Being here,
intention less
is being peace.
Peace is the natural state
of that human being,
that is Nobody and takes himself
for Nothing
Nobody exists,
who would take anything for an offence,
or would feel honoured by compliments,
-as both,
compliments and offences
meet Nothingness.
And while seeing
your Nothingness repeatedly,
continue to walk
on a second Path,
…the No-person`s Path.
This Path is gone
by resting naturally in this Non-state.
So our worldly being
might purify
..in the light of the knowledge,
that every thing is
a pure expression of being,
as it is just now.
And then
peace learns to fly
on the fragile wings
of a drunken useless butterfly….
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Written June 29th, 2006
A contest entry
- peace by maa.
333 points, ended July 9, 2006, 21 entries
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Thanks, li'l sis, for the beautiful hymns. I have recently become interested in the practice of , devotional yoga as developed here in the U.S. by one Krishna Das, and though it is not the hindu practice of India, I find the chants he teaches very beautiful and heart-opening. The hymns you shared speak so well to the finding of what I have learned to call Identity, Awareness-I-Am, beyond, beneath, above, outside of all the identities and associations we have learned through society. Thank you for sharing!
And thank you, Ingrid for letting your poem comments become a mini-forum.
May we all be ever bright! Rod -
Dear Maa,
yes, very, very much. It is also the same to say, I have only friends, only teachers, and no distictions..
Ingrid -
oh, I just thought of another sanskrit hymn of adi shankaracharya, which I love a lot : the "atmashatakam". actually, one of the verses sounds very similar to the one I mentioned above :
Na Me Mrityu Shankaa Na Me Jaati Bhedah
Pita Naiva Me Naiva Maataa Na Janma
Na Bandhur Na Mitram Gurur Naiva Shishyah
Chidaananda Roopah Shivoham Shivoham
I have no fear of death, nor have I any distinction of Caste,
I have neither father, nor mother, nor even birth,
nor relation, nor friend, no teacher, no disciple,
I am pure Knowledge and Bliss,
I am all Auspiciousness,
I am Shiva, I am Shiva.
enjoy ...
I am sure, ingrid will enjoy this too ...
maa -
dear rod,
yes, you may call me mummy (just kidding
)
what your message inspired me was a verse from one of my favorite hymns to the divine mother in sanskrit, called the "Shree Bhavanyashtakam" :
"na tato na mata na bahndhur na data
na putro na putri na bhrityo na bharta
na jaya na vidya na vrittir mamaiva
gatistvam gatistvam tvam eka bhavani ..."
No father have I, no mother, no comrade, no donor;
no son, no daughter, no servant, no husband or master.
No wife, no wisdom, no vocation have I,
You alone are my path, you are my goal O Bhavani!
(Adi Shankaracharya)
maa -
Dear Rod, your comments to maa and presence do not disturb me.I thought only, they might not know about it, as they are not sent to them.
Thank you, for your kind comments, and elaborations of the truth.
It is true, we become very critical and this is a mind process. But may I allow myself to shift our attention to the other part of the process: The immediate recognizing of patterns, of reflexes, unawarenesses is not a mental function. It is our inborn ability to discriminate. It is that what is awake in sleepiness, that is free in the conditioning, that allows us to discriminate. And as it is colourless, soundless, not an object of our awareness but awareness itself we tend to overlook it.
Refering ourself to it in the conditioning itself brings us at once out of the mind-process.
Thank you very much for your kind attention.
With best wishes
Ingrid -
Dear presence, thank you very much for your comment and applause. Your comments are allways a joy to read, as they are sooo poetic, and heart-touching.
Serenity and seeing of the pictures of ourself do not belong to the mind-process. They are the truth itself. So, in the first moment in the morning when we open our eyes, we are there already. And with our searching, with our identifying with the mental processes we go away from it. But it is allways there, it will never leave you.
With best wishes
Ingrid -
Dear John,
thank you very much for your comments and applause and for being a friend of the timeless. There is a saying: who ever askes himself seriously the question who he is, is invited, is called to wake up.
I wish you the very best, peace and love
Ingrid -
No, ingrid, I just did that. Sorry for the mixup. Please delete the first post if you care to. Thanks, Rod
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Hey maa, marion (do I have to call you mommy instead of little sister?) Just this morning I randomly chose chapter 38 of the Tao Te Ching for a reading and I think it may pertain to your question, dilemma. It speaks of the Master (and I know we are not there yet, but we try, too hard) does nothing but leaves nothing undone. It also speaks about the further we dwell (in consciousness, in practice) from the Way, things as they are, the more tied up we get in "supposed to be". As Igrid said, we who are awakening become so aware of the dream that we struggle so hard to wake from it (has that ever happened to you in a real dream?) and beat ourselves up for failing to go faster. As I replied to Ingrid, several times I've been reminded that Gauutma Buddha struggled and struggled and didn't find realization until he gave up and just let it Be. We need to learn that surrender from the very world around us, from the peaceful daisies.
