Scattered Thoughts

Past is history , future is mystery and present is a gift - enjoy it and enjoy it.

Present also have 2 drawbacks for those who wants to know the unknown -

1. Can make one too much joyful and losing self as a result.

2. Can let one think that this beautiful situation is his own doing - that's rising ego.

Both are fine for anyone but Sadhaka . The aspiring yogi must be aware that -

You are not born by yourself - you were given birth. (by the supreme being)

You did not grow up , you were made to grow up. (by the supreme being)

Whatever you can do , you were taught to do all of them. (by the supreme being)

And most importantly - whatever you got throughout your life , all costs are still pending.

Breaths are on fire.

Do you still have time to waste !


Om Namaha Shivaya

IS God Fair !Understanding Law of Karma in true story -

Dr. Annie Besant , the founder of the famous Theosophical Society of India , was a young woman , she worked on the editorial staff of prestigious magazine called THE NEW REVIEW . She was an intellectual woman , given to mature reflection and logical thinking.She gave birth to a baby who fell seriously ill soon after birth.The baby was running high fever , and as the temperature rose, the infant developed convulsions.Annie Besant was distraught at the sight of her little child going through these violent fits.She could not bear to think of her innocent baby being put through such suffering.

"they say God is all mercy and love" she said to herself , "is this kind of mercy and love he shows my child?What has this tender, innocent babe done to deserve such suffering?"

She virtually gave up all faith and belief in God after this happened.She became an agnostic. She spoke to preachers and religious teachers. No one could answer her questions satisfactorily "where is God's love and compassion? Why is this child , who hasn't even hurt a fly, subject to such suffering?" They do not have an answer to such questions is Western Philosophy, and Annie Besant got no answers.

ONE day , she came across a book by Mme.H.P.Blavatsky, entitled The Secret Doctrine. The editor had sent it to her for the purpose of review.As Annie Besant begun to read the book , a new understanding dawned on her , and she was deeply impressed by its content.One of the chapters in the book was entitled,"Karma and Reincarnation". She read is again and again - and she began to see life in a new perspective.
She seemed to have found , at last , an answer to the questions she had been asking.Here was the only satisfactory explanation for her innocent child's suffering; it was nothing but the result of Karma of the child's previous births!

Enlightenment came to her as in a flash of lightening.She understood that the present life is not the first life , the only life lived by her or by her child. She had lived many many , other lives before she had entered this body - likewise her infant.It was due to the child's actions in those earlier births, that it was going through certain consequences in this birth.The infant had done something earlier , the effect of which , the fruit of which it has now faced with. The whole thing was crystal clear; the mystery was unraveled. She began to understand things, which were inexplicable earlier.

Because of this understanding, Annie Besant left her country , left behind her friends and family to come to India.She regarded India as the great land of Rishis , Sages , and saints who offered the most profound and satisfactory solution to life's problems. She came to live in Madras, and founded the famous Theosophical Society of India. There is a beautiful suburb of modern Chennai which is now named after her - Besant Nagar.

India owes a deep debt of gratitude for all that Annie Besant has done , all the great services she rendered to this country.But she felt indebted to India for giving her a new insight into life and its meaning, through the doctrine of Karma and Re-incarnation.

Om Namaha Shivaya

Dhyana and Meditation

These two terms are often used to mean the same thing.But they are not.
One can not do Dhyana , It happens .What mostly one can do is to long for Dhyana. The longing definitely ends in Dhyana someday.
Whereas One can do Meditation . It simply means Practicing to concentrate.

We have a compulsion to express everything in English , it is not possible always.
English is a sweet language , but it is very superficial.
Moreover we can not expect for English to have a proper word of Dhyana when a culture is lived superficially and thus superficial experience of
living contributed to the language making.

Over many decades , most people of India did not paid any attention to their own culture.Now we are living in a time , when in large number Indians are interested in their culture.As it seems , as a country our Prabdha is coming to an end!

Now come down to the meaning -

Meditation - Manah-Sanjog , concentration of mind. If it is not there , human life is a mess.Meditation is very help full to clear out stress ,  anxiety etc. to clean body , mind and to recharge vitality for very effective and efficient way of living.
There is deeper aspect of Meditation too, which related to concentration on self , watching the mind itself , This gives us a gimps of what  we actually are. Contemplate on self , One realizes , there is something more ......
So its just a process to enlarge human experiences within the boundary of Mind.

Dhyana - It is beyond Mind.Speaking about something that is beyond mind is ridiculous. Meditation is just the beginning , when mind settles down , like the dust particle in a glass of water , Atman reflected itself in Chitta , How can anyone describe something that is outside of mind's
 reach! Only examples can be given , still they are not perfect since all the examples are material, i.e have a boundary of logical understanding , where as Atman do not have such boundary.

Dhyana can not happen on the roads , while walking  , while cycling But Meditation can be done in all these situations in form of simple mind concentration. But one must practice Meditation regularly to nurture mind and breathing so that Dhyana Can Happen !


Intoxicate your brains with breathing (pranayama) ... Keep calm ... watch every breath... all the way down , all the way up .... watching  breathing will make your mind to concentrate in breathing automatically.... Breathing will be slower with time .... Kumbhaka (internal or External)
Time will increase .... feel ... your breathing becoming so subtle , it almost do not exits , even a feather will not move if it is placed  against your nostrils.... The black vision will change color to red or yellow..... the change will be faster .... It is still in the mind ....
Practicing this will lead to purna kumbhaka ... no breathing for some minute ... and the dhyana happens ... mind DIES.
Oh! What is this ! ---- slightest of thought and dhyana breaks.But the experience of fraction of a minute leaves trail for life time , and that one
Longs for rest of the life to stay in that bliss ... Atman.
Restlessness comes , how to get it ... no where to go , no shop to buy , no god to worship , the treasure of all treasures ........ is within..
All one have to do is  SIT IN SILENCE.


Om Namaha Shivaya