How to meditate.......

A student was introduced to meditation technique by a zen master. The student complained about back pain, leg ache and thoughts disturbances. For which the zen master told him to continue with the meditation as that would disappear during the course of time. The student continued for some time, now he could concentrate without any pains, aches disturbances and he experienced a kind of happiness in the meditation.

He went to the master and said these days he experiences a happiness in the meditation. The Master replied " Even happiness will dissappear in the course of time you continue with the meditation". The student got puzzled.

The analogy behind meditation is you start with a seeking aspect once you've chartered your path forget about the seeking. In the ultimate status of the meditation, you neither feel anything nor you get anything No longer you seek silent because you are already being silent.

Vibhuthi yoga

We all know that god pervades everywhere. Yet we only worship the idols as "gods". There is nothing wrong in worshiping idols. It is like a kindergarten worship i.e. when we were in those classes the teacher used to associate articles with the alphabhets. As we grow older, do we still want those articles to associate with that word. Don't we form the sentence without even thinking of those articles. Likewise, we don't need any assistance to establish contact with HIM.

Idol worshiping is the stepping stone in spiritual class room. Do not see the progress card every now and then as that would prevent you from moving to next level.

In Bhagawad gita, the Lord gives us a glimpses where we could associate HIM to establish union with the Ultimate Brahmam. Let us see examples quoted in the vibhuthi yoga chapter 10 of the Bhagawad Gita.

He says, among mountain ranges he is Himalayas, Among the rivers he is Jhanavi(other name of Ganges) Among Vedas he is sama veda (because of musical beauty) Among wild animals he is the lion, among gambling he is the 'kick' associated with the gambling, among mantras he is gayatri mantra likewise, the list goes on.

In total, he had expressed 75 examples through which the devotee can corelate with the ultimate Brahmam. For which he had spent 41 slokas in the 43 sloka he says whatever he had said in 41 slokas were not even a tip of the iceberg. Because he is infinitive there is no starting point or ending. This universe is just a speck in his creation. He remains fathomless........

In sum, after reading chapter 10 of the Bhagawad Gita (the essence of the message has not been percolated into my mind it needs further reading and a deep contemplation) one famous line from the film Three Musketeers came to my mind "All for one, One for all"

Experiencing it

A man came to meet lord Buddha and asked him a question Does god exist? No. replied Buddha. then the man went off.

Another man asked the same question for which Buddha reply was yes!

Third person asked the same question this time Buddha remained silent and smiled at him. The visitor just prostrated before him and went off.

After a while, one of his disciples asked Buddha why he gave three different answers for the same question.

Lord replied
"The first person was a firm believer of god and he needed an endorsement from me(because Buddha never advocated god's existence in his teachings) Suppose had I gave an affirmative answer he would have pulverized my teachings instead, I wanted him to experience the truth."

The second person was a disbeliever he wanted to consolidated his belief in other words, he needed a support so that I didn't give him the expected answer"

The third person was neither believer nor dis believer but an explorer that's why
I simply smiled at him . My smile conveyed a message that let him experience it himself.

God realization cannot be made on belief it can be acheived through experience alone.

The Mahabharatha could have been averted

Had three things been followed the war could have been averted.
1.Arjuna's gaandib should have been broken because he was very much attached to bow. with that bow he had the habit of swearing upon this and that.


2.Draupati head should have been tonsured because every time when there was a glimmering chance of peace been enforced she showed her long hair to pandavas and mentioned about the humiliation she had meted out at the hands of dhusshashan.

3.Lord Krishna should have been tied because the lord had the clairvoyant p[ower he could have the averted the crisis by his divine power.

The three agendas were put forward by the sahadeva to the lord krishna. Interestingly, of the three agendas, sahadeva told Lord Krishna no.3 agenda was easier than the rest of the others.

For which Lord krishna asked sahadeva how he could do it? By asking it , lord Krishna took vishwarupam .

Sahadeva simply closed his eyes and imagined the lord krishna as a child and he tied the child with this devotion by doing so,the lord standing before sahadeva hands were tied. The Lord was pleased with the sahadeva's devotion and asked him to release from the bondage.

FROM BLOT TO BLOSSOM Contd......

In the earlier chapter , we saw how ratnakar was transformed into sage valmiki . Likewise, there is a psalm in the bible which says " condemn the sin not the sinner".

This had happened in Jesus Christ life when an adulterous woman was stoned by the villagers.Jesus Christ came to her rescue and condemned the sinful act of that woman. But, he didn't condemn the woman.Just how sage narada played instrumental in transforming the ratnakar life,when the whole world had shunned him.

It shows great persons don't differentiate between good and bad. As per karmic theory, the purpose of taking birth is to jettison the baggage of sins.

In the eyes of creator, nothing is detestable. Can they be included in the ordinary life? My answer would be depending upon the individual's preference. My answer would be use them for social uplift.

When you pluck a rose from the garden does anyone give a thought about the manure used for cultivation of the rose plant? Likewise, these personalities should be used for the social betterment.

Ok Ok this philosophy may sound outlandish. All good things are good only if they are found in print. But, when it comes to practical life we are caught in the web.

Hands On Hands off Reiki works!

