Practising awareness

(.......contd ..from previous post....)

Apart from the few techniques already discussed in the previous posts, you can choose any or practise all of the following :

5. Count from 1 to 21 as ONE – 1, TWO – 2, i.e. spell the number and then mouth the number. Only condition is that you should have no thoughts except counting. For eg: If after counting three 3, you get any fleeting thought then, come back to one. That means to say you start all over again, the moment any other thought crosses your mind.

6. Pick up a tree of your choice. Sit in front of it. Select only one leaf on that tree and start looking at it. Your sight will wander to see sights beyond “the leaf”. Cut it there and bring it back on to the leaf. Hold your vision on that leaf. As your sight wanders, keep bringing it back on “that leaf”. Do it till you are able to hold your sight on the leaf for a min of 15 minutes at a stretch. To reach this limit, it may take months of practice. No issues. Keep practicing till one day you are able to effortlessly do it.

7. Ring a bell, preferably “OM bell”. Close your eyes. Mentally go with the OM till its end-point. Ring the bell again and practice it once again.

As simple as they seem, try practising them and then tell me they are simple.......

..but, at the same time, the benefits are far beyond the levels of acceptance and belief...but to talk and discuss on that issue, you should have atleast practised few of the techniques, then found the magic of awareness engulf your presence.........then.....then....i can talk further on this issue....

do promise to come up with few more techniques in the next post....

till then, happy practising.........

How to bring or increase awareness?

1. Be aware of the breath. This is the most efficient, effective, easiest and time – tested technique. As you go about with the daily chores, just be aware of your breath. Watch your breath. Being aware is to bring your consciousness to that work or past of the body.

2. When the phone rings, don’t lift it immediately. Wait for 3-4 rings. Use this waiting period to bring your consciousness to yourself. Being aware of self, lift the phone.

3. Take time off to watch the sunrise / sunset……As you look at the sun, JUST LOOK AT THE SUN. Don’t see anything else. Don’t let any thought disturb you from savouring your moment.

4. Walk the Awareness way. Walk preferably on the grass. If not possible then on any surface. As you walk, feel the touch of the surface / grass on your feet. Let that feel engulf your entire being. Be with it through out the walk. When you walk this way, it’s not important how much you walked concentrate on your consciousness. If it wanders, stop where you are – bring your consciousness to the feel underneath your feet and then start walking.

As you practice these methods, I’ll come up with few more in the next post………

(…..contd from the previous blog……..)

Our karma (Acts) is sum total of four aspects viz.,
1. Thought
2. word
3. feel or emotions
4. deed or actions

what should we do to see that we generate only thoughts, words, feel and deed which reap such results with which we are happy?

Simple – first become “AWARE”. Become ‘aware’ of every thought, word, feel and deed of Self.
How to include ‘Awareness’ in day to day activities is what you need to think and I need to write in my next blog post……

Till then, the time tested technique to increase awareness is to do pranayamam followed by chanting “OM” or any sacred word or sentence atleast 108 times at a time ………

Thief - a Shiva Bhaktha

In the previous blog we saw how when unknowingly the thief
· put Bilva leaf on the Shiva Linga
· and he did that all through the night and
· he was awake the whole night.

These simple acts earned him Moksha……..(freedom from cycle of birth and death).

It goes to prove that the acts we do – All acts that we do – knowingly or unknowingly – willingly or unwillingly are reaping the results good and bad depending on the act that we do.

That means to say “As we sow, so we reap”.

What are the determinents of sowing? ……….
What are the causes depending on which we bear the effects?.......

To know about that read the next post………till then do pranayamam, meditation and hands-on reiki regularly…….

Thief – A Shiva Bhaktha……..

Once a thief to escape from the mob who were chasing him with an idea of only thrashing him to death, climbed a tree a sat still.

He had climbed Bilva tree and the night was a Shivratri (the night when being awake is the most pious work to do..) . He knew if he climbed down he would be caught. So, he decided to spend the night on the tree.

