Why is always the wrong question. There is no reason for the Universe to exist.
In this abides the deep beauty of Life, its being totally free.
Each moment, so frail and powerful is passing by. It could also have never been.
Miss it, and all that actually is it will be missed. This is the only real sin, missing the mark.
This missing is what brings that sense of lack in one’s life.
shakti
11/12/08
08/11/08
The end of the understanding
When sense of separation disappears, and it does by itself, as the seeking ends.
There is a moment in which we see that this understanding about ourselves, this asking "who am I? what is this universe? where does it come from?" is no more interesting as an intellectual debate. We see that answers just bring to other questions, on and on.
This stopping of conceptualization happens, like when an apple is ripe enough to fall from the tree. It is part of the mistery as well.
When the intellectualization fades away one remains with the emotion connected to this enquiry. At the feeling level what was once the impulse that was bringing the body to make questions, reading books, watching movies and going to groups and conferences is at the end just observed.
The impulse is then seen as a fire, an inner one. A fire that has burnt already all the belief and concept of the mind and is now burning on a deeper level, the one of intuition. Resting in observation of this feeling brings the impulse to dissolve. What remains at the end of this process is peace, silence. Peace was there all along, on the background, but was unrecognized because the attention was on the concepts or on the feelings.
This intuitive understanding comes to an end by itself. When it does completly nothing is left to be understood and nobody to do the undetstanding. Just Being.
Shakti
There is a moment in which we see that this understanding about ourselves, this asking "who am I? what is this universe? where does it come from?" is no more interesting as an intellectual debate. We see that answers just bring to other questions, on and on.
This stopping of conceptualization happens, like when an apple is ripe enough to fall from the tree. It is part of the mistery as well.
When the intellectualization fades away one remains with the emotion connected to this enquiry. At the feeling level what was once the impulse that was bringing the body to make questions, reading books, watching movies and going to groups and conferences is at the end just observed.
The impulse is then seen as a fire, an inner one. A fire that has burnt already all the belief and concept of the mind and is now burning on a deeper level, the one of intuition. Resting in observation of this feeling brings the impulse to dissolve. What remains at the end of this process is peace, silence. Peace was there all along, on the background, but was unrecognized because the attention was on the concepts or on the feelings.
This intuitive understanding comes to an end by itself. When it does completly nothing is left to be understood and nobody to do the undetstanding. Just Being.
Shakti
The Appearance
6.11.08.
The Appearance
What is very clear and very obvious to most human beings is that the present day state of our world is not beneficial to the continuation of the human species. What may not be quite so obvious is that what is happening in our world is an outer reflection, for want of a better way of putting it, of what is taking place within consciousness.
Consciousness is impersonal but at the same time it functions in such a way that the human organism, which is an apparatus of consciousness, enables it to grow into a deeper intuitive understanding of itself, in the process of this taking place the gestalt of consciousness itself changes, the human experience as a result gains a deeper understanding of itself.
What is required now at this point in time is a breakdown of what has up until now been somewhat functional in the development of humanity, the ego concept, and in fact this is what is taking place.
This concept, which consciousness itself has up until now held true of itself, except for the occasional few, is the idea that there exists within each human form a separate being who has volition of its own to function against all action that is taking place throughout existence. This one concept has led to the idea of separation and the suffering of consciousness itself as apparent separate beings, humanity. There is in truth no volitional ability at all as all action that takes place through the human form is being done by the WHOLE and not an apparent part.
The letting go of this concept, which can only be done by consciousness itself, requires the letting go of all that is believed to be true of humanity, all that consciousness itself, up until very recently, has believed about itself.
The breaking down of this ego concept involves the facing of the structure of the concept of separation at the level of feeling, the level of perception, and this involves the arising of fear and the remaining present to it without developing strategies to avoid the fear. It is these strategies that have created the present day situation, all based upon the concept of separation.
The greatest fear that we know as apparent separate beings is the fear of death, all other fears are based upon this one. Each time one is able to stay present to fear at the feeling level without analysis by the intellect that fear dissolves leaving nothing in its place. The very last fear that consciousness will be present to, which is the fear of the death of oneself as a separate being, leaves nothing at all, emptiness. This emptiness is then seen to be the Truth of oneself and all apparent others.
What we are seeing happening in consciousness as present day events is the breakdown of this ego concept. As it struggles in its death throes it clutches desperately to control and delay its impending death, this is reflected outwardly upon the screen of consciousness as the control that governments and those above them are trying to enforce and it is clear that it is getting desperate.
Each of us believes that we are a separate being amongst other separate beings and this is not the Truth. We are not a we but an apparent we, a manifestation of the One consciousness. This includes all those apparently separate others who appear as the negative players within the game of consciousness, we are all One. When this fact is seen it is also seen that all the events that are taking place are one's own and unless this is seen the belief that it is not so reinforces the separative actions that arise in consciousness.
