Seeking to understand the eternal, the so called universal understanding will result in the reduction of self. Read that again a few times before going any further. Yes, you will become meaningless and nothing to yourself, yet become everything. Read that a few times too.
The grand awareness and its pursuit can impede your family and worldly duties. There is no balance there is only severance of either for the other. It may be temporary, of one for the other, nonetheless impacts the same; as this will become the way of your so called family life. No one explains this dire conditioning when you begin. The ones who kept going pretty much all of them, ALL of them who came before us, abandoned their duties or their past selves. It’s inevitable but I see a slim path to overcome it, more on that later.
Also, the desire to conquer will leave, while left with inordinate strength and capability to do so. You can read people, predict or adjust circumstances, examine how things will unfold before they do. You become a war machine who seeks no war.
This hit me actually in my sleep around 3AM today. How can an imperfect being like me, fully understand a perfect being ? And isn’t that right off the gate a wishful thinking to begin with ? In other words how can a simple finite four dimensional being understand a multidimensional universal creator ? This separation is why we are unable to discern God adequately in our lives, and furthermore the journey will always be in a gradient flow between you and the universe. This is an important fact to understand and surrender to. Seeking the truth is a flow state, like a river flowing through you to the eternal, there is flux, there is energy, but its a flow state. Calm but always flowing between two points. All praise to the Unknown.
Holding God in your heart as you go through your day is like holding onto a shape made out of clouds. Almost impossible but always necessary. All praise to the Unknown.
Of course, evolution of our kind has steadily programmed us to make sense of all things, to categorize, organize, label stuff so there are no surprises or shocks. Steady the fight or flight patterns so to speak. And certainly many can argue logically and soundly that god is a mere fabrication of the mind. Furthermore, in many observations of our human kind, may also validate this theory.
But I place one important fact front and center. The universe is no fabrication of man, it’s been there before us, and will be after us. Science only can explain the humanly plausible mechanisms of the universe at best. The frontiers of science also strongly suggests the existence of higher dimensions than the four, those living on earth are aware of. Throughout time Humanity suffers the disability to seldom accept nor understand its mere finite, infinitesimally small subset status within the universe, as such an awareness is self detrimental to the core.
Furthermore, Its breadth of understanding cannot ever intrinsically exceed this boundary condition. However and oh by grace I submit, that like a blackhole, there is a loophole; I invite you to think, that logically one only can begin to comprehend all this when extrinsically allowed or aligned. And this no ordinary feat even for the extraordinary minds, but take it from me it is very possible.
Therefore logically and scientifically speaking, God the great unknown’s existence is absolutely irrefutable, granted the interpretations of this by many and the understanding levels of this truth is highly debatable as we observe even in such amusement platforms like facebook and tiktok.
All Praise To The Unknown. Written as guided. Be Well.
God timelessly places a simple wholesome truth in front of us, and through many religions he conveys this. But We run away from this consistently. Our lack of trust in him and in us due to our conditioning makes us stray away from this foundational truth. God says Leave everything and come to me. But do we ? ever ?
No, and of course this is not easy, and no he is not testing us, he is not judging us, and he is definitely not transacting with us as many priests and preachers tend to make us believe through their interpretation of religions. In fact to the contrary, God is helping us with this covenant, for us to forge together with him, he sees us trapped in our own doings, in our own troubles he gets us more than we do.
We may attribute our struggles suffering to something or someone.While it may be the case, yet only you, in your mind who is enduring all this can release yourself to him. Only you, no matter the circumstances can go to him. For it is you who holds the door shut, not him. And also remember it is the infinite him, he never built that door either that you hold shut. It’s our human and social conditioning that creates it to.
God the great unknown claims you, calls you, says to you: LEAVE EVERYTHING AND COME TO ME. And by this he implores you; to place him above all and neither is he asking you to walk away from your duties the society has positioned you in either. He implies you place him above all in your mind and heart. Many sages monks all over the world have taken this truth to the fullest sense in the material world too. They have physically left everything to go to him. You, placed among your duties and societies can also leave everything in your heart to him, to place him above all else.
Because only Then you understand his infinite worth. And also by that he says; leave everything, and I will give you everything and beyond.
Please think about this to fullest even if its just for a moment. In our world and our understanding; everything was named before you came, yea sure you named your plant, cat, dog or child. But that’s not the basal point, that’s just perpetuating status quo or the convention of what came before you.
I want to submit to you, shed light on the fact that everything, everyone, everywhere, is already named. You are told this is this or this is that. Everything is told to you as this or that. Just think about how it subtly limits your thinking and imagination. You are limited in your understanding from the get go. Once you call a crow a crow, its always going to be a crow. I am sure some find the convenience in it all but I plead with you, that there is more to life than convenience. So just do this one thing for me….
Do this one thing sincerely, even secretly, even momentarily and wholeheartedly for just yourself. You, you in your love, through your experiences and in your appreciation, choose a name for God, not the name that was given or that you were told to use or used. Watch this transform you forever!
Being Grateful is a moving sensation that runs through your body, resets you in the moment. It’s not a mantra or daily affirmation that is practiced senselessly.
It’s a moment of surrender of your self fully to that gift you have received for which you are unconditionally grateful.
starting your day with this and having many moments throughout your day is what is Prayer.
