Not of imagination

 

When someone says something, it is not intended that I respond or do anything or justify something or become defensive or argue or save something. The person might or might not expect anything in return, the person may express certain tendencies, these may be received or interpreted by us in a different manner urging to act on them, but we need not be bothered about what anybody thinks or expects (and for that matter, what the manifestation expects and urges us to do). The background noise that compels us to act on something needs to be checked. Why this question of acting or getting involved the moment I perceive sounds, words, smell, intellectual idea, feelings, forms etc.? What is this compulsion? What is this urge to act, say, write, read, do?

Compulsion is what we feel at the surface of mind, vibrations are something that happens deep inside the layers of mind (called force or even something much finer). These vibrations generate the materializing forces that compel us to act and perceive motion. This perception is of three kinds – Satvik, Rajas and Tamas and we tend to imagine, think and respond based on any of the three tendencies predominant in us or which continue to define our momentum of force/ mind. I think or vibrate because of these tendencies. As motion, I am any of these three characters and hence will think, respond or attract these tendencies as well. I will perceive environment in that manner. Therefore what is existence after all? That, which vibrates and causes motion. This motion alters the character of consciousness into mind and matter. By each level of alteration, the same absolute knowledge gets expressed as relative knowledge of these tendencies. It has a psychological dimension and a physical dimension.

Thus, it is a mistake to identify with these tendencies or to imagine and these tendencies are what we are. It is a mistake to think of control and to imagine that one is motion and hence separated from others. There is no you and other in this equation – it is only apparent. Motion, separation, fear, doubt, imagination, memory, perception fall into the same umbrella. It is this motion that creates the world; that we perceive; we think of control and expect returns; we become angry or greedy; we harm others and so on. It looks terrible. Who are we to do anything? All is God and all happens by His witness and presence. Our existence as motion is absolutely immaterial and has only a validity of a wave or some transient form.

Motion is also what it is. No labels and no judgments – this is what we are, as motion although how much ever incorrect it may be voiced. It is the truth for us at present. However we need to transcend this truth and become the Absolute Truth of Emptiness, blissfulness, Oneness, non motion state. The only way to be that state is to divest all kinds of constructs, motions, perceptions that we keep expressing. The idea of past, present, future, perception, existence, form, perfection, other, many, fear, doubt is all imaginary. We aren’t these constructs, but we are that which is beyond the world of motion. Let us realize this! Let us remember this ideal and let us practice this in everything we do. This is not a mumbo-jumbo talk for gaining some credits or earning some praise or some fashion statement. Far from it! It is a state of inevitable rise to freedom and the more conscious one is regarding this requirement, the better is his/her commitment to this state of freedom.

Hari Om.