The answer to all that is happening as the unfolding events of the world is to awaken to the realisation of what one is and in this realisation the world will change as a consequence. Where separation is no longer seen the actions of consciousness will no longer be separative actions but inclusive actions, benefiting all mankind.
This is happening, no one is doing it for there is no one, there is only consciousness itself unfolding and giving rise to actions that appear as the play of existence.
Awakening is already happening, for some the facing of these fears has begun and for others the outer changes will leave no choice put for them to be faced, the result will be mass awakening.
Love is the answer, Love for those who appear to be negative in their role in the play as well as Love for those who appear as the positive aspect of what is essentially ONE unbroken consciousness unfolding.
In the Light of this Love all are seen to be Oneself awakening.
Avasa
The Appearance
What is very clear and very obvious to most human beings is that the present day state of our world is not beneficial to the continuation of the human species. What may not be quite so obvious is that what is happening in our world is an outer reflection, for want of a better way of putting it, of what is taking place within consciousness.
Consciousness is impersonal but at the same time it functions in such a way that the human organism, which is an apparatus of consciousness, enables it to grow into a deeper intuitive understanding of itself, in the process of this taking place the gestalt of consciousness itself changes, the human experience as a result gains a deeper understanding of itself.
What is required now at this point in time is a breakdown of what has up until now been somewhat functional in the development of humanity, the ego concept, and in fact this is what is taking place.
This concept, which consciousness itself has up until now held true of itself, except for the occasional few, is the idea that there exists within each human form a separate being who has volition of its own to function against all action that is taking place throughout existence. This one concept has led to the idea of separation and the suffering of consciousness itself as apparent separate beings, humanity. There is in truth no volitional ability at all as all action that takes place through the human form is being done by the WHOLE and not an apparent part.
The letting go of this concept, which can only be done by consciousness itself, requires the letting go of all that is believed to be true of humanity, all that consciousness itself, up until very recently, has believed about itself.
The breaking down of this ego concept involves the facing of the structure of the concept of separation at the level of feeling, the level of perception, and this involves the arising of fear and the remaining present to it without developing strategies to avoid the fear. It is these strategies that have created the present day situation, all based upon the concept of separation.
The greatest fear that we know as apparent separate beings is the fear of death, all other fears are based upon this one. Each time one is able to stay present to fear at the feeling level without analysis by the intellect that fear dissolves leaving nothing in its place. The very last fear that consciousness will be present to, which is the fear of the death of oneself as a separate being, leaves nothing at all, emptiness. This emptiness is then seen to be the Truth of oneself and all apparent others.
What we are seeing happening in consciousness as present day events is the breakdown of this ego concept. As it struggles in its death throes it clutches desperately to control and delay its impending death, this is reflected outwardly upon the screen of consciousness as the control that governments and those above them are trying to enforce and it is clear that it is getting desperate.
Each of us believes that we are a separate being amongst other separate beings and this is not the Truth. We are not a we but an apparent we, a manifestation of the One consciousness. This includes all those apparently separate others who appear as the negative players within the game of consciousness, we are all One. When this fact is seen it is also seen that all the events that are taking place are one's own and unless this is seen the belief that it is not so reinforces the separative actions that arise in consciousness.
The answer to all that is happening as the unfolding events of the world is to awaken to the realisation of what one is and in this realisation the world will change as a consequence. Where separation is no longer seen the actions of consciousness will no longer be separative actions but inclusive actions, benefiting all mankind.
This is happening, no one is doing it for there is no one, there is only consciousness itself unfolding and giving rise to actions that appear as the play of existence.
Awakening is already happening, for some the facing of these fears has begun and for others the outer changes will leave no choice put for them to be faced, the result will be mass awakening.
Love is the answer, Love for those who appear to be negative in their role in the play as well as Love for those who appear as the positive aspect of what is essentially ONE unbroken consciousness unfolding.
In the Light of this Love all are seen to be Oneself awakening.
Avasa
21/05/08
Be open
The desire to come back to the glimpse is actually the deepest desire that we have. We desire perfect love and total freedom more than anything else, even when we dont know it consciously.
Simply observe this desire and see that it does not belong to anyone. It is present. You are invited in the Eternal Moment, and what is inviting you is you yourSelf. Be open, and in this you will see that you are is openess. And you will see that you are already home.
Simply observe this desire and see that it does not belong to anyone. It is present. You are invited in the Eternal Moment, and what is inviting you is you yourSelf. Be open, and in this you will see that you are is openess. And you will see that you are already home.
Already Truth
The psycological mind, that is based on the idea to be a someone (in other words the ego concept), is not involved in the process of self realization.
it looks like we are spiritual seekers that are searching for Truth. But if we actually look in what is happening what we are is just the Awareness that is observing the action of seeking going on.
