
manage them and understand them. One person asked, “What are you going to do
with the results of the poll?” I think anyalsis is in order. Also, this is a
special interest of mine. I USE the ear ringing. To me it IS a form of
communication. I think we can ‘pick up´ emanations and I try to find ways to
interpret them. Do you?
Love and Light, Linda
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 23:08:28 EST
From: SchrLL <SchrLLATnospamaol.com>
To: shawebbATnospamyhc.edu
Cc: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com
Subject: Re: throat chakra and sleep
Message-ID: <e84b4d00.34ceaf3eATnospamaol.com>
In a message dated 98-01-25 02:34:22 EST, you write:
<< The sleepy stage lasted in me for about six weeks. Although I was quite
sure it was part and parcel of k, I've never seen an explanation of this until
your post. >>
I once visited a Kundalini Yoga ashram in San Rafael, CA. When I inquired
about the constant yawning I was experiencing, they said it was a symptom of
K.
Love and Light, Linda
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 23:26:29 EST
From: SchrLL <SchrLLATnospamaol.com>
To: merlinATnospampnn.com
Cc: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com
Subject: Re: fighting fear
Message-ID: <f6398f85.34ceb377ATnospamaol.com>
In a message dated 98-01-27 12:23:28 EST, you write:
<< make our lives miserable, she moved to a different crew.
Opening up to another's hatred was scarey at first. It is still very hard
for me to remember to do, especially if I am surprised by yuck. It surely
works though.
Blessings,
Blythe >>
ATnospam->->-- Reminds me of a quote, "Love your enemies. It will drive them crazy!"
;-) Linda
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 20:06:43 +0100
From: Gloria Greco <lodpressATnospamintercomm.com>
To: watrfallATnospamniagara.com
CC: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com
Subject: Re: Taking a Break
Message-ID: <34CE3041.6BDATnospamintercomm.com>
WaterFall wrote:
>
>
> My health has really been screwed up in the last few months. I'm being
> checked out for hypothyroidism... (throat chakra, again:) But it makes
> me very dozey in mind and body.
>
> it's been a pleasure...
> Nancy Kar/Eckert
> WaterFall in spirit
Nancy, keep in touch, our love goes with you. Gloria Joy
--
Enter The Silence to Know God ... and... accept life as the teacher.
Gloria Joy Greco
e-mail me at : lodpressATnospamintercomm.com and visit our homepages at:
http://users.intercomm.com/larryn/
&
http://www.freeyellow.com/members/zg888/
Hope you enjoy them!
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 20:39:56 +0100
From: Gloria Greco <lodpressATnospamintercomm.com>
To: hlutharATnospambryant.edu
CC: Ed Arrons <eeaATnospamaug.com>, anandajyoti <anandajyotiATnospamgeocities.com>,
FRANCES G GRISSOM <SMARTDOLPHINATnospamprodigy.net>,
Ruth Trimble <trimbleATnospamhawaii.edu>, kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com,
heartzenATnospamlistserv.servtech.com
Subject: Re: Holographic connection
Message-ID: <34CE3808.24B8ATnospamintercomm.com>
Harsh Luthar wrote:
>
> Ed Arrons wrote:
>
> > Harsha writes: Some say that Reality is Subjective, some say it is Objective and
> > some say it is both Objective and Subjective and some say it is neither. Some say
> > the the Final State is that of Pure Existence, some say it is Only Pure
> > Non-Existence and some say It is beyond both Existence and Non-Existence. No
> > matter, how clever the terminology and how subtle the expression of the
> > experience of the Self, it misses the mark. It is because the Self has no point
> > of Reference in experience being *It Self* the very Foundation on which All
> > experience appears to take place..
Gloria here:
It is also because what takes one from the stillness is the
conversation so the words themselves produce the ripple effect that is
also a part of the illusion. But when these words are from Divine Will
the power is still with them and the clarity can be transmitted in spite
of the fact that the illusion is in place. Does this make any sense?
>
> Harsha
--
Enter The Silence to Know God ... and... accept life as the teacher.
Gloria Joy Greco
e-mail me at : lodpressATnospamintercomm.com and visit our homepages at:
http://users.intercomm.com/larryn/
&
http://www.freeyellow.com/members/zg888/
Hope you enjoy them!