Sorry, but No chants, no memorizations, no verses will get you there without this clarity and humility. All praise to the unknown amidst my pain and grateful for the moments. APTTU.
I confess, from my personal experience I seem to easily align with God in an empty stomach than with a full one. I intend to keep it half-full or half-empty moving forward. May he permit me to stay. APTTU
“Recognizing is not Understanding, and Understanding is not Surrender.”
Let me; Recognizing the concept of god is not the same as understanding the presence of god, here we lose most people, most are unable to discern this. Religions stop many here. And next; Understanding god, god’s presence is not the same as surrendering to god. The hardest. Here we lose all including myself. All Praise to The Unknown, whom others call God.
When God moves you, don’t be sitting around questioning it. Move with him, all else is idiotic. He can move the clouds and the sun, he can move you too.
Have you endured the same again and again in life ? Does it feel like the cycle never ends. He is not punitive, but there are things we have to overcome with intentionality. He is infinitely patient and resourceful to allow it to occur until we overcome. Perhaps we create the repetition while he patiently awaits a different outcome. And you may rush to assume that these are about judging, understanding others, wrong, they are actually always about understanding oneself. Not of your innocence or weakness but actually of your arrogance and ignorance. Your ego will not permit you to accept this truth. And that’s the best proof for this very truth stated here. This is the biggest lesson missed by almost all of us, me included.
The World outside is not in our control, but the world within us is.
And the final lesson here is, that this world within also resides within God the Great Unknown. Therefore, this truth when fully understood, encapsulates karma, rebirth and expressions of all life. God repeats until you don’t. All Praise To The Unknown.
Religions are God’s languages to speak to all of us on earth. Does much get lost in translation among us, of course, we are humans after all. Who am I to judge one over another. But there is divine poetry in every language and it’s heavenly. I may speak only one, but I consider myself lucky to have heard and experienced many. All praise to the Unknown.
God the unknown’s movements are infinitely nuanced and abundant; that you can actually experience it in every fraction of a moment if you converge enough attention, to stay in his presence. And at first if and when you do, you will be perplexed and readily dismiss it, perhaps even runaway due to all of our current conditioning. But may you persist and continue to seek the invisible so it may become clearly visible; that you too may be marveled and humbled. All praise to the Unknown.
Relinquish the pursuit of endless curiosity. While there are abounds to stay curious in this world. Gods intention for you is not to find your, or his imaginary boundaries, but to become still to appreciate his infinite presence both within and around you. All Praise to the Unknown.
The truth is I don’t know how to be grateful to you and often I wonder if I even have the capacity to do so God the Unknown. All praise to the Unknown.
A lit candle is found easily in a dark room, but it also decays faster and runs out of time quickly. So is true enlightenment and revelation. You will renounce your body. Your being starts to transcend and that may appear as decay to others. It can show in health, career outlook , personality or in relationships. But it will reveal itself when your transformation if real it’s somewhat inevitable.
My hope is to share my understanding and not to judge you but hope that you may continue your own understanding with a kernel of mine as you see fit and an unlit candle may lay without decay but its never found because its in eternal darkness. What good is it if it lay there forever but never fulfilled what it was meant to do.
When you seek answers to some of the basic yet profound questions of human existence. You will occasionally encounter the most extraordinary answers within you, they are simple to grasp yet shake the very grounds you stand on for comprehension. This is one of those for me trying to reel out of the depths of a loss and asking what am I and what is anyone and any being.
“You, a temporary shell on a transient energy of light”
There is something both comforting and self-losing in these words that gives me a peace never found before.
Modern spirituality is the new Narcissism. I am sure you all know someone who fits this bill. These days I don’t call myself spiritual or seek spiritual minded people. I say I am to deter religious fanatics or tease them into arguments. But I find spirituality without the practice of unwavering dharma or unconditional good deeds as a new form of narcissism in modern societies. Their selfies, yoga poses, “healing quotes”, eastern scarfs, AI designs, its degrading and narcissism written all over. If you don’t know anyone then most likely you are the one. Bottom line, If you carry ego embodied by inaction, instead of action which must emanate from the bedrock of kindness in your spiritual journey – then; a) it ain’t spiritual; for starters. And b) you ain’t journeying anywhere either. I know I am risking my internal balance by sharing this, but it has to be said. Perhaps a thorn is needed sometimes to remove a thorn. Ego is an unchecked self preservation and survival mechanism brewed in an hostile environment of selfishness, hatred and desperation. The irony is, it ends up creating the very same environment it once battled against. Spirituality starts, seeks, and ends in Silence. Forgive me for this noise. All praise to the unknown. If my heart gives in let the eternal silence take over it too. APTTU.
A simple but basal step towards your enlightenment is honestly realizing at minimum your 2nd and 3rd layer thoughts of each of your self-facing, primary or operating thought. The next step getting that under control. Then third is…. :) not so fast, stick around we will discuss more. APTTU.
