Life-1Life-1Entries on emotional-sexual abuse, eastern mysticism. Supposes that the ultimate truth is deterministic and lies in the realm of feelings and not in the realm of the intellect. Articles
Hi Infidelity
2010-10-07 13:13:00 Some of us can fall in love only with women who are sexually promiscuous. We take seriously only those women who are promiscuous though we may pretend otherwise. We glorify them. Worship them. Elevate them to Goddesshood.Take the case of hindu mythology. The Apsaras, Goddess Kali and miscellaneous tantric dieties. They are all sexually promiscuous playgirls. Much revered. Worshipped.Here is Apsara Urvashi's view on her promiscuity from [MahaBharat:3.40-3.46]:"The Apsaras are immortal, they do not have any relations as mortals do. We are free spirits, and sport with whoever strikes our fancy. The sons and grandsons of Purooravas race, who have attained heaven at the end of their days, have sported with me without incurring any sin. I am an eternal virgin, not your mother. Today, I am a maiden who desires you, that is all that you need to know. Our union shall not be one of sin, it will be just the culmination of our mutual desires." There's many more examples, too numerous to list...
The Search For Meaning - ACIM lessons
2010-08-30 20:59:00 Philosophers all through the ages have been using a certain phrase - 'search for the meaning of life'.This 'meaning' has not been found, I don't think so.If it has indeed been found, it is lost in thick volumes of difficult to understand philosophical texts that beat around the bush a bit too much.The 'meaning of life', whatever it is, cannot be some complicated network of topheavy mental concepts that confuse the hell out of people.There is an alternate method to finding this 'MEANING'. It is focus on MEANINGLESSNESS.The moment meaninglessness is clearly defined by the mind.The moment meaninglessness is seen clearly.Is the moment in which MEANING will show itself.Clearly.If at anytime your general perspective has come close to the following ACIM statements, it means you can experiment with focus on meaninglessness as a route into the realm of meaning:1. Nothing I see means anything.2. I have given everything I see all the meaning it has for me.3. My thoughts do not mean a... More About: Search , Meaning
The Interplay of Opposites
2010-08-18 17:03:00 Consider the following situation:Father throws out his two errant sons because they are useless.One son dies in the harsh environment of the outside world.The other son thrives in the harshness, and becomes a successful man.So the question is....Was this act of the father Good? or Evil?Perhaps it was BOTH Good and Evil?Perhaps it was neither Good nor Evil?The fleeting, illusory qualities of MAYA are difficult to classify, separate. Because of their inherent oneness.Here is a beautiful christian mysticism number that tries to instill that there is a deep relationship between opposing qualities of life.LyricsIf you believe in light, its because of obscurityIf you believe in joy, its because of sadnessIf you believe in God...its because of the devilThis concept can be found in physics, freudian psychology, buddhism, hinduism too. So if opposing qualities of life are mere aspects of the same unified whole, mere flavours of the same continuum, it would mean that qualities like cruelty, m... More About: Opposites
Manifestation of Infinite Silence
2010-08-06 07:00:00 Consider the statement:"BE AWARE OF THE EMPTY SPACE IN YOUR IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS".Does this statement suddenly add any extra quality to your perception?If yes, then this blog entry is for you.॥प्रज्ञापारम ताहृदय॥॥गते गते पारगते पारसंगते बोधि स्वाहा॥..The Heart Sutra..Gone, gone, gone beyond, gone altogether beyond, O what an awakening, all-hail!"Form is Emptiness...Emptiness is Form"In the following passages...there is nothing to understand.These words are just pointers that we are surrounded by infinitely deep mystery. Beautiful mystery.This infinite mystery is not far away in deep space. It is all around us.It is above us. It is behind us. It is below us. It surrounds us.Eckhart Tolle explains that awareness of empty space and silence are the key to seeing this beautiful mysterious infinity that is ever present in our surroundings.Terms used by Tolle:1. UNMANIFESTED = NO-THING... More About: Manifestation
Gayatri Mantra, Nav Rasas, Awakening
2010-07-29 20:49:00 ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः ।तत् सवितुर्वरेण्य । भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि । धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ॥Om Bhoo bhuvah svahaTat savitur VarenyamBhargo Devasya DheemahiDhio yo nah PrachodayaatTable reproduced from Shanti MayiSanskritTranslationEnglish VersionOMAll of existence. Perceptive vibration of the cosmos. The Almighty. Life.Throughout the experience of LifeBHOORComing. The physical world. Vital energy.BHUVAHGoing. The mental world. Destroyer of suffering.SVAHBalance. The intellectual world. Embodiment of happiness.TATThat; indicates the three planes of experience, isness, pure being, God. That essential nature SAVITURRadiant brilliance shinning forth from nowhere. Bright, luminous, like the sun. Knowledge. Male principle.illuminating existenceVARENYAMAdorable. Venerable. Supreme.is the adorableBHARGOPermeated with Magnificence. The destroyer of sins.One.DEVASYADiv...