This system was almost forgotten until japanese master Dr. Mikao Usui rediscovered it in the early 20th century. This method was followed by Indian yogis.

The Human Body has 7 chakras they are otherwise known as energy centres. Each chakra is associated with endocrine gland.

In reiki, it is not the energy of the practitioner which is transmitting it is actually the universal energy which beams out of the reiki healer hand.

The teatment can be given in person or through distant healing. This system is useful in curing all diseases.No diagnosis is required the universal energy locates the problem and rectifies it .

Shivrathri: Arise Awake

Shivratri is celebrated in the month of maagha (13th night and 14th day) . On this day, All shiva temples are kept opened through the night. The lord shiva is worshiped with bael leaves and anointment(abhisekham) is performed to shivlingam. The devotees follow fasting and night-long vigil.

Adi sankara says " punarapi jananum punarapi maranum jadame shayanam" We all caught in the web of births and deaths in order to get released from this cycle we should pray to the almighty .
Through indolent mind one cannot achieve the salvation . We have to arise from the slumber of illusion and always sharpen our consciousness . That is why on shivratri night devotees keep night-long vigil.

In the name of keeping vigil , some of them watch movies or play card games they just fulfill the letter of shivratri but not the spirit of the occasion. While fasting and keeping vigil the devotee is expected to observe smarana bhakti (focusing on lord). Every month we celebrate shivratri but this one is special because it is called mahashivratri.

Life is full of attractions and repulsions

The magnetic theory seems to be found in every creature on this earth. We yearn for something to accomplish that THING we give our best but, once the expected THING is accomplished we don't seem to enjoy as we enjoyed during the period of yearning. For example, in the story Mahabharatha pandavas were deprived of their kingdom. In order to regain the kingdom, they faced several hardships . Once, the war got over they didn't enjoy it thoroughly because their pro genies were lost in the battle. In addition, their skills which existed before the war were not found in them. Arjuna was unable to lift Gandibha(Bow), Bhima uanble to lift gadha(mace) all pandavas had lost their acumen once the war got over. Their skills came to their rescue when they were in distress . After the war, cause of their worry was no longer existed hence, their skills too, waned away. Sri Aurobindo says '' the whole of universe is based on attractions and repulsions '' no material accomplishment could give a complete satisfaction''. On accomplishment of one thing another one props up likewise the life goes on there is no point in fretting over what has happened.
Money is essential to live in this planet . However, money alone cannot provide solace. If anyone thinks otherwise, they will have to wander like Daniel Craig in ''quantum of solace''. In the film ''The war of the roses'' the couple spoil t the 18 years of their marriage over a tiff that who would own the HOUSE after the divorce. These days the relationships are built with mortars, bank balance, investments etc. These would not last long of course, for a time being these relationships would give a comfort ultimately, they would wash away like the houses being hit by the tsunami waves. We all know that money is essential but how much is sufficient nobody knows ...............................................

Thirukazhukunram: A Mukti Stal

This sleepy small town is situated around 60 kms from chennai ,12 kms from chengalpattu and 17 kms from mahabalipuram. Pakshi theertham (Sanskrit) is the name given to this place. The place draws a thin crowd each day as the importance of this place has not been preached by the media. Unike Thiruvannamalai, which got the importance among the mass by the films like annamalai, arunachalam.Thirukazhukunram needs media publicity. Sanctity wise, this place is second to none as it is also called Dakshina Kailasam. The presiding deity is called vedagereeswarar (LORD OF KNOWLEDGE HILLS) and his consort is called thirpurasundari(literal translation is MISS UNIVERSE) trilok comprises of bhulok--earth, aakaasha----space, devlok-----celestial world as the godess has been acclaimed as beauty in all these lokha she is named as thiripurasundari.

Coming back to stala purana , there are two temples in this town at foothills the deity is called bakthavalaeswarar the same deity also perched atop the hills as vedagereeswarar. there are four hillocks surrounding the temple and the temple is situated in one of the hillocks.
The four hillocks represent each veda namely, rig,yajur,sama and atharvana . The stala vriksha (tree associated with the temple) is banana tree. The girivalam (cir ambulation) is performed on purnima every month the radius of this cir ambulation is around 5kms.

The story behind pakshi theertham goes back like this Due to the curse by the lord shiva two brahmaputras were taken to the shape of eagles and they would get the mukti(salvatio0n)at the end of the kali yuga till such time they would have to repent in the form of eagles. Every day two eagles comes to the temple around noon time (It is believed that they start their journey from benares in the morning they have the lunch at thirukazhukunram before heading towards rameshwaram in the evening and then they return to chidambaram for the night stay ) Before taking lunch they circle the temple two times and they are provided with chakkra pongal(jaggery rice) Of late, the arrival of eagles have been stopped because of ecological imbalance.
There is another unique incident associated with the this place is " conch comes out from a temple tank". One can see such coonchs at the temple office.This happens once in every twelve years synchronized with the planet Jupiter enters the kanni rasi(virgo) Around same time , the town wears a festive look of celebrating "lakshadeepam" the entire town every household and every establishment is illuminated with earthen lamps. The importance of this place is found in several ta mil hymns. A must visit for a solace searching person definitely the almighty showers you with that one.