Total Thoughts - April 27, 2009 - How to Mend a Broken Heart

- The less one thinks of an object, being or situation the less one gets attached to the same - the opposite is also true:  the more we think of an entity the more attached we become

 

- Just as Prince Arjuna became impotent on the battlefield due to unintelligent identifications with his relatives so too we often become impotent when we give undue importance to objects, beings and situations - all serve a purpose and we have to appreciate what that purpose is, not more nor less

 

- Objects do not have the characteristic of attachment intrinsic to them - attachment is created entirely by our mind

 

- Our attachment should be uniform rather than selective - this is unconditional Love

 

- How ironic that we continue to cling to objects, beings and situations which are forever changing - other than sorrow what do we expect to arise from such thoughtless living

 

- When we come to appreciate that Joy is within we become independent, empowered - we then go about engaging in our responsibilities in a spirit of service where there are no expectations

 

- By attaching to the more noble, detachment to the mundane becomes effortless - this is the whole premise of our discussions, to think more and more nobly

Total Thoughts - April 20, 2009 - How Real is the World

- The same object, being or situation tends to be experienced differently by different entities - are we all living and interacting with the same world then

- Living is a collection of experiences governed by our limited body, mind and intellect - perception is just proportionate to our state of mind

- The nature of every object, being and situation is finitude and so subject to change - Real is defined as that which is not subject to change (Know That to be indestructible by which all this is pervaded.  None can cause the destruction of That, the Imperishable - Srimad Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Shloka 17)

-Considering we are able to recognize change proves there is a changeless facet to who we are - the only Real aspect to the inner and outer universe is Existence - Awareness (Sat - Chit)

-Sans Existence there would be nothing - we have to slowly begin to appreciate the Existence behind the countless forms and names we experience

-The universal, unchanging aspect of every experience is Awareness - sans Awareness we would know nothing so should our focus be on what we are aware of or Awareness Itself

-Only when we begin to appreciate the Absolute (Existence - Awareness) will we be able to appreciate Oneness - without this appreciation we will always be subject to sorrow