He knew he would go to sleep and would fall down the tree in sleep if he had nothing to do. So, he started plucking one leaf at a time and started putting it down. Down below the tree was a Shiva Linga. The leaves were put on the Linga all through the night. In the morning, when he felt, there were no villagers near by, he got down slowly. And in front of him stood the Lord – Shiva himself fully pleased with the pooja that he had done the whole night. He said to the thief “Yesterday was a Shivratri and you were wide awake and did abhishekam with the Bilva leaves all through the night. Hence, I am very pleased with you. Ask for anything you want, and I’ll grant that boon to you”.

The thief was more than happy. He fell on Lord’s feet and said “People do Tapas for janmas to get a glimpse of you and you are standing in front of me – just for an act of mine i.e., putting Bilva leaf on the Linga all through the night which was done unknowingly and with the selfish thought of saving myself from my chasers. Lord, you certainly are an Ocean of Love and Compassion. And after seeing you, I don’t have any more desires left.”

Lord Shiva was very pleased and gave him moksha then and there.

Let this story sink in………enjoy it, relish it……….what we are to learn from it? Think…..
 

Till then, happy blogging………

Did you not come up with lots of advantages of being in nursery?

Well, with so many advantages would anyone prefer to have a nameplate XXX (Nursery) to XXX (Ph.d)? Obviously NO. Ph.d is the nameplate we would love to be associated with.

Like-wise, how long would you wish to be associated with your lower nature – isn’t it high time to move to explore your self through your higher dimensions.

Like-wise, though everything has an iota of Divine in it, the difference between a Buddhu (idiot) and Buddha is just not a vowel. The first is at the lowest ladder in the expression of his potential whereas Buddha is the highest ladder of self-expression.

How long to wriggle along the sands as the lowly insects? Let’s soar high up in the sky of opportunities and possibilities. Let’s express Ourselves as Human Beings and experience the potentiality called US .

……suna hai aadmi ko khud manzoor nahi insaan banna….
…it’s heard that it’s the man himself who doesn’t want to be one…….

The way to express will be discussed in the posts to come…….

What’s stopping us from expressing our Divine Self? How to drop that?
…Stop asking questions.
…stop wasting precious time
…and start Meditation, Hands on regularly…….
Till you practice let me go to write the next blog…….

Why heal ourselves?

Why change?

Everything that exists in the entire universe is a manifestation of the Supreme Lord or the Ultimate Energy. That means He is both Life and death; Good and bad; lowly and the highest et at. If it be so, then the cause of death be it a weapon, intention or the attitude like greed, hatred etc are also him.

If everything is HIM and everyone are an expression of HIM, then there is no need for anyone to change at all!

Right?

As a student of Nursery, we have many advantages :
· Sleeping period daily – compulsorily
· Sleeping in-between periods also
· No homeworks
· Play is the only Major syllabus through out the year
· Easing oneself in the also doesn’t invoke punishments
· Teachers are never strict and are always friendly, cheerful that is the pre-requisite of a nursery teacher

Think and even you can add couple of advantages of being in a nursery.
With so many advantages would you prefer to be a student of nursery for a life time? Think till I get back to you in my next blog……….

The boy and the girl........

A boy and a girl were playing together. The boy had a collection of marbles..The girl had some sweets with her. The boy told the girl that he will give herall his marbles in exchange for her sweets. The girl agreed.

The boy kept the biggest and the most beautiful marble aside and gave the restto the girl. The girl gave him all her sweets as she had promised.That night, the girl slept peacefully. But the boy couldn't sleep as he keptwondering if the girl had hidden some sweets from him the way he had hidden hisbest marble.

The Peaceful ones are those that kept their side of honesty…..

Those who lost all happiness, peace of mind and are ever suspicious, unhappy, restless………are the ones who think they have manipulated, cheated and got away .........

When no one gets to know what we did or think – the way we do or think that is the real US! And that calls for lots of courage to be honest when it is not going to be caught even if we err!

Being honest, loving, wishing good for others happiness and success is not about scoring karmic points.........it's all about going to bed peacefully...........