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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Why WE Drink Ice lemon Tea
Many people often love the tarty flavor of lemon juice in their dishes. But have you ever wondered that you can put this lemon juice to many more good uses than this? Yes! There are enormous benefits of lemon juice and water in your everyday life.
you simply need to arm yourself with relevant knowledge and you would soon start valuing this amalgamation more than ever.
Lemon is an inexpensive, easily available citrus fruit, popular for its culinary and medicinal uses. It is used to prepare a variety of food recipes such as lemon cakes, lemon chicken and beverages like lemonade and lemon-flavored drinks. It is also used for garnishing. Lemon juice consists of about 5% citric acid that gives a tarty taste to lemon. Lemon is a rich source of vitamin C. It also contains vitamins like vitamin B, riboflavin and minerals like calcium, phosphorus, magnesium as well as proteins and carbohydrates. Lemon is generally consumed in the form of lemon juice or lemon water. Lemon water makes a healthy drink, especially when taken in the morning. Daily consumption of lemon water provides a number of health benefits like:
- Good for stomach
Lemon can help relieve many digestion problems when mixed with hot water. These include nausea, heartburn and parasites. Due to the digestive qualities of lemon juice, symptoms of indigestion such as heartburn, bloating and belching are relieved. By drinking lemon juice regularly, the bowels are aided in eliminating waste more efficiently. Lemon acts as a blood purifier and as a cleansing agent. The intake of lemon juice can cure constipation. It is even known to help relieve hiccups when consumed as a juice. Lemon juice acts as a liver tonic and helps you digest your food by helping your liver produce more bile. It decreases the amount of phlegm produced by your body. It is also thought to help dissolve gallstones.
- Excellent for Skin Care
Lemon, being a natural antiseptic medicine, can participate to cure problems related to skin. Lemon is a vitamin C rich citrus fruit that enhances your beauty, by rejuvenating skin from within and thus bringing a glow on your face. Daily consumption of lemon water can make a huge difference in the appearance of your skin. It acts as an anti-aging remedy and can remove wrinkles and blackheads. Lemon water if applied on the areas of burns can fade the scars. As lemon is a cooling agent, it reduces the burning sensation on the skin.
- Aids in Dental Care
Lemon water is used in dental care also. If fresh lemon juice is applied on the areas of toothache, it can assist in getting rid of the pain. The massages of lemon juice on gums can stop gum bleeding. It gives relief from bad smell and other problems related to gums.
- Cures Throat Infections
Lemon is an excellent fruit that aids in fighting problems related to throat infections, sore throat and tonsillitis as it has an antibacterial property. For sore throat, dilute one-half lemon juice with one-half water and gargle frequently.
- Good for Weight Loss
One of the major health benefits of drinking lemon water is that it paves way for losing weight faster, thus acting as a great weight loss remedy. If a person takes lemon juice mixed with lukewarm water and honey, it can reduce the body weight as well.
- Controls High Blood Pressure
Lemon water works wonders for people having heart problem, owing to its high potassium content. It controls high blood pressure, dizziness, nausea as well as provides relaxation to mind and body. It also reduces mental stress and depression.
- Assist in curing Respiratory Disorders
Lemon water assists in curing respiratory problems, along with breathing problems and revives a person suffering from asthma.
- Good for treating Rheumatism
Lemon is also a diuretic and hence lemon water can treat rheumatism and arthritis. It helps to flush out bacteria and toxins out of the body.
- Reduces Fever
Lemon water can treat a person who is suffering from cold, flu or fever. It helps to break fever by increasing perspiration.
- Acts as a blood purifier
The diseases like cholera or malaria can be treated with lemon water as it can act as a blood purifier.
Winson
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Nothing Chapter 6
A capital 'M' Mind - Without End and Without Beginnng.
Tought it is born, Thought it dies... ( Lower m) The small mind is born and dies. The great mind continues. The small mind is only reflection; reflections are born and dies.
As a reflection you are born and you will die. If you cling too much to the reflection, you will suffer.. That's what suffering is, that what hell is. If you dont get too much attached. If you are clinging to the reflection... the body is a reflection, this mind is a reflection, this life is a reflection. If you watch it silently, you be able to see all these reflections are passing - and then you become aware of the mirror in whch this reflections are passing.
That mirror is eternity. To attain to that mirror is to know what truth is.
All The Sins Committed,
In The Three Worlds,
Wil Fade And Disappear,
Together With Myself.
The moment you know that you are not, Then all that you have done in the past, are doing in the present, or will be doing in the future, has also disappeared. When the door disappears, the doings disappeared.
In the East, people have been too much concerned with karmas, actions. They have been very much afraid because whatever bad thing they have done in the past, they have to pay for them, they have to suffer for them.
Dont be afraid - because you arenot. so you ahve not done anyting. How can yu do it? because in the first place you are not. with i all disappears.
So the only things is to go deep into yourself and to see the nothingness. You need not do good things to weigh against the bad things that you have done. You are not to go and dogood deeds - because whether you you do bad or good, you remain in the illusion or a doer. See the difference.
Ordinary religions teach you to be moral, do goods, avoid sins. Remember those Ten Commandents - they consist of the ordinary religion; Dont do this, do that. The extraordinary religion say: Disappear as a doer - don't be bothered about doing good or bad. And who knows what is good and what is bad?
In fact, nothing is good and nothing is bad, because existence is one - How can there be two? it is ll one. Good turns into bad, bad turns into good; one never knows what is what. Things are changing continuously into each other. You can watch.
You were doing something good, and something bad turns out. A mother tries to protect her child from all the bad things of the world, and just just because she is protecting she is forcing her to go into them - because she is creating the temptation.
Remember the old story; God said to Adam not to eat from this tree - he create the temptation. He must have been a good father, he destroyed the child. Just by saying , "Don't eat from the tree of knowledge," he created the temptation and the desire, the irresistible desire, to eat from that tree.
Now, he want to do good, but what happened? The original sin happened.
All people who go on doing good prove to be very mischievous th do-gooders are the most mischievous people in the world. The world has suffered a lot from them. Their intention is good, but their understanding is nil. And just a good intention is not going to do anything.
Those who understand, they say it is not a question of good or bad: it is a question of the disappearance of the doer. Or we can say it in this way: To remain as a doer is bad; to disappear as a doer is good. Not to be is virtue; to be is a sin.
This is Buddha understanding. All our doings are just dreams. When one becomes awakened, one simply starts laughing : all the bad , all the goods, have been just dreaming.
Story:
Once upon a time there lived a working man who detested coffee. His wife did not know this, however. He had never told her. She loved coffee very much and took great delight in packing a thermos of the stuffs in his lunch box every morning.
He always carried the thermos and the box to work, but being a frugal man brought them home again in the evening, the thermos of coffee still untouched. Then, to save a penny, and because his wife loved coffee as much as he detested it, he poured the java back into the coffee pot when she wasn't looking. He was excused the evening coffee on the grounds that it kept him from sleeping well.
One night the wife dreamt that her husband was unfaithful to her. The next night she had the same dream. It angered her , but she said nothing. A week or so, the dream happened a third time, causing her much jeolousy and anquish.
"It is true," she thought. "It must be true. The worm is unfaithful to me!" So she set out to avenge herself. This she did by putting a pinch or arsenic in his thermos every morning until she killed herself.
At the husband trial of acquital, the judge said, "It is always the same: those who believe the dream murder themselves."
The gretest dream is that "I am" - and that has become our suicide. Now it ill look very paradoxical. The idea that "I am" has prove very suicidal. And if you disappear as a self, if you commit that spiritual suicide, for the first time you will start living. For the first time you will be born to eternal life. For the first time you will know something which is not of time.
And then, there is nothing good, nothing bad. Then a man eats when he is hungry, sleeps when he is tired, answers when a question is raised. Then a person has no idea how to live - then a person lives without mind. Then a person lives with nothingness in him, and this is the goal of Buddhism. To live as nothingness is nirvana.
Next chapter - Question 1
You said yesterday that science and religion are diametrically opposite. In the west there are many schools teaching scientific mysticism, and the path to tantra and yoga are also very systemetic. Your literature is also deeply and artistically rational. There seems to exist a bridge between the rational science and the irrational religion.
Tought it is born, Thought it dies... ( Lower m) The small mind is born and dies. The great mind continues. The small mind is only reflection; reflections are born and dies.
As a reflection you are born and you will die. If you cling too much to the reflection, you will suffer.. That's what suffering is, that what hell is. If you dont get too much attached. If you are clinging to the reflection... the body is a reflection, this mind is a reflection, this life is a reflection. If you watch it silently, you be able to see all these reflections are passing - and then you become aware of the mirror in whch this reflections are passing.
That mirror is eternity. To attain to that mirror is to know what truth is.
All The Sins Committed,
In The Three Worlds,
Wil Fade And Disappear,
Together With Myself.
The moment you know that you are not, Then all that you have done in the past, are doing in the present, or will be doing in the future, has also disappeared. When the door disappears, the doings disappeared.
In the East, people have been too much concerned with karmas, actions. They have been very much afraid because whatever bad thing they have done in the past, they have to pay for them, they have to suffer for them.
Dont be afraid - because you arenot. so you ahve not done anyting. How can yu do it? because in the first place you are not. with i all disappears.
So the only things is to go deep into yourself and to see the nothingness. You need not do good things to weigh against the bad things that you have done. You are not to go and dogood deeds - because whether you you do bad or good, you remain in the illusion or a doer. See the difference.
Ordinary religions teach you to be moral, do goods, avoid sins. Remember those Ten Commandents - they consist of the ordinary religion; Dont do this, do that. The extraordinary religion say: Disappear as a doer - don't be bothered about doing good or bad. And who knows what is good and what is bad?
In fact, nothing is good and nothing is bad, because existence is one - How can there be two? it is ll one. Good turns into bad, bad turns into good; one never knows what is what. Things are changing continuously into each other. You can watch.
You were doing something good, and something bad turns out. A mother tries to protect her child from all the bad things of the world, and just just because she is protecting she is forcing her to go into them - because she is creating the temptation.
Remember the old story; God said to Adam not to eat from this tree - he create the temptation. He must have been a good father, he destroyed the child. Just by saying , "Don't eat from the tree of knowledge," he created the temptation and the desire, the irresistible desire, to eat from that tree.
Now, he want to do good, but what happened? The original sin happened.
All people who go on doing good prove to be very mischievous th do-gooders are the most mischievous people in the world. The world has suffered a lot from them. Their intention is good, but their understanding is nil. And just a good intention is not going to do anything.
Those who understand, they say it is not a question of good or bad: it is a question of the disappearance of the doer. Or we can say it in this way: To remain as a doer is bad; to disappear as a doer is good. Not to be is virtue; to be is a sin.
This is Buddha understanding. All our doings are just dreams. When one becomes awakened, one simply starts laughing : all the bad , all the goods, have been just dreaming.
Story:
Once upon a time there lived a working man who detested coffee. His wife did not know this, however. He had never told her. She loved coffee very much and took great delight in packing a thermos of the stuffs in his lunch box every morning.
He always carried the thermos and the box to work, but being a frugal man brought them home again in the evening, the thermos of coffee still untouched. Then, to save a penny, and because his wife loved coffee as much as he detested it, he poured the java back into the coffee pot when she wasn't looking. He was excused the evening coffee on the grounds that it kept him from sleeping well.
One night the wife dreamt that her husband was unfaithful to her. The next night she had the same dream. It angered her , but she said nothing. A week or so, the dream happened a third time, causing her much jeolousy and anquish.
"It is true," she thought. "It must be true. The worm is unfaithful to me!" So she set out to avenge herself. This she did by putting a pinch or arsenic in his thermos every morning until she killed herself.
At the husband trial of acquital, the judge said, "It is always the same: those who believe the dream murder themselves."
The gretest dream is that "I am" - and that has become our suicide. Now it ill look very paradoxical. The idea that "I am" has prove very suicidal. And if you disappear as a self, if you commit that spiritual suicide, for the first time you will start living. For the first time you will be born to eternal life. For the first time you will know something which is not of time.
And then, there is nothing good, nothing bad. Then a man eats when he is hungry, sleeps when he is tired, answers when a question is raised. Then a person has no idea how to live - then a person lives without mind. Then a person lives with nothingness in him, and this is the goal of Buddhism. To live as nothingness is nirvana.
