Moment in a Cup

Me : Imagine when tea is a perfect blend of all ingredients, the fragrance of fresh tea leaves, aromatic steam from the cup, the silence of the moment, the most spectacular views around, prefect cool breeze, empty mind, heart filled with love - all in my reserved cup. Its a moment when you want nothing but be in the present. 

Nothing from the past would matter. Nothing about the future would bother. Its living and dying in an instant. 

I find that hard to explain. Its not just a cup of tea anymore for me…..

Voice : Hmm.

Me : Strangely, my only passive and peaceful quest. Would that be a wasted life ?

Voice : That perfect cup of tea will lead you to yourself. You could spend your whole life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life.

World War III

Me : Let me just ask you straight up…are we gonna have a third world war ?  

Voice : What do you believe ? 

Me :  Yes or No ? 

Voice : The third world war has already begun. 

Me : Talking about this earth ?

Voice :  The third world war has begun and is taking place inside each one of you. The inner-war this time will be fierce and there will be no room for keeping things under the carpet. People will be subjected to inner conflicts like they have never experienced before. No one will be spared. Inner turmoil will drive mankind to seek relief. 

Boundaries will break and all your relationships with health, money, family, friends, planet earth and your ownself will be questioned. You will question your own existence and you will be desperate to seek answers. 

Watch around you and notice the turmoil within everyone. Greater the inner resistance - greater will be the suffering.  
The first reflection is the wave of natural disasters, civil unrests, climate change, depletion of natural resources, economic crises, rise of human diseases - this is all manifestation of inner conflicts. 

I can see the world war has already begun, but because you relate to wars with explosions, bombs, missiles, jet fighters, bloodshed, killings - you fail to recognize it. 

Every wave of anger is a explosion, ever feeling of hatred is a missile, every act of selfishness is gun fighting, every act of greed is bloodshed and every choice made to reject Divinity is added human suffering. 
You relate to the usual visual drama of war and hence this unseen battle misses everyone’s eye.  

War is just an external manifestation. The conflict first emerges inside you and when the when conflicts within rise, when hate, anger and selfishness touch unsustainable levels, you will create a full blown war. 

Me : Do I stock up with ammunition ? 

Voice : Good idea to do that right away. 

Me : Any ideas ?

Voice : Stock up with plenty of cannon balls of love and begin the firing immediately. Meet all resistance in the world with Love. Bomb the world with repeated blows of love-grenades. There is no weapon more powerful than Love. Distribute this ammunition with everyone.

Me : Haha. So the war can stop ? 

Voice : Its in your hands. Bring peace within you and the war can cease.

Me : What if don't find the peace within ?

Voice : Ask, what is that you seek in your life ? Contemplate and you will find that what you seek is seeking you. Peace will come.

Me : There are so many things my mind is busy with…. 

Voice : The most important things for your soul is pushed to some distant time. The heart is traded for numerous wants.

Me : Hmm….

Voice : You are at an important period on this planet. Life, as you have been living will not be the same. 

Be aware of what you sow. The time is now.  





  

'Bad' Thoughts and 'Bad' Deeds

Voice : Looks like you felling low ?  

Me : Yep

Voice : Can I help ? 

Me : Now you want to help ?? Couldn't you have prevented it in the first place ? I have been trying to remember God and take His name as much as I can every day. Its not working for me. I just got so angry with someone. I just flipped out, went berserk and this side of me disgusts me ! 

Voice : So ? 

Me : So ?? What do you mean - 'So' ? Do you like me showing this side ??

Voice : I love you. Nothing will change my love for you.

Me : Right now I feel myself so distant from you. With all the spirituality in the world and so-called connection to divinity, I am just worse than anyone else. My 'so called equipoise’ is such a farce!

Voice : Hmm…so thats what you feel.  

Me : I have been on the spiritual path for so long. How do you explain if my anger, greed, hatred, lust, pride, envy, irritations, fears, anxiety are all having a damn field day ??? Why haven’t they just disappeared ??? Where is the damn spiritual growth in this after so many years ?

And let me not even get started on those thoughts ! If there was a big screen showing my thoughts to the world..my entire spiritual journey would be the biggest joke for everyone to laugh at my expense ! And yes, I meditate for 2 hours every day !!   

Voice : Ah ha. You want spiritual growth or God ? 

Me : Now, how the hell is that different ?

Voice : Its very different and thats what makes one frustrated as one does not understand this important difference. Where did you get this idea of having no weaknesses ? Maybe, I want it to remain.   

