Are you searching....your God?

Are you searching....your God?

Where will you see your God?

Search

You'll find Him 

Nowhere else,

But in your own Self.

How true Kaviarasar is?!

Read the unparalleled Poet's

Last six Gems - words in

This Excerpt:

கடவுள் எப்படிப்பட்டவன்?

கவியரசன் கண்ணதாசன் சொன்னது.

ஆகாயத்தின் மேலிருந்து ஆளே தெரியாமல் ஆட்டியும் வைப்பான்.

மனிதன் ஆட்டம் கொஞ்சம் அதிகமானால் அடக்கியும் வைப்பான்.

*அவன் தான் கடவுள்*

பூலோகத்தில் வாழும் போது புகழையும் கொடுப்பான்.

பின்னர் புகழுக்காக வாழும் போது புரட்டியும் எடுப்பான்.

*அவன் தான் கடவுள்*

பூவிலே கொஞ்சம் தேனையும் வைப்பான்.

அங்கே தேனை வைத்ததை தேனீக்கும் சொல்வான்.

பின்னர் அந்தத் தேனடை இருப்பதை மனிதனுக்கும் சொல்வான்.

*அவன் தான் கடவுள்*

கேட்கும் திறனை கூர்மையாக எலிக்கும் வைப்பான்.

அந்த எலியே கேட்க முடியாமல் நடக்கும் பாதங்களை பூனைக்கும் வைப்பான்.

*அவன் தான் கடவுள்*

ஓடும் திறனை கூட்டுகின்ற கால்களை (மானுக்குக்) கொடுப்பான்.

பின்னர் அந்த மானை பிடிக்கின்ற சக்தியை  புலிக்கும் கொடுப்பான்.

*அவன்தான் கடவுள்*

அற்புதமாய் சிந்திக்கின்ற ஆறறிவையும் கொடுப்பான்.

அதை முழுவதும் பயன் படுத்தாத மனிதர்களையும் படைப்பான்.

*அவன் தான் கடவுள்*

தவம் பல செய்தால் (மனிதன்) கேட்பதைக் கொடுப்பான்.

அவனே தறிகெட்டு நடந்தால் கொடுத்ததைப் பறிப்பான்.

*அவன்தான் கடவுள்*

‌நாட்டை ஆள விட்டு அழகும் பார்ப்பான்.

அவனே கொள்ளையடித்தால் கொடுத்தவனே பிடுங்கவும் செய்வான்.

*அவன் தான் கடவுள்*

புரியாதவனுக்கு புதிராய் இருப்பான்.

தன்னைப் புரிந்தவனுக்கு அறிவாய் இருப்பான்.

*அவன் தான் கடவுள்*

கடல் முழுதும் தண்ணீரை வைப்பான்.

தாகம் எடுத்தால் தவிக்கவும் வைப்பான்.

*அவன் தான் கடவுள்*

மாளிகையில் வாழ்பவன் ஆயுள் அற்பமாய் முடியும்.

சாலையோரம் வாழ்பவன் நூறாண்டு வாழ்வான்.

பின்னிருந்து இயக்குவான்.

*அவன் தான் கடவுள்*

தன்னை வெளியே தேடினால் விளையாட்டுக் காட்டுவான்.

(உள்ளத்தின்) உள்ளே தேடினால் ஓடி வந்து நிற்பான்.

*அவன் தான் கடவுள்* கண்ணதாசன் ஆன்மிக சி்தனைகள் பதிவில் இருந்து.

Let Glaciers save tears

COP28: Melting glaciers reveal summit cop-outs - https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/columns/shankkar-aiyar/2023/nov/26/cop28-melting-glaciers-reveal-summit-cop-outs-2636174.html

☔ 🌧️

Rains have been lashing in Chennai for past about one month.

Though logging we still experience isn't as severe as in earlier years. This doesn't mean we give any ode to people at helm supposed to deal with civic issues.

How much water is saved is a perennial big ? - question.

But uncaring the eco balance and razing out the greenery, come change in season, we are headed for dog days. You can't expect any mercy from the ☀️ Sun Lord.

Time we do our bit from micro level to macro level to be of little eco friendly and concerned. That Glaciers melting in Arctic to Antarctica is not what happens far away.  Its impact would not spare even the remotest corner of the universe.

A pertinent question one may missile, what could I do from my individual  level and what difference would it make. Well the answer is in the old adage, 'little drops make an ocean.'  There are plethora of tiny activities, such as

Planting a tree in your garden or in an unused open space, saving electricity, water, recycling, reusing etc.  A reasonably grown tree can give free oxygen and lessen pollution.  The oxygen was scarce, remember during covid time, people were in queues to get the same.

Time for action and not cop-out.

ஆழ்ந்து அகன்ற நுண்ணியனே...