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 18:59:33 -1000 (HST)
From: "mark s. waind" <gandm.waindATnospamsympatico.ca>
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com
Subject: AutoPost from Kundalini Resource Center
Message-Id: <199801280459.SAA03772ATnospamhaleakala.aloha.net>
Dear Fellow Searchers,Seekers, and Experiencers of the Sacred Sine Wave:
The following is an excerpt from an article by Karin Hannigan entitled,
"Kundalini & the Awakening of the Spirit":
YOGIC PHENOMENA - Some people find themselves performing yogic postures
or mudra gestures which they have never lesarned or could not do in a
normal state of consciousness. Similarly, they may produce Sanskrit
words or sounds, or have an awareness of inner music or sound, mantras
or tones. Unusual breathing patterns may appear with either very rapid
or slow shallow breathing. Some people may not breathe al all for
extended periods.
The above paragraph relates to phenomena that I am very familiar with.
If you have experienced anything like what is mentioned in Karin's
article, I would very much appreciate you getting in touch with me.
I believe we could be of assistance to each other's spiritual
development.
Most Sincerely,
Mark S. Waind, e mail: gandmwaindATnospamsympatico.ca
O
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 21:01:48 +0100
From: Gloria Greco <lodpressATnospamintercomm.com>
To: SchrLL <SchrLLATnospamaol.com>
CC: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com
Subject: Re: Ear Ringing Poll RESULTS
Message-ID: <34CE3D27.EB1ATnospamintercomm.com>
SchrLL wrote:
Gloria here:
Ear ringing and sounds are perfectly natural in fact I have sound in my
right ear 24 hours a day and when it moves into my left ear it usually
is a sign that I'm leaving the body for other dimensions. So, this is
nothing other then a realization of the inner process. The thing is that
you notice it and keep on going so that you don't give it energy. There
are so many of these things that if we were to notice every one all we
would do is talk about them.
I'm been in the process for many years and because of this I really
don't give body sensations a second thought, this last week I had a very
powerful week that made me catch my breath but even it was nothing but
the process. When it is over we will notice that we aren't here anymore.
>
> ATnospam->->--Hi list!
> In the poll I asked, “How many of you out there have experienced ear ringing
> to any significant degree? Give me your responses and feedback.”
>
>
Enter The Silence to Know God ... and... accept life as the teacher.
Gloria Joy Greco
e-mail me at : lodpressATnospamintercomm.com and visit our homepages at:
http://users.intercomm.com/larryn/
&
http://www.freeyellow.com/members/zg888/
Hope you enjoy them!
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 19:08:00 -1000 (HST)
From: "Mark S. Waind" <gandm.waindATnospamsympatico.ca>
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com
Subject: AutoPost from Kundalini Resource Center
Message-Id: <199801280508.TAA07118ATnospamhaleakala.aloha.net>
Dear Fellow Searchers,Seekers, and Experiencers of the Sacred Sine Wave:
The following is an excerpt from an article by Karin Hannigan entitled,
"Kundalini & the Awakening of the Spirit":
YOGIC PHENOMENA - Some people find themselves performing yogic postures
or mudra gestures which they have never learned or could not do in a
normal state of consciousness. Similarly, they may produce Sanskrit
words or sounds, or have an awareness of inner music or sound, mantras
or tones. Unusual breathing patterns may appear with either very rapid
or slow shallow breathing. Some people may not breathe al all for
extended periods.
The above paragraph relates to phenomena that I am very familiar with.
If you have experienced anything like what is mentioned in Karin's
article, I would very much appreciate you getting in touch with me.
I believe we could be of assistance to each other's spiritual
development.
Most Sincerely,
Mark S. Waind, e mail: gandmwaindATnospamsympatico.ca
O
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 21:26:18 -0800 (PST)
From: merlinATnospampnn.com
To: Kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com
Subject: Re: fighting fear
Message-Id: <199801280526.VAA21613ATnospampnn.com>
In a message dated 98-01-27 12:23:28 EST, you write:
ATnospam->->-- Reminds me of a quote, "Love your enemies. It will drive them crazy!"
;-) Linda
Even more years ago, when I was a teenager, a woman back in Cleveland told me
the following: if you can't love your enemy, love their favorite chair. It'll
make them itch when they sit in it.