When you permit me to pause and take it all in, including in the moments with those who surround me, and the majestic nature that envelops me. I can only be in prayer and there is this overwhelming emotion filling my eyes and heart with gratitude and surrender to you. I know not where I come from and where I will go, and I only know that I may never know, but in this moment I sense you, I tell my yearning desperate self that will do. All praise to my beloved unknown. May all sense you, around them and within them. May my loved ones too. All praise to the unknown
All may understand the finite existence of all life. Therefore, one must find peace in knowing that no finite being can embrace the infinite infinitely only finitely and thereby briefly. No one before you or after you may be able to either, for that is the setting of human existence. Only some perhaps finitely understood more than others of the infinite. One must find peace in knowing that in the endless path, pursuit of enlightenment, one’s finite life may come to pass. It is never about who found more or less, it is simply who chose the infinite path knowing that their finite existence too shall pass. It is like driving a car with limited gas on an infinite road, knowing fully well you will run out of gas soon before your destination but you knew that when you started. Enjoy the trip. APTTU.
In the simplest set of words the revelation from knowing the Unknown (god) is the wholesome awareness of the intricate details of all creation from a cell to the universe. It is beyond words only can be experienced, can never be proved or shared. Science can help observe, but the unknown reveals what is far more beautiful than the eye can see as it’s felt by the heart, and reveled silently by one’s mind in such infinite truth. Time has no meaning in this revelation, as there is no time, what is infinite may be a finest second or a lifetime. And as a result of this what is revealed the human burden one carries from birth through death and its fog is lifted. Truth becomes to emerge of all beginnings and ends. One is set free, they are beyond peace, joy and suffering, pain if even while present cannot alter the infinite state. Their soul reenters the eternal. All praise to the Unknown.All praise to the Unknown.All praise to the Unknown. All praise to the Unknown in tears. All praise to the Unknown in surrender.All praise to the Unknown in life and death.
I surmise, to the unknown (god), inaction under the shadow of ignorance is acceptable while the same inaction under light of awareness is unacceptable. To my brothers and sisters, be aware of what you seek. For awareness is not meant to give you alone peace but for many through you. You are actually wishing to be a passage of light and peace not a place of storage for it. If your pursuit of awareness is ultimately selfish it will always be limited and void at the core. Iterations farewell than ignorance, pursue truth and light of and from self always. All praise to the unknown.
The truth is theres more than one way to arrive at truth. For instance, through thorough objective reasoning, honest self-reflection, through a trusted teacher, and through learning ancient texts, and practicing ancient and time tested techniques. But what most won’t reveal easily is this- All truth in this world is connected, and governed by the ultimate truth of this universe. APTTU.
Pleasure and desire ride on emotion. Remove emotions, I mean all emotions, then pleasure will have no shelter in you, it will leave you alone. By remove it means reduce, control, master, dismiss. Not be void of emotion. Emotion is necessary to remain human. But directing and taming it is essential. For all emotions, unpleasant and the pleasant ones unsettle a mind. Whether you threw a rock into the pond or someone else did, the ripples are all the same. Seek peace in all moments and more than all emotions, seek God the Unknown, as he delivers peace in all moments. That’s the path. APTTU.
Whether in your favorite temple or at a church or in a monastery or at the mosque. Whether on a serene mountain cliff, or at sunrise by the river or by the teal shores. You always close your eyes to pray, even before your consciousness began, your soul knew the truth – To Look Within, while pausing the sensory. You intuitively look inward to seek god the unknown, who resides quietly within you, you gently calm down to seek inward. You open your eyes to give thanks to the world and the people before you, but you always close to seek, to pray, to meditate. Places of worship and peace are mere respites to remind you to seek within. Now you know. Humbly shared as received. I give Thanks. APTTU.
If god the unknown gave you only perfect things. You will not understand perfect nor imperfect. But if you are given imperfect things you will understand imperfect and perfect. And most importantly, you will realize how perfect the imperfect things are. APTTU.
Yesterday, I experienced a wonderful moment where I felt the presence guiding me and us. But soon after, it was judged, and cast aside as mere “excitement” or temperamental emotion. It helped me pause to seek forgiveness.
We have a narrow definition of God, partly due to our conforming upbringing that fails to permit one’s self to understand the unknown every day. By narrowing the existence of God, we narrow the existence of our mind.
I cannot help but assume that we must hold so highly of ourselves that we are selective in seeing the hand of god in our daily lives. You have relegated God to monumental things like parting the sea, moving mountains, raising the dead, defeating an army and so on, that you actually don’t have a clue what the phrase “God is everywhere” actually means anymore.
If you seek God, like if you really seek God, truly seek the wisdom of God in you. You cannot close the door, shut your eyes of him readily moving you, showing you, working in you. Rather be open to his presence in your every breadth. That is my hope that every other breadth I think of him. For I feel so ashamed of all the breadths without him yet he carried me through my ignorance.
You refuse to see God moving you in your daily life, yet you pray fervently and fast weekly, refrain from actions in fear of morality, sin and so on. This is sadly immature on our part. This is partly due to the learnings from religions and social norms.
The error many make is misunderstanding rituals and prayers and prisoning their thoughts about God to only those actions and moments, this is truly a shame as I have seen great minds fall to this limitation. Puja Room or sanctuary or wall of prayer is token of our senses to thank the unknown, it is not sacred, it is our sensory celebration and thanks to God the unknown. God does not enter you through your puja room. This is the failure of holy men from the past who in desperation painted these narratives. Your 1st puja room is your mind, then your heart, then your deeds and earth. These are your places of worship. Not rooms, walls, sanctuaries, buildings or people.