Shadow Dominates Perspective
2010-07-16 21:15:00 Image source: Dr. Anne Hilty Blog, Pulp InternationalYour shadow dominates your perspective. Perspective needs correction.The shadow is eternal.The shadow is you yet not you.Everything that exists is already in your perspective.An interesting Quote..."He who has no shadow, is in utter darkness..." - Manjushree AbhinavFurther reading on the Shadow : Dakini Notes
Octopus Paul's Gospel Status...
2010-07-12 18:15:00 This string of FIFA world cup result 'predictions' by "Octopus Paul" is certainly going to encourage people's tendency to believe in frauds like fortune tellers, tarot readers, astrologers, palmists and misc psychic nuts.Already this world is riddled with superstition and pseudo science.Its not just the stereotypical housewife or the illiterate person who is superstitious....A HUGE number of educated businessmen too take their business decisions based NOT on analyses by financial professionals...but...based on astrological predictions! For example Business Astr.olo.gers, Ast.roSa.gar, Sensex Prediction. If people in the businessworld were not superstitious, why would such pseudo scientific businesses thrive?These 'astro predictors' claim to be experts in mysticism and spirituality.Pure mysticism can NEVER endorse astrology, palmistry, tarot, etc. Such pseduo science is not a part of real mysticism. Cannot be. Pure mysticism does not 'predict'.Predicting Reality is not possibl... More About: Gospel , Status
Beast Nature
2010-07-10 18:01:00 I recently came across the following...If you truly want to be happy, renounce the following:Anger, Pride, Competitiveness, Concern, Contempt, Doubt, Expectation, Envy, Fear, Guilt, Greed, Grief, Hostility, Impatience, Misery, Revenge, Shame & Suspicion.“Give up all bad qualities in you, banish the ego and develop the spirit of surrender. You will then experience Bliss.” --- Sri Sathya Sai Baba.How meaningful are such messages? Are they useful guidance?The fundamental question is.... "WHAT ARE WE?"The answer is....We are animals. Carnivores. Carnivores with claws. Teeth. Lust for blood. Pride. Anger. Lust for Chaos, Mayhem, Death. This is our TRUE NATURE.The human is incomplete without such qualities.You could call them carnivorous qualities.Wanting to give up your carnivorous qualities because they can be used to harm others is like wanting to throw the baby out with the bathwater.Common sense says enjoy your carnivorous qualities without harming others. It does not have to be ... More About: Nature
Illustrated History of Mankind
2010-06-17 14:37:00 Here's a graphic I found on BING. Don't know who made this graphic. I've not seen anything so wonderfully expressed before.Summary of Human History :War...sex...murder...More war...more sex...more murder...ad infinitum.Sounds like a C grade novel who's theme is sex and murder. Unfortunately, that's what the BIG PICTURE is.The lives of an isolated few, who led constructive lives are masked by the big picture of humans. And its the big picture that matters.Technology has progressed yes, but the quality of life is still the same. Same amount of fear, insecurity and anarchy exists in daily life. So this progress cannot be called progress really. Its just some bizarre phenomenon. Real progress would be when humans build a world where policing is not necessary. Where people don't need to worry about whether the house is locked.This graphic reminds me of a blog entry I wrote in 2006. On "Sperm Competition".UPDATE:This graphic is a bit simplistic and chauvinistic.It is wrong to assume ... More About: Mankind
Maya, Advaita Vedanta with Remez Sasson