All your life you have been caught up between moral and immoral deeds, right and wrong words, good and bad thoughts. 
Let it all be my problem. Dont make it yours. Remember, I am above good and bad. 

This needs conviction that I am responsible for all the thoughts in your head. Maybe, I planted the thoughts in the first place. 

The ‘bad’ is serving a vital role as much as the ‘good’. I work with opposites in a way that you would not understand. 

Me : Why ? What purpose do they serve ? 

Voice : The heavy load of karmas even get worked out through your thoughts - both good and bad. Observe them gently. Knowing this, you are able to surrender all to Me. The same is true with your actions. You have no idea what you have accumulated through lifetimes. 

Me : I mediate, remember God and chant His name for tranquility and detachment !

Voice : Love God for what He doesn’t give you, as much as for what He gives you. 

Me : That was a killer line ! You are full of it. Listen, I am not convinced.  

Voice : You will be when the time is right. You are in a state of judgement because of the moral standards of the world. 

Do not judge yourself. When you reach a state of non-judgement of your own being, it will reflect in non-judgement of others. 

Me : Okay....

Voice : You may imagine yourself getting closer to God by being in virtuous state with no weaknesses. But, the so-called weakness keeps you grounded and you remain helpless to My help. This keeps you closer to Me. In a state of having ‘vanquished’ your lower attributes, you will become judgemental of others, thus walking on the thin rope of pride and conquest. The ego is very tricky and without you realising it, you create a spiritual ego - which would only mean more work for Me. You will create your identity of 'Lover of God’ through distinctions of vices and virtues. The creation of that very same identity is work of the ego that will bind you further to Falsehood. And the job was very simple from the start - to lose your very Self.       

If you want what the world understands as spiritual life - you face the danger of perpetuating the ego. If you want God, then elimination of the ego is inevitable. What the world may term as undesirable, I may use this for the greatest benefit.   

Me : You realise you can put those 'positive thinkers' speakers and authors out of business ?  

Voice : Thats why I said this is beyond comprehension of the human intellect. 

Me : So, I can be a bad boy, now ?

Voice : Be yourself. You dont have to bother being ‘spiritual' to please me. 

Me : So I can getaway being angry and yell at everyone ?

Voice : Didn’t you just apologise to the person you were screaming at, even tough you knew you were right ? 

Me : Yes. Was ashamed of my behaviour. 

Voice : Wasn't that a wonderful opportunity for you to exercise humility, ask for forgiveness, practice tolerance and forbearance ?

Me : I want to be Thanos from Avengers and unleash my evil side !        

Voice : I know what resides in your heart and I know your karmas from previous lifetimes. I am deeply involved with you with each thought, word and deed. Its not your connection with Me - Its My connection with you. I am the One playing out your life each moment.  

What needs to be worked from deep within your consciousness, nobody knows except Me. Let it work out. Let it be.  

My work is above the moralities of the world. Remember, when God is your companion, the ways of working remain unfathomable.        
Your weaknesses can be removed in a moment when I want it, but that doesn’t matter to Me nor must it matter to you.   

Me : God, I feel kinda free now.  

Voice : Did you notice how we can bind our own being ? 

Me : Yes.

Voice : Your pair of jeans may fade away. Divine Love cannot.  

  

Little Bagful of Karmas

Me - If all is an illusion and everything is a dream, why the hell am I supposed to do anything?  Why do I have to bother working hard for a living when in the end it has no value? 

Voice - Oh it has great value!

Me - Value ? You keep saying nothing is real except God !

Voice - That is correct.

Me - So I continue to pretend ? Like go to work, handle my family, etc ? 

Voice - You give everything in your life your best effort. 

Me - Why not go to the mountains and take it easy instead ? 

Voice - Let me help you understand this …

Me - Damn well need to understand this very clearly.

Voice - Lets say I give both you and your friend a million rupees. Now your friend is asked to be in the city and you are sent to the a cave in the remote Himalayas. Both of you have the task to ‘spend' ( not throw away ) that money as quick as possible. Who do you think would be able to do this the quickest ? 

Me - Thats easy. The guy in the city will have an obvious advantage than I would. Where would I get to spend anything in the middle of nowhere with nobody around ?? Whats your point ? 

Voice - Now imagine the money to be nothing but bagful of karmas. So, when you escape from the world, you carry the load of your karmas and instead of working them out, you create added biddings that only accumulate over lifetimes. While, your friend by living in the world, doing his duties is getting closer to real freedom…freedom from his karmas. 

So living in the world and working through Maya, you move closer to your goal. 

