Hello
friend, welcome ... so have been very busy? It’s a lot of aspirations isn’t it? Aspirations
of safety, comfort, satisfaction, accomplishment, realization, and all this in what
you believe/imagine to be real, the life of the body and its possibilities/potential
...
Before proceeding, I must warn you that these words have nothing to do with
a new philosophy, or an ancient one, but with the fire of Truth, with
timelessness! Don’t
allow the thirst for answers, and the belief in your own questions, to block
your understanding ...
If you fit the profile "seeker of matter", ie someone whose focus
is only on their material aspirations, and ignores, or does not attribute any
importance to the so called transcendent realities, then I must tell you that you're
actually lucky, the level
of aspirations is much less, the needs are more immediate, therefore the
confusion/frustration, is more immediate, the pain is more intense, and this is
an advantage, even if it doesn’t looks that way, because while the suffering is
intense ,
there can be no conformity with the status quo, and that strength is what will draw
you that state of delusion ...
If you fit the profile "spiritual seeker", ie someone whose focus
is only on their spiritual aspirations, then it could complicate a bit,
depending on your beliefs ... It
can be entertaining for the rest of your life, or depending on the beliefs, it
can mean even entertainment for several lifetimes ... and
worse, possibly you have understood some things about human life and it’s
aspirations, and because you understood the obvious about human suffering, possibly
in this sphere everything is fine , which means you lost a valuable ally,
suffering, with a bit of luck
there can remain a little restless ...
If you have identified with both groups, and believe that one completes the
other, or that one maintains the other, or even that there are no differences
from each other, then it’s a bit more complicated ... because
the benefits of the first group, the most immediate suffering, are diluted in
the understanding of the second group, and hope is renewed more easily, or doesn’t
even get to die ...
Yes, I know these words sound very strange, because they go against the
very mechanisms of mental understanding, against the "bricks" that form
thoughts, in their primary structures ... keep an open mind!
What if the "rules of the game", were not those you imagine? A
magician when performing a trick, will distract your attention with one hand,
and fool you with the other hand, that hand in which you got your attention,
doesn’t have any significance besides to distract, to entertain your attention,
as much as you imagine this to be most important hand, be
the focus of the main action ...
Entertainment ... That's the name of the game you are
playing now!
These words are not an invitation to change your beliefs, but are rather an
invitation to a deeper investigation on their origin!
The advantage of the first group is that their needs are more immediate,
their goals are in the short term, so the experience of frustration is in the
short term, which is great because this way, and when you get rid of the
beliefs of lack
of self-worth, you can understand the obvious: that things have no value in
themselves, beyond that which is deceptively attributed them! Thus
you may soon start questioning the beliefs themselves, not the method, nor the
artist. When
the goals are long term, it’s more complicated to understand, it takes longer
to have this experience of frustration and therefore this understanding.
Time and space are the raw material of what is called concrete mind! The conception of
time and space are basics of the entertainment! When
the mind is not focused on aspirations, whatever they may be, then the
mechanisms of what is experienced can be seen clearly, can be observed at the origin,
where apparently thoughts emerge, right there, even before the second
phenomenon occurs, the attribution
of importance. When
the mind is focused on the realization of the aspirations, these phenomena are
completely unnoticed ...
All your dreams, hopes, aspirations are mere entertainment, "are there”
to entertain you! This
accordion effect, from hope to despair, and from despair back to hope, is the dance
of entertainment, is suffering, is the illusion! Where does that
which you call your thoughts come from? Does this question seems strange?! If
you're not too busy with aspirations, Investigate!
There is only here, now ... there is no tomorrow! There is no future
in which you can be happy or unhappy! You are the now, the
here, Joy, Totality! Now,
is not a concept of the present time in relation to the past and future, now is
infinity, is Totality. Happiness
has nothing to do with the circumstances, Happiness is not circumstantial! Happiness is Identity!
This is the invitation! Investigate! If you can ...
Blissfully,
Satyavan
