It is perhaps because we're conditioned by the world we live in - to aim for, to achieve and to apprehend our goal that we inadvertently commit an error in our spiritual seeking - that of endeavouring to "apprehend" the ultimate spiritual experience, the object of our search
Yet upon listening to teachers who teach from the Vedas and Upanishads, the message is clear and consistent - all endeavors ultimately become stumbling blocks - this is yet another uniqueness of the spiritual search - the attempt to get it keeps us from it.
Many of us probably witness this propensity of our minds, to check time and again "am I arriving", "have I arrived" and often frustration sets in...and upon seeing one has not arrived many fears are imagined.
So how is it possible to desire for something, yet not desire for it?
Even the Vedas talk about the spiritual goal as an amazing and wondrous thing - that a seeker finds it, that a teacher transmits it etc are pointed to as the ultimate miracles. Saint Narada says "Grace" is the ultimate reason why one finds that kind of devotion -"Bhakthi" for the spiritual search.
And may be be blessed with this Bhakthi and with it, may we follow the teachings - to rather endeavor to seek the source of "I" - the first thought, the foundation to all mental constructs - and teachers say that over time - for one who is blessed with Shraddha and Bhakti, everything else drops off - including the desire for the goal...
The teachings time and again talk about ripeness. It also talks about several births that the seeker takes. And there is Nandi who teaches us a profound lesson on waiting patiently outside the temple- and in that wait, there is the willingness to be there until eternity. Are we that ripe?.
The desire for "realization" may be used to offer us direction by practicing integrity in thought and action, kindness, being a friend of all, forgiving everyone etc
Yet upon listening to teachers who teach from the Vedas and Upanishads, the message is clear and consistent - all endeavors ultimately become stumbling blocks - this is yet another uniqueness of the spiritual search - the attempt to get it keeps us from it.
Many of us probably witness this propensity of our minds, to check time and again "am I arriving", "have I arrived" and often frustration sets in...and upon seeing one has not arrived many fears are imagined.
So how is it possible to desire for something, yet not desire for it?
Even the Vedas talk about the spiritual goal as an amazing and wondrous thing - that a seeker finds it, that a teacher transmits it etc are pointed to as the ultimate miracles. Saint Narada says "Grace" is the ultimate reason why one finds that kind of devotion -"Bhakthi" for the spiritual search.
And may be be blessed with this Bhakthi and with it, may we follow the teachings - to rather endeavor to seek the source of "I" - the first thought, the foundation to all mental constructs - and teachers say that over time - for one who is blessed with Shraddha and Bhakti, everything else drops off - including the desire for the goal...
The teachings time and again talk about ripeness. It also talks about several births that the seeker takes. And there is Nandi who teaches us a profound lesson on waiting patiently outside the temple- and in that wait, there is the willingness to be there until eternity. Are we that ripe?.
The desire for "realization" may be used to offer us direction by practicing integrity in thought and action, kindness, being a friend of all, forgiving everyone etc
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