Goal of the sadhana : master course study

The thrust of The Master Course Correspondence Study is to improve all aspects of one’s life.

Step one is for the student to prove to himself that he can work positively in the world, performing his duties with full energy, intuiting how the whole mechanism of life is constructed -- the exterior world, his mind, himself.

Then ten, fifteen or twenty minutes of good, dynamic meditation a day and The Master Course studies to guide the mind along in a step-by-step manner are more than sufficient.

It comes down to readjusting our thinking and making our point of reference the reality within ourselves instead of the reality and permanence of the external world of things, forms and fancy.

Once our whole philosophical structure is in line with Saiva Siddhanta thinking, it is easy to throw the mind into meditation. Then when we are working in our daily life, involved in external things and material affairs, the point of reference is that the energy within and the core of the energy and the Self itself are real.

Difference in Beliefs

I firmly believe that there is no such thing called one path which leads us to God who is both outside and inside us. Religions can be compared to be rivers, all of them eventually merge into the same ocean which is God.

Here are some basic differences in beliefs between Hinduism and Christianity

Differences in beliefs between Hinduism and Christianity

Aum Namah Sivaya

Resting Mind

I feel I'm done with this mind

Can't afford to remain entangled in this mind and its endless cycles of Maya

Am thinking of taking a break from my own mind

By going deep within

Until I find that which hasn't changed, will never ever change

Of seeing that aspect which doesn't see, which just knows

All of us would have experienced this some time or other in our lives

Wish me luck dear friend, in this journey of the mind towards its own death

The death of the ego

Maya and it's cycles

Every unfulfilled desire (karma) is what triggers a new cycle of Maya (getting caught in illusion)

Once you get the ability to see this, Anava (ego) seems to reduce somewhat. Then you begin seeing how others are still caught in this Maya matrix.

Its easy to identify when you are caught in a cycle of Maya:

* when you are worried about future
* when you are thinking about good/bad experiences with people/places that occurred in past.
* when you are thinking of your job/ career
* when you thinking about better things in any aspects : company, phone, lifestyle, country, home etc
* when you are doing something you love doing and ending up in ramifications (burning new better ROM in my case)
* watching and enjoying movies, TV family time
* when you are attracted to someone who you think is physically beautiful or intellectually great.

All these are triggers for a new cycle of Maya to start in your mind's real estate. Once started the linking of thoughts occur and the strong current of the mind and its ramification takes over. 

This is because the conscious mind has one goal only : to keep seeking better things and seek ramifications. Thus the endless cycles of Maya go on and on until the great awakening strikes you