Rituals and Prayers are nothing but similar to couches, respites or run-ways for your mind to re-orient to god. They are not the sole medium to receive God. Your life, living, the way you treat others, the way you live everyday that’s how you receive God. Rituals were created to help you settle, ease into god when the days distract you. But many religions even Hinduism thanks to selfish pundits they raised their rituals higher than God that, god left them long time ago.
We hear the words god is everywhere but we don’t have a clue as to how to actually process and experience it. We see darkness created by men, and assume god doesn’t exist. Man tries very hard to push god away from places and through his deeds. We are born into a world of labeling. We label every minuet angle of change that we give unique names to the same thing. we relegate God to the big things and ignore his grace in the small things and in everything. God is on the other side of the door in your mind you actually refuse to open, in the name of labels and immature compartments of your mind.
In All of time and ancient texts, God spoke, he had conversations and interactions with the initiated. He also did miracles. Unlearn what was taught to you that he is seen only in miracles, and miracles alone. No. He is everywhere, the moment you shared with your daughter, the moment you smiled at your wife, the moment you wished your mom good health, the moment your sibling said thanks for your kindness, the moment you had a near miss, he was all there. The moment you forgot him, felt lost, felt abandoned he was still there. He is always there, he is everywhere. I seek forgiveness, I’m grateful to the unknown, the clarity removes the deepest fears. I hope I see him in you. Be well. APTTU.
Everything in life needs practice. Walking needs practice, sleeping needs practice, breathing needs practice. God needs practice. Not because God needs practice but You need practice of God. And practice God above all else. APTTU.
The unknown (god) wants nothing from you, no sacrifices, no rituals, no prayers, no commitments, no temples, no statues, no songs, no chants, no ceremonies, no religious frameworks, not even a thanks. For nothing that is humanly possible can near the unknown. But simply be with the unknown, be in the unknown. Allow your heart and mind to be filled with the unknown, the trees have, the birds have, the skies have, mother earth has. Allow yourself to be filled with gratitude, grace and peace, there is guidance there, there will lie a path for you, you will not lead but be lead. I hope you experience it. You will discard you as much as you can, feel the blessing that was always waiting for you, for you doesn’t exist. And that will do. APTTU
I asked the unknown, how come you are with me when I’m at peace and not when I’m troubled. You are with me when I’m calm and not when i’m desperate. You are with me when I’m not in pain or when I’m suffering. You are never with me when I needed you the most…….unknown smilingly replied…..You were at peace because you surrendered to me, you were calm because you put me first above all else, You felt no pain because you were within me. Just be with me. 🙏APTTU. APTTU.
How often you think of the unknown in your daily mundane moments, and through gratefulness for joy, and peace matters more than when you seek him in troubled or unsettling times. APTTU. We rush to ask, but slow to give. We rush to ask for everything but slow to give thanks for whats given. APTTU. Forgive me for I wander like a child learning to walk.
Why should i matter, why should my prayer be any more than someone else’s ? why should i and mine be saved and not someone else? my life is no more significant than any other human life on this planet, in-fact no more significant than any other life on the planet, yet i hear so many tragedies so many times hence i ask, the unknown why should i matter to you, even this thought screams ego to me, forgive me im a mortal. Why have you kept me here for, am i fulfilling your command laid for me, i ask not in fear but in surrender. With a growing doubt and the confusion of my ignorance while taking in all the profound human sadness as an alert observer on earth. can i help change course of this planet, will i be a grain in the soil for a seed you plant tomorrow ? Will me to do what i’m kept to do, allow me to understand the slightest hint if humanly possible, let me see, in you there is no suffering while i’m a fool a prisoner of this body and time. And while pain may consume me, spare me a space within all this of your awareness, to reside momentarily in my random existence. APTTU. APTTU.
The truth about spirituality that no one talks about is this. Its origin in a human being stems from self and selfishness, whether its grief or defeat its stems from an acute need for self identity. And it very much starts with the ‘I’ and gradually works its way to negate the very ‘I’ from self, to be left with selflessness. But this journey is not for all especially those seething in entitlement, as they will always prematurely stop and revert when their very journey questions the bedrock of ones self. I must be lost to see
Life’s unexpected experiences, especially its hardest, ushers your heart to the biggest spiritual moments of existence. whether you choose to step in or not is up to you. And there is no right or wrong with either of your choice. Be well.
