For the seekers of `Sahaja Samadhi` another ZEN story- All roads lead to the land of `BUDDHA`.

For the seekers of `Sahaja Samadhi` another ZEN story

One day a zen disciple asked his master:

 sir, I have heard that all roads lead to the land of `BUDDHA`, but one road leads directly to Maha Nirvana               ( enlightenment). Master, tell me , where does that road start from?. The master stood up from his sitting posture , took his walking stick , held it firmly on the ground, in front of his disciple and told him:

Right from here!

The disciple remained spellbound as if thunder struck and got realized instantly.

The moral of the story

Truth( ZEN-BUDDHAHOOD- or ENLIGHTENMENT) is a pathless land without any roads ever leading to it. Actually all roads are in it. Any time is a time fit for self-realization.Once We focus our attention on the `PRESENT`, We will touch that perennial source of sahaja samadhi and `BE` in it for ever. We were all on that road all along , are, and will be all along for ever.

~SWAATHMAARAAMAN

The`SEER`, the `SEEN`and 'Self-Realization'

The`SEER`, the `SEEN`and 'Self-Realization'

The realm of the`SEEN`is transitory and fleeting, always influenced by space, time and causation. Since so many births, our body- mind-intellect complex with the five sense organs, is flowing towards the world of name and form, evolved from the five elements, ether, air, water fire and earth ,through ears, skin, tongue, eyes and nose, as sound, touch, taste, vision and smell. But the `SEER` remains behind the screen, without ever noticed by us. The `seer`is actually the omnipresent ,omnipotent, immutable reality- the all pervading, pure, `TRUTH-CONSCIOUSNESS- and BLISS`,which is the only substratum for the whole, manifested, phenomenal world ( THE `SEEN`). Yes! The `SEER is the `SEEN`. 

The whole process of self-realization involves, the shifting of our attention from the`SEEN`to the `SEER`. `Self-Inquiry`in the form of `Who am I? or absolute, unconditional, self- surrender to the
almighty are the only unfailing methods for self-realization.
Friends!

 Once you get hold of that `SEER`, the whole game is over;
just like the` hide and seek`play of `police and thief`, where the
police is none other than the thief himself-THE EGO.

~SWAATHMAARAAMAN

The `Gospel of BIBLE and Self-Realization.

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  The Gospel of 'BIBLE' and Self-Realization.
  
  When Jesus christ proclaimed`I am that I am`and `I` am the only way`, he meant self-realization. The `I`-CONSCIOUSNESS or `I`- am ness is `GOD`himself otherwise known as `BRAHMA`, `ATHMA`, `GURU`, 'SELF' or `Truth-Being-Existence-consciousness and bliss.

  
  Self-realization through `Brahmavidya`( The science of practicing pure awareness) is the only means for getting freedom from birth, growth, disease, old age and death- Liberation-in-Life.
    `I am the only way`means it.

  
  Friends!

   Let these Biblical aphorisms `I am that `I`am and `I` am the only way`be the indicators for self-realization and sahaja samadhi.
  -SWAATHMAARAAMAN

Glimpses of Self-Realization-SWAATHMAARAAMAN

Sitting underneath the shade of a banyan tree, a fisherman was having his morning catch on a fishing rod, from a nearby river.
A passer by was watching him, from a distance for some time.
Suddenly the fisherman got a good catch, he took the fish from
his rod, walked towards the tree and began taking rest. The passerby went towards him, and asked him why he did not use a fishing net for fishing, so that he could get a better catch.
Fisherman: so what?
Passerby: Better catch will give you more money, so that you can buy a fishing boat and catch more fish.
Fisherman: So what?
Passerby: Then you can have so many fishing boats and so many fishermen , catching fish for you, which will earn you more money,
and then you can have a beautiful home, lovely wife, and dear
children.
Fisherman: So what?
Passerby: Then you can retire from fishing and take rest.
Fisherman: That is what I am doing now!
Friends! That passerby stood still as if thunderstruck and got realized instantaneously.

