7 Chakras in Brief

Accepting growth

Nothing is attained without some pain. This is true in all realities, physical or spiritual. Often it is the fear of this pain that keeps us from claiming our own rightful growth.

Should you want to grow, you must be ready for braving the path that leads to it. 
There is no need for fear in this scenario. None at all!

Fear, in this scenario, is simply a sieve to filter the brave from the ignorant. I wouldn't call the rest of us 'weak hearted' but 'ignorant' as should someone guide us into the truth of all matters (and should we LET OURSELVES be thus guided) we would no longer have any fear.

There is only wisdom or the absence of it.

Let your self learn from a little plant. A plant so young and tender, yet a victor and a brave heart!

Namaste!

Light

It doesn't matter what we are, where we are from or how old we are. We can always spread love, light and truth in our little deeds...

Darkness is the limitations we tend to live in. 'Light' is realising those limitations are but false!

I heard someone say "we can go in a dark room and switch on a lightbulb but we cannot switch on darkness"

Darkness is simply the absence of light. A passive existence. An important existence. A potential.

Light, is realising that potential!

Namaste.

Stage 3

To be spiritual doesn't mean to shun all that is.
To be able to appreciate all without judgement, that is being spiritual.

Many spiritual beings wonder if indulging in materials of the earthly world is anti spirituality. No it isn't! This wonderful article explains the three stages of a spiritual mind. Most of us are at stage two. Remember, for as long as we yield to judgement, we are creating dichotomy. Shunning something or someone comes naturally but it is in fact counter intuitive. Think about it.

The third stage is what we must all try to attain.

Here is an excerpt:

http://modernagespirituality.com/2015/03/07/the-experience-of-the-state-of-pure-consciousness/

"The first one is to live life with the absolute attention on the outside. The outside world attracts you, and you create your life out of what you see outside. All the physical beauty in the form of human or an object attracts you. There is only one way for you to fulfill your desires, i.e through physical effort. You live outside and you have no clue of what’s happening in your inner world.

The second part of life is when you connect with your inner world. The world of energy, thoughts and emotions. You live inside out. You don’t follow the outside life, but you follow what’s going on in your inner world.

In this part of life, you are more connected to life. You follow your heart, develop your talent, use your skill and create life out of it. Here you are more creatively satisfied with your life. You are near to your source, and you look for inner satisfaction and not outside accomplishment.

The third part of life, is when you understand the process of life after self-realization. Than it doesn’t matter either you live materialistic life or be more creative with your life, you always remain above it. None of the world matters to you, than the truth that resides beyond both the physical and subtleworld.The world of pure consciousness."

Be well!

A Quantum Leap

When we observe something, we change the outcome. This is what the video shows as proven scientifically. The question then arises WHY or HOW do we affect what we observe? And that, does it proves that what we see doesn't actually exist?

Check out the video here.

It shows how observing electrons make them behave as particles (seen as a definite outcome, a perceivable or notable  outcome while when not observed, the electrons can essentially 'split' into duplicates, interact with its own doubles, and produce a fringe pattern : a quality of waves.

So how is it that merely observing an electron can determine whether it is a wave or a particle?

This duality was first discovered in light which easily showed the fringes in double slit experiments we are taught about in high school and yet had particle like properties (thus acknowledged as: a photon or a 'quantum of energy')

The quantum enigma raises many interesting questions.

The video also talks about dark matter.
What is so dark about it anyway?
Basically it is matter that interacts with us, we know it exists, yet we can't see or record it. Why? Does it exist in a parallel universe affecting us in our "reality" via the theory of 'quantum entanglement'?
So do multiverses actually exist?

Another thing to ponder over is that while the existence of multiverses is also mentioned in THE BOOK, Gita, I personally do not remember it stating whether these universes are physically different, are they a macroscopic manifestation of the uncertainity principle, or are they distinct dimensions of existence all together! (Or perhaps I should read The book again and try search).

