Indian music was originally created as a meditation technique for both the musician and the listener. Instead of listening to it as a relaxation, if you meditate on its core, music can steadily increase the awareness in you. It can help you move from your outer periphery to your inner core and ultimately help you explode and merge with Existence! Music is the simplest meditation technique that can take you to the state of Nithyananda - Eternal Bliss!
To soak into a musical piece, one needs to lose oneself, only then the real listening happens.
The listener, musician and the music become one! Music is one of the greatest creations of man, which can be readily enjoyed and connected to. Be it any language, any person, so to say, even plants and animals respond and can enjoy music.
There are an interesting series of experiments done by Japanese scientist, Dr. Masaro Emoto - Messages from Water; who photographed the crystals of water after exposing the bottles of water to diffrent words keeping the emotion too behind, and playing different kinds of music. It's really striking to see the responses... Go ahead and check this link: http://www.life-enthusiast.com/twilight/research_emoto.htm
Nowadays, people are taking up this as a profession and looking at making more money, name and fame only. Well, once the musician catches the spirit of the tune or song, a sense of deep satisfaction flowers, nothing else.
Anything done out of greed or fear is not whole, not fulfilling. It keeps a person on the run always and goal-oriented, eventually not being able to enjoy the path itself!
I leave you with a lovely discourse given by Nithyananda on the center of all sounds, 'yes, you got it right, Omkaara' : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBVO8KeGmHg
Monday, October 29, 2007
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Happiness without reason!
A short conversation with one of my friends goes like this...
he: I have read many books on philosophy and spirituality. I know this, I know that...
me: Oh, that is nice.
he: I'm actually interested in attending the weekend meditation class... But, let me first visit the ashram (at Bidadi, India) and let me meet the Master (Paramahamsa Nithyananda); then I will decide whether to attend the class or not. I don't want to be hasty.
me: Oh really, but you know friend, you can visit the ashram and meet the Master later; but it's my sincere request to you to experience your energy centers first! (Energy centers = chakras)
You will get a clarity of how to use them to their maximum potential.
he: And also, only if it is for free, I'd be interested to come; if we have to pay some fees, I'll think about it and not be in a hurry.
me: Hmmm, ok; which movie you saw last?
he: Why are you changing the topic...? Well, I'd been to an I-max theatre to watch an English movie with friends, and then had some ice-cream and did some shopping...and...
me: See, how you have no second thoughts on spending for clothes, movies and food; but when called for a life-transforming meditation class....first thought that strikes all is, 'why should I spend money for this now; let me enjoy first...'
he: I see some truth in your words, please let me know when is the next class? :)
From the above dialogue, one can sense the mental conditionings so strong, not allowing a new class of thought to penetrate. Well, this is the case with most of us. We are so comfortable with our pre-conditionings that we fear to transform.
The human mind is such, that it runs behind temporary happiness and pleasures only. Happiness with a reason is always temporary, whereas the joy or the happiness that one feels without any reason is the real Bliss.
Nithyananda says about this beautifully, 'We try to frame happiness in space and time. Great happiness and joy is ours. Enlightened masters are in this state all the time.
Happiness is the core of existence, of nature that surrounds us. But man somehow needs a reason to be happy. If we are successful in say, business today, we are happy. Then again, if someone says something nice about us, we are happy. If we visit new places, we are happy.
But the moment we need a reason to be happy, it means we don't know what real happiness is! Real happiness is the result of overflowing gratitude in oneself towards nothing in particular. We may be grateful towards the Whole, towards Existence. This is real happiness; this is Bliss.
This kind of happiness is happiness without choice. The moment we are allowed to choose, we will choose between happiness and sorrow. But to have no choice is Bliss. To choose is to suffer.
Real happiness can never be taken away from you since it came without reason. When you have found this kind of happiness, you have found the way to permanent happiness, or nithyananda.'
For the complete article please click on the link below:
http://www.dhyanapeetam.org/press/29Mar2006_DH.htm
he: I have read many books on philosophy and spirituality. I know this, I know that...
me: Oh, that is nice.
he: I'm actually interested in attending the weekend meditation class... But, let me first visit the ashram (at Bidadi, India) and let me meet the Master (Paramahamsa Nithyananda); then I will decide whether to attend the class or not. I don't want to be hasty.
me: Oh really, but you know friend, you can visit the ashram and meet the Master later; but it's my sincere request to you to experience your energy centers first! (Energy centers = chakras)
You will get a clarity of how to use them to their maximum potential.
he: And also, only if it is for free, I'd be interested to come; if we have to pay some fees, I'll think about it and not be in a hurry.
me: Hmmm, ok; which movie you saw last?
he: Why are you changing the topic...? Well, I'd been to an I-max theatre to watch an English movie with friends, and then had some ice-cream and did some shopping...and...
me: See, how you have no second thoughts on spending for clothes, movies and food; but when called for a life-transforming meditation class....first thought that strikes all is, 'why should I spend money for this now; let me enjoy first...'
he: I see some truth in your words, please let me know when is the next class? :)
From the above dialogue, one can sense the mental conditionings so strong, not allowing a new class of thought to penetrate. Well, this is the case with most of us. We are so comfortable with our pre-conditionings that we fear to transform.