~SWAATHMAARAAMAN

The mystic 'vamana', 'Mahabali' and 'sahaja samadhi'

The mystic 'vamana', 'Mahabali' and 'sahaja samadhi'
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On the banks of the river Narmada, in front of the fire of sacrifice, Mahabali sat with his wife Vindhyavali, waiting for their Guru Sukracharya. Soon Vamana, the embodiment of spiritual enlightenment, reached the venue of sacrifice. After greeting each other, Mahabali asked Vamana to demand anything he would like. vamana:” Give me three feet of land, so that I can sit and meditate.I don`t want anything more!”. Sukracharya immediately , reached the scene, and ordered Mahabali , not to give Vamana anything , recognizing that Vamana was none other than Lord Mahavishnu himself. But Mahabali hailing from the noble family of Prahlada, took a firm decision, to donate three feet of land to Vamana, disobeying his guru Sukracharya.Immediately Vamana, the incarnation of Lord Mahavishnu, occupied the three worlds, with his all encompassing divine feet, rendering Mahabali homeless.

Now we shall go through, the esoteric ism behind this story. Mahabali actually represents our mind which is nothing but a conglomeration of thought constructs and Ego. The mind is always influenced by both material and spiritual thoughts. Sukracharya is none other than the promoter of desire- prompted actions ( karma vasana). Giving too much importance to material pursuits make us spiritual pigmies( Vamana). Disobeying Sukracharya, the arrogant promoter of desire-prompted actions, one should enter the divine land of spiritual beatitude, by absolute self- surrender, renouncing not only one`s possessions ( Mind) but the possessor ( Ego) too. Here the spiritual pigmy becomes a spiritual giant. Thus casting away, the gnawing grip of 'gunas' ( sathwa-light, rajas-activity and thamas-ignorance) from our minds, the all pervading, pure, infinite consciousness (Mahavishnu), occupies our three states of finite consciousness( wakeful , dream and deep sleep )- the three feet of land.

When the ocean of cosmic consciousness, flow back,through the river of finite consciousness of the aspirant of Brahmavidya, cosmic pralaya or cosmic flood occurs there in the mind, resulting in total enlightenment, self-realization and sahaja samadhi. ‘Thiruvonam’, celebrated by keralites, every year , is actually our aspiration for spiritual enlightenment and fulfilment.

~SWAATHMAARAAMAN

*ENTERING THE GAP ENTER LIFE DIVINE*-SWATHMAARAAMAN

*ENTERING THE GAP ENTER LIFE DIVINE*

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  Our consciousness (Brahman) has got two dimensions- the static and the dynamic.The dynamic aspect of our consciousness create the external world limited by space time and causation.The static aspect is there behind always remaining as the substratum. As ocean and waves are inseparable-both being water- the static and dynamic aspects of our consciousness are inseparable both being one and the same. In Bhagavan Krishna`s RASA LEELA always Krishna is there in between two Gopikas performing the everlasting divine cosmic dance. What is the esoteric significance of this dance? Gopikas are nothing but our thoughts and Krishna is the omnipresent all-pervading gap in between. Entering this gap We will enter LIFE-DIVINE. Otherwise if we are following our thoughts We will lead a life full of desire- prompted actions-being 'OF' the world rather than being 'IN' the world without ever knowing what it is all about. Thus by entering the gap in between two thoughts We can enter LIFE-DIVINE. My dear friends try this and remain self-realized.

  ~SWAATHMAARAAMAN

*The four vedic aphorisms and self-realisation*

*The four vedic aphorisms and self-realisation*

The four vedic aphorisms are
1.Pranjnanam Brahma(Rigveda)
2.Aham Brahmasmi(Yajurveda)
3.Tathwamasi(samaveda)
4.Ayamathma Brahma(Atharva veda).
Pranjnanam Brahma is actually a definition for Brahma which means Brahmam is nothing but pure consciousness.
Aham Brahmasmi is a word of actual experience of pure consciousness.
Tathwa masi is a word of instruction which means YOU ARE THAT.
Ayamathma Brahma means I am athma-Brahma or pure consciousness.
From all the above aphorisms We can very easily conclude that We are all nothing but pure consciousness. In side out side every where there is only that omni present- omni potent all-pervading pure consciousness, otherwise known as -TRUTH- BEING-EXISTENCE-CONSCIOUSNESS-and BLISS.We are all nothing but pure consciousness with names and forms.

- SWAATHMAARAAMAN

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