the right thought
will have no
resistance ---
nervous excitement or
gloomy anxiety.
8/31/19
the right thought
WARNING
whatever you do
never ever ever never
try to understand
your Self
through the imagination.
it's absurd,
Reality is,
It cannot be
reduced
to images.
desires
it's always
better
for desires to
fall away
instead of them
getting fulfilled
for they fill you up
with even more desires.
movie
the movie
is about to begin.
the curtains are
moving apart.
these curtains are
weird though,
confusing,
pain causing,
sometimes nuerotically exciting,
weird, very weird.
i'd rather just sit back.
i know the movie will begin.
i know it's gonna be beautiful.
the trailer has been seeping through.
so, all is good.
8/30/19
present
just become
present.
everything will
come and go
in it's
right time.
but you
stay
out of time.
imperfection
in this world
every one is
imperfect.
you, me,
the saint, the sinner,
the lawyer, the humanitarian,
the business guy, the scientist,
the dog, the cat, the philosopher,
the ocean, the volcano, the mystic,
the carpenter, the plumber, the wrestler,
the king, the politician, the writer
every damn thing is imperfect,
always was, always will be.
therefore,
the search for perfection
is
meaningless.
a simple living
there's a feeling
that one's thoughts
are always being observed.
try to stay more
in that feeling.
conversation
what you talk about
isn't important.
the opinions that are
exchanged
isn't either.
the viewpoints
also not.
what's important
is that
the conversation is
aligned
to the flow of life.
measuring progress
more joy
more love
more compassion
more forgiveness
more peace
& most importantly
more spaciousness.
8/29/19
on gloryfying the individual
every time
you feel an
exciting neurotic state of awe
for an individual
who you think
has accomplished the world
is the leader of leaders
is to be worshipped
is what one should strive for
is irreplaceable, unreplicable ---
think of the so many millions
who have come before that individual
so called "ruled over the world"
so called "conquered all"
so called "captured the market"
so called "enraptured millions of hearts"
and fallen.
the individual isn't important.
nobody really mattered or will ever.
attempt to exist
if you're reading this
please stop thinking
and attempt to
feel, look, sense,
attempt to Be
attempt to just exist.
the biggest dysfunction
the biggest, most all-pervasive
dysfunction
is that
one day
after such and such event
you will be
enough.
that's such a
pathetic, troublesome, excruciating
lie.
because
you already are
enough.
judgements
your judgements
about people
will always be
limiting
and so
always
much far off
from the reality
of who they are.
8/28/19
the surface of a pond.
imagine the still surface
of a pond. beautifully still.
a disturbance happens. a wave of low frequency moves forth.
the wave hits a rock. new wavelets of higher frequency propagate further.
they encounter more rocks, smaller wavelets, many more, frequency increases.
propagation keeps happening. further and further. more differentiation, but all arisen from that one large low frequency wave.
time goes on.
then the disturbances stop.
the surface of the pond is still again. beautiful as ever.
experience the understanding
if there's
one valuable lesson
i have learnt,
it's that
life is meant
to be experienced,
life is not meant
to be understood.
even the understanding
is meant to be experienced.
8/27/19
dealing with impulse
never act
on an impulse
instead
stay with it,
see if it lasts
for a while,
if it does,
then act.
Me
everything
you
me
i
this
that
sound
plant
light
cinema
music
people
waves
space
planet
galaxy
everything
happens in
Me.
remember
always remember
a thought is
just a thought
in your head
and will always be
a grossly distorted and
cheap substitute
for
what has happened to you
and what will.
stepping out of thought
if you want to
step out of thought,
that is, transcend it,
then
place your
attention
on something
that is not
a product of thinking,
like
a plant
a rock
an animal
the wonderful life inside your body.
