Spirituality and philosophy for seekers
silence
is not empty,
it is always
full of
all the answer…
in the tranquility
of silence alone,
man has fought
all the battles
of mind
and uncovered
in its eloquence
all the riddles,
all the answer…
silence
is not empty,
it is always
full of
all the answer…
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Hey Jigasou!
Why are you looking so sad and morose?
Mater!
Much against my wish and will
I have taken a few steps backwards
under the force of adverse influences.
I feel, I am retrograding on my path
Listen Jigasou!
Every backward movement is not retrogression.
Sometimes, a backward movement is necessitated
for change of direction or track.
Sometimes, it is a strategic necessity.
Sometimes, it is required for a big leap ahead.
Sometimes, it happens for the reasons
beyond our comprehension.
O Jigasou!
Do not analyze your backward movements.
Visualize your forward movements.
Trust yourself and move ahead.
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Master!
Do you think you give
the right answers
to all my questions?
No, Jigasou!
Everyone has to
and you too have to
find your own answers –
the right answers –
to all your questions.
I give you only
a distant view
of the right answers
to your questions.
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Sometimes hot and sometimes cold
Sometimes warm and sometimes cool
Sometimes still and sometimes mobile
Solid, liquid, gas – anywhere, any time.
But these are the peripheral characters of water.
The central character is one, and always constant:
Life giver – life sustainer it is …….
O Jigasou!
Like water, human relations too are complex:
mutable – mendable – bendable – amendable.
Do not go by these peripheral characters.
Pay not much heed to ever-changing temperature
and physical states of human relations.
Concentrate only on one singular theme of love
for the core character of any worthwhile relation is:
LOVE.
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Lessons are taught
and lessons learnt.
Karmas are earned
and karmas burnt.
Friends are lost
and friends made.
Debts are taken
and debts repaid.
Life is a trade of
losses and gains.
Life is made of
pleasures and pains.
As the end arrives
all pleasures wane.
Wounds get healed
but the scars remain.
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I belong to none
None belongs to me.
This body is not mine
Neither the mind.
Never was I born
Never shall I die.
I am above the stars
I am below the sky.
I am soul eternal
Free an’ for ever.
I am the soul immortal
Pervading everywhere.
This world is nothing but
A playground of mine.
People are none other than
My playmates, all so fine.
I order to keep them
Glued to the game.
Sometimes I win
And often I lose.
But victory and defeat
Never do I chose.
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Neither Good – Nor Bad
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You were not good when
people thought you were good.
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You were not bad when
people thought you were bad.
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You were what you were then.
You are what you are now.
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Neither good.
Nor bad.
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You have walked
so far
so long ……
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Is it any less achievement
by any standard?
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There are many
who don’t even get up
what to talk of walking a step!
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You have all the reasons
to be proud of journey performed
so far
so long.
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They are so many in this world
who claim they are saint.
How can I recognize
the real one, master?
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He whose robe is
made of simplicity.
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He whose body is
made of humility.
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He whose mind is
made of tranquility.
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He whose heart is
made of purity.
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He who breathes in
breathes out love.
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He who claims nothing
clings to nothing
craves for nothing
complains nothing
pretends nothing
plagiarizes nothing
possesses nothing
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O Jigasou!
Know him to be
the real saint.
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Master!
Where can I find the lord
in human form?
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He who serves
the cause of the lord
is no less than the lord.
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O Jigasou!
Adorable he is.
Venerable he is.
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ॐ (OM)
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ॐ is sound
ॐ is silence
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ॐ is silence of sound
ॐ is sound of silence
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ॐ says all
without saying
anything at all
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ॐ silences all
without silencing
anything at all
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O Jigasou!
Dwell in ॐ
ॐ is your Home
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ॐ
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Master!
What is truth?
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O Jigasou!
Truth is that
no one knows The Truth.
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All are trying
to figure it out.
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Some are nearer to it.
Some, very far.
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Many claim to know it.
But the wise few keep quiet.
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Who am I
to teach you anything?
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The Teacher of all
Teaches all
Inside, outside
Day and night.
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Anchored ashore
all their life
they will keep discussing
the dateless – deathless.
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O Jigasou!
Plunge yourself
into the depths.
The fathomless dwells
where measurement fails.
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I flow in my own rhythm
just like you.
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I live in my own self
just like you.
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I love my entire being
just like you.
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I enjoy my entire world
just like you.
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You are yours an’ I am my lord
just like you.
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Oh Dear God!
What’s the difference then
between you and me when
you are like me
and I?
Just like you.
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Master!
I have dedicated my entire life to you.
