Time stared back

Time goes on and on and we too continue mechanically with our lives, but sometimes time stops, just stops and stares you in the face and everything freezes, revelations floating in the spaces between atoms speak loud and clear and for once the drama of our own lives ceases to be,  today as I stepped out into my driveway this sight stopped everything, not the peafowl nor the fact that he was dancing but that he was dancing when he had no feathers to display! 

How we do so many things for display and would not do them without an 'audience' and this peafowl was dancing, feathers or not, he danced the handsomest dance and what a beautiful lesson, spectators or not, situations of our liking or not, the dance must be danced.

An Extraordinary Being

I mention the one who does not like being talked about, the extraordinary being who I shall refer to as "Y"

His white beard talks of the many many years it has flowed as it touches his ribcage, but His wrinkle-less bright as the sun face seems as if He hasn't crossed twenty, His voice soft and clear vibrates through the air as it flows, piercing the nothingness between His mouth and my ears, spoken in beautiful Hindi and crisp British English, and all of a sudden that which was inexplicable becomes the most simple.

He blinks, through honey colored eyes as bright and clear as a full moon night, the whites of the eyes a light blue.

His attire, a long white shirt which starts at His neck and flows down to His toes, encompassing His large but athletic frame of about six foot three, arms fully covered with a button each at the cuffs, at which His hands with long fingers move to a beat unheard, that only the ears of one who has been completely taken over by the Divine can hear.

A guide, a friend, a teacher, all this and more and above all a true beloved of God. "Y" chose to walk into my life and ever since has led me gently on the path of life, where does He live, I don't know, all I know is He travels a lot and in the dozen odd meetings that I have had with Him over the years, Japan is one place that has come up most often.

Time and place of meeting is conveyed to me, where ofcourse I am always expected to be dot on time and by myself, which needless to say is just how it happens. His arrives, always right on time and the only thing that has been common in all the cars are darkened windows, He has never come in the same car twice, He rides in the back seat and alights from the left side. 

In the following pages I write just parts of what general things He says to me, things which are true for any and everyone, therefore I hope that the words that have made my life simpler, happier, more content and realistic will strike a note in the depths of your soul too.

These are not all the sayings that I have collected and I will be adding as and when I can.

Read all of them in one go or one at a time, some will make no sense till 'the' time has come and some will seem as if He spoke them only for you.

He fulfilled all my wishes while He taught me to tame my desires, 

He gave me strength while He taught me the beauty of submission, 

He gave me joy while He taught me the understanding of sorrow, 

He showed me magic while He taught me the importance of the laws of nature, 

He showed me beauty while He taught me the art of seeing without using my eyes,

He showed me the person I saw in the mirror while He melted the 'I' into the World

To this being of light, Thank you.

Words of An Extraordinary Being

You seek happiness from people,

Even a beggar knows not to beg from beggars.

The greatness of a great cook is

 known only by those who have eaten his food

If you are a great cook and feed no one,

Who will know.

The only thing permanent in the world is one,

Impermanence.

The beauty of the human heart,

What words dare describe it.

Is collective foolishness, intelligence?

Is a collective hunch, reality?

 

Set limits to your desires,

 For desires to not know limits is turmoil,

And desires to bow to limits is enlightenment.

Nothing worldly shall please

Of the inner or outer body,

Nothing shall please,

All shall seem like a game,

A game to cover reality,

The reality that smiles behind a thin silk curtain

And allures the spirit to uncover it and see its magnificence.

Does seeing assure the existence of something?

We do see water in the desert when there is none.

Fools shall find many other fools to praise them

So let all the fools gather and name and divide the world

Praises to the Gods of the fools

For keeping them in the company of their own kind

On the path be careful of

What goes into your mouth and what comes out of your mouth,

There can be no spiritual gain if the mouth directs our lives,

If the mouth eats whatever it wants

And if the mouth speaks whatever it wants

One might as well give up 

the hope of attaining higher ground

What is more painful?

The pain of discipline or the pain of regret?

I cried because I had no shoes 

till I saw a man who had no feet

What would you do

When you see a man cry for shoes when he has no feet?

The mind which wishes to control others

Is invariably out of control of its own self.

Masters come and touch us

Our lives invariably changed forever

In the emptiness of our minds

The pricesless treasures.

Give with all your heart

You will get more to give away

Clutch on to things and stagnation and death shall be yours.

Why are you so afraid to be who you know you are

Why do you seek approval from others

when your heart shows you your path.

 

Enough!!!!!!!!

Stop crawling through life

Get up and walk in the glory of God.

 

Whose permission are you waiting for to live your life.

Beloved of my God

 the universe is within you

the universe is you

This is the only truth.

 

Gods love breaks all barriers and overflows

Why do you keep running from the shore.

 If not now, Then when

God invited me for tea,

I went

Tea, cakes, foods galore but no God, I left after heaving Tea by myself

He called again, I sent a note

“You are a bad host, you invited 

me for tea and weren’t there”

He wrote

“You came for the tea and got it, 

had you come for me…………”

A step at a time,

A turn at a time,

pay attention to the journey,

the destination is due to the journey.

A trap

It is all a trap

 

Understand nothing

You just cannot

Accept it and it shall be revealed

 

The World is coincidental

Everything is between you and God

Like you prune Roses prune your life of all that is dead and unhealthy,

relationships,attitudes,habbits 

And be relentless and remorseless about it.