2010-03-27 22:56:00 The five senses make us feel that the world is real. Seeing the solidity of the objects around us, feeling the impact of the senses, it is hard to deny the validity of what we see. Everything looks real and we never stop to question this reality.The mind is attached to the five senses and accepts everything as real without questioning. When we bump into a table or a wall and we feel pain, it is difficult to say that we are imagining it. When we see with our eyes, hear sounds, smell, or when we feel heat or coldness, we accept these sense impressions as real.Some say that the world is an illusion, Maya in Eastern terminology. Can we accept this when everything looks so real? Can we regard the world as imagination?We need the five senses and the mind to be conscious of the world, which means that the world is dependent on them. Without the senses and the mind the world does not exist for us.If we say that a real thing is something that always exist with no gaps, then the outside world... More About: Vedanta , Advaita Vedanta
Rage Against The Machine
2010-01-03 11:17:00 I sliced this video out of the movie - "MindWalk"(1990).Its based on Fritjof Capra's novel - "The Turning Point."This movie is a clash between the following points of view.1. The Descartes-Newton Mechanistic/Reductionist point of view of the Cosmos, (that looks upon life as a reducible natural machine.)2. Chaos Theory's Holistic point of view of the Cosmos (that rejects the Descartes-Newton Mechanistic/Reductionist point of view.)3. A Poet's point of view of the Cosmos.The Poet's Point of View is:"I feel as reduced being called a holistic system as I do being called a biological machine."The Poet rejects the Descartes-Newton point of view. As well as the Chaos Theory point of view.Life is not reducible. Life has no building blocks. No fundamental level. The human being is not a reducible biological machine that gets "mathematically influenced" by the Environment/Cosmos.Further Reading: Being and Quirkiness. More About: Machine , Rage Against the Machine , Rage
The Shadow Self (My ArtWork)
2009-10-21 06:58:00 Tantric truths are seldom easy to handle. The tantric path is not a comfortable, easy path. It entails a total disintegration of what you THINK. Your perspectives, beliefs, conclusions, self image. Et al.Progress happens through DESTRUCTION or the illusion of it._________________________________Passa ge from Kundalini-Teacher.ComPART 1Carl Jung defined the Shadow Self as "that which we think we are not." ...You may believe that you are not like your neighbor who does this or that bad thing, but if those negative qualities you judge, were not also a part of you, then they would not trigger your emotions...You may believe that you are a person who is not cruel or unjust, but that belief is a blockage that casts a shadow that can blind you to the cruelty within your ego that is hidden. The shadow shows the "Ugly Mirror of All that Is": you are what you judge yourself not to be. You are what you judge others to be....PART 2Passage from: SHADOW DANCEThe ShadowThe Shadow, is a psychologica... More About: Artwork
The Infinite Microcosm & True Nature of Reality
2009-10-08 12:07:00 Photo Ctsy. UrbanSamurai.Org.Uk.Summary: The microcosm is an infinitely deep non-mathematical ocean. The sub-atomic level as we know it barely scrapes the surface.The Mathematical MapConsider the equation Force = Mass X Acceleration.Is it what is actually happening in reality?Or is it just a mathematical description of what's happening, using references, concepts, terms, that we find convenient?This equation is just a map of reality. It maps a certain natural process, that, in itself is *not* mathematical.Nature does not flow in terms of numbers. Nature does not calculate the weight and chemical composition of a rock before creating it.Nature did not precalculate/predecide the voltage range of lightening, or the pH level of the dead sea or any sea for that matter. Nor did it calculate the mass of the sun and the planets before creating the solar system.Nature flows in a smooth, continuous, non mathematical flow. Like a song. The mathematical map of a song, in terms of numbers, ampl... More About: Reality , True
The Expression of Healing...
