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A friend of mine who is very sharp mentally and debates with me always said scientific research has without doubt established  ‘identity’ to the brain waves such as Alfa, Beta, theta, Delta  and Gamma which is other wise known as the electrical impulses made by Neurons.

Is there hope of doing perfect research on ‘identity’ both at gross and subtle levels?. This was a point I was pondering about quite for some time. But you can say that once a research is over on a subject you also get some definite results pointing out to doubtless answers and discoveries as in the case of diseases or medicines or a subject coming under the purview of Physics etc. from where further research is not necessary or say can not be done with the research having given desired answers and results. The research comes to an end. A detailed study into the human brain showed that the Brain and the Spinal chord are made up of   many Cells including Neurons and Glial Cells.

The Human Brain is estimated to contain Hundred Billion Neurons. In these cases a perfect research has been completed into the constitution of the Brain and the Spinal Chord. We can say that the research was perfect as far as the above subjects are concerned and as far as the ingredients that constituted the Brain and the Spinal Chord. Another series of research is possible into the constitution of the cell and yet another one further dividing it into number of Neurons and then again a research into the  content of a Neuron. The discharges of Electrical impulses by Neurons are called Brain Waves divided into Alpha, Beta, Theta, Delta  and Gamma waves. Are these findings not the result of perfect researches? One at a time, each one perfectly done with well defined and accurate answers. Hence we don’t deny the fact that there is scope for doing perfect scientific research in each and every subject under the sun.

Researches will be undertaken by newer generations of mankind as long as time exists propelled by necessity as well as curiosity where once done researches are stored away for reference by future progenies. A perfect research that ended with a perfect answer need not be done again as it will end up in wastage of time. It remains as Data. Research will continue along with continuation of time in the space created by a celestial will leading towards eternity until research on eternity is achieved which remains as a big question mark as of now. Advancement of Science as ages succeed one another may produce cyborgs whose physiological functions are controlled mechanically or electronically. But then the very purpose of creation is defeated we can say as an argument. Why is it so?

Here the subject under discussion is whether perfect scientific research can be done to discover ‘identity’ and ‘purpose of life’. Hence we will limit our indulgences into the subjects of research and their technicalities. But there are groups who will blindly and vehemently oppose the above theory of ‘identity’ and ‘purpose of life’ as existing outside hitherto known and familiar scientific grounds based on their researches. I think it is necessary for us to dwelve into this as it is a subject with much scope for perfect research outside scientific facts.

Can a cyborg, a perfect scientific replica of a living human being, feel emotions? Is it possible to place a hundred million Neurons planted in a cyborg, the ultimate scientific human being, as it is claimed, and make them fire electrical impulses in varying degrees so as to stimulate all the  biological, physiological and electro chemical interactive vibrations as is naturally happening in a naturally born human being whose tear glands can swell up and react to natural emotions? Give the newborn motherly love which naturally flows from mother to child? The possibility of a perfect scientific research into the depths of  human emotions does not look like holding any water in it since it will lead us into the source of the power of  Dendrites[1] in the Neurons though it is clarified as “Dendrites receive electrochemical stimulations from other neural cells”. This will mean cells receive energy from other cells in a cyclic manner but there is no clarity as to where the other cells derive power from. It is pointed out vaguely that the atom contains power. Everything is basically clusters of atoms which hold energy. The electromagnetic waves that exist in space are energy.

At one point the energy inside an Atom is connected to the electromagnetic energy in varying densities of light and still lighter densities outside the Atom in the vast spaces. But then again what is this energy’s source? Science is still desperately groping in darkness there. Perfect research has been done ages back by minds that were trained to reach into these innermost layers of energy or power existing in the infinity and even interact with its creative power. But some may say those were not perfect researches, in the absence of the modern gadgetry.

Here the data acquired and recorded by these original researchers take one into, words not minced, the hitherto unknown realms of the reality and make it possible for the researcher apart from understanding the intricacies of the universe, to experience the ‘Reality’ and to become and identify as one with the Reality just by using one’s intelligence.     

                                                                                                                

Every individual has to do this research separately by him or herself until its perfect end which will bring the real meaning, purpose and goal for a human being. Here the scope for research is continuous even though perfection has been achieved every time by every researcher. But the perfect results, though data later, are of a mystical nature and one that can only rarely be passed on as an experience from one to another and the research for every researcher will become perfect only if it brings out a blissful inner fusion in every researcher by way of results.

