Where is the beauty?
Is it in the object perceived or
Is it in the eyes of the beholder who perceives it?
What is the state of the person who is void of the beauty?
Does he not lead dry and lifeless existence?
There is no creation but only memories of the dead past.
No new life to live.
Only memories dominating the present moment.
Life lost in past, future, hopes and achieving.
What is beauty if it is not creation, simplicity, wonder and mysteries beyond.
It must be vibrant living thing.
It must be moment by moment eternal creation.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Simplicity is Austerity
There is beauty and elegance in simplicity. Stripped of all its excesses to the bare bone, the essence of its being reveals completely. It shines like full moon on a clear autumn night on highest mountain top.
Without any detractions the simplicity displays its extraordinary balance and movement. There is peace or rather arrest to eternal time. Nothing is out of its place for everything seems in their natural place in space.
This is the absolute beauty when the movement of the mind, the thought is arrested to the present timeless moment. Eternity, which like great music and art endeavor to arrest to this timeless moment.
To be simple, there must be austerity. One must see and observe arduously of all its excesses, desires, wants and noises of the past. It must be total austerity.
There it shines brightly undeniably the beauty of the truth.
Without any detractions the simplicity displays its extraordinary balance and movement. There is peace or rather arrest to eternal time. Nothing is out of its place for everything seems in their natural place in space.
This is the absolute beauty when the movement of the mind, the thought is arrested to the present timeless moment. Eternity, which like great music and art endeavor to arrest to this timeless moment.
To be simple, there must be austerity. One must see and observe arduously of all its excesses, desires, wants and noises of the past. It must be total austerity.
There it shines brightly undeniably the beauty of the truth.
Desire
What is desire?
What is the object of desire?
Why do we desire thing?
Mind knowing its nature of impermanence seeks continuation.
It fears cessation and end of thinking.
It want to be occupied.
Does not desire breed fear of failure to achieve?
In achieving its desire does it not seek another?
What is important is the desire itself instead of what is desired?
What is the highest desire of all?
Is it not wanting to know god the unknowable?
Or is it desire of mind for its continuity?
Is there anything that is permanent?
By understanding the nature of desire,
There is action.
This action is cessation of desire.
What is the object of desire?
Why do we desire thing?
Mind knowing its nature of impermanence seeks continuation.
It fears cessation and end of thinking.
It want to be occupied.
Does not desire breed fear of failure to achieve?
In achieving its desire does it not seek another?
What is important is the desire itself instead of what is desired?
What is the highest desire of all?
Is it not wanting to know god the unknowable?
Or is it desire of mind for its continuity?
Is there anything that is permanent?
By understanding the nature of desire,
There is action.
This action is cessation of desire.
Freedom from what?
One can not obviously do what ever he wants for we all share this world, then what is freedom? Is not freedom mean free of conditioned thinking and colors of past knowledge? Why should we be free of past?
Isn't it because past imposes itself to the moment when perceiving the present? Does it not interfere with clear and true observation?
Past is measuring. Act of thinking, past robs present moment causing lost of reality or distortion of the truth of what is.
To see the truth one must observe what is without distorting lens of the past or the thought. The present is always a new for there is constant unfolding of mystical creation and beauty.
It's vastness and wonder can not be measured for it is limitless.
To see its grandeur and wonder of it all requires total attention in observation. In this total awareness the thought can not be present, when the thought enters truth will be colored blurred. The moment is lost to bridge the past and future. Life is lost to regurgitation of the past. Vitality of life is lost and life's energy spent.
Isn't it because past imposes itself to the moment when perceiving the present? Does it not interfere with clear and true observation?
Past is measuring. Act of thinking, past robs present moment causing lost of reality or distortion of the truth of what is.
To see the truth one must observe what is without distorting lens of the past or the thought. The present is always a new for there is constant unfolding of mystical creation and beauty.
It's vastness and wonder can not be measured for it is limitless.
To see its grandeur and wonder of it all requires total attention in observation. In this total awareness the thought can not be present, when the thought enters truth will be colored blurred. The moment is lost to bridge the past and future. Life is lost to regurgitation of the past. Vitality of life is lost and life's energy spent.
Self Awareness
One must be constantly alert of one's own thoughts interjecting into the present moment thus interfering with awareness of the present.
Thoughts are made of the past. Past is gone and it was but is not real now. It can not be living thing for it is dead. The future is but a modified past to project desires. Future can only be imagined with words and images of the past. It is not real either.
What is real must be present here at this moment.
When you are alert to see that thoughts arise in your mind at that moment thought vanishes and there is silence. In that silence there is total awareness. When that silence is not broken by another thought and one is fully aware of all that is here that is meditation.
In this choice-less observation and total awareness reveal what truth is. The truth, what is, is the unfolding of the constant new. In this creation self is dissolved which we call communion. Observer is the observed, it is inseparable one.
To be constantly alert of all the changes occurring and be to totally aware of all that is demand enormous energy. It is extremely arduous. One must be strong and not have waisted his energy to see the vastness of life in constant change.
The challenges are more difficult as we spend and waist much energy in process of living. The younger people less difficulty to cope with vastness of life for they are agile, flexible, inquisitive and full of energy.
Thoughts are made of the past. Past is gone and it was but is not real now. It can not be living thing for it is dead. The future is but a modified past to project desires. Future can only be imagined with words and images of the past. It is not real either.
What is real must be present here at this moment.
When you are alert to see that thoughts arise in your mind at that moment thought vanishes and there is silence. In that silence there is total awareness. When that silence is not broken by another thought and one is fully aware of all that is here that is meditation.
In this choice-less observation and total awareness reveal what truth is. The truth, what is, is the unfolding of the constant new. In this creation self is dissolved which we call communion. Observer is the observed, it is inseparable one.
To be constantly alert of all the changes occurring and be to totally aware of all that is demand enormous energy. It is extremely arduous. One must be strong and not have waisted his energy to see the vastness of life in constant change.
The challenges are more difficult as we spend and waist much energy in process of living. The younger people less difficulty to cope with vastness of life for they are agile, flexible, inquisitive and full of energy.
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