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Beyond philosophy

Ever since humankind became cognizant, he has been curious about everything.

It is also true that he used this ability to think and intelligence for survival.

When his need for survival relinquished he started using his skill to make discoveries that bring comfort to life.

The house, then the table, the slicer and whatnot.

If a modern house is excavated some thousand years from now, the future generation will find specimens of every tool that humankind uses in one house alone.

The civilisations found on the fertile soils went deeper into the knowing of self.

These were civilisations that were found on the banks of the major river.

Saraswati civilisation in India was on the banks of the Ganges, and Egypt was on the banks of the Nile.

People in these civilisations had more than enough resources.

Plenty for them to have time to contemplate the other aspects of human life.

Metaphysics, spirituality and religion as a way of life.

As the world modernised the establishments shifted from the banks to the land.

West became more resourceful and rich.

It is not a coincidence that the West is inclining towards the Eastern culture.

They have adopted Yoga, Buddhism is a household name and Mantra Tantra has caught the attention of the West.

Spirituality begins when you have exhausted all the worldly pleasures.

Spirituality begins when the mind has tasted all the flavours of life and has liberated itself.

Spirituality begins when the known and humanly possible is completely explored and the only thing left to explore is nothingness.

Nameless, shapeless, Unexpressed, Unborn.

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In a way, the technological revolution is happening for a reason.

Yes, it does give a chance to share thoughts with others, but more than that it feeds the mind with information.

Innovations were made to fulfil demand in the market, now it is done to create demand.

We have access to everything and excess of everything.

This overload of information will soon kill the curiosity of the mind to search for questions outside.

Machines are becoming more efficient than the man, and it is the point of realisation that the labour of all these generations was nothing more than stupidity.

If physical labour was a testament to the pinnacle of living a meaningful life, donkeys would have incarnated as gods on earth.

Man is in search of something that is more than physical.

Which belongs to the realms of non-tangible, even beyond that.

Humankind is standing at the door, asking difficult questions.

Questions of the questions have arisen in his mind.

The question that questions the existence of the mind itself.

A question that enquires the existence of nothingness.

Vast emptiness.

Silence echoed in the silence.

His question is no longer existential but about a more profound, deeper and only constant thing.

Nothing.

After so many waves of thoughts throughout history, man is finally on the brink of inquiry about thoughtlessness.

The mind has compelled humankind to take so many births to understand the state of no mind.

A massive wave of seekers has arrived and they are enquiring into the unknown in many different ways.

How do you live in such a world?

Uninterested?

No.

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Just acknowledge that it is okay not to know.

Disembark the train of thought.

Let the mind resolve its purpose. Express, and experience every possible thing on your mind.

Sex, drugs, gym, travel and all the pleasure you can think of.

When the curiosity is extinguished the purpose of mind is lost.

It will devour its conditioning. Shred the the thoughts of past present and future.

In the moment of clarity, a great fear arises. I call it great for a reason.

To have clarity is to see things as they are. Our habitual thinking ceases.

There is no reference to the context of the things we do.

Everything is new, every move is spontaneous, a surprise to the mind-body stream.

You step the foot, without knowing where. You walk direction less and yet it feels right.

You embrace the dangers of the dark and blindness by the light.

You are no longer there. Only it is.

First time in your lifetime you acknowledge that things beyond your comprehension do exist.

And these things are not to be rejected, nor accepted.

They are what they are, without any meaning and purpose. You are what you are, without the body and the mind.

You move from the state of physical being into a state of spiritual being.

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Your body is part of something greater than you.

Your mind is part of something greater than you.

You are part of something greater than you.

Universal. Constant.

Unchanging and cause of the change. Still and birth giver of the spontaneous nature of being.

Nothing and yet the energies of the mind are dynamic expressions of this vast emptiness.

It is the core and yet encompasses everything within it, the world, your world and the universe too.

The world is a reflection of your core. Your world is how you experience the world being in the unmoving centre of your being.

The never-ending universe outside of your scope of thoughts and sphere of thinking is as wide and deep as the universe within.

Unfathomable.

This cannot be bought. It has not to be earned.

As it appears on its own into your consciousness. The last effort you have to make is no effort at all.

Lay still. Let it work.

You will notice that the seemingly insignificant actions will feel sacred.

Drinking water will feel like drinking the nectar of life. And you will walk like the gods are walking on the ground.

Effortless, frictionless without any conflicts and resistance.

You will let happen whatever is happening.

This is meditation.

Seeker in the early stages have to make an effort to meditate, be watchful of their thoughts sit in postures etc.

Once the mind is liberated, the meditation happens.

Like a device loses its purpose when it helps you reach the destination, your every artificial need to make an effort will subside.

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Your efforts bring you results, No effort bears fruits.

With effort you will travel, No effort is a journey.

Efforts are limited to mind and body, No efforts are limitless.

You are blessed beyond your fondest dreams and you will be bestowed with grace more than you can ask for.

All you have to do is accept the grace, with the grace.

Every fruit is a potential tree. And your being and sharing the sweetness of your fruits will become a service for the world.

Sweetness that becomes sweeter the more you share.

You will no longer have anything to give. Because giving has limitations.

You will have everything to share, sharing grows the more you share.

A secret that remains a secret even when it is shared.

Because it is non-tangible. Exists without a name.

You will find content in the inexpressible.

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Like the richest man in the world who cannot spend a dime.

You have known everything unknown and there is nothing of it you can speak of.

The silence will become louder than the words.

So deep that you will listen to the heartbeats and the sound of the universe at the same time.

The noise will be gone, the mental chatter will be gone.

Silence on the sound will prevail and take over.

Meditate on the silence and you will become the silence.

As silent as the silence itself.

You will spend everything you possess, the words the materialistic things and all the knowledge you have.

And yet you will be left with everything in the world as it cannot be spent, it never exhausts.

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There is no need to put it in a frame of philosophy.

Philosophy deals with only things that can be known. It is practised for the love of knowledge.

And this love is nothing more than and collar in your neck.

Get rid of the collar of scholar and let nothing stand in between you are yourself.

When the veil of knowledge is lifted, life becomes a direct experience.

Celebration.

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