When we are thinking about the mind and its fantasies we get flashes of thoughts about Arjuna in the Battlefield of the epic Mahabharata, the famous drama- Hamlet of W. Shakespeare, and the poems of Shelly and Keats, Wordsworth and others. As we have noted in the earlier blocks, we are not bothered about the names of authors, but their intellectual height is what we are concerned. Say, about Arjuna, the question of attaining to 'unity consciousness' remains a question. But when it comes to Krishna, the status of His becoming 'Bhagavan' is unquestionable; so also, about Siddhartha or Gautama who became the Buddha. The life history of Chandra Gupta Maurya, and Ashoka are equally interesting. Unfortunately, the present generation has lost all these thrilling accounts due to their absorption in IT, BT, CT, NT. and such other Technologies. Thus, it is hoped that this piece of advice comes timely to all those who have lost their way.
"To Be or Not To Be"that is the question. The meaning and import of the term "Be" is vast and deep. the absolute state of brahmn is the sate of "Be" and all other manifest forms of brahmn are "Being". All the jivas are perturbed and seek peace. The state of absolute silence, quietude, equilibrium is bhuman. This is the inherent nature of the jivas. 'Desire' prompts jiva to action (karma) and this in turn begets more action and reaction. Thus, the 'Beings' get lost in their adventure of 'becoming' something that is natural to the jiva. This causes untold misery. Emperor Chandra Gupta took to renunciation handed over the administration of the Kingdom to his son Bindusara and retired to Shravana Belagola near Hassan in Karnataka. He attained to samadhi taking recourse to sanyasa and adopted 'sallekhana' method of willfully, consciously, discarding the mortal physical appendage, the body. The incident after the historic war of Kalinga in Odisha is well known.
There are accounts of Purandhara Dasa and Kanaka Das who relinquished wealth and took to life of mendicants. What is it that attracted them to ascetic life? The answer is just 'Realization' of the true nature of this worldly existence and the 'Truth' behind this transient world.
. Unllike Samskrutam and French languages, the English language demands grammatically correct sentences and an orderly presentation in concrete terms. In Samskrutam and French one goes on talking or writing as thoughts occur. Hence, there is need for rearrangement of the words of Samskruta shloka (verses). However, in all these languages the words are made up of seed letters or syllables, and it is more so in the case of Samskrutam where every letter/syllable or alphabet from a to ksha (a ksha ra / kshara of ra) is so potent that it has creative power (kriya shakti), knowledge (jnyan), and ability to create (srushti kriyasheelata) and transform (parivartana)!
'Realization' is a very potent word. It is composed of real, i, z, at, and ion. One arrives at the real (Truth), the 'ion', an energy particle, the Atman that is immortal ('zee'). This realization comes after a bitter experience in life like the Kalinga War to Ashoka or just satiation of all desires and maturity dawn on the person. However, a majority of the people engaged in the worldly pursuits remain outside all these spiritual aspects we are talking of.
In a way, all these point out to the noble ways of living of the rich and the famous, the great emperors, and all wise. This is in stark contrast to third grade politicians embedded in the mire of corruption and not willing to accept their heinous crimes and want others to find out their wealth stacked in hideouts and punish them, if they can!
There are accounts of Purandhara Dasa and Kanaka Das who relinquished wealth and took to life of mendicants. What is it that attracted them to ascetic life? The answer is just 'Realization' of the true nature of this worldly existence and the 'Truth' behind this transient world.
. Unllike Samskrutam and French languages, the English language demands grammatically correct sentences and an orderly presentation in concrete terms. In Samskrutam and French one goes on talking or writing as thoughts occur. Hence, there is need for rearrangement of the words of Samskruta shloka (verses). However, in all these languages the words are made up of seed letters or syllables, and it is more so in the case of Samskrutam where every letter/syllable or alphabet from a to ksha (a ksha ra / kshara of ra) is so potent that it has creative power (kriya shakti), knowledge (jnyan), and ability to create (srushti kriyasheelata) and transform (parivartana)!
'Realization' is a very potent word. It is composed of real, i, z, at, and ion. One arrives at the real (Truth), the 'ion', an energy particle, the Atman that is immortal ('zee'). This realization comes after a bitter experience in life like the Kalinga War to Ashoka or just satiation of all desires and maturity dawn on the person. However, a majority of the people engaged in the worldly pursuits remain outside all these spiritual aspects we are talking of.
In a way, all these point out to the noble ways of living of the rich and the famous, the great emperors, and all wise. This is in stark contrast to third grade politicians embedded in the mire of corruption and not willing to accept their heinous crimes and want others to find out their wealth stacked in hideouts and punish them, if they can!
All these are contemporary history and do not go back to more than a few thousand years. What is important here is the nature of this human being. The jiva is so perturbed it is unable to open its eyes to reality. Hence, the eternal question: "To Be, or Not to Be?" Here, "To Be" is to attain to the Buddha state and "Being" and Becoming" is to attain worldly riches, name and fame, and ultimately go unto dust without any trace of existence!
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