Shree: Steadiness

 

Shree: Steadiness

Steadiness of the mind may span several scales, may include vibrations and may also make us dissolve momentum of past lives and future projections. The mind that we understand and the forms that we therefore perceive are constructed from vibrations to forces carried on for several life spans. Principally, the forms change (body changes) but the vibrations that result in a body and a relationship to motion are something that requires our attention. This is our battlefield – of vibrations - and not the immediate forms.

Intellect is one dimension of existence that generates intent of action. It can become defensive or it can transcend itself into the One. This means that Existence is there by itself and the intellect has occurred from it (or is contained within Existence). The search for a start point of motion, boundary, control of change, compartmentalization, individualism are efforts employed by the intellect to guard itself against change and dissolution. Architecturally that would mean super specialization, deployment of several consultants, highly individualized spaces and no room for the collective wisdom or multifunctional spaces, no idea of how things will unfold, emphasis on accurate planning to perfection, predictability, unsustainable responses, no place for feelings or empathy or time or acceptance and so on.

However, we cannot “avoid” change and neither can we compartmentalize actions to restrict change or avoid unpleasant experiences. This is so because all is only One medium and hence this Oneness is the thread by which we connect with the entire cosmos and the vibrations are a part of that Oneness that gets perceived as separate forms. Our focus requires shifting from fear or separation or forms to realizing the Soul. Pain or pleasure is a state of mind that clings to forms but the mistake it commits is assuming that the forms should not change. Well, if the seed of all things vibrates, then how come anything is static and how come anything is absolutely true and permanent?!

Then perhaps architecture would become inclusive, multifunctional, unfolding with surprises, people centric, environmentally conscious, frugal, simple, profound, accommodating enormous changes and flexibility and so on. Perhaps the architect himself or herself may not be required!

Efforts are required to become this state of purity. In what manner things get internalized and externalized is unknown or mysterious at best and hence whatever confidence we may have regarding ourselves, one must be accepting of sudden disappointments and pain that may surface within us. The disappointment or the pain is a reflection of some deep expectation born from vibration that may not have any immediate trigger of situation. Thus what is the approach for action? Well, it is only One medium, so it is the trigger of everything that happens and all vibrations or forces or forms are His doing, so why take hold of any object or a situation? He knows all and even He knows you, so your trust in Him is required.

Hari Om.

Shree: Trust

  

Shree: Trust

Maybe philosophy can make us aware of what Existence ought to be and what is our position as a human being (perception) from where the One needs to be realized. This realization is a long process and whatever the principles of action, concentration, remembrance, empathy – they need to be applied at all scales of perception and everyday and each moment. Why have these principles being discovered or realized and mentioned in philosophical texts? This means that transformation of the self is a real process and if this path is taken, then the same realization may also be possible for us. So the philosophical text is like an idea diagram or an approach which requires implementation or engagement from our part. As it is imagination is not something concrete, but is a construction and hence is symbolic and has components of vibrations, forces and forms. How can therefore one shoe fit all tendencies? Whatever tendencies we have become with whatever baggage of the past and whatever compulsions and whatever incompleteness and impermanence and limitations of perceptions, we still need to take efforts to know the Truth. In this journey all sorts of situations may befall and make us drive up the wall, but that too is a learning we have to surpass.

So it has always been about internal transformation and how that affects the external reality. In fact internal and external are tendencies or character of the mind – we are either drawn to visible forms or to intangible Oneness. Each has its character and unless we realize that it is for our benefit that Oneness is required to be known (at whatever cost), we will not venture in this path.

Since the topic of vibrations and consciousness is subtle and beyond any immediate forms or movements, the commitment required understanding that these states may span several lives. When one talks of “steadiness” of the mind, then the time required for becoming steady is perhaps enormous and maybe this is required. And despite this, there would be moments of severe doubt and dilemma.

We can only hope that in moments of crisis, God helps us tide the moments and the trust becomes stronger in  Him.

Hari Om.

Shree: Intellect

 

Shree: Intellect

Despite all the efforts undertaken, we will experience pain, change and arguments. Then we will think about it and we may feel that rectification would have been possible to avoid any arguments. We can try, but arguments would nevertheless surface, inevitability of unknown may still surface and disagreements may happen. The point of all this is that we exist in fear and ego, expressing our own vibrations and perceptions and creating situations of control or of avoidance. Situation of Existence is neutral (or non changing) but by perception, we add meaning to it for this is the state of mind we have been born. This meaning then keeps changing our memory or our awareness and we are propelled by momentum and we keep experiencing lives. All is a construct but we make it “real”, so to say. Since forms appear real, it is an indication that whatever has generated the forms becomes our state of mind (to catch signals). Therefore, forms and change and their impacts is the making of the mind. What kind of deep and subtle vibrations get formed within us, we tend to see the world outside in that manner. Of course this is not a logical connection but only a connection of inner state to an outer appearance of forms. Our known logical efforts only tend to deal with behavior or nature of forms and hence these efforts become shortsighted. Intellect has to realize that there is something of inner world and knowing this relationship, it should then define the intent of action. The intent of action subsequently is to become blissful and see God (become unconditional and beyond laws of change). The intellect then works towards attainment of this state, else things continue to end in loops.