The human mind is such, that it runs behind temporary happiness and pleasures only. Happiness with a reason is always temporary, whereas the joy or the happiness that one feels without any reason is the real Bliss.
Nithyananda says about this beautifully, 'We try to frame happiness in space and time. Great happiness and joy is ours. Enlightened masters are in this state all the time.
Happiness is the core of existence, of nature that surrounds us. But man somehow needs a reason to be happy. If we are successful in say, business today, we are happy. Then again, if someone says something nice about us, we are happy. If we visit new places, we are happy.
But the moment we need a reason to be happy, it means we don't know what real happiness is! Real happiness is the result of overflowing gratitude in oneself towards nothing in particular. We may be grateful towards the Whole, towards Existence. This is real happiness; this is Bliss.
This kind of happiness is happiness without choice. The moment we are allowed to choose, we will choose between happiness and sorrow. But to have no choice is Bliss. To choose is to suffer.
Real happiness can never be taken away from you since it came without reason. When you have found this kind of happiness, you have found the way to permanent happiness, or nithyananda.'
For the complete article please click on the link below:
http://www.dhyanapeetam.org/press/29Mar2006_DH.htm
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Catch the Thread, and don’t leave it!
Well, one must be wondering where is the thread now :) There is something common in all of us, yet each one YO(U)-nique. The beauty of the Divine is that he is a painter and not an engineer. He’s carefully carved out every single one of us to unique, beautiful beings.
This divinity within all of us is made to realize so beautifully by Paramahamsa Nithyananda in one of his meditation camps, called Nithyananda Spurana Program (flowering of eternal bliss within). http://www.dhyanapeetam.org/NSP.asp
You could also hear to the Master's words on this ... http://nithyatube.blogspot.com/search/label/Nithyananda%20Spurana%20Program%20(NSP)
The same prana that flows in a plant’s stomata flows through a man, or a cat, or a fish. But yet, we find such a vast diversity in species. Well, all this is up to Him, logic is a poor tool to explain the Truths. An underlying base runs as a common thread through all living and non-living things, that is Divinity. Whatever you see or don’t see is all divine. None can deny this.
Ok, when everything is divine, why is there so much of comparison, religious conflicts, irritation, vengeance and so on? Well, all are missing to hold on to the thread.
This leaves me with a small joke quoted by Nithyananda in one of his discourses.
4 friends, one from Chennai, one from Delhi, an NRI and another from Bangalore were taking their walk in the morning, as usual. They reach a well containing water and stop there for a while. One guy says, ‘this is thanni’. Immediately the NRI says, ‘No, no, it is water’. The Bangalore friend says, ‘Both of you are wrong, it is neeru; my grandfather has taught me so’. Now, our friend from Delhi gets angry and says, ‘all of you are wrong, it is paani; I’m very sure. My grandfather and father both have taught me this’.
The fight continues….
The very same thing we are also doing. Without giving a moment’s pause and seeing what is in the well, all start fighting, proving each one is right and the others wrong. A peaceful understanding would have transpired, if atleast one of them would have got into the well and tasted the water.
So many names, so many interpretations for the single Truth; we all but lack the patience to look in, even though it is presented evidently before us. This only postpones one from really experiencing the Truth. Jump in and catch the thread to become the thread yourself!
This divinity within all of us is made to realize so beautifully by Paramahamsa Nithyananda in one of his meditation camps, called Nithyananda Spurana Program (flowering of eternal bliss within). http://www.dhyanapeetam.org/NSP.asp
You could also hear to the Master's words on this ... http://nithyatube.blogspot.com/search/label/Nithyananda%20Spurana%20Program%20(NSP)
The same prana that flows in a plant’s stomata flows through a man, or a cat, or a fish. But yet, we find such a vast diversity in species. Well, all this is up to Him, logic is a poor tool to explain the Truths. An underlying base runs as a common thread through all living and non-living things, that is Divinity. Whatever you see or don’t see is all divine. None can deny this.
Ok, when everything is divine, why is there so much of comparison, religious conflicts, irritation, vengeance and so on? Well, all are missing to hold on to the thread.
This leaves me with a small joke quoted by Nithyananda in one of his discourses.
4 friends, one from Chennai, one from Delhi, an NRI and another from Bangalore were taking their walk in the morning, as usual. They reach a well containing water and stop there for a while. One guy says, ‘this is thanni’. Immediately the NRI says, ‘No, no, it is water’. The Bangalore friend says, ‘Both of you are wrong, it is neeru; my grandfather has taught me so’. Now, our friend from Delhi gets angry and says, ‘all of you are wrong, it is paani; I’m very sure. My grandfather and father both have taught me this’.
The fight continues….
The very same thing we are also doing. Without giving a moment’s pause and seeing what is in the well, all start fighting, proving each one is right and the others wrong. A peaceful understanding would have transpired, if atleast one of them would have got into the well and tasted the water.