Next chapter - Question 1
You said yesterday that science and religion are diametrically opposite. In the west there are many schools teaching scientific mysticism, and the path to tantra and yoga are also very systemetic. Your literature is also deeply and artistically rational. There seems to exist a bridge between the rational science and the irrational religion.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Nothing - Chapter 5
Mind in its own purity is just a mirror, an empty mirror. It conatains nothing. It is a mirror because it is empty, because only emptiness call mirror. If something is contain already, then your reflection will not be the true reflection. When the mirror is absolutely empty, it is the most perfect mirror.
In meditation, the minds become more and more mirrorlike. Slowly, slowly all the dust of the thoughts disappears, all the clouds od desire disappear... and then there is nothing left, no-self, nothingness, MU. Mind in its purity is just a mirror, undisturb by passion and unclouded by thought. Everything appear As It Is.
Bodhidarma - Answered when questioned, ate when he was hungry, slept when he was tired. The true life of sage. Nothing in the mind: Nirvana.
The enlightened person has no ready made answer. He has no thought ready to throw into your heads. He responds. His utterances are his responses. He is a mirror. The disciple comes infront of the master and he responds; He responds to the needs of his disciple. He has no fixed idea. He is not concern with dishing something out and giving it out to everybody. He simply waits there like a mirror. You come and you see your face.
Hence tyhe contradiction of a master. A teacher is consistent, a master is bound to be contradictory, inconsistent. A mirror has to be inconsistent: one moment it is mirroring a cat, another moment it is mirroring a man; another moment it is mirroring a tears, another moment laughter. How can a mirror be consistent. You cannot tell the mirror: "Be consistent! Yesterday I saw tears in you, today I'm seeing laughter. Yesterday I looked in youand you were sad, and today you look very happy.Yesterday I saw you in deep meditation; today I see you were singing and dancing. This is inconsistent!"
Only a photograph can be consistent, not a mirror. The photograph is a photograph. If there are tears, they will remain there forever. The photograph is dead; it does not respond. If a monkey comes, the photograph will go on showing it's tears. If a sage comes, the same. But remember, with a master it is different. If you are a monkey, then the maaster will show your face; then his answer will be in response to your being. He responds. He does not reply, he respond.
That's why it happen when 2 great indian masters met and sat together for 2 days continuously - not a single word was exchanged. Two mirrors reflecting each other, what can they reflect? Just put 2 mirrors infront of each other: one mirror will mirror the other mirror and so on and so forth... mirror and mirror and mirror but nothing will be mirrored. there is nothing.
Two silences sast together,(masters) looked into each other. There was no question, hence there was no answer. There was nobody. hence there was no responce.
Yes, that is the mind of a master - he has nothing in his mind. To have something in his mind is to remain unenlightened. To have nothing in mind is to become enlightened. Even if you haveenlightenment in your mind, then you are not yet enlightened. To have nothing in the mind is to be enlightened. Remember it.
If you have the idea that you have become enlightened, then you are not yet enlightened. Even this ideais enough to keep you move to the road which leak and also the world of desires.
Just the other day, somebody wrote me a letter. He thinks he has become enlightened, so he wants to come and shake hands with me. shaking hands is perfectly good, but the very idea that you have become enlightened will keep you unenlightened. Wait, when you are ready, I will shake hand s with you. You just wait, have a little patience. Let all ideas disappear, even the idea of enlightened.
The day you come like a mirror, I will shake my being with your being - Why hands? Hands won't do.
Ordinarily, we are walking bundles of solutions to problems that do not exist. Everybody is so. You are carrying thousands of solutions for problems which are no more existent - and you call it knowledge. It is hindering your capacity to know . It is not knowledge.
Drop all the solutions that you are carrying. Drops all the answers that you are carrying. Just remain silent. And whenever a question arise out of that silence you will hear the answer - and thatwill be the answer. It will not come from you, it will not come from scriptures, it will not come from anywhere - it will come from nowhere and it will come from nobody. It will come from your inner most nothingness.
Other religions call that nothingness 'God'. Buddha often emphasizes the word nothingness - and significantly so, meaningfully so. Because once you use the word 'God', people start getting attached to it. Then they have some idea; they ask what God looks like. You cannot ask what nothingness looks like - or can you? Once you have the word GOD, You start asking: How to make the image? How to create a temple? How to pray? What name to give Him? And there are many names and many images... and then the fight ensues.
That's why emphasizes the word nothingness so much - because it is really beautiful. It does not allows any games to be played with it. It does not allow itself to be corrupted by you. But if you understand rightly, nothingness means God, God means nothingness.
Our Mind, Without End,
Without beginning,
Thought it is born, Thought it dies,
The Essence of Emptiness.
Mind has to be understood in 2 ways. One with a capital 'M'. That is the Universal mind, the Mind of the whole - the whole itself, the consciousness that pervades existence. It is a conscious existence. It is alive, alive to the very core. Everything is alive. You may know it, you may not know it. It may not be tangible to you, it may not be visible to you, but everything is alive. Only life exist.
And death is a myth. Death is an illusion. So is unconsciousness. Even the rock is not unconscious - it is consciousin it's own way. It may not be available to us, it may not be possible for us to know whether it is conscious or not, because there are millions of ways of being conscious; man's way is not the only way. Trees are conscious in their own way, and birds in their own, and animals and the rocks.
Consciousness can be expressed is as many ways as possible. This universe has infinities of every expression.
Mind with a capital 'M' is a cosmic mind - that has to be attained. That's what Buddha call 'nothing', that's what he call mirrorlike emptiness.
Then there is another mind that we go on talking about with a lower case 'm', the small mind. Then my mind is different, your mind is different; man's mind is different from the trees minds, and the trees minds are different from the rocks' minds. Then there are differences. And each mind has it's own limitation; it is tiny.
One has to disappear from the tiny to the infinite. The lower case 'm' has to be dissolved into the capital 'M'. The lowercase 'm', the small mind, is part of the time, and the capital 'M', the cosmic mind, is eternity. The lowercase 'm' is also part of the capital 'M'. Eternity penetrates into time - just as the moon is reflected in the lake; not really there but reflected.
In meditation, the minds become more and more mirrorlike. Slowly, slowly all the dust of the thoughts disappears, all the clouds od desire disappear... and then there is nothing left, no-self, nothingness, MU. Mind in its purity is just a mirror, undisturb by passion and unclouded by thought. Everything appear As It Is.
Bodhidarma - Answered when questioned, ate when he was hungry, slept when he was tired. The true life of sage. Nothing in the mind: Nirvana.
The enlightened person has no ready made answer. He has no thought ready to throw into your heads. He responds. His utterances are his responses. He is a mirror. The disciple comes infront of the master and he responds; He responds to the needs of his disciple. He has no fixed idea. He is not concern with dishing something out and giving it out to everybody. He simply waits there like a mirror. You come and you see your face.
Hence tyhe contradiction of a master. A teacher is consistent, a master is bound to be contradictory, inconsistent. A mirror has to be inconsistent: one moment it is mirroring a cat, another moment it is mirroring a man; another moment it is mirroring a tears, another moment laughter. How can a mirror be consistent. You cannot tell the mirror: "Be consistent! Yesterday I saw tears in you, today I'm seeing laughter. Yesterday I looked in youand you were sad, and today you look very happy.Yesterday I saw you in deep meditation; today I see you were singing and dancing. This is inconsistent!"
Only a photograph can be consistent, not a mirror. The photograph is a photograph. If there are tears, they will remain there forever. The photograph is dead; it does not respond. If a monkey comes, the photograph will go on showing it's tears. If a sage comes, the same. But remember, with a master it is different. If you are a monkey, then the maaster will show your face; then his answer will be in response to your being. He responds. He does not reply, he respond.
That's why it happen when 2 great indian masters met and sat together for 2 days continuously - not a single word was exchanged. Two mirrors reflecting each other, what can they reflect? Just put 2 mirrors infront of each other: one mirror will mirror the other mirror and so on and so forth... mirror and mirror and mirror but nothing will be mirrored. there is nothing.
Two silences sast together,(masters) looked into each other. There was no question, hence there was no answer. There was nobody. hence there was no responce.
Yes, that is the mind of a master - he has nothing in his mind. To have something in his mind is to remain unenlightened. To have nothing in mind is to become enlightened. Even if you haveenlightenment in your mind, then you are not yet enlightened. To have nothing in the mind is to be enlightened. Remember it.
If you have the idea that you have become enlightened, then you are not yet enlightened. Even this ideais enough to keep you move to the road which leak and also the world of desires.
Just the other day, somebody wrote me a letter. He thinks he has become enlightened, so he wants to come and shake hands with me. shaking hands is perfectly good, but the very idea that you have become enlightened will keep you unenlightened. Wait, when you are ready, I will shake hand s with you. You just wait, have a little patience. Let all ideas disappear, even the idea of enlightened.
The day you come like a mirror, I will shake my being with your being - Why hands? Hands won't do.
Ordinarily, we are walking bundles of solutions to problems that do not exist. Everybody is so. You are carrying thousands of solutions for problems which are no more existent - and you call it knowledge. It is hindering your capacity to know . It is not knowledge.
Drop all the solutions that you are carrying. Drops all the answers that you are carrying. Just remain silent. And whenever a question arise out of that silence you will hear the answer - and thatwill be the answer. It will not come from you, it will not come from scriptures, it will not come from anywhere - it will come from nowhere and it will come from nobody. It will come from your inner most nothingness.
Other religions call that nothingness 'God'. Buddha often emphasizes the word nothingness - and significantly so, meaningfully so. Because once you use the word 'God', people start getting attached to it. Then they have some idea; they ask what God looks like. You cannot ask what nothingness looks like - or can you? Once you have the word GOD, You start asking: How to make the image? How to create a temple? How to pray? What name to give Him? And there are many names and many images... and then the fight ensues.
That's why emphasizes the word nothingness so much - because it is really beautiful. It does not allows any games to be played with it. It does not allow itself to be corrupted by you. But if you understand rightly, nothingness means God, God means nothingness.
Our Mind, Without End,
Without beginning,
Thought it is born, Thought it dies,
The Essence of Emptiness.
Mind has to be understood in 2 ways. One with a capital 'M'. That is the Universal mind, the Mind of the whole - the whole itself, the consciousness that pervades existence. It is a conscious existence. It is alive, alive to the very core. Everything is alive. You may know it, you may not know it. It may not be tangible to you, it may not be visible to you, but everything is alive. Only life exist.
And death is a myth. Death is an illusion. So is unconsciousness. Even the rock is not unconscious - it is consciousin it's own way. It may not be available to us, it may not be possible for us to know whether it is conscious or not, because there are millions of ways of being conscious; man's way is not the only way. Trees are conscious in their own way, and birds in their own, and animals and the rocks.
Consciousness can be expressed is as many ways as possible. This universe has infinities of every expression.
Mind with a capital 'M' is a cosmic mind - that has to be attained. That's what Buddha call 'nothing', that's what he call mirrorlike emptiness.
Then there is another mind that we go on talking about with a lower case 'm', the small mind. Then my mind is different, your mind is different; man's mind is different from the trees minds, and the trees minds are different from the rocks' minds. Then there are differences. And each mind has it's own limitation; it is tiny.
One has to disappear from the tiny to the infinite. The lower case 'm' has to be dissolved into the capital 'M'. The lowercase 'm', the small mind, is part of the time, and the capital 'M', the cosmic mind, is eternity. The lowercase 'm' is also part of the capital 'M'. Eternity penetrates into time - just as the moon is reflected in the lake; not really there but reflected.
Our small minds are only reflections of the great mind. When the moon rises, the full moon. millions of lakes on the earth will reflect it, and the seas and the rivers and the ponds. wherever there is some waters it will be reflected. But the moon is one and reflections are millions... so are our small minds. The mind is one - you can call it the Buddha Mind. you can call it the mind of the whole. the cosmic Mind, or the Mind called GOD. These are just different names for the same reality.
This small mind has a beginning and an end. That great Mindhas no beginning and no end.