Seeking is happening, but what you are is the witness of this action and not a seeker. What the seeking is pursuing is actually the discovery of the true nature of the seeker and miss totally to see that the seeker is already present 100%, it is present as observation of the seeking action.
This means that there is no mental speculation or ultimate feeling that will put an end to the search for truth, because what we are looking for is what is ALREADY looking at the seeking action. This one was present before the seeking was happening and it will be present also when the seeking will end.
Truth infact is always present.
it looks like we are spiritual seekers that are searching for Truth. But if we actually look in what is happening what we are is just the Awareness that is observing the action of seeking going on.
Seeking is happening, but what you are is the witness of this action and not a seeker. What the seeking is pursuing is actually the discovery of the true nature of the seeker and miss totally to see that the seeker is already present 100%, it is present as observation of the seeking action.
This means that there is no mental speculation or ultimate feeling that will put an end to the search for truth, because what we are looking for is what is ALREADY looking at the seeking action. This one was present before the seeking was happening and it will be present also when the seeking will end.
Truth infact is always present.
Memory of the Self
Presence can be self perceived in whatever conditions the body finds itself as by definition it is always present.
You, as Awareness, are the subject of any object, either apparently inner or outern ones. The very fact that you know that they exist is because you are present to them. You are Presence itself.
Very rarely this recognition is permanent. Often it is a kind of first glimpse that is followed naturally by the desire to come back to it. As the various temptatives to come back to what is actually always present fall apart, the attention comes back to the Presence because it is no more attached to the strategies of the mind to return to the Self. The mind will always try to come back to its idea of the Self, as what the Self actually is cannot be objectified as it is always the subject of any object.
The mind cannot remember the glimpse in itself as in the glimpse the Self is directly attent to itself and to the objects of the mind in the recognition that they are actually One thing. Mind can only remember the situations and conditions in which the body is, and therefore when the sense of be a someone separate steps back and the glimpse fades off there will be very easily the idea that those conditions are the cause of the recognition itself.
If this is understood, immediatly any strategy to come back to the direct pereception of oneself falls apart and the memory of the glimpse is no more hold in the mind as the Self. When the image falls what is true, the Presence, reveals itself in all its clarity.
love
shakti
You, as Awareness, are the subject of any object, either apparently inner or outern ones. The very fact that you know that they exist is because you are present to them. You are Presence itself.
Very rarely this recognition is permanent. Often it is a kind of first glimpse that is followed naturally by the desire to come back to it. As the various temptatives to come back to what is actually always present fall apart, the attention comes back to the Presence because it is no more attached to the strategies of the mind to return to the Self. The mind will always try to come back to its idea of the Self, as what the Self actually is cannot be objectified as it is always the subject of any object.
The mind cannot remember the glimpse in itself as in the glimpse the Self is directly attent to itself and to the objects of the mind in the recognition that they are actually One thing. Mind can only remember the situations and conditions in which the body is, and therefore when the sense of be a someone separate steps back and the glimpse fades off there will be very easily the idea that those conditions are the cause of the recognition itself.
If this is understood, immediatly any strategy to come back to the direct pereception of oneself falls apart and the memory of the glimpse is no more hold in the mind as the Self. When the image falls what is true, the Presence, reveals itself in all its clarity.
love
shakti
16/05/08
You are the answer
You cannot go closer to truth. You are Truth.
Infact each movement of the mind to perfect the image of truth, that itself is holding on to in the identification with the objects, is actually a movement away from what you really are.
This movement is witnessed by Awareness itself and when this witnessing becomes conscious there is no more interest in the pursuing of a mental conclusion, although an higher understanding starts, where what is understood is intellectualy clear and at the same time is felt right.
The image of perfection of the mind relates always to a path to be done in time, and therefore keeps the attention away from the moment. What the seeker is seeking is not in time, but actually where the seeker is, here and now. The answer to the quest fo Truth is the seeker itself, that reveals to be in an accurate enquiry this empty Awareness that was observing all the time the seeking process.
Becoming aware of the seeking action that is often so unconscious in the rest of humanity is enough to point out that what is looking at the seeking is not an object of time, but a formless timeless Awareness that is always present. What is looking at the seeking reveals itself to be what one was seeking all the time, the permanence, the truth of everything.
love
s.
Infact each movement of the mind to perfect the image of truth, that itself is holding on to in the identification with the objects, is actually a movement away from what you really are.
This movement is witnessed by Awareness itself and when this witnessing becomes conscious there is no more interest in the pursuing of a mental conclusion, although an higher understanding starts, where what is understood is intellectualy clear and at the same time is felt right.
The image of perfection of the mind relates always to a path to be done in time, and therefore keeps the attention away from the moment. What the seeker is seeking is not in time, but actually where the seeker is, here and now. The answer to the quest fo Truth is the seeker itself, that reveals to be in an accurate enquiry this empty Awareness that was observing all the time the seeking process.