2009-09-07 00:16:00 I'm back, after a long gap of 6 months...will update once a week, at least, from now on.________________Was discussing the frightful level of loneliness and lack of authenticity in human life with a friend. There is a severe lack of substance in human interactions. Which leads to a host of problems for EVERYONE.Too much polite conversation is bad for health. Lack of proper expression of how one feels leads to a severely restricted flow of life within us...We often think we can express ourselves to a "REAL" friend...but years of repression and polite, careful conversation turns into a habit. We are unable to express. And if we do succeed in expressing things to a friend, it leaves us feeling afraid, vulnerable...________________So what is the answer? The answer lies in finding a channel for expressing SORROW...The basic concept:Fundamental to healing is catharsis. Slow or fast. It does not matter. As long as the catharsis happens.Expression of sorrow is catharsis. All the emotions t... More About: Healing
Synchronicity - (My Poetry)
2009-03-28 10:16:00 An old poem of mine. Its on a girl, not on a river.""Synchronicity "She is poetry in motiona walking symphonya graceful naiadan elegant meanderin a sparkling riverShe iscurvaceous elegancea gentle whispera delicate accenta magical whirl in a delightful breezeShe is synchronicitya mysterious deja vua cosmic srutia transcendental wiggle(that leaves you begging!)She ismesmerising presenceher sorcerya natural emanationAmazing thatexquisite beautywalks this earth.© 2009 Vikram Madan. More About: Poetry
Formless part - III
2008-11-16 10:23:00 [Formless part -III]Nascent LifeSeeing is happeningHearing is happeningThere is no seerNo hearer...Observerless seeing of the seenObserverless hearing of the soundShunya pervades..Feeling is happeningJoy is happeningNascent life is happeningInnocence is happeningBubbling spontaneouslyBubbling eternally.BirthThe living principleDefines borders...Takes form...AndThe microcosm of the infinitely deep awakens.The beast awakens.Gentle, noble beast.The universe awakens.For the infiniteth time.© 2008 Vikram MadanStarchild image from the movie 'A Space Odyssey'. More About: Part
The Journey
2008-11-10 12:02:00 This is a repost of an old blog entry..._____I wrote this poem a few months back. It's title is 'The Journey '.Become comfortablein not knowingand continue seeking...you are darkso is your path;But the light at the end of your tunnelis youit is marked;At the endthe giant mirror unfoldsand you meet yourself;Ego waxesego wanesnothing's lostnothing's gainedand in the endnothing remains;You arejust a dreamera void in the grip of a lieobsessed with a conceptual 'I';You arehollow without a corefilled with darkness and gore;Butyour true nature shines brighter than goldso lighten up, let the light inlearn to swimand you will meet yourself at the distant shore...© 2006 Vikram Madan.Before I start the explanation, I request the reader to ASSUME, for the sake of this discussion, that re-incarnation is real. That eternal life is real. Assuming this is VERY important. If the reader is not convinced about the usefulness of building an argument based on assumptions, he is advised to rea... More About: The Journey
Adding Special Effects to Avril Lavigne & Janine Lindemulder
2008-10-11 21:06:00 Two recent photoshops of mine......probably the result of listening to too much Pink Floyd and Goa Raume!Photoshop = Software for adding special effects and making cosmetic changes to photos._______________I noticed Avril Lavigne after I heard a song in which she plays the drums AND sings, both at the same time! Very talented girl. And makes sense when she talks, unlike most others her age!Click to Enlarge_________'Kali's Cosmic Hat'Janine Lindemulder is a movie actress of german origin.This photoshop is very representative of Janine's personality which is quite 'Kali-esque'. Kali, the hindu goddess.Click to EnlargeJanine's Hat is a formation in Galaxy Cluster MACS J00254.4-1222. Can be found at HubbleSite.ORG More About: Special
Solitary Walk (Relics Of A Phase Transcended)
2008-07-20 01:30:00 I have many posts on mysticism in the pipeline but none is complete because I am very hard pressed for time these days. A post on mysticism requires effort and time.So I am posting one of my poems, lest someone assumes I have abandoned this blog!A poem I wrote an extremely long time back."Solitary Walk"I walk this solitary walkI talk this solitary talkto Me, Myself, I, and the walls around me...Because you are not thereTo hearThatWithout youI am like a childRaw, naked and tenderTo the sweltering summerI need you womanI need your shelter..._____Part IIEvery few daysShe comes back to meHaunts meHurts meAs if in search of eternal revengeI cry out in the still of the nightI cry out her nameUnable to decide whether its respite that I seekOr more pain...© Vikram MadanRelics of a phase long transcended.Most of the heart rending stuff that I wrote - it was during my younger years. But I am still quite fond of it all.This poem of mine and the other poems that I wrote in these younger yea...