Death is Return. – understanding this multidimensional meaning and then gaining acceptance of it is one of the most difficult, emotional and complex thought a human can experience in their lifetime. Its counterintuitive a runaway knowledge. Because its the deliverance of the finite from the infinite. Its the knowledge of closure, departure from thats so dearly loved and attended to. This awareness is a last principle, not a first, implying its an artifact of a conscious journey. This truth mustn’t give joy nor sorrow, but profound peace in knowing of the cycle of life, and the strip down to the nameless soul. What happens, thats later. One does not arrive to this thoughtfully alone but experientially, religion can be a bandaid logic here, for the pious it can even help heal but with misinterpretations of afterlife. Death is return, birth in every sense is Departure (later). Most find it easier to live to ignore, deny, refute and acutely suffer in the absence of this understanding. I’m no exception but…
Yes, its very possible for someone seeking the spiritual unknown to lose their path in the very journey, and go astray. I understand this firsthand. I cannot begin to describe my trials in this path. We must realize that its not a whenever you can journey, perhaps thats beginner level. The path is not an open wide road with exits and entrances, but rather it is like walking on tight rope above a canyon while being blindfolded. Oh yes and it can be done, as few before us have proven it to the world. But this can be initially absolutely terrifying, yet the most fulfilling path -this first and foremost requires a daily discipline and focus. The key operand here is “daily” which for those relentless eventually becomes every moment of their being. And by discipline I don’t mean a self destructive; imposing discipline, but an astute focus with sensory restraint and a proactive gentle core mind. Trust me when I say this, when your deeds are pure and you are giving your best shot given all you are faced with, you will be Led. Its very possible, and let not your illiteracy of vedas or all scriptures discourage you, that deficiency is the sin of those who came before us and their selfish failures not ours, at least not yet. you are enough and there is enough of the unknown already in you. you simply have to ‘selflessly’ (diff meaning) harness it and leverage your living to maintain it. You may also wonder don’t many roads lead to this? yes indeed, but all the paths eventually merge like a tree with one trunk and many branches and many roots to one tree. There is an undeniable convergence in this universe, the big bang is an evident illustration of this fact, but saving more on this for later. APTTU. ACTTU.
picture:afreepic. Acknowledging poverty. thought is a luxury many dont have. ACTTU
Why many cannot come to grips with this and those few who do….well. Regarding faith, you must understand that there cannot be asks, queries and prayers in faith, as it is the complete unquestionable surrender of one’s self. And the truth is; upon that surrender outcomes and experiences become irrelevant. Yes, your suffering if there is one, will become irrelevant. This is also where a religion’s ceiling lies – when it doesn’t lend itself to help mankind surrender in faith. It is also the deepest fallacy of any religion because mankind has instrumentalized it into a transactional concept. we get into this cycle of – I pray for safety, I pray for my family’s wellbeing, I pray for a good career, etc, which the unknown is definitely not about. You See its like this – When the drop enters the ocean whether peacefully or violently once its in, “it” no longer exists, because its the ocean. what come of it or its state is an irrelevant question and discussion, that thought is a selfish deplorable and futile pursuit of self indulgence. But know this -the drop is in the ocean, the drop is now the ocean and the ocean is the drop. All Praise to the UNKNOWN.
I see a stark yet subtle difference between Western (excluding Indigenous) and Eastern paths to self awareness,wisdom and enlightenment alike. One nurtures the reinforcement of ego, while the other simply eliminates it. This makes one path harder and the other more preferred. It’s important to note in the ultimate path, inevitably, there is no self.
Recently lost a loved one to ignorance, cultural dogma, overcrowding, derivative pollution, poor infrastructure and absolute folly. I couldn’t nor didn’t do thing to prevent it. Now what and why does any of my accomplishments matter?
Some of us are like ‘light bulbs’ that are meant for a Light House, not meant to shine bright on corporate floors.
Bulbs are often fragile, some are even inefficient, have a short life and burn out, but have a full and singular purpose; to guide many from darkness and perils that awaits them.
I have come to sadly reject “almost all” of humans notions of god, faith and such concepts embedded in religion, primarily due to 2 reasons:
1. I don’t like the egotistical, self-colored, lopsided tenets driven to preserve self and ‘destroy rest’-‘dont care of rest’- ‘rest of you are wrong’ mindset, but I do enjoy some beautiful souls melodies sung to mine from within these worlds.
2. Whatever it is i want to figure things out myself, like everything that’s important and profound in life’s experiences. I will seek counsel in everything that mankind womankind et all have realized, established on this earth as righteous. I will do all this while not being egotistical in this pursuit as I don’t want to replicate a simpletons religious mindset.
But no matter where I stand with this topic, Whether i am upbeat or beaten down when I see the morning blue sky with the sun shining high, or the snow covered hills as far as my eye can see or when i feel a gentle breeze wrapping me tightly, I cannot help but ask ‘are you listening ?’……
……are you listening to my hearts cry for truth, are you listening to my praise of you, are you listening to my foolish search….are you listening to it all ?
Sadly, people who have experienced the greatest joy and greatest suffering in this and in their world know all the boundaries of the human consciousness. Rest are merely existing.
If you strip away the body and mind, consciousness is meant to bask and be wowed in the grandness of this universe. Hence consciousness creates consciousness. Life happens.
What is amazing is, almost everyone I have had the chance to spend some time with in life, of all ages and races have always taught me something about myself, help me discover who I am and who I am not, and on occasions also discovered something about themselves. I am grateful.
Its the weight of the world and all the helpless things many perilously ensue that I can’t affect, that which makes me truly sad and profoundly silent.
After which, – I merely survive in my mundane selfishness.
The world all over has devised, devices ingenious and successful ways to keep one’s mind occupied every second. Full of clutter and tasks and temptations. It’s a masterpiece of the brain towards self-preservation, as in silence from all this it suffers a grave calmness. In silence it truly asks, searches. It breaks down and reforms to a far superior yet perilous level of consciousness.
Saying “an idle brain is a devils workshop” is one of the biggest concealment it taught itself and the world. This is one is a special one, as on surface its very true, within a followed or required structure idleness can be detrimental. But with purity of mind or after a sincere long search for it and when idleness lends to calmness and clarity. Mind wanders into uncharted territory; less spoken of, superior and yet troubled grounds.
