The GAYATRI mantra!

Gayatri is otherwise called savitri. It is a synonym for the sun god surya.
With this mantra we recharge our intellects and pray for clarity and wisdom at the intellectual level.

The mantra translated will be:

O ADORABLE GOD OF LIGHT THAT ILLUMINES THE THE ENTIRE CREATION AS THE OBJECTLESS CONSCIOUSNESS,

I SEEK YOUR BLESSINGS BY MEDITATING ON YOUR EFFULGENCE.YOU ARE THE ONE THAT ENLIGHTENS ALL THE GODS.

MAY YOU INSPIRE OUR INTELLECTS AND MAKE US SEE CLEARLY, JUDGE PROPERLY, DISCRIMINATE WISELY AND HELP US TAKE DECISIONS CORRECTLY.

HELP US BE AT THE RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME WITH ALL OUR INSTRUMENTS IN PERFECT CONDITION.YOU ARE THE ONE PERVADING ALL THE THREE PLANES OF CONSCIOUSNESS.

In Sanskrit the text reads:

OM BHUR BHUVAH SUVAH

TAT SAT SAVITUR VAREENYAM

BARGO DEVASYA DHIMAHE

DHIYO YO NAH PRACHODAYAT...

IDENTITY

IDENTITY

What a wonder.Am I important or my identity.?
Everywhere you are asked to identify yourself.
I am is a fact . I exist is a fact. I am alive is a fact.
who I am is a notion built by me on the findings of a net work of transactions I went through. This notion is ephemeral, subject to change and hence is not me . It is about me. the Truth is I exist .If this is so, one is made to ask why I should identify myself ? Is it because society wants me to differentiate myself from others? My very very presence which is gross and tangible will make others recognize me, for no two are alike.
We talk of freedom , but every where we are asked to identify ourselves. Can't one live in tne world unidentified. Only human beings are asked to identify themselves. The other living and non living ones pass of peacefully in this planet of ours.
A non demanding person should be allowed to pass through life without proving himself to others.That I exist needs no proof when I am there alive.

This was not the case a decade ago. Now fictitious identities have grown like fungus or mushrooms every where . Should this be so ?

Think. ponder, reflect and comment

Your IDENTITY,

Often we are asked, "Who are you?".
The answer we give is riddled with several choices. There is the real I, the Truth of ourselves and the transactional "I". This transactional one alone has several choices. Depending on what we identify with we create an identity, the which becomes an answer for the question, "who are you ? ". For example if I identify with my body I say I am fair complexioned, tall, handsome etc. If I identify with my mind and the several thoughts that pass through the mind, then there are several identities. for example, I am not feeling well, I am sick, I am angry, I am worried, agitated, I am very clear etc. When I identify with my birth and lineage I say I am blue blooded, I am a Brahmin, a Kshatriya, vaisya etc. Identity with the country makes me say I am an Indian, American, British, Chinese, Japanese etc. When I identify with my senses, I say I am blind, I am deaf, I am dumb,etc. Identity with the organs of action makes me take the identity "I" am lame, halt etc.
As these identities are organ or instrument, or idea - oriented they don't invoke the real " I ". The truth is I am not these, but the one with these possessions or titles.

THE REAL 'I' IS UNIDENTIFIABLE for it is free from all relationships.

So we conclude that Identity is relation -oriented.
So the answer to the question "Who are YOU?" from the absolute stand point will be:

I AM THAT I AM.

( Discussion on this is welcome )

Freedom and Bondage

Living life entirely in the Known breeds endless conflict and misery.
FEAR OF FACTS LEADS TO BONDAGE.
Awareness of fact is Freedom.
Meditation frees you from narrowness and limitation.

Knowing is not learning. Knowing is accumulation and recognition.
Accumulation prevents learning, distorts and puts an end to Learning.
EVERY MOMENT WE LEARN.

WHEN MIND LOSES ITS SLAVERY TO WORDS AND ITS REACTIONS, MEDITATION GETS FULFILLED.

Thought should not shape the mind.
Mind should cease to be the framework of ideas.
Free yourself from idea and relationship and go deep in Meditation.

Time really does not exist, it is a concept of the mind.
Pleasure measures time quickly and pain does it slowly.
Waking time does not agree with dreaming time or sleeping time.
Beyond the pale of Time is Aananda which is not bliss but eternity.

Please post your comments on this!

The Goal of Life!

The goal of life is discover oneself. That which we call as our self is a confused self. "I am That I am " is the goal of life.
When some one asks you who you are, your answer is your name, your parentage, tradition, religion, education, marital status, position which are all roles you have assumed.
The real "I" is other than all these. These gain validity because of your association with the body, senses, mind, memory etc.
The "I" that I am or the I that you are is undefinable for it is not an object of your thought. It is the "I" on which the fabric of thought is oven. Think, ponder on this.

A Vedic prayer to Lord Ganapathi

A Soulful Prayer:
Gananam tva ganapatigm havamahe
Kavim kavinam upamasravastamam
jyestarajam brahmanam brahmanaspata
Anassrinvanutibhissida sadanam.

We adore and worship you. May you the Lord of the vedas deign to take a seat in our hearts with all your powers of protection. Are'nt you the leader of leaders of assemblies of deities. You are the seer of all seers. You have been eulogised in all similies and classic metaphors as the most famous and unparallelled knower of Brahman.
You ever shine in the hearts of your devotees. May you listen to our prayers and grace us with felicity.

Ganapati is a kavi, a seer who is far-sighted having the knowledge of the past present and future.All kavis (poets)look up to you for guidance and understanding. You are the uncaused cause the brought into being all the kavis ( Seers or poets ).
None can ever approximate you.

Devotees divinise their hearts as altars of fire ritual and offer oblations to Ganapati seated in their hearts as the Lord of the ritual.



Desire validated in vedanta

DESIRE to entertain or not.

Desire is a privilege given to the human being by god.Bhagavat Gita says that Desire not opposed to Dharma is an expression of God. Chamakam in Rudram and Chamakam validates several desires. Desire opposed to Dharma is the root cause of evil.
There is a wrong understanding in the modern world that all desires are to be eschewed.
This is against the tenets of Vedanta. The one who advocates that all desires are to be rooted out, has a desire to talk and advise. All transactions are born out of desire only. Desire is harmless as long as it conforms to Dharma. The traditional teacher also has a desire to teach. All desire to live. All desire health, wealth , fame, prosperity and peace. They are valid. Desires erupt in the mind. Dharma based desires are valid and get manifested in actions. Kama -desire -is mental and Dharma manifests only at the level of actions.Veda talks about Dharma. Taittreya upanishad talks of Dharma in the seeksha Valli. All should read and assimilate them .