Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Truth for sale?
When Paramhansa Yogananda landed into America in 1920 as per the suggestions of His teacher he didnt know
Monday, April 12, 2010
fear of the future
What makes us so afraid at times in life that we simply dont want to live a life and just run away from it?
Fear of life? fear of tomorrow? fear of a dead line? fear of future ? fear of failure?
Is this fear not triggering our levels of motivation in life? is there a way out of it?
My answer to the last question at present is neither affirmative nor negative and I am not to be intimidated by any ready made answers or quotable quotes or the talks of How I should remain in 'present''awareness' 'transformation' 'here' 'now' 'god' 'hamburgers' etc etc.
I sit here and I question this.Why? because I have fears ,if I had no fears would I even want to know what fears are?I am not worried about humanity or any other imagined entity right now...I see fears and I am trying to find out the exact meaning of it.
Then what is making me afraid? hmmm..lets see...its mostly a failure..I dont want to fail ..I dont want to be deprived of a cozy thought of success...I dont want to let many things Go....I dont want to face my past...
Many reasons..Its interesting how there is 'I' In every one of them...Can I scrutinize the I? I try...There are many things I collectively call as I ..a thinking process..this body...both combined ....neither ....All of them talk about soul but I cant feel any soul...I can imagine it to be many things but I cant feel it...
Anyway..I focus on my fear...and as I am writing this they dont feel to be existent...so through a momentary one pointedness of attention or a simple distraction they dont have a valid(felt) existence.
Lets keep this pending for you.As I go into serenity for time being.
Fear of life? fear of tomorrow? fear of a dead line? fear of future ? fear of failure?
Is this fear not triggering our levels of motivation in life? is there a way out of it?
My answer to the last question at present is neither affirmative nor negative and I am not to be intimidated by any ready made answers or quotable quotes or the talks of How I should remain in 'present''awareness' 'transformation' 'here' 'now' 'god' 'hamburgers' etc etc.
I sit here and I question this.Why? because I have fears ,if I had no fears would I even want to know what fears are?I am not worried about humanity or any other imagined entity right now...I see fears and I am trying to find out the exact meaning of it.
Then what is making me afraid? hmmm..lets see...its mostly a failure..I dont want to fail ..I dont want to be deprived of a cozy thought of success...I dont want to let many things Go....I dont want to face my past...
Many reasons..Its interesting how there is 'I' In every one of them...Can I scrutinize the I? I try...There are many things I collectively call as I ..a thinking process..this body...both combined ....neither ....All of them talk about soul but I cant feel any soul...I can imagine it to be many things but I cant feel it...
Anyway..I focus on my fear...and as I am writing this they dont feel to be existent...so through a momentary one pointedness of attention or a simple distraction they dont have a valid(felt) existence.
Lets keep this pending for you.As I go into serenity for time being.
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