I think I have figured out the human condition on this planet, it’s not great, it’s not pretty. But there is hope. What bothers me insurmountably is the unknown condition of the universe.
Whether art or science or innovation: A creator’s ultimate goal is to make something much higher and greater than him and his life. So his work lives on after him.
Its almost as if a pure impression of god, if he existed. Nonetheless, its definitely the fabric of consciousness.
The fear of one dying someday can only be subdued by one’s purest commitment to duty and responsibility. The greater ones duty and responsibility is, the lesser is their fear of death.
Whether you are a father or a solider or both, it is this strength that drives valor in the field you fight in.
This is a weapon in the wrong hands and a great pointer to the masses.
No matter the hurdles; committing to your duty and responsibility is very important to overcome this fear.
Furthermore, living a life filled with purpose which is defined by duty will set a precedence of your existence, that no matter how or when you die, your life will be known and praised.
The desire and making time to help people only when things are going good for you, is a simpletons approach. Making it part of how you live your life each day, makes you truly a superior being.
Researchers chalk helping tendencies to chemicals and hormones and past experiences. But it’s not entirely true. Wisdom and Outlook greatly shapes it.
No matter ones age, the remaining innocence in his or her outlook towards life, and in their everyday moments and the purity of heart when understanding the world is the only unbiased foundation of spirituality. From which it emanates.
Excluding Jesus and including the early catholic church, today’s civilization, religions and including corporate america. Why is Power largely and continued to be defined as dominion to destroy or take by force or perceived granted authority to kill at will ?
I don’t want nor like this power.
I think when we as a civilization overcome this misconception, we will truly live on this planet and may be even understand Jesus for that matter.
I also think when one overcomes this personally, he or she makes a human stride of wisdom and inner peace.
How am I to embrace a religion, when majority of its idiosyncrasies lies or results in violence and bloodshed?
(On NPR: I heard a Muslim father cry over his son’s body killed by Buddhists extremists, he while crying in pain and agony said “I used to be sad when my son got a small bruise, but now here is his body lying there. What can I say…”)
I am not a Muslim, but a father to my children. And I’ve heard enough over the years to be sure to say this.
Every religion wants to obliterate the other, if it’s not the religions or its tenets and only man’s interpretations. Then we created them anyway isn’t it? I certainly don’t need that.
Though not everyone is making money, anyone can make money. It is I believe more than that. Its about recognizing your talent and fulfilling a purpose and a cause. Doesn’t matter how big or how small it is or your gift is or is not. It’s about you doing what you are gifted to while rendering a value, no matter where you are placed on this earth and the color of your skin.
It is important to remind yourself of the harships, in your upbringing, your challenges and how you overcame them. It is important to remind yourself, how you saw others and adults at that time cry in loss, cry in grief, cry in pain, cry their last breath and of what’s left of them after they have gone. It is important to remember how strangers then and strangers now helped you move along the way. Its important to remember. It’s important to remember your toughest past.
When remembered of what you have been through and what all you have overcome in the years, the task in front of you today becomes a pebble and well surmountable. And you won’t be lost and caught in the weeds of silliness. But direct, strong and clear headed. For you know your past, you know your being. You are all that has been you now. That is like a million you’s in you right there at that very instant. You are mentally indestructible in the present moment, for you have been in the past, your strength today is the sum of all past; nothing deters you from your will.
Sorrow becomes an arsenal for the focused and strong mind. It inhibits shallow temptations of the flesh and devices the mind to be sharp and on task with valor and dignity. Your strength today is the sum of all past and to be.
You know of that place we all have in our minds, in our memories vivid and bright. For many, we have a place from our childhood. Place growing up, where we were taken to as a child and later on we would go there by ourselves, for that calmness, for some serenity, for some loneliness, for some tears even at times. A special place… that one special place that speaks to our heart, and yet to the mind.
For some of us, there is more than one place. I do too. But there is one that stands out on the top. As I sat this morning in my car, in traffic – 20F cold weather. I thought of this place. No it was not the cold that made me think of it. I don’t know why anymore I went there in my mind . But I know I remembered it, as I sat there when red lights and exhaust fumes were glaring my windshield.
For me that place is a quiet part of a shore line, yes by the beach. I don’t go there anymore, because I can’t. In fact it is on the other side of the pond. It may not look the same anymore, it’s been years. Always afraid that it won’t speak to me the way it did back then or may be it always will. It’s not a fancy beach. No trees, No turquoise waters, no rocks. It’s just an ordinary beach that you would easily turn away from if you were driving past it in your car. There are probably million beaches like that. But this one is special to me.
My favorite time to go there was usually between 5-6AM. No crowd, a person or two in the far-off. Totally like a date between you and the place. I would just sit there watch the waves go to and fro. It would give me much happiness just being there. Sometimes a like a burden gets lifted off your chest. The second yoke end being taken on evenly with another….. The fresh breeze as it caresses your face. The birds trying to catch something to eat, usually crows, but they behave as though were enjoying the place too. everything was calm and gentle. The sun as it rises shapes the sky rapidly on the horizon. The rays quickly fill up the blue sky. But just then just at that moment, the place wakes up. It’s truly beautiful. It’s like you are one with the earth as it happens. I know big tree hugger words – NOT.
