To have the right VIEW the right intention is of ultimate importance the view comes first,
and is crucial. "The view" is the
outlook that everything is
primordially pure and perfect
just as it is. The mind obscures the innate
awareness, but by practice consciousness
watching consciousness, awareness becomes
strong and continuous, then attachment
to objects or mind is less,
thus there is nothing dual,
separate or other than awareness.
Intrinsic Awareness, mind is widely esteemed
and much discussed, still it is not
understood, or misunderstood do to personal ideas and interpretationsand so do not
perceive the reality in the present moment of the Now when
mind remains in its own condition of awareness
without constructing anything If you look into yourself in
this way without any
discursive thoughts, there
is only this pure observing, there
will be found a lucid clarity without
anyone being there who is the
observer; only a naked manifest
awareness is present, I call this "Pristine Awareness" it is empty and clear.
All phenomena arises from the mind
and when you look at your
own mind, If there is no projectionist who projects thoughts by thinking them, then your mind will become lucidly clear;
not conceived by the
intellect and free of all
conceptual limitations
This is then a spontaneously
perfect, universally creative,
self-generating, majestic
state of pure PRESENCE.
"What prevents the insight into one's true nature is the weakness
and obtuseness of the mind and its tendency to skip the subtle and
focus the gross only. When you follow my advice and try to keep your
mind on the notion of "I am" only, you become fully aware of your
mind and its vagaries. Awareness, being lucid harmony (satva) in
action, dissolves dullness and quiets the restlessness of the mind,
and gently but steadily changes its very substance. This change need
not be spectacular; it may be hardly noticeable; yet it is a deep and
fundamental shift from darkness into light, from inadvertence to
awareness. For this, keep steadily in the focus of consciousness the
only clue you have: your certainty of being. Be with it, play with
it, ponder over it, delve deeply into it, till the shell of
ignorance breaks open and you emerge into the realm of reality."
- Sri Nisargadatta -
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- what a big circle I made to come back to that I AM -
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Unity of spiritual Paths
For me ALL the path are similar to observe the what
Swami Sivananda summed up, the way
to Liberation:
1. cultivating virtues
2. spiritualizing your activities.
3. To be one with god's will, non-dualist: keeping the 'awareness on awareness'
*SANT MAT:
1.Nonviolence
2.Truthfulness
3.Selfcontrol
4.Humility
5.Being Content
Nonviolence: in word; means no
back-biting, in action: not to harm oneself
with a harmful lifestyle and no killing;
thus observing the vegetarian diet.
Truthfulness: to oneself and to others
This includes no lying, no illegal gain
and honesty in business, cleanliness
in thought action and speech.
livelihood.
Avoid: Anger Lying Egotism Envy
Vanity and Lust
*BUDDHISM:
1.Right Understanding
2.Right thoughts
3.Right Speech
4 Right Action
5 Right Livelihood
6 Right Effort
7.Right Mindfulness
8.Right Concentration (Samadhi)
*YOGA:
1.YAMA: attitudes toward our enviroment
2.NIYAMA: attitudes towards selves
3.ASANA: practice of body exercises
4.PRANAYAMA: breathing exercises
5.PRATYAHARA: restraint of senses
6.DHARANA: right understanding
7. DHYANA: attention, meditation
8.SAMADHI: complete intergration
*DZOGCHEN:
Five Celestial Buddhas.
Each of the other four presides
over one of the cardinal
points of the compass: Akshobhya, Amoghasiddhi,, Amitabha, and Ratnasambhava.Vairochana serves as the central deity.
Each of these Buddhas is also
associated with one of the five afflictions
of the human personality:
1.confusion
2.pride
3.envy
3.hatred
4.and desire
Dzogchen basically deals
with the innate intelligence or
intrinsic awareness which all
beings possess.
from: Longchenpa:
"Look nakedly at whatever
appears at the moment it appears.
Know the state of pure and total
presence (awareness) to be a vast
expanse without center or border.
It is everywhere the same, without
acceptance and rejection.
Blend the nature of mind and it's
habit patterns into nonduality.
*ADVAITA, means: "not two"
(recommends the same as Swami)
There are two Nirvikalpas:
the internal:
the mind completely merges in the inmost Being and is aware of nothing else
the external: the mind is
absorbed in the Self, the
sense of world still prevails
without a reaction from within.
When the external and the internal
Nirvikalpa are realised as identical,
the ultimate goal, Sahaja Nirvikalpa
Samadhi is been reached.
The Path of Sri Ramana:
Self-inquiry that is more like
Self-attention or awareness watching awareness being awareness.
"The only true and full awareness
is awareness of awareness.
Till awareness is awareness of itself,
it knows no peace at all."
"Is it not because you
are yourself awareness that you now
perceive this universe? If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness
itself as Guru.
Automatically the "your"
(and me and mine) will drop off and
it will be obvious that awareness
watching awareness is really
awareness abiding in or being
awareness.
"No one ever becomes a Buddha. One simple stops imagining that they are something else."
"Remember we are all Buddhas. You are all Buddhas
There is nothing you need to achieve.
Just open your eyes."
Siddhartha Gautama
Buddha
The notion of Godman, or woman as understood in India; a form of bhakti-yoga (devotional) is difficult to comprehend by the western mind. After years of practicing yoga and studying the sacred writings as well the studies of higher states of consciousness by psychiatrist, transpersonal psychologist. Pandits argue the legitimacy of experiences during meditation, or any religious altered states: saying, that visions are culturally bound, thus indicating, that the content of one's experiences may be unconscious projections and all experiences are transitory and are phenomena.
The advaitan beive, that the right understanding is expressed by the whole Being.
I value meditation and that is what gave me the right understanding.
I didn't find a better technique than Surat Shabd Meditation and to stay mindful: do self-introspection [vichara] those be fully aware and have elevated sense of ethics and refinement of character. I know from experience that
Sant Mat Meditation which is to focus attention on the inner Light at the third-eye and to the inner Sound from above: when we attache our attention to this transcending sound-vibration; power of Om. It is a natural method and it is easily attune ourselves to it.
The Sant Mat doctrine needs updating to be fully appreciated and practiced by modern societies, but since it is a natural, primal and an easy technique of meditation I've full faith in the prevailing of the Surat Shabd Yoga and hope it will be taught widely as a tool to elevate consciousness gain right understanding and inner peace. I value my initiation into the inner Sound and Light the most among all the teachings I received during my lifetme and feel gratitude toward Sant Thakar Singh
for initiating me to the inner realms, today my guru is the Sound and Light current itself. Quotes in his book the Gospel of Love: "Love is God and God is love" and the title of His organisation named Know Thyself as Soul Foundation sums up His belief, that first and outmost we should strive to know ourselves as soul, which is One with all and in all.
This thought to know the Self brought me to Ramana Maharsi and to the Gaia's Non-Dualist thought
Ramana's method of Self-inquiry leads to be one to be Self-actualized and to the Realization, that we all share life's condition: AWARENESS, and can live sharing a compassionate, existance.
To hold light in the Heart and keep connected to others with universal compassion and universal goodwill.
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