Next Chapter 6
Nothing Chapter 4
This is one of the most foundamental meditations. If it can settle in you That "I'm not" then suddenly the whole world disappear. To know that I'm not is to know that there is no need to do anything. To be anything, to possess anything, to attain anything. When there is no self, ambition is irrelevant. If there is self, Then ambition is relevant.
Most of us have fallen into the trap. The trap is they try not to desire the thing in THIS world, but then they start desiring things of the other world. But it is the same - Desire is the same. It does not matter what you desire. It makes no difference at all what the object of your desire is - desire is the same.
You desire money or you desire meditation: desire is the same. Only the object has changed. And the object is not the problem - the problem is the desire itself, desiring itself. Somebody desires long life here, a beautiful body here, success, fame; somebody else desire eternal life with God in Paradise - what is the difference? The only difference seems to be this; that the first man is not so greedy as the second one. The second is more greedy.
That's why your so called spiritual people are very greedy people. It is not just an accident that india is very greedy. That spirituality creates new greeds. In fact the so called mahatmas go on teaching people; "Don't desire things of this world because they are momentary. Desire things of the other worlds because they are eternal." And this they called Renunciation? Is this renunciation? this is getting more desirious. This is asking for eternal gratification.
The worldly people are simple people. They are satisfied with momentary desires. And the other worldly seems to be absolutely greedy. They are not satisfy with this world; they need another world where eternal pleasure exist, where beauty never fades, where life is always young, where one lives and never become old.
This is greed! This is pure greed! transplanted into another world. This is more greed than the first. Avoid this so called spiritual materialism; it is utterly materialistic. It does not change your life. It can't change it. It simply nourishes your old mind. It poison you even more.
Buddha says the basic meditation is to see that " I'm not and I will not be. so how can I be in the middle of two nothingness? If I was not before and I will not be again after death, then how can I be right now?" One cannot exist between two nothingess. Then this too must be a nothingness - we have not rightly seen it.
Before birth we were non-existent, no-self, and we shall be so after death again. Therefore we are in this condition at the present moment. without a thing in the world we can call our own - not even our ownselves. This goes to the deepest core of the problem.
Don't dispossess things - dispossess yourself, and things are automatically dispossessed. If I'm not, then how can I possess a woman, or man? If I am not, how can I possess a child? If I am not, then how is possession possible? there is nobody to possess. Do you see the difference.
Other religion have said: Renounce possession! Buddha says: Renounce the possessor. Certaintly, it goes infinitely deeper. You can renounce the possessions, but the possessor remains, and with the possessor the blueprint to possess again - the possessor will bring his possessiveness by the back door.
You can see it happening: A man renounce his worldly life, moves to the mountain, a cave, but then he possesses that cave. And if somebody else comes and start living in the cave, he will throw him out. He will say, "Get out! This is my cave." And this man has renounce his house, wife, his childrens. Now the same possessiveness has entered in a new form.
It does not matter what you possess, but if you possess then you remain on this leaky road.
Dispossessing things doesn't mean escaping things. Things are there, they will be everywhere. In the mountain or cave also things will be there - the mountains, the trees - and you can start possessing them. If you sit under a certain tress, you start possessing it. This is your tree; and no other religious man can come and meditate there: he has to find his own tree. Or you start possessing Temples, the Mosques, the Churches. Or you start possessing philosophies - Hindus, Christian, Etc. Or you start possessing scriptures - the Koran, the Gita, the Bible etc. Or you start possessing the concept of GOD: " This is my concept of GOD". Your is wrong and my concept is right."
Buddhas cut the root. He says there is nobody to possess. Just see the beauty of it and the tremendous import of it. He simple cut the roots. He does not cut the branches and the leaves; Don't drop the possession, drop the possessor. Then you can live in the world and there is no problem. Just live in the world and don't possess because there is nobody to possess.
That's why i dont say to my cultivators to renounce the world. I say renounce the EGO and live in the world. The world cannot do you any harm. All the harms that happens through the EGO. That's why buddha calls "SELF"; his word for 'EGO': The SELF.
Buddha works for 6 years continuously in search of the SELF. You have heard the famous teaching of all ages. Know thyself! Buddha work hard. For 6 years he tried from every nook amd corner, from every angle, from every possible side, to penetrate into this reality of the self. But he could not find it. Know Thyself, and you will know there is no self.
That day you ahve known - when you know that there is no self. There is utter emptiness inside, absolutely emptiness, silence undisturbed, virgin silence. There has never been anybody. It is just a Dream.
In the nightyou dream and you think you have become an emperor. And in the morning you find yourself in the same old bed, and you are not the emperor. But the mind can imagine; the mind is a great imaginative force. The self is mind imagination. It does not exist in reality.
Those who has penetrate deep into their own being have come to know utter silence. Nobody has been found there. And that is the greatest realization.: to find nobody there... then all problems disappear., because the problem creator has disappear.
Nothing means NO THING AT ALL.
A man came to a Master and asked, " Does a DOG have Buddha nature?"
You cannot asked this sort of question elsewhere or you will make other master enrage. But in Buddhism you can ask; there is no problem about it.
And the master answer is very strange and very puzzling, and down the centuries people have been contemplatingit; it has become a cone to meditate over.
The master said. "MU" means nothing. Now the problem is: what does he means by saying MU? It can also mean no; it can mean nothing.Is he saying that the Dog have not the same nature as Buddha? That is not possible from a Zen Master. Then What does he mean by MU? He does not mean no - he means nothing. He is saying : Buddha is nothing, so is dog. He is saying yes by saying no.
He is saying: yes, the dog has the same nature as Buddha, But Buddha is nothing! so is a dog.
There is no self, either in Buddha or Dog. There nobody there inside! Buddha is emptyand so is the dog. Onlt the forms are different, dreams are different. The dog is dreaming it is a dog - that's all. You are draming you are a man, somebody dreaming he is a tree. but inside there is nobody - puire consciousness.
This silence is samadhi. When you start having glimpse of this silence, your life start changing. Then you live for the first time in a poetic way. Then death create no fear in you. Then nothing can disturb you or distract you.
The master's reply, MU, really means yes. But he didn't say yes for a certain reason - becausethe yes will be misunderstood. Then the man would have thought that the dog also have the same self as the Buddha - That's why he didn't use the word 'yes'. He said no. But he does not mean that the dog has not the same nature. He means both have nothingness inside. The form differ.
For a Bhuddhist, and particular the ZEN Bhuddhist, there is nothing profane and nothing sacred.
Next Chapter 5
Most of us have fallen into the trap. The trap is they try not to desire the thing in THIS world, but then they start desiring things of the other world. But it is the same - Desire is the same. It does not matter what you desire. It makes no difference at all what the object of your desire is - desire is the same.
You desire money or you desire meditation: desire is the same. Only the object has changed. And the object is not the problem - the problem is the desire itself, desiring itself. Somebody desires long life here, a beautiful body here, success, fame; somebody else desire eternal life with God in Paradise - what is the difference? The only difference seems to be this; that the first man is not so greedy as the second one. The second is more greedy.
That's why your so called spiritual people are very greedy people. It is not just an accident that india is very greedy. That spirituality creates new greeds. In fact the so called mahatmas go on teaching people; "Don't desire things of this world because they are momentary. Desire things of the other worlds because they are eternal." And this they called Renunciation? Is this renunciation? this is getting more desirious. This is asking for eternal gratification.
The worldly people are simple people. They are satisfied with momentary desires. And the other worldly seems to be absolutely greedy. They are not satisfy with this world; they need another world where eternal pleasure exist, where beauty never fades, where life is always young, where one lives and never become old.
This is greed! This is pure greed! transplanted into another world. This is more greed than the first. Avoid this so called spiritual materialism; it is utterly materialistic. It does not change your life. It can't change it. It simply nourishes your old mind. It poison you even more.
Buddha says the basic meditation is to see that " I'm not and I will not be. so how can I be in the middle of two nothingness? If I was not before and I will not be again after death, then how can I be right now?" One cannot exist between two nothingess. Then this too must be a nothingness - we have not rightly seen it.
Before birth we were non-existent, no-self, and we shall be so after death again. Therefore we are in this condition at the present moment. without a thing in the world we can call our own - not even our ownselves. This goes to the deepest core of the problem.
Don't dispossess things - dispossess yourself, and things are automatically dispossessed. If I'm not, then how can I possess a woman, or man? If I am not, how can I possess a child? If I am not, then how is possession possible? there is nobody to possess. Do you see the difference.
Other religion have said: Renounce possession! Buddha says: Renounce the possessor. Certaintly, it goes infinitely deeper. You can renounce the possessions, but the possessor remains, and with the possessor the blueprint to possess again - the possessor will bring his possessiveness by the back door.
You can see it happening: A man renounce his worldly life, moves to the mountain, a cave, but then he possesses that cave. And if somebody else comes and start living in the cave, he will throw him out. He will say, "Get out! This is my cave." And this man has renounce his house, wife, his childrens. Now the same possessiveness has entered in a new form.
It does not matter what you possess, but if you possess then you remain on this leaky road.
Dispossessing things doesn't mean escaping things. Things are there, they will be everywhere. In the mountain or cave also things will be there - the mountains, the trees - and you can start possessing them. If you sit under a certain tress, you start possessing it. This is your tree; and no other religious man can come and meditate there: he has to find his own tree. Or you start possessing Temples, the Mosques, the Churches. Or you start possessing philosophies - Hindus, Christian, Etc. Or you start possessing scriptures - the Koran, the Gita, the Bible etc. Or you start possessing the concept of GOD: " This is my concept of GOD". Your is wrong and my concept is right."
Buddhas cut the root. He says there is nobody to possess. Just see the beauty of it and the tremendous import of it. He simple cut the roots. He does not cut the branches and the leaves; Don't drop the possession, drop the possessor. Then you can live in the world and there is no problem. Just live in the world and don't possess because there is nobody to possess.
That's why i dont say to my cultivators to renounce the world. I say renounce the EGO and live in the world. The world cannot do you any harm. All the harms that happens through the EGO. That's why buddha calls "SELF"; his word for 'EGO': The SELF.
Buddha works for 6 years continuously in search of the SELF. You have heard the famous teaching of all ages. Know thyself! Buddha work hard. For 6 years he tried from every nook amd corner, from every angle, from every possible side, to penetrate into this reality of the self. But he could not find it. Know Thyself, and you will know there is no self.
That day you ahve known - when you know that there is no self. There is utter emptiness inside, absolutely emptiness, silence undisturbed, virgin silence. There has never been anybody. It is just a Dream.
In the nightyou dream and you think you have become an emperor. And in the morning you find yourself in the same old bed, and you are not the emperor. But the mind can imagine; the mind is a great imaginative force. The self is mind imagination. It does not exist in reality.
Those who has penetrate deep into their own being have come to know utter silence. Nobody has been found there. And that is the greatest realization.: to find nobody there... then all problems disappear., because the problem creator has disappear.
Nothing means NO THING AT ALL.
A man came to a Master and asked, " Does a DOG have Buddha nature?"
You cannot asked this sort of question elsewhere or you will make other master enrage. But in Buddhism you can ask; there is no problem about it.
And the master answer is very strange and very puzzling, and down the centuries people have been contemplatingit; it has become a cone to meditate over.
The master said. "MU" means nothing. Now the problem is: what does he means by saying MU? It can also mean no; it can mean nothing.Is he saying that the Dog have not the same nature as Buddha? That is not possible from a Zen Master. Then What does he mean by MU? He does not mean no - he means nothing. He is saying : Buddha is nothing, so is dog. He is saying yes by saying no.
He is saying: yes, the dog has the same nature as Buddha, But Buddha is nothing! so is a dog.
There is no self, either in Buddha or Dog. There nobody there inside! Buddha is emptyand so is the dog. Onlt the forms are different, dreams are different. The dog is dreaming it is a dog - that's all. You are draming you are a man, somebody dreaming he is a tree. but inside there is nobody - puire consciousness.
This silence is samadhi. When you start having glimpse of this silence, your life start changing. Then you live for the first time in a poetic way. Then death create no fear in you. Then nothing can disturb you or distract you.
The master's reply, MU, really means yes. But he didn't say yes for a certain reason - becausethe yes will be misunderstood. Then the man would have thought that the dog also have the same self as the Buddha - That's why he didn't use the word 'yes'. He said no. But he does not mean that the dog has not the same nature. He means both have nothingness inside. The form differ.