ஆழ்ந்து அகன்ற நுண்ணியனே

பொய்யாயின எல்லாம், போயகல வந்தருளி

மெய்ஞ்ஞானம் ஆகி, மிளிர்கின்ற மெய்ச்சுடரே

அஞ்ஞானம் தன்னை, அகல்விக்கும் நல்லறிவே

Bhagavan while narrating His experiment to see what actually dies asks,

'Is the body I?'.

Will He depart leaving the earnest seeker in lurch?

No.

Bhagavan explains to even an young child what dhyan is.  

He further answers:

'So I am Spirit transcending the body. The body dies but the Spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death. This means I am the deathless Spirit.’

தேகம் கடந்த ஆன்ம நிலை.

ஆன்ம ஸ்வரூபத்தில்

மகரிஷி என்றென்றும்

ஆசிர்வதிக்கின்றார்.

Thinking - as and when?

“How to be at peace now? By making peace with the present moment. The present moment is the field on which the game of life happens. It cannot happen anywhere else.” - Eckhart Tolle

The thoughts run riot.

Constant cacophony.

Press pause ⏸️.

You'll wonder

How many - thoughts -

are making real sense.

Mind may be a tool.

Use it when there arises a need.

Other times,

Its space is its toolbox.

Mind can be a good friend.

When not channelized right way,

And remains idle,

There's this adage,

'Idle mind is devil's workshop.'

Subtle difference

Betwixt

Idle and rest.

The former is letting it go astray.

The latter is a dhyan, meditation,

Still your thoughts.

You dissolve into a

State where it's absolutely still-

Thoughtless state.

A state full of bliss, 

Wherefrom

You shine forth.

வாக்கும், மனமும் இல்லா மனோலயம் 

     தேக்கியே என்றன் சிந்தை தெளிவித்து ” 

                                    (விநாயகர் அகவல்) 

-  ஓளவையார்

Be on your own.....despite all the din

Quintessential question ❓ is:

Can you be your quiet self amidst all the noise and cacophony?

Quite doesn't intend refraining from what one ought to do. The wont duty no one can shirk just on any alibi.

An offshoot tailing question is: 

Is it possible to stay equipoised under pressing and suffocating not just in warzone, even in home ground and work spaces?

To all mortals it's a real challenge.

When we are cornered, trapped with literally no way out either from physical plane or psychological entanglement, where do we seek a succour?

Obviously it's from Divine Sources. 

Oh!

Yeah.

Crying out,

Or even admonishing,

'Oh God,

How cruel could you be to me?

Don't have any mercy?'.

Would God get offended, b'caz you admonished?

Immortal that He is, He would just brush aside and no amount of admonishing could torment Him.

Likelyhood is, time and again, He comes like an Angel and rescues. The only thing, we do is heave a shy of relief and seldom do we take note of the divine force beneath..

Swamy Chidbhavananda in his commentary on Srimad Bhagavad Gita:

"..... equilibrium of mind can be had as much in a sanguinary battle-field as in the solitude of a cave....".

Would like to dedicate a beautiful poem with the title Desiderata, full of life lesson. Thanks to Narayan, who first referred this poem .

Over to Desiderata:

Desiderata by Max Ehrmann, 1927:

 

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,

and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible without surrender

be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly;

and listen to others,

even the dull and the ignorant;

they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons,

they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,

you may become vain and bitter;

for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble;

it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs;

for the world is full of trickery.

But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;

many persons strive for high ideals;

and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself.

Especially, do not feign affection.

Neither be cynical about love;

for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment

it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years,

gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.

But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.

Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,

be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe,

no less than the trees and the stars;

you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you,

no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God,

whatever you conceive Him to be,

and whatever your labors and aspirations,

in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,

it is still a beautiful world.

Be cheerful.

Strive to be happy.”

Thou shalt know THYSELF

'உன்னை அறிந்தால்...நீ உன்னை அறிந்தால்

உலகத்தில் போராடலாம்

உயர்ந்தாலும் தாழ்ந்தாலும்

தலை வணங்காமல் நீ வாழலாம்.'

ஆன்மீக வழி திரும்பி தன்னை - ஆன்ம ஸ்வருபத்தை - உணர்ந்த கவியரசர் இயற்றிய அற்புத வரிகள். 

திரை தாண்டி மீண்டும் மீண்டும் முதல் வரியை ஆழ்ந்து நோக்கில்,  இறைவனால் படைக்கப்பட்ட நாம் அனைவரும் எய்த வேண்டிய இலக்கு தன்னை அறிதல், உணர்தல், இவைகள் தான்.

Bhagavan in yet another time questioned what use is there knowing all else except your own self.

தன்னை உணர்ந்த பின் - realising oneself - வேறு என்ன?

எல்லாம் திரையில் தோன்றி மறையும் காட்சிகளே, மாய மாற்றங்களே.  திரை - ஆன்ம நிலை - சாஸ்வதமானது.