Quantum entanglement also raised another question in my mind. As subatomic particles are entangled over millions of miles, is it possible that two human beings (or different particles of different human beings) could be thus entangled? After all how many times we call a person to hear that they were in fact missing us or about to call us? This not only explains intuition, it also explains 'collective consciousness' and how the popular notion goes 'what we do affects many others' ? Could such entanglement explain 'love' beyond 'dopamine, norepinephrine and oxytocin'?
Can this also explain the notion that 'Love Is The Key' as is stated in most religions and spoken by wise. Does love actually create quantum entanglement?

Does 'Quantum Enigma' relates to the act of 'praying'?

"Dear God
I pray to thee
My thoughts are messed
Please watch over me
So from being crazy waveforms
With uncertain fringes
May I know my direction
Slit A or B"

:P :P :P

A troubled mind

One day God spoke about the infamous matrix and why were poor humans subjected to its insanity: "I make the matrix of life for all," God said, "but human beings are special. They are "intelligent" enough to make their own!
You need to undo your programming to escape your own matrix."

Are you troubled? Close your eyes and ask yourself honestly what is the cause of your issue. You may find a words or few, about something that you perhaps need. Ask more. Why do you seek it. What is REALLY the cause of your trouble?

Seeking the Quest

The answers exist within the universe just as the knowing exists within us. Often we ask 'what exactly IS the knowing?' Lately that's what I end up thinking. There are answers all around us, withing the collective consciousness that is universe. So why do we not know the answers yet?
'What answers?' You may ask. And that's how duality is manifested in this delusion yet again!
Is it lack of understanding that makes us seek? Or is it understanding the lack?

Should we be observing the manifestations of delusion and formulate questions and then chase the many possible answers (and usually all are correct) ending up trying to prove our theory as the correct one? This is similar to the followers of different religions trying to establish their superiority. All religions essentially speak the same thing in different words! Yet all are different and no one is wrong! So why do they end up fighting instead of following love, peace and kindness as their religions preach?
This is because we create more duality and cause the dichotomy between spiritual, conscious self and subconscious ego that arises due to seeking the wrong quest!

For instance, the question should not be what is God's name or when did he/she/it etc came on earth and how. The question should be sought from within our own soul. Perhaps it could be 'how can I spread more peace' instead of 'what is peace' because the facts dont matter, what matters is the application.
I follow more than one religions simultaneously so this isn't an article by an atheist. I am simply quoting an example.

With a brain activation level of 2%, we must realise that we are just overgrown infants in the vast cosmos, just as stubborn and ignorant and, on the plus side, with just as much scope to mature.

A child is happy by simply playing with his balloon. You take that away, he cries. Similarly, we have our balloons, for instance, money. Snatch it away, and we cry.
While a child cries over his lost balloon, his parents have the 'knowing' of inflating another one. It seems a trivial matter to them. 'Ah, little children and their silly needs!'
What if I tell you we are still little children? What all do you think we are capable of when we actually grow into a spiritual adult?

One in a Million

What do you tell someone when they say "you are one in a million"?
Do you feel you ARE one in a million?
Or do you say "so is everyone else, big deal!" ?

Most of us say either of these. Most of us form opinions about those who say the sentence other than what we would. Who is correct?
Are we not one in a million? (6 billion actually). Yes we are. We are all unique. In fact that we are all unique is what is common in us all!

What I am trying to say is this:

We are one in a million. There is something about us that makes us unique. It is that 'something' that is also our strength. It comes naturally to us and it is our duty to follow it because in following it, we follow our destiny. Prophecies aren't restricted to fiction movies. Only we haven't discovered the one labeled with our names yet. Seek. We have the power within us. The power to create.