For a Bhuddhist, and particular the ZEN Bhuddhist, there is nothing profane and nothing sacred.
Next Chapter 5
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Nothing - Chapter 3
The Christian word 'conversion' means exactly that: turning back. Conversion does not mean a Hindu becoming a Christian, or a Mohammedan becoming a Christian. Conversion means Adam becoming Christ. It has nothing to do with Christianity; it has something to do with Christhood. itself. Bt becoming a Christian you dont become converted, nothing changes. You were a Hindu and you were rushing into the world of desires, then you become a Christian and you go on rushing into the same world -just the label on you changes. Now you are no more call Hindu, you are called a Christian. Or you can be a Christian and get converted to being Hindu - that is not convertion either.
Conversion means a hundred and eighty degree turn - Adam turning back, the way back.
Buddhist have an even more beautiful word for it. It is called PARAVRITTI - that exactly means about-turn and exactly one hundred eighty degrees. Less that that won't do. If you miss even by a single degree, you will still be rushing into the desires world.
And 'the rest' means our short human life, so short that rain or wind , grief or passion, are of little moment or meaning.
Our human life is so momentary. there is no point in getting disturbed about it. Somebody has insulted you and you make so much fuss - and it is so momentary! It is not going to stay. All is going to be lost. Or somebody has succeeded and goes mad. Or somebody has accumulated much wealth and cannot walk on the earth, starts flying.
In ancient Rome, there was a tradition, a beatiful tradition. It should be followed in every country. Whenever a Roman conquerorwould come back - he had conquerored a new countries, had been a great soldier, was coming with great success and victory - the massess, the crowds, the mob, would shout in joy. He was greeted like a God. The tradition was that a servant used to walk justbehind him and continuously remind him: Don't be deceived by the people. Don't be deceived, sir, by the people! Don't be deceived by the fools, otherwise you go mad." A servant, a slave , had to repeat it continuously just at the back of the conquerorso that he would remember. Otherwise it is very easy: when success comes one goes mad.
This should be followed in every country. A person should follow Jimmy Carter, just reminding them that "Don't be deceived by the success. It is momentary; it is just a bubble, a soap bubble. Don't let it get to your head."
Success get into your head - and so does failure. It hurts. And all is momentary. This Rest is momentary. Just think of the infinities... before your birth there was infinity, beginningless time preceed you; and after your death endless time is going to succeed you. And between these two infinities, what are you? what is your life? A soap bubble , just a moment's dream.
Don't allow it to affect you. If one can keep aware, and is not affected by success and failure, praise and insult, enemies and friends, then one is moving back to the original source. One becomes a witness.
You don't get disturbed about it. Ponder over it, contemplate over it - it is a great secret, one of the great secret of Buddhas. Just to be alert that all is trivial, momentary, midsummer dream. It is going, it is already going. You cannot hold onto it. There is no need to cling to it, there is no need to push it. It is going of it's own accord, good or bad, whatsoever it is, it is going. All is going. The river is flowing. You remain undisturbed, detached, just a witness. This is meditation.
A rest on the way back,
From the Leaky road,
To the never leaky road,
If it rains, let it rain,
If it blows, let it blows.
Myself of long ago,
In nature Non-exixtent,
Nowhere to go when dead,
Nothing at all.
Again, Try to understand each word: Myself of long ago....... Before birth we were non-existent, and so we will be again after death. No self was there, and no self is going to be there after death.
Buddha insist very much on this vision of no-self, because all our desires hang around the concept of the self. I am. If I am, then a thoussand adn one desires will arise. If I am NOT, then how can desires arise out of nothingness?
This is one of the greatest contributions of Buddhas to the world. As far as the idea of no-self is concerned, he has surpassed asll other masters. He has surpassed all.
Next Chapter 4
Conversion means a hundred and eighty degree turn - Adam turning back, the way back.
Buddhist have an even more beautiful word for it. It is called PARAVRITTI - that exactly means about-turn and exactly one hundred eighty degrees. Less that that won't do. If you miss even by a single degree, you will still be rushing into the desires world.
And 'the rest' means our short human life, so short that rain or wind , grief or passion, are of little moment or meaning.
Our human life is so momentary. there is no point in getting disturbed about it. Somebody has insulted you and you make so much fuss - and it is so momentary! It is not going to stay. All is going to be lost. Or somebody has succeeded and goes mad. Or somebody has accumulated much wealth and cannot walk on the earth, starts flying.
In ancient Rome, there was a tradition, a beatiful tradition. It should be followed in every country. Whenever a Roman conquerorwould come back - he had conquerored a new countries, had been a great soldier, was coming with great success and victory - the massess, the crowds, the mob, would shout in joy. He was greeted like a God. The tradition was that a servant used to walk justbehind him and continuously remind him: Don't be deceived by the people. Don't be deceived, sir, by the people! Don't be deceived by the fools, otherwise you go mad." A servant, a slave , had to repeat it continuously just at the back of the conquerorso that he would remember. Otherwise it is very easy: when success comes one goes mad.
This should be followed in every country. A person should follow Jimmy Carter, just reminding them that "Don't be deceived by the success. It is momentary; it is just a bubble, a soap bubble. Don't let it get to your head."
Success get into your head - and so does failure. It hurts. And all is momentary. This Rest is momentary. Just think of the infinities... before your birth there was infinity, beginningless time preceed you; and after your death endless time is going to succeed you. And between these two infinities, what are you? what is your life? A soap bubble , just a moment's dream.
Don't allow it to affect you. If one can keep aware, and is not affected by success and failure, praise and insult, enemies and friends, then one is moving back to the original source. One becomes a witness.
You don't get disturbed about it. Ponder over it, contemplate over it - it is a great secret, one of the great secret of Buddhas. Just to be alert that all is trivial, momentary, midsummer dream. It is going, it is already going. You cannot hold onto it. There is no need to cling to it, there is no need to push it. It is going of it's own accord, good or bad, whatsoever it is, it is going. All is going. The river is flowing. You remain undisturbed, detached, just a witness. This is meditation.
A rest on the way back,
From the Leaky road,
To the never leaky road,
If it rains, let it rain,
If it blows, let it blows.
Myself of long ago,
In nature Non-exixtent,
Nowhere to go when dead,
Nothing at all.
Again, Try to understand each word: Myself of long ago....... Before birth we were non-existent, and so we will be again after death. No self was there, and no self is going to be there after death.
Buddha insist very much on this vision of no-self, because all our desires hang around the concept of the self. I am. If I am, then a thoussand adn one desires will arise. If I am NOT, then how can desires arise out of nothingness?
This is one of the greatest contributions of Buddhas to the world. As far as the idea of no-self is concerned, he has surpassed asll other masters. He has surpassed all.
Next Chapter 4
Nothing - Chapter 2
Don't try to understand them intelectually. rather play with them with deep love, sympathy, rapport. And, slowly, like a fragrance, like a melody, something will arise in you and you will be able to seewhat this amn want to convey. He wants to convey that which cannot be conveyed; he wants to say that which cannot be said. And he has been able to convey it.
Zen Master are strange masters. A religious person is bound to become strange, because he lives in a totally different way. He lives in a seperate reality. He starts existing here as an outsider.He becomes a stranger to this ordinary world, because he is here and yet not of it. He live here, but untouched, uncontaminated, unpolluted by it. He lives here, and lives in such a way that he is untouchable. He does not escape from the world. He lives in the ordinary world in an extraordinary way.
A story about a zen master named Ikkyu.
One summer day while working, perhaps weeding, Ikkyu got so tired, being hot, came up to the templeporch and aired himself in the cool breeze. He felt so fine that he went into the temple and took the buddha from the shrine and binding him to a pole outside and said, " Now, you too cool yourself!"
Looks absurd, binding a wooden buddha to a pole and saying to Buddha, "Now you too cool yourself" But look .... something deep is there. For Ikkyu, nothing is dead anymore, not even the wooden Buddha. All is alive. And he has started feeling for everything as he feels himself. Those boundaries of l and You are no longer relevant. He had come to being one.
And another opposite of the story,
One night, a very cold winter night, he was staying in a temple. And then suddenly, in the middle of the night, the priest of the templeheard noice and saw light, so he came running: "What is happening?"
He saw Ikkyu sitting there - he was burning a wooden Buddha. The preist was aghast. He said, " Are you mad or something? What have you done? This is sacrilege. There can be no other sin greater than this. You have burnt my Buddha!"
And Ikkyu took a small stick and start poking into the ashes. And the priest said,"Now what are you doing, what are you trying to do?"
And Ikkyu said, " I'm trying to find the bones of the Buddha."
And the priest said," You must be absolutely mad - how can you find the bones in a wooden Buddha?"
And Ikkyu laughed and he said, The night is long and very cold, and you have so many wooden Buddha - why dont you bring a few more ? And you can also warm yourself up."
Now this man is a strange man. One time he binds the Buddha on a hot summer day to a pole and say, "Now you cool yourself". Another time he burns a wooden Buddha because the night is too cold. And he says to the priest, " Look at me - the Buddha inside me is shivering." In fact, both the stories are the same, from two different angles the same.
A man of realization, a man who has understood, makes no differences. Distinctions are lost, divisions disappear. All boundaries become meaningless. A man of realizationstarts living in the unbounded, in the infinite.
Each words has to be penetrated with sympathy. The leaky road means this world, the world of desires. Through desires we are leaking our energy. Through desires we are wasting our being. through desires we are disappearing down the drain.
This world is a leaky road. Man simply waste himself here. Nothing is gain out of it, never . In fact, you come as emperor and you die as beggars. Each child is born as an emperor and soon the kingdom is lost, the purity, the innocence is lost. Each child is Adam in the Garden Of Eden, and each child has to be expelled from the Garden. And he starts moving to the world of desires.
Ten thousands of desires are there. They cannot be finished, they cannot be fulfilled. They bring only frustration and more frustration. Each desire is a new trap of frustration. You hope again and you are trapped, and each desire only bring greater frustration. But by the time it comes, you start desiring again. You move from one desire to another desire. You can go on moving for millions of lives. In fact, that's how we have been moving.
In Zen, this is the most foundamental meditation: to search for the face that you had before you were born, or, to search for the face after you are dead. Just to think about it brings great realizations. Just to meditate upon it constantly - and one starts feeling somethingfaceless. That is your original face: facelessness. You had no face before you were born, you had no body, no mind, no name, no form - You were, but you were not identified with anything.
To realize it again, amidst all this noise of the Leaky Road, admist all these people who are just running after desires, chasing one desire and then another and then another; to recognize and to realize the original face when you were neither a body nor a mind, but only a pure consciousness, a witness, is the goal of all meditations. If you can remain in that state, your life energies will not leak.
And the way back is to return to the source, to that original face. All religions are the way back. Religion means a hundred and eighty degree turn, an about-turn, an absolute about-turn. We are rushing away from the original source, we are rushing from ourselves. We have to return back. We have to come to our original source - because only there is peace and contentment and bliss. Only there is fulfillment.
The source is the goal - they are never seperate. Only the source can be the goal! When one has come back to one's original source, one has achieved all that life can give, all that life is meant to give.
Life is losing the paradise; religion is regaining it. Rushing into the world of desires is the Adam who is falling from grace; returning back is Christ. They are the same person! Adam and Christ are not two seperate persons. They are the same person, only their direction has changed. Adam is on the leaky road, going away from the source, farther and farther away from the source. Christ is returning back, has taken the turn.
Next Chapter Three
Zen Master are strange masters. A religious person is bound to become strange, because he lives in a totally different way. He lives in a seperate reality. He starts existing here as an outsider.He becomes a stranger to this ordinary world, because he is here and yet not of it. He live here, but untouched, uncontaminated, unpolluted by it. He lives here, and lives in such a way that he is untouchable. He does not escape from the world. He lives in the ordinary world in an extraordinary way.
A story about a zen master named Ikkyu.
One summer day while working, perhaps weeding, Ikkyu got so tired, being hot, came up to the templeporch and aired himself in the cool breeze. He felt so fine that he went into the temple and took the buddha from the shrine and binding him to a pole outside and said, " Now, you too cool yourself!"