8/26/19
true home
when you
find your
true home
it feels
one has
finally returned
after
several hundred thousand years
of fighting
in a battlefield,
the rest is so deep.
the problem with definition
the moment
one tries to define
reality
it disappears into
the definition.
lesson learnt:
don't define,
Be.
listen to Self
if the
Self
says 'stay silent'
then stay silent i shall.
if the
Self
says otherwise
then otherwise shall i follow.
if there's anything
that should be
indelible
it should be
listening to the
Self.
eckhart tolle
if you wish to
understand
the demystification and
true deconstruction
of poetry
then
eckhart is your guy.
on miracles
many people
are swayed and awed
by miracles, trans-like visions, supernatural phenomenon etc. etc.
but isn't what you see in front
already a miracle?
your true state
your true state is
love, compassion, joy, peace
so don't worry if
anger, envy, anxiety, irritation etc.
arise,
for they are not your true state.
just like how
the sky is always there,
the clouds come and go.
greatest talent
the greatest talent
in this world
is to be able to
filter out
what's important
and ignore the rest.
that's what
one means
when one says
"move on".
8/25/19
silly word
not trying to be melodramatic
but the word
'I'
is quite silly,
wonder where it came from.
8/24/19
dealing with pain
many a philosophers,
especially the nihilist ones,
have said:
the condition of the human
is only of pain & suffering.
and they are right,
but if pain & suffering
is all that is to life,
why not enjoy that too?
attention
attention
goes
wherever
it's needed
the most
and
it, attention,
loves it.
so sit back n relax.
taking credit
when i, my mind,
takes credit
for these poems,
it ironically
feels
quite unpoetic,
as if the very feeling
that inspired the poems
is now being masked.
feather
a falling feather
when observed
through mind
is "just a damn feather
falling through gravity"
but when observed
through stillness
is a miracle,
a piece of art,
of astounding beauty
and wonderment.
8/23/19
solving problems
the problems
that are generated
by the mind,
at the level of mind,
cannot be solved by the mind alone.
something else,
beyond,
needs to intercede.
one may call it 'intuition'.
8/21/19
8/16/19
doors of illusions
i'm tired of entering
doors
that transport me
into an illusory world
of excitement and suffering.
it's much more
interesting
these days
to just stand outside
these doors
and see them
disappear.
8/15/19
the life within
life within
has so much depth
i sense
that one need not
look anywhere outside,
that even if one stays
locked up in prison
one can find that
"the kingdom of heaven
lies within"
so happy to be alive
have you ever known
anyone
who's so happy to be alive
that occasionally he drank
cups of coffee at night
to delay falling asleep
so that he could
consciously experience
the sweetness of life
for just a while more.
i have.
it sounds bizarre.
if one is looking
for a role model
no need to go any further.
how to know your conditioning
if you truly wish to
understand your conditioning ---
the thoughts and beliefs
you carry around in your head
assuming them to be an accurate
representation of life,
then
just take a day off
and do nothing,
find a nice spot to sit,
and do nothing.
observe the thoughts that
whizz within you,
one damn thought after another,
demanding things
that should be done!
demanding your immediate, urgent attention,
it's kinda funny, to be honest,
how important they make themselves to be,
when they are nothing but
the conditioning of
your past and the environment
you grew up in.
Life is so much more than just that.
8/14/19
what really matters
your life experience is
only and only
where your attention falls ---
on a sound, on a vision,
on some thoughts, on a taste,
on a person, on some words,
on a sensation, on a memory
so on and so forth.
where your attention is,
that your experience is,
that your life is,
that exists.
there is nothing else apart from that.
connecting with people
why look for
satisfaction and connection
through someone's viewpoints
when you can have so much more
through their
silence, simple plain presence.
anyway
connecting to people
through babbling
is annoying
and doomed to
fail, one way or another.
organic knowledge
the best kind of knowing is when there is no contrived effort to acquire the knowledge. it just happens naturally, organically as one moves through the motions of the environment. it comes if and when it has to come. otherwise one is always in a state of unknowing.
everything just comes and goes in that brilliant field of unknowing.
8/13/19
the problem with thought
you cannot find an absolute guiding principle through thoughts. even if you do, you will have to constantly repeat it to yourself, remind yourself incessantly, and that is kinda weird. for ex, if you think "relationship matters" as your guiding principle, then you keep on bringing up that thought until something contradictory happens and it begins to no longer stand true. then perhaps you seek solace in a new thought, for ex. "work matters" and you go through the same set of repetitions until that begins to disintegrate and falsify itself.
if something is absolutely true, why need to repeat and bring it up constantly. hence thought is problematic.
it's useful only as a pointer to silence, which seems to have more rootedness if one is looking for a guiding principle.
