Guest guest Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Mind in Mayai has to think of form. In form comes the quality. The > soul in the dog lusts after another dog. The soul in human lusts > after another human. The bliss of orgasm is the same. It pulls beings > towards sex. [Moderator's note: Reference to paedophiles removed. Removing the lines did not affect the total content of this post.] > In truth all joy comes from the Self, > It is Mayai which makes us think and feel that it comes from the > form, > And it appears true in the physical plane. > > Mayai is that which masks, > The truth, > It is the partial truth, > Like the moon Kali wears, > Which waxes and wanes. > > But jnanam is like the sun, > Which shines on its own accord, > Not through borrowed light. > > To know the contents of the mind, > We need to talk to our own selves, > It is sounds which become meaning, > Each race has its own language, > It is the idea which gives value to the word, > The mind attributes the idea to the sound, > The idea came before the sound, > Yet to know the contents of our mind, > We need to talk to our own selves.. > but though this is not 'physical sound'.. > it is still sound all the same. > > This is the Saraswathy, > The one which holds the Veenai, the instrument of music, > Which when struck makes intelligent sound. > > The Brahma is the jivatma, > Which signifies the anava, > Its spouse is Saraswathy. > > Jivatma comes from manam. > Manam is the Vishnu, > The mind is spread throughout the body, > Like water filling the vessel, > It comes out through the five senses. > Indian, Chinese, Caucasian or Alaskan, > All humans sense the world through the five senses of touch, taste, > smell, hearing and sight only. > This is the five headed serpent,slept on by Vishnu (manam=mind) > Through which the mind operates. > > The mind seeks to conquer, > It seeks to be the king, > In education, business, science, > We pay homage to the man who has done best, > hence he is the king, > And who is the spouse of the king, > Save opulence, glory, wealth, name or fame, > It is what the mind in Mayai seeks, > Hence the spouse of Vishnu, > Behold lakshmi the bestower of these. > > The mace is like the nose, this denotes the sense of smell, > It is a weapon wielded by the hands, > Hence it signifies sense of touch, > The conch is blown by using the mouth, > This is the sense of taste, the sound arising thereof is sense of > hearing. > The cakram is the rotating thing emitting light, > With the help of light the eye rotates to all corner, hence the sense > of sight, > this then becomes the weapons held by Vishnu - the mind in Mayai. > Who holds the flower of the sense of 'I'. > > The mind has four compartments, > Of manas - awareness, > Of chit - likes and dislikes, > Of buddhi - intelligence > Of anavam - selfish ego. > > It is from the mind that the selfish ego stems forth, it denotes the > state of jivatma. As such from the navel of the Vishnu does Brahma > stem forth. The mind with four compartments is also Brahma, it is > born through the womb (navel),and four faces Brahma has. > > All humans feel themselves as above, > non feel themselves as the atom of the brain, > Non are aware as the chemical reactions of the brain, > Nor do they accept themselves as the body. > We are living in the body. > Through the body we can attain jnanam. > That is the reason for the path of dhyanam. > > What are chemical reactions of the brain, > But mere activites of atoms, > Which behaves mechanistically outside the body, > Yet becomes alive when the soul inhabits it. > The reactions that happen in the brain, > None resemble the thing seen outside. > Seeing an apple, > The brain fires in the occipital lobe, > Not resembling the apple, nor made up of the same molecules as the > apple, > Yet to the mind it appears so. > > The hawk eats uncooked flesh, > Dogs fed in the house yet ransack the dustbin, > But to us the uncooked flesh nor the grass eaten by cows, > Taste the same as it does to them. > So know the Maya as Shakti. Denotes forms with qualities.Separates > and divides. > Whose spouse is Shiva. > He burnt the anava (the selfish ego),And the manam which is Sati. > That Visnu and Sakthi is the same only. > By merging into OM (the kundalini), > And soared till he reached Sindhu (top of head), > Became fearless of death, realizing himself as deathless atma, > So he wears the tiger skin to denote his bravery. > > That is the symbolization of Hindu deities, > There is more to say, > Of murugan, ayappan, etc. > All symbolizes the truth of the being. > Most denotes the