Looks absurd, binding a wooden buddha to a pole and saying to Buddha, "Now you too cool yourself" But look .... something deep is there. For Ikkyu, nothing is dead anymore, not even the wooden Buddha. All is alive. And he has started feeling for everything as he feels himself. Those boundaries of l and You are no longer relevant. He had come to being one.
And another opposite of the story,
One night, a very cold winter night, he was staying in a temple. And then suddenly, in the middle of the night, the priest of the templeheard noice and saw light, so he came running: "What is happening?"
He saw Ikkyu sitting there - he was burning a wooden Buddha. The preist was aghast. He said, " Are you mad or something? What have you done? This is sacrilege. There can be no other sin greater than this. You have burnt my Buddha!"
And Ikkyu took a small stick and start poking into the ashes. And the priest said,"Now what are you doing, what are you trying to do?"
And Ikkyu said, " I'm trying to find the bones of the Buddha."
And the priest said," You must be absolutely mad - how can you find the bones in a wooden Buddha?"
And Ikkyu laughed and he said, The night is long and very cold, and you have so many wooden Buddha - why dont you bring a few more ? And you can also warm yourself up."
Now this man is a strange man. One time he binds the Buddha on a hot summer day to a pole and say, "Now you cool yourself". Another time he burns a wooden Buddha because the night is too cold. And he says to the priest, " Look at me - the Buddha inside me is shivering." In fact, both the stories are the same, from two different angles the same.
A man of realization, a man who has understood, makes no differences. Distinctions are lost, divisions disappear. All boundaries become meaningless. A man of realizationstarts living in the unbounded, in the infinite.
Each words has to be penetrated with sympathy. The leaky road means this world, the world of desires. Through desires we are leaking our energy. Through desires we are wasting our being. through desires we are disappearing down the drain.
This world is a leaky road. Man simply waste himself here. Nothing is gain out of it, never . In fact, you come as emperor and you die as beggars. Each child is born as an emperor and soon the kingdom is lost, the purity, the innocence is lost. Each child is Adam in the Garden Of Eden, and each child has to be expelled from the Garden. And he starts moving to the world of desires.
Ten thousands of desires are there. They cannot be finished, they cannot be fulfilled. They bring only frustration and more frustration. Each desire is a new trap of frustration. You hope again and you are trapped, and each desire only bring greater frustration. But by the time it comes, you start desiring again. You move from one desire to another desire. You can go on moving for millions of lives. In fact, that's how we have been moving.
In Zen, this is the most foundamental meditation: to search for the face that you had before you were born, or, to search for the face after you are dead. Just to think about it brings great realizations. Just to meditate upon it constantly - and one starts feeling somethingfaceless. That is your original face: facelessness. You had no face before you were born, you had no body, no mind, no name, no form - You were, but you were not identified with anything.
To realize it again, amidst all this noise of the Leaky Road, admist all these people who are just running after desires, chasing one desire and then another and then another; to recognize and to realize the original face when you were neither a body nor a mind, but only a pure consciousness, a witness, is the goal of all meditations. If you can remain in that state, your life energies will not leak.
And the way back is to return to the source, to that original face. All religions are the way back. Religion means a hundred and eighty degree turn, an about-turn, an absolute about-turn. We are rushing away from the original source, we are rushing from ourselves. We have to return back. We have to come to our original source - because only there is peace and contentment and bliss. Only there is fulfillment.
The source is the goal - they are never seperate. Only the source can be the goal! When one has come back to one's original source, one has achieved all that life can give, all that life is meant to give.
Life is losing the paradise; religion is regaining it. Rushing into the world of desires is the Adam who is falling from grace; returning back is Christ. They are the same person! Adam and Christ are not two seperate persons. They are the same person, only their direction has changed. Adam is on the leaky road, going away from the source, farther and farther away from the source. Christ is returning back, has taken the turn.
Next Chapter Three
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Nothing
Religion is irrational - by the irrational and for the irrational. Reason cannot contain it; reason is too small.
Religion is the vast sky of existence. Reason is a tiny human phenomenon. The reason has to be lost, has to be drop. Only by going beyond the mind does one start understanding what it is. That's the radical change/transformation. No philosophy can bring that radical change.
It is a heart phenomenon. You have to feel it rather than think it. You have to be it to know it. Being is knowing. And there is no other knowing.
That's why religion has to choose a different kind of language. Religion has to talk in parables, in poetry, in metaphor and in myth. Those are indirect way of hinting at the truth. Only hinting at the truth and no direct pointing; just whispering , not shouting. It come to you in a deep rapport.
Science and religion are diametrically opposite. they belong to different dimensions of existence. They dont overlap each other grounds, each others field. They simply never met. They dont criss-cross. And the modern mind has been trained for science, hence religion has become almost out of date, of the past. There seem to be no future for religion.
Sigmund frued has declared that there is no future for the illusion called religion. But if there is no future for religion, there is no future for man either. Science is going to destroy humanity because humanity can live on through poetic, the metaphoric. Life gathers significance only through the heart. Man cannot live by mind alone. Man cannot live by calculation, mathematics alone. Mathematics can serve but cannot be the master. The head can only be the servant , and as a servant it is very usefull; but when it pretends to become master it is dangerous, it is fatal.
The language of the objective science lives in the world of facts. Things are as they are. You say what you mean; as precisely as you can, and as equivocally. Speaking, then is decipering a puzzle, defining, prescribing limits, - this is this, not that. It is water not steam and not ice. Here is here, not there. One is one, two equals to two, dead is dead. This is the world of facts - dull and dead, stale and stagnant.
It is impossible to live just in the world of facts, because then you will never be able to relax. In fact, it is meaningless to live in the world of facts - from where do you get the meaning? From where will you get the value? Then a rose has no beauty; it is only a botanical fact. Then love has no splendour; it is only a biological fact.
How can one live in facts? Living in facts, life starts becoming meaningless. It is not an accident that the modern philosophical minds are talking consciously about meaninglessness. We have created it by deciding to live only in one language- the prose language.
It is a good thing that we have this languages, the language of facts, the language of prose. Our world cannot do without it, true . It is needed, nut can't be the goal of life. It can only serve. But we never use it when we want to pour out our hearts and say what is really in us, hidden and almost impossible to name.
A man is man only in so far as he lives in that ultimate need.
In question of love and death and god and man, the first language is not only adequate but also dangerous. If you use the first kind of language for the ultimate concerns of life, by and by your very language will destry them. That's how we have destroy God. That's how we have destroy all that is beautifull and significant. Use wrong language and sooner or later you will be trapped by the wrong language.
If you have dropped the vaque world of heart, the vaque world of feelings, sensations, emotions, ecstasy, then naturally you are closer to God. And then if you say God is dead, it seems to be absolutely true. Not that god is dead - only you are dead towards God. To be alive towards God is to move into poetry. Poetry is the rainbow bridge between man and God, between man as mind and God as mystery. That is the opening, the door , the treshold.
Have you ever seen Khajuraho, or other beautiful temples of India? In th old scriptures it is said that on each side of the temple's threshold there should be a statue, a sulpture of lovers. It is very strange. Those scriptures dont specifically say why; they simply mention it for architects, that it is a must. On each temple threshold, on the door, there must be at least one couple Maithuna - in Orgasm, in deep love, their limbs interwined with each other, in great ecstasy.
Why on the door? Because unless you know love, you cannot know the bridge between man and God. And the door is the symbol: the door is the threshold between the world of mind and the world of no-mind. It is love that bridges the world of mind to no-mind. It is only through love that we come to know the Orgasmic mysteries of life.
It is very signaficant - although many temples are not build that way. People have been avoiding it. They are too moralistic and stupid. But the ancient prescription is of great significance: Only love can be threshold , because only love will make your poetry alive.
But there is a second language, deep below the first, like a much older structure wide around the first. It is the language of what cannot be said. Yes, Poetry is the language of what reallycannot be said. Still it has to be said. There is an urgency to say it - and poetry is the language of that which cannot be said.
Once in China, I was given a simple verse to read and then to give my interpretation. I was ready to give my answer immediately but was informed that I had twenty-eight days to think about it. Why so long? asked I, with the usual impatience of a westerner.
"Because nothing has been read once until it has been read twelve times.," Was the answer. " Read and re-read."
I did. Twelve time twelve to make twelve readings - and I heard a melody I could not have heard otherwise. Since then I have known why it is that certain lines in the bible, or any other book, that have been read countless times will oneday, upon just one more reading, suddenly take on a grand new significance.
That is the whole secret of mantras. A mantras is a condensed poem: it is essential poettry. Just by reading it , you cant understand it. Not that you dont understand intelectually - it is simple, the meaning is apparent - but the apparent meaning is not the real meaning. The apparent meaning comes from the first language, and the hidden meaning will have to be waited for. You will have to repeat it in deep love, in great prayerful moods... sometime it will suddenly eruptfrom your own unconscious, it will be revealed to you. A melody will be heard. That melody is the meaning - not the meaning that you have deciphered from the first reading, on the first reading. And one never know what happen.
Hence in the East, people have been reciting the Koran, the Bhagavad Gita, the Dhamarpada: they go on reciting . Everyday, morning and evening , they go on reciting. They recite as many times as possible. They dont keep count: what is the point of keeping count? But with each reciting, somethings goes deeper into you, the groove is deepened. And oneday the melody is heard.
When you heard the melody, you have come to know the real mantra. You have stumbled upon the second layer, the real poetry in it. That cannot be understood: that can only be heard. /that cannot be understood: that can only be experienced.
next chapter 2....
Religion is the vast sky of existence. Reason is a tiny human phenomenon. The reason has to be lost, has to be drop. Only by going beyond the mind does one start understanding what it is. That's the radical change/transformation. No philosophy can bring that radical change.
It is a heart phenomenon. You have to feel it rather than think it. You have to be it to know it. Being is knowing. And there is no other knowing.
That's why religion has to choose a different kind of language. Religion has to talk in parables, in poetry, in metaphor and in myth. Those are indirect way of hinting at the truth. Only hinting at the truth and no direct pointing; just whispering , not shouting. It come to you in a deep rapport.
Science and religion are diametrically opposite. they belong to different dimensions of existence. They dont overlap each other grounds, each others field. They simply never met. They dont criss-cross. And the modern mind has been trained for science, hence religion has become almost out of date, of the past. There seem to be no future for religion.
Sigmund frued has declared that there is no future for the illusion called religion. But if there is no future for religion, there is no future for man either. Science is going to destroy humanity because humanity can live on through poetic, the metaphoric. Life gathers significance only through the heart. Man cannot live by mind alone. Man cannot live by calculation, mathematics alone. Mathematics can serve but cannot be the master. The head can only be the servant , and as a servant it is very usefull; but when it pretends to become master it is dangerous, it is fatal.
The language of the objective science lives in the world of facts. Things are as they are. You say what you mean; as precisely as you can, and as equivocally. Speaking, then is decipering a puzzle, defining, prescribing limits, - this is this, not that. It is water not steam and not ice. Here is here, not there. One is one, two equals to two, dead is dead. This is the world of facts - dull and dead, stale and stagnant.
It is impossible to live just in the world of facts, because then you will never be able to relax. In fact, it is meaningless to live in the world of facts - from where do you get the meaning? From where will you get the value? Then a rose has no beauty; it is only a botanical fact. Then love has no splendour; it is only a biological fact.
How can one live in facts? Living in facts, life starts becoming meaningless. It is not an accident that the modern philosophical minds are talking consciously about meaninglessness. We have created it by deciding to live only in one language- the prose language.
It is a good thing that we have this languages, the language of facts, the language of prose. Our world cannot do without it, true . It is needed, nut can't be the goal of life. It can only serve. But we never use it when we want to pour out our hearts and say what is really in us, hidden and almost impossible to name.
A man is man only in so far as he lives in that ultimate need.
In question of love and death and god and man, the first language is not only adequate but also dangerous. If you use the first kind of language for the ultimate concerns of life, by and by your very language will destry them. That's how we have destroy God. That's how we have destroy all that is beautifull and significant. Use wrong language and sooner or later you will be trapped by the wrong language.
If you have dropped the vaque world of heart, the vaque world of feelings, sensations, emotions, ecstasy, then naturally you are closer to God. And then if you say God is dead, it seems to be absolutely true. Not that god is dead - only you are dead towards God. To be alive towards God is to move into poetry. Poetry is the rainbow bridge between man and God, between man as mind and God as mystery. That is the opening, the door , the treshold.
