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Main hoon na
The mirror of consciousness
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- Main hoon na
- The way of the Zen: Just being
- Meet Satyaraj, the philosopher
- Guru vandana week
- Where does man come from
- Determination opens many doors
- Zorba the Buddha: The Complete Man
- Know your Being
- Osho Admirer Dr. Manmohan Singh becomes Prime Minister of India
- Feeling Functions
- Tea Lounge
- Home-cooked food, but no cricket
- Straight Answers
- Live for today
- Usher in the age of enlightenment
- Einstein, Buddha and the atom bomb
- We don't need democracy lessons from US: RSS
- Rediscovering Pune
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The mirror of consciousness
The Hindustan Times, New Delhi
THE INNER VOICE | Swami Chaitanya Keerti
July 15
There’s a famous story told by Mevlana Jelaludin Rumi. Once, a great emperor called the greatest artists of his time to create the ultimate throne room. He prepared two rooms, divided by a curtain. On one side sat the greatest artisans of China while on the other were the best creators from Greece.
The Chinese, with their extraordinary technique and skill, created an elaborate and ornate room befitting the emperor. In the other room, the Greeks laid white marble on the floor and walls. Once the rooms were done, the emperor got a peek into them.
The Chinese room was done in rich brocade, gold and finery. On the other hand,the room prepared by the Greek artists was so well polished, it reflected everything in the other room, yet remained completely empty.
This story signifies the process of meditation and its ultimate realisation of truth. Polishing the marble denotes removing dust – that of thoughts and imagination related to our past – from the mirror of our consciousness. Osho
says: “Your consciousness has to be cleaned, emptied, so you can become a pure mirror reflecting reality. To be able to reflect reality is to know God, who is just another name for reality.”
So how does one clean one’s consciousness? Watch and witness whatever you do. Simply sit and watch your body, thoughts and emotions. Witness your whole being from within. Witness that you are not the body. Witness that you are not the mind. Witness that you are only a witness. Just pure consciousness. And once you realise this, you come in touch with your eternal life and your immortal being.
Main hoon na
The Hindustan Times, New Delhi
THE INNER VOICE | Swami Chaitanya Keerti
July 15
Relationships are always a big issue in life – the only one. We spend life thinking and worrying how to relate with others, how deeply or superficially we should involve ourselves with them. We often get into all kinds of entanglements. And each relationship promises pleasure in the beginning then turns sour. Some create insecurity, others make us dependent.
Some relationships appear so beautiful we don’t want to lose them and become possessive. Then comes bondage leading to suffering and misery. Relationships create extreme reactions in our being – either we become possessive or start escaping. And these extreme situations are not healthy and harmonious. They have nothing much to do with love – they are weaknesses, dependence on others. They keep our mind, heart and emotions in turmoil. They are not nourishing.
Love is real nourishment but it has nothing much to do with the way we relate with people.
Love is a pure joy but these relationships suck our life and leave us in anguish. What is the way then? How to go beyond bondage and misery?
Osho guides us: My vision of a real humanity is of pure individuals relating to each other but not tied in any relationship. They will be loving to each other but not being possessive. They will be sharing with all their joys and blessings, but never even in their dreams thinking of dominating, thinking of enslaving the other.
My vision of real humanity is of a world consisting not of families, nations or races, but individuals.
He says: “Going beyond needs, demands, desires, love becomes a soft sharing, great understanding. When you understand yourself, that day you have understood whole of humanity. Then nobody can make you miserable…”
The mirror of consciousness
The Hindustan Times, New Delhi
THE INNER VOICE | Swami Chaitanya Keerti
July 15
There’s a famous story told by Mevlana Jelaludin Rumi. Once, a great emperor called the greatest artists of his time to create the ultimate throne room. He prepared two rooms, divided by a curtain. On one side sat the greatest artisans of China while on the other were the best creators from Greece.
The Chinese, with their extraordinary technique and skill, created an elaborate and ornate room befitting the emperor. In the other room, the Greeks laid white marble on the floor and walls. Once the rooms were done, the emperor got a peek into them.
The Chinese room was done in rich brocade, gold and finery. On the other hand,the room prepared by the Greek artists was so well polished, it reflected everything in the other room, yet remained completely empty.
This story signifies the process of meditation and its ultimate realisation of truth. Polishing the marble denotes removing dust – that of thoughts and imagination related to our past – from the mirror of our consciousness. Osho
says: “Your consciousness has to be cleaned, emptied, so you can become a pure mirror reflecting reality. To be able to reflect reality is to know God, who is just another name for reality.”
So how does one clean one’s consciousness? Watch and witness whatever you do. Simply sit and watch your body, thoughts and emotions. Witness your whole being from within. Witness that you are not the body. Witness that you are not the mind. Witness that you are only a witness. Just pure consciousness. And once you realise this, you come in touch with your eternal life and your immortal being.
Main hoon na
The Hindustan Times, New Delhi
THE INNER VOICE | Swami Chaitanya Keerti
July 15
Relationships are always a big issue in life – the only one. We spend life thinking and worrying how to relate with others, how deeply or superficially we should involve ourselves with them. We often get into all kinds of entanglements. And each relationship promises pleasure in the beginning then turns sour. Some create insecurity, others make us dependent.
Some relationships appear so beautiful we don’t want to lose them and become possessive. Then comes bondage leading to suffering and misery. Relationships create extreme reactions in our being – either we become possessive or start escaping. And these extreme situations are not healthy and harmonious. They have nothing much to do with love – they are weaknesses, dependence on others. They keep our mind, heart and emotions in turmoil. They are not nourishing.
Love is real nourishment but it has nothing much to do with the way we relate with people.
Love is a pure joy but these relationships suck our life and leave us in anguish. What is the way then? How to go beyond bondage and misery?
Osho guides us: My vision of a real humanity is of pure individuals relating to each other but not tied in any relationship. They will be loving to each other but not being possessive. They will be sharing with all their joys and blessings, but never even in their dreams thinking of dominating, thinking of enslaving the other.
My vision of real humanity is of a world consisting not of families, nations or races, but individuals.
He says: “Going beyond needs, demands, desires, love becomes a soft sharing, great understanding. When you understand yourself, that day you have understood whole of humanity. Then nobody can make you miserable…”