Asheville, North Carolina, USA,
August 24, 2014
This message has been written by a very-good-brain devotee – indeed brilliant in the energy of understanding:
“Human beings are conditioned to take shortcuts; One always resorts to taking shortcuts. This conditioning is not so harmful in the technical field, where there is a scope for taking a shortcut. But in the centripetal dimension this conditioning wreaks havoc.
“We are always on the lookout for shortcuts: to reach a destination quickly, to get rich quickly, to get fame quickly, to get slim quickly and even to reach "God" quickly. Some run to Gurus to get Samadhi instantaneously.
“The ‘Book of Self’ has to be read meticulously and thoroughly without skipping pages. One can proceed to the next page only after reading and understanding the preceding page. No shortcut is of any help here. It is because of shortcuts taken here that we are so hopelessly caught up in this illusion "I".
“How many of us go beyond the words. The messages are only to inspire us to go deeper into the understanding of the self and its ways. When it is said do not follow anyone, we accept it but don't go deeper as to why it has been said so. We merely follow the advice of "not following". Thus, “following” as well as “not following” become shortcuts too.
“Again when we have any problem we want to quickly get rid of it. We are not interested in understanding what the problem is and why it is there in the first place. We look for a solution to it as if the problem and solution are separate. The solution is in the problem itself! Yet we prefer the shortcut solution than the actual understanding of the problem because that is much more tedious.
“What we do not realize is that these shortcuts are actually making the whole process of understanding longer. Shortcuts are possible where there is a route but understanding has no route so there is no question of shortcut. Energy of Understanding is the roar of a Lion of Life!”
Notes:
1. Listen to the following Beatles song:
“Within You Without You” – The Beatles
We were talking, about the space between us all
And the people, who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion
Never glimpse of truth, then it's far too late, when they pass away
We were talking, about the love we could all share, when we find it
To try our best to hold it there, with our love
With our love, we could save the world, if they only knew
Try to realize it's all within yourself no-one else can make you change
And to see you're really only very small,
And life flows on within and without you
We were talking, about the love that's gone so cold and the people,
Who gain the world and lose their soul
Then you may find, peace of mind, is waiting there
And the time will come when you see we're all one,
And life flows on within and without you
2. Awareness of ambition, of becoming, is the abrogation of greed, of fear, of dependency on belief systems.
3. Serene dimension of action of perception is the sacred dance of Life in wisdom. It is the dance of moonlight on the ripples of a still lake
Jai Dance