reject the leela?

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hariH OM!

 

re sundarji's beautifully stated post on the eternal leela,

i would like to relate the following..

 

i must say that the popular idea of rejecting the world

is in fact to me equivalent to desecrating the most beautiful

gift imaginable. a gift given by the Self to Itself.

 

here's especially why i feel this way:

 

i lived solitary in the canadian wilds for the better part of

7 years, and over the course of that time (in fact it was only

after 3 months) i started settling into the veritable beauty

and wonder of [what i learned thereof] Life to be. magical

things started happening. things too numerous and even

fantastic to mention!...no one would believe me. however,

it was like [what i've come to refer to and worship as the

living embodiment of kali, through] 'Natura' was anointing

me with her awesome bounty and secrets; she became my most

intimate ally. and ever since (what began in 1976), these

occurrences and signs continue to happen.

 

i'm not saying this beauty and wonder is found *only* in the

woods.. it's discoverable in *all* manifestations in Life.

it's just that in the woods, the evidence of the divine in

brahman's leela [manifest as Life Itself], is that much more

available. maybe because there are no manmade things to divert

the attention away from the primal beauty [of Life].

 

my time in the woods afforded, *hands down*, the most spiritual

experiences of my life! i cannot imagine anyone not being able

to make the connection with Natura, although it'd take some time

more or less for each person to make that connection. it took

me--as i said--about 3 months (and i consider that long, because

i have a stubborn type of personality [being in fact predisposed

to being a bit anal retentive! :-) ... but the exposure to this

experience changed all that, and radically so!]). i actually

started living in the woods like an avadhuta. naked, primal,

raw, direct. and this was a natural progression (pun intended!),

fully in accordance with the Call of the Wild.

 

i could go on and on about all this. suffice to say, though,

it has brought me to the most blessed and thankful insight and

understanding of the real purpose of Life. this is why i regard

all talk about the rejection of the sensual aspect of our Being,

manifest and available in and through Life Itself, to be simply

unenlightened and blunderous...

 

on the other hand, the method of rejecting the world sets up a

constant battle and turmoil within oneself, that i claim will

never go away. this involves a great mystery. because within

[its paradox], i believe one can indeed become enlightened in

spite of the internal battle involved, yet it will not be a

permanent enlightenment--even though it could last for the

remainder of one's incarnation--because one will inevitably

return to face this [what turns out to be the] most fundamental

of all issues. again, this is why it's so important to consider

what's been said in the rg veda, re brahman's latent desire in

the unmanifest or pre-Life state.

 

although it is through and through, Within and Without, finally

all an unresolvable Mystery, i can't help but express the beauty

and wonder of innocence and the joy it brings, living and being

in the bosom of Natura.

 

as it's been said, Life isn't a riddle to be solved but a wondrous

mystery to be lived.

 

namaste

 

 

 

 

sunder hattangadi wrote:

>

> Namaste,

>

> In my frame of reference, the liilaa never ends! It is eternal,

> without a beginning or an end. It is my own Nature, svaruupa. I am

> its master. I can choose to play when I want to, where I want to.

>

> As Trishanku says in the Taittiriya Upanashad: I am the mover of this

> tree [world-tree of sa.nsaara], etc.

>

> Gita says the same : Look at my Yoga Maya. I bring forth Myself from

> age to age, &c.

>

> Saint Tukarama [1608-1650 A.D]said:

>

> hechi thora bhakti aavaDate devaa .

> sa.nkalpaavii maayaa sa.nsaaraachii .

>

> This indeed is great devotion that the Supreme enjoys, when I can

> desire this world as Its power alone.

>

> Regards,

>

> s.