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June 16, 2017
Crossroads
The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.
~Ferdinand Foch – Crossroads – Atul Ranchod’s poignant poetry…read on…
The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.
Ferdinand Foch
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CROSSROADS
by Atul Ranchod
Fire and ice.
Magma and steam.
Glaciers moving.
Inches carving mountains.
Crossroads of time.
Snail to the speed of light.
Geological to astronomical.
Seconds shaping lifetimes.
What mysterious matter!
In this porous skin,
Something so akin.
All the clues pointing within.
What marvels my soul
Has for me to be whole.
Gracefully going to and fro.
Allowing me to discover and know.
Vision behind eyes.
Seeing beyond sight.
Unseen but felt.
Subtle game of hide and seek.
Stricken by thunderous golden rays.
Each of my living days.
Fueling this thirst
In various ways.
The pact between my soul and me;
Untouchable, unscathed, unwavering.
Changeless amidst the fury.
Unending source of beauty.
Let this instrument play out its song.
Regardless of all that is going on.
Rising…
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June 15, 2017
You Brought Yourself! By T. K. Sundaresa Iyer
The true guru does not need anything from us – thanks for sharing this, Harsh Luthar!
Whenever I went up the hill to see Bhagavan Ramana, I used to buy something to eat and take it with me as an offering.
One day I had no money. I stood before Bhagavan in a dejected mood and said: “This poor man has brought nothing.”
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Surrender and Salvation: By Voruganti Krishnayya
I cried as I read this true story – my love for Ramana grows every second – he is the great cosmic lotus unfurling one petal at a time and engulfing us in the peace that comes from knowing that we are loved no matter what, and even more, that our true nature is LOVE itself. Thanks for sharing this, Harsh Luthar!
Voruganti Krishnayya was a great devotee of Bhagavan Sri Ramana. He has narrated many incidents that he observed while in Bhagavan’s company. The following story is one of my favorite.
Bhagavan Ramana
Bhagavan was most tender with people who thought themselves for some reason or other to be miserable sinners and who went to him torn by repentance.
During summer evenings we used to sit in the open space near the well. We would collect in the dining hall for dinner and come back to the well. Suddenly, one day, a visitor started weeping bitterly, “I am a horrible sinner. For a long time I have been coming to your feet, but there is no change in me. Can I become pure at last? How long am I to wait? When I am here near you I am good for a time, but when I leave this place I become…
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June 10, 2017
Mary Wollstonecraft on Imagination QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
Wow! I like this…
The imagination is the true fire, stolen from heaven, to animate this cold creature of clay, producing all those fine sympathies that lead to rapture, rendering men social by expanding their hearts, instead of leaving them leisure to calculate how many comforts society affords.Mary Wollstonecraft
June 9, 2017
ONE MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE…
[image error]…is all it takes to blast open the mind and to prove to us, from the inside where it counts, that what we take for reality, as revealed to us via the five senses and our limited finite mind, is just a thin covering over an Absolute reality simply staggering in its intricate beauty and vast complexity.
As a child growing up in south India, I used to catch strangely disorienting fevers that incapacitated me for a couple of days. I would fall into a heavy sleep at night, then wake up to find myself floating above my body; what would hold my ethereal body from floating away, was, believe it or not, the thin cotton top of the mosquito net we always slept under! I would look down with a gasp of surprised terror to see my sleeping body below, and the next second I would be back within it. This happened often enough for me to ponder its meaning: If I had left my body, I realized, then my body was not “me”; of course, it was this numinous knowing that led me gradually to explore this “I” that had so easily left my body—and then, decades later, after much suffering and confusion in the external world, to begin the awesome journey into discovering (or rather, uncovering) who I AM beyond body, mind, emotions, track record, etc.
I have since spoken to others who have had similar out-of-body experiences—and all of us, without exception, have been so deeply impacted by our different experiences that sooner or later we eschewed mundane reality and sought a higher way to see and to live.
[image error]As a teenager, Ramana Maharshi had one single intense experience when he lay down in terror of death, and simulated being a corpse. During this brief time, he realized, once and for all he was not his body or his mind, but an immortal being of light. His egoic self burned down completely and he emerged as a sage, one who has permanently transcended duality and knows for all time that his immortal essence is pure existence-awareness and bliss. And so, although he left his physical body a long time ago, his luminous spirit and teachings continue to help tens of thousands to find their own way from darkness to light.