Being a regular practitioner of Yoga ‘asanas’, postures, I was being drawn closer day by day into a profound feeling of quietude and peace, a very satisfying blissful experience which lasted only during the periods of meditation otherwise I was back in the cacophony of the painful chores of day today existence. I found that I have not done anything special but was living the same style of life which millions of others were doing. I felt like one among the dozen puppies I had noticed in the pet shop. During these days I had been doing my own research on the subject of “Self Enquiry” guided by the Ramana Maharshi Centre for Learning, Bangalore and was looked upon as a student doing research. The study starts with a head on dive into the question  “WHO AM I?”[2]   

A lecture on “Self Enquiry” gave me lot of food for research to start with. The core Identity ‘I’, Mind, The Self and The Heart have enough depth in them to spend life times if one is not meticulous and serious about what one wants to achieve.[3] Here I was introduced to the conversations with Sri Ramana Maharshi which gave lot of material and insight into the research.

                                                                                                                                  

“The mortal is aware of the mind, only when

The Heart has not blossomed, just as the moon

Is seen only when the Sun has not appeared”[4]

A deep observation makes it clear that the body is inert and transient and that what is permanent is only the awareness of consciousness of the Heart which is reflected by the mind in the body as the Moon reflects the light of the Sun. The mind is only a collection of thoughts that disappears on a keen enquiry as to the source of the ‘I’ who experiences the thoughts. The ‘I’ is the Self, and it rises in the Heart. The gross body, Mind, Ego, Self are all extensions of the light from the Heart. To know the Heart is to know the Reality, and the Direct path “Self Enquiry” advocated by Sree Ramana Maharshi to redeem one’s lost Identity is to be explored or researched by diving inward into one’s self with a sharp mind. How to sharpen or focus the mind one pointedly? Thus the research continues further until the seeker arrives at the answer where the research ends as a perfect one. But then the same research has to be done separately by each and every individual as the result is in the form of inner experience and not in the form of Data which can be stored.

After much deliberations on “whether there is hope for perfect research on identity” I am led to conclude very strongly here that hope for perfect research is there at the subtle level which can accelerate my journey towards identity, meaning and goal of life apart from permanence. I am convinced that the Direct Path of “Self Enquiry” of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi is the subject on top priority for research for every individual as without establishing identity man does not become a whole being at all. It is like seeing one’s single image in an unbroken mirror as against thousands of images in a broken and shattered mirror. This is a research every individual has to complete sooner or later in life as providence has not given man a choice to remain otherwise and wanted to make him or her  prove his love in return for the grace granted.

So the Bungee asks “man ! where is your faith?”

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Some of the claims of modern scientific researches:

It is a generally accepted fact without doubt that everyone refers to the existence of his or her mind which at times is clear, foggy, sharp, instructing its owner on actions etc. A man says “my mind is not alright”, “I am unable to think” etc. Hence it is an undisputed fact that every individual knows about the existence of a mind which knows. He also says “I know I have a mind.” If asked “whom are you referring to when you said “I”? The he will simply touch his body and say “Me”. In that case “where is your mind located?” The answer is “In my head, where else?”

And we have the Alpha Beta Theta Delta and Gamma wave definitions to support the Brain theory which indicates “Electrical Activity” in the Brain of a living being. If you try to analyze the electric circuits in the body from top to tip to understand Mind and its language you will end up as a cyborg, a half machine half man entity. So much as far as Science is concerned in the realm of Mind.

But what is the source of the electricity supply to the Brain cells? The answer will invariably point out towards some kind of energy or electrical activity in the space       around a living being. The brain and
spinal cord are made up of many cells, including neurons and glial cells. ...

The human brain has been estimated to contain 50–100 billion (1011) neurons ...

                                                                                                                                 

Dendrites (from Greek δένδρον déndron, “tree”) are the branched projections of a neuron that act to conduct the electrochemical stimulation received from other neural cells to the cell body, or soma, of the neuron from which the dendrites project. Electrical stimulation is transmitted onto dendrites by upstream neurons via synapses which are located at various points throughout the dendritic arbor.

The soma is where the signals from the dendrites are joined and passed on. The soma and the nucleus do not play an active role in the transmission of the neural signal. Instead, these two structures serve to maintain the cell and keep the neuron functional.

The support structures of the cell include mitochondria, which provide energy for the cell, and the Golgi apparatus, which packages products created by the cell and secretes them outside the cell wall.

