Identification of the “self.”
The static “self” looks for identity. Our identification goes along with our consciousness.
I could be taught: “You are a soul, eternal Atman,” If I believe that, and if my consciousness is identified with the way my body looks, the automatic reaction for an individual experiencing duality in the mind, is to reject the body and to embrace the new “idea” of self.
Rejection or fighting against anything as a method to overcome something is completely irrational.
That is how the word “spirituality” came into being. It is about the “spirit,” the “soul,” “who we truly are.”
When our awareness allows us to see something else, we could observe that the duality between the body and the spirit has been created out of a concept, an idea; thus we will reject something about “us.”
Living life with joy, the “now” becomes “spirituality” to another type of consciousness.
It doesn’t matter if we know the concepts, the ideas about “who we are,” for that “knowing” is all about the dualistic mind.
When we abandon the mind and start living with the heart, labels and ideas are no longer needed.
Those beliefs become an obstacle to experience life to the fullest. The mystery of “who we are” will be answered when we realize “who we are not.” 🙂
Life is harmony. To live life to the fullest we may need to be aware of that harmonic, rhythmical movement. Without that awareness we become rigid. Fixated in something. Death.
I recall the words of my friend Mathias about harmony and rhythm in life.
“Rhythm in life is already there. Human beings continue, in a hardheaded way; to try to accommodate life to what they believe is their life.
When you develop your intuition then you begin to understand that “to observe” is more than what we are able to see… then you start discovering that the internal weeping comes from the stubbornness of trying to be someone who is no longer you.
When that sense of rhythm is lacking, then we embrace extremes in our life.”
If we are unable to live life to the fullest “now” like a child, how is it possible to pretend to live to the fullest “in the future”?
How concepts and labels such as “atman,” “predestination,” “karma” and all of that are able to help us when we have not been able to realize by our own observation how Nature, Life works and rather rely on the hand –me -down ideas of someone else?
It does not matter how enlightened those ideas are, or how much we quote them or repeat them. If we have not experienced those, we will have our mind full of ideas and our hearts empty of fulfillment.
To know means, to live life in that harmonious symphony.
When we listen to a song, we don’t think about it. We don’t dissect it in different parts and analyze it to discover the exact timing of the instruments to try to discover why a song is “likable.”
When we truly listen to the song, we enjoy it. That enjoyment is a feeling where the mind has no place.
Life is like that song.
Feel the song. 🙂
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Exploring the Depth of Living 
dear ananda, me has been thru this journey of yours from avyakt 7 to ananda: perhaps managing and realising my own along too. thanks a ton to u. through this changing times aka consciousness there’s this niggling feeling of being left-out or having no near and dear ones, a few family members who won’t get along including selfish parents; how do i handle this pain?
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Hello Divine,
First, by becoming aware that the world is a big mirror. Second, if you really are going through inner changes, obviously the things from the outside will change as well. The mirror.
If you are dependent on your family members then, behave as in the “office world.” Polite, reserved, don’t make any waves. Make your “dependency” as sweet to you as possible, To enjoy life in those circumstances, become aware of the things that you could do, use, etc. to enjoy.
Become free from labels when you are on your own. Your “parents” are human beings like any others. Unique but not “special.” Embrace the opportunity to relate with other human beings, knowing that if you are able to live alone without neediness, the mirror will reflect that back to you. Then you could relate with others in another level. Life is relationship and “loneliness” or feeling “left-out” is a perception that will go away, when you start changing…
All the best in your own journey… Yes, there are many Avyakt7’s reading this blog who are in the process of becoming Ananda… It is just a matter of time… but in the meantime, enjoy the journey! 🙂
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,,Life is like that song.” Just like Universe …one beautiful song . uni=one , verse=poem , verse , song . Great reminder! Thank you . Already everything is in order .
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Glad to hear from you, Eva!
Yes… “Universe” is a label to remind us the poetry of oneness. 🙂
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