This is the definition of intellect as explained in philosophy.

Hari Om.

Shree

 

Shree

too much thinking and being verbose is a sign of evaluation and judgment. it means one is being isolated, is disconnected from reality of Existence, keeps finding answers to fixing variables, discovers more variables, lives in fear, and ends up being fragmented. we lose a lot of "energy" in this leading to apathy of collective action and weakness of the mind and the heart. therefore, more and more discussions become a prerequisite for coming to a "common ground" to initiate action. we are already set in this momentum of self destruction and to become silent needs to be seen if that seems to hold a promise of calming stressed nerves. is there any solution to this internal crisis?

conversely, comprehensiveness can make one aware of a larger value system, a collective goal or an approach and can make one calm, peaceful, anchored, mythical, lateral, non linear, blissful with the world and so on. in such a state of Existence, discussion is not required and one understands everything through silence or by observation. there is no need to talk or express or verbalize or justify and so on.

if meditation can do this, then it is necessary to be done.

but the larger issue is about the nature of vibrations we set within us. that informs the quality of our perception and whether one feels fragmented or wholesome. but the matter also extends to "others" and their influence on our thoughts. and it further extends to character of space and time matrix and how they connect with us and we with them. and finally the issue extends to consider if there are actually distinct entities or is there only One medium apparently seen as many? is the entire thing real or is it only an illusion?

the approach to this query means to become engaged through intellect, feelings and actions and none of these dimensions are to be avoided and neither the signals they send us or create within us are to be avoided. this is to be reminded because the whole issue with today's environment is increased fragmentation and avoidance of signals that one cannot digest or analyze for whatever reasons.

avoidance of any signal or a vibration and avoidance of action or a response is NOT an answer to a perfect or a peaceful scenario. what happens will happen even without our knowledge or awareness and how it happens or materializes is a mystery beyond intellectual exercise. things come and go and this continues and hence something is perceived and other things cannot be perceived but both inform one another (as a momentum).

having said this, it therefore means that an action is going to result into some output or a result or a momentum in the world of perception and even beyond. what is formed, dissolves one day and what dissolves again reappears in different form. this is a given.

what stays constant is the nature of vibration one clings to or creates. vibration may lead to many forces, relations, forms and situations - all may get represented by the same vibration. and each vibration is also connected as a web to many other vibrations indicating One medium. and before vibration, there only is Absolute Existence without any name or a form or change.

Hari Om

Shree: complexity

 

Shree: complexity

complexity is by thinking - system based, conditional, coordinated, evaluated, tangible and so on. more elaborate the system, more complex the process becomes. i do not think that the intellect can enjoy such a process and if it does, then it seems to "prove" its capacity of handling a situation where dilemma can be managed in some way and conception can happen in a systematic way.

what is the limit of such a tendency? there is no limit. a system can be made as complex as possible where we incidentally "run away" from the fundamentals of feelings and embracing what the mind suggests.

we do not require systems or complexity to empathize and love - this is a fundamental dimension. by making the system complex, we deny ourselves the impact of this fundamental dimension.

can living be made simple? this is an interesting question in a world of increasing fragmentation and change.

the most simplest of Existence is to become God - something we have chosen to "forget" and be complicated! Simplicity means to Exist without any need to manifest or think or prove or do. to be in fear is to expect an answer beforehand and to mistrust the potential of becoming or being or connecting or loving.

the irony is that we have been born in the mindset of complexity  - or the pull of becoming increasingly complex! therefore to be simple, is to flow against the tide, which is hard work for a complicated mind! complicated means that there is unnecessary doubt and mistrust over everything!

perhaps what we lack is trust and the uncovering of variables is not going to develop trust, but going to maximize it further! therefore, the path shown by intellect is grossly wrong in this perspective.

trust is the precursor to intellect.

Hari Om.

Shree: Intellect

 

Shree: Intellect

dilemma of existence is an important part of evolution of the mind. there is only One medium that has absolute Existence. this medium expresses in terms of many forces and forms. one of these forms, is a human being. whether things really are created or is this only an illusion is difficult to say and since it is difficult, we are called upon to realize what is the Truth. the start point of our Existence itself is not absolute, seems shifting, needs to take into account many dimensions, makes us perceive change that we cannot control (or need not control) and remains interdependent. this means that probably there is an approach  to living and if sincerely committed to the same, can reveal our true nature.

intellect can be understood in three ways.

along the hierarchical chain, it is extremely subtle and at the top of the chain followed by feelings and followed by instinct or action. this means that intellect can decide and bring feelings and action into focus and align these dimensions. it can also decide what is action despite seemingly contradictory signals sent by feelings and actions and where can alignment be achieved. in this respect, intellectual dimension is important to have.

intellect can also be extremely "binding" if coming from ego. it will drive one in circles, loops, try to fix things, not listen to what feelings and actions are saying and will try to tame all other natures into one uniform behaviour and will harp for control. this will cause stress undoubtedly. and also fear. and also avoidance.

intellect is also seen as coming after Existence or after Inspiration or after Intent. this means that there is something more basic or fundamental or "prior" to intellect or which causes the intellect to function or be deployed in a particular manner. if we understand this apriori experience, then the intellect can be "made steady" and operate in its most natural state or capacity. the apriori state is something which gives birth or causes intellect to manifest.

after manifestation, one "perceives" things or space and time matrix. therefore perception is a shadow of what the Absolute Existence really is.

the agenda for intellect is twofold - to know its limitation for not being able to understand the apriori experience and to transform itself into apriori state.