It’s alive to you. And you are alive with it. The sound of the waves play that quiet melancholy, melody only your heart can sing to, lips are lost. The breeze moves you slowly as they talk of the footprints on and of the place in time. It’s lovely. You see yourself on the sand, the breeze, the water. Your heart is in love with that moment. Your heart is everywhere in that place. I guess it’s that moment what many would define as being one with the place.
The further away from reality, the deeper one is with it (without any influence of course). And the further away from reality, the further one can shape it.
Respect should not morph into subservience and homage. Respect is its own. Understanding and mastering this goes a long way in society and in ones maturity.
From being a person of flesh, I need to become a person of spirit. There are things that are vital to keep the body alive and equally important are those that keep the mind alive.
Man has to live by a vision and a code. If he can fulfill the former and maintain the latter. He has lived a full life no matter the duration of the stay.
If a man keeps recalling his distant successes, he has done nothing in his present day and definitely has no plans for the future. He is an empty container that has been reverberating out of an accidental stone. Don’t confuse with this the memories shared by our elders for that could be wisdom and inspiring words. But I am talking about the younger and the mentally weak. Who recount one accidental success over and over again.
I am starting to realize my mistake. I am waiting for that one great day far away, for something good, for that someone kind, that I fail to see today.
Living richly has nothing to do with wealth. And treating people lovingly has nothing to do with being loved. Mediocre souls seek returns higher ones simply give.
As one goes through the daily stuff of life. Often in tragedy and or in pain one stops to ask why all this. When there is no answer. We move on with what we know where we stood when we stopped to ask.
One has to take the words of god, if, first away from the religion, put it in oneself and mix it, mix it. Mix it thoroughly, until truth and realization emerges in you.
Kids. They give me the will to live and the courage to die.
I don’t mean that in a morbid way at all. It’s as though they give a new meaning to an old word. They take something from you and keep it safe in them. You no longer have the burden of carrying this unknown thing you carried all this time with you, as they have it safely with them.
I am a father of two now. I get it. Its work, is it rewarding, really I don’t know. Is it worth it? absolutely. I know the world is yet to part its perils and knowledge upon their lives. I know it may not be this way for long. I know they will grow out of us. But their innocence as babies is beautiful. And my love for them will be the same. If god were to come down and show you and me what unbound innocent love and affection is. It’s those little ones in your arms, quietly smiling at you, as though it was an unsung moment of heaven and earth meeting quietly. Trusting your arms around them as they cuddle their love and innocence upon you. I have never seen god with my eyes, but I have seen them smile and that would do for now.
I am a bit disappointed with myself. I am doing – repeating the mistake I would never do. It’s almost like I am someone else in the inside and I have another outer me and letting it decay and letting it stray carelessly and irresponsibly. Like two concentric circles the inner me and the outer me. The inner me turns at 90 miles per hr but the outer at 3 miles. I don’t know how it got this bad. But when I realize how i don’t know that’s when it dawns on me that i let it become chronic in the past few years.
If you think about a simple wheel which has an inner wheel that has to spin to turn the outer wheel which then moves on the road ( might add a pic to explain). To gain traction on the road of life two things need to happen
1. the outer wheel needs to get traction on the road (of life)
2. the inner wheel (gear) should engage and propel the outer wheel and not slip. You follow ?
I let it slip, so the inner wheel kept turning but it never engaged the outer wheel, and the outer wheel kept moving aimlessly, stopping, moving here and there on the road. I let this be. I am at fault
So what are these ??
a. inner wheel = yourself, your mind, your spirit.
b. outer wheel = your body, the perceived image of you by others, your definition per your career, family, workers
c. road = life
I always told myself to not let this happen, i have caught it now, but i knew it all along, i was not supposed to allow this and now the slip and less traction and the wandering is showing up on my career, family time and more importantly health. it has affected my health!
it’s never late to do the right thing, so here I go to engage and propel and move.
“Lack of purpose leads to violence. War is the only exception, where it’s purpose is fully misguided.”
Our species can not handle a purpose-less pursuit. Its fear manifests into beliefs, wants and desires. It hides in faith, religion and judgement. When it doesn’t surrender in its chosen vessel, it erupts, conflicts, voilence is born.
One has to believe in a Creator. If there is no creator and we were just random happenings in space and time, and that’s just a total waste of any conscious life and ever more at death.
In the chasm of our universe lies an inexplicable truth, and within the realm of such a grand scheme, is the vision of this silent universe. It amplifies ones deepest doubts and profound fears. But it is also in this far sight vision, one’s belief is born, and so are his worldly perils. But beyond all this, is the immediate wisdom that tides to fade all the earthly differences, that chain him and his brethren. Life is Born, and his consciousness awakened!
If life were to succumb to hard reality or to an unchangeable intellectual model where dreams are mere reflections of the deep unknown mind, then the face of reality would become a constant. But we see time and again that there is constant change, this denotes strongly the existence of a pure hidden pursuit in living beings which acts on an independent platform. This platform, converges into the trenches of hidden reality.
