In the deep shadows of the rainy July,
With secret steps,
Thou walkest,
Silent as night,
Eluding all watchers.
Today the morning has closed its eyes,
Heedless of the insistent calls of the loud east wind,
And a thick veil has been drawn over
The ever-wakeful blue sky.
The woodlands have hushed their songs,
And doors are all shut at every house.
Thou art the solitary wayfarer
In this deserted street.
Oh my only friend,
My best beloved,
The gates are open in my house -
Do not pass by like a dream.
- Rabindranath Tagore (Gitanjali Verse 22)
Shutting out all external sense objects, keeping the eyes and vision concentrated between the two eyebrows, suspending the inward and outward breaths within the nostrils, and thus controlling the mind, sense and intelligence, the transcendentalist aiming at liberation becomes free from desire, fear and anger. One who is always in this state is certainly liberated.
The idea is about being steadfast on to the "Brahman". It is about keeping eyes and vision concentrated at the Brahman, going inwards, with complete mindfulness. It is not about suppression or repression. Rather it is about choosing what is essential and eternal and what is non-essential and ephemeral. It is about raising one's senses and nurturing to enable them to see the Brahman in the Prakriti, i.e. being able to see the invisible Archetype beyond the visible sensibilities. It is about having a steadfast sail erected onto the boat of mind, lost amidst the gushing and restless waves of the ocean of distraction of the finite, to be able to direct the boat to the infinite - The Truth - The Brahman.
- Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 5, Verse 28)
Freedom from sense of possession, whether with regard to things, persons, one's country, race or religion or even one's real or imagined virtues, calls for aripe understanding. Such freedom makes life simple, without superfluities, and streamlined in a manner which manifests the real beauty and nature of the indwelling Spirit.
- N Sri Ram
Simplicity lies in a direct and uncomplicated approach both to persons and things, so that we see them and meet them as they are. It is only simple mind which can understand and resolve complexities.
- N Sri Ram.
The earth's sacrificial fire flames up in her trees, scattering sparks in flowers.
- Rabindranath Tagore.
With secret steps,
Thou walkest,
Silent as night,
Eluding all watchers.
Today the morning has closed its eyes,
Heedless of the insistent calls of the loud east wind,
And a thick veil has been drawn over
The ever-wakeful blue sky.
The woodlands have hushed their songs,
And doors are all shut at every house.
Thou art the solitary wayfarer
In this deserted street.
Oh my only friend,
My best beloved,
The gates are open in my house -
Do not pass by like a dream.
- Rabindranath Tagore (Gitanjali Verse 22)
Shutting out all external sense objects, keeping the eyes and vision concentrated between the two eyebrows, suspending the inward and outward breaths within the nostrils, and thus controlling the mind, sense and intelligence, the transcendentalist aiming at liberation becomes free from desire, fear and anger. One who is always in this state is certainly liberated.
The idea is about being steadfast on to the "Brahman". It is about keeping eyes and vision concentrated at the Brahman, going inwards, with complete mindfulness. It is not about suppression or repression. Rather it is about choosing what is essential and eternal and what is non-essential and ephemeral. It is about raising one's senses and nurturing to enable them to see the Brahman in the Prakriti, i.e. being able to see the invisible Archetype beyond the visible sensibilities. It is about having a steadfast sail erected onto the boat of mind, lost amidst the gushing and restless waves of the ocean of distraction of the finite, to be able to direct the boat to the infinite - The Truth - The Brahman.
- Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 5, Verse 28)
Freedom from sense of possession, whether with regard to things, persons, one's country, race or religion or even one's real or imagined virtues, calls for aripe understanding. Such freedom makes life simple, without superfluities, and streamlined in a manner which manifests the real beauty and nature of the indwelling Spirit.
- N Sri Ram
Simplicity lies in a direct and uncomplicated approach both to persons and things, so that we see them and meet them as they are. It is only simple mind which can understand and resolve complexities.
- N Sri Ram.
The earth's sacrificial fire flames up in her trees, scattering sparks in flowers.
- Rabindranath Tagore.
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