Want to wrap it up with மஹா கவியின் மயக்கும் வரிகள்:

நிற்பதுவே, நடப்பதுவே, பறப்பதுவே, நீங்களெல்லாம்

சொற்பனந் தானோ?-பல தோற்ற மயக்கங்களோ?

கற்பதுவே,கேட்பதுவே,கருதுவதே,நீங்க ளெல்லாம்

அற்பமாயைகளோ?-உம்முள் ஆழ்ந்த பொருளில்லையோ?.

The Agni Festival.... Deepavali

The Agni Festival.... Deepavali- 

Sanatan Dharm

- Ilakkiya Megam Srinivasan

It's Eve of Deepavali.

Very apt would it be to begin with 🙏 prayer to Agni Dev, the Fire 🔥 God.:

My Lord,

The Agni,

Minister of sacrifice - yajna, வேள்வி,

Thou grant all boons, 

We the mortals crave for,

Salutation to Thee.

- Rig Veda.

What's there in the Macrocosm is very much there microcosm as well. The microcosm is the miniscule borderless world in itself. Needless to say, The Microcosm comprises the fire element too.  Aeons before science found this advent - of fire being part of the cosmos -, our Rishis cognized and sang in praise of it.

All humanity has this fire in themselves right from the time the mother conceives. This fire 🔥 is the hunger. Pattinathar sings it, அன்னை இட்ட தீ அடி வயிற்றிலே.  Yoga sastra calls it the fire spirit, மூலாதாரக் கனல்.

This fire is Dharmic one to enable one lead a life of good conduct, ensure one doesn't swerve from discipline and go astray. The words of one who adheres to the codes of Fire God are very powerful. Their words will turn real.  Instances are aplenty both in epic era and contemporary lifetime. Ma Sita told Lord Hanuman, "My words will fire this borderless world" - Canto Sundara Kandam. Hanuman sent missiles of fire in the Kingdom of Ravana.  Kannagi enflamed Mandurai when Pandya King swerved from path of justice.

Coming to contemporary time, Kaviarasar was producing a movie. Many busy actors were to be enrolled. In the hectic times of busy artistes, it was very difficult to get their call sheets all at once. Despite this constraint, Kaviarasar managed to get them and scheduled the shooting on a particular day in a studio. He had hired it already.  To his shock and surprise, the studio was let out to yet another producer on the very day Kaviarasar's shooting was scheduled.  Very aghast the poet cursed the studio, 'may your studio go to ashes' and returned home.  No sooner did he reach home, he got a call. The message was that there was fire in the studio.  The Telugu producer had planned a scene that day. In that scene, a lion had to spew Fire from its mouth. This misfired.

Repenting the Kaviarasar said, "I'm neither a Rishi nor a Jnani. Even then my words turned to reality."

According to Tiruvalluvar, if people suffer and shed tear, these would have the power of weapon to destroy the wealth of the ruler. It's the fire of the burning heart.

The fire is in and out.

The fire out is the light of the lamp 🪔.

It guards us in many, myriad ways - as yajna during marriages, temple rituals etc. In Sanatan Dharma, we hold Fire as witness - Agni sakshi.

The world hinges on Sun and Moon.

Ilangovadigal, the creator of Silappathikaram sings in praise of Sun ☀️ and 🌙, " ஞாயிறு போற்றுதும்! திங்கள் போற்றுதும்".

ஞாயிறு = Sun ☀️

திங்கள்= Moon 🌙.

Viswamitra offers a prayer,

ऊँ महाज्वालाय विद्महे अग्नि मध्याय धीमहि |

तन्नो: अग्नि प्रचोदयात् ||

Om, Let me meditate on the great flame, Oh, God of fire, grant me with higher intellect, Oh, let the radiant God of Fire illuminate my mind.

The raison d'etre  why we keep Fire as witness in all our rituals are two-fold:

We will never deviate from the sankalp - vow we make;

And if we do the same fire will act against us.

Hence when we are good at heart, the actions outside too would be good and life would be successful. No ignorance, negativity, defeat.

We worship all these Fire Gods:

Dharmic

Fire of brlliance - good intellect

Fire of life

The aptitude - vairagya to hold on to fasting

The fire of anger

The fire to keep off hatred, violence.

We wrap with Rig Vedic 🙏 prayer:

Oh!

God of Fire,

Thou art valour,

A good friend.

And with Maha Kavi's song,

"தீயே நின்னைப் போல் எமது அறிவு சுடர் விடுக".

Oh Fire,

May our brilliance light like your brightness.

Changeless

யாதொரு நிகழ்வும் -

கஷ்டமோ,

மகிழ்வோ,

துயரோ,

இன்பமோ -

தன் நிலைதனைத் -

The state of 

Supreme consciousness -

தடுக்கவொண்ணா.

Soak in the SELF

BE IN ETERNAL BLISS.

- with 🙏 to Bhagavan.