LABYRINTH

A mind that is completely quiet has unlimited space. Every time there is an object in the mind it creates a space around itself. As we try and expand these spaces and fill in more objects hoping to capture the unlimited space the mind gets divided into these umpteenth little spaces.

So the mind that is completely quiet has a space where there is no divisions and no objects. And therefore, complete Attention. An attention not about something nor an attention towards something. Simply a state of attention. And you will notice when there is attention there is extraordinary space. This happens because the mind is not dissipating energy.

The mind is always dissipating energy in the ‘what is’ of our being, that is the objects of our mind. Our passions, ambition, prestige, power and the list is endless. Hence our energies are drained battling the ‘what is’ of our being. So life becomes a movement in harmony only when there is energy that has gone beyond the ‘what is’ of our being. Because it is than the mind becomes quiet and we witness absolute attention. And attention is the concentration of total energy.

But then I ask you, can the mind be quiet? 

Working out this Labyrinth, that is meditation.

PS: My synopsis of an excerpt taken from the 7th Public Talk in Saanen, 1972 by Jiddu Krishnamurti 

Immortal Talks by Shunya - A Synopsis

Desires & Karma are to a soul what Thoughts & Action are to a Person. Usually the soul replicates the person's thoughts and actions by picking up similar data packets in the Fourth Dimension. In the third dimensional world there is no free will as there are innumerable scenes in all the permutations & combinations and the soul just chooses to attach to a particular scene to experience it. In that sense in the physical world there is no free will because once the soul decides to attach to a scene it can only experience the possibilities of that scene. But at the same time if the soul learns to detach itself from the physical world it can choose to attach itself to a different Data pack in the fourth dimension and experience a different scene in the physical world. In that sense it does have a free will. Albeit, for this it is important for the soul to remain independent of the character it is experiencing. 

To understand the process of detachment it is important to first understand our 4 mental bodies along with our physical body. 

A) Physical Body 

The Physical body is trying to attain completeness through growth, preservation, procreation trying to reach immortality through a lineage.

B) Intelligence 

The Intelligence is seeking completeness through securing our future, materially & emotionally. It is logical & always watches self interest.

 

C) Intellect

The Intellect seeks completeness through relationships. It is selfless & spontaneous, it likes something or rejects it but can’t explain its choices. It needs intelligence to explain the logic.

 

D) Samskara

 

Samskara seeks completeness through order & consistency.. It believes whatever the whole & complete is, it is certain, uniform, systematic and unchanging. In that sense it's always looking for stability in life. 

E) Chitta

Chitta is the stark opposite of Samskara. It believes if there is anything as whole & complete it has to be random, chaotic, abstract, unpredictable & irrational. Its desires are path breaking and extreme. Luckily Chitta rarely comes in foreground to push its desires but it plays a vital role in endorsing desires made by the Samskara, Intellect, Intelligence & the Physical Body.

Here it is important to understand that the body-mind through all these 5 aspects is trying to reach completeness. This is a  futile effort because every time the body-mind meets one desire another one is born. To reach that state of completeness is to reach the awareness of the Soul because it is already complete. 

The more we are able to observe these 5 sheaths of our body-mind the easier it becomes to un-identify from them and watch them mutually exclusive of each other in third person. That’s when the observe becomes the observed i.e. the Soul the eternal observer behind all scenes in life & beyond.

Purpose

Why does the water flow from the highest of peaks on the mountains to the darkest of pits in the oceans. Only to be gushed out by the constant motion of the seas and slapped away on the shores by the incessant waves. Eventually to be baked by the sun to form clouds that shall marathon all the way back to cover the peaks and till the lands. Is it this constant change that gives it life. Is it the continuous challenges it faces in this infinite loop what gives it its purpose. Without drowning in the purpose or the purposelessness of it, it keeps on keeping on. Just ‘being’ that is enough for it. It’s the same for life. 

A Poem

 

The Journey of Knowing

 

QUICKSAND

In the market of my many desires

I am often lost & a confused buyer

On a few rare days when the market is closed

Life feels like a beautiful prose

But than again the rush and hush sets in

And I am stuck here in the Quicksand again

I have already filled closets and stores

But still  trying to make room for more

Just this last one I must try for sure

And the Quicksand grabs me even more

This freedom of mine has become a chain

A paradox where  my liberty is my bane

The very thing that was  to give me wings

Is making me crawl in the Quicksand within

I shout and cry into this darkness with hope

Like a flickering light unknown of its source

There comes a whisper it tells me of a friend

But I am not so sure how to comprehend

There is hurt and fear in memories of yore

A trust deficit that’s closing the door

Those silent tears & unseen cries

Have made the heart cold and dry

Trying hard to break the ice

Falling & failing & being naive

Clinging to grit that made the phoenix rise

The caterpillar too crawled before the butterfly could fly

Bruised & battered but walking still

Smiling faces but melancholy within

Is this misery or pretence you may ask me why

Its a longing for home that’s beyond the eyes

Will I remain lost in this oblivion 

Or will I be able to reach my eternal abode

Self doubt and worries keep clogging my way

Maybe metamorphosis sets in the darkest days

I hope you can hear me my eternal friend

Forgive me for my inability to comprehend

Your whispers have reached me every now & than

But probably I need is a firm shake of hand

To wake up from slumber, to rise & shine

Setting free from the Quicksand of my own mind