My ArtWork - Preity Zinta (Psychedelia)
2008-06-09 15:47:00 Don't have anything to write as of now, so I'm posting a 6 months old photoshop of mine. Of my favourite Bollywood actress Preity Zinta .She has charmed millions of Indians with her bubbly personality and sense of humour. Has been given the nickname 'bubbly' by friends. She has become quite famous overseas too, especially in the middle east. They are crazy about her. As are many Indians.I read somewhere that she loves a certain hindu philosophy named advaita, and is a fan of Ayn Rand. Runs an Ayn Rand appreciation group in Bombay (Mumbai), India, the home of Bollywood and her city of residence. Her hometown is Shimla, a beautiful hill station a few hours north from New Delhi.Intoxicating mixture of beauty and brains.Here's my artwork, based on the above photograph.Update:An interesting video...reminds me of this mood Preity Zinta was in, in an interview of hers I saw on TV.Madison Avenue sings 'Don't call me baby.' More About: Artwork
Formless
2008-04-28 22:16:00 Introduction: This poem on formless life is not based on any religious texts. It is pure mysticism.There are many religions/movements out there like advaita (a branch of hinduism), Sufism, Islam, Buddhism, Judiasm etc. (too many to name) that endorse 'formless life' concepts. I am neither for nor against such religions.It's based on my personal 'feeling realisations'.'Feeling realisations' is a phrase coined by spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle (a mystic who is not aligned to any religion or path).Feeling realisations are pointers. To the mysteries of the cosmos..."FORMLESS"Part IMy arms are minebut my arms are not meMy legs are minebut my legs are not meMy eyes are minebut my eyes are not meMy body is minebut my body is not meI live in my body...but my body is not me...I wasI amI will always be...FORMLESS_____________Part IIWhere are you?In your eyes?In your hands?In your arms?In your legs?Where do you live, in your body?If you were not in your hands, your hands would not be a...
Surya Namaskaram Part 2
2008-02-26 23:18:00 Surya = Sun;Namaskaram = Acknowledgement, respect, greeting.This post is second in my series entitled 'Sun Worship'.Some hindu women (sometimes) pray naked to appease the gods. (Wish I was a a god!!! :P)For example, in Nepal, some hindu farmer women work naked in the fields to appease the hindu god INDRA, so that he may bless their fields with rain. They believe he will.Reports say this is done once a year.*****Men are required to stay at home and not go to the fields when their wives perform the above mentioned ritual.*****Am 99% sure it is done once a year, but am crosschecking once again, to make sure. Will update soon. More About: Part
Surya Namaskaram Part 2
2008-02-26 23:18:00 Surya = Sun; Namaskaram = Acknowledgement, respect, greeting. This post is second in my series entitled 'Sun Worship'. Some hindu women sometimes pray naked to appease the gods. (Wish I was a a god!!! :P) For example, in Nepal, some hindu farmer women work naked in the fields to appease the hindu god INDRA, so that he may bless their fields with rain. They believe he will. It seems this is More About: Part , Surya
World Religions at a glance
2008-02-23 10:27:00 I always knew world religions were full of shit! Here's some interesting descriptions. Image (above) from 'Ashram De Swami Petramesh' (Rama Rama Ding Ding). From the page Katinkaesselink-Shit Happens. __________ "SHIT HAPPENS" TAOISM: Shit happens. CONFUCIANISM: Confucius say, "Shit happens". ZEN: (What is the sound of shit happening?) JESUITISM: If shit happens when nobody is watching, More About: World , World Religions , Glance , Religions