Becoming aware of the seeking action that is often so unconscious in the rest of humanity is enough to point out that what is looking at the seeking is not an object of time, but a formless timeless Awareness that is always present. What is looking at the seeking reveals itself to be what one was seeking all the time, the permanence, the truth of everything.
love
s.
31/03/08
Geometric perfection
From Nothing to Nothing,
Life is unfolding
no purpose
no reason
no plans or decisions,
the Dance Keeps on beating
its rythmn through the forms
all danced by the One
until they will be no more.
But what the ego calls death
is just another action
of Life, of Leela, the game of reflections
fragmented in a billion
of different me's
the Mind Keeps on morphing
in its spectacular scene
of colors and forms
all watched by the I
the same for all bodies
until the under standing is ripe
for seeing that All is One
and One is me
the Zero, the background
always untouched and pristine
Or flash in Eternity
in a geometric perfection
Life can dissolve
in a Heatbeat, in each millisecond.
Shakti
Life is unfolding
no purpose
no reason
no plans or decisions,
the Dance Keeps on beating
its rythmn through the forms
all danced by the One
until they will be no more.
But what the ego calls death
is just another action
of Life, of Leela, the game of reflections
fragmented in a billion
of different me's
the Mind Keeps on morphing
in its spectacular scene
of colors and forms
all watched by the I
the same for all bodies
until the under standing is ripe
for seeing that All is One
and One is me
the Zero, the background
always untouched and pristine
Or flash in Eternity
in a geometric perfection
Life can dissolve
in a Heatbeat, in each millisecond.
Shakti
Waiting without waiting
Waiting without waiting
on the border of Existence
the I trembles in Joy
as it loses its consistence
So sweet is this pain
of knowing that even that
it will be fully gone
in another step again.
The beauty of impermanence
shines into the glorious scene
and yet the eye will not be rested
until the background will be seen
Because all will have to go
rejoined into just One light
as this Divine's desire
is also the me's plight.
A poignant piercing Bliss
is flooding all the senses
a waiting without waiting
surrendering to what Is.
Shakti
on the border of Existence
the I trembles in Joy
as it loses its consistence
So sweet is this pain
of knowing that even that
it will be fully gone
in another step again.
The beauty of impermanence
shines into the glorious scene
and yet the eye will not be rested
until the background will be seen
Because all will have to go
rejoined into just One light
as this Divine's desire
is also the me's plight.
A poignant piercing Bliss
is flooding all the senses
a waiting without waiting
surrendering to what Is.
Shakti
05/03/08
Beauty of impermanence
There is a Japanese word, "wabi sabi", the art of impermanance, the beauty of it.
Zen art shows how beauty is using the forms to put the emphasis on the Void.
Impermanency shows the beauty of the permanent in the realization that form is void and void is form. You could not appreciate the world unless it was changing all the time, it is its impermanent nature that allows one to appreciate it. Being totally detached and so totally attached to the world so that nothing is missed, but everything is beautified as it is seen in its true nature, Void.
love
shakti
Zen art shows how beauty is using the forms to put the emphasis on the Void.
Impermanency shows the beauty of the permanent in the realization that form is void and void is form. You could not appreciate the world unless it was changing all the time, it is its impermanent nature that allows one to appreciate it. Being totally detached and so totally attached to the world so that nothing is missed, but everything is beautified as it is seen in its true nature, Void.
love
shakti
Between wisdom and love
"My wish to you all, friend and seekers, is that you too will be able to flow between the two great voices of Love and Wisdom. Because Life is that flow" Nisargadatta Maharaji "
When one is totally identified with Nothingness there is Wisdom, when one is totally identified with everything there is Love. Human experience flows between the two, as they are actually One recognition, of the nature of manifest and unmanifest, of permanency and impermanency. No possible to exclude one or another, only when they are both totally embraced there is balance, there is unity, wholeness, integration.
This message do not exclude Life, if it is truly understood it actually enhances it. Experience of Oneness is the door through the melting into one's real nature, Nothingness. When the world appears again from that silence, all is, but there is not a someone that experiences it. Only then everything can experienced, felt and loved in its Totality, without a "me" that filters it.
love
shakti
28/02/08
news from Holland
Hi guys,
we are in Holland with Satsang. Groningen meetings went very well, lots of beautiful people turned up. Here a little example of what has being going on so far...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu1XCDT1st0&feature=PlayList&p=F53353884D6A8610&index=5
love
Shakti
we are in Holland with Satsang. Groningen meetings went very well, lots of beautiful people turned up. Here a little example of what has being going on so far...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu1XCDT1st0&feature=PlayList&p=F53353884D6A8610&index=5
love
Shakti
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