A Mantra that Cheers (2 of 2)

Good morning friends. Let me continue the second part of my article. Hope you are still following me.

You are the Supreme Bliss, Brahmn in person. It is yourself that dwells in all. The happiness that appears in the world is in fact just a glimpse of self-bliss. It is your inner bliss but because of your ignorance, you think it is obtained from external objects of sense pleasures. Just as the sun’s reflection in water is not the real sun but is merely an illusory appearance thereof, so also is the pleasure experienced through sense-enjoyments – it is not real bliss. It is illusion, not real. Supreme Brahmn alone is existence, consciousness and bliss absolute. It is the One absolute reality which appears as existence, consciousness and bliss in different beings. But one who has a pure heart beholds the Lord as the One, non-dual Reality. There is one person prayed to Swami Ramatirtha He asked Swami to bless him that he wanted to become the king of the world. The person said that he will be please and happy if that will happen.

Even you become a king, you will still come across many miseries in your life since the things through which you seek pleasure are themselves transient. They never remain with anybody forever, then how will they stay with you? Better than that, if you give up the desire for seeking pleasure from transient things you will reach supreme bliss right now. That would be greater than the happiness you can gain from your dream kingdom.”

The mind becomes peaceful when it overcomes desires; then you can experience imperishable bliss. True peace lies only in the leaving of desires. A contented person alone can remain happy. A contented person is the wealthiest of all. He alone attains peace. Appreciate the present. Overcome greed and be contented with what you have. Give thanks to God. Then you could help others achieve bliss. – The Times of India

Peace and harmony in daily living (2 of 2)

Every action is happening according to a Cosmic Law and not because of something ‘done’ by an individual human being. If this is accepted, it also has to be accepted that no one can blame anyone for whatever happens through any body-mind organism. Therefore, he need not blame himself for any action, need not feel guilt or shame for any action; he need not also hate anyone for whatever might hurt him in life. The result is that anyone who is able to have this acceptance in his day-to-day living would carry no burden of guilt or shame, nor any burden of hatred and malice, jealousy and envy. In other words, the result is that he is anchored in peace and harmony: he is continuously comfortable with himself and also comfortable with others.

Perceiving in phenomenology is an impersonal, nominal function of the manifestation of the phenomenal universe. Such perceiving is pure perceiving because there is nothing seen, and there is nothing that perceives. We are nothing but illusory dream-figures. All phenomenal existence itself is merely an appearance in Consciousness, and all the characteristics of sentient beings – the form, the perceiving, the knowing, and the feeling – are also nothing but movements in Consciousness as in the dream.

The dream that is the phenomenal manifestation occurs in Consciousness. It is perceived and cognised in Consciousness and is interpreted by Consciousness through the duality that is the basis for all phenomenal manifestation: the subject-object relationship. This duality of subject-object relationship is merely the mechanism or the instrumentation (like space-time itself) through which the manifestation occurs – and is, of course, a concept – with the result that the perceived can be nothing other than the perceiver. Consciousness is all there is: the subject and the object, inseparably united when unconceived and unmanifested, only appear as dual and \separate when conceived in the phenomenal manifestation. – The Times of India

Excerpt from Ramesh S Baklsekar’s ‘Peace and Harmony in Daily Living’.

Spirituity is within

Good morning friends. They said that spiritually is within. I agree with that. It should start within us. We have all different theology in our life but the important is that we know the divinity of it. It’s our faith and belief that made us closer to God.

I believe in a Supreme Power, which is more powerful than human beings.

I love life and am thankful to the Supreme Power for being so benevolent. Every night, I pray to Him and thank Him for all that He has done for me. My life has never been just a bed of roses. I have had my share of traumatic experiences. Whenever I am in a spot, I seek His intervention. However, I do not believe in any rituals. For me, the Supreme Power stands in the form of a dot - like Omkara. You do not have to abandon material things to engage in spiritual practice. Even if you are totally materialistic, you will find that there is already a part of your mind that is flowing in a spiritual direction . It might not be your conscious philosophy; but in the depths of your consciousness there is a spiritual stream of energy constantly in motion. There is no value to life without joy. There is a joy that pierces through every moment of our lives. Love is the reason to act even when no final purpose can be perceived. I believe we should live with a free-flying emotion that allows us pure clarity and energy to work without self-interest . It's a simple task, but very difficult. – The Times of India