for the divine valentine...3

what is kailash? what is shiv?...

KAILASH....SHIV...by srisriravishankar...


when do we get angry, when we think we are PERMANENT.neither we nor those with whom we get angry are permanent. when we are aware of this then we do not get angry.

when we think of people whom we dislike, our consciousness starts contracting.why should we not get angry? because not getting angry is beneficial to you yourself.An intelligent person never gets angry.If you think more about someone, you become like them.We should not hate anybody.it is not possible in life to stay without critiscism.but whatever we criticise it should be from superficial level,then this is not known as criticism.

where anger and arrongance is destroyed, that is known as SHAMSHAAN..(CREMETORY)

Till when will u be able to take care of this body?. it is going to go someday.we will have to leave the body.
so as along as alive, if we can stay with awareness, then within us ...that "Kailash" ..means enthusiasm,where shiv stays..persists We are aware of this when in silence.

what is SHAMSHAAN?

where there is nothing.everything is destroyed. SHAMSHAAN means.. i am nothing.all this is life's flow.. and then we reach "KAILASH".then the small small desires that arise within us hardly matter. once a consciousness experiences the whole world in it, then its small small requirements hardly matter.one gets everything even before a desire arises, this is the speciality of this path .

yet if some desire arises in you, surrender it.till we dont experience a glimpse of dispassion withn in us,till then meditation cannot happen. dispassion means..i am nothing..

We dont have to go to mountains to visit KAILASH MANSAROVAR..,yes it has been mentioned that to get moksha/mukti, one should visit mansarovar and take bath in its holywaters, and also visit KAILASH.But this does not mean one should go to china, and search for Mansarovar over there.Mansarovar is where YOU ARE.Mann( consciousness)is like .. sarovar... so big... in which only love and love exists.And what do you get nearer ..closer..to this ?KAILASH!

Do you know what is the meaning of KAILAAS?
"laas": means love with mischief, engulfing anger in love.
that love which has a mischief to it, that is "laas"
in that space is SHIV-BHAIRAVI, SINHVI,means shiv accompanied by a buffalo, and also by a lion-both are enemies to each other , but stay TOGETHER in KAILASH.., even snake and peaocock stay together here.

Where only joy exists, where only enthusiasm exists, where every moment is an expression of joy , enthusiasm and peace... serenity...that is KAILASH......kailash... enthusiasm, all are ONE.KAILASH.. means Celebration.. a never ending Celebration.

SO celebrate!Every situation, event has some meaning, some knowlegde , some depth to reveal, and lets move ahead with this knowledge.

what is kailash?... what is shiv?..

Who is in that KAILASH?
SHIVJI-deep rest, ONENESS, where nothing ELSE exists..


shivoham shivoham shiv sarva rupoham
shivoham shivoham shiv sarva rupoham

jaigurudev

love

in seva

nirmit19

for the divine valentine....2

Love Divine

Love is incomplete. And it will have to remain incomplete. If something is complete, it means that you have marked the boundaries; found its limitations. For love to be infinite, it has to be incomplete. Love is infinite and it finds _expression in infinite ways. They can be categorised as eleven ways of expressing love, or eleven ways in which love finds its _expression.

1. The first one is guna mahatmyasakti, imbibing the qualities of the Divine, appreciating the qualities of the Divine. When you love somebody, what is that in him or her that you love? You’ll find some qualities. So-and-so is kind, so-and-so is caring... Qualities do not have form. Loving God in this sense means imbibing all the qualities that God represents. Normally one picks all the negative qualities in a person. Even in God, you will pick some negativity! The moment your mind is not in love, it behaves thus. When you are living Divine love, you will enhance and rejoice in Divine qualities wherever you find them.

2. The second is rupasakti. Some may not be able to appreciate the qualities, because they don’t see the qualities as qualities. And qualities cannot be seen without a form. When you’re unable to appreciate the subtle qualities, you can definitely appreciate the form that is in the form of you. And forms are everywhere! When you appreciate a flower, you appreciate the form. When you see truth in the form as a quality and glorify it, it takes you beyond the qualities. In the same way, if you love a flower, and deeply appreciate it, you will see that it dissolves into the formless. You will see the space which is hiding deep inside that flower.

3. The third is pujasakti, the interest in worshipping, honouring. Love can find its _expression in the form of puja, form of honouring. And one who has done this will know the taste of it. As the state of your wholeness, your mind says, ‘‘I want nothing. I just want to be worshipping like this all my life.’’ Pujasakti is a sign of love. If you love someone, something, and whenever there is love you’ll see that you start worshipping that which you love.

4. The fourth is smaranasakti, which means remembering. That something which stays constantly on your mind. Have you noticed that when you love something, and have a desire, that desire lingers on in your mind? Sometimes, as soon as you get up, the same thing rolls on in your mind. When there is strong desire for something, that thought pours in all the time. In the same way, when you hate something, it runs through your mind all the time. This is called smarana. How wonderful it will be if the Divine just rolls in your mind like that?