state one passes in spirituality, > The state on transcends, > And the final beautitude. > But space is not enough to discuss this, > Yet. > > Having realized is not to become superhuman, > It is to become truly human, > And able to use one's human capabilities, > In full accord with conscience, > As opposed to selfish gains. > > One can know the Iraivan (god), > One cannot become the Iraivan. > > Dhyanam (meditation) of beginners is by focussing on a form, > It is true for everyone. > The mind always exposed to the same form, > Will be attached to it alone, > Regardless of whether it is beneficial or not is secondary. > The Iraivan (god) is outside, > But is within also. > The anavam is inside, the mind is inside, as such Iraivan can be > sought inside alone. > It is not in the books, cannot be bought off the shelf. > > The path to it is the OM, > It exists in the body, > Spanning from the spine to the head, > Entering it only, > Can one know the Iraivan. > > To enter it, > The mind is quited, > Focussed on one singular thought, > Trained on listening one sound, > Or focussing one the light, > Or any form one fancies, > Rallying the thought which runs, > Pull you through this, > Add bhakti (love) to the thought of Iraivan, > Till you can feel a sensation, > Arising on the forehead like a throb. > > The Iraivan which exists as an idea, > As an imagination, > Will become a reality, > Do not worry, > Prod along. > The Iraivan in everyone, > Knows the prompting of the heart, > Believe me my friend, > For this is what we have seen, > Yet we are brothers, > All are children of Iraivan, > None is above another. > > The mind is the guru, > We listen to it only, > Even when somebody instructs, > The mind must be there, > To imbibe the teachings, > According to its promptings we act. > When one is asleep, > When the mind is sunk in layam, > Lying in the region of moolam, > Can we learn, do or aspire after anything? > We can only lie prostate, > like Shiva beneath Kali's (shakti) feet... > The shakti is the awareness, > It is the energy from the brain. > The shiva is the witness. > > Focus on this throb, > And watch the breath deepen, > Then see the body move and perform mudras, > As it assumes the form, > Of patterns lying in OM, > Like iron dust taking the form of magnetic pattern. > > Thereafter persist till one day, > The breath stops on its own. > And then you will enter the moolam, > And see the light of Kartikai, > Like millions of shining particles, > This is the first experience, > The rest which follows is beyond your effort, > Its the grace of Iraivan alone. Like the ball which rolls on its own > accord from the summit, effort is up to reaching there alone. This is > the moola-stanam (sanctum santorum). > > Now when you close your eyes you feel closest to the head, > And the limbs further away. > Entering mooloam you will feel yourself in the base of the spine, > And moving upwards (sindhu), > This is the meaning of being the hindu. > The indhu (mind) merged with Iraivan which culminates in the 'sagala > swarupam' (all encompassing) - sagaswaram. > It is not following stupid rituals, > And following women in trance, > Nor is it following customs, > Of a particular race known as Indians, > But merging the mind into Iraivan, > Who belongs to all like the Sun. > > Many people denote peace and calm, > They use it as yardstick in dhyanam. > These are only the beginning. > Passing the exam, one feels calm, > Coming out from a dreadful situation it feels calm also, > Having drunk and enjoying a blissful spa, > The mind feels calm all the same. > Listening to blissful music, shaking legs in the pool and eating good > food, > without a care in the mind, > Peace is seeked and achieved by those with some affluence. > > Bliss from Iraivan is beyond all these. > Dhyanam towards Iraivan is different from mass-produced one size fits > all meditation as advocated by the foolish gurus. > Can we sell Iraivan, > Can we sell the knowledge Iraivan has given, > For the sake of money? > It is given free by Iraivan, > Its like prostituting one's own mother, > That describes the guru business. > > Guru is the mind, > Parama guru is Iraivan's grace which makes the mind enter OM,this is > para, > Parampara guru is realizing one's true heritage as child of Iraivan, > this is parampara. > Paramesti guru is achieving abidance (stanam) with the param > (iraivan) in Sindhu. > > Anyone who is outside is upadesa guru only. They can show the way only. > > the end. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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