ATTRACTION- attachment and entanglement

You love your partner right? Perhaps more than yourself ? You feel deeply attached to him/her right? You crave for him/her right? You love the way she walks, you love the way she talks.

Boss you are in a deep mess and You are in for some serious trouble.......

Your attraction or craving can exist only as long as you think someone is "other". When you think they are a part of you or yourself, then attraction dies out. That is why a husband or a wife may not be attracted to their partner but to someone else, because their partner has already become a part of them. When you realize everyone is part of your own self, you enjoy the whole world without a sense of craving.

But sometimes you fight with your partner, you blame him/her, you share your misery with him/her because you take them for granted....when you share your misery, it will not diminish. When you fail to share your joy, it diminishes. Share your problems only with the Divine, not with anyone else, as that will only increase the problems. Share your joy with everyone.

The self is subtle. You should go from gross to subtle, you must overcome aversion, hatred, jealousy, attraction or entanglements.

It may be difficult to accept something you do not like but you can definitely accept a tiny bit of it- an atom. The moment you accept that one atom, you will see change occur.

Suppose you love someone. You want more and more of them, yet there is no fulfillment. In Anuvrat - the vow of an atom - you take just one atom of that person and that is enough to bring fulfillment to you. Though the river is vast, a little sip quenches your thirst. Though the earth has so much food, just a small bite satisfies your hunger. All that you need are tiny bits. Accept a tiny bit of everything in life - that will bring you fulfillment.

Forgetfulness of the infinite is misery. Forgetfulness of the trivial is ecstasy.

Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. What say?

God bless n Allah hafiz,

Avi

I AM SO MISERABLE ! WHY?

Memory makes you miserable or wise. Memories of events and experiences of the changing finite world binds you, but memory of your nature liberates you. Memories of the over changing relative- good or bad- brings bondage. It is all a matter of where you are, of what you are. If you are ignorant, it is because of memory. If you are enlightened, it is because of memory.

When you are miserable, know that it is not your true self. This is called asaucha - becoming unclean.

In our country when somebody dies, the close relatives are said to be asaucha for 10 days because they are very sad. So, they are impure. After 10 days of just living through the experience and reading the Bhagavad Gita, they pull themselves back to the self, they become shaucha. They have purged the impurities that arose during those events.

This happens again and again in your life. You become asaucha and then you must get back to shaucha. Go deeper into your own self- then real shaucha happens.

Shaucha is disinterest in the tendencies of your own senses and a sense of non-association with other people.Become disinterested in your own body.

Why do people love each other so much, have such an intimate relationship and then fight? Asaucha has happened. If you do not have distaste for the tendency of the senses, then distaste for the objects of the senses will come and you will blame the object.

Be shaucha.....Be pure
Live Life.....Love Life

God bless n Allah hafiz,

Avi

PROBLEM

There is no problem that cannot be solved. When you have a problem that you think cannot be solved, you have accepted it. Then it is no longer a problem but a fact.

Suppose you think it is a problem that the ocean in Iceland is too cold. Obviously, you cant heat the ocean, so it cannot be changed; you accept it and it is no longer a problem. Only when you are searching for a solution to the problem, is there a problem. Thus, there is no problem that cannot be solved. The moment you realize there is no solution, a problem ceases to be a problem.

The solution is the tail of every problem. To find one, you need to be calm, centred and you need to have a strong faith in the divine law.

God bless and Allah hafiz,

Avi

LUST and LOVE

In Love even an object is elevated to life. Stones and trees speak to you; the sun, the moon, the entire creation becomes alive and divine. In Lust even a living being becomes a mere object.

• Lust brings tension; love brings relaxation.
• In Lust there is cunningness and manipulation; in love there is playfulness.
• Lust focusses on a part; Love focusses on a whole.
• In Lust you want to grasp and possess; in love you want to give and surrender.
• In Lust there is effort; love is effortless.
• Lust brings violence; love brings sacrifice.
• Lust demands; love commands.
• In Lust you are confused; in love you are focussed.
• Lust is dark and monotonous; love has many modes and colours.
• Lust says, "All I want you to have is all I want." Love says," I want you to have what you want".
• Lust causes feverishness and frustration; love causes longing and pain.

• Lust imprisons and destroys; love liberates and sets you free.

If someone's lust is interrupted, they become angry and start hating. Hatred in the world today is not out of love; it is out of lust.

Shiva, the embodiment of innocence and love, was meditating. His meditation was disturbed by an arrow of flowers from the lord of lust. As soon as Shiva awoke, he opened his third eye and the lord of lust, Manmathava- one who churns the mind- was reduced to ashes.

