Mattress Baba Christananda

How can there be distinctions in a supreme reality , which is by nature one?Who has noticed any distinctions in the pure joy of deep sleep ?
-Vivekachudamani-

One day we found the rare Jivanmukta, Baba Christananda in deep samadhi .This is the only photo taken of him so far . Feeling the oneness of all things we silently smiled in bliss as a great Shakti bathed the room and many people came to sit in His divine prescence. Baba returns to the holy mountain Arunachala, where he meets all in bliss and joy!

Essence of Joy

Being pure consciousness, do not disturb your mind with thoughts of for and against. Be at peace and remain happy in yourself , the essence of joy.

-Astavakra Gita-

Still Like Water

We can make our minds so still like water.That beings gather about us to see their own images, and so live for a moment with a clearer perhaps even with a fiercer life because of our silence.

-William Buttler Yeats-

Medicine Buddha

Open your heart
Come and get your Medicine!

Garuchati Falls

I am without begining , middle , and end. I am never bound .By nature

I am pure and perfect - this is my firm conviction.

-Avadhuta Gita-

Sitting in a stream under a small fall I am happy to rest . This place is called Garuchati .It is very peaceful place where the forrest meets water that flows into Ganga .

Nothing Happening

How can there be birth,karma,or responsibility

In that one unchanging, peaceful,unblemished and infinite

Consciousness which is you ?

-Ashtavakra Gita-

Zen Mondo

A monk asked the master: "How are you when death arrives?"

The master replied: " When served tea, I take tea. when served a meal, I take a meal."

Zen Mondo

Vultures eating a buffalo before I go to Satsang in Varanasi.If you look beyond the vultures you will see a gathering of people , that's where I was heading.

Thankyou Zen Mondo for your quotes!

Odyssey

Solo sails the open seas .

Of silence resounding in vast space.

Illumined Of aliveness, Full of grace and exquisite Blessings.

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Waves in the Sea

Your nature is the consciousness , in which the whole world wells up, like waves in the sea. that is what you are,without any doubt, so be free of disturbance.

-Ashtavakra Gita-

In a moments

On a holy

River

A moment is captured

Free of the past

Of movement without any taint

A dance, in joy!

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Lilies of the Field

"Consider the lilies of the field how they grow;they toil not , neither do they spin;And yet I say unto you , that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these."

-Christ-

To be present

Is to be free.

Just to see,

This.

In every moment ,

Is like lilies

Who do not

Toil and weep

For the morrow.

Surrender

The softest thing can overcome the hardest,

Formless, it can enter where there are no gaps or space.
-Lao Tzu

Feeling the pain within yourself ,
You can let softness touch it
And soak into it.

Until there is no more .

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Sitting Silently

- What's that man doing by the mountain there?
-Let's go and ask him.
-Are you sitting here waiting for a friend?
-No
-Then you are here to breathe the fresh air, right?
-No
-Then why are you sitting here?
-I am just sitting.

Most people live in a dualistic world of gains and losses, self and object. If the scenery is beautiful, I'm happy ;if not , I'm disappointed.

Atma Vichar

Atma Vichar is seeing the root of the "I" thought .

What is this "I " thought ? It is the feeling that you are somebody existing .Along with this primary feeling of existing, emotions and thoughts arise creating a picture about yourself and others in the past , present and future.Self inquiry is stripping the pictures you have about yourself down to the essential and pure experience of the fundamental fact that; "I exist" and investigating where this comes from .It is a direct and immeadiate inquiry requiring NO TIME. As you sit and gently rest your attention on yourself just as you are right now, you actually touch Consciousness existing purely as it is .Take this moment to leave every idea of what you did , what you are feeling presently, and what you will do for just this moment alone, and be just here .It takes no time at all.And that does mean right NOW!

Here is the base of your existence as you know yourself to be.

It is from this base , the feeling of "I" sprouts with all the pictures about yourself and others.This is the platform and foundation from which the "I" thought exists . If you remain here just look directly at yourself without anything else, this platform is Consciousness meeting Consciousness.If you stay here long enough you will experience bliss.

What will happen if this platform is
removed?

From here you must ask and follow the thread of Consciousness and investigate !" WHERE DOES THIS FEELING OF EXISTING COME FROM ??" Remaining with the feeling of existing as you are, this feeling pours into Itself and you begin to sink into Yourself . Staying and sinking into Yourself you look where you are coming from within Yourself. An unending spaciousness will arise and if you look with a gentleness, a joy can be felt .

What is This ?

