Beware of Ignorance Be Aware of Self! That which begins as a practice Becomes a part of the whole Nothing new that never existed is going to be introduced for practicing. Yet, there comes a moment when each of us are introduced to discover our own self through various means. Body exists from the time of birth, yet the real feel of that first moment is experiential. Same with breath too. Breathing has been happening but when we enter into its realm with that touch of awareness then on the Real living begins. Ignorance in a way acts as the backdrop for awareness. In life, when we begin to learn some art or anything, we tend to have a total focus on the job. Like when we first begin to cut vegetables, the eyes, the hands and the mind are in total focus. Its the practice which eventually leads to evolution. Perfection sounds more like a finite one. But with subtleness, it just expands to nowhere. The taste of the self which begins as a practice eventually grows to expand in awareness. Focu...
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The breath apparently
And the thought in image
Touch this Silence
That we cannot fathom
The last two steps
To reach the deep
Oceans of its expanse
But the same is there
On the surface too
We know it not
'Cos we are lost
Often in the beauty
Of the rising, falling
And crashing waves.
- Swahilya Shambhavi.
Be the wave(movement)
Reach the depths(stillness)
remain the ocean
with the fragrance of both
Let it rise, let it fall
Know that you are...
Great post, Merging Point! Wild wave!
Hugs, JJ
I very much enjoy silence, usually on Sunday morning, but then that crazy neighbour will come out with a lawnmotor. Anna :)
most of us mistake silence to exist only when there is no sound. Anna, once had this experience of being with the sound of crackers that took me to the depths of silence.
Your crazy neighbour can be highly instrumental. give it a try...
probably, one can not associate with silence but can be dissolved and just be...