Lust grips the mind, tires the body and dulls the intellect. Lust when indulged brings inertia, and when suppressed brings anger. Lust is nothing but primordial unharnessed energy. The same energy when harnessed manifests as enthusiasm, sparkle, sharpness and intellect of love.

God bless and Allah hafiz,

Avi

I WANT DEATH BECAUSE.......

Death brings you in touch with reality of life. Death creates a vacuum, a void and this void is the fertile ground for spirit to manifest. All talents, inventions and creativity spring forth from this void; creation has a tendency to return to the void. All places of worship in all religions are connected with places of burial or cremation because only the awareness of death can bring about dispassion and can ground you in knowledge.
According to Indian mythology, Shiva abides in Mount Kailasa and in smashana. Kailasa means- "where there is only celebration" and Smashana is the cremation ground- " where there is only void." Divinity dwells in the void as well as in celebration. In you there is void; In you there is celebration.
Wake up and see your life is too short. The realization that life is short will bring dynamism to your life- unwanted things and distractions will fall away. When you must act or make an effort, know that life is short. Time is running out.
What are you doing with your life? Is your life useful to you and the world around you? Realize that life is too short. When you realize life is short, procrastination falls away.
But when you know there are many lifetimes, you realize that if you do not get it sooner, you will get it later. Wake up ! Life is eternal !
When you want to enjoy the fruit of action, know that life is eternal. When it comes to hope, you should know that there are many lifetimes. The ignorant person does it the other way- he hurries for the result and is impatient. But impatience disappears when you know that life is eternal. When you expect someone to return a favour, or you expect a result from your good deed, you want it quickly. When you expect a result, you are often frustrated. When you are in a hurry, you cannot enjoy.
If someone takes advantage of you or does not thank you, thank them because they will pay you back later with interest. No one should feel remorse that they have been exploited or are unappreciated. When it comes to enjoying the fruits of your actions, good deeds or blessings, know that life is eternal.

God bless and Allah hafiz,
Avi

LOVE AND DEVOTION

What you call as love, if you are not devoted to the person whom you love, there is really no love; it is only a mutual benefit scheme. When you truly love somebody, you will naturally be devoted; how can you not? One, who does not know devotion to the one he loves, does not know love at all. Then it is just a socially picked up word- because everybody is saying "I LOVE YOU", you are also saying it.
Love has conditions attached to it. Only if your expectations are fulfilled, your love affair will continue, otherwise it will end. Devotion is not like that. It is unconditional. Love also genuinely becomes a fulfilling and life-nurturing process for anyone only when it is unconditional. The moment it becomes conditional, it becomes a transaction.
Human transactions at the physical, emotional and intellectual levels are often referred to as love. "You fulfill my need; i will fulfill your need". It is just useful; it is utilitarian. People do not like to see it that way because it makes their lives ugly. So, they want to give it a beautiful name, so they call it "LOVE". strange are the ways of humans !
Observe this at places of worship: What people think is devotion to God might not in fact be so. Here, too , there is a transaction. You do whatever you think God expects you to do, and then God is supposed to do many other things for you. This is deal making, an unfair one.
Love and devotion, however, are not two different things, but people still tend to see them as being separate because one is meant for a higher purpose and another is expected to fulfill a daily need. But there is no need to separate the two. Love is devotion and devotion is love. Without love, how can anybody be devout? Just because you have ascribed to yourself a certain religion or faith, you don't instantly become a devotee - a devotee is just drawn.
A devotee is never thinking in terms of his own well-being. Only one who can look beyond his own well being can be a devotee. You cannot cultivate devotion. Cultivated devotion is deception.
When you are overwhelmed by something, you will naturally be devoted to it. It takes experience for devotion to be natural. When you plant a Rose plant, you don't try to get a flower out of it immediately. You just nurture it. When it is sufficiently nurtured, it will blossom forth.
So, devotion is like a flower. It is not something that you try to do. If you dig into the earth you will not find a flower or a fruit., but it all comes from there; the plant is only a passage from earth to flower. The fragrant flower does not display any trace of soil, manure or water- it is devoid of all that.
Devotion is devoid of you. When you become just a conduit for life, you become an outpouring of devotion. No one has ever achieved anything of significance in any sphere of life without being devoted to what he is doing. Devotion is not only the sweetest way to be, but also the most intelligent way to be, as a devotee effortlessly perceives what one of intellect will struggle with for a lifetime.


For me, my love is sacred. I , literally worship my love and Chitralekha nath is my lord of love. I am selflessly devoted to her.
Yes, I am in love......Yes, I am a devotee......


God bless n allah hafiz,
Avi