The original light is one, and is revealed in the many. -- Nathalie Delay in" Light behind objects"
A wise man lives like a mirror. What are the special features of a mirror?. It reflects whatever is in front without any staining. When the object goes away, it remains a mirror. It doesn't start crying. It is not broken to pieces when the object is no longer there. There are no attachments towards objects. When there is an object in front of it , it doesn't think of the various objects it reflected in the past. The one and only reality is in front of it . It never worries about the future objects also. When there is nothing , it loves the emptiness too. It stays as it is.
If our mind should be free of the objects , we should be aware of them. If we are unconscious of what happens then attachment happens without our knowing. That is the key. Our mind is always drawn towards objects . Material things , thoughts emotions are all attraction points. It craves for them. It become stained with the impressions of them. An aware person would notice these happenings. His noticing or witnessing is enough to understand the clinging. Reality in its purest form is never affected by anything. Just like that, your awareness is also like a mirror reflecting everything and never being affected by them. Since you are the awareness why do you worry?. Realise you are the mirror called awareness and become free.
Osho used to tell about a story about Tagore. He was a great poet but was not a realized person. One old man in his neighborhood used to ask him " Have you known god. How can i respect you if you have not?". Tagore used to get uneasy at this old man. Why is this fellow torturing me like this. Tagore used to avoid this old man. Suddenly one evening when it was raining slightly Tagore went for a walk. He saw little poodles of water . Some were dirty water , some were good. Sunlight was falling on all. Suddenly he realized. Sunlight is pure , it is not tainted with any of these water poodles. It is always pure. He realized Sunlight is the reality. It doesn't depend on anything . It is always the same. In each and every water body it is present in its purest form. Just like that existence-awareness is present in all beings and objects . How can some be more and some be less?. Only the adjuncts change, the underlying thing is always the same. Once he sees sunlight he doesnt worry about all the different things like water poodles. Sunlight is neither attached nor detached from anything.
He became realized with this single insight. He was jumping up and down when he returned home. The old man saw him and said " Now i know what you are feeling. I will respect you as a Mahatma". Only the old man understood what the ecstasy was all about. A great man like Tagore required very little to become realized.
When there is unity there is no need for any special thing. A mother sees all her children as part of her own being. How can she be attached to any particular child. All are part of her. Just like that see all objects as part of your being. So absence or presence of them doesn't make you smaller or greater.Freedom is not in running away , but in embracing all with the same love, becoming a mirror of what is rather than what should be .
A wise man lives like a mirror. What are the special features of a mirror?. It reflects whatever is in front without any staining. When the object goes away, it remains a mirror. It doesn't start crying. It is not broken to pieces when the object is no longer there. There are no attachments towards objects. When there is an object in front of it , it doesn't think of the various objects it reflected in the past. The one and only reality is in front of it . It never worries about the future objects also. When there is nothing , it loves the emptiness too. It stays as it is.
If our mind should be free of the objects , we should be aware of them. If we are unconscious of what happens then attachment happens without our knowing. That is the key. Our mind is always drawn towards objects . Material things , thoughts emotions are all attraction points. It craves for them. It become stained with the impressions of them. An aware person would notice these happenings. His noticing or witnessing is enough to understand the clinging. Reality in its purest form is never affected by anything. Just like that, your awareness is also like a mirror reflecting everything and never being affected by them. Since you are the awareness why do you worry?. Realise you are the mirror called awareness and become free.
Osho used to tell about a story about Tagore. He was a great poet but was not a realized person. One old man in his neighborhood used to ask him " Have you known god. How can i respect you if you have not?". Tagore used to get uneasy at this old man. Why is this fellow torturing me like this. Tagore used to avoid this old man. Suddenly one evening when it was raining slightly Tagore went for a walk. He saw little poodles of water . Some were dirty water , some were good. Sunlight was falling on all. Suddenly he realized. Sunlight is pure , it is not tainted with any of these water poodles. It is always pure. He realized Sunlight is the reality. It doesn't depend on anything . It is always the same. In each and every water body it is present in its purest form. Just like that existence-awareness is present in all beings and objects . How can some be more and some be less?. Only the adjuncts change, the underlying thing is always the same. Once he sees sunlight he doesnt worry about all the different things like water poodles. Sunlight is neither attached nor detached from anything.
He became realized with this single insight. He was jumping up and down when he returned home. The old man saw him and said " Now i know what you are feeling. I will respect you as a Mahatma". Only the old man understood what the ecstasy was all about. A great man like Tagore required very little to become realized.
When there is unity there is no need for any special thing. A mother sees all her children as part of her own being. How can she be attached to any particular child. All are part of her. Just like that see all objects as part of your being. So absence or presence of them doesn't make you smaller or greater.Freedom is not in running away , but in embracing all with the same love, becoming a mirror of what is rather than what should be .
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