Zen

1. Learning a lot of things from my Italian friend - I myself get to learn lot of things while we communicate. Thanks Mirko.

2. Thanks to Mitti for casually introducing me to zen meditation. I am able to get more contemplative by practicing their koans (koan is a question - which can't be solved by the intellect and may not make sense but can be only answered through intuition) - example: what's the sound of left hand? Who am I now? To whom is this thought? Who is the non thinker? Etc

When in zen state - "now" is experienced. I'm not planning anything - the Objects are just showing up in their fullness. Its possible for me to easily be in that state for short durations - but being there for longer durations is a challenge - or that's what my mind opines. Daily i observe that i don't take my own mind and its opinions seriously anymore. Dear mind, you are losing hold of me. I'm getting free and one day u will just be my tool who will come only when i will.

Shifu in kungfu panda says - give up the illusion that you are the doer. I applied this at work and was amazed by the results. Mind is no more in an urgency or fear of failure. There is just pure persistence and i was able to solve a really complex problem at work. Thanks shifu. Yes, all are teachers in this life. Some teach what to do, some teach what not to do.

Anbe siva mayam satyame parasivam

Insights from Europe

Im currently enjoying my stay in Peaceful Florence, Italy in Europe.

"Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny."
-- Tyron Edwards


Many time I observe the things happening to me. I have no choice but agree the laws of karma are very very strong, deliberate, intense and loving. Their job is simple - return to you what you set forth. Its a flow of pranic energy basically which makes up karma. The odic energy (intense feelings and hurt emotions) get back to u in a super overdose had u been trying to escape from it from a long time. Similarly the good things in the form of actinic energies also come along which give you respect, charisma, timing and delivery in work and career. Sometimes i see things taking care of themselves without any effort which i initially was so tensed of. Its like thinking about going to doctor and pain disappearing.

When i'm in a situation - lets say bad situation - i throw my awareness for a moment to the great people in Europe who are leading wonderful, affluent, happy lifestyles. They have everything - education, money, career, intellect and the calm spiritual side which you can ever dream of. May be this entire life and future life times u have wished to live the life they are living NOW. But before you start getting agitated and depressed that you are not so - also remember that a fruit cannot mature and fall before its time. This is the truth and only truth - All of us have come from Siva, live in Siva and unknowingly or knowingly going back to Siva. So live life with Lot of Love to fellow men seeing Him in all. Thats the purpose of life. Everything becomes pale in the light of love.

"Anbee Sivamayam Satyame Parasivam"

Translation : Siva is immanent love and absolute reality

Learnings from Kung Fu Panda - awesome movie :)

Master Oogway

• One often finds his destiny in the path he takes to avoid it.
• There are no accidents.
• Quit. Don't quit. Noodles. Don't noodles. You are too concerned with what was and what will be. There's a saying. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift that is why it is called the "present".

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Shifu: I... I... have... It's a... It's a very bad news.
Oogway: Aah, Shifu. There's just news.There's no good or bad.
Shifu: Master, your vision... Your vision was right. Tai Lung has broken out of prison. He's on his way.
Oogway: That is bad news... if you do not believe that the Dragon Warrior can stop him
Shifu: Panda? Master, that Panda is not the Dragon Warrior. He wasn't even meant to be here. It was an accident.
Oogway: There are no accidents.
Shifu: Yes, I know. You said that already...twice.
Oogway: Well, that's not an accident either.
Shifu: Thrice.
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Oogway: My friend, the panda will never fulfill his destiny, nor you yours until you let go of the illusion of control.
Shifu: Illusion?
Oogway: Yes.
[points at peach tree]
Oogway: Look at this tree, Shifu: I cannot make it blossom when it suits me nor make it bear fruit before its time.
Shifu: But there are things we *can* control: I can control when the fruit will fall, I can control where to plant the seed: that is no illusion, Master!
Oogway: Ah, yes. But no matter what you do, that seed will grow to be a peach tree. You may wish for an apple or an orange, but you will get a peach.
Shifu: But a peach cannot defeat Tai Lung!
Oogway: Maybe it can, if you are willing to guide, to nurture it, to believe in it.
Shifu: But how? How? I need your help, master.
Oogway: No, you just need to believe. Promise me, Shifu, promise me you will believe.

Experience Karma by Observation

 

My Gurudeva often says than much Karma can be gone through without actually going through a physical experience. One of the way to experience the Karmic learning’s is to go through it in meditation. Using the Ajna chakra or the third eye one can see ones own karma of past live or of future happenings and, single out the seed for it, and ‘throw it’ – in gurudeva’s words !

We ourselves are the creators of karma in the lower states and we ourselves have the capability to destroy it in the higher states of consciousness.

I recently experience this phenomenon during my stay at Germany, was observing how i was able to either pick up ‘new’ or ‘existing’ karmas or drop them off through observation and focus of awareness over it.

I plan to implement this aspect of focussed observation of my own karmas, most importantly the ones which make me react. I will observe them, I will find out the root cause of them (i already know theoretically that I myself have sent out this karmic energy in this or a prior life time), And I'm going to bury them forever by Sivas Grace.

I already have a list of things which make me react in office and at home when im alone with myself. I'm going to give myself to Servicing to myself in my meditation :-)

Love you Gurudeva

Movies with a message

As life and religion become more experiential everyday than theoretical I begin to see learning's & only learning's everywhere.

Saw 3 idiots & shawshawnk redemption movies again for the second time recently. Loved the messages it had.

3 idiots: don't strive for success or money, strive for excellence. Do what u are passionate about. Make ur hobby ur work. Then there won't be difference between work and joy or play.

Shawshank redemption: get busy living or get busy dying.

This movie shows the power of so many things such as hope, persistence, steadiness, patience, commitment, friendships, timing, practice, etc

Dufrense crawled in many yards of stinking gutter and are out clean on the other side.

Give and you shall be given. There is something in you that can never be taken no matter how much ever anyone tries. that's the power of will.

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Posted from my HTC Leo

Impossible is nothing