Hari Om.

 

Shree: Engagement and commitment

 

Shree: Engagement and commitment

God is to be "realized" in all dimensions. This is not a logical connection that the same form is seen everywhere - intellect will reveal God in a different way as compared to feelings and as compared to senses and anything else. And the interface between them will also reveal God. This conversely means that God is expressed in many ways in different dimensions of perception. If the "alignment" of these dimensions is achieved, then we "absolutely feel" God everywhere because what one thinks, feels and acts - all express the existence of God Himself. And therefore each person can discover God in his/her own way. From this aspect, there is nothing to differentiate - the only purpose being to understand who one is.

Obviously one has to become extremely doubtful and worried about not being able to control anything or sense anything at all! This is a start point of realization. How does one realize God? Ask this question to yourself. And then it leads to why motion gets created and what is the nature of motion and how it gets created? The doubt we experience is the advantage that humans have to surpass it. We will never be able to reach Godliness unless we experience extreme amount of pain, anger, doubt, fear, avoidance, criticism, confusion, fragmentation and skepticism about the future or the unknown. We will never be able to discover an approach unless we surrender the compulsion of controlling the change and the frustration of disappointments in not being able to get any satisfaction in anything. We will never be able to feel the steadiness amidst motion unless we allow all kinds of changes and emotions to roll over us and make us drive up the wall. We will never come to trust goodness unless we understand that defining a purpose and logic to life has limited results. We will never be able to become God if our actions are known to cause varied results apart from whatever we imagine and if we do not accept this fact.

We exist amidst “many tendencies and forms” and that causes a lot of trouble to us (or so we believe). The inquiry, if at all we have had enough of the pain, starts to discover a universal link amongst this variety of events. And then further along the way, a transformation may happen wherein steadiness of the mind develops. This is a process – how and where and when and why it materializes is not known and hence there is this constant engagement that one is required to do in life, despite any effort to avoid engagement.

Another word for Existence is engagement. What is it that one chooses to be engaged with and why? As long as I exist, the motion is felt and I continue to engage with motion – through intellect, feelings, emotions and actions. Since “I” has a form (vibrations + force + body); manifestation has a form also.

God is the only reality where a “form” for existence is NOT required. God only is existing without any need to manifest or vibrate or move or act. Another word for this state of being is Absolute Potential. All other things, there is change, attachment and pain.

We do not even know what situations trigger what inside us and what internal signals trigger what situations and their interrelationships! So we do not even know where to begin and what is to be controlled?! We only know of a window of visibility and a larger canvas where there is invisibility.

Therefore the question is - what is it that you want to pursue or be engaged with? For your answer will tell you what you will become eventually!

Whatever we see, we harbor those signals. So seeing is becoming a state of existence. We only see those things for which our mind has become attuned to generate and receive. We will not see God unless the mind becomes so. So mind is existence or the creator of reality. As long as forms are seen, there are all sorts of compulsions and urges and fears and egos and tendencies that are deep down within us. These need to be cleansed. And an enormous patience and effort is required for the same and a lot of trust. So one has to be prepared for the journey and commit oneself to it.

Hari Om.

Shree: Movement

 

Shree: Movement

Experience of architecture is (or perhaps) by movement. Perhaps another word for architecture may as well be called as “movement”.  A movement is change and this change is external and internal as well. Body is a measure of movement in space and time but even if the body is stationary, the movement of mind also exists and which creates space and time. This movement should be “felt” internally and the meaning of space and form (as external entities) should be able to connect with the internal sense of movement. This movement should also make a past and future or the p[resent moment should be seen as overlays of or a continuum of past and future too. Change is also a movement and a container of memory and it shows two dimensions – temporariness (or a cyclic nature of events) and permanence of something that generates movement. Movement also means “scales” – individual movement, collective movement, community movement (in imagination) and transcendental realization also generated from collective values. A movement can mean a connection or can also indicate a fracture or an atomized existence. If the scale of movement becomes comprehensive or transcendental, then peace is achieved.

Perhaps the making of architecture become transcendental. That when a form is conceived or built, it touches the universal through the contextual situation. The proportion, scale, shape, size of the form comes from the One. so also the elements and principles of design come from the One. In this, light, symmetry may or may not take any cognizance of visual axis or the site.

Modernity at times lays too much emphasis on the visual (of the form) and the visual features and forces of the site. This is only the “immediate” situation to respond, as if the intangible depths are to be rubbished off?!

If we only concentrate what is immediate, then we become superfluous or trivial. The origins of a form and movement can come from far greater depth that may not be immediately inspired from the site. This also is a valid approach to design!

Hari Om.

 

 

Shree

 

Shree

The purpose of Existence is to expand our memory to become the One – beyond positions, fixations, vibrations, mind, and body and so on. What we see is the illusion of memory itself (or the limitation of memory itself) wherein there seems to be a difference between the One and the particular “me” that causes memory to function. So memory is also a function of change – the rate of change defines the nature of memory.

