"För oss är kärlek ett medvetandetillstånd som finns där för alla. Känslor uppstår beroende av allt annat, de kommer och de går. När kärlek är en känsla, finns den där i vissa stunder och i andra inte, men när det är ett medvetandetillstånd, är det permanent. Att gå på vägen, själva handlingen av att gå och solen som skiner på ens ansikte, är kärlek. Att tala med någon är kärlek. Det är den totala känslan av förening som man upplever med den andre och med allt liv för den delen. Därför är det inte motsatsen av något eller frånvaron av något eller närvaron av något - det finns bara där. När människor talar om kärlek som en känsla, associerar de det i stort sett med en frånvaro av en inre tomhetskänsla eller en eufori som man upplever ibland. Det kallar inte vi för kärlek - kalla det vad du vill - men för oss är kärlek endast möjligt i en högre nivå av medvetenhet. Det är inte någonting som kommer från en inre tomhetskänsla. Det är ett tillstånd fritt från konflikt. Det är glädje och frid."
"To us, love is a state of consciousness and it is there for all. Feelings are dependently arising, they arise and they cease. When love is a feeling, it is there in certain moments and then it ceases, while when it is a state of consciousness, it is permanent. Walking on the road, the very act of walking and the sunlight falling on your face, is love. Talking to someone is love. It is the total sense of connectedness you experience with another and with all life for that matter. And therefore it's not the opposite or the absence of something or the presence of something, it's just there. When people speak of love in terms of a feeling, they associate it to basically to an absence of inner dryness or a euphoria that you experience at times. that we do not consider love. give it whatever name you want to, but to us love is possible only at a higher level of consciousness. it is not something that comes out of inner emptiness it is a state that is free of conflict. it is joy and it is peace also."
All the pieces have yet to fall into place. A voice whispers, hurry not. Be still.
If I am stilled when I long for action, I can know there is a related activity somewhere else.
I am not alone. I am not apart from; truly, I am a part of.
What feels like inaction is brimming with activit a child remains unseen until it is born.
This life, this form, this thing called me, is full, and pregnant, its heart is ready to bear the life of love for which I have sought; even within a life of loving, still I sought, for the Greater Love was yet to come.
I fall asleep in the middle of the day and awake in the middle of the night. Goddess Kundalini wrestles body from bed to floor, bones pop, joints shift, trauma heals, Bhagavan laughs. I have no control.
Timeless, timeless, life flies by a blur of instances, too fast to hang on to, yet floating in the slow-motion expansion of awareness, just this, just this. . .
Experiencing the back and forth of awakenin days of rushing on the love, then, nothing, nothing, just being, just now, just this, and this is nice, too; then it starts again, a bubbling from withi the body is electric, it is larger inside than it is outside, and the energy pushes outward through the skin, I think I would explode, if I did not hold back, but I hold back, it’s almost too intense. . .
And the tears come as if they ever stopped only now it’s laughing and crying and snot flying everywhere and I am rolling on the floor, just this now, just this here, wide open in joy. . .
Then, silence, peace, floating in the stars, timeless, timeless. . .
A life in service to the Awakenin this is the life that, until now, I have lived only half-knowing, only half-living; committed, but not always effective. Now I awaken from a sleep of dreams, a womb-like sleep in which I have awaited this time, the time of Awakening.
How long have I gestated? Perhaps I have been awake for some time, years, perhaps, and have been hiding my head under the pillows, wearing pajamas all day and not getting dressed, anything to make myself think I was still asleep… crying out, “Why can’t I just be like them? Why can’t I just come home from work, plop in front of the TV, drink a six-pack of beer, and think I’m happy?” But they are not happy. I was not happy.
Yet chasing happiness only brought frustration. Happiness is a relative state. What has happened this year is that I find I am no longer unhappy, and this is a greater gift than happiness; not unhappy is an underlying view that allows for all emotions to arise unashamed, instead of always being measured and judged by a relative standard of happiness. No shame in sorrow, no shame in fear, no shame in grief; no shame. Space for this arising. . . this is what “I” am. In this space, I am infinite peace. Dec. 15, 2010
1 Dear Bhagavan, I am seeing that my states are moving like crazy pendulu i feel very light and joyful, i feel connected with the world and with God; then i find myself in huge dissatisfaction and disconnectedness. I feel angry with everything, i don't see any hope, and all my personalities are dancing like puppets on the stage. Is it a part of the process or am I not integral with myself?
Once the kundalini is awakened, thereafter it continously moves you towards awakening or God realization. For different people it takes different paths. In the early phases, there are some highs and there are some lows. You may get great joy and bliss and then suddenly lose it. When you lose it, you feel very bad. Now what you have described is part of classical symptoms which many people face. You have nothing to worry about it. But after February, you'll be moving very, very fast, because from what you say the process is clearly on. Just wait for a few more months.
2 Dear Bhagavan, I am very grateful to you that you are guiding me and everyone of us on this path of Oneness!
Several months ago I had noticed that my obsession to get the God-realization and enlightenment had vanished. Everything is calm inside, there are no yearnings now. Everything that seemed very important to me before and everything that seemed like a goal for me for the last 6 years, all of it all of a sudden disappeared and turned out to be an illusion. Now there is emptiness inside, nothing came to take the place of this obsession. And this is what is worrying me. You've said in one of the darshans that for one to get awakened, one has to have this passion. Is it a part of the process, this state where there are no desires? How do I discover in my heart this yearning for awakening? Must everyone have this yearning or is it possible not to have it? Thank you, Bhagavan!
I have said there must be passion for awakening or God realization. That is only in the initial stages. Once the process is on, the passion could very well vanish, like in your case. Again, it's a clear sign that the process is fully on. It may again come back and lead to awakening or God realization or it may not come back, but still you would get awakened or God realized. Only in the initial stages you must have this passion. You are clearly on the process. Others who are facing similar problems could also rest assured that the process is going on. These people, when we start the final process, you will literally fly.
3 Namaste beloved Bhagavan! Recently we got information from your devotees about the new sadhana - to take one of the 10 commandments, which you gave, contemplate what isn't working in us, then ask for AmmaBhagavan's help and talk to Sri Murthi and then during 21 minutes chant "AmmaBhagavan", then take Deeksha from the Padukas or Sri Murthi. Can you recommend such a sadhana for us, so we can get ready for the process which will start in February? Or maybe you can give us some effective sadhana now? Please bless us for the successful performance of this sadhana, so we would be ready for the changes in February. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
They are not commandments, they are only teachings. Right now, we are doing a process for Indians, whereby they are quickly becoming awakened and God realized. That Indian process may not suit you. We are working on the process so that you would feel very comfortable with it. Part of the process we may offer you sometime after January 15th. The final process would be in the month of February. When we begin the last and final phase towards awakening. However, I could give you a few teachings on which you could be contemplating. The first thing is, cultivate gratitude for all people who have helped you in this life and become intensively aware of your craving for significance. And if possible, start a conversation with your God, whoever your God is, for about 21 minutes a day. These three would be enough. The rest we would give you in January, because the whole thing is a package and we may have to remove some Indian elements and replace it with some western concepts, so that you'll feel completely at ease. All of you have been contemplating on the teachings, you've taken deekshas and we personally feel you're all well prepared. Now before the last and final step, please relax!
So you could now meditate, Amma and I would be back after 49 minutes. We would give you an eye deeksha for a minute and then meditate with you for five minutes. This would be part of your preparation. Looking at all of you, I get the feeling that all of you are going to be quickly awakened. So relax now. We'll be back soon.