Glucose is the form of sugar that travels in your bloodstream to fuel the mitochondrial furnaces responsible for your brain power. Glucose is the only fuel normally used by brain cells. Because neurons cannot store glucose, they depend on the bloodstream to deliver a constant supply of this precious fuel.

This blood sugar is obtained from carbohydrates: the starches and sugars you eat in the form of grains and legumes, fruits and vegetables. (The only animal foods containing a significant amount of carbohydrates are dairy products.)

                                                                                                                   

Too much sugar or refined carbohydrates at one time, however, can actually deprive your brain of glucose – depleting its energy supply and compromising your brain's power to concentrate, remember, and learn. Mental activity requires a lot of energy.

Oxygen:

A colorless, odorless, gaseous element constituting about one-fifth of the volume of the atmosphere and present in a combined state in nature.

Neurons in the Brain cells fire abundantly, in rapid succession when they are infused with energy from an external supply source

Each neuron is like a tiny biological battery ready to be discharged. It takes about one-thousandth of a second for a neuron to fire an impulse and return to its resting level. Thus, a maximum of 1,000 nerve impulses per second is possible. However, firing rates of 1 per second to 300-400 per second are more typical.

The human brain seems to be ruled by mob mentality. Billions of nerve cells shout to one another by firing electrical impulses, controlling how the brain's owner behaves.

Brainwaves can be categorized according to their frequency:

Gamma         Beta Alpha Theta Delta

(100 - 38 Hertz = cycles per second) (38 - 15 Hz) (14 - 8 Hz) (7 - 4 Hz) (3 - 0,5 Hz)

“The mental activity normally associated with Beta waves is the active awareness
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Relation to meditation

Experiments on Tibetan Buddhist monks have shown a correlation between transcendental mental states and gamma waves.[12][13] A suggested explanation is based on the fact that the gamma is intrinsically localized. Neuroscientist Sean O'Nuallain suggests that this very existence of synchronized gamma indicates that something akin to a singularity - or, to be more prosaic, a conscious experience - is occurring[12]. This work adduces experimental and simulated data to show that what meditation masters have in common is the ability to put the brain into a state in which it is maximally sensitive and consumes power at a lower (or even zero) rate, briefly. The "Zero power hypothesis" suggests that the lower power states may correspond to a "selfless" state and the more typical non-zero state, in which gamma is not so prominent, corresponds to a state of empirical self.

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References:

[1]  ‘Structure of a Neuron’ by Kendra cherry, About.com Guide

[2]  ‘Who Am I?’ The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi,by V.S.Ramanan, President, Sree          Ramanasramam, Tiruvannamalai 606 603,Tamil Nadu, India

[3]  ‘A practical guide to KNOW YOURSELF’, conversations with sri Ramana Maharshi by A.R.Natarajan, President, Ramana Maharshi Centre for Learning, sanjay nagar,Bangalore 560 094

[4]  ‘The Quintessence of Wisdom’ by M. Anantanarayanan, Chief Justice, High court, Madras forwarded by Dr. Radhakrishnan, Ex-President, Indian Union, a Sree Ramanasramam publication

THE TRANSPORTER

THE TRANSPORTER

The stork was standing still on one leg on the median between two paddy fields which looked like a beautiful green blanket. There was water in the fields with small fish and crabs playing around. A crow which was flying by observed the stork and curiously glided down and stood by the side of the stork. It went around the stork looking at it but the stork was not bothered. It was in deep contemplation standing on one leg. The crow decided to get to the root of this strange behavior this time.

“Why are you standing on one leg looking like a painted stork?” The crow asked.

“What else am I supposed to do crow?” The stork shot back.

“Well you can walk around”.

“And then?”

Peck at an insect or two”

“I have swallowed enough of them”

“Then fly around” The crow had to say something.

“I do that all my spare time”

“Well then go and sleep” The crow thought it was the next thing to do for the stork.

“I am about to take off to my nest for the night”

“Then come back tomorrow morning” The crow didn’t want to give up.

“And then?”

“Feed well and stand still here”

“That’s exactly what I am doing now”

The crow was puzzled and thought it is better for him to pretend as an agnostic at the moment.

“Hey Crow”, the stork said “know that by standing on one leg, remaining still and silent, I feel balanced well inside out. I feel perfectly happy and synchronized with the surroundings when I am still. I sway with the trees and become part of it, fly with the wind and become the wind itself, I melt with the rain and drip down like water. I found out that I can become anything I want to be if need be. I am the wind and the space, the fire in me consumes the food and propels my movements, I am the water when it rains and above all here and now I have become one with the mud on which I stand still balanced on one leg”. And then the stork started laughing aloud.