We are one in a million. And so is everyone else. This is in fact a very very important perspective (I am talking to those of you who think that someone with this opinion is just a pessimist)
We must remember we are divine. But well, so is the other person! This realisation kills the scope for pride. It is perhaps more important than the first statement because while lack of self realisation gets you nowhere, pride causes downfall. If on a graph you are standing at point zero, pride can take you towards the negative axis. Realising the divinity in others also kills our ego and paves way for love and respect. Which in turn leads to gratitude. We are co-dependent beings who share a consciousness in ways beyond we can imagine.

Just as a pebble thrown into a pool of water doesn't affect only the point of its entry but creates ripples affecting the entire pool, similarly our actions have far reaching consequences!

So, yes, we ARE ALL one in a million. We must all realise our uniqueness. We must all see the divine in each other. Love and gratitude: this is the way towards ascension.

Namaste

Image courtesy: http://caitoconnor.blogspot.in/2011/01/ripples.html?m=1
This blog, "incidentally" talks about thanking God for small mercies. I haven't taken any permissions before using the image. While searching for images suitable for this post, this image captured my attention and was the first (and only) image I opened for the same. I must admit, this post is interesting. Thanking God for small mercies (gratitude) is indeed important.

GURU

Perhaps in this contemporary world, you need qualifications to serve as a teacher. But remember, to be a GURU, you simply need the reason.
There are no qualifications certified in paper but those nurtured in the mind and heart that makes one a GURU.

Perhaps we can't all become a brilliant sun. So what! What would be sad is if you ignore the little candle within you and let darkness persist in someone's life.

Help one person/plant/animal a day. It might not win you the Nobel prize for peace perhaps, but it will make you a GURU of sorts...

Namaste

Mahashivratri

Mahashivratri, perhaps the most significant Hindu festival, is celebrated on chaturdashi tithi of krishnpaksha of phagun maas (14th day of the lunar cycle).
Perhaps this explains the waning crescent on Lord Shiva's head.

Lord Shiva, the most compassionate God/Diety/Adi guru as well as the God of destruction, is also shown to have his third eye (pineal gland/seat of spirituality) open.

Ideally each 14th day of the waning moon phase is Shivratri, Mahashivratri being the most significant.

To everyone, this day holds its own significance. Some celebrate it as the union of Shiva and Shakti, his consort.
Some, celebrate it as the day when Lord Shiva attained Mount Kailash like stillness (deepest state of meditation).
I figure it means the same.
Vigyan Bhairav describes Shakti as the face of Shiva as well as the path unto Him. It also, in its various dialogues between Shiva and Shakti, describes the various paths to attain perfect state of mediation (or the state of Shiva) which also includes divine union.
So we can all agree that basically Shivratri is a night of spiritual evolution. It is celebrated by a day long fast and a night long vigil. A person who wants to observe this pious day stays upright all night long. The most significant time is that of midnight (calculated as the time exactly midway between sun set and sunrise) (not 0000hrs!)

The question is why night? Why darkness? Why waning moon? Most festivals especially those that are supposed to bring in prosperity, are observed during the waxing phase of the moon. Waxing phase is the phase that is observed by religions that follow the moon (which includes pagan/wiccan religions too) as the phase of 'increment'.
So why the waning phase for mahashivratri?
Dark is sadly associated with the devil, by the naive. Dark (and waning moon) signifies 'banishing'. Each month, Shivratri encourages us to banish ignorance and attain spiritual advancement, Mahashivratri being the most powerful night amongst them all. Similar banishing rituals are held by those who follow Paganism/Wicca.

Shiva, the destroyer, destroys 'all that is' like material objects around us so we may attain 'all that isn't' (Shiva) that is void/dark depths and truths of the universe.

Light creates distractions by showing us all sorts of illusions. When there is no light, there are no illusions, only truth.

Truth alone can help us all evolve as a species. In the absolute truth, there is love compassion and kindness. Thus, Lord Shiva is known as the most compassionate-The destroyer of 'all that is' and the giver of knowledge and truth...

Mahashivratri is an opportunity to seek and ask, an opportunity to grow and evolve.

Happy Mahashivratri!
Namaste