Gently Going deeper than any feeling yet feeling spaciousness, SEE WHAT THIS UNENDING SPACIOUSNESS IS APPEARING IN .If you see correctly you will detect a point that is like disappearance. It is invisible , indivisible , immutable, uncontained, beyond the "I" thought .No body of thought ,no emotions or feelings = nobody ! If you follow this with sincerity, your head is in the Tigers mouth !There is no way for return, you no longer see yourself as you have been .From here you know you are That; invisible ,indivisible , immutable and untouched Awareness .

The true essence of enquiry is this point of departure from the
known into the unknown .

Leaving behind the ground of Consciousness there is a shift towards Awareness (like foreground merging into background). Awareness has no qualities , it is untouched , empty of emptiness, free of time , place or person .Awareness does not need anything, it is free of even itself , Consciousness on the other hand cannot exist without Awareness ,to see and know that you exist there needs to be Awareness ;just as stars need the night sky to be seen .Consciousness dances in Awareness and symptoms of silence , joy , love , peace arise.Consciousness and Awareness are like the cloud in the sky. The sky has space for the cloud , and the cloud being so full ,bursts .When the rain falls people become happy and enjoy the cool water after the heat of day . So as a by-product of this inquiry , Joy , Peace , Serenity and a Happiness can arise .

You no longer invest in the story and self image that you took
yourself to be .

Now you are an expression of Consciousness that is effortlessly touching Awareness. Just as a mirror can reflect the images that pass before it. Awareness, mirrorlike reflects"life" or Consciousness dancing within Itself .You go about your life just as you have, with less of a hold on your ideas . You can still go to the movies , cook ,talk , read and deal with your day to day life . It is lighter and freer to be not what you took yourself to be .After all this is a love affair with yourself .

You are the screen of Awareness itself

and You are the character, Consciousness projected onto the screen pretending to be someone you're not .

NOW ! Where do you begin and
end?

Right Now

Here it is , right now .start thinking about it and you miss it .

-Tao Shan-

Rishikesh

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."

-Rumi-

Stones,

Soothed by precious waters.
Here ,the Rishi

And Ma Ganga flow .

Where a man drowns ,

An animal struggles ,

A friend smiles ,

And a Master gives His blessings .

It's where I meet a lover and

We carress without a care.

Where I travel in light body

To the stars from prayer flags near.

It's where silver moon on ripples

Grace the heart of love so clear.

When the Sun touches high ridges

Then the swimmers come lay bare.

Underneath the green smooth surface

The current swirls so near .

Where langurs 'hoo!' and gaze the sky,

Their tails, slim curls,

Can make you smile.

They fly and leap

Between the rocks

There is no time,

No place,

No clock!

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Light of Lights

Embrace all beings, for we are One

-Chang Tzu-

Lights are lit For the benefit of all beings .

Many beings wish you well.

Many precious wishes are being sent to you.

You may not know it but they come in the silence.

Flames of healing serenity.

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The Three Princes

A mother once told the following story to amuse her child.

In a city which never existed , there lived three princes, two of whom were never born and the third never entered the womb of any mother . They once went out and took their bath in three rivers, two of which were already dried up and the third never had any water at all . There they stayed in three houses, two of which never existed and the third was not yet built.Then they invited three guest , two of whom had no mouth and the third no stomach.

Yoga Vasishtha.

Grace of Master

Question: Where will you go after you leave your body? Will you ever come back to planet earth?

Papaji: If I come back, I must go, and if I go I must come back. Therefore, the Truth is neither I come, nor I go. This is the Truth. Who goes? You speak of the body, not of your own Self. The Self doesn't come and doesn't go. Why should it go anywhere? What will he do going from here to somewhere else? He is not a businessman! Everything is included in the Self.
Why should you go? The king does not desire, 'I want to buy that house or apartment or place' because the whole kingdom belongs to him. The king has no desire to acquire property because it all belongs to him! Therefore, when you become a king you will have no desire to go anywhere and with just a clap of your hands all is fulfilled.
I am always Here!

Omni

All around

Within without,

Without within,

An ocean clear!

Through the seen

Shines the unseen.

This transcends all laws

They say it is hard

Yet it is easy.

This body of thought peels

At each outbreath.

So in breath gives way

To Another layer ,

Gone.

A soft ocean!

Space looks through my eyes.

It touches who

I've taken myself to be.

The Self deathless

Embraces,

No starting point

No going point.

Gazing into this ocean

My own heart !

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Great Mystery

There is no greater mystery Than this

-That , being the reality

We seek to gain reality.

We think that there is something

Hiding our reality

And that it must be destroyed

Before the reality is gained.

It is ridiculous.

A day will dawn

When you will yourself

Laugh at your past efforts.

That will be on the day you laugh

Is also here and now .

-Ramana Maharshi-

Have you been to places

Where you are alone

When you see the beauty

You feel that your at Home

How you come to see this

Mystery in a day

Here this very moment

The gift of your life hail!

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