Would you love an Orchard ?

Chennai 

🔥 

Hot it's. 

Sweltering. 

Remove more 🌲 trees. 

You can melt more bones. 

May know what a furnace is like. 

For God's sake 

And

Your posterity's sake

If you wish 

To reverse it, 

Rush to nearest 

Horticultural society. 

Each one, 

Yes every single one, 

Get a sapling, 

Plant it, 

Nurture it.

You will have branches 

Spreading their wings. 

You'll have nature's 

Air conditioning. 

And, 

You'll host all

Flying species -

Ranging from 

Ubiquitous crows always caw-cawing,

Speedsters squirrels, 

Chirping Parrots, 

Colorful Butterflies -

All doing their karma-dharma, 

Pollinating sans seeking 

Any rewards. 

"A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible.”

― Welsh proverb

The journey.... within....a dedication to self styled தமிழ்க் காவலர்கள்

நானென் றெழுமிட மேதென நாடவுண் 

  ணான்றலை சாய்ந்திடு முந்தீபற 

ஞான விசாரமி துந்தீபற. 

- பகவான் ரமண மகரிஷி. 

- உபதேச உந்தியார்,  v19.

மாற்று மொழிகளெல்லாம் -

குறிப்பாக ஹிந்தியும், சமஸ்கிருதமும் -

வேண்டாம்.  நாங்கள் தமிழ்க் காவலர்கள். 

எங்கள் குழந்தைகள் உலகளாவிய வாய்ப்புகள் பெற்று சிறப்புறாமல் குண்டு சுட்டிக்கு உள்ளேயே குதிரை ஓட்டினாலும் பரவாயில்லை - என்றெல்லாம் பகர்கிற தமிழ்க் காவலர்களுக்கு நமது தாழ்மையான கேள்வி. 

சவால் என வேண்டுமானாலும் எடுத்துக் கொள்ளட்டும். 

பகவானின் மேற்சொன்ன பாடலுக்கு பொருள் கூறட்டும். ஐயா தாங்கள் தமிழ் மொழி,  அதன் வளர்ச்சியின் பால் - சைவ நால்வர்கள்,  நாயன்மார், ஆழ்வார்கள் அனைவவரையும் காட்டிலும் - அதீத அக்கறை உடையவர்கள் என்று உளமாற ஒப்புக் கொண்டு சிரம் தாழ்த்தி வணங்குகிறோம்.

Well, 

Let's conserve energy and save time.

Explanation is not required to those who really care. And no amount of explaining would be enough to diehard aversion creators. 

The succinct of Bhagavan's above verse:

When you seek within 

Where the 'I' thought, 

i. e.,  ego arises, 

There you see the 

Very dissolving of

The very thought 'I' - ego. 

Thus begins

Your journey of 

Atma vichara - 

delving deep within, 

The journey toward

Enlightenment,

Knowing what your true 

Self is. 

Call it as you may wish -

God

Self

Being 

Buddha. 

May you revel in Bliss. 

God bless. 

12:00....24:00 As it begins in the end... and a little about hand phone

The time is at dot. 

The big hand hides the small one. 

Is it 12:00?

Or 24:00?

Is it the end? 

Or 

The beginning? 

March is bidding adieu. 

April is born. 

From taxman's parlance 

One Assessment year -

Taxman loves to assess, -

Gives way to a new one. 

For a businessman,

It's end of a Financial year

And the beginning of a new one. 

I'm unusually awake. 

A client called up to help him 

Comply with his tax filing by the 

Time the clock ticks 12:00,

Sorry the day 31st Mar ends. 

Hence did that and to wrap up 

Picked up குமுதம் 

And finished reading Malan's 

This week's writing. 

மாலன் சொல்வதே,  sorry,  

எழுதுவதே ஓர் அழகு. 

Some nuggets from his writing :

Tom Thumb loved to visit India. Didn't have much money to do the travel. Literally walked,  and wherever possible by asking for lifts,  he could reach India. He titled his book this way: "Hand-to-mouth-to-India".

His other book: "Bozo and the story teller ".

He had a startling imagination that one day the mobile phone will have teeth and bite the user's ear. 

Well talking of mobile one, 

Does anyone bother to know who first created this ubiquitous device?  

The debate is not yet over. 

Whether mobile, or hand 

As Americans would love to call it,  

phone is bane or boon? 

Let's first know who it was.

Martin Cooper. 

Let's say a big hai to him. 

On positive side, 

 hand phone indeed is handy. 

Also it's worthwhile to

listen to Cooper on using the device. 

He says, 

"USE THE HAND PHONE, 

BUT DON'T TURN ADDICT 

TO IT. "

Pure Intelligence at work... 24x7

Bhaktha - It is hard to conceive of God, the formless, giving rise to form.

Bhagavan. - Why hard? Does not your mind remain formless when you do not perceive or think, say, in deep sleep, in samadhi, or in a swoon? And does it not create space and relationship when it thinks and impels your body to act? Just as your mind devises and your body executes in one homogeneous, automatic act, so automatic, in fact, that most people are not aware of the process, so does the Divine Intelligence devise and plan and His Energy automatically and spontaneously acts - the thought and the act are one integral whole. This Creative Energy which is implicit in Pure Intelligence is called by various names, one of which is Maya or Shakti, the Creator of forms or images.

(From 'Guru Ramana', Part 2) 

This Bhagavan's answer answers what pulls devotees during His time and beyond from all the corners of the world. 

Couple of days back my classmate called me from Bangalore. 

