Friday, September 17, 2010

What prevents us from being what we MUST be from what we ARE

The question implies very directly that we are NOT what we must be; and there is something in us that is preventing us from being THAT we must be. Now, what is THAT, that we must be? It is perhaps only that which our VoIS wants us to be. And what is that prevents us from being THAT? Surely the not-VoIS part in us or the lower self. Life is a continuous tug-of-war between these two forces; one that takes us up and one that takes us down. In between, is this “I” that has to decide which side it has to take. And "I" is the deciding factor as to what we are. If “I” takes the side of the VoIS, it is moving towards the direction of what we must be. If it takes the other side, it is happy with what it is and perhaps going further down and pushing us to be not what we must be. The inexorability of the VoIS is that IT shall finally prevail, come what may. Because fortunately  it cannot be killed absolutely. Apparently that is what we find around us - that this VoIS is almost dead.

Therefore if the “I” decides consciously to be always on the side of the VoIS, “I” SHALL be what “I” MUST be. Now it is both simple and difficult. It is simple in the sense that all that we have to do is to just go by the VoIS. It is difficult, because first of all, we have almost lost the contact with this VoIS; and then we have to obey this; and because we also have to navigate through this world, it appears to be tough. However it should be heard, at least during critical and crucial matters.

As posted earlier, this becoming what we must be is a journey that must be consciously pursued; sustained by adhering to the VoIS; and involves traversing of various infinite layers of individual consciousness; that perhaps ultimately merges into the Universal Consciousness. May be that can be termed as that what we must be finally. Adhering to the VoIS should be an uninterrupted process that leads to the continuous progressive refinement of the individual. For those adhering to the VoIS, there is only the Present; no past and therefore there is ONLY the right future.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Know Thyself through the VoIS

There are two selves in us – called the lower “self” and the higher “Self”. The lower “self” is something that pulls against our evolution; always running after comfort, luxury and desires (the so called "success" in modern parlance) and the higher “Self” is something constantly tries to pull us higher, to engage us in higher thoughts, ideals and always behind the evolutionary forces. Life is an intense struggle between the two as one cannot avoid any of the two selves. It doesn’t take much effort to be with the lower “self” as we see majority of the people around us madly running after this so called “success”. But it takes considerable effort to be with this higher “Self” and pull on with life notwithstanding the apparently opposed kind of life around us. One who is somehow drawn into more towards this higher “Self” is the one who struggles most in the world. In a sense it is easy to be with It and in another sense it becomes very tough vis-à-vis the world around us. But these beings continue to incline towards this as they realize that though apparently it is a struggle, there is a profound strength gathering deep within and things that appeared too big to handle apparently start appearing small, insignificant and clear. It is this strength within, that keeps them going. Following this higher “Self” progressively reveals EVERYTHING about Thyself. And assiduously listening to the VoIS is something that facilitates Knowing the Self. Progressively dissolving of the lower “self” into the higher “Self” is the purpose of the presence of the VoIS. In fact the higher “Self” is the VoIS.

Friday, September 10, 2010

What is the right choice in life?

Life, it is said provides continuous opportunities, options, choices for us. How to choose the right option, or how to know the opportunity is right for us, whether we are making a right choice? It becomes easy to choose if there are two options and one is bad and the other is good. But if both the options are good, which is the right choice? And if the good options are in multiplicity to choose from, which one to go for? In short what is right choice for me? There is a possibility of confusion or you gamble and see for yourself how it works. But you may do it at the expense of so many things. Then what is the solution? The amount of confusion is directly proportional to the number of choices. Too many choices can generally lead to making a wrong choice. As human being gravitates to the wrong so easily. Some options if adopted work immediately for the good of us and some may have long term benefit. Some may be for our ultimate good. So it becomes a very complex process of arriving at selecting a right option using our own resources. And life is a series of moments and each moment is an option and we have to go for a right option. It amounts to the way we lead our life and what we expect out of our life, if at all. So again, what is the solution?

The possible solutions

When one is confronted with too many options in life, the situation demands NOT the intellect but wisdom to discriminate sharply. Sharper discrimination leads to choosing a clear option. There can be two possible solutions –
1) Taking life as it comes without thinking too much of what is good for us or what is not.
2) Accessing your deep VoIS and going by what it suggests for you.
3) Praying to be always in a "choiceless-situation" so that we never make a mistake of making a wrong choice.

In short, as said earlier, as life is a series of moments, our way of life is to be molded in such a way that our life is constantly guided by this VoIS  and NOT by our other resources such as intellect, knowledge, experience that are so limited in our sense. When listening to the VoIS becomes way of life, whatever choice we make becomes the right choice, though apparently it may look otherwise.

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