Why don’t you teach me things spiritual?
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O Jigasou!
In life spiritual, in realm spiritual
none can teach anyone anything
for every soul already knows everything.
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A spiritual master can only become
a medium for revelation of knowledge
that already exists in the disciple’s soul.
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Last night was Maghi Purnima – full moon night occurring in the month of Magh of spring season as per Hindu calendar.
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The settings and timings were perfect for the spiritual climax.
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The sun, the monarch of the sky and significator of soul, was in my house of gains directly aspecting the moon in his own sign, who happens to be the lord my spiritual evolution.
Jupiter, significator of spirituality and preceptor, was directly aspecting my house of ‘self’ while saturn who controls my gains and losses was energizing the house of my karma by his physical presence.
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O dear teacher!
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What I saw outside, up above, was just a replica of what was happening inside.
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You were filling my entire inner sky with all your loving light…..
And I, having lost the sense of my I-ness, was blooming with all the petals wide open to receive your grace.
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In what words can I express my gratitude to you when silence is the only way ahead to reach you?
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One doesn’t become silent
by hailing silence.
One becomes silent
by falling silent.
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Shut your eyes.
Shut your mind.
Sew your lips
Seal your ears.
Then hear the Voice
resonating inside.
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O Jigasou!
Presence of that Voice is silence.
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One day I had severe pain in my mouth so I went to my dentist.
“Nothing wrong with your teeth” declared the dentist after examination, “but your tongue is oversized and over-agile.” She concluded.
“Scrape it or stitch it but relieve me of pain doctor” I requested earnestly.
“I can’t do that” she continued, “only the highest doctor at the highest hospital can.”
There at the top, the highest doctor without even examining me said, “there’s only one remedy for your ailment: silence.”
“But I’m a singing soul……how can I remain silent?” I protested.
“Speak not anything, talk to none. Only sing the songs of your soul under the observation of your dentist,” advised the highest doctor and sent me down here.”
Who says dreams don’t come true?
“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods;
There is a rapture on the lonely shore;
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar;
I love not man the less, but Nature more…”— Lord Byron
* Why do some people love solitude? Though Humans, deemed a social animal, some prefer disconnection with world, to be alone..not hating the world..but enjoying the silence, that is more dearer.... Spending time within, in quietude, reflecting, not being defined by other’s is as crucial to spiritual growth as is happiness/contentment. Loneliness, to the commoner is definitely underrated and people would do anything to avoid being lonely and associate it with sadness, depression, etc.. * It really is symbolic of self-evaluation, growth, a thorough enhancement ‘going within’. Solitude is a period of great growth if you let it be....realize it. ...solitude? looking for space to breathe from a very busy life - meditation..... 'urban solitude ' .... My friend. remarked at an old man"this man is crazy alone, too much and can’t take it anymore' And Suddenly, the Old man started to talk, pointing at her . ' you there , you think i am alone , desperate but i forbid you to think that" He was sensitive about not being compassionate, it had upset him.. Nobody wishes to be ALONE. * loving SOLITUDE, you have to be pretty resourceful and it is not that of the majority people. Silence, solitude, Inward journey helps understand and respect Universal love. * How to Find Solitude Start by disconnecting. Getting away, Take a walk, find a park or a beach or a mountain, find a quiet coffee shop, find a shady spot to rest, People watch, or nature watch. Simply observe....Be Silent ! * No time for solitude? a tip.... Sit still, focus on breath - it comes, goes out. Mind wanders, LET IT...gently return to the breath. ....Just so easy, yet so...not so....but SsHhh....!
?one; luuuuv eternal! ….?
I wonder why we have so many discussions on the purpose of life and who am I ?
Our soul has taken a body of a human being in this birth. We are duty bound to take care of this soul in this form.
Then shouldn’t our first query be , am I doing justice to this life or not ? Have I really been a human being? Let’s be honest with ourself.
Have I been a good father, son, mother, wife, daughter , husband , friend etc….meaning , have I honestly live up to all the relationships I have had in this birth?
Have I been a good citizen, a good neighbour or a compassionate human being towards others?
In this human form we are bestowed with senses, desires, emotions and intellect which come as a package deal with this birth. We have to learn to rule over our senses and emotions and not let our life be ruled by them. When our desires and emotions rule over us, then we are gripped with negatives like , greed, anger and hatred. Then we stop being human.
Life teaches us that karma is in our control but its results are not in our control. Gita also says so.
I feel we should just go with the flow of life first doing justice to this life before we think anything beyond this life.
I offer all my acts to the Lord in devotion . May He guide and be with me always in all my actions
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