MINDLESS LIVING OR MINDFUL LIVING - difference of hell & heaven
THE MINDLESS LIVING FACTORS
The normal, average person opts out for the easy effortless way of Careless Thinking & Mindless Living.
It is Mechanical - disconnected, lost in the shadow of our conditioning.
It is Unsettledness - where we do not take the contents of our thoughts very seriously.
It is Doubt - when we are skeptical, remain frozen & immobilized, unable to make a commitment either way.
It is Restlessness - through blocking, fighting, worry & insecurity, obsessive planning with the aim of controlling the world.
It is Sloth - Energy imbalance resulting in heaviness, dullness & excessive sleepiness.
It is Carelessness - in the form of withdrawal, indifference, hesitation to act out & state of disconnection.
It is Guilt - extracted from past & brought forward by reliving those dead unwholesome images. Now we start piling up, self hatred, unforgiving self / others in a non productive way highly unskillful on our part.
It is Remorse - This is a skillful state of mind seeking repentance although the pain is genuine.
It is Vendetta - a faulty feeling of superiority & self righteousness. Simply notice it, see it coming & over powering you.
It is Aversion - a very bitter reaction in the present moment of a condemning mind, mushrooming into irritation, annoyance, boredom, unworthiness, dissatisfied, anger, hatred, despair & sorrow.
It is Desire - when we leave perception on auto pilot to retrieve pleasurable experiences, pleasant feelings from our mental storage, of fantasies, passions, trespassing romances, addictions, & expectations from others, randomly. It is a force of wanting, craving, clinging, grasping, & reliving again & again. We willfully buy into desires.
It is Depression - which is temporary madness, spilling out intense thoughts & emotions in a negative way.
It is Insanity - when we push the line of depression & can not come back, falling into the abyss of permanent madness.
It is Pain - associated with tightness, blockages, pressure & heaviness, desperately seeking flight from. Our ignorant & reflex response to pain is with bitterness, anger, rejection, resistance, trembling, quivering & deny its presence.
It is Suffering - which has its origin in attachment to sense organs, public opinions, rituals, beliefs of solidity & permanent self. It is grave pain, difficult to bear, yet inevitable.
EXAMPLES OF PERSONAL MINDLESS LIVING :
DEPENDENCIES & SUBTLE ATTACHMENTS
FOOD RELATED
Urge for sweets, cookies, cakes, chocolate, coffee during parties & get togethers only.
Reluctance & delay to renounce garlic and onions in curries.
Habituated to fruits followed by brunch in the afternoon hours.
BRAHMA KUMAR RELATED
The feeling of being a special soul adopted by HIM for Royal inheritance & service.
This BK path one way street, no u turns are possible, is difficult for family to comprehend, hence the hesitation to go full speed.
JOB RELATED
Dependent on job for survival of family, hence available for Baba’s service in limited manner.
Addicted to online music in the background, while working on laptop/ files.
ENTERTAINMENT/HEALTH RELATED
Addiction to soap operas / TV serials barely three yet a must see.
Addiction to Shiv(Blue Umbrella) and Shivani TV serials for on going education.
Intoxication of swimming to keep fit physically.
Sufficient intake of water/day – 3 liters & Oxygen/fresh air by deep breathing and not heating my bedroom to keep the window open even at -30 degrees.
POSSESSIONS & PROPERTY RELATED
Possessive of our stamp collection which has been already handed down to my son.
Over confidence in my skills of Handyman, resourcefulness, and physical chores.
Holding on to a bank of happy/joyful memories for recharging self anytime.
MINDFUL LIVING FACTORS
The effort making person sharpens his Intellect with the tools of Awareness & Attention & lives in the Now always.
It is Meditative State - Embodiment of Self Sovereign mastery, lasting 24/7, witnessing the nature of things as Truth.
It is Mirroring Self - on to the world, with knowledgeable state meaningfully of knowing the Creator personally.
It is Reality - of all existence, including self. When we understand this, we see, we are nothing. And being nothing, we are everything. That is all.
It is Silence - interpreted as Solitude, the glory of being alone which adds beauty to life. It may not be interpreted as Loneliness, pain of being alone.
It is Intoxication - a spiritual high on the power of Truth.
It is Soul Consciousness - which fills you up with love, coolness & gratitude. It brings & binds all together as one giant family.
It is Balance - between Tranquility & Alertness.
It is Loving kindness - a gentle friendship & unconditional sense of Inclusiveness of all beings, everywhere.
It is Compassion - Caring human response to suffering of others, deserving our tenderness.
It is Sympathetic Joy - rejoice equally in others success & happiness. Dissolve feelings of fragmentation & over come the illusion of separateness, comparison, envy & judgement.
It is Love - which makes the heart moist, so that it can quickly join with others.
It is Equanimity - which refines us into, Radiantly calm, wholeness, oneness, Authentic Intimacy combined with spacious stillness of the mind.
It is Poise - skillful means to communicate with an open heart.
It is Perspective - being available, loving & caring for those who who do not behave according to our preferences. You can not control others.
It is Generosity - learning the art of forgiveness, giving grace marks & reforging relationships.
It is Awareness - shining this light on dark screen of the mind to obliterate the white thoughts in to nothing.
It is Inquiry of Questions - Asking the right questions : what is the color of apples on the outside, because they are white inside. Question the value of your belief itself. Then these questions will propel us to living Reality.
It is Attention - connect just deeply enough with your mind, the object of focus or meditation. Do no impose your will.
It is Celibacy - the ultimate freedom from serial love affairs & heart breaks till death do us apart.
It is Parenting - Re-frame your commands into requests coated with politeness, directed to all children.
It is Concentration - seeking nakedly & directly with complete attention, focused on the object of Meditation. Remain tranquil, at ease, open, relaxed, gentle, yielding, soft & stable of mind.
It is being Awake - in the heart, mind & essence.
It is Timeliness - the force of desire tempts you. Beware where it starts, where it will lead to, do you want to go there, act now. Time is valuable & fleeting to make you miss the bus.
It is Slow Motion - in your thoughts & actions like breathing / walking deliberately to replace the usual multitasking & wandering. Just stray thought & not rivers of thoughts.
LIQUIDITY OF REALITY
It is Changing - ever flowing, emerging & merging just like a rainbow : beautiful, vivid, ephemeral & selfless. Canvas of mind, roller coaster of thoughts, dynamic cascade of emotions, capricious feelings.
It is Vipassna - the ability to see our inner experience clearly. Myself as a mental construct, not a solid body, but mind energy & body energy.
It is Present moment - which is neutral & happening in the now, the true nature of phenomenon.
It is Karma - wholesome or unwholesome acts have the power to generate consequences down the road. With this understanding comes the possibility of making wise choices, now in our lives & living.
It is refining - a purifying process & urgency to do the general & specific House Keeping of the mind, which gets over used a lot.
It is responsibility - our ability to respond / react to the fruits of past Karma, when they do appear before us, in a very cool & tolerantly divine manner.
It is Intention - coupled with consciousness that gives choices for liberation from suffering. Karma plays itself out & back. What matters is the seeds we plant now, which will ripen & come back anyway.
FRUIT OF KARMA
Stinginess produces Poverty
Generosity reaps Abundance
Angry speech condenses as Ugliness
Gentle words form Beauty
Lack of Inquiry putrefies into Dullness
Investigation leads to Wisdom
Caring for self, blossoms as Good health
Harming self, causes Sickness
Rohit Khanna : IN - FATUATED