Me : That is hard work !

Voice : It takes great courage to live through love with whatever is offered to you in this life. 

Me - Karmas ! So its all about karmas !

Voice - You thought the goal of your actions was to be successful, wealthy, intelligent, famous, respected or even spiritual ?? None of those outcomes matter to the slightest. You work to shed your karmic baggage. You progress is defined by your karmic balance and your life in this world is the means to achieve this.       

Me - Oh 

Voice - Your very bondage is the means to eternal freedom. Observe how many times you have resisted challenges in your life and how many times you have embraced them ?  

Me - What if I want to be a yogi ? 

Voice - You could be one.

Me - Ok, whats the catch ? 

Voice - You may choose to be a yogi and even attain samadhi. The state of samadhi is not the final destination of union with God. You would achieve to ‘halt your life’ through this experience but once you rerun from that state of samadhi, your karmas will catch up with you and you start from where you left. Why would you want to slow down your path to God ? 

Path to God is only love which must be lived through your thoughts, words and action. And  Karmas will then take care of themselves. 

Me :  

" In this world I have to stay, 

   Work with love ever and always 

Oh these the corporate meetings, 

How many karmas have I shed today ? "

You like my little poem ? 

Voice : I love everything you do.       

Me - Karmas ! Karmas ! I am gonna think only karmas ! Btw, how many big karmas do I wipe out in a corporate presentation ?? Or do I shed much more while taking care of my mother-in-law ? I am looking to score big here !! 

Voice - Ha Ha. Love will be your guiding light.     

Finding God Within

Voice : Having a quiet time ? 

Me : I like silence 

Voice : What do you find in silence ? 

Me : God. 

Voice : Hmm

Me : I feel God is within me. 

Voice : That is true. But do you feel it ? 

Me : Yes. I am talking to Him right now !

Voice : This is important what I am going to tell you. Its is true that God found within. You have always heard this. Many say implying that its all about only acknowledging the God within himself. But, really its about continual experience of acknowledging, seeing and believing that God is within all the people you come across. When that conviction is attained, you can say that you feel God is within you. 

How can you only find Him within you and ‘miss’ seeing Him in others ? When you see God inside everyone, thats when you can truly say you found God within you. That is the real meaning of finding God within…finding Him in everyone and everything. 

Me : So, " To find God within you, find God in that ass*@# " .. Aren’t you really enjoying all this ? How funny is this for you ?  

Voice : Ha Ha. Not funnier than this entire creation.    

Visiting My Shrine

Me :  I feel glad to have come to your Shrine.  

Voice : Always nice to have you remember Me.

Me :  I was in the middle of many things. I also had to walk my dog but I know I must prioritise my visit to your Shrine and so here I am !

Voice : To make me happy ?  

Me : Yes 

Voice : Forgive me, but I must know how you know it would it make me more happy when you leave one Shrine for another ? 

Me : Leave which shrine ?? I only come to You. 

Voice : It was time to walk your dog today evening, and you skipped that to pay your respects to My Tomb where I reside but, my dear I reside no less in your dog. Your dog looks forward to his walk and to deny him that joy is to deny Me. My shrine is no less in anyone. I am in each heart. How can I be only accessed only from one place and not another ?  You have only left one shrine to come to another.

Find My Shrine in every being you come across. Bow down to it like you may bow down at My tomb and it will make me very happy !!     

The Return of the Saviour

The Return of the Saviour 

 "It's that moment, that time, 

When the last hope crashes 

When you lay down defeated,

Losing all but your own self  

Everything around has fallen, 

You survive, because you must 

You hold on, because you should, 

Crawling closer to endless pain.  

With the sky tearing apart, 

The ground breaking beneath 

Where is Love of my heart, 

To rescue me ? 

And then, in a magical moment, 

Comes the Messiah, The Saviour 

The Lord of Lords, the One in All,

To breathe life in your soul. 

  

Crestfallen and helpless,

With darkness and despair 

He comes like the rising Sun, 

In a flight of Light and Mercy  

He descends for his Love, 

He lifts you in His arms  

When time becomes agony,

He says - Come Unto Me." 

Mental Anguish

Voice : What are you thinking ?

Me : Well, I have a friend who has been trying to overcome her problem of hypertension, anxiety and fears. She cracks up all of a sudden and her health gives in. She is a lovely person, has a good heart and believes in divinity.

Voice :  Hmm…

Me : She has begun exercising a little, eating right and works really hard on facing her fears and fighting anxiety. How does she work hard on being less anxious ?