Have you ever seen Khajuraho, or other beautiful temples of India? In th old scriptures it is said that on each side of the temple's threshold there should be a statue, a sulpture of lovers. It is very strange. Those scriptures dont specifically say why; they simply mention it for architects, that it is a must. On each temple threshold, on the door, there must be at least one couple Maithuna - in Orgasm, in deep love, their limbs interwined with each other, in great ecstasy.
Why on the door? Because unless you know love, you cannot know the bridge between man and God. And the door is the symbol: the door is the threshold between the world of mind and the world of no-mind. It is love that bridges the world of mind to no-mind. It is only through love that we come to know the Orgasmic mysteries of life.
It is very signaficant - although many temples are not build that way. People have been avoiding it. They are too moralistic and stupid. But the ancient prescription is of great significance: Only love can be threshold , because only love will make your poetry alive.
But there is a second language, deep below the first, like a much older structure wide around the first. It is the language of what cannot be said. Yes, Poetry is the language of what reallycannot be said. Still it has to be said. There is an urgency to say it - and poetry is the language of that which cannot be said.
Once in China, I was given a simple verse to read and then to give my interpretation. I was ready to give my answer immediately but was informed that I had twenty-eight days to think about it. Why so long? asked I, with the usual impatience of a westerner.
"Because nothing has been read once until it has been read twelve times.," Was the answer. " Read and re-read."
I did. Twelve time twelve to make twelve readings - and I heard a melody I could not have heard otherwise. Since then I have known why it is that certain lines in the bible, or any other book, that have been read countless times will oneday, upon just one more reading, suddenly take on a grand new significance.
That is the whole secret of mantras. A mantras is a condensed poem: it is essential poettry. Just by reading it , you cant understand it. Not that you dont understand intelectually - it is simple, the meaning is apparent - but the apparent meaning is not the real meaning. The apparent meaning comes from the first language, and the hidden meaning will have to be waited for. You will have to repeat it in deep love, in great prayerful moods... sometime it will suddenly eruptfrom your own unconscious, it will be revealed to you. A melody will be heard. That melody is the meaning - not the meaning that you have deciphered from the first reading, on the first reading. And one never know what happen.
Hence in the East, people have been reciting the Koran, the Bhagavad Gita, the Dhamarpada: they go on reciting . Everyday, morning and evening , they go on reciting. They recite as many times as possible. They dont keep count: what is the point of keeping count? But with each reciting, somethings goes deeper into you, the groove is deepened. And oneday the melody is heard.
When you heard the melody, you have come to know the real mantra. You have stumbled upon the second layer, the real poetry in it. That cannot be understood: that can only be heard. /that cannot be understood: that can only be experienced.
next chapter 2....
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The 4 Noble Truth
Friends:
The blessed Buddha once said:
And what is this 1st Noble Truth of Suffering? not getting what one wants is suffering, & getting what one not wants is suffering, in short, the five clusters of clinging are suffering ...!!! ...!!! In whatever being & group of individuality, there is birth, coming into being, emergence, appearance, manifestation of the 5 clusters clusters of clinging, development of the ability to sense, that, bhikkhus, is called birth... And what is ageing? In whatever being & group of individuality, there is ageing, decaying, broken teeth, grey hair, wrinkled skin, shrinking & fading away, weakening of the ability to sense, that, bhikkhus, is called ageing... And what is death? In beings prone to sorrow lamentation, pain, sadness, stress & frustration this childish wish arises: Oh may we not be afflicted And what in brevity, are the five clusters of clusters of clinging?
These are, in short, the five clusters of clusters of clinging, that are suffering. |
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
THE CORRECT WAY OF EATING FRUITS
We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it, and just popping it into our mouths. It's not as easy as you think. It's important to know how, and when to eat. aWhat is the correct way of eating fruits? *
It is best to drink hot soup, HOT TEA or warm water after a meal.
IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS!* FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.If you eat fruit like that, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss, and other life activities.
FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD.. Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so.In the meantime the whole meal rots, and ferments, and turns to acid. The min ute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach, and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil. So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals! You have heard people complaining - every time I eat water-melon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat bananas, I feel like running to the toilet etc - actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach.
The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food, and produces gas, and hence you will bloat! Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes all these will not happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach. There is no such thing as some fruits like orange, and lemon are acidic, because all fruits will become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did a research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the Secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness, and normal weight.
When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT From the cans. Don't even drink juice that has been heated up. Don't eat cooked fruits, because you don't get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste. Cooking destroys all the vitamins. But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it. You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body. Just eat fruits, and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!
KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, Vitamin E & fiber. Its Vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.
APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low Vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of Vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.
STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit.. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessels-clogging free radicals.
ORANGE : Sweet est medicine. Taking 2 -4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.
WATERMELON: Coolest Thirst Quencher Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant > dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are Vitamin C & Potassium.
GUAVA & PAPAYA: Top awards for Vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high Vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.
Drinking Cold water after meal = Cancer! Can you believe this?? For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down, and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats, and lead to cancer.
It is best to drink hot soup, HOT TEA or warm water after a meal.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Pollution of air - water – food
Dear Childrens,
You will understand this by merely asking yourselves what elements of life you require and imagine their diversity when you experience air and water and their composites and effect on yourselves, which give the human being complete health but which can also result in illness and destruction of the body's organs when, due to human will, contamination of air and water occurs that causes incalculable damage....
And the sinfulness of people already shows itself in the fact that they are not afraid to pollute these particularly important life preserving elements such that it brings about life threatening damage to their fellow human beings.... And just as every human being holds his own life dear he sins when he reduces his fellow human being's most essential necessities of life, when he plays a part in jeopardizing the life of other people....
In addition, `endangering life' also includes when the soil, which produces nourishment for human and animal life, becomes deprived of its natural quality; when, by the use of artificial agents, the designated land for cultivation takes on a different quality, the products of which now also contain substances that are by no means beneficial for the human body.
Human beings are interfering with natural law, what's more, they want to improve, that is, they portray My creations as imperfect, they want to increase the soil's yield and are using the wrong methods for that.... since they need only ask for My blessing to achieve truly blessed harvests as well....
Another sin in this respect is the harvesting of fruit before it has ripened.... when, because of greed and materialistic thought, harvesting takes place in advance of the natural process of ripening and when, as a result, the human body is forced to fight against as yet immature substances.. .. which is not a merely physical but also a spiritual matter which is frequently unknown to you. But all this is integral to the disregard of My law of eternal order.
The human being damages his fellow human, he does not treat him fairly and he contributes towards the steady increase of chaos on earth because only an earthly life lived within lawful order can have the right effect for body and soul.
Every human being has the right to have the order of nature upheld because I made creation for the whole of humanity and not just for one human being. Every person requires clean air, clean water and good food for his physical life and no human being is entitled to cause harm to another that he wouldn't want to be caused to himself.
But during the last period before the end there is no more consideration for the life of other people, all kinds of unscrupulous experiments take place, and always just because of ambition, greed or hunger for power, which endangers all healthy life. Thus he who wants to destroy all living creations to release the constrained spirit within in the mistaken assumption that it will then belong to him again, is triumphant.. .. All people who act in opposition to divine order have handed themselves over to him, they follow his suggestions and ignore My commandments which require love and justice....
Everyone just thinks of himself and his own advantage, and the fate of other people leaves him untouched. The life of his fellow human being is no longer sacred to him, otherwise it couldn't come to what is to be expected with certainty: that the life of all human beings will be gambled with because the divine laws of nature will be overthrown.. .. because one day the elements will forcefully break through.
Every human being may expect from you what you expect from him. You should give justice to everyone just as you demand the same from them. You should not apply different sets of standards and believe that you have greater rights than your fellow human being in those instances where you are beneficiaries of what has freely been bestowed upon you by Me.....
what you have not acquired yourselves but what is at the disposal of all people equally.... meaning those spiritual and earthly riches which My love and My creative will always place at your disposal. This includes all gifts which you receive from My hand.... which you cannot produce yourselves, which are present without your involvement and which contribute towards your continued existence... . which are necessary for your natural life and which may not be taken away from any human being if his life should not be endangered. These are the life preserving elements to which every human being is entitled and which may not be taken away from him by other people or the offence against My eternal order has far reaching consequences which not only affects the guilty people but also the creations and can even result in their termination.
You will understand this by merely asking yourselves what elements of life you require and imagine their diversity when you experience air and water and their composites and effect on yourselves, which give the human being complete health but which can also result in illness and destruction of the body's organs when, due to human will, contamination of air and water occurs that causes incalculable damage....
And the sinfulness of people already shows itself in the fact that they are not afraid to pollute these particularly important life preserving elements such that it brings about life threatening damage to their fellow human beings.... And just as every human being holds his own life dear he sins when he reduces his fellow human being's most essential necessities of life, when he plays a part in jeopardizing the life of other people....
In addition, `endangering life' also includes when the soil, which produces nourishment for human and animal life, becomes deprived of its natural quality; when, by the use of artificial agents, the designated land for cultivation takes on a different quality, the products of which now also contain substances that are by no means beneficial for the human body.
Human beings are interfering with natural law, what's more, they want to improve, that is, they portray My creations as imperfect, they want to increase the soil's yield and are using the wrong methods for that.... since they need only ask for My blessing to achieve truly blessed harvests as well....
Another sin in this respect is the harvesting of fruit before it has ripened.... when, because of greed and materialistic thought, harvesting takes place in advance of the natural process of ripening and when, as a result, the human body is forced to fight against as yet immature substances.. .. which is not a merely physical but also a spiritual matter which is frequently unknown to you. But all this is integral to the disregard of My law of eternal order.
The human being damages his fellow human, he does not treat him fairly and he contributes towards the steady increase of chaos on earth because only an earthly life lived within lawful order can have the right effect for body and soul.
Every human being has the right to have the order of nature upheld because I made creation for the whole of humanity and not just for one human being. Every person requires clean air, clean water and good food for his physical life and no human being is entitled to cause harm to another that he wouldn't want to be caused to himself.
But during the last period before the end there is no more consideration for the life of other people, all kinds of unscrupulous experiments take place, and always just because of ambition, greed or hunger for power, which endangers all healthy life. Thus he who wants to destroy all living creations to release the constrained spirit within in the mistaken assumption that it will then belong to him again, is triumphant.. .. All people who act in opposition to divine order have handed themselves over to him, they follow his suggestions and ignore My commandments which require love and justice....
Everyone just thinks of himself and his own advantage, and the fate of other people leaves him untouched. The life of his fellow human being is no longer sacred to him, otherwise it couldn't come to what is to be expected with certainty: that the life of all human beings will be gambled with because the divine laws of nature will be overthrown.. .. because one day the elements will forcefully break through.
Human beings themselves will be the cause of this because they sin against divine order, against My commandment is to love God and their fellow human beings....
Disregard of whatsoever religions one may be.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Definitions & Making Herbal Preparations
Compress Soak a soft cloth in a hot infusion, decoction, or 5-20 ml tincture in 500 ml hot water. Squeeze out excess water and hold pad against affected area.
Cream:
A mixture of fats and water that blends with the skin to strengthen and smooth it. Use 30 g lanolin, 15 oz beeswax, 100 g. vegetable or fruit oil, and 30 ml herb water. Melt the lanolin and beeswax in a double boiler, gently stirring in the oil. Remove from heat and whisk in the herb water. Keep stirring as it cools. Store in wide mouth jars.
Decoction:
Made by simmering larger pieces of the herb, such as bark, roots, or twigs. Use 30 g. dried or 60 g. fresh herb to 750 ml water; simmer until the water is reduced to 500 ml. Drink 1/2 cup three times a day.
Infused oils:
Hot infusion: 250 g. dried or 500 g. fresh herb to 750 ml Olive or Vegetable Oil. Heat gently in a double boiler for 3 hours. Strain through cheese cloth into dark bottles.--
Cold infusion:
Pack a large jar with the herb. Cover it with cold-pressed oil and put the lid on. Let stand in a sunny window sill for 2-3 weeks. Squeeze the oil through a jelly bag and repeat the process. Store in dark glass bottles.
