In a Zen monastery, a Zen master wakes up in the morning. While he is still sitting by his bed, he sees one of his disciples passing by. He calls the disciple in and mentions that he had just seen a complicated dream. Then he asks the disciple to help him interpret the dream. The disciple, without hearing what the dream was, asks the master to wait for a moment and goes out. Soon he returns with a bowl of water and suggests the master washes his face and says, “This will freshen you up”.
Stay as Consciousness and you will see that actions are happening by themselves anyway. There's energy and the energy has to flow in a particular direction. The direction is also set, that's why they say it's all predestined. Destiny is already created. We're not creating anything new.
Mind and thoughts are slightly subtler than physical reality, but still noticeable. So keeping reminded that I'm not the thoughts and not the body, is one of the ways. Keep saying, no, and rejecting anything that arises, anything that can be noticed, to be eternal.
Existence of these gunas is not in our control, these Tendencies exist in Prakurti – as a part of nature. Nature rules them. The one thing we do with them, is to engage in them. The moment we engage in any gunn, we create something of our own. We then need to take it to fruition as our effort gets involved. We get impacted by it.Existence can be accepted – “Okay, this thing exists in nature, I accept it. However I don’t get entangled or engaged in it”. The moment we get engaged in it, or call the action that is happening through a gunn as “My action”, we are engaged in it.
Looking back on our lives, we've all been desperate for something and thought it would be the mystical solution. Things have moved from good exam grades, to a decent career, to having a beautiful relationship, to a great position, and a happy family, and we now have the question, "I have all of these things, but something is lacking."
The Universe operates based on laws. These laws can be discovered using observation, if not intuition. One of such laws is the 'Law of Inclusion'. The Universe that we experience it, has variety/multiplicity as one of its key characteristics. None of these varieties of aspects are in conflict with each other. Every part forms a piece in the variety to form the whole. The pieces that seem to be opposites to us, most likely support one another by creating a contrast. This way seemingly opposite pieces are actually in a hidden harmony with each other. A black board forms a background for a white[...]
We keep talking about and express love. However,itis nothing more than ‘possession’, wanting them to be in our favor. We want to possess their thoughts and opinions.
So, when we talk about anxiety or fear, and its impact, a person who's anxious or afraid is able to see the impact only in the tangible areas where they have to confront it. At work, they're confronting something and they can tangibly feel the impact of it. However, there are some intangible effects as well.
We start with a story; once upon a time, in Ireland, there was a funfair and the people who would run this fair would migrate from one place to another, based on where they need to go next, for the annual funfair for a particular Village. One of the play’s in this funfair was a maze. So people would pay and go into the Maze and they will find their way out. The peculiarity about the maze was that it was full of mirrors. Looking at the images would confuse the people, as to where the next exit was. It was a challenge. One fine day, when the dates for the next village had not come up yet, [...]
When it comes to relationships we carry this behaviour and are afraid to share our emotions, feelings, habits let alone perversions with our partner or close friends. This is one discomfort we should go through in order to grow.