8/12/19
Let it.
There is something in me
I sense
That is eternal
Undying
Lacks fear of death.
And
There is something in me
That bothers
That is transient
And deeply fears death.
But that is dissolving,
So let it.
Waves
Yesterday,
I saw
Waves
Rolling over the ocean.
They'd roll for a while,
And then,
Diminish,
And,
Crash into themselves,
Obliterating their existence.
I feel,
Something similar is happening,
To the identities,
I carry around in my head.
8/8/19
8/7/19
Iteration
The universe
Is an iteration.
We'll keep
Building walls
Against each other.
We'll keep
Suffering.
But we'll keep
Learning.
Until we realize
There are no walls.
And not
A single moment
Goes waste
In this iteration.
8/6/19
Good poetry
Good poetry
Is seeing the
Outside world
And finding
Striking similarities
Within.
I wish I could have that metaphorical sense. I pray.
This too shall pass
Always remember,
Pain,
Like everything else,
Is
Temporary.
Just like the words you're reading,
It too shall pass.
8/5/19
Fulfillment
The fulfillment
That you long for
Exists.
But it's different
From the way
It's in imagination.
It's more of a
Full-empty-ment
Than a filled one.
Participation
You might find
The notion of
Being an anarchist,
Living alone,
Free of the fetters
Quite romantic.
But it's false.
Your participation is
Absolutely necessary.
You got no choice.
8/4/19
Puzzle
It's much more
Interesting
When a
Puzzle
Naturally unfolds
As you move along
Rather than
Trying to solve it
Beforehand and
Contriving an outcome
And all that nonsense.
8/3/19
The need to be validated
It seems to me
Out of all the
Dysfunctions
The compulsive need
To be validated by
The other
Is the
Strongest.
But it too will weaken.
Deep sleep
Our lives are so different
Varied
Your experiences so different from
Mine
Different culture
Different outlooks
Different looks
Different conditioning.
Our lives are truly unique,
No 2 lives are same.
So much variation
Everywhere.
Well except when we are in a state of deep sleep. Then all our experiences are exactly the same. Pitch black darkness of bliss.
We're all one,
Atleast sometimes I guess.
Sham
I know not
About the true
Nature of reality
Where we've come from
What we're doing here
And where we go henceforth.
But I know
For sure
That the world outward
Is such a sham.
And therefore
If one has to search
It cannot be outwardly.
Not-doing
You
Do
For a long time
And nothing really happens.
Then you start
Not doing
And something
Begins to happen.
8/2/19
Pain
A simple definition:
Thought
When not required
Is pain.
Thought
When required
Is spontaneous
Is creative
Is unburdensome
Lacks sense of self.
Survival vs Identity
The need for survival is
Limited,
It comes
You hunt, fight for territory,
Then it goes,
And you chill.
Look at animals.
The need for an identity is
Incessant,
It drives you nuts,
You consume, attack, ingest, desire
In a never ending spree,
And destroy the beautiful world around you.
Look at humans.
The search for an idenity
Needs to stop.
It needs to be transcended.
Don't block
The personhood
That you hold so dear
Is actually blocking
Beautiful.
Let that
Beautiful
Blow away your personhood.
8/1/19
Try this out
When you imagine yourself
To be someone big
You literally become quite small.
Try it out,
Close your eyes,
And just be still.
You are the massive darkness,
That doesn't seem to have any limits.
Now imagine yourself
As a person glorified.
Suddenly you have become small.
Within that massive darkness,
You have been reduced to a tiny entity,
Wanting, and attacking, and being noisy
To the world around you.
Why hold yourself in something
Finite,
When you can dwell in the
Infinite.
I know that sounds cheesy, but it's true yo.
The Dream
Memories of the past
Seem so dreamlike
One can never be sure
If they really happened.
All that's always there
Is the now.
Rest everything pops
In and out of existence
Including the big bang,
And the return to annihilation.
Good news
Hello folks!
Good news,
The "human condition",
As artsy folks say,
The "incessant suffering",
As many great thinkers pointed to,
Is temporary.
Just like "you" and "I".
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