;D
Blythe
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 21:03:05 +0100
From: Gloria Greco <lodpressATnospamintercomm.com>
To: SchrLL <SchrLLATnospamaol.com>
CC: shawebbATnospamyhc.edu, kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com
Subject: Re: throat chakra and sleep
Message-ID: <34CE3D73.3F8CATnospamintercomm.com>
SchrLL wrote:
>
> In a message dated 98-01-25 02:34:22 EST, you write:
>
> << The sleepy stage lasted in me for about six weeks. Although I was quite
> sure it was part and parcel of k, I've never seen an explanation of this until
> your post. >>
> I once visited a Kundalini Yoga ashram in San Rafael, CA. When I inquired
> about the constant yawning I was experiencing, they said it was a symptom of
> K.
> Love and Light, Linda
Gg
Just as you have times when you sleep a lot you will also have times
when you don't sleep at all, and it doesn't make a bit of difference. GG
--
Enter The Silence to Know God ... and... accept life as the teacher.
Gloria Joy Greco
e-mail me at : lodpressATnospamintercomm.com and visit our homepages at:
http://users.intercomm.com/larryn/
&
http://www.freeyellow.com/members/zg888/
Hope you enjoy them!
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 01:06:13 -0600
From: Ann Morrison Fisher <annfisherATnospamstic.net>
To: heartzenATnospamlistserv.servtech.com
Cc: kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com
Subject: Re: HRTZEN: Holographic connection
Message-Id: <l03010d01b0f48794951cATnospam[207.71.51.65]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>> > Harsha writes: Some say that Reality is Subjective, some say it is
>>Objective and
>> > some say it is both Objective and Subjective and some say it is
>>neither. Some say
>> > the the Final State is that of Pure Existence, some say it is Only Pure
>> > Non-Existence and some say It is beyond both Existence and
>>Non-Existence. No
>> > matter, how clever the terminology and how subtle the expression of the
>> > experience of the Self, it misses the mark. It is because the Self has
>>no point
>> > of Reference in experience being *It Self* the very Foundation on
>>which All
>> > experience appears to take place..
>
>Gloria here:
> It is also because what takes one from the stillness is the
>conversation so the words themselves produce the ripple effect that is
>also a part of the illusion. But when these words are from Divine Will
>the power is still with them and the clarity can be transmitted in spite
>of the fact that the illusion is in place. Does this make any sense?
There is no conversation in THAT experience. There are no words. There is
no one to speak. And no one to hear. Only All.
Ann
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 23:09:41 -0800
From: anandajyoti <anandajyotiATnospamgeocities.com>
To: lodpressATnospamintercomm.com
CC: hlutharATnospambryant.edu, Ed Arrons <eeaATnospamaug.com>,
FRANCES G GRISSOM <SMARTDOLPHINATnospamprodigy.net>,
kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com, heartzenATnospamlistserv.servtech.com
Subject: Re: HRTZEN: Re: Holographic connection
Message-ID: <34CED981.36DF9D3CATnospamgeocities.com>
Gloria Greco wrote:
> Harsh Luthar wrote:
> >
> > Ed Arrons wrote:
> >
> > > Harsha writes: Some say that Reality is Subjective, some say it is Objective and
> > > some say it is both Objective and Subjective and some say it is neither. Some say
> > > the the Final State is that of Pure Existence, some say it is Only Pure
> > > Non-Existence and some say It is beyond both Existence and Non-Existence.
>
> Gloria here:
> It is also because what takes one from the stillness is the
> conversation so the words themselves produce the ripple effect that is
> also a part of the illusion. But when these words are from Divine Will
> the power is still with them and the clarity can be transmitted in spite
> of the fact that the illusion is in place. Does this make any sense?
> >
Anandajyoti writes>
The way I look at it from my own experience, that when we see illusions then it implies
that we are experiencing something which in fact has no existence as we experience it.
The classical example is that of the experience of considering a twist of a rope as a
snake on the ground in the dark bushy trail.
In order to simply understand the phenomena or the experience, we may imagine a cup of
milk being poured in another cup of milk, when they are together, there is no difference
of the milk of one cup to the other.
In our normal consciousness we are most of the time identifying our existence as being
either the body, mind, intelligence, ego, feelings, knowledge, emotions, and/or in
conjunction with the SELF. We need to ponder over this scenario , each of us. Only when
all these attributes of the SELF we allude to be ourselves becomes evanescent from our
ideas and yet with full awareness, only then the SELF alone is there, without any point
of reference to compare with. Whatever the experience is at this level of consciousness,
is simply beyond compare.
