Have been enjoying a couple of songs over the last few weekends...Sarveshwari (Ashita Limaye) - its such a beautiful song - singing the praise of the different qualities of the Mother Divine. Yesterday was reading about Shakti - energy that is given the embodiment of the female form - the womb of creation since it is the seed of all creation. Without shakti - shiva would be shava (static)....so beautiful - all the symbolism of Vedantic literature comes to the forefront...
Another song have been enjoying is Main Hoon Manzil (Bhanu Didi) - so simple...beautiful...the song is long but it feels like you are on a journey...your soul's journey...very poetic.
Ordering some new books on yoga today...looking forward to reading them.
Jai Gurudev!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Truth and Freedom
Truth!
What is the truth? That which we see is a simple answer and very difficult to refute. However, if what we see were the truth then truth would change all the time. What is night for one would be day for the other, what is a loss for one would be a gain for the other, what is red for one may be black for the color blind? How is it then truth? Doesn't truth have a ring of absolute correctness?
I was listening to the Ashtavakra Gita today and the notion of truth was discussed. There is nothing but the Self - what is changing is not truth for it changes every second - by the time you notice it - it is already changed and no longer the truth. What doesn't change is one that witnesses it all.
It brought us to the next question then - What is freedom and bondage?
Why does the heart yearn to be free - and free from what? If the truth is so simple then why is freedom so difficult to obtain? It is our past tendencies - our mind that refuses to let go of what it sees, what it tastes, what it smells, what it feels and what it hears. The elements and the senses get in motion, shakti moves and along with it the mind caves in. Oh..what a wonderful game the mind plays on us - and yet we fall prey to it every time - get caught up in the sorrow, the happiness, the greed, the desires - a prey to our senses - the bondage that binds us all! Freedom then is nothing but having the ability to simply let go and realizing that life is in motion - all you have to do is sit back and watch!!
Truly, understanding life is complex....living it is very simple!
What is the truth? That which we see is a simple answer and very difficult to refute. However, if what we see were the truth then truth would change all the time. What is night for one would be day for the other, what is a loss for one would be a gain for the other, what is red for one may be black for the color blind? How is it then truth? Doesn't truth have a ring of absolute correctness?
I was listening to the Ashtavakra Gita today and the notion of truth was discussed. There is nothing but the Self - what is changing is not truth for it changes every second - by the time you notice it - it is already changed and no longer the truth. What doesn't change is one that witnesses it all.
It brought us to the next question then - What is freedom and bondage?
Why does the heart yearn to be free - and free from what? If the truth is so simple then why is freedom so difficult to obtain? It is our past tendencies - our mind that refuses to let go of what it sees, what it tastes, what it smells, what it feels and what it hears. The elements and the senses get in motion, shakti moves and along with it the mind caves in. Oh..what a wonderful game the mind plays on us - and yet we fall prey to it every time - get caught up in the sorrow, the happiness, the greed, the desires - a prey to our senses - the bondage that binds us all! Freedom then is nothing but having the ability to simply let go and realizing that life is in motion - all you have to do is sit back and watch!!
Truly, understanding life is complex....living it is very simple!
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