A morsel of unsolicited advise.

What I read in detail, I pass it on to others in capsules.

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One who understands as the years pass-by is the one who is wise in Wisdom.

Every soul should being simple, receptive and initiative like a child inquire in groups with open mind, being rational and reasonable respond in pairs with eagerness like an adult, understand and experience alone like an old man mature and wise in Wisdom.

Then there would be flame in the young ones and light in the old ones.

When one is child being simple desire should rule, when young with flame flashing reason should rule, when adult good sense with luminosity should rule and when old wisdom as serenity of the soul should rule. 

Then as one crosses sixty years in age, one will find less things that seem absurd. Whatever appeared beautiful as child, strong as young, mature as an adult will never be unhappy during rest of the life. One becomes old with less passion and more compassion. When they cross eighty years in age, they remain as young and resourceful as they were when forty years in age.

Remaining long in age is the only way by which one can become of old and wise in Wisdom. So live long doing what is to be done.

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The question often asked is why million and billion amount of money is spent on building temples,  churches and mosques, when the money spent could have been used for feeding million and million hungry people all over the world giving them food, offering them roof over their head and clothes to cover their emaciated bodies.

I have not found answer to this dilemma.

Perhaps the reason could be found from the manner in which million and billion amount of money is
spent on manufacturing arms and armaments great warships and fighter planes, bullets for guns and bombs one more powerful than the other when the money spent could have been used for feeding million and million hungry people all over the world giving them food, offering them roof over their head and clothes to cover their emaciated bodies.

Throes who build temples, churches and mosque say that they intend to saves the souls of people from perdition, even as those who spend on manufacturing arms and armaments, great warships and fighter planes, guns and bombs say they intend to save people embarking in war to end all future wars.

Whether in the East or in the West, people have not succeeded. People waste money on material objects or arms and armaments, splurging with gay abandon as they do in the west or waste  money spending on ostentatious sacrifices and elaborate rites and rituals as they do in the East.

Who is right and who is wrong no one knows not any one is keen to find. Each one assuming to wise find the other to be wrong.

That is the tragedy.

सत्य, the eternal Prime Existence.

To day I recalled Bhagavan Raman Maharshi's statement which emphasised that the present moment alone is the existential reality, सत्य, the Prime Existence, the past and future being dependent on one's being in existence within one's form, the body. Without existence of the body there neither time nor space, neither the past nor the future.The past was the present earlier and the future would be the present later. Past is made of memories and future of expectations. Past would not be, if there were no memories. Future would not be there if there were no expectations.

One draws sustenance singularly in the Present moment, from सत्य, the existential reality, the Past having gone and the Future, not yet arrived, the past being the dream which one had seen earlier, the future being the dream which would be seen later. To understand the  past and the future without understanding the present would be Iike trying to find solution for a mathematical proble without understand the importance of the number One.

The Lord identifies himself as "कालोस्मि न लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्त: ।" where काल means the terrible Time, अस्मि, suggest the present moment alone as the existential reality, सत्य, the Prime Existence लोक is the temporal world of perception, bound by the memories of the past and expectations of the future. Therefore, लोकक्षयकृतप्रवृद्धो or लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्त: means the one which is resurgent for destruction of or gathering together the लोक, the temporal or empirical world of perception, bound by memories of the past and the expectations of the future.

One should concentrate on the present moment, which is the existential reality, सत्य, the Prime Existence transcending the past and future which represent one's existence within a gross form, the body, dependent and supported by the accumulated memories and nebulous, unsubstantiated expectations, therefore, should be rejected as mutable, temporary, transient, mortal and non-existential, असत्य. Therefore, one should seize the present moment, because the past is not available and the future is not certain.

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सत्य, the eternal Prime Existence.

To day I recalled Bhagavan Raman Maharshi's statement which emphasised that the present moment alone is the existential reality, सत्य, the Prime Existence, the past and future being dependent on one's being in existence within one's form, the body. Without existence of the body there neither time nor space, neither the past nor the future.The past was the present earlier and the future would be the present later. Past is made of memories and future of expectations. Past would not be, if there were no memories. Future would not be there if there were no expectations.

One draws sustenance singularly in the Present moment, from सत्य, the existential reality, the Past having gone and the Future, not yet arrived, the past being the dream which one had seen earlier, the future being the dream which would be seen later. To understand the  past and the future without understanding the present would be Iike trying to find solution for a mathematical proble without understand the importance of the number One.

The Lord identifies himself as "कालोस्मि न लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्त: ।" where काल means the terrible Time, अस्मि, suggest the present moment alone as the existential reality, सत्य, the Prime Existence लोक is the temporal world of perception, bound by the memories of the past and expectations of the future. Therefore, लोकक्षयकृतप्रवृद्धो or लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्त: means the one which is resurgent for destruction of or gathering together the लोक, the temporal or empirical world of perception, bound by memories of the past and the expectations of the future.

One should concentrate on the present moment, which is the existential reality, सत्य, the Prime Existence transcending the past and future which represent one's existence within a gross form, the body, dependent and supported by the accumulated memories and nebulous, unsubstantiated expectations, therefore, should be rejected as mutable, temporary, transient, mortal and non-existential, असत्य. Therefore, one should seize the present moment, because the past is not available and the future is not certain.

