Shree: values

 

Shree: values

one starts with some vibration conveying a situation or space or time or place or people or response or an imagination or connections or logic or forms or forces or vibrations - this act of engagement should ideally silence the mind (eventually). even if this is achieved (as a habit) then the initial start point is accepted or acknowledged. so if i can look at the start point as a journey to lead to silencing the self, then to engage with the start point becomes incidental and necessary.

silencing the mind means to become consciousness (going beyond vibrations). all things are from consciousness only but since they are currently seen as "many", changing, interdependent and perceivable or visible, we doubt the connection of consciousness in making the forms and respond to forms in a manner that it would ensure our survival. this is a tendency of motion - it will drag one into action based on illusionary vibrations and the motion is perceived primarily through a unit of measurement called "body" endorsed by the "mind" which is formed from "vibrations" stemming from consciousness. where is the start point? in consciousness. in order to reach the source, one has to limit one's exposure to motion through body or senses.

a related concept to doing this is to go inward or to concentrate so much on divinity or consciousness that the signals in motion do not create any impact internally or do not erupt any new vibrations. the word used in such case is to "dissolve" the impact of what is perceived as a world. does it  mean to shut the world? opening to something or shutting something in a way is not possible or required.

to shut means to concentrate on something far greater idea that the trivial aspects of motion do not make any difference. this means to expand the mind and not be curbed by vibrations.

the mind should sense and become One instead of getting limited to the body.

therefore search God in everything one does - work or play or thought or feel or anything. what i say to whom and how and where etc should make me remember God - not as an object, but as an idea or a state of being. attributes of God are love, unconditional being, faith, trust, acceptance, expansion, infinite, steadiness. goodness, commitment and so on.

architecturally that may mean comprehensive acknowledgment of the presence of all, empathy in design, multi functional spaces, flexible, sustainable, organic, low maintenance perhaps, bonding, anchoring, common values, steadiness, learning and being, connecting with the other, slow, and so on.

pre modern cultures, vernacular traditions may perhaps express above values through idea diagrams leading to given set of practices or activities and then architecture. value is far greater than architecture (or architecture is to be seen as a gateway to realize a value shared as a humanity).

anyway, the term pre modern or modern is also quite misleading since it compartmentalizes time as a linear progression. whatever the situation at any point  of space and time, the values are required to be realized.

so all things already exist as values (or vibrations or Existence). which value one is required to become is a choice one should be making and focusing on.

in the same way, to keep on fixing motion and keep on searching for a start point is a waste of time. why certain things happen and get perceived (perception = happening) is mysterious and there exist far too much variables to pinpoint anything and neither it is required. what vibrations generate what responses within us and in the environment in terms of a situation is unknown and unpredictable. thus, we can only do good. whatever its effect outside, it surely transforms "us" - the individual.

therefore for any situation, where i experience a lot of impermanence, it does not say anything about my shortcomings and i can still continue to do good and be unconditional. and we need not assume how can God listen to us since we are too small. whenever i think of the possibility of God, i communicate with Him, since He is all and He is also in the mind and vibrations and even beyond. there is no place or time where He is not there. secondly, the intent of thinking of God is important regardless of any moment or situation or scale of thought. if the intensity is honest and sincere, the connection with Him is "real". so please communicate - it is a must. and do not worry about your size or situation or doubt anything or over think. whatever we are, we are from Him or He has made us. so please become steady.

Hari Om.