Infusion:
A tea made by pouring boiled (not actively boiling) water over fresh or dried herbs. Use approximately 30 g. dried or 75 g. fresh herbs to 500 ml water. Drink 1/2 cup three times a day.
Macerate
To make, pour 500ml of cold water over 25g of herb and leave to stand overnight. Then strain and use as you would a decoction.
Massage Oils:
Use 5 drops essential oil to 20 ml carrier oil. Sweet almond, jojoba, avocado or grapeseed make good carrier oils. You can also used infused oils.
Ointment:
A mixture of oils and fats that forms a protective layer over the skin. Melt 500 g. petroleum jelly or soft paraffin wax in a double boiler. Add 60 g. dried herb and simmer gently for 2 hours. Strain through a jelly bag and pour into jars while still hot.
Plaster:
Wrap the chopped or boiled herbs, or a paste made from them, in cheesecloth or muslin before applying to the affected area. This is good for herbs that might irritate the skin, such as mustard.
Poultice:
Boil herbs in a little water for a hot poultice, or bruise or chop slightly for a cold one. Smooth a little oil on the skin to keep the herbs from sticking, apply the herb, and wrap with muslin or gauze strips.
Steam Inhalants:
Place a few tablespoons of the dried herb in a bowl and pour boiling water over them. Drape a towel over your head and breathe in the steam.
Syrup:
An infusion or decoction preserved by adding sugar or honey. Use 500 ml infusion to 500 g sugar or honey; heat gently until the sweetener has dissolved. Store in dark glass bottles with cork tops; screw top bottles may explode if the mixture ferments.
Tincture:
Steep the fresh or dried herb in a 25% mixture of alcohol and water. Do not use methyl, grain, or rubbing alcohol as they are toxic. Vodka is ideal; rum has the added benefit of covering unpleasant flavors. Use 200 g. dried or 600 g. fresh herb to 1 liter alcohol and water. Place in a sealed jar in a cool, dark place for 2 weeks, shaking occasionally. Strain the liquid through cheese cloth and store in a dark glass bottle. Take 5 ml three times a day, diluted in a little fruit juice or water.
Tonic Wine:
Pour 2 liters good quality wine, preferably red, over 500 g. dried herb, making sure all the herb is covered by the wine. Cover and leave for 2 weeks. Strain and take in 1/3 cup doses.
Wash:
A tea or infusion meant only for external use. A mild form of a wash would be 1/4 ounce of herb to one pint of boiling water, steeped until lukewarm, then applied.
Blessings
Sierra
Cream:
A mixture of fats and water that blends with the skin to strengthen and smooth it. Use 30 g lanolin, 15 oz beeswax, 100 g. vegetable or fruit oil, and 30 ml herb water. Melt the lanolin and beeswax in a double boiler, gently stirring in the oil. Remove from heat and whisk in the herb water. Keep stirring as it cools. Store in wide mouth jars.
Decoction:
Made by simmering larger pieces of the herb, such as bark, roots, or twigs. Use 30 g. dried or 60 g. fresh herb to 750 ml water; simmer until the water is reduced to 500 ml. Drink 1/2 cup three times a day.
Infused oils:
Hot infusion: 250 g. dried or 500 g. fresh herb to 750 ml Olive or Vegetable Oil. Heat gently in a double boiler for 3 hours. Strain through cheese cloth into dark bottles.--
Cold infusion:
Pack a large jar with the herb. Cover it with cold-pressed oil and put the lid on. Let stand in a sunny window sill for 2-3 weeks. Squeeze the oil through a jelly bag and repeat the process. Store in dark glass bottles.
Infusion:
A tea made by pouring boiled (not actively boiling) water over fresh or dried herbs. Use approximately 30 g. dried or 75 g. fresh herbs to 500 ml water. Drink 1/2 cup three times a day.
Macerate
To make, pour 500ml of cold water over 25g of herb and leave to stand overnight. Then strain and use as you would a decoction.
Massage Oils:
Use 5 drops essential oil to 20 ml carrier oil. Sweet almond, jojoba, avocado or grapeseed make good carrier oils. You can also used infused oils.
Ointment:
A mixture of oils and fats that forms a protective layer over the skin. Melt 500 g. petroleum jelly or soft paraffin wax in a double boiler. Add 60 g. dried herb and simmer gently for 2 hours. Strain through a jelly bag and pour into jars while still hot.
Plaster:
Wrap the chopped or boiled herbs, or a paste made from them, in cheesecloth or muslin before applying to the affected area. This is good for herbs that might irritate the skin, such as mustard.
Poultice:
Boil herbs in a little water for a hot poultice, or bruise or chop slightly for a cold one. Smooth a little oil on the skin to keep the herbs from sticking, apply the herb, and wrap with muslin or gauze strips.
Steam Inhalants:
Place a few tablespoons of the dried herb in a bowl and pour boiling water over them. Drape a towel over your head and breathe in the steam.
Syrup:
An infusion or decoction preserved by adding sugar or honey. Use 500 ml infusion to 500 g sugar or honey; heat gently until the sweetener has dissolved. Store in dark glass bottles with cork tops; screw top bottles may explode if the mixture ferments.
Tincture:
Steep the fresh or dried herb in a 25% mixture of alcohol and water. Do not use methyl, grain, or rubbing alcohol as they are toxic. Vodka is ideal; rum has the added benefit of covering unpleasant flavors. Use 200 g. dried or 600 g. fresh herb to 1 liter alcohol and water. Place in a sealed jar in a cool, dark place for 2 weeks, shaking occasionally. Strain the liquid through cheese cloth and store in a dark glass bottle. Take 5 ml three times a day, diluted in a little fruit juice or water.
Tonic Wine:
Pour 2 liters good quality wine, preferably red, over 500 g. dried herb, making sure all the herb is covered by the wine. Cover and leave for 2 weeks. Strain and take in 1/3 cup doses.
Wash:
A tea or infusion meant only for external use. A mild form of a wash would be 1/4 ounce of herb to one pint of boiling water, steeped until lukewarm, then applied.
Blessings
Sierra
Aura's
Things that will weaken the aura are...
1. Not eating a well-balanced diet.
2. Lack of or no exercise in the daily routine above and beyond the daily regiment of activities.
3. Not enough rest and/or sleep.
4. Stress is a definite factor that can be alleviated through use of meditation, exercise, or leisure activities.
5. The use of drugs and/or alcohol. (This includes prescription medications.)
6. The use of tobacco or anything else in excess.
7. Not enough fresh air.
8. Participation in negative psychic activities that upset or stress the inner person.
To enhance your ability to see auras, you must remember these things.
1. Everyone's aura is unique.
2. The aura of one person will interact with the energies of others, as well as those of other animals and plants.
3. When a person's aura changes, this is a sign of changes within that person's self. It can be physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, or even psychological.
4. The longer a person is around another person, the more their auric fields will exchange energy.
You can see Bird auras .. The sky should be mostly clear .. not too many clouds. Find a bird that is flying slowly or sitting on a telephone line with the sky as the only background. You should stare or gaze at the bird, letting your eyes go a little out of focus. Don’t strain your eyes or try to hard .. you may not be able to see the aura on your first try. When you see the aura for the first time, you may get excited and the aura will disappear. Just relax and try again.
See auras around trees and plants .. Look at the top of a tree with the sky as a background. You should look a little past the tips of the limbs or leaves of the tree/plant. Let your eyes go a little out of focus and just relax while doing this. You will see a cloud [almost glowing] like ~~~~~ that moves in and out from the tree/plant.
You can also see your own aura ... Do not have bright lights on ... or be in total darkness... a soft light from the hallway or a little light from the window is okay. Sit facing a mirror with a light or white background [wall] behind you. Patterns or bright colors are not good because you will have trouble seeing an aura or not be able to see one at all. Relax and look into the mirror at your head and shoulder area.
Let your eyes look beyond yourself in the mirror... not directly at yourself. [you will be looking at the wall behind you]. You will start to see a glowing energy that comes off your head area ...You may not see colors, but a transparent/ white or light color moving in and out near the top of your head or from the sides of your head. This is your aura. You may even see a glowing around other things that may be viewed while looking in the mirror [like a picture on the wall behind you or a bureau and the objects on it]. Everything has an aura or energy field ... your eyes are not playing tricks on you .. just relax and get comfortable with what you are seeing. Again, the excitement you get when this happens, will cause the aura to disappear ... just re-focus and try again .. the aura will return.
How to see your aura coming off your fingertips ... The room should not be too bright ...[example] you could stand in a doorway with the hallway in total darkness, the room you are in should have light. Stand with your hands toward the hallway and your back toward the lighted room]. Take your two hands and have the tips of your fingers [both hands] touch each other .. Place your hands [with fingertips touching] about 8 to 10 inches away from your face. Your eyes should look directly at your fingertips while move your hands slowly away from each other [about 6 inches apart] ... as if in slow motion. You will see a whitish band between your fingertips. It almost looks like rubber bands. Move your fingerstips back to original position [touching] and slowly move back and forth, touching and moving the fingertips [hands] away from each other about 6 inches ...
Other Aura Colors Black: While visiting with friends recently about auras, I was surprised when one jumped to a complete, negative conclusion that black in a person's aura meant 'death'. Yes, black is very confusing of colors in the aura. When I generally see black within ones aura, I know that this individual is shielding him/herself from outside energies. There is nothing wrong with black in the aura unless it is to extreme. And with all colors, being all one color is an indication of being unbalanced. Black can also show that one is hiding something and keeping secrets. Children who are abused usually have a black ring around their aura, while event the adults who haven't come to terms of their abuse will continue to carry that burden of the black ring until they have therapeutically dealt with the past.
Brown:
I've heard some individuals express the brown in an aura is an indication of dirtiness or that one's soul needs cleansing. That is seldom true. Brown can indicate that a person is growing. For example, if there's some brown within the aura around the head area, and with the combination of the rest of the colors in the aura, this can indicate that the person is growing mentally and organizing within one's inner self. As with all colors, brown can indicate a lack of many things. It can indicate lack of energy or balance, and importantly, can show that one has become stagnant within his/her own energy.
Gold:
A brighter than yellow color sometimes within one's aura will indicate that the person has a lot of spiritual energy, and is in tuned with him/herself. The muddier gold coloration can indicate that one hasn't come to terms with the higher inspriational side of him/herself.
Gray:
Gray can indicate intuition and creative imagination. The silvery gray color shows femininity while the darker gray indicates physical imbalance and secretiveness. Male friends of mine who are gay have all had a lot of gray within their auras. My reasoning is that this comes from their innate sexual needs compiled with societies view of the homosexual male, therefore the need for them to keep it a secret shows within their aura.
Orange:
Depending on how clear orange is, one can tell when someone is growing paranormally and/or emotionally. If it becomes unclear, this can show that the person is having a difficult time due to the imbalance and that other emotions are affecting their inner person. When an individual has to much pride, the muddier orange coloration will over-power their aura.
Pink:
Love is shown with the pink color, and generally indicates that someone is being totally honest. When that pink becomes dull though, look out! They're lying! Also pink show the quieter personality of an individual who is artisitic and creative within the arts. Depending on the darkness, pink can so immaturity and new changes within one's love life.
Purple:
This color can indicate that an individual has a tendency of being intuitive. The deeper the purple hue, the more passionate and strong willed the person is. Purple also can reflect intense erotic imagination, and a tendency of being overbearing.
White:
Rarely seen by itself, white reflects truth and purity. Babies tend to have total white auras while those who are at peace with death. I feel this is due to one being honest within one's self, and feeling that the soul is in acceptable fashion to move on to the "Otherplane"
Spiritowner...
1. Not eating a well-balanced diet.
2. Lack of or no exercise in the daily routine above and beyond the daily regiment of activities.
3. Not enough rest and/or sleep.
4. Stress is a definite factor that can be alleviated through use of meditation, exercise, or leisure activities.
5. The use of drugs and/or alcohol. (This includes prescription medications.)
6. The use of tobacco or anything else in excess.
7. Not enough fresh air.
8. Participation in negative psychic activities that upset or stress the inner person.
To enhance your ability to see auras, you must remember these things.
1. Everyone's aura is unique.
2. The aura of one person will interact with the energies of others, as well as those of other animals and plants.
3. When a person's aura changes, this is a sign of changes within that person's self. It can be physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, or even psychological.