We exist in a situation of Absolute Potential. Hence vibrations come and go and they create life and death eternally. Our thoughts, feelings are subjected to vibrations or cycles of creation or of movement and non movement. These thoughts, feelings or perceptions are not of only “this moment” but come from beyond and are propelled by previous momentum and future projection. What I see in front of me is “not” of this moment but only a position of the flow and if I see the flow itself, there would not be any need to react to a given position. Further take on this is that what I see is only something false – changeable, temporary and imagination – so why consider it real enough to react? All objects or situations or vibrations do not exist in absolute state and they are only a state of existence (or a condition of creation).

In order to move beyond this state, we are called to expand memory till it becomes absolute and unconditional in its awareness.

This means that space and time (geography, history, climate) is imbued with a potential of going beyond the self or community or even larger dimensions of phenomena. The self is not the only boundary to be regarded true – it can infinitely expand and as it expands, it becomes aware of many things, it perceives motions at varying scales, it perceives time in varying scales and it becomes the One. We can only come to know these things if we expand, else we are self obsessed with our survival urges.

For a start, suspend all judgments or critics or evaluations or self talk. Know that nothing is personally to be responded and nothing personal exists as a message. I may see many things or tendencies behind current situation or action, but what tendency I should become is up to me to decide. I can become hatred or can become absolute love.

This also means that logic has limitations of observation and application – it is too narrow a definition for living peacefully. Perhaps more logical analysis means more blinded one becomes to the reality of Existence. The shortest route to materialistic (and desire) progress is the longest route to becoming God and the shortest route to becoming God may mean throwing materialistic (and desire needs) to the wind!

Hari Om.

Shree: Setting Free

 

Shree: Setting Free

object is not true - this means that it has a temporary value of creation and remains connected by vibrations and hence is a construct. this also means that it is bound to change. all our responses, including us, are from vibrations. since the situation changes (motion) it represents a wavering tendency of the mind and hence there is no rest or satisfaction in anything that is thought or done - for the sake of motion. that, which changes, does not satisfy us or give a feeling of bliss. that, which is "seen", changes. that, which is "felt", also changes. that, which "vibrates", also changes.

motion is a construct coming from eternal absolute One and hence being at peace is the starting point by which all other things originate. since vibrations exist, we have a changing and a constructed past, present and future - all influencing one another and all going on in loops. this cannot be ignored or brushed aside and because of this loop, there is either some fear or a possibility of anchorage and transcendence.

so from this aspect, what does online tool generate in the mind? if it changes so fast, it means there are fragments, many objects, no links or sequences, multiple choices all leading to anxiety, fear and no satisfaction. the AI tool only accelerates the behaviour of real space-time perception multiple times. if anyone is looking for some escape from the conditions of construct from real time, then virtual space is the last place one would go for answers! we may even invent more accelerated space-time definition than AI in the future, but where would that land us in?! i have no issues on progress and technology. however whatever the next stage, it has to be seen as a medium to make the mind steady. and one realizes that steadiness is not in the object, but should be a default nature of Existence.

the trouble with our thinking is that we look at conditions or vibrations as some sort of "chain" that ought to be cut off and set us free. well setting us free means to realize that the chain was the mind itself and hence to make the mind steady means to set oneself free of any chains.

what does that mean then? please discover!

Hari Om.

Shree: Recall

 

Shree: Recall

Concentration can make anything existential. Or in other words, concentration is a function of Existence. We already exist as one medium. Our concentration is such that we “see” (imagine/ construct) forms out of nothing. Thus what we are has come from One absolute Potential of becoming. Hence all is a construct and not real. In Existence, apart from the One Absolute medium, nothing is real (or truth). This has to be said because we are dealing in the world of imagination, which changes, is interdependent and relative. And the maker of this reality is the vibration, which also makes us (and works through us) and generates the mind and the body and makes us perceive a reality in a particular “form” called a human being’s way of thinking.

Yet it will be realized that it is not a simple proposition to say that there is consciousness as truth and there is motion as an illusion, so one can choose either of the side. Existential awareness and becoming is not linear – it is a web and the web is also moldable to the extent that it can dissolve.

This nature of web as a construct is to be realized and only time can offer this maturity if we are prepared to take that extra step. God, although is the absolute truthful entity or a state of existence or an object (whatever one symbolically calls Him), is to be realized by one’s situation. A person has always been consciousness, which he/she has to “recall”.

And this recalling again is not just a linear backward process of going from body to mind to vibrations to consciousness. Symbolically it is called as an “inward” process where such states are realized. As one starts to go inward, it also affects the intent and the nature of engagement from being selfish or egoistic to becoming selfless.

Hari Om.

Shree: Enclave?

