My fight to be awake is the constant fight to regain attention from the mind
and to place it into sense of presence.
I'm a saint of ordinary life
I live in a small, 550 sq. feet, one bedroom,
cozy apartment. I'm a simple, straightforward guy and I don't like
complications and anything that creates over thinking. I try to live a
simple life.
I'm not a spiritual guy. I drink wine, tequila and whiskey, I smoke, I eat
meat. I am not the one to be followed in any way. I practice yoga for the
last 18 years but I'm never going to make living as a yoga teacher. I don't
advise to anyone my way of life and my understanding, not even yoga
practice.
The awakening is my Opus Dei. I live my life by uniting spiritual life with
professional, social, and family life. This is the most important thing in my life.
Living life by reading the headlines
I never comment on the news, my opinion on current affairs in the world I keep
for myself. I've never voted in any elections and I have no intention to vote
in future. I don't support political agendas, neither parties nor politicians.
I stand firm in my understanding that all what we see is not true
Have you heard of The Law of Attraction? All chances are that you have
watched "The Secret" and then wondered where the hell your stuff is and
why the Universe is giving you so little?
The Universe and everything in it, including yourself, is mostly “empty space”. Investigate for yourself or take it for granted, the Universe is your
playground. It is full to the brim with your desires. It is your world as you
feel it and see it... But unfortunately it does not have existence. It is your
imagination, the creative power of your lunatic mind.
On the end, you get old and you forget everything
You undertake the journey, live your life, in a way uniquely suited to you and
only you. You're equipped with unique gifts, talents, life mission and
purposes. Your draw experiences into your life in order to learn something.
You gain specific knowledge and extract your understanding of those
experiences.
... and then you get old and you forget everything.. then you see for
yourself, it is all bullshit! but it is too late.
Helping you to reach your potential is not on my life’s
agenda
I am not here to make things right for you. What I know for sure? Nothing. No
man, teaching, religion, system of thought, doctrine, ideology is correct. You
are on your own. The spiritual knowledge is a great ignorance.
Neither is it “to make the world a better place”. Nor is it to “save whales and other species”. Nor I do "walk for cancer or AIDS". Sorry. I know, I might be
upsetting you right now, but oh well.
"I" is illusion and all is illusion but to understand the illusion, illusion is needed. All is only beliefs and concepts of the mind. Don't be touched by anything.
Don't fear. Nothing will happen. The world is not going to change because it does not exist. Your understanding should be changed nothing else. It all depends on your thoughts.
Everything is your choice, you are the power. The world is yours. Many, many troubles happen to you but don't worry for anything. So do everything but be out of it, nothing else. You take touch of everything and you make confusion.
By words you have become bound, and by words you can be free.
- Ranjit Maharaj
Pain is physical, suffering is mental
Beyond the mind there is no suffering. Pain is merely a signal that the body is in danger and requires attention. Similarly, suffering warns us that the structure of memories and habits, which we call the person, is threatened by loss or change.
Pain is essential for the survival of the body, but none compels you to suffer. Suffering is due entirely to clinging or resisting; it is a sign of our unwillingness to move on, to flow with life.
The essence of saintliness is total acceptance of the present moment, harmony with things as they happen. A saint does not want things to be different from what they are; he knows that, considering all factors, they are unavoidable. He is friendly with the inevitable and therefore, he does not suffer.
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