Voice : By ‘not' working on being less anxious.

Me : Do always have to talk like this ??

Voice : Sorry to sound this way. Let me explain this more clearly. Imagine a completely dark room. Now, if you want to get rid of the darkness, how will you do it ?

Me : By bringing in some light.

Voice : And would it be possible to remove darkness without bringing in any light ? Try to think hard and tell me if you can fight it any other way ?

Me : Its impossible to eliminate darkness any other way. It can’t be fought with and it can’t go away by itself no matter what I do or how hard I try. The darkness will always remain unless I bring in some form of light.

Voice : This is the point. People have being doing the same with their lives. Even those people who know of Higher Power have struggled and continue to struggle with this. The struggle exists because of the reverse way of dealing with things. The focus is on the darkness to eliminate it. How can weakness disappear if you focus on it to disappear ?

If you focus on Divinity and make this your only goal - you will hold the power of the strongest force in the Universe - Love. Where there is love, there is no fear, no anxiety, no weakness.

All weaknesses dissipate on its own when the focus in not on the shortcomings but on Divinity. Everything melts in the ocean of love. Nothing is more powerful than love. There is only one solution and that is Divine Love. It has unparalleled power and majesty. No darkness can remain in this pure light of divinity.

Me : So, if I have this light...

Voice : You ‘are' the light.

Me : And how does one become alive in the purity of this magical force of love ?

Voice : By thinking of the Divine constantly. Unfortunately, the thoughts, words and deeds of most people are immersed in everything but the Divine. There is worry, anxiousness, bitterness, grudges, hatred, jealousy, distrust and disharmony. How can this ever give one peace, joy and love ? You bring this upon yourself in your own ways.

The funny part is that you know how to work this but the grip of falseness has got stranglehold of you and you seemed to be ever bound and create mental anguish which manifest into physical symptoms of suffering.

Me : So just keep Divine thoughts and it will all go away ?

Voice  : Yes, its that simple.

I thought of keeping it very simple so people can alleviate themselves easily and focus more on God, and Divinity is kept within reach of every living being.
But, because its so simple - the very simplicity has gone against it. People can’t seem to accept that its so easy and simple to connect to the Divine. Therefore, with lifetimes of conditioned thinking, they are in quest to seek various ways and methods to make their life happier and they fall short. 

Even a small child holds this remedy in his hands.  

I think I am simple. Do I seem complicated to you ?

Me : Well..you seem to contradict my thinking most of the time. But, with you I have realised that things are not that unattainable, honestly. You are pretty..simple...yeah. No intellectualising works with me.  

When I see my mind getting lost and chaotic, I often tell myself, 'Its a simple math, Somit. How many hours within 24 hours have you thought about world affairs and how much time have you thought of God ? If the math is in favour of worldly distractions - you have created that result and there is no point in complaining. If you want love, peace and Divinity, then that maths need to be reworked. Simple.

Voice : Yes, and I assure you its impossible for this approach to fail. A troubled mind and troubled emotional state needs to be fed increased dosages of Divinity in ways of remembrance, chanting, mediation, silence and gratitude. I have made a fool-proof system that won’t fail anyone who makes a choice to seek the spiritual treasure. This means you must always make time for it and seek to increase that time. 

Take the name of God when you peeling a potato, making tea, walking in the garden, having a shower, driving, cleaning your house, watering your plants, waiting for a taxi, running on a treadmill, eating in a restaurant, waiting for the elevator, walking to pick up groceries, lying in bed, shopping, waiting for someone, sitting on the couch, serving a meal, combing your hair...

Me : Ha ha ... and more time if I get my phone and TV out the way for most part of the day !         

Voice : You can live in the world but to enjoy everything without being slave to possessions, ambition and wants - you must think of Divinity more. No fears, anxiety, tension, sadness, grief, hatred, anger, attachment, insecurities, jealousy, lust, remorse, pride, then can ever grip you in spite of living in the world.

So, what will you tell your friend, now ?

Me : I'll tell her  - ' Let see your maths. '

....And if you are suffering, its only your fault !

Desires of Higher Ideals

Me : Thanks for bringing me back, again. 

Voice : I am always around. 

Me : I know why you had to do it. The injury was the only way and surprisingly I am not feeling unhappy - even though I was at the peak of my physical conditioning, even though I now face a possible abandonment of my expedition and months of hard work going down the drain....

Voice : I am very pleased to know you have remained positive. 