4. The longer a person is around another person, the more their auric fields will exchange energy.
You can see Bird auras .. The sky should be mostly clear .. not too many clouds. Find a bird that is flying slowly or sitting on a telephone line with the sky as the only background. You should stare or gaze at the bird, letting your eyes go a little out of focus. Don’t strain your eyes or try to hard .. you may not be able to see the aura on your first try. When you see the aura for the first time, you may get excited and the aura will disappear. Just relax and try again.
See auras around trees and plants .. Look at the top of a tree with the sky as a background. You should look a little past the tips of the limbs or leaves of the tree/plant. Let your eyes go a little out of focus and just relax while doing this. You will see a cloud [almost glowing] like ~~~~~ that moves in and out from the tree/plant.
You can also see your own aura ... Do not have bright lights on ... or be in total darkness... a soft light from the hallway or a little light from the window is okay. Sit facing a mirror with a light or white background [wall] behind you. Patterns or bright colors are not good because you will have trouble seeing an aura or not be able to see one at all. Relax and look into the mirror at your head and shoulder area.
Let your eyes look beyond yourself in the mirror... not directly at yourself. [you will be looking at the wall behind you]. You will start to see a glowing energy that comes off your head area ...You may not see colors, but a transparent/ white or light color moving in and out near the top of your head or from the sides of your head. This is your aura. You may even see a glowing around other things that may be viewed while looking in the mirror [like a picture on the wall behind you or a bureau and the objects on it]. Everything has an aura or energy field ... your eyes are not playing tricks on you .. just relax and get comfortable with what you are seeing. Again, the excitement you get when this happens, will cause the aura to disappear ... just re-focus and try again .. the aura will return.
How to see your aura coming off your fingertips ... The room should not be too bright ...[example] you could stand in a doorway with the hallway in total darkness, the room you are in should have light. Stand with your hands toward the hallway and your back toward the lighted room]. Take your two hands and have the tips of your fingers [both hands] touch each other .. Place your hands [with fingertips touching] about 8 to 10 inches away from your face. Your eyes should look directly at your fingertips while move your hands slowly away from each other [about 6 inches apart] ... as if in slow motion. You will see a whitish band between your fingertips. It almost looks like rubber bands. Move your fingerstips back to original position [touching] and slowly move back and forth, touching and moving the fingertips [hands] away from each other about 6 inches ...
Other Aura Colors Black: While visiting with friends recently about auras, I was surprised when one jumped to a complete, negative conclusion that black in a person's aura meant 'death'. Yes, black is very confusing of colors in the aura. When I generally see black within ones aura, I know that this individual is shielding him/herself from outside energies. There is nothing wrong with black in the aura unless it is to extreme. And with all colors, being all one color is an indication of being unbalanced. Black can also show that one is hiding something and keeping secrets. Children who are abused usually have a black ring around their aura, while event the adults who haven't come to terms of their abuse will continue to carry that burden of the black ring until they have therapeutically dealt with the past.
Brown:
I've heard some individuals express the brown in an aura is an indication of dirtiness or that one's soul needs cleansing. That is seldom true. Brown can indicate that a person is growing. For example, if there's some brown within the aura around the head area, and with the combination of the rest of the colors in the aura, this can indicate that the person is growing mentally and organizing within one's inner self. As with all colors, brown can indicate a lack of many things. It can indicate lack of energy or balance, and importantly, can show that one has become stagnant within his/her own energy.
Gold:
A brighter than yellow color sometimes within one's aura will indicate that the person has a lot of spiritual energy, and is in tuned with him/herself. The muddier gold coloration can indicate that one hasn't come to terms with the higher inspriational side of him/herself.
Gray:
Gray can indicate intuition and creative imagination. The silvery gray color shows femininity while the darker gray indicates physical imbalance and secretiveness. Male friends of mine who are gay have all had a lot of gray within their auras. My reasoning is that this comes from their innate sexual needs compiled with societies view of the homosexual male, therefore the need for them to keep it a secret shows within their aura.
Orange:
Depending on how clear orange is, one can tell when someone is growing paranormally and/or emotionally. If it becomes unclear, this can show that the person is having a difficult time due to the imbalance and that other emotions are affecting their inner person. When an individual has to much pride, the muddier orange coloration will over-power their aura.
Pink:
Love is shown with the pink color, and generally indicates that someone is being totally honest. When that pink becomes dull though, look out! They're lying! Also pink show the quieter personality of an individual who is artisitic and creative within the arts. Depending on the darkness, pink can so immaturity and new changes within one's love life.
Purple:
This color can indicate that an individual has a tendency of being intuitive. The deeper the purple hue, the more passionate and strong willed the person is. Purple also can reflect intense erotic imagination, and a tendency of being overbearing.
White:
Rarely seen by itself, white reflects truth and purity. Babies tend to have total white auras while those who are at peace with death. I feel this is due to one being honest within one's self, and feeling that the soul is in acceptable fashion to move on to the "Otherplane"
Spiritowner...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Cleansing Our Emotions
Releases Spirit's Radiance - When working towards unveiling the magnificent presence of spirit In our lives, many of us encounter emotional blocks that are as powerful and as rooted as brick walls. Much as we try to move beyond these powerful illusionary structures, we often times become frustrated and immediately develop a sense of unworthiness in our goals to develop a deeper spiritual awareness. What is necessary in order to remove our spiritual blocks is acomplete cleansing of our emotions. Yet, conducting spiritual cleansing requires a deep sense of commitment, an open and forgiving heart and a desire to practice lovingly detachment in ourrelationships.
Our commitment to begin releasing emotional blocks begins with a humble recognition that every circumstance that presents itself in our lives offers us the opportunity to remember our divine identity—a divine entity that recognizes that we are all inter-connected— we are all smaller parts of the greater source. Bringing this truth into our consciousness allows us to:· Recognize the gifts in our life's experiences· Display a forgiving heart to all those that touch our lives. Once we have aligned ourselves with our divine truth, we can begin to compassionately go within and release the emotional blocks that have kept us from experiencing spiritual bliss. Spiritual blocks maybe constructed to disguise:
Resentment, anger and feelings of betrayal, Insecurities, feelings of unworthiness and rejection, Fears, Guilt
Unexpressed emotions; lack of honesty, manipulation
Spiritual cleansing requires for us to go deeply within and release any negative emotions we are harboring for others or ourselves. A simple yet powerful exercise that can greatly facilitate this process is that of writing letters. In releasing our hidden emotions by exercising the art of writing, we enforce the creative action of expression. It is not necessary to give your letters to the individuals who have induced negativity in your life in order to savor the glorious power of release working in your life. The simple act of writing, along with your commitment to develop a deeper spiritual awareness is all that necessary!
Along with a continual spiritual commitment and an open heart that is willing to forgive, we must also learn how to practice lovingly detachment. Lovingly detachment does not imply that we should not care for others or offer them a comforting shoulder. Lovingly detachments requires of us to honor the growing process of humanity—recognizing that all circumstances in life offer us the opportunityfor spiritual growth. Lovingly detachment teaches us that we can care and offer comfort without becoming emotionally attached to the natural growth process of life. We offer our unconditional love and support but we do not allow the emotional negativity of others to weigh us down. We recognize with humbleness that in order for us to experience the full spectrum of our divinity, we must stay focused on experiencing life from a positive perspective; unraveling the gifts in our life'scircumstances, no matter what the appearances.
When we learn to live with lovingly detachment, when we learnhow to display an open and forgiving heart and practice an unconditional commit to reveal spirit, our lives are richly transformed to manifest the radiance of all the things we desire.
With love and lights,
free yourself ...free your own blockage...
Our commitment to begin releasing emotional blocks begins with a humble recognition that every circumstance that presents itself in our lives offers us the opportunity to remember our divine identity—a divine entity that recognizes that we are all inter-connected— we are all smaller parts of the greater source. Bringing this truth into our consciousness allows us to:· Recognize the gifts in our life's experiences· Display a forgiving heart to all those that touch our lives. Once we have aligned ourselves with our divine truth, we can begin to compassionately go within and release the emotional blocks that have kept us from experiencing spiritual bliss. Spiritual blocks maybe constructed to disguise:
Resentment, anger and feelings of betrayal, Insecurities, feelings of unworthiness and rejection, Fears, Guilt
Unexpressed emotions; lack of honesty, manipulation
Spiritual cleansing requires for us to go deeply within and release any negative emotions we are harboring for others or ourselves. A simple yet powerful exercise that can greatly facilitate this process is that of writing letters. In releasing our hidden emotions by exercising the art of writing, we enforce the creative action of expression. It is not necessary to give your letters to the individuals who have induced negativity in your life in order to savor the glorious power of release working in your life. The simple act of writing, along with your commitment to develop a deeper spiritual awareness is all that necessary!
Along with a continual spiritual commitment and an open heart that is willing to forgive, we must also learn how to practice lovingly detachment. Lovingly detachment does not imply that we should not care for others or offer them a comforting shoulder. Lovingly detachments requires of us to honor the growing process of humanity—recognizing that all circumstances in life offer us the opportunityfor spiritual growth. Lovingly detachment teaches us that we can care and offer comfort without becoming emotionally attached to the natural growth process of life. We offer our unconditional love and support but we do not allow the emotional negativity of others to weigh us down. We recognize with humbleness that in order for us to experience the full spectrum of our divinity, we must stay focused on experiencing life from a positive perspective; unraveling the gifts in our life'scircumstances, no matter what the appearances.
When we learn to live with lovingly detachment, when we learnhow to display an open and forgiving heart and practice an unconditional commit to reveal spirit, our lives are richly transformed to manifest the radiance of all the things we desire.
With love and lights,
free yourself ...free your own blockage...
Survive a Negative Energy Dump
Energy dumping happens all the time, and it can be very draining. Basically, it occurs through a transferal of negative energy from one person to another. For example, a friend calls you and spendsthe next half hour telling you all about their problems and anxieties. You listen patiently, and like a true and loyal friend, you offer advice and give them a sympathetic ear. Once the conversation is over, your friend feels so much better, but you suddenly discover over the next half an hour or so that you feels lightly nauseous in the tummy, your head has a dull ache across theforehead and you generally feel tired and weary. Bingo, you've just been dumped on!
Now I'm not saying that your friend did this on purpose, I'm simply pointing out why you suddenly feel so drained. You are carrying the load of your friend's negative energy, which has been successfully transferred from their shoulders to yours. But don't despair, you are a very good friend indeed for being so empathic and sharing your friend's load, and there is an easy way toget rid of this accumulation of negative energy from your own body. You either do a sweeping of energy from head to toe and or you need to literally jump up and down, stamp your feet and shake your entire body. Then you need to get in the shower and thoroughly wash your hair and cleanse your body with a decent body scrub. Simple, isn't it! So, the next time your friend, or your ex or a co-worker in a bad mood dumps their negative energy all over you, just start shaking and stamping the negative energy away.
This technique is also great for tantrum-prone children. Often a key problem is simply the fact that they are highly sensitive to the energies around them and they have absorbed too much negative energy. It will leave them feeling irritable and cranky. The best thing you can do, is put on some happy up beat music and encourage them to dance and the blues away.
Om shanti,
With love and lights,
Now I'm not saying that your friend did this on purpose, I'm simply pointing out why you suddenly feel so drained. You are carrying the load of your friend's negative energy, which has been successfully transferred from their shoulders to yours. But don't despair, you are a very good friend indeed for being so empathic and sharing your friend's load, and there is an easy way toget rid of this accumulation of negative energy from your own body. You either do a sweeping of energy from head to toe and or you need to literally jump up and down, stamp your feet and shake your entire body. Then you need to get in the shower and thoroughly wash your hair and cleanse your body with a decent body scrub. Simple, isn't it! So, the next time your friend, or your ex or a co-worker in a bad mood dumps their negative energy all over you, just start shaking and stamping the negative energy away.
This technique is also great for tantrum-prone children. Often a key problem is simply the fact that they are highly sensitive to the energies around them and they have absorbed too much negative energy. It will leave them feeling irritable and cranky. The best thing you can do, is put on some happy up beat music and encourage them to dance and the blues away.
Om shanti,
With love and lights,
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