5. Dasyaskati is the fifth. It means being a servant of God. It means saying, ‘‘I am just the servant of the Divine; He’s taking care of me. I do whatever I have been asked to do. My life is here not to get something out of here — I have come to this world to serve Him. Service is expecting nothing in return. Whatever service He wants from me, I’ll do it. Whomsoever He will send in front of me, I will be useful to them, I’ll help them.’’ This is dasyasakti.

6. The sixth is sakhyasakti, companion of God. A feeling of companionship with the Divine. Many may not like being a servant. Sakhyasakti is a feeling that I am the beloved of my Lord. He is my beloved. I’ll do whatever I can to please Him. It is wherein you are able to share fearlessly with the Divine. And this will have to come from you. It’s not that one is superior to the other. Gita was taught to Arjuna, and Arjuna made Krishna his friend, sakha, companion. That’s why Krishna was called Jagad-guru, the teacher of the whole universe. He was both a master and a companion.

7. The seventh is vatsalyasakti. Vastsalya means affection, being affectionate. Can we treat the Divine as a child, as a naughty person? In vatsalyasakti, devotion can take the form of the care you have for a child, or mothering the Divine. The devotee then orders God. There’s such a sweet feeling behind it. The devotee tells God, ‘‘See, if You do like that, I’ll be angry with you. If You don’t make Your presence felt today, I’m not going to talk to You tomorrow.’’ So just like a mother deals with a child, a devotee deals with God. Feeling that closeness is vatsalyasakti.

8. Kantasakti is the eighth form. It is the beloved husband-wife, relationship. Feeling that the Divine is part of you, and, ‘‘He cares for me so much that He cannot exist without me! How can He exist without me?’’

9. The ninth form is atmanivedanasakti, offering one’s very self. That is a great form of love that, ‘‘my very breath, my very existence is Yours. Every particle of my existence is offered to You. Every breath I breathe in is Yours. I am Yours.’’. That total surrender, letting go. ‘‘You do whatever You want with this life! It is Yours!’’. This flavour, of not even keeping any bit of ‘‘me, I’’ inside, is atmanivedanasakti.

10. Tanmayatasakt is the tenth form. This is seeing everything as You. That everything belongs to You. The totality of prana, the flow of prana, finding itself everywhere is tanmayatasakti. Being soaked in the Divine love is called tanmaya, tanmayatasakti. Anyway, everything is already soaked in Him! It only has to be recognised!

11. Paramavirahasakti is the eleventh form. Viraha means extreme agony and the pain of longing, of separation. This also a sign of Divine love. Love can never be complete because there is longing. It’s the longing that makes love incomplete and infinite! So the pain of longing itself is Divine love. In that painful longing, prayer dawns. Blessed are those who go through that pain.

Usually, when people love something and there is a longing for it, they try to get rid of it because it’s painful. The more you try to run away from it, you are destroying not only the longing but also the love. But if you can accept the pain of longing, that brings you the recognition of infinity. H H Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

for the divine valentine.

• srisri quotes:
  
• Do anything... if there is no shradhaa (faith), nothing is going to benefit you. And if you do nothing and there is shradhaa, that itself becomes saadhana for you, becomes a practice.

• When doubts arise in you: fast, meditate, do pranayam, and do prayers, and see whether the doubt will remain.

• When you get overwhelmed with responsibility, like Janaka, listen to Ashtavakra... relax and let go! When you experience lethargy and dullness, feel like running away, like Arjuna, listen to Krishna and get into action!

FAITH AND ALERTNESS

Faith and alertness appear to be completely opposite in nature. When you are alert, usually there is no faith and you feel restless and insecure. When there is faith the mind is secure and rested and you are not alert.

There are three types of faith:

Tamasic faith which is because of dullness. Like when you do not want to take responsibility or action and you say, "Oh it doesn’t matter, anyway God will take care of all these things!" (laughter)

Rajasic faith which is brought on by intense compulsion of desires and ambition. The ambition keeps the faith alive.

Satvic faith is innocent and is born out of fullness of consciousness.


Faith and alertness, though apparently opposite in nature, are actually complementary to each other. In the absence of faith there can be no growth, and without alertness there can be no correct understanding. Faith can make you complacent. Alertness makes you tense.

If there is no faith, there is fear. And when there is no alertness one cannot perceive or express properly. A combination of both is essential.

In Gyana (state of wisdom) there is alertness without tension and faith without complacency. The purpose of education should be to remove the element of dullness from faith and the element of fear from alertness. This is a unique and rare combination. If you have faith and alertness at the same time, then you will become a true Gyani (the Wise One)!

jaigurudev

love
nirmit19