The Crow felt annoyed and thought the stork was making fun of it. It felt uncertain, restless and aimless. It was angry.

“Why are you laughing stork?”

“I suddenly had a glimpse of myself through your eyes. Not that I am bothered ever to look at myself through other’s view points. See what has happened now. I have become a crow. And the Stork changed its color from white to black and became a crow. The Crow couldn’t believe its own eyes. It thought it was in a dream. Because at that moment the Crow’s color changed to white from Black and it was transformed into a beautiful Stork.

The Stork then croaked like a Crow and flew away. The Crow was stunned and stood balancing on one leg and became absolutely still. This is the story of a wise Stork, way back, who absorbed the ignorance of a black Crow and made it shine with the light of knowledge.

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ACTION IN INACTION

 

Action in Inaction

When the skies tend to crash down on you
The oceans too rise to catch you unaware
Hope’s rays all get doused and vanish
Days and nights turn twilight dead
Wrongs being done with repairs beyond
Insults spit over injuries to hurt
Passion high rides crests up and down
Anger rises like a red fog bank......
Then halt and breath the delusion is rode!
If the thinker turns the witness then
A single strong vibe an awareness intense
Is born to devour the mayhem around
As vapor in air does merge and is lost
Down the vibe’s spiraling vortex it drowns
And shines ever as the sun smiles at dawn
The vibe is none but your ‘I’ alone it says
All is well and know you are in a dream
All that is done can be undone as well for
Time never was in the space that’s conjured
By who else it be but the 'I' ‘I’ alone and
A thought can hold all the joys and sorrows
‘Be as you are’ without a thought and see
That all is gained when all is lost
‘Be still’ ever and ‘see’ your Self
It’s the magic divine meant for the blind
Master among masters Sree Ramana says.

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About this poem:
'BE STILL' and know your Heart....Bhagavan Sree Ramana Maharshi

A pigeon mail for you

A pigeon mail for you

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"seventy two thousand plus nerves
thirty two white porcelain teeth
five liters of flowing red liquid
two hundred and six plastic bones
half a pound of hair of mixed colors
all camouflaged by a wet membrane
made to hold together for how long..
a breathing thing with a pulse beat
can the "I" of "ME" be ever this mess,
like the pigeon mail,alas,now I know,
its my trust in "me" that took me, a
pigeon, back straight home, to my heart"

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About this poem:
way back to home, heart, godhead or whatever.

A LOST TREASURE HUNT

The thinker has been on auto mode quite for sometime and has become lazy and used to the ways of the cozy AC room bed all wrapped up in a woolen blanket while watching the RAW channel in the flat tube TV hung above on the opposite wall making it easy to watch while lying down on the bed. A folding chair got dented in the fight and the guy was going in for a five kilo hammer which came in handy from under the platform.

Before this the thinker of course  had  hung  on  to the  ‘I’ thought for  quite  some time  and  has  been  watching  the  desperate  attempts of the rising thoughts and  the  way  they  were  swallowed  down  by  the  ‘I’  thought  and  he  enjoyed  the  silence  this  had  created  when   suddenly the phone rang and he decided to attend to it.

It  was  a  call  from  his  wife  from the  market  asking  him  to  come  at  once  with  his  two wheeler  and  fetch  her  back  home  as  she was carrying two bags of provisions from the shops.

The thinker dutifully completed this task and was back on the bed when the NDTV brought out a very interesting news item concerning the walkout in the parliament following an un-parliamentary tussle and tackle between the ruling front and the opposition.

The thinker, an honest man with noble intentions was deeply angered by this and thought of contributing his views to the Editor of the news paper daily.

But then as an act of god would have it he decided to get away from all this and sat down cross legged wanting to win over his mind by meditation techniques. Alas! instead of the silence the entire parliamentary proceedings was running as a cinema in front of his shut eyes which was dragging him away from the ‘I’ thought. The thinker is back in square one now for the umpteenth time without gaining way into the ‘Direct path of Self Enquiry’ as instructed by Sree Bhagavan, the Master among Masters and Guru and Guide for man in this anarchic or chaotic century.

Sree Bhagavan says “Self Enquiry is the Answer for all sorrows”. One has to have an intense yearning to get away from it all, rather let us say a questing mind. A mind which knows how to focus its attention one pointedly, a fully collected mind with its sharpness to penetrate inward without getting fragmented or sidelined by mundane matters of the day to day life.