 

Shree: Enclave?

these thoughts are inspired from the topic of 'enclave' as discussed with my colleage Shivram today. the reference came about from a lecture given by KT Ravindran in SPA in 1990s. the topic mentioned a typical experience of a kid growing up in Delhi from an air conditioned enclosed home to AC bus to AC school to AC mall and what happens when he/she is required to confront the world of work/ career at the age of 23 or so. has this growing up attitude imbibed any useful preparation for him/her? many thoughts come out of this statement -

all experiences that take place in an AC induced 'space' become extremely sterile and limiting - from the people who share the same space to the activities that take place therein to the social diversity dimension (or uniformity dimension) inherent in that space and so on. in the craze of super surveillance, control and protection, the exposure to diversity of all sorts is blunted and thereby making the memory of space "blunted" or sterile or plain superfluous. this brings the question again what is space? is it physical (or is there anything just physical out there) or is it imposed with constructed social, cultural and psychological or even spiritual meanings? And if these meaning are important to make us feel "anchored" or having a sense of place on earth, then how are these meaning constructed and where and when and why? so what subsequently creates an anchored feeling or a sense of belonging?

the meaning of space keeps changing with layering of past and future (relative) and in this changing meaning we also sense something more fundamentally constant - which we conclude as the real essence of existence and which connects all of us together. so becomes the foundation of architecture to the people it is required to serve.

diversity and tolerance are essential ingredients of pain and empathy and compassion. this is what makes creation of space profound.

in making the students live only in AC space, how much of this value system gets developed in the students?

and the worst part is the influx of AI has even disconnected role of understanding mind and body and how they help us make sense of our own environment? thinking is so superfluous, fractured and too plainly logical that wholesome and empathetic thinking looks like asking for too much from today's times!

what is shared if everyone gets fragmented? do we even have a common point to discuss anything? does that mean a lot of noise or a disturbing and an uncomfortable silence?

Hari Om.

Shree: Truth

 

Shree: Truth

Truth is not seen in the "forms" or the "movement" caused by forces or vibrations. it is not an aspect of "seeing" but of becoming the truth. truth never changes, is eternal and unconditional. the other word for truth is completeness or absoluteness or blissfulness or absolute love.

untruth is illusion - something that changes, cannot be relied on, is conditional, subjected to laws of space and time, is diverse in forces and forms, fluctuating, wavering, vibrating and so on. we are illusions and just as one cannot rely on any situation for completeness, neither can anything rely on our own thinking!

the requirement is to outgrow this situation (which is not the same as rejection or avoidance). only by accepting the situation "as it is" without imposing our own judgments, requirements, expectations, formulas can the vibrations become calm.

For us, change is important to comprehend - it is the only way to take us to steadiness or the state of absolute potential. this means that steadiness will not be realized within us unless motion is understood for what it is. to expect things to happen in some definite way is therefore not required. to feel pain is important, for it shows our assumptions have gone wrong. pain is necessary for us to learn and grow and many  times it is not a linear process and neither it is known how things internalize and how and where they get expressed. vibrations only exist and they "erupt" as a visual volcano of force and form or thoughts and feelings and actions. just because a volcano is dormant does not mean that underneath the mountain there does not exist a molten lava. philosophically, the lava should also cool off or become steady. now steadiness is not a word - it is not an object - it is not a condition - it is a realization of absolute Existence.

hence complexity, pain, change are important learning experience. everyday will be a new day, a different situation and that is what is living, else things would be dead by clinging onto something that treating that thing as the only existing reality. clinging comes from vibrations and vibrations exist in a medium called consciousness. no system is full proof, no creation is complete, no space and time is static, no situation offers satisfaction. there is no reason for us  to be angry at anything since anger is also a vibration that erupts due to a misunderstanding about Existence. the cycle of creation or movement also is eternal and everything is reused and recycled and churned back.

but the effort of trying and working through motion is also required. all the patience and expansion of the mind and steadiness is developed and worked out in motion itself. things are mysterious and they are fabricated, but whatever is perceived, it has to be inquired.

Hari Om.

 

Shree: Beings

 

Shree: Beings

things need to be written. it is a mistake to think that one only should think linearly as a cause and effect phenomenon or from a start point to the middle to the end point or from past to present to future. reality indicates that my mind will go in all directions and relook at the past, dissect it, perhaps experience joy or guilt, come to the present, consider the future, become apprehensive or fearful, again come to the present and probably decide on a response. this is to be accepted as a human behaviour and the relevance of the present depends or is conditioned by many factors. all is a construct or imagination no doubt, and by that "logic" everything may appear "false". however imagination or false or construct also feels intellectual or logical to us at present and hence we consider it some sort of "formula" to solve the inquiry or limitation of conditions. this may assist us to some extent but we realize that existence is more than analysis, application of formula, known practices and so on. and herein becomes our awareness of Existence and what it means to us (as imagination) and how then to approach this situation wherein we perceive or are born and sense some phenomenon.

thinking is incomplete or impermanent and as a potential of becoming and shows us how situations get created and our role in the making of them. thoughts come from a medium and make us and then we consider or feel our mind or body and then we catch or make further signals based on this illusion of self and then we respond. a thought leads  to others and unless one thought comes, the other is not formed and the "flow" continues. this has an important learning - in order to go (or arrive) to a particular destination formed by a set of thoughts, i must pass through all stages of thoughts that will finally create those appropriate thoughts. now what would those stages be - would that mean avoidance or embracing or sometimes this or sometimes that (only God knows) the creation of those appropriate thoughts (or our arrival) only happens after previous thoughts were experienced. this means i cannot short circuit any of the experiences (that may include a lot of pain too) in order that i become blissful or loveable. hence every perception is required and is to be accepted and is stage in a journey of becoming the One.  hence to each his own - it is your life, so you have to walk through it.