Unless grace is actively operating, those addicted to worldly pleasures rarely have mystical experiences. The relative cage has turned into concrete and no light can seep in. The cage needs to crack so that this in-pouring of light can begin. Most fight this and will do anything to maintain their comfort zone. And yet the first step towards experiencing our true Self is to realize deeply and from the inside that nothing the world values—money, fame, adulation, sexy partners, flashy cars, homes and whatnot—can give us more than a fleeting happiness. And that inevitably this happiness turns into sorrow, even if it is just a perennial dissatisfaction or undercurrent of frustration.
I am often surprised that even the most intelligent people do not see mundane reality in this way, and give thanks that my own life led me to associate with many who were rich, powerful and famous, and who were also deeply miserable—so that I could see with my own eyes how false this sort of a life was. Billions of euros/dollars do not a happy camper make, and often it is just the opposite, for the rich and the powerful are weighed down by their possessions and status and harassed and hounded by those who don’t give a damn for our happiness, but who just want to exploit them.
Lasting happiness and peace are an inside job, and once we commit to finding this treasure within us, it is amazing how quickly help arrives, both visible and invisible. The committed seeker on Ramana’s Direct Path, for instance, will one day feel the first flicker of inner bliss (known in Sanskrit as ‘Aham Sphurana,’ or the bliss of the Self) and then one knows that one is well on our way to the luminous goal. And ah, this is the sweetest reward!
[image error]Greetings from Arunachala, Shiva the Destroyer in the form of a hill of fire and light, who vows to aid us in seeing clearly so that we can begin the awesome journey into the Spiritual Heart!
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The Endless Rose
Atul Ranchod’s Endless Rose…
With light as its prose.
A photograph of a rose.
Summoning.
From its very being
The light playfully dancing.
What passion ignited.
No longer quieted.
When form and structure
Composed to bring out,
The sensual
Unintelligable rawness,
Savage perfection.
Articulated in notes sublime,
Total disregard for time.
In a moment the forming
Of such an exquisite being
Inviting me into its essense.
Breathing the perfume.
Intoxicated
For a moment
The seas did part.
Here between heaven and earth
Timeless perfection
Quietly acknowleged
Beyond the grasp of knowledge.
Opening into
A blossoming.
Such profound presence,
Here and now.
Forever, is a part of me.
I am lost in its eternal gaze.
My heart racing,
Subsiding.
In the silence swallowing,
The cosmos came to visit
In the endless rose.
June 8, 2017
What is God’s Name? By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar
Ramana Maharshi: “I am” is the name of God. Of all the definitions of God, none is indeed so well put as the Biblical statement “I am that I am” in Exodus. Thanks for a perfect post, Harsh!
Ramana Maharshi: “I am” is the name of God. Of all the definitions of God, none is indeed so well put as the Biblical statement “I am that I am” in Exodus (Chapter 3).
Words are used in various spiritual traditions to describe God or give God a name. Many people are convinced that their religion, their scriptures, and their way of worshipping God is the best way. Sometimes people argue and and fight over God as well.
Our conception of God is to large extent a function of where we are born and in what religion. Our mental conditioning is often so strong that we are not able to see the diversity of perspectives in various spiritual traditions. Only the mystics in different religions, who have through self-reflections and meditation, gone beyond their mental conditioning offer a unified vision of God.
June 6, 2017
The Heart of God:The Nature of Self-Realization. By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar
“You may think you are a small fish. Yet You YourSelf are the Big Whale!”
This, in short, is the message of Advaita! Great share, Harsh!
The difficulty in many of our conversations about spiritual insight is that the true understanding is not intellectual or conceptual, but absolutely direct. It is clear and direct without the medium of the mind.
Truth has never been a monopoly of a particular religion or spiritual tradition. How can it be? Some may disagree, but in my view, God does not play favorites.
We cannot make Truth our personal property but only allow the quality of Truth to overtake us and shine in us. We cannot possess God but only surrender to the Divine Will and let God take over our life.
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June 4, 2017
How to Begin Self-Inquiry: By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar
“On the Jnana path, we are not trying to accomplish anything but to simply realize our True Nature or Original Nature, or Self or however you want to phrase it. Understanding the subtle effort involved, which is very different than the effort involved in achieving worldly things, is important for an aspirant.” Yes, Atma-Vichara is brilliant, effective and unique…read on. Thanks for a great post, Harsh!
The play of concepts is endless. Concepts about the body, the mind, spirit, etc. It is the quicksand which entangles one more and more. It is the stuff of religion, philosophy, spirituality, great writers, great thinkers, great teachers, great leaders, etc.
The presumption to teach and help others to improve themselves reveals the unrelenting grip of the ego. Sri Ramana used to say that our first duty is to realize our true nature.
The wise say, that, “I am the doer” notion is bondage (See the Bhagavad Gita). This is a very deep philosophy and requires a subtle understanding of how to remain balanced in life.
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