He doesn’t say that one has to leave it all and get away to a mountain top to do Self Enquiry. Rather he would prefer one to be wholly with his family, with his job, with everything life has provided one with while doing Self Enquiry. One’s duty is also attended to then normally while one’s mind gets tackled at the same time with Self Enquiry be it while at work, or play or dutifully attending to family matters if one has a family.
From King to his footman Self Enquiry is advised and practicable as it removes disorientation and shows one how to tap the potent energy lying dormant inside him and make use of it fully to live life intelligently and harmoniously leading one to meaning, happiness and the goal of life.

Let us go step by step into the instructions of Sree Bhagavan while we prepare ourselves for practice of Self Enquiry, for diving into our own self, into the hitherto unfathomed depths of our own inwardness where lies the legacy of a treasure for every living individual which if not claimed at the earliest will result in an unfulfilling meaningless life spent in misery and pain and useless activities.
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SQUARE ONE

SQUARE ONE

The earth is flat, I swear, not round if your sight is straight
Like a ball of twain a straight line it is though entwined, It stretches in front of all the feet that walked blindly in trust and love
End to End joining Edges to take away the fear of loose Ends
From the ocean compassion a gift it is to man at it’s swelling best
round the bends he went, Galileo, back at square one he thought
an objective perception attempted, the subject real alas! Missing,
was his feet grounded upon the realm of reality firmly truly?
the angles squares and spheres born in a thought he feigned he had
Rabbits out of a hat for the children’s of the silver sand beach delight
Descartes was right half way it’s sense projections world’s mirages
But Holograms truly they burst, inside reality firm and transparent,
and cease to exist in the heart in the absence of a thought you refuse

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About this poem:
dreams and reality

The Time in the Space in the Heart

The Time in the Space in the Heart

The Heart is the fullness of Consciousness with inherent Vibrations which in turn created Space and Time together wherein consciousness in varying densities became gross matter and moved as a projection with velocity towards infinity which otherwise is inherent in the Heart only.

This is as far as the mind or the inner instrument in man can visualize with the aid of the five senses as to the beginning of
the universe.

The life force known as Prana in Sanskrit is the primal energy. The life force would be one of the first movements from the Heart,which is often referred to as prana. Within the Heart, this moving force exists as unmanifested power or consciousness. Within the realm of nature this force manifests as Prana. This moving life force manifesting as prana is responsible for the manifestation of all creation.

The gross matter formed out of the five natural elements space,air, fire,water and the earth and mixed together in measured proportions form the human body in flesh into which the prana or the life force or the vital force is infused directly by the heart thereby giving the gross body life to move around and act as desired by the divine will or the Heart.

What is the purpose of giving life to matter? This is a question put forth by Alice in wonderland to which the answer given was “because god loved to play just like you like to play with clay and make toys”. In fact this is the correct and only true answer one is provided with by god himself.

One is right in assuming here that the life force in the human body is directly linked to the Heart from the outside as w ell as the inside of his entity in a cyclic manner like an ear ring with a pierced diamond stone in it where the pierced diamond represents the human body and the ear ring the life force.

The removal of the veil of ignorance by means of the Direct Path of Self Enquiry as instructed by Bhagavan sri Ramana Maharshi makes the cyclic existence of the Heart in the human body as the true identity of the individual shine forth to s eekers of identity, the truth or The Heart.

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About this poem:
The Heart is our home for ever. Make it a beautiful dream.

In memory of my plumber

In memory of my plumber

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the silence exploded, in silence,
drowning my plumber in it's gush
my tear glands torn beyond repair
jettisoning me forever into the now
the chain of my weights snapped
day and night a black and white frame
hung upside down somewhere, a ray of
fresh breath took me away in its sway,
a drama in a piece of paper floated
away into the ray waking me up into my
last dream which said I am the dream.

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About this poem:
silence, the launching pad inward.

The ' SELF ' as my ' I '

The  ' SELF '   as my   ' I '

Light at its subtle most level is consciousness or awareness which forms the substratum for the beginning less endless cosmos. The creation starting from this base is a projection or a vision of matter extending from zero density to the grossest manifestation outward.

The all embracing awareness which is truth, power, light, consciousness, god and the ocean of compassion is knowledge which can take any form it chooses, create and destroy anything it wants as per the code of conduct that has given meaning to it.

It can create matter with form and name and remain as its axis, the centre of gravity or the force which commands its movements and actions based on the principles of truth.