secondly, one is always at the centre of everything. if a realization is known, it gets applied "here and now". for us really, the "here and now" is the only thing that matters. the past and future will start to compliment the "now" when more and more realizations occur and the momentum starts to loosen its grip on our thoughts. realization may sometimes make us feel guilty of wrong doings of past or protecting the future  - all is ok, but in reality we are always working in the "now".

the central message of Bhagwatgeeta is to get involved with the nature of perception and transcend it - by thoughts, feelings, action. to realize that there is only God and He exists in us. that we are only some temporary vibrations that create perception but it still requires embracing this phenomenon and becoming the One. that all is ok with life as long as one takes the effort to transcend.

Hari Om.

Shree

 

Shree

Existence happens in motion from vibrations. These connect to make forces and then forms that we see and respond. There are multiple causes and effects or conditions that we are required to be engaged with. Creation or manifestation continues and what s required is trust in change – one point changes and is connected with everything else so what we see or catch is only a small figment of movement for which we are compelled to make it perfect. What is perfection in movement if all things are constructs or imagination and are bound to change and remain dependent and conditioned? It is an illusion to think of stability or permanence in motion and nothing can exist by itself, in isolation without getting affected by anything! The life of one particle depends on everything else and hence the belief of a single or autonomous identity is an illusion.

How things happen and get perceived and what will happen when is not known to us in absolute clarity and the haste to know it breeds more fear!

Therefore trust is necessary. What will happen will always be for good no matter we may not know its implications in terms of change and transformations. Since all is a construct because of motion, we too are in the same situation (as that of the character of motion) and hence we change and we do not know the start point of anything. We are in the “middle” – destined to be born as some form but realizing that the seed of creation is within us that we can realize.

This causes dilemma and fear within us that is perhaps unparalleled by other life forms. Why such things need to be is not a question here and if we begin to see things as they are, we will realize that it is all some kind of an unending loop.

That way, what is reality anyway?! The object we see is also born from our own vibrations, so it will change definitely – so what kind of reality are we even referring here?!

Despite all of this, all forces will exist, they will affect us, there will be pain, there will be fear, there will be compulsions, there will be annoyance and so on. From where things merge and go and what triggers what is best left to acceptance and trust. There will be everything “under the sun”.

We must stay calm and remember Him who creates all forms. We think we ought to do everything and be responsible for everything. To the best of what we can comprehend but things work in mysterious ways and how they materialize has a contribution of many, many things – not just one person at one given point of time or space!

So do you job and relax. God has never left us!

Hari Om.

 

 

Shree: Being simple

 

 

Shree: Being simple

sometimes, words and logic and description make things complicated to feel. if it is simple enough, it has to touch the core immediately and things which are fundamental should directly affect us deeply without any words or even forms! love, empathy and such vibrations are universal and if i operate in love, that is felt by everyone. we do not understand God is an indication that we are yet to become simple in living. we have made ourselves so much complicated that simple words or deeds or intents are not acknowledged or understood by us and it requires a lot of verbalizing to drive home a valid point! this means that our mind can no longer receive and connect with simple signals. becoming God means to simplify oneself. seeing many forms and conditions and compulsions and changes is a sign of complexity and probably the mind wants to make it more complex with the idea of control! control does not lead to satisfaction or realization of who we are and compartmentalization or production or avoidance does the same thing - making us fragmented. we may as well take all the efforts to act and think good yet even the expectation of transformation needs to be trusted to God! in what manner things turn or appear and make a situation for 'us' cannot be known.

the only idea of peace to begin with is to assure oneself that it comes only from God and since He is there, we are born. in that sense, God has never left us and everything has a Divine existence. yet we work to become the One. God can never leave us since that would mean these thoughts would have not even taken place! So remember Him. whatever the pain and the discomfort, there is a message, there is a learning, there is a scope for offering gratitude, there is a capacity of expressing empathy.

Hari Om.

Shree

 

Shree

one never knows fully for what purposes actions take place and perceived. it is all by God, i like to believe since our existence in motion keeps changing and is only relative, dependent, conditioned, partial truth and is a construct. what we feel, so perception develops and we respond. this also leads to feelings of impermanence and guilt, at times. guilt or pain or the inability to know the truth is a natural feeling and it will occur no matter what efforts are taken to tackle the feeling. these feelings are to be only accepted in silence and it does not mean that some talking is required or debate is required. sitting alone, loitering, just being present in conditions  that generate pain from people also is a healing process. i may not be able to talk of pain to my mother but talking of ideas, being with her and being silent is also a way of acknowledging the painful experience. as much as i may try to hide or suppress the feeling, it will come back and harm me if not embraced as soon as possible. this calls for observation, sometimes, talking, sometimes discussing, sometimes not heading straight at the subject, sometime remaining silent, sometimes seeing the sun together and so on. therefore, love for Existence does not  require any definite action and expected response. and this observation is also true for everything else that we do in our existential perception.

