Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God.

by Kapil Gupta

A child is such a grand possibility that nature should not have allowed his potential to be destroyed by the hand of man.

If a man or a woman is wise, they will look at their children in a completely different way. They will stop teaching and begin listening.

address an issue. To address an issue from the standpoint of behavior is like addressing the problems of a tree at the level of the branch, rather than at the level of the root. Behavior, whether in the child or the adult, is the natural byproduct of the person’s outlook, perception, and level of understanding. If you address these more fundamental elements within the human being, the behavior will change by itself.

If you wish to raise wise children, stop being a parent. Abandon the idea of ownership. For whatever a man owns, he destroys.

Whatever a parent does in the name of his or her child, he is really doing for himself.

Parenting is a role that the vast majority of human beings are simply not ready for. Because they have not attained to their own wisdom, they are simply not equipped to become a role model of wisdom for their children. And understand this: A child does not need a parent’s teaching. He needs a parent to create for him a certain environment. And this environment will do all of the teaching necessary.

Human beings have become accustomed to chasing mirages. And this is why their thirst is never quenched.

Understand this: Your Mind Will Never Spare You. For it has not spared any man. It will chatter incessantly. It will rob you of your equanimity. It will entice you into petty squabbles. It will burden you with guilt. It will show you grand imaginings. And fill you with the fear of not achieving them.

When You Disappear, Your Problems Will As Well.

The greatest thing to understand is that our reactions are completely the result of us living wholly within the mind. The mind takes sides. The mind enjoys conflict. And the mind enjoys resolution. The mind simply enjoys the game and the drama. The mind enjoys pain, perhaps because it enjoys setting up the guilt and the reconciliation that follows.

Wisdom is the understanding that we have bought into a game. That none of it is real. And that we have become pawns on a stage. Pawns of the mind. This very realization is the path to liberation. Even if you have this understanding, the understanding will still be fresh and “intellectual” in the beginning. And thus conflicts will continue to arise. But they will become less frequent. And shorter in duration. And one day they will stop altogether. They will not stop because we have run away from them. They will stop because we no longer need them.

What is one to do? My friend, fire never harmed anyone. It only harmed those who chose to get in its way.

Let the flame burn. Let the problems amass. Let the feelings of ill will flow through you. Let the boss yell and the children scream.

The very attempt to distinguish the flame will only make it burn brighter. This flame is simply life being life. And the reason we get burned is because we attempt to put our arm around it and call it Ours. Let life be life. Allow events to carry on of th...

Live as a man who roams the endless deserts. And who sails the seven seas. Without any attempt at navigation. Allow the delicate hand of instinct to lead you, for in it lies the truest of truths. Life is jagged and raw. And by attempting to Own It you turn it into a problem. Watch the flame rise. Use it to warm yourself on a cold day. And as you watch it, it will eventually begin to see its reflection. In You.

Human beings have a habit of creating problems for themselves in order to add meaning to their lives. And the reason they seek meaning is because they have not lived life at all.

Nature should be more kind to man. It should subject man to a near-death experience at least once every six months. Just to remind him that His Time Is Running Out. To remind him that this paper existence that he lives is about to Whither. To remind him not to get too comfortable. To remind him not to take his life seriously, for it is only on Lease. To remind him that every “grand achievement” and every bit of respectability and every drop of his so-called reputation is Going To Fall As Common Dust.

Our problem is that although we thirst, we do not know what exactly we are thirsting for. As a result, we wander through life grasping at shiny and colorful things hoping to quench our thirst. But the things we find never do the job.

The lonely and thirsty wanderer in the desert is in a far more enviable situation, is he not? His life is simple. He has only one need. And once he gets it, he is content.

We believe that our responses are to people and situations. And the reason that we believe this is because of the temporal relationship between the response and the inciting person or event. But in understanding that our emotional responses come from entertaining the possibility that the criticism is valid, we will begin to examine the source of this self-criticism, rather than the source which provoked the emotional response. If we understand that