5. “The essence and the whole of Vedanta is this Knowledge, this supreme Knowledge:
That I am by nature the formless, all-pervasive Self.”
6. “There is no doubt that I am that God who is the Self of all; Pure, indivisible, like the sky.
Naturally stainless.”
Unreal is all that that comes and goes
Beliefs and concepts are thought constructs
I Am living light in renewal, unending bliss that flows
In the light of absolute truth illusionary ego self-destructs
All that is manifest and formless is singular Self (God) alone
Absolute oneness stands outside of time and space
When ego recedes true Self comes into its own
Oh hermit, there are no puzzles to lace
Categories:
vedanta, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
1. Avoid Manichaean Concepts and Boxing - making categories - of Human Beings
2. Watch your thoughts intensely, but kindly: judge no one, not even yourself. Enjoy the drama. We are actors anyways (Ask Shakespeare, or Hindu thinkers who flesh out the concept of Maya and "Krishna Lila.") Do STOP obvious evils.
3. ACCEPT: you are no better - or worse - than other human beings.
Categories:
vedanta, angst, bible, community, discrimination,
Form: Epigram
1. "Matter" is such a human "mind" illusion. Science keeps looking for stuff, runs into CONSCIOUSNESS and patterns. There is more FORM than matter (Namarupa, as Vedanta teaches us. Thank you, India, or Bharath Desh).
2. We are patterns; LIFE in the Universe reveals patterns, on and off, life and death.
3. Like waves in the ocean, we "appear" and "disappear." An individual wave has a crest and a trough, that arise SIMULTANEOUSLY, like our inside and outside. We cannot sustain our "uniqueness ... individuality."
4. But we have an essential ETERNITY, like the waves. Not the individual wave, but the WAVES will go on. Something in us - not matter - will go on.
Categories:
vedanta, creation, environment, freedom, god,
Form: Epigram
I
The Greek origins of our word for "matter," is the same for "measure" and MEASURING, as well as a few other terms that carry surprises.
First, however, there is no separate word for matter in Sanskrit, or broadly Hindu VEDANTA Philosophy. Indians and Hindus use a joint term, NAMA-RUPA or simply NAMARUPA: "name and form." As a young Hindu child in South Africa - of all places - I knew this. It was the term that stood for all REALITY - a combination of names and forms.
II
The surprises are for MATTER, its Greek origins also connect with MAYA or "illusory reality." Maya also includes the individual "ego-identity," as Indian philosophy generally sees "ego" as a temporary identity that is fluid and transient. Like an iceberg floating in an ocean, will not be a separate form of water for long.
Matter is also connected with the words METER or "metre" and MATER for mother.
Categories:
vedanta, education, hindi, me, perspective,
Form: Prose
You’re not your body and you’re not your mind;
Not knowing the timeless truth makes you blind;
You’re not your story and you’re not your thoughts;
You’re not those age old, buried mental knots.
You’re not that chattering voice in your head;
You’re not anything that you did or said;
You’re not anything that you have or know
You’re the truth that is watching all this show!
You’re not anything that can be perceived;
You’re not an object that can be observed;
You’re the screen where the world is being played;
You’re the emptiness where the form is made.
You’re the one witnessing the mind and breath;
You’re one without two, beyond birth and death;
Like the air trapped in a small round bubble,
You feel separate which brings all the trouble.
Inquire inside and wake up from this dream!
Let truth alone shine like a bright white beam!
By inquiry, your illusions will break;
You’ll stop mistaking the rope for a snake.
- ©Shanmugam
(This poem contains core teachings of Advaita Vedanta)
Categories:
vedanta, inspiration, introspection, philosophy, psychological,
Form: Verse
"Don’t try to drag me into Oz
It will never work
I’ll kill the Munchkins and the witch
I swear I’ll go berserk"
--From "Malice In Wonderland" by Joyce Rugg
The scandal behind us,
We look to break through
To a new dimension.
The mind folds inward
leaving creases.
The mind lives inside the the brain—
A large surface if all spread out.
Neurons are agitated;
Glitches occur.
Events spew forth like comets,
And the mind reels.
Mistakes are made like pudding.
Upon a moment’s notice
Some file is missing.
Something in the wiring has
shorted out.
Evil come, evil go.
Evil marches to and fro.
*In Hinduism, and in particular Jnana Yoga and Advaita Vedanta, neti neti is a Sanskrit expression which means "not this, not this", or "neither this, nor that" It is found in the Upanishads and the Avadhuta Gita and constitutes an analytical meditation helping a person to understand the nature of Brahman by first understanding what is not Brahman. --Wikipedia
Categories:
vedanta, evil, , hinduism,
Form: Free verse