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The modern world is driven so much to possess material things to satisfy their individual desires that their perspective does not extend their own immediate family as extension of their individual ego, completely oblivious of the society in which they live and the responcibility which they owe to their fellow beings.

No one in the present world desires to live simple life, wearing simple clothes, eating simple food, living in simple homes. Every one craves for possession of unfulfilled desires for special things, with unfulfilled desires to become some one other than what they are by natural attributes and inclination, to succeed in every they do, failures being perceived with distaste, their every thing and success to be perceived and liked by others with appreciation.

Their constant concern to self-preservation may be attributed to human nature, success having been their ideal, failure is not accepted as inalienable part of living life in the world. Not being able to be liked, appreciated and live up to the expectations of others, being looked down, ignored as being failure is feared, leading to stress and strains, sorrow and suffering.

In the final analyses every on looses - one's form, possession and achievements, one's family and companions. Change being inseparable and integral part of living life any resistance, rejection and opposition is fraught with danger. If in life every thing changes due to decay, deterioration, destruction and dissolution then what remains ?

Yaknyavalkya who was wise in Wisdom was asked this question, when the form of the bod decays, deteriorates, is destroyed and dissolved, when the elements return back to their sources what remains thereafter ?  The wise one replied : कर्म, the remainder, consequential to the good and bad actions performed remains, as the balance carried forward.

Therefore, in acceptance of the change and not in the expectation of continuity, lies wisdom of the wise one and the happiness of the human race. When Jaratkar Artbhag asked, "यत्रायं पुरुषों म्रियते किमेनं न जहोतीति ।"remember the words spoken by Yajnyavalkya, "नामेति, अनन्त वै नाम, अनन्ता विश्वे देवा:, अनन्तमेव सं तेन लोकं जयंति ।।". नाम is the divine essence which is eternal unlike रूप, which in temporary, fleeting and evanascent.

Therefore it is declared - "परिवर्तिनी संसारे मृत: को वा न जा़यते । स जातो येन जातेन याति वंश समुन्नातिम् ।।" - In this ever changing primordial world who once dead does not become born again ? He is born again, by whose being born the family reaches greater heights. It is neither his material possessions or the temporal positions that give him immortality but the glorious splendour and luminous resplendence of his नाम, the immortal divine essence that lasts longer when his रूप, the mortal temporal form decays, deteriorates, destroyed and ceases to be existence. It is not the form that is eternal but the sum total of the deeds done by him in his life that remains eternal. It is not his wealth that contributes to the eternal glory of his family and ancestors but it is the ideals which he has left which makes his family resurgent with noble ideals of wisdom, kindness and compassion, renunciation of his ego and charity towards all that contributes to the eternal glory of his family and ancestors.

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Problem is not the problem. Problem is your attitude to your problem.

Somewhere I read the above statement and it lead me to reflect thereupon.

It became soon clear to me that instead of finding solution to the problem we often continue to remain haunted by the problem, giving no opportunity for mind to seek solution. We tend to forget that the Problem represents the past and the Solution represents the future. While the past cannot be dealt with having dissolved in in the irreversible Time, the future can be dealt with solutions being searched and found.

Therefore, the man of Wisdom, using विवेक, his power of discrimination and the light that shine within, reflects on the influence of the irreversible Time on the events that take place in संसार. He does not regret in thinking on the problems of the past but learns from them and looks forward to avoid the mistakes of the past and find solutions to the problems.

Rumi, the Sufi Saint says, If the Light in your heart shines bright you will your way to your Home. Search within for the solutions for your problems, for there lies the conclusive solution for all thre unresolved problems.

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God and the Man,

The scriptures say that God is all around us but we do not see him. God speaks to us but no listens. God touches every one but no one feels him. God breathes aroma around us but no one enjoys the fragrance. If one remains silent for a moment, becoming receptive to the tinkling sound of his anklets, reflects and meditates, then perhaps we may experience him whispering in our ears.

When man says, 'Speak to us, O Lord', then God speaks to him as the soothing breeze passing through the leaves, as the water streaming as the rivers, as bird singing in pleasing notes. Yet the man did not hear him speaking.

Therefore, when man says again, 'Speak to us, O Lord', then God speaks to him loud and clear as the thunder breaching the clouds asunder, as the winds bellowing across the meadows, as the stormy waves lashing the hapless shore, as the tiger letting the terrifying growl. Yet the man would not hear him speaking.

When man says again, 'Show us your face, O Lord',  God showed him as the Light that illumines the sky, as the smile that shines on the babe's lips, as the Ocean that is deep and spreads widely as Ocean.

Yet the man did not see the God. Therefore, in desperation when the man says, 'Touch me O Lord',  God stooped low and touched him as softly as the butterfly does when it touches the flower. Yet the man did not notice and walked away.

Scriptures say that God is always with us making his presence evident in small simple things but is not seen, therefore,  should be searched as one should search the lost cow by the foot prints it leaves behind, to be known by the actions performed in creation - "अकृत्स्नो हि स: ... तान्यस्यैतानि कर्मानामान्येव ।". But the God will not be accessed as one would expect him to be packaged and when what God grants as Divine dispensation and what the man would see and experience as miracle would surely come as luminous enlightenment, as the caterpillar realised, without being consciously aware, that it has become a butterfly.

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