i have no idea why things appear in some form and i am not required to label it or oppose it. all are me, my self, my extensions, so why complain? all come out of me. we unnecessarily get into solving issues of motion but they won't go away. as long as some form of separation is felt or perception is expressed, change and dependence and pain is inevitable. pain is also inherent as a struggle for caring, nourishing and creating something for all. i do not believe that there is something like an individual and all things should work accurately the way they are thought about. how can learning and empathy even occur if not for repeated failures and uncontrollable changes and the turmoil and acceptance of all? these feelings are important and with change in age or environment or situations, different feelings will materialize.

there is no start point for any answer neither we should assume that the answer would be found by "fixing" something. we never know the complete truth and hence we are in a situation where we work and we trust - both  things are required from us. Love, empathy, bliss comes from transformation or evolution of grosser feelings - we have to walk through them or face them, embrace them, accept them.

therefore be calm and listen and be full of patience. all things come from God and there is a reason and a lesson of learning in each of the situations of becoming. all is only One medium and all are my self, so pain is inherent, so is empathy and so is acceptance and love.

the "road" comes into existence if we move fast without considering other things around us. a "path" becomes evident if we meander and take time to connect with everything around us. fast is not necessarily beneficial and slow does not mean permanence of anything. but the need of connecting is fundamental since that is what keeps manifestation alive. hence we may not know the complete answer for anything we do at a given moment but existence and love is more than the sum of all incomplete parts! perhaps we were meant to be born in a particular condition, doing something, feeling the turmoil and the pain, encountering change, facing situations in some manner and so on. perhaps this is what will lead us to become the One, no matter how much impossible it may seem at present. perhaps this is what is meant to become blissful. trust.

Hari Om.

 

Shree: transformation and Love

 

Shree: transformation and Love

incompleteness is a state of existence - as motion. no matter what is thought, what response is conceived, action - all may still generate incompleteness of any kind - which means a wavering mind.

as we engage with ourselves, people and the world around us, we shout, defend, evaluate and subsequently this response starts to listening, being patient, being empathetic, suggest, explain, demonstrate, accept and love. this transformation is required and also natural to some extent.

so we are indicating a movement of vibrations from anger to fear to acceptance to love and this also means going from individual to collective or from the forms that we see to consciousness that we become.

this transformation has to be played out in each different space and different time, which means that the methods for mind calming require to be reinterpreted every time and they cannot be same or static.

the change from fear to love should be deep within and an anchored vibration. it also means that this transformation takes place when one is by oneself and when one is with someone else or with the community. in other words the transformation should take place at all scales of thoughts.

when one is with oneself, one reviews one's actions, sees how conditional one's responses have become and how problematic this situation one creates. then one tries to rectify this state of existence and its repercussions with relationships also become visible for the better.

when one is with the other, one analyses the intent behind other's thoughts, feelings, words, actions. at the beginning that would obviously create fear or anger or dilemma within oneself. then it has to convert into acceptance and love. the same can be said while dealing with community or any situation.

so it is not what the situation says to you - it is what you wish to feel within that creates a corresponding situation or an imagination.

 

On  Love

love means connect and is the basis of all creation. i am connected to you out of love and it is the greatest force of existence since it is the absolute truth and eternal and non changing and not subjected to space and time.

in architectural terms, distance may indicate intensity of connect. farther the distance, more is the disconnect perhaps and vice versa. hence movement in architecture is instrumental in creating a mental experience of connect.

however with virtual imagination, distance can be stretched beyond any physical limitations and that may lead to enormous disconnect of collective values.

philosophically, our distance from God depends on the nature of vibrations. if the vibrations become steady, we become God. if vibrations fluctuate, then we see physical forms.

what causes connect at philosophical, psychological, intellectual and physical levels? there are times when we are sitting next to another person but we do not feel any connect. at other times we may be far off to another place but we are always connected to a person.

does listening, observing, discussing bring about this connect? does knowing  that there is God lead to connect? does being good lead to connect? does trust lead to connect?

yes, trust is fundamental - in existence itself.

Hari Om.

Shree: coating and the seed

 

Shree: coating and the seed

The One is absolute potential of becoming. this potential means It can change into vibrations which then lead to forces and then forms. this is manifestation, wherein you and me are there. therefore all things have Divine Existence at their core. there is only Divinity which is the truth or having the ultimate value.

in our consciousness as human beings, it means that i am already coming or getting formed from a  perfect seed. the outer layers of tis seed (or the coating) is what is manifestation or dependent forms and changing forms. the coating, evenif it is removed at any point of time, the seed remains nevertheless to create further coatings.

the coating is our current frame of reference but it should ideally be the "seed". this means to "remove" the coatings till only the seed becomes visible. this removal does not mean rejection or non action in any way. it means to realize the existence of the seed and to grow in this realization. it means it is not necessary to avoid anything. it means that our point of reference is not the ultimate truth and no matter whatever we may think, the same issues were faced by us many times over in previous lives as well. it also means not to base our actions on fleeting forms or situations for they will always remain incomplete.

our actions and thoughts and feelings ought to only become transcendental or non conditional. in what way this becomes our nature is a matter of grace of God and trust in Him. how tendencies affect and become visible to us or related to us is not known and cannot be controlled in absolute sense. we may think whatever is logical, but impressions getting internalized, connected to something else and again forming certain internal signals and making us respond is mysterious and the fundamental truth. this internal space is common to all and the basis of all creations.

thus it is always recommended to act "good" since you never know how this action of goodness does magic internally. in other words, let there be no motive behind good actions - distribute them freely in all space and time!

