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

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

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

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