tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64335848780942424812024-03-14T08:19:56.397-07:00Atmajyothi-PrabhuPrabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-22343728799463607212014-12-26T08:29:00.002-08:002014-12-26T08:46:48.144-08:00Experience of Non Duality in day to day life. (Advaita Anubhuti)
What is experience of Non-duality ?
Non-duality means not two. We see multiplicity all around. We can see so much of difference all every where - living, non-living, matter, consciousness. Does experience of non-duality means - all these differences vanish ?
Experience of Non-duality in day to day life :
Let us look at our body. We have five fingers -Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-46591511879694580282011-04-21T04:39:00.001-07:002011-04-21T04:44:43.188-07:00Jivanmukti and Videha Mukti by Swami ShivanandaJivanmukti and Videhamuktiby Swami SivanandaJivanmukti is that state in which the sage gets established in Satchidananda Brahman. He becomes the Brahman. The phenomenal universe does not vanish from his vision. Just as the man who was duped in the beginning by the water in the mirage knows that it is only illusion after careful examination, so also the liberated sage fully knows that this world Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-40415349615441943692011-04-11T11:25:00.000-07:002011-04-11T18:07:05.844-07:00Life of Dharma - Spirit of RamanavamiPrabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-4949144605452572772011-04-10T18:39:00.000-07:002011-04-10T18:41:14.890-07:00Divine HeartPrabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-48404388497528542172011-04-10T18:21:00.000-07:002011-04-10T18:30:12.289-07:00Enlightened Living - Message of UgadiPrabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-3651540096996646012011-04-10T18:17:00.000-07:002011-04-10T18:20:53.578-07:00Pillars of SpiirtualityPrabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-41061529357004370592011-04-10T18:12:00.000-07:002011-04-10T18:14:23.947-07:00What we can learn from Japanese - Spiritual Way of LifePrabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-89960083764466079692011-04-07T02:55:00.000-07:002011-04-07T02:59:10.135-07:00Shri Ramana on Reality Invocatory: i. If Reality did not exist, could there be any knowledge of existence? Free from all thoughts, Reality abides in the Heart, the Source of all thoughts. It is, therefore, called the Heart. How then is one to contemplate it? To be as it is in the Heart, is Its contemplation. ii. Those who know intense fear of death seek refuge only at the feet of the Lord Who has neither death nor Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-61691395840765228632011-03-19T21:09:00.000-07:002011-03-19T21:12:05.562-07:00Enlightenment and LiberationEnlightenment and LiberationMany times the words enlightenment (Jnanodaya) and Liberation (mukti) are used interchangeably. They are not same. Mukti - Liberation means becoming free. Free from our impressions (samskaras), tendencies (vasanas). It is becoming free from suffering caused by our own impressions. There is term called krama mukti used in ancient literature. Which indicates that Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-85469039096125145722011-03-07T23:00:00.000-08:002011-03-07T23:04:33.425-08:00Tust-Belief-Faith by OshoBelief is in ignorance. If you know, you know. And it is good that if you don’t know, know that you don’t know — the belief can deceive you. The belief can create an atmosphere in your mind, where, without knowing, you start thinking that you know. Belief is not trust, and the more strongly you say that you believe totally, the more you are afraid of the doubt within you. What is trust? Is it a Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-90161325674135960422011-03-02T02:45:00.000-08:002011-03-02T02:59:18.016-08:00Night of Awakening from Dream of MayaShivaratri is a call for awakening- from the dream of Maya. Shiva is auspiciousness. When the mind becomes silent and merges with the Self it is called Shivaratri. Shiva means - that which is not. Emptiness is the womb of creation.Tiny galaxies float in this vast emptiness.Namaha means jeeva surrendering to Shiva.Aya means oneness.Om Namaha Shivaya = Jiva is nothing but Shiva. = Tatwamasi.Shiva Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-12600863500747794622011-03-02T01:21:00.001-08:002011-03-02T02:04:10.707-08:00Meditation on Form of Shiva Trishul in right hand of Shiva - Represents 3 Gunas - Satva, Rajas,Tamas. Three Gunas Rule the world.Damaru in his left hand represents the Sabda Brahman.Ganga flowing out of Shivas Jata represents - Jnana Ganga - Nectar ofwisdom one which purifies and brings immortality.Crescent moon on Shivas head represents the - mind. Mind is theornament for Shiva (Tormentor for Jiva).Shiva wears the elephatPrabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-12168918430187414682011-03-02T00:59:00.000-08:002011-03-02T01:04:04.997-08:00Maha Shivaratri- 2nd March 2011Shivaratri is the day when Shiva emerged as Lingodhbhavamurthy fromhis formless state to participate in the creation. Devotees wait foroffering bilva leaf to Lingodhbhavamurthy at 12 pm.Lingodbhavamurthy is an iconic representation of Shiva, installed inthe rear devakoshta (niche) of the garbagriha (sanctum) of all Shivatemples.The story of Lingodbhavar is based on the attempts of Vishnu Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-75563237732459598012011-02-18T04:11:00.000-08:002011-02-18T04:14:05.578-08:00Osho on Ecstassy of Being ....The whole art of meditation is, how to leave the personality easily, move to the center, and be not a person. Just to be and not be a person is the whole art of meditation, the whole art of inner ecstasy.The whole art of ecstasy, meditation, samadhi, is: How to become one with the rhythm of the universe. When it exhales, you exhale. When it