To unravel this structure one fundamentally needs time and the will or involvement to pursue it. Reality is rewritten with a constant image, an image too hard to completely cipher. An evolutionist might phrase it as a chaotic randomness that submits a strong pattern occasionally, however it is in this constant image that there lies the hidden pursuit of truth. An average human being dismisses or classifies reality into two subduable components of good and evil. It is not in every perception that the inner structure arises for exposure, only in those who are prone to openness and has the willingness to promote strong realizations, where there is no winning bargain or rewards -they can see the evidence of Truth or an essence that comes close to it. In a human mind impersonated by the name of truth but far more than it. Come of it Realization
God forgive me, forgive me for this forsaken path that I have taken this far,
Forgive me for I come to you in pain not fear
Forgive me for I am fooled by own and other
But hold me…
Bless me and keep me by your side
Let not the waste take over
Fill me with your purpose
Let me see my vision
Let me fill this earth with your glory
Allow me not to trespass
Let me be nimble to listen to you soft whisper that floats to guide
in those moments where I get lost
Give me your strength to protect the weak
Give me your glory to guide the brave
Give me your wisdom to walk the unsettled
Humble me when I don’t
Forgive me when I foolishly wander
Make me see your light in the day against the perils that sway in me
And your warmth in the night to rest me
Teach me your compassion for it’s the gift of the soul you sown
Accept me as yours
Remove me from the sin I walk in
Embrace me with your love
Allow me, Help me, Guide me to serve you
When the mind tries to go astray, Let your presence in me wake
AWAKEN ME
When the mind loses its clarity
and when the thoughts sway.
when there is rage in the eyes,
and knowledge seems a waste
When the walk has no path
and the heart with no joy.
When tears start to roll
seems like no hope……
A silence around and within
left to my own
cuddling in a faith unknown
For the world is big and bigger are my wounds
Sitting under an old tree,
asking it what does it know
when it just stood there all these years,
Sprung from a seed, now in the wood, a haven for many indeed.
Some roots crawled and some did not,
the wind blew hard, but it still stood strong
seasons played yet it stood hard.
It went through it all; yet that silence in it impresses me of all
And what it shared, the music of the leaves
like a smile of God.
It saw me and many more
lessons come in many forms.
A tree what a beauty it can be.
A silence, a hush with which is says it all
Why publish or blog all this, these thoughts, these “expressions of a conscious mind”? Why write and why publish them to all who can read and have means to do so ?
The reasons did have humble beginnings, as any one who keeps a journal or who wishes to reflect on days thoughts will understand and appreciate the need to write, document and reflect. It was pen and paper many months, but with advent of PC, why tinker with papyrus when you can add to things anytime from anywhere of the day.
But here it is on www, and that goes beyond reflection and can not be justified as mere “self” reflections, so there I was where I argued over and over with myself about the selfish nature of a publication of such sorts, and the neediness of oneself to be heard (or atleast be given the belief of being heard). Personally, I think some authors, bloggers, publishers, are just plain needy or self acclaimed pundits of knowledge which is nothing but a loud echo of ego and self vanity.
Now, for many it is arrogance and judgment that fuels the need to express into the burrows of this dark world, to correct, to steer and guide. No there is no guidance, if any there is only the road of burden for the already tired minds, in the hope of full liberation.
Why write and why publish? The very notion questions self-reformation. Self-reformation is absolutely 100% absolute. However it gleans on the outside world and our perception and senses to nourish its absoluteness, one may argue its relative-ness. It is a valid argument; however, it is in the essence and what it churns in one that makes it absolute. But even under those premises of “relative” absoluteness, there is no need or temptation to express outward, to write, to publish it openly. Is it honesty? Honesty has got nothing to do with it, period.
In many senses, I view and hope that may serve as a beacon of hope to those including me who battle the similar perceptions, visions, thoughts, bitter glimpses of reality every day and shore them to reason of refuting loneliness and gently resonate in their hearts that they are not alone in their thoughts and life.
A life rope to a stray, may be actually a hand to the visionary who stands apart, a rope that bolsters my hope as I reach out to you, to beach you ashore or at least to an island I habit in. The windows to a world of dreams and vision that rest on the shelves of time, fading yet echoing more than ever in space.
One of the reasons for writing is to free the most beautiful bird in us, our mind, its bound to fly eternally in this world free from peril but in the minds of many where it flutters its wing so gently to find more of its own. As a symbol of hope and the fine fabric that weaves our existence.
I like to leave it here, it is in the interest of our lives and of my kind it is written. Now I shall write and shall publish for the same!
The knowledge of life and the scarcity of it, among it are many caught in the transformations of reality that sways between pain and joy. It is determination that exceeds them and perseverance to endure through the dark nights and hollow days that enriches the mind and body to weather the unknown. ‘God’ is an infinite word with a limited definition on mediocre minds and unknown rest in the rest. An entity to inflict control upon the prevalent randomness, a fulcrum to open the minds in to the vastness of ones potent. A subdued form to serve the wishes and desires, all in one word. The averages have taken it to poor extremities in forms and concepts, yet even within those one can attain light if one perseveres to seek, and weather his hope to attain pure consciousness. Consciousness is a power word for a powerful existence. An existence in its lighter form can transcend time and moment. In its real form can endure the eternal. Awaken 1:1
As one goes through the daily stuff of life. Often in tragedy and or in pain one stops to ask why all this. When there is no answer. We move on with what we know where we stood when we stopped to ask.
ssly and irresponsibly. Like two concentric circles the inner me and the outer me. The inner me turns at 90 miles per hr but the outer at 3 miles. I don’t know how it got this bad. But when I realize how i don’t know that’s when it dawns on me that i let it become chronic in the past few years.
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