Man looks upon his body as his identity because of ignorance. The body is inert matter which does not have its own source of power. Its centre of gravity or the inner force which is the Self that controls it’s every action fills this body with its subtle energy like the hand in a glove. It finds a way to merge the misplaced identity called the mind with itself and thus makes the ignorance disappear and shines itself as the master of its creation.

So far so good and whatever has been penned above was necessitated to draw the attention of the seeker to the universal life force which abides as the Self in every individual as his original identity and to give him a hint that mind is only a collection of thoughts and an imagined entity which disappears when searched for.

The thoughts circumvent the ‘I’ thought like in a whirlpool where the ‘I’ thought forms the centre of gravity which sucks in the multitude of circumventing thoughts and make them disappear into its vortex.

Bhagavan very clearly says “concentrate and hold on to the ‘I’ thought and watch the mind becoming silent.” One gets his first vision of the blissful inner silence. By untiring
Practice one starts acquiring enough strength to remain constantly in silence for longer stretches of silence and finally abide in silence without outward disturbances.

Thus Self Enquiry helps one focus inward towards silence and the Self which opens up the gateway to one’s inner voyage to meaning, permanence and the Heart.


The Self is one’s guru or master, the ocean of compassion which comes to the seeker of truth naturally to help him retrieve his original identity. Its divine ways are mysterious. It is said that the guru or master comes half the way to meet his disciple who goes out to seek him in his hours of doubt.

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THE SINGING MIND

A lyricist wanted to write a song and tune it in a very catchy way. So he went and sat under a tree and started humming tunes in his mind. He remembered his last song and the tune he has given it. He wanted to listen to that song and closed his eyes and mouth and started listening to his tune. The tune flowed down beautifully in his mind in a better way than he could have sung it by way of singing it loud. He was so proud of it that tears rolled down his cheeks. At that moment his friend wandered into his presence and saw him crying. So he asked “My dear friend why are you crying?” The lyricist then said “I was overjoyed while singing one of the tunes I composed. It was so beautiful.” Hearing this friend said “Hey, but I didn’t hear you singing at all?” So the lyricist said “The singing was going on in my mind”.

Here the lyricist listened to his song and he heard it extremely well and was overjoyed.
If we put the question “How could he hear a song which was never sung by his mouth?”
And who heard it? For his ears to hear it the singing has to be loud. So his body has not heard it. That’s certain. So there was certainly another entity with his body which could hear the song in the tune and understand it too.

The lyricist said “‘I’ was listening to the tune “. The ‘I’ was listening to the tune collected by the ‘Ears’, the sense in the body for hearing sound. It can only gather the sound of the tune. The enjoying person was the ‘I’.

The five sensory organs in human body are Ears, Eyes, Nose, tongue and the Skin for hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting and touching respectively. The mind collects the data brought in by these five agents in the body. The four inner subtle instruments are mind, intellect, ego and memory. The mind is of the nature of indecision, decision is the nature of intellect, ego is the notion of “I am the body” and memory is the storage of data collected. Generally these four subtle parts together is known as ‘mind’ only.

The mind keeps collecting data continuously according to its inherent tendencies. This process keeps running untiringly. One finds it difficult to stop this process at one’s will initially. The data is in the form of thoughts and the wrong notion of ‘I’ finds itself harassed by this continuous activity of the mind and becomes restless resulting in loss of peace and quititude.

'Bhagavan' says that it is at this point that one has to become aware of what is going on. Many come across a dead end here not knowing how to quell the mind. Because the active mind starts telling upon the gross body leading to various psychosomatic illnesses like anxiety, depression ,fear loss of appetite, hopelessness and many other diseases.
He comes to the rescue of the suffering individual and leads him by hand and shows him how to get rid of the disturbing mind and arrive at peace and life’s goal.

Let us now listen to his instructions on holding on to one’s ‘I’ thought to begin with 'self enquiry'.

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About this poem:
Self Enquiry is the answer for all problems one may face. It leads one to meaning, purpose and goal.

VALUE -- Breaking down the word

VALUE -- Breaking down the word

Value is a quality of life, a living standard observed by one at the height of discrimination which is a product of knowledge obtained naturally as a result of one’s earnest seeking of his true identity. Only a primary inward search can help one establish in his true identity. The word Value will shine to its full meaning in one at this point of retrieval of one’s lost true identity.

Mere jugglery of words cannot take one to the reality. It will take one back to square one in his efforts to discover the truth.