So many names, so many interpretations for the single Truth; we all but lack the patience to look in, even though it is presented evidently before us. This only postpones one from really experiencing the Truth. Jump in and catch the thread to become the thread yourself!
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Are we really ready??!
I asked my friend, ‘hey, why don’t you come for a weekend meditation class next weekend (ASP) http://www.dhyanapeetam.org/asp.asp?’ She replies, ‘oh, you know, I’ve got to finish some important pending work at office on Saturday and on Sunday, my husband’s friends are coming home for lunch’
Well, I shrugged and left the conversation. This is just one example quoted here. Different people have their own stream of reasons coming up as top priorities when called to attend a meditation class which is life transforming.
The truth is no one wants to change. We are cozy in our self-woven cocoons and like to stay there without opening up, only but to emerge out with flying colors. We love our old mental set-ups and find it uncomforting when our conceptions are shaken or disturbed.
One story comes to my mind here. Nithyananda in one of his discourses quotes this incident.
A housewife is busy taking care of her child. She’s running to the kitchen to get the baby some milk, meanwhile she goes outside to fetch the clothes. She has somehow kept herself busy without a moment’s pause!
One afternoon, the door-bell rings suddenly. She, holding her baby in one hand manages to open the window and asks on, as to who it was. After being requested, reluctantly she opens the door slightly to find 3 Buddhist monks at the doorstep. Not having the patience to even call them inside, the lady was about to slam the door back at them.
The monks very calmly ask her, ‘Ma, do you want to learn meditation, we can teach you. It will surely do you good, it can transform the way in which you are living; you can live a better life with awareness and understanding and…’
They were still continuing; when the lady interrupted with a disturbed look, ‘Sirs, I don’t want to change, I’m very comfortable the way I’m living. Please don’t teach me any meditation or anything, I wish to be this way only. Now, please without wasting my time, will you leave?’
This happens with majority of us. We like to be closed without giving a moment’s thought that only when the door is open can the breeze come in. The more resistant we are to the truths when presented before us, more is the chance of being in darkness and ignorance. Later on only we may realize the futility of this stubbornness.
Let’s open up to the Divine, let’s be patient and give a chance and see what this energy has got to teach us.
Open the door….let the breeze in! http://www.amazon.com/Open-door-let-breeze-Nithyananda/dp/8190243713/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4/102-9740034-9110540?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192026946&sr=8-4 is one such book that is compiled from talks given by Nithyananda to audiences in India and abroad. This book is a series of thought-provoking articles that focus on the science of inner transformation in contemporary society. Each of us find it rather hard to accept or take-in any Truth, if presented as a simple thing. Here’s a book, simple to its words; but deep in impact.
Let’s break open the shell to witness a world unseen before, with awareness and clarity.
Well, I shrugged and left the conversation. This is just one example quoted here. Different people have their own stream of reasons coming up as top priorities when called to attend a meditation class which is life transforming.
The truth is no one wants to change. We are cozy in our self-woven cocoons and like to stay there without opening up, only but to emerge out with flying colors. We love our old mental set-ups and find it uncomforting when our conceptions are shaken or disturbed.
One story comes to my mind here. Nithyananda in one of his discourses quotes this incident.
A housewife is busy taking care of her child. She’s running to the kitchen to get the baby some milk, meanwhile she goes outside to fetch the clothes. She has somehow kept herself busy without a moment’s pause!
One afternoon, the door-bell rings suddenly. She, holding her baby in one hand manages to open the window and asks on, as to who it was. After being requested, reluctantly she opens the door slightly to find 3 Buddhist monks at the doorstep. Not having the patience to even call them inside, the lady was about to slam the door back at them.
The monks very calmly ask her, ‘Ma, do you want to learn meditation, we can teach you. It will surely do you good, it can transform the way in which you are living; you can live a better life with awareness and understanding and…’
They were still continuing; when the lady interrupted with a disturbed look, ‘Sirs, I don’t want to change, I’m very comfortable the way I’m living. Please don’t teach me any meditation or anything, I wish to be this way only. Now, please without wasting my time, will you leave?’
This happens with majority of us. We like to be closed without giving a moment’s thought that only when the door is open can the breeze come in. The more resistant we are to the truths when presented before us, more is the chance of being in darkness and ignorance. Later on only we may realize the futility of this stubbornness.
Let’s open up to the Divine, let’s be patient and give a chance and see what this energy has got to teach us.
Open the door….let the breeze in! http://www.amazon.com/Open-door-let-breeze-Nithyananda/dp/8190243713/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4/102-9740034-9110540?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192026946&sr=8-4 is one such book that is compiled from talks given by Nithyananda to audiences in India and abroad. This book is a series of thought-provoking articles that focus on the science of inner transformation in contemporary society. Each of us find it rather hard to accept or take-in any Truth, if presented as a simple thing. Here’s a book, simple to its words; but deep in impact.
Let’s break open the shell to witness a world unseen before, with awareness and clarity.
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