Sahaj means easy and natural

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Sahaj in sanksrit means easy and natural.

 

Sri Ramana used to say that what is Sahaj for the

Siddha is the practice of the Sadhaka.

 

There is saying in Hindi, "Sahaj pake so meetha hoy."

 

It means that easy and natural baking leads to

sweetness.

 

Probably something like the English saying that soup

that simmers slowly or the cake that is baked slowly

tastes best in the end.

 

Easy and natural is the way. Everything else makes it

appear that Reality is found somewhere other than

where you already are. But how can that be? So we must

examine the nature of the distance between the self

and the Self. This exploration needs the eye (I) to

suddenly turn to itself or face itself. in doing so

the distance between the the self and the Self cannot

be maintained. If we understand this, that is grace.

 

Lahiri Mahasya used to say, "Banat Banat ban Jaye"

which has a similar meaning..."happening, happening,

happened."

 

All of these sayings, "You are the doer", "You are not

the doer" might have some meaning to someone at some

point in time. All are concepts only for the mind to

struggle with.

 

To be easy and natural is, well, it is to be easy and

natural and it is best because it is easy and natural.

What is not easy and natural will produce inner

conflicts. We already have enough of those. Of course

for some people making more conflicts may be easy and

natural. In that case, go for it (and you can't help

it anyway).

 

Being easy and natural in awareness allows for the

recognition of the Self, which by its very nature is

easy being, natural, and wholeness of awareness aware

of itself as its own ananda. There is no good way to

express it.

 

My teacher (who was a monk for 28-29 years) once told

me that as a young monk he was very very strict with

himself. "Sometimes, too much judgment and discipline

can be a form of violence with oneself." he told me.

Another time when we were talking about gurus, I

mentioned many names. He knew most of them personally

(Krishamurti, Muktaananda, Chinmoy, Rajneesh,

Chiddananda, Swami Rama, Swami Satchintananda, etc.).

Those he liked, he would only say, "He is a good man."

 

Finally, my teacher said to me, "You should never

follow a guru!" I looked at him puzzled (because he

was my guru, you see). He smiled and said in his thick

Bombay Indian accent, "What if the guru goes crazy and

tells you to do strange and crazy and weird things..."

I had a good laugh! He smile and added, "that does

happen you know....". I laughed even harder. Well, it

does happen you know.

 

As Sri Ramana never tired of saying,... the only true

guru is your Heart, your own Self.

 

So wise sages tell the advanced aspirants to be

natural. Make the effort, if natural. Follow a

teaching if it is easy and makes sense. If something

makes no sense, there is no point in following it. So

what if it is considered the supreme teaching and so

on by someone well known and supreme. For all you

know, what the supreme and well known people say could

all be a bunch of crap. Think about it. What do they

really know? What can anyone really and truly know?

 

So rest, if it feels natural to rest, watch the

spiritual parade pass by and not be moved by any

teaching. Or join the parade and sing your song. Sri

Krishna says to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita something

like -- "Your very nature will make you act in a

certain way".

 

That is why you can be at perfect ease.

 

Self-remembrance, Awareness aware of itself,

Self-abidance, all of these mean the same.

 

Easy and natural is one being aware of the innate

wakefulness through the winds of emotions, colors, and

change.

 

To the extent one can grasp it, simply remain aware

and if you become conscious of some intangible cloud

of unknowing which you cannot go through, become

comfortable with it, stay with it, and breath it in

and out.

 

Love to all

Harsha

 

 

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