Hari Om.

Shree: Internal and External Worlds

 

 

Shree: Internal and External Worlds

Perception is external and internal and each affects the other. The issue of external perception is that it is dependent only on what is perceived in front of us and that determines logic. Hence there is a limitation. If the perception becomes inward looking then other forces and vibrations get visible and perhaps shared across space and time and hence the nature of logic and its application changes. Anything that comes from internal perception has a far greater chance of lasting in the external world and can accommodate external changes in higher degrees. This is so because the creation is not subjected to the vagaries of external changes (or is beyond the laws of external changes and hence becomes more eternal in spirit).

We can keep going inward till we reach a point where change is not needed at all and hence no expression is needed and since that becomes the case, this state becomes immortal and free of all conditions of space and time or constraints or conditions or formations or any intent. Becoming inward means to become infinite and the One. Whatever changes happen are because of vibrations and this leads to creation of forces and forms and something visible. When we say we have a mind and a body, so we see and comprehend our existence, what are we indicating here? We are saying that we are operating currently in a state of existence that is “external” and implies a limited use of logic. This logic can only sense separation and fear and it has to struggle to feel eternal love amongst all creations. To become inward means to grow in unconditional love and to be able to accommodate or move beyond any differences. Differences were notional, what actually is the truth is only Love.

Intent of existing becomes important finally. External expression shows very limited glimpse of what the internal world of the person or a situation is. A person who is able to sense the internal world of another person through his/her external actions is said to be highly matured. For a maturity to develop, we ourselves should be able to tap into internal world.

Avoidance of any bad actions is not an indication of peace or control or strength. And doing actions in full gusto is not an indication of internal comfort too. This means that doing something or reframing oneself from doing something – both are not always the true indicators of transforming oneself. In the same way, one cannot avoid anything as a matter of truth. One may avoid seeing unpleasant sights externally, but how does one grapple with unpleasant thoughts or vibrations that may erupt internally? And does external reality have any value if internally one becomes “barren”?

Philosophically the internal world is like a “seed” that generates into an external tree or a landscape. If there is disharmony within, it will express itself outside as violence. The source of the seed is God Himself that sprouts continuously into vibrations and forms.

Therefore the point is post Covid times, what is the condition of the internal reality which we experience individually and collectively? If there is any disharmony, what that is, how can one identify the same and what can be done to respond to the disharmony and heal it? This is a greater task at hand than doing anything externally.

Hari Om.

Shree: Physics

Shree: Physics

Physics has come to the same conclusion that philosophy knew from the beginning. And it is not surprising why this is so. The basic nature of Existence is of change, dependence, connections, vibrations, forces and matter. We either vibrate to perceive motion or we are One.

Particle is matter or a wave – form or pure energy. Thus particle property is not absolute but changes based on situations. This means it can either dissolve or it can form some matter. Or energy and matter are one and the same except appear differently under different conditions and they are both inter convertible.

It is not possible to know a position and momentum of a particle at the same time. We can only know one of those dimensions. This is a standard law. This means we cannot know the “whole truth” of manifestation. We can know only a partial truth or a relative truth of motion or of perception, which is it is always fluid so cannot take any fixed position. And if a fixed position is described or seen, then we would have to subtract the effects of change. This means that a “position” is only seen and spoken by taking out the parameter of change. And if one concentrates on change or perceives change, then one cannot take a fixed position!

The whole problem of debate lies in assuming that it is possible to talk of change AND a fixed position, which is entirely nonsense. We cannot be predictable and hope for evolution! We cannot venture into the Unknown by calculating everything beforehand! We cannot create by analyzing everything upto the last dot. And if we analyze everything, then we will never create!

Philosophically vibrations mean creation (or manifestation) and transcendence – both. Truth is that there is only One medium which has a property of vibrating and hence It keeps creating or it “seems” there is creation. So from the point of absolute truth, manifestation is an illusion.

A lot of psychological pain is ingrained in this nature of Existence. If we do not understand this, we encounter pain. If we accept the fundamental nature of One medium, then we can go beyond pain and only become Love.

Hari Om.

 

Shree

 

Shree

We come and go. We here temporarily perceive motion or movement or manifestation. Temporariness means movement, motion, perception, recycle, and reuse. The only eternal source is Hari, from which all movements occur. The source is also within us and we should reach that source. Our real and absolute nature is this source – which can be tapped through any position of space and time and circumstances. In other words any position can be formed from the same source and hence It represents fullest Potential of Becoming.

The entire existence is a combination of the unseen and seen – either analysis or creation and hence nothing is constant or final. Herein there is a scope for uniqueness and at the same time discovering or realizing the truth in each new moment. Everyone will have to encounter this realization and this may mean passing through many thoughts and feelings till one discovers this state of Being.

We are required to take action, since the property of consciousness is to vibrate. For people who are born, they need to discover the truth of Existence and the perception itself is a gateway to this discovery. For all things that are done or are perceived, the cause and the inspiration and the trigger and the purpose are God.

Hari Om.