Dealing with chaos

Feelings are only messengers. They don't destroy anything or create anything. They only tell you that you are doing so, by the kind of choices you are making.
At such times, sitting quietly and watching the unfolding beauty of nature, such as a sunrise or sunset, a gurgling mountain stream, birds in flight or your little angel at play would have a centering effect.
this is reporting to HQ, appropriate guidance will surely come.
May love and peace be showered on you,
your loving friend ganoba

good morning bapu

what to do with feelings that destroy happiness?
these seem to come uninvited and to have no cause
then i feel bad because i feel bad for if i feel this way
then surely i must be somehow responsible ...

please help

wendy xox

Linear Time

all concepts that are based on a time that moves in a straight line from past to present (or is it the other way round ) tie us in knots.
There is no future, hence fortune telling of any kind is a useless pastime. There is no past, hence all cures based on healing the past are also useless.
Time just is. Nothing is coming or going. It just is. we are free to do what ever we like.
It is tragic fact that most of us choose to be miserable and invent ways of doing it.
laughingly yours
ganoba

ganoba

i have been often unable to appreciate the now
and the many blessings given to me

in good times and in bad, i have fretted over this and that
later , even more precious moments have been wasted
lamenting the loss of the true treasures gone unrecognised

to be present in the moment, and to find joy in it
seems the greatest treasure of all - yet one that remains
elusive at times

when i was a very young woman a fortune teller told me
that on my deathbed i would be unhappy over how my
life had been spent - he told me that i had to decide
just was it was i wanted from life and then take action
to make it happen

i no longer have any interest in fortune telling
but a residue remains in the thought that planning (read scheming)
of some sort is needed if the misery predicted is to be avoided

although i have no confidence that self can navigate life
perhaps i may yet come to trust that Self oversees all

what do you say?


ganoba wrote:

To see the treasures out there, one has to be a treasure.

We are one

The individual has no existence outside the collective (environment).
collective good (health, wellbeing ...) is a necessary precondition for individual good.
Is there any other in reality?
Can we exist without an environment?
Firstly, we separate ourselves from our environment and then break it up into individual parts. We do that with ourselves too. Having systematically destroyed the integrity (oneness) of existence, what else do we expect to happen, except madness and unending suffering?

we are one.

Ganoba

i have been reading an article on kindness
from the Lighthouse magazine
it starts by saying:

we are to be kind to all people for everyone has
the same battle of trying to cope with the ego and it's world.
that is our shared problem, and together we must find
our shared answer or else none of us finds it

from your experience, could this be true?

love wendy xox

Knowing God

Human beings find it difficult to comprehend that which is outside their circle (or whatever geometrical figure ) of known. They try to understand by drawing parallels with the known. In the process they create a lot of useless knowledge and stay away from wisdom.
Take God for instance. God is nothingness. Which means it cannot be described as comparable to anything that we know. God has no name or form. God is neither male nor female. But God being the creator of the universe, can take any form or name. This is too much for us, so we freely give names and forms to God according to our fancy. Then we get stuck to these names and forms. that is where the trouble starts.
Vishnu is just an arbitrary name for God, the creator, who is continuously creating. this means birth, middle and death are taking place all the time. We have separated these three and assigned them to three deities. this is all right to create wonderful stories for children and works of art for adults. But in themselves non of these adds to our understanding of creation and our place (role) in it.
God's work, if it can be called so, needs no effort. so it is like dreaming. There is no time gap between conception and execution. Everything is happening at the same time, simultaneously, spontaneously, effortlessly, joyously.
How do we describe all this without any reference to that which we know or claim to know?
I have no answer to that. so many times I remain silent. Sometimes I attempt to describe it and then I have to either defend my foolishness or laugh at it. I tend to do the first more often. I am learning to laugh at it now.
yours foolishly
Ganoba

journey inwards

Once we turn inwards the journey ends.
In fact all conventional wisdom, based on duality as it is, becomes useless and drops off.
Then one stands (or sits etc.) naked just as the lord created us.
Ganoba

Life Cycle

Life Cycle

Every worldly phenomenon has a life cycle. It is born, has a middle phase and finally it dies. The duration and quality of each phenomenon is different and quite unique to itself. To be able to enjoy our association with it as long as it lasts and to be able to make the best of it, it is necessary to know the details of the life cycle. The Buddhists use the term impermanence to describe this. This is a purely philosophical statement and does not help much to enrich our association with it. To do that we need to make this statement operational.

As a first measure, we have to accept this fact of life. There is no exception to this rule. The fond hope that it may not apply to our near and dear ones, has to be dropped. This will lead to unnecessary activity and avoidable suffering. All hope leads to this, as hope represents a negation of the present, of that which is. It applies to all worldly phenomena, individuals, societies, organizations, civilizations, monuments et all. It applies even to ideas, thoughts, emotions, dreams and all other mental creations. There is absolutely no exception. Once we leave no room whatsoever for an escape from this rule, a great burden is lifted. We are now free to apply all the available energy to studying the nature and duration of each phenomenon we come into contact with.

The birth of most phenomena is obscure. It happens unheralded. Our at least we don’t notice it. We are busy doing something else, which in itself is all right. It is all right to be fully engrossed in whatever we are doing (or not doing). It is all right to be fully present where ever we are. No need to feel guilty on this count. In fact it is a cause for celebration. Similarly death happens without notice and without fanfare. It is quite a wasteful activity to attempt to pin down the exact time and cause of death.

The important phase is the middle; birth and death are at best just events. The real process of living is in the middle. This has two stages, the first half is the growth stage and the second half is the stage of decay. We don’t exactly know when the first stage changes into the second. Knowing this is made even more difficult by the fact that each of these stages does not run a smooth and steady course. They follow a wave pattern. Being living phenomena, they are pulsating. They seem to wax and wane. It is, therefore, sensible not to make any dogmatic propositions about these. It is enough to know the general trend. It is wise to let the mystery and uncertainty remain undisturbed. It is wise to be curious, to study it in depth and yet treating it as sacrosanct.

Physically, I am now in the second stage of my life on earth. The mental and spiritual aspects seem to be in the growth stage. Living these two at the same time is an interesting balancing act. Recently I conduct a JATRA ( spontaneously playing many roles and switching them around to discover the real self) with a few friends. I had a ball. All of us had a hilariously enlightening time. I was pleasantly surprised by my energy level and stamina. My life cycle, while the physical structure is creaking, seems to be entering a new phase spiritually. Glory to the maker. I propose to make the best of this extra lease.

Anyone willing to join in.

Ganoba Date

Where is the Brain?

We have been trained from ages that our head (meaning brain) is the only part of our anatomy that matters. just imagine, as if we are octopuses.
Then we are trained to play these intellectual games (analysing, classifying, labeling and so on)
As a result rest of our being is becoming useless and is seen as an obstacle.
Imagine not having legs and hands, not even the torso, just a head.
The fact is that our brain is in every cell.
Don't we sit down to discuss?
suggests that the brain is in the bottom.
Standing up we fight. To make love we have to lie down.
What do you say?
Ganoba