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Archives Back Continue to move forward. . . you are a beautiful soul! Eventually one realizes life is an inner journey. Consciousness itself is the final frontier and there is no limit to it. The mind and body are instruments of consciousness (Atman, soul). Their purpose is for exploration, Self-discovery, and self-evolvement. The final refinement of the mind culminates in complete selflessness. Your Real Self is egoless, all-knowing, all-loving, and ever-full (complete). You are self-contained and immortal. Nothing can make you any more or less than that. It is the mind that wonders, wavers, wishes, waxes and wanes. When the mind is conquered, you have conquered the whole universe: when we overcome our small self we realize the Self. It is a process. You are in the process; I am in the process. Our lives are ‘work in progress.’ Our duty is to continue to make progress in the ‘right direction.’ The right direction is the inner path, because that path is lit with insights which guide us to Self-realization. The one who is outward bound is ‘lost and never found.’ Many people have traveled the journey of life but never reached their destination because their lives were spent in the pursuit of personality-glorification and ego-gratification. They passed away without ever connecting to the Real, hence, they forget and are forgotten. Few people have the guts (and heart) to go beyond their own small self and completely shed the fascade of ego-mentality. When they do, they get a glimpse of Ultimate Reality and never forget it (because it’s not something they remember: forgetting and remembering are states of mind, but the state of Being is beyond the mind). Remember: the mind and body are your tools; use them wisely, carefully, efficiently, and creatively. The Wise do not unnecessarily but their life in jeopardy, even as a musician is not careless or reckless with his instrument. Create beauty in your life. You are a beautiful soul. OM Posted by Aditya Dham May 14, 2013 January 14, 2021 Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment on Continue to move forward. . . you are a beautiful soul! Self-disgust versus Self-dignity Self disgust is the byproduct of bad action. A bad action is an action that is not in conformity with our real nature. Some people will argue that our real nature is of the nature of duality, and that as human beings we are both inherently selfish and unselfish. However, this dual nature is actually our lower nature. This temporary lower nature of duality disappears when our eternal higher nature is manifested. Our real nature is eternal, whereas our mortal, temporary nature is simply the backdrop for the expression of our real nature (real self, Atman, soul). To express our real nature, it is necessary to revolt against our own ego and selfish mentality. A selfish mentality is the result of an ego infection; that is, it is the result of an ego infected mind. To stop the infection, the ego must be removed. To remove the ego, one must work without the thought of reward or recognition. Seeking appreciation is actually a self-deprecating act; it causes one to lose one’s Self-dignity. True Self-dignity means to recognize oneself as the Self. One fails to recognize oneself as the Self when one seeks self-recognition and appreciation. Posted by Aditya Dham December 1, 2012 January 14, 2021 Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment on Self-disgust versus Self-dignity Devotion to God and Commitment to the Wise Teacher Great souls (Mahatmas) come into our lives to awaken us to our own inner potential. They do not come to us seeking adoration or adulation. Naturally, when we come in their contact, we are filled with joy and gratitude for the blessings (good vibrations) they bestow upon us, and this joy and gratitude are expressed through our devotion. The devotional life is a dance of pure happiness. When we are little babies in devotion, we are happy. When we are young children in devotion, we are happy. When we are grown men and women in devotion, we are happy. This happiness expresses in many ways. As little babies and children we spend much of our time playing and singing. As we mature, we spend more time working and attending to our duties. The true showing of our devotion is revealed in the way we speak and behave with our loved ones: with our family members, and how we handle ourselves at work and at play. Posted by Aditya Dham November 30, 2012 January 14, 2021 Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment on Devotion to God and Commitment to the Wise Teacher The Ultimate Minamalist There are two completely different connotations to the word minimalist.” The older connotation is a negative one and refers to someone who just wants to get by,” who puts out the minimum amount of energy and does the least amount of work. It refers to someone who is essentially lazy and self-involved. On the other hand, the more recent connotation of this word is a very positive one, and refers to someone who does not believe in wasting resources, including time, money, energy, food, and other commodities. Mahatma Gandhi has been referred to as a minimalist. The ultimate minimalist is one who is completely self-contained and does not seek happiness outside him-herself. Such a person is a true minimalist. A true minimalist is not inclined to waste energy by amassing objects of enjoyment or trying to please uncentered people for the sake of emotional gratification. Posted by Aditya Dham November 24, 2012 January 14, 2021 Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment on The Ultimate Minamalist Nature of Ego Ego is the idea that I am the doer, I am the accomplisher.” Ceasing to do actions is not the way to go beyond ego. To conquer ego one must do good actions. Some people say that all actions—both good and bad actions—cause bondage. This is not correct. Bad actions always cause bondage but good actions do not cause bondage. It is only the attachment to good actions that causes bondage. The cause of bondage is attachment to our ego. The only way to break free and manifest the intrinsic freedom of the Self is to do good actions without any attachment. Posted by Aditya Dham November 22, 2012 January 14, 2021 Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment on Nature of Ego Essential Purush/Prakriti (Shiva/Shakti) are two aspects of one entity: the Jivatman (the embodied Soul—Atman manifested as Purush and infused into Prakriti). From the perspective of this world of mind/matter (in other words, from the perspective of the embodied consciousness; Jivatman), this is all that there is (in other words, when we are bound by our ego we can only perceive ourselves as persons). We cannot see beyond what we are (that is, what we think we are”) until we stop thinking.” This happens in Samadhi. It also happens in deep dreamless sleep, but no one remembers deep dreamless sleep because the mind is inactive, and the memory is a component of the mind. Even when one comes out of Samadhi, the recollection of Samadhi is only a faint reflection of Samadhi—actually, the memory of Samadhi is just an impression of nothingness,” which is the Unmanifest (Prakriti) in its most subtle expression. Anyway, this expression—this explanation—is not of much importance. The essential import (meaning) of our Life does not lie in analysis. Art is not produced by connecting dots. Music is not played by reading notes. Poetry is not created by stringing words into sentences and sentences into paragraphs. No doubt the analysis is there, the dots are there, the notes, words, and sentences are there, but there is so much more which cannot be produced or understood by the mind. To go beyond the mind, the mind will need to be silenced. To silence the mind, wisdom must be acquired, and to acquire wisdom, ego must be dropped. To drop the ego, the touch of a True Teacher is essential. OM Posted by Aditya Dham November 27, 2011 January 14, 2021 Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment on Essential What’s in a...