Experience of Life

[Guest guest]

I find that my search for experience has often failed to produce the

results I sought because I accept what I find agreeable and reject

what I find disagreeable. This makes my life easier, but the jewel of

the lotus is often reached only through means that are more

disagreeable, like perseverance and hard work.

 

Have you experienced transcendence ... nirvana, samadhi, bliss or

some spiritual equivalent? What I experience I just call joyful

being -- stretches of feeling in harmony with Her when I have a

joyful hum at the core of my being and everything appears delightful

and perfect just as it is.

 

To have a taste of this level of experience, all one needs to do is

surrender to the moment. And by this I mean to accept whatever She

puts before us and experience it on its own terms -- just for what it

is and not for what we might wish it to be or want to get out of it.

 

To do this can be very challenging because it requires us (at least

for the moment) to place ourselves in a rather ego-less state where

we just go with the flow of life and enjoy the uniqueness and novelty

of whatever She sends our way.

 

As children, when most things are newly experienced, it's easy to

live in constant awe and delight over just about anything. When

crumpling a piece of paper or playing with soap bubbles, we remain

locked in an intensely joyful here-and-now experience.

 

As adults we may occasionally come close to this kind of experience.

However, as we develop our meditative capacity, we can have it

whenever we wish. This is one of the great advantages of working and

persevering in developing our meditative capacity.

[Guest guest]

I can appreciate your comments and experiences. I totally agree.

Bliss, yes oh yes. Do I call it a title other than the one I am used

to? No. My ego is not really into all the fancy titles, has no

interest in them. All I know is that it surpases any mundane

sexual/sensual experience and is the most exciting fulfilling grace I

have ever witnessed. I do have friends who have gone into Nirvakalpi

samadhi that will be quite frank about it and discuss it, but on

their path, spiritual life starts with that State of being.

Herikhan Babaji said God is in the ordinary, and that is true too,

soap bubbles and all. What is the saying, chop wood carry water?

 

Thanks for your simplicity, sincerity and insight. Jai Maa!

Namaste,

Kelly

rikzinger <rikzinger (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote:

I find that my search for experience has often failed to produce the

results I sought because I accept what I find agreeable and reject

what I find disagreeable. This makes my life easier, but the jewel of

the lotus is often reached only through means that are more

disagreeable, like perseverance and hard work.Have you experienced

transcendence ... nirvana, samadhi, bliss or some spiritual

equivalent? What I experience I just call joyful being -- stretches

of feeling in harmony with Her when I have a joyful hum at the core

of my being and everything appears delightful and perfect just as it

is. To have a taste of this level of experience, all one needs to do

is surrender to the moment. And by this I mean to accept whatever She

puts before us and experience it on its own terms -- just for what it

is and not for what we

might wish it to be or want to get out of it. To do this can be very

challenging because it requires us (at least for the moment) to place

ourselves in a rather ego-less state where we just go with the flow of

life and enjoy the uniqueness and novelty of whatever She sends our

way. As children, when most things are newly experienced, it's easy

to live in constant awe and delight over just about anything. When

crumpling a piece of paper or playing with soap bubbles, we remain

locked in an intensely joyful here-and-now experience. As adults we

may occasionally come close to this kind of experience. However, as

we develop our meditative capacity, we can have it whenever we wish.

This is one of the great advantages of working and persevering in

developing our meditative capacity.To from this group,

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Rikzinger,

A very interesting post! I inserted my comments.

Astraea

 

, "rikzinger" <rikzinger@c...>

wrote:

I find that my search for experience has often failed to produce the

results I sought because I accept what I find agreeable and reject

what I find disagreeable. This makes my life easier, but the jewel

of the lotus is often reached only through means that are more

disagreeable, like perseverance and hard work.

 

"Yes, as much as I like the idea of manipulating the Maya, I

recognize there are times when we must face the disagreeable with

hard work & perseverance." A.

 

Have you experienced transcendence ... nirvana, samadhi, bliss or

some spiritual equivalent? What I experience I just call joyful

being -- stretches of feeling in harmony with Her when I have a

joyful hum at the core of my being and everything appears delightful

and perfect just as it is.

 

"I can't give a label to what I've experienced but I know what you

mean by seeing the perfection of everything just the way it is. It's

as if the scales fall off your eyes and you can suddenly see the

perfection that was always there, except for your blindness." A.

 

To have a taste of this level of experience, all one needs to do is

surrender to the moment. And by this I mean to accept whatever She

puts before us and experience it on its own terms -- just for what it

is and not for what we might wish it to be or want to get out of it.

 

To do this can be very challenging because it requires us (at least

for the moment) to place ourselves in a rather ego-less state where

we just go with the flow of life and enjoy the uniqueness and

novelty of whatever She sends our way.

 

"I wish I could stay in that state permanently." A.

 

As children, when most things are newly experienced, it's easy to

live in constant awe and delight over just about anything. When

crumpling a piece of paper or playing with soap bubbles, we remain

locked in an intensely joyful here-and-now experience.

 

As adults we may occasionally come close to this kind of experience.

However, as we develop our meditative capacity, we can have it

whenever we wish. This is one of the great advantages of working and

persevering in developing our meditative capacity.

 

"Excellent!" A.