Echoes of my soul
The sound is in the ears
The sound is in the ears Amongst our five senses, the hearing is the most important. If the ear rebels, the other senses rebel… All senses are equally important Of course It is only recently that the prevalence of hearing, (when it comes to obedience for example) imposed to me Most Holy Scriptures start with … Read more
The conscious deep sleep
Deep sleep Conscious deep sleep A state of consiousness A deep sleep awake and alert Beyond relaxation Beyond guided visualisation Beyond music, sensorial hearing It is beyond reverie, the half way world (between waking and dreaming) Beyond lucid dreaming (Being aware of the dream in the dream) Deep sleep is dreamless Not invented Not a … Read more
Why do we have to suffer – meaning ?
Why do we have to suffer A question Hitting And targetting all Why does it happen What for Feelings of dispair Rebellion and Anger When it happens to us There is no why It just happens Due to accidents of nature Like birth and death Due to our own mistakes Like overeating or wrong food … Read more
Adi Shankara and Vivekachudamani
Adi Shankara “Brahman is the only truth, the world is unreal, and there is ultimately no difference between Brahman and Atman, individual self” Brahma satyam jagat mithya, jivo brahmaiva naparah — The Vivekachudamani (Sanskrit: विवेकचूडामणि) is a famous Sanskrit poem ascribed to Adi Shankara (8th century). It is written in the form of 580 verses … Read more
The sound of divine
The sound of divine The song of Most High Has no begin and no end To the observer To the listener To the reflective To the attentive It becomes the tune of life An enchanting flute Inviting to the dance… * * *
The first lesson to learn
The first lesson to learn “This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself.” ~ Swami Vivekananda ~ The great Chicago Speech by … Read more
WaRaTaTa… word and sounds
Words, sounds and meanings (Image: Arjuna and his conchshell in the MaHaBaRaTa) Then, Lord Krsna blew His conchshell, called Pancajanya; Arjuna blew his, the Devadatta; and Bhima, the voracious eater and performer of Herculean tasks, blew his terrific conchshell called Paundram. – BG 1, 15 Words and sounds have lost their meanings. So many sounds. So … Read more
The voice within, the inner voice
Inner voice Is it a monologue ? Internal speech ? Or just A verbal stream of consciousness ? A subvocalization ? Hallucination ? A thinking process? Or is it more The sound of conscience ? Bad inspiration ? Or just Insights ? the expression of our BEing? An inner dialogue Between ego, self And Higher … Read more
The matter of language and cult
The matter of language and cult Sanskrit The oldest sacred language Of the Hindus Zend = old Persian The oldest sacred language Of the Iranians Greek and latin Old sacred languages Of the Europeans All together the Indo-European languages The Egyptian Hieroglyphic script The Sumerian Cuneiform script Copied by Babylonians Old semitic and non-semitic languages … Read more
Weeping willow
Weeping willow To be present in the absence… To be peacefull in the silence… Like a mighty holy river Flowing towards the ocean Being Drops of water Washing our tears I am the river You are the river We are the river Flowing towards the ocean But The ocean is in us And so is … Read more
The tree
The tree The tree in many cultures a place of gathering a sacred, shaded place A place where people share their goods and words Questions, answers, statements, thoughts, ideas Verse and Controverse Where some agree and others disagree Where people share their point of view and viewpoints A place where words become sacred And sacred … Read more