The Heart beckons one always and waits patiently like a mother trying to wake up her child early in the morning. It is the Heart that is leading us by hand to dive inward into our own being as a first step towards finding our original identity which in reality is the Heart only. But for this information to register in one experience of the heart is necessary.  But  how? Experience blossoms fully in three stages.

My Master said “The easiest way to reach the other side of the mountain is to go through this cave”. Hearing  these  words, giving it a serious consideration and intently focusing the mind on the execution of the instruction form the three stages of experience. In short, you can say Hearing, Reflecting and contemplating on a subject give one real experience. It is worth quoting the famous words ‘I am that I am’ at this point. Having experience means becoming the experience or identifying with the experience by knowing its truth.

Be as it may we have to back track here to pick up the thread of investigation into the source of the ‘I‘ thought as it is only the entrance to our journey inward.

So here we are forced to engage the reverse gear……………….

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a beeline to the heart

a beeline to the heart

like a swarm of bees, in a world full of swirling pieces
of my fragmented mind, my queen in person, licensed to kill
preferred herself to be my only footwoman,  all my footmen
dispensed with by her mighty sword, mercilessly, for
the means justified the end, to lead me to her dwelling place
my ‘heart’, my one and the only  queen  !  i  call  her my "I"

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About this poem :
the core of my existence is my "I" thought which leads me to my heart.

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"Destiny, fantasy's child with wings of colors
wove a Wonderland named existence with it's magic,
a hologram in one piece from begining till end
if held in proper perception by eyes that pierce,
a vision that fades into timeless nothingness,
the vibes of beginingless endless compassion pure
which blew a breath of it's awareness into a mass
of organisms multiplying into humanity, the pawns
in a crazy play for the celestial delight, with
a silent code of conduct that guides the play and
send them back into oblivion at the celestial dusk"

Hey wait ! Where did these words rise from ? Me ? A microcosm ?
as illusionary as the “king's gown” ? Who am I ? and how come me ?

I found these words, simple as they come
at a stretch, at the bottom of my heart,
as echoing truth from a joyous dancing vibe.


PS – 'fantasy' is 'maya' (maya in Sanskrit means 'illusion')
which set in motion 'destiny'.

A THOUGHT TO QUELL A THOUGHT

Sree Ramana Maharshi was resting on a rock after a walk on the mountain path. He was in deep contemplation  as always, one with the Cosmos and  it’s creator. His face shown in a hallow of divine light, composed in absolute tranquility and peace,  the ocean of compassion he was and  is  still  today, remained  seated on a rock.

Suddenly a jettison of flies emerged from a tiny hole by the side of the rock  spreading themselves into the space as a piece  of black cloud and moving around. A vast number of flies filled the atmosphere for some time and then  the entire flies suddenly made a beeline into the tiny whole from where they came and vanished in a jiffy. One could not but wonder how such a large number of flies  from a tiny whole appeared and disappeared in such a short span of time.

 Bhagavan, as Sri Ramana Maharshi  is known and addressed by one and all, cited this incident and compared the tiny hole to the ‘ I ‘  thought  and the large number of flies to the innumerable thoughts circumventing it. He said if you hold on and concentrate on the ‘ I ‘ thought, that is, one’s feeling of  ‘ I ‘  when one thinks or says ‘ I ‘, a keen observation, an inward  attention, will show you that  all the  thoughts  move around the  event horizon, the spherical boundary surrounding  the ‘ I ‘  thought  within which there is a strong gravity which  sucks in all the thoughts to its core. Because the thoughts are experienced by the ‘ I ‘ feeling which emerges from  the self  within and  stays as one’s identity.

The ‘ I ‘ thought  is only  the  smell  of honey   for  the  bear  and it has to keenly follow this smell with the single aim of  discovering its  ‘ source’ or  ‘ origin ‘. At this juncture some  may want  to  enter the  think  tank, naturally, but beware, don’t hibernate there. It's action in inaction that we want  inside the think tank.

A VOYAGE INWARD

A look at the sky in the night  makes us  wonder in awe as we behold the beginingless endless space  around us. We  drill a  hole  into the earth till its  other end  and we see space and stars on the other side. So where does my being fit in  in this grand picture ? we feel humbled  by our size and our limited intelligence. But then the intelligence is not limited.

We all liked the TV serial ‘ Startrek ‘  and the space ship named ‘ Enterprise ‘.Let  us  imagine we are into a similar quest for meaning. And here we goooooo.