inhales, you inhale. You live in it, are not separate, Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-56039098638712492892011-02-01T19:19:00.000-08:002011-02-01T19:45:13.452-08:00Universal BeingThe Source of existence is called Brahman. Brahman is the substratum of the Universe. Every living and non living being has come out of Brahman. Brahman is beyond, body, mind and intellect. Brahman is Pure Awareness. Brahman reflects as Witness - Sakshi in all living and no Living Beings. One who has dropped all identification with the body mind complex and realized that he is the Witness - Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-9263080626094702162011-02-01T18:30:00.000-08:002011-02-01T18:48:26.984-08:00Universal Love Love is the essential nature of the Universe. Love is the fabric in which Universe is built. Gravity is the Love of the earth for beings. Love pulls. Sun shines out of deep Love. Wind blows out of deep love. River flows in deep Love. In every aspect of Universe Love is seen. That Love - is called Universal Mother. While Father is Universal Conciousness, Love is the Universal Mother.Love holds Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-14183257088030034662011-02-01T07:09:00.001-08:002011-02-01T07:19:43.536-08:00Grace and GravityEarths gravity pulls every object. Nothing can escape gravity. Gravity is the force which keeps one tied to the earth. Law of Karma operates in the earthly plane. Nobody can escape the law of karma. To escape the gravity, rockets launched from earth need to carry enough fuel to provide the initial thrust. Similarly, to escape from the law of karma, thrust of Sadhana - Spiritual practice is Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-42049137937944701862011-01-30T00:09:00.000-08:002011-01-30T00:17:44.526-08:00Monk and the Householder (Sanyasi and Samsari)In popular view, Sanyasi (monk) is one who has renounced the world and samsari (householder) is one who is supposed to be fully involved in the world. The meaning of this has to be really understood. The physical world which we is creation of the Lord. Nobody can renounce the physical world. Renouncing can be done only for what you have. What you don’t have cannot be renounced. For example it is Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-63763044740642713752011-01-28T00:21:00.000-08:002011-01-28T00:33:08.324-08:00Road Map for Self Realization based on Nisargadatta Maharajby Pradeep Apte.Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-72648623751631036152011-01-25T22:32:00.000-08:002011-01-25T22:38:06.346-08:00Evolve or Revolve ! Punarapi Jananam, Punarapi Maranam - says Shri Adi Shankaracharya. We keep on going through cycle of birth - growth - oldage and death. This is cycle of suffering. Punarapi janani Jathare shayanam - in the womb of mother. This is called cycle of transmigration. This process continues until we evolve spiritually. Evolve spiritually or revolve in the cycle of birth and death - this seems to be thePrabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-27445500574431103412011-01-25T21:20:00.000-08:002011-01-25T21:54:50.307-08:00Fact and Fiction, Perception and Reality We view the world through the lens of inner models. These inner models are based on our impressions (samskaras) and Vasanas (tendencies). The reality what we see gets corrupted due to these impressions. We cannot deal with reality as it is because of this.When people talk about facts, facts are corrupted by the images in the mind. We super impose our images on the facts.For example there was aPrabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-62008383846075515712011-01-25T20:52:00.001-08:002011-01-25T21:41:41.143-08:00Spiritual Evolution - Concept of YugasThere are two aspect of us - Inner Reality ( of body, mind and spirit) and outer reality ( of matter-world and nature). Living in Truth means understanding inner and outer reality fully. Living in ignorance means wrong understanding of inner/outer reality leading to actions which cause lot of suffering to Self and others.Spiritual evolution of human beings is classified into four yugas - time Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-28227945077347456172011-01-25T03:08:00.001-08:002011-01-26T04:57:43.328-08:00Meditation - The Art of Non-Doing.Meditation is settling into Self. It is the art of Being. It is the natural state.People have lot of ideas of techniques of meditation. Meditation (Dhyan) in reality is doing absolutely nothing. Not doing any action – physical or mental. That is called meditation. It is similar to falling asleep. In deep sleep, there are no thoughts and no awareness. On the other hand, in meditation, there are Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-54930330005343057212011-01-24T18:10:00.001-08:002011-01-24T18:17:27.812-08:00Truth and MythTruth (Satya) is beyond human body, mind and intellect. It is beyond all words, thought and images. It is like seeking direction for space. How do you show direction for space which is all pervading. Anything you point is a direction for space but that is not space !. Similarly Truth.Similarly "Source of Existance". That is the reason it is said , total surrender - sharanagati is the way to Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433584878094242481.post-87385487688954454072011-01-14T18:31:00.001-08:002011-01-14T18:33:30.704-08:00Buddha on Dependant Arising - Part1Dependent Arising : Patticca Samuppada - By Bhikkhu BodhiThe Buddha says "One who sees dependent arising sees the Dhamma and one who sees the Dhamma sees dependent arising". The Dhamma is the truth discovered by the Buddha. In his statement the Buddha makes an explicit equation between the profound truth he has realized and dependent arising. Again in describing his own quest for enlightenment, Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062255591392002938noreply@blogger.com0