Hi

[Guest guest]

Hello,

new here.

Done my share of reading/listening/investigating/meditating in the

course of years.

One question:

The advaita/'not-two' is a subject one cand really train the muscles

of one's braincells on.

But concerning actual living... what is the bridge, from all the

mental contortions, to Life?

Anyone here found this out?

Regards,

jb

[Guest guest]

Dear Chittaranjan

 

Thanks for the reply. Beautifully expressed.

But back to actual life, I do - in moments - get intimations of

the 'perfume' your words point to...

But, to be honest, much of the time the 'Divind Madness IS missing,

and only the 'normal' madness, Is.

 

My question is, can one... - however thousands of times one reads of

the attributes of Brahman, however scholarly/knowledgeable one is of

the scriptures - can one ever come to It... actually?

To 'surf' on a conceptual universe, however beautiful, can it ever

take one to the 'substance' the word is _About_?

 

What I see is, an infinitessimal number of realized ones;

so WHAT are the rest of us busy with/doing, that make us remain stuck

where we are, though perhaps a bit more polished?

 

As for 'belief', I have responded to a relatively old mail (on J.

Krishnamurti's "followers" 'believing') and asked, "believe in

WHAT?", but I received no reply/comment.

Is it necessary to believe in, that it is raining, while rain-drops

are falling on one's head?

 

You pointed to the bridge between the _word_ 'rain' and the rain

itself (life), as being 'Divine Madness'. Perhaps I recognize a bit

of what the word points To, but if one tells that to one of the

99,999% of worlds population, at best they'll say 'great poetry!",

while the factuality 'normal' madness will remain untouched.

Not so?

 

I am not trying to challenge for the fun of it; but I feel that

perceptual sobriety of facts and honesty, is essential to prevent the

mind's structure from taking us on a ride of comforting self-

deception.

 

Warm regards,

Jb

 

 

advaitin, "Chittaranjan Naik"

<chittaranjan_naik> wrote:

> Dear jb,

>

> I find your question most interesting. I think its answer may be

> heard in the whisper of the breeze. Or the music of the trees. Life

> is living waters. It is a mystery. And magic. Magic that gushes out

> from the Heart into the luxuriant fields of Earth.

>

> How does one catch hold of Life? All mental contortions are the

> result of trying to climb into the skies using one's head as the

> foothold. But there are no footholds here. One has to learn to walk

> on the abyss. One has to learn to support the abyss and open one's

> heart to the supernal music of Divine Madness. There are no bridges

> to Life. There are no bridges to Here.

>

> Only the heart knows how to knock on the doors of the mystical. But

> for that, Ratio must merge with Eros.

>

> Regards,

> Chittaranjan

>

>

> advaitin, "new7892001" <JB789@h...> wrote:

> > Hello,

> > new here.

> > Done my share of reading/listening/investigating/meditating in

the

> > course of years.

> > One question:

> > The advaita/'not-two' is a subject one cand really train the

> muscles

> > of one's braincells on.

> > But concerning actual living... what is the bridge, from all the

> > mental contortions, to Life?

> > Anyone here found this out?

> > Regards,

> > jb