Shine ever bright, li'l sis.
Rod -
Brother Presence! If:
"The serenity gained when sitting in the seat of no-self eludes ever so softly my steps"
then it would seem that one should stop walking and sit down. (Yeah, right! Just try to stop the crazy mind chatter sometimes). I believe there is a section of the Gospel According to Thomas that quotes Jesus as saying that when you learn the truth, first you will become greatly disturbed, then you will find peace. As Ingrid pointed out, as we begin to realize our error, we become our worst critics. Adults have a hard time learning the new where children simply accept having to do it over and over until it is a part of them as they are getting out of their small steps of mastery. We want it yesterday and get trapped in "supposed to be" (there already). I pointed Marion (maa) to chapter 38 of the Tao Te Ching, which I happen to pick randomly this morning before getting on AP, and which speaks to the woes of propriety, expectations.
And then there was this guy who woke up when he simply stopped trying to grasp the answer.....
BTW - How do you manage to give multiple applause to an individual? I can't seem do that. And thanks for they same on my comment here.
Be bright in peace and Light, brother!
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dear rod,
you sent your message to Maa to me. Would you like to copy it and send it to her as well?
Ingrid -
Truly spoken, Ingrid! It was only when Gautma finally gave up and let go that realization occured. The key is true surrender, of letting Be.
Be bright, Rod -
Wondrous statement of Truth! Thank you so much for this reminder this morning! Even typing, I feel the effort, the pull away from where my spirit longs to reside. Very beautiful imagery and a right-on concept! thank you again, and may we all find and live in Peace. much love, john
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Wonderful comment, and mirrored (but much more eloquently!) what i wanted to say! Thank you for putting into words what I was struggling with, for my dark, still waters hold troubling images as well, and it is only when I can release my-self, that I envision peace! thanks again, and much love, john
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There are many writings of the Saints of old that bring truth to the eyes... but to see recent works from those who are roaming the earth at the same hour as this mind's illusion of time has projected... is truly a blessing. Your words contain the seamless certainty of a Sage, and are - as maa pointed out - as a wondrous mirror that one can use gauge their progress.
As I look into the dark still waters... the image that is seen of my own walk is not up to par with the "expectations" that one would have of one's own self. The serenity gained when sitting in the seat of no-self eludes ever so softly my steps.
'Tis great works such as Yours that bring this one closer to BEing That. -
thank you for the clarification, ingrid.
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Dear maa,
if somebody talks of a path (as I do), it is a little bit confusing, or misleading. It could create the impression, that there is still something to do, to perfect. Although there is a growing, or maturing, ( so this second path exists), in reality, nothing needs to be perfected.
With love Ingrid
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dear ingrid,
I like the image of a microscope very much, it reflects this situation perfectly ...
but please would you tell me what in your poem could lead to confusion ? (or maybe I misunderstood what you meant ... sorry, if this is the case)
maa -
Thank you very much, Maa for your kind, lovable words.
As is often seen like in your case, the farer we have gone on the path the more humble we become, as we see small reflexes enlarged like under a microscope. And they seem to be big and huge then. Don^t let yourself confuse by my poem.
With best wishes
Ingrid -
oh, dear joyful,
your poem comes at the perfect time ...
yesterday, I appreciated it a lot,
today I embrace it with all my being,
as its meaning has been revealed to me ...
a painful situation today, where my lack of integration of wisdom has been mirrored to me, and I had to recognize that there is still the illusion of SOMEBODY being there, present within my mind. only trials wake up this somebody who tries to hide so well. like a sleeping snake who seems harmless, but wait until she awakens ...
who would take anything for an offence,
or would feel honoured by compliments,
-as both,
compliments and offences
meet Nothingness.
today, I had to realize that my peacefulness is only conditioned and temporary, and not stable at all. any little movement makes the flame flicker and deviate from its center.
a very humbling revelation.
a very precious one too ...
thank you, ingrid, for having offered this very valuable poem to me and to all.
maa -
Dear Rod,
thank you for your applause and comment. The ego consciuosness can`t know `unsurpassed peace`, but only short moments of peace
destroyed soon by wishing, refusing...
With best wishes
Ingrid -
Thank you Rod,
I hope it is better now.
Ingrid -
Oh, by the way...The color you used for the font is very hard to read against the background you chose (on the left side). Centering the poem might help.
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The ego, "me", can never know true peace for it always lives with the fear of its false importance being lost. Knowing the No-Thing-ness of Self brings with it the surrender of ego attachment to the simple state of Being, opening up a "peace unsurpassed" that is our natural heritage.
An excellent statement of an essential Truth.
Peace and blessings,and best of luck in the contest.
Rod
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