I find that we have accepted the attributes of our SELF as the SELF. If I may call these
attributes of the SELF and all that is in the Universe as shadows, and consider these
shadows to be the SELF, then I think , it would be erroneous. All is within the SELF.
Once I realize that the shadow is the shadow and the essence is the SELF and SELF is the
essence, then I am experiencing the shadow as shadow and the SELF as the SELF.
So does it mean then that we give up the shadow, I don't think so. To live in the body,
all we need to do is understand/experience the shadow as shadow and the essence as the
essence.
So in order to live in this world of duality, and yet know or experience our essence, and
live our lives from that experience, is the way to go .
If I consider this body as mine, this itself is an idea, and only this idea is mine.
This body is not mine , yet indisputably there exists the idea that it is mine. If I
examine this closely, then I discover this "mine" is also an idea. I can say that this
idea is mine., not the body.
The moment I see my body as me, that very moment we have brought down our consciousness
to the material plane. So, I would call it a distortion of the relationship between this
body and me , the SELF.
The theory of illusion or the Maya Theory of the Hindus has been misinterpreted, by
saying that this world is an illusion. I don't think so. The theory if correctly
interpreted would mean to recognize the shadow as shadow and essence as essence..
To the nearest approximation at which I can touch the reality is considering the shadow
as shadow , is myself. Does the shadow get bound anything?
So the nearest point I can get this SELF KNOWLEDGE is here. Although the SELF is all
pervading, Omnipresent, The Omnipresence is most easily accessible here, in our own
SELF.
The same reality is all pervading, Omnipresent and the shadow is also Omnipresent.
Just as the Reality of the SELF in enshrouded by our not realizing, experiencing it here
in our body, so also the reality as we know it in the material plane, is everywhere
enshrouded by the shadow too.
The shadow is ever changing and the Reality is never changing.
So in our depths of consciousness we come face to face with these two aspects. The shadow
and the Reality, in our meditations. When we come out of the meditation, I see people, I
see the table and the bookcase.
What is true within is also true out here in the external.. If we have the shadow and the
essence in the external, we also have the shadow and the essence within us.
A very simple real life example would be when we go to see a movie in the theater.
If we arrive in the theater a bit early, before the show starts, then we would see the
bright, white screen, untainted and unblemished..
The lights gradually go off, the movie starts. Our consciousness and awareness is also
changing at the time. From the bright white screen , suddenly we become aware of the
moving pictures of the movie. We look at heroes , heroines, the bad and the good
characters portrayed on the screen. We cry with them , we laugh with them, we are sad
with them, we are happy with them. Then we see a fire on the screen, our body reacts too,
in such circumstances, as though they were all in real life.
But in spite of the fire which is really seen on the screen , it does not even touch the
screen behind, the screen does not burn, it stays as pure and bright, beautiful as it is.
When we are able to have an awareness of the existence of the screen and the moving
pictures on the screen simultaneously, like double consciousness, then we know both,
isn't it. Not separately but simultaneously.
So in life , we need to joyfully participate in the movie and yet knowing , experiencing
and realizing that it is only a shadow. We recognize the faces on the screen and also
keep in awareness that it is only a shadow on the screen, and the screen in untouched by
anything which goes on as moving pictures on it. The discrimination or Viveka, is to
differentiate between the shadow and the essence.
I crave for the shadow, thinking that is the essence, and real non-craving or Vairagya is
the natural result of my understanding that this is all shadow, and I should give it the
dignity of the shadow, which is appropriate. I cannot ignore this shadow and I cannot
deny its existence. Nor can I deny the existence of the screen, the SELF.
So also in life, we must treat any other with love, respect, care, comfort affection and
whatever is needed to maintain any relationship., whether it be that of parents and
children, husband and wife, or friends and friends, employer and employee , whatever the
relationship may be.
When we live from this experience of the double awareness, then our lives become truly
blessed.
We may call the essence, God, Jesus, Jehovah, Krishna, or Universal SELF, they are the
manifestation of our ideas of the Supreme, which is indescribable in words, for we cannot
name the INFINITE in terms of anything FINITE, for if we do we limit it and make it
finite,.
Even these are nothing but ideas. Experiential awareness of it , and the joyful
participation in all our relationships , with love , honor, dignity, affection,
compassion, mutual respect are a few to name is the only way, for a better world.
Anandajyoti
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