He said he came to hear about Maharishi since class 8.  During our time at St.  Joseph's we would have discussed a lot.  But never once did he talk to me about Bhagavan.

Until I  had a chance visit to Tiruvannamalai about two decades ago for the first ever time,  I just heard of Ttiruvannamalai only. But never knew there was Bhagavan's ashram. 

Those days there were no milling crowd. 

The shrine inside the ashram was serene. 

Someone murmured it's Mathrubhutheswar's sanctum Sanctorum where Bhagavan's mother was laid to eternal rest. I entered the front part of the shrine.  On the right was Bhagavan's bust size statue. Just a little ahead on the right and on the front wall of the sanctorum, a white cloth screen banner was kept.  In that a long message in English was written. 

First ever time just out of college and still struggling to pick and piece together whatever little grip over this British left over,  I could manage to read from word one to the last of the lengthy message. 

Here is Bhagavan's narrative of His Atma vichara,  questioning Himself of,  "Who am I?".

Though I could manage to read the message, comprehension was far beyond. Yet,  some intuition kept me feeling that there should be some quintessence there in Bhagavan's message. 

Also I didn't know about Girivalam during my first visit. 

It took almost about 5 years later I heard about Girivalam and tried to go as many times as possible. It was only on these repeat visits somehow with Bhagavan's grace I could get a glimpse of Bhagavan's asking of Who am I. 

Yes. 

It's the pure Intelligence of God at work. 

May we All have the fortunes of Bhagavan's blessings. 

Change, inevitable

Yes. 

True. 

Dear Friend Prof. Rajendran is used to greet every morning with a nice good morning message. 

Osho quotes a story. In his book titled "Astrology."  His mischievous tagline to the title : "superstition, blind faith,  or a door to the essential? ".

Mullah Nasruddin was miserable and all in penury.  All his villagers knew his pitiable condition.  

Suddenly one day Nasruddin appeared unusually very cheerful and happy.  Not that his conditions changed for good. 

Villagers were wondering  what in the whole world could have made him happy suddenly. 

Some dared to question Mullah himself for the reason. 

Know what Mullah said?

"I have learned to cooperate with the inevitable.  After many years of struggling,  I have realized something.  I have decided that what must be,  must be.  Now I cooperate with the inevitable,  so there is no reason to be miserable.  Now I am happy."

Paropakaram Artham Idam Shareeram

Paropakaram Artham Idam Shareeram

परोपकार इदम् शरीर

This is an Ancient shloka that means Our body is meant for Helping others without expecting anything in return.

The above slogan is the tagline of The Hindu Mission Hospital which you may see on your left as you enter from southern part of the state into this மதராஸப் பட்டணம், City of Madras a.k.a Chennai. 

Ever since I read this line,  ....

A question keeps echoing, in what way am I, having this bulky  देहा, தேஹ், useful. 

And in reading தெய்வத்தின் குரல்,  little by little,  there are certain take aways all across the volumes. 

One gem saying:

Maha Periyava :

"do at least one good thing a day."

My piece today is a tiny attempt to pay our tribute by sharing this news clipping from New Indian Express on our unsung heroes. 

What helps?

 

What helps?

Psychology…

Psychoanalysis….

Well,

To have the solution, …. truly working solution,

Should one not look for what works to cure the disease itself and not just treat the symptom?

Where is the solution?

Solution?!

Yes, the ultimate solution,

What, East for aeons calls, “the moksha” –

Where you truly liberate,

The cycle of –

Punarabi jananam,

Punarabi maranam –

Birth-death-birth-death

Ceases.

Ceases completely,

Yes once and for all.

How does one attain it?

Transcend mind.

Osho:

“Psychology does not believe in the soul of man.”

He goes blunt, calling a spade spade:

“Psychology believes that mind is a by-product of the body, and the people who have not                   even inquired beyond the mind into the SOUL of man are making statements which are                 absolute lies.”

Transcend mind.

Osho:

                “East has been concerned not with the mind, but something BEYOND MIND.”

 

Back to the question, how does one attain it?

Fuketsu, the Zen monk was asked,

“Even without the practice of Zen, may we certainly attain budhahood?”.

Blunt again, Osho shoots back, “An absurd question”.

What is Zen?

The dhyan in Sanskrit.

Looks like, as yet, English has not adopted the word, dhyan.

Its nearest equivalent, nay, somewhat close is meditation.

Zhan it became when it moved to Buddhist language, Pali.

Chan in China.

And Zen in Japan.

Way out:

Bhagavan Ramana : “vichara”

Vichara, i.e., enquiry.

Enquire where?

Nowhere externally.

Where else?

But, to turn inward.

Closing your eyes.

Sitting in sukhasana, in a comfortable posture.

On the surface, the bubbles,

The bubbles of thoughts are highly visible.

Will bubbles stay the same way?

No.

It’s bound to dwindle, dwindle

Until it merges in the depth of the Ocean,

the Eternity.

Oh,

Experience it.

Words are poor carrier to communicate

The Experience –

The Bliss,

Totally different from ephemeral pleasures.

Should you share,

Share Experience?

Will it be understood?

The thirsty has to drink himself.

But you can help.

Budha can point his finger towards moon

And show moon to real seeker.

Look should be to Moon

And not just stop at the finger pointing the Moon.

Why Share?

Because

There is an urgent need

Need to make the whole

Earth Green.

Need to oxygenate.

To battle all

Pandemic today

Pandemic tomorrow.

Sparrows,

Squirrels,

Parrots,

Birds

And all species

Have to make a revisit.

Revisit and befriend

Burgeoning humanity.