World Religions at a glance
2008-02-23 10:27:00 I always knew world religions were full of shit! Here's some interesting descriptions. Image (above) from 'Ashram De Swami Petramesh' (Rama Rama Ding Ding).From the page Katinkaesselink-Shit Happens.__________"SHIT HAPPENS"TAOISM: Shit happens.CONFUCIANISM: Confucius say, "Shit happens".ZEN: (What is the sound of shit happening?)JESUITISM: If shit happens when nobody is watching, is it really shit?ISLAM: Shit happens if it is the will of Allah.COMMUNISM. Equal shit happens to all people.CATHOLICISM: Shit happens because you are bad.PSYCHOANALYSIS: Shit happens because of your toilet training.SCIENTOLOGY: Shit happens if you're on our shit list.ZOROASTRIANISM: Bad shit happens, and good shit happens.UNITARIANISM: Maybe shit happens. Let's have coffee and donuts.RIGHT-WING PROTESTANTISM: Let this shit happen to someone else.JUDAISM: Why does shit always happen to US?REFORM JUDAISM: Got any Kaopectate?MYSTICISM: What weird shit!AGNOSTICISM: What is this shit?ATHEISM: I don't beli... More About: World , World Religions
My Artwork - The Transformation
2008-01-18 18:05:00 A transformation I have utmost respect for...The Subject: Sharon Stone.Tools: Photoshop CS2 and Contort 1.7 (used for re-shaping her eyebrows.) More About: Artwork
My ArtWork - Roars Like A Tigress
2008-01-10 20:45:00 Sharon Stone glows in the dark and roars like a fierce tigress....she'd look even more hypnotic if you switched the lights off, or were high. ;-) Made by me using Photoshop CS2 9.0. No 'plugins' were used to produce the effects you see in the photo below. I showed this to a friend of mine, and his reaction.... __________________ ALI SHAKIR: Is that Sharon Stone? ME: Yes ALI SHAKIR: Do you hate More About: Artwork
My ArtWork - Roars Like A Tigress
2008-01-10 20:45:00 Sharon Stone glows in the dark and roars like a fierce tigress....she'd look even more hypnotic if you switched the lights off, or were high. ;-)Made by me using Photoshop CS2 9.0. No 'plugins' were used to produce the effects you see in the photo below.I showed this to a friend of mine, and his reaction....__________________ALI SHAKIR: Is that Sharon Stone?ME: YesALI SHAKIR: Do you hate her so much? ME: That's Sharon Stone, as seen through a mind high on LSD ;-)____________I say she looks hotter than the fires of hell! (The smaller photo is the original...the bigger photo is my photoshop...but of course you knew that!) More About: Artwork
The Cosmic Movie...Death Not Ends It (Topic: DEATH)
2008-01-06 06:44:00 "Seems to me, you lived your life, like a candle in the wind, never knowing who to cling to, when the rain set in..." sang Elton John, first for Marilyn Monroe, then for Princess Diana. Well...that's the tragedy of human life. People are isolated fragments in a hostile universe. Life is harsh and ultimately kills, they say. But is it LIFE that kills a person...or is it something else? Can LIFE More About: Movie , Death , Topic , Ends , Cosmic
Pain And Its Cousins
More articles from this author:2007-12-30 23:28:00 Everybody's life is centred around the pain they feel..The topic of pain is so vast I could talk for hours on it. Here's a poem of mine: ____________ "In this world... Beautiful flowers want the rain to stop... And wounds want more pain... Beauty wants to feel ugly... Life wants to die..." _________ Pain transmuting into pleasure is something known to all of us....and it is a dangerous 1, 2, 3 |
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