Me : I was lost and I didn't realise I was fuelling such a deep desire that I was loosing myself ! I was excited and my mind was fixed on this goal. That was all I was thinking. I thought it was great to lead an inspirational life and I knew I could do it. My thoughts, words and deeds lived for this dream and I thought that climb was just a harmless passionate pursuit. 

Voice : And nothing wrong with that. However, would you care to be enthusiastic about it instead of passionate ?

Me : Whats the difference ? 

Voice : You approach the same goal with equipoise and let that occupy a 'secondary' spot in the head. Its very much there - but not in the forefront but at the back of your mind.  

Me : Why ? 

Voice : Cause the danger of attachment doesn't come in. 

Me : But, don't you have to work towards it ?

Voice : Here is the subtle difference - instead of working towards 'it'...work towards 'YOU'

Me : Please explain..

Voice : In order to climb the mountain on the outside, you climb the mountain inside. Its not the external world that must lure you, its the attention to the inner world that brings you the summit. Focusing on something 'out there' easily brings anxiety, agitation, fear of failure, discontentment, pride, restlessness, despair and attachment. 
Its great to feel you can climb any mountain and you can, but do it with a difference. Climb the way it must be climbed with peace, serenity, stillness, merger, detachment, humility and importantly with submission to the Higher Will.           
   
Me : But isn't it normal and nobel to have a desire to do something that is inspirational and uplifting for the human spirit ?

Voice : Yes, by letting it happen naturally in your life like its just another chapter.  
There is nothing wrong feeling happy by wanting to do things, having certain things and becoming someone. You may not realise it, but soon you spend all your time nurturing your desires and thats when fail to be in the present. and I have to pull you back again to remind you to unburden yourself.

Under the garb of nobility, inspiration, passion, you have begin to dissipate your precious energy. Are you not inspirational right now ? 

Me : Not sure. 

Voice : One of the most inspirational things you can do it able to focus on Divinity with all the chaos around you. You know that everything around you is ephemeral and yet you stay in the falseness without running away. You have been struggling to stay on the Path of Divinity with all its challenges but you dont give up. You battle temptations on daily basis. You have some so far from where you started - this is inspirational existence. 

Walk into your past and you will realise, you never really lived with desires for any of the things you have now like a beautiful home, adorable daughter, great spouse, best of health and fitness, flowing abundance and prefect career ? You wanted to be a wanderer in the Himalayas with nothing.  

Me : Hmm….you are right. I didn’t actively pursue anything at all and it all seemed to have happened like accidents! 

Voice : And now what happened with the other desires that you actively fuelled and harboured ? 

Me : Damn you are right….nothing of that happened for some silly reasons or other. How is that ? 

Voice : Desires, Wants, Aspirations  … thats the one thing that can bring an unfulfilled existence. 

Me : And when I have you - I should be happy to know I don’t have anything more to desire !

Voice : Don't even desire Me. Remember that. Desire NOTHING. 

Let things happen. When you are in the moment - you permit Me to bring you goodies. 
But your desires keep you away from being in the NOW. When you hold desires, you dwell into the future. 
You may think that dwelling in the future will help you manifest your desire, but the manifestation happens in the present moment. 

Me : Hmm..

Voice : Thats how you been 'accidentally' shaping your life. Why do you see a need to create and harbour more desires  ?

Me : Cause I though it would be inspirational to achieve that feat in the mountains. 

Voice : Thats very good but its still a desire. It doesn’t keep your mind empty. 
You had thoughts about failing and that brought you anxiety. And more your thought about it, the more you lived in the future and less with Divinity - in the Now. 

Try not to be mistaken by analysing desire as good, noble, bad, inspirational or evil - they are all desires and have the same result in the head. 

Me : I think I am just gonna go about leading a simple life and let things happen…cause really nothing is by chance. The trick is to be in the present, want nothing and revel in joy of my being as I am, where I am and how I am. 

Voice : You can still climb that peak...but just about 'accidentally'.

Me : You have given me some exceptional gifts like will power, determination, discipline, resilience, endurance and balance of heart and mind - its perfect to use them to scale high mountains and achieve the impossible. What do you expect me to do with these strengths, now ?

Voice : Your strengths will be more needed, than you know.

Me : And just how and where ? 

Voice : At around 29,000 feet, Mount Everest is the highest point on earth. Few people can make it there. 
Even fewer can make it to a place higher than the summit of Everest. I AM at that height !
It will test your courage, tenacity, will power and demand mental toughness and unmatched conviction and here is where you will need all those strengths that I have given you. 

The point is - which climb are you focused on ?