It is general knowledge that  the  integration of  the five  natural  elements  viz; space, air, fire, water and earth  leads to formation of the human  body. Let it be any human body from any faith or religion or group. The body disintegrates later naturally at old age and  merges  back  into the five elements. So in between birth and death of the body it is exposed to many good and bad situations as per the whims and   fancies   of   a  Mind  associated with it. Before that when we examine the constitution of the mind it can be experienced by  all  that  mind is the nature of consciousness in general. Again the Mind can be divided into   four   parts  when  we go to the root of it.  viz; indecision, decision,  the feeling of  ‘ I ’,   and the Memory.

Sree Ramana  Maharshi says that the Mind does not exist. Because when we search for it  it vanishes and becomes one with the ‘ I ‘.  In general  when we search for the mind the ‘I ‘ in us rises and says the mind has brought you to me . It no longer exists, it has now become ‘ I ‘. ‘ I ‘ am the self. By what means this search  for the ‘ I ‘  is made ?  He says let your mind search for the feeling of  ‘ I ‘. For this we have to  draw our attention inward and search keenly with the mind where from this feeling of  ‘ I ‘ rises within us. This requires practice in the beginning since we may be sidelined  by various miscellaneous thoughts rising from within and taking us away from the main pursuit. Sree Ramana  comes here to our rescue by saying that  at this juncture hold on dearly to this ‘ I ‘ thought  since it is the core of all the thoughts.  The  ‘I ‘ thought being the core central powerful thought from where all other thoughts rise, holding on to this ‘ I ‘  thought makes all other sundry thoughts dissolve into the vast vortex of the  ‘I ‘  thought till the ‘ I  ‘ thought becomes the only shining thought and you identify with that. At this point you will  see the ‘ I ‘ thought alone vibrating  in absolute silence in the absence of all other thoughts. This is the beginning of an end  for all of us when meaning of life starts unfolding at the various stages of our pursuit for identity.

Unless and until we come to absolute clarity to the nature of our true identity  our identity keeps changing from one to another  as  is forced upon us by our fragmented mind at it’s whims and fancies and we remain in ever changing  newer  identities .

Here we are able to understand the  nature  of  the  body  and  the  mind  in  a nutshell. There is ample scope for going further deep down  into  the origin of the elements and the source from where creation started naturally. But at this stage it  is  not  necessary  to  dwell  into  it  as our curiosity has its ways of taking us there at the appropriate time and if necessary.

The Bee in our Bonnet is still lingering and takes us back to square one. That is, the thought  “ where do the ‘ I ‘  reside  in me ?  or rather ‘ Who am ‘I’ ?  The mind  is understood to be in the form of consciousness and the source of  this curiosity originates from there. Then is the mind the so called ‘ I ‘ ? It is the mind asking this question. Hence naturally the mind cannot be the ‘ I ‘. If that is so  it won’t be putting forth this question at all. It will know itself and will be silent. Need a man or woman   say always  ‘I am a man’ or  ‘I  am a woman’   because he or she  is a  human  being ?  The ‘ I ‘ has no doubt as to its existence and  it  shines as it is. But the mind  has  the doubt  and the question.

So let us make use of the mind to search  for the  ‘ I ‘ thought. The path for this is a direct one bypassing all the other hitherto followed procedures   religious, spiritual and or  philosophical  ones. And it is hence called the Direct path by the  Maharshi.

Hence no wonder it is a very unique secular subject embracing and over riding all philosophical pursuits hitherto made in search of  identity. It is beyond religion, color, creed  and  society  and embraces the citizen of the universe, leave alone our own humanity.

The Govt. of India  found  the practice of ‘ Self  Enquiry ‘ as advocated by  Sree Ramana Maharshi  as a most fitting secular method   for practice by our contemporary society taking into consideration the   innumerable religions, faiths, languages, spiritual pursuits etc; prevalent in  our Indian society. Be it for the layman or the ruler it takes one into an inner journey to peace, meaning and goal of life.The Govt. has made the subject ‘ Self Enquiry ‘ and has approved and recommended  it as a Human Resources Development  concept. A postal stamp was also released by the Govt. to mark this occasion a few years back. Also the Govt of India conducted an International Seminar  on the subject in Bangalore  and the Ramana Maharshi Centre for Learning, Bangalore was entrusted with the organizing of the whole  event.

Sree Ramana calls  for the development of  inwardness  in us, first of  all. Looking into us. Or how to focus one’s attention inward ?