What are our Needs ?

What are our Needs ?

What are our needs ? 

Do we really have needs ?

Are they acquired or real ?

The first reaction for almost all humans is that even asking such a question is crazy !

It is commonsense , that we all have needs !

Okay , you may be right , but have you really examined this question with some depth ?!

What are needs and how are they really created .

Before we go into any lenghty debate or discussion , just take a moment to reflect or ponder .

Today , with 7 billion humans across the planet , see what are our needs ?!

From some just hoping or praying for a meal to others having more wealthy then even some countries!! 

Some cannot even get clean water to drink to others who can have some exotic drinks that may cost the sky !

Our very basic need , if there is a real need to live , is food and water . 

Without that , nothing else matters !

The huge , vast scale of difference to this basic , essential need across the planet is an eye opener !

One human is struggling to survive , while another is wondering what to do with the overweight problem !

One is searching for some crumps to live. 

Another is searching for the best gourmet outlet in the city !

Both are born from a womb and will pass away when the time comes !

It does not mean that that person eating gourmet meal has a better chance or is favoured for some reason !

Where is this huge gap really ??!!

A child who just wants some mother's milk now desires the most expensive wines around town !

Food or drinks are only tasty till the tongue !! After that it does not matter any more !

This huge gap that we see across the planet is man made !

It is a mental problem that is created around thoughts, feelings , ideas and concepts !

Are needs real now ?!

I have just touched the tip !!

We have not yet been able to give everyone a decent meal across the planet as yet !!

Some civilisation we have !

There are thousands who will sleep hungry tonight !

What are our needs ?!!

You tell me !!

That is all for now .

Take care .

Amar.

Knowing Yourself is All That Matters !

Knowing Yourself is All that Matters !

Was sitting quietly in this very busy , crowded restaurant having my meal .

People were just eating , talking , getting up , sitting down , asking for this and for that !

Waiters were rushing from table to table . Serving , clearing and serving .

There was so much of happening going on !

Some liked this others liked that . 

Is was a rush hour scene .

It was a wonderful experience just watching everyone , especially their faces !

The eyes just shifted in all directions .

The mouth was moving constantly , either eating or talking !

I just kept watching very quietly while eating my meal silently .

I was present yet not present to anyone !

I was one of them yet I was not !

Silently , I reflected on my self and my species .

What are we all about ?!!

Who or what are we ?

As much as I was part of the flow of this human stream , I was also able to sit on the banks and wonder !

Wondering has become my way . Literally wondering and also in wonder !

Even awed !

As I live in a multicultural , multi religious country , I love watching people .

I watch their dress code . I watch their behaviour , their mannerism and so much more .

Beyond their physical body form , they are beings who belief !

That belief systems that they all believe in is what really gets me excited and awed !

That belief is their reality ! They live by it and they will die with it !

They will love by their beliefs and they will hate by that too !

Their whole of life and living is governed by these beliefs !

What about me ?! 

Don't I have beliefs ?

Of course , I do too !

I believe that none of these beliefs really matter !!

As much as I respect all the beliefs people have , I am unable to live by them !

I always seem to want to know and understand more !

I study ideas , ideologies , concepts , thoughts and beliefs .

I cannot accept them for I can see further or deeper in all of them !

Humans always have a tendency to create beliefs just like that !

The world is flat ! The whole cosmos goes around the planet Earth ! 

The Creator expects and is very demanding of our code of conduct here on Earth !

Failing that manner of behaviour , we can be punished for ever by this Omnipotent creator !

Yet , none of us have a clue who or what this Creator is !

Each of us have our own set of belief patterns that we hold onto and keep claiming beyond any doubt that they are right ! 

Except , that another group of people have a very different set of belief patterns too that is equally right too !

Now , how are these two patterns going to co-exist together ?!!

There lies the drama of life !

From the very early days of human civilisation , this is our life and living !

Yet , in between , there have been some rare humans who saw differently !

They were able to transcend and go beyond this belief patterns ! 

Sometimes they had to pay a heavy price , even with their life !

Strangely after their passing , people began a new belief around these rare beings !

A new belief pattern began to roll out !

This is the way of almost most humans !

Yet , there are the.................!

This will do for now !

Take care . Love.

Amar.

Belief Produces Experience !

Belief Produces Experience !

It was a day like any ! 

There was the clear blue sky , with some clouds creating and recreating forms as they sailed away .

The sun was bright and getting hot . 

Butterflies floated gently from flower to flower , bees buzzed and darted very quickly from flowers . They appeared busy and rushed . 

The trees were dancing happily in the breeze and sometimes really shaking and swinging .

The above description of nature is my expression !

Is that how nature is ?

How is nature ? 

I really don't have a clue !

Whatever I am expressing and sharing is my state of mind ! 

I am feeling happy , joyful and peaceful . 

So , what I feel and think is how I describe or express !

My world is not out there !!

My world is very much in me !

If I am happy and joyful , then everything seems so !

If I am moody or sad , then everything looks dull and moody too !

What is the reality out there is any body's guess !

When I am happy , things feel good . As things feel good , I feel better ! it is a vicious cycle .

My beliefs produce my experience !

Monday blues , Sunday fun time !

What about some cultures where Sunday is a working day ! They must be having Sunday blues !

Lets have a romantic , candle light dinner . Wow ! I am looking forward to that !

We are going for our honeymoon ! We are so excited ! We are just so happy .

We are always creating our moods as we belief them . 

So , if that is so , then why not I create a happy and wonderful belief for myself !

I want to be happy always !! I feel I am having the most wonderful time in this paradise !

I belief that all happenings out there are just magical ! 

As I am happy within me , whatever happens out there is always fine for me !

I have no expectations or demands as such !

Everything or person is an experience for me !

It's like seeing a real show ! All is wonderful .

The Grand Producer and Director has created the most amazing show and drama !

I am here to see , enjoy and move on ! 

As people wear 3-D glass to see the full effects , I wear a full human suit with body and mind to get the real effects too !! 

Is is a great show ! 

Thank you . 

Time to go !

Will meet again . Take care . Love.

Amar.

Within The Limited is the Unlimited !

Within the Limited is the Unlimited !

It was still dark . The air was cool and fresh after the rain .

The early morning call to pray was going on . The Muslim clergy will call the faithful to pray !

An occasional early morning bird too was making it's presence felt !

I sat silently. 

Sitting still I watched thoughts moving across the mind . 

Like clouds they appear , sail across the mind sky and disappear !

They came on their own accord and left on their own too !

This state of being aware is amazingly unlimited !

As ' I ' focus on this awareness , it feels vast !

Awareness is formless !

Being formless a pleasing sense of fullness is experienced !

Being full feels complete and whole !

A sense of joy and happiness pervades the whole !

Just being in the vast space of awareness is blissful !

Slowly , as I come out from my state of awareness and become aware of my body /mind  , a wonderful tingling sensation is felt ! 

The body and mind appear limited .

The mind gets active with thoughts about the so called needs of being in the physical .

I get up moving quietly performing my chorus .

A cup of coffee is made . The mechanics of the movements are amazing !

Everything is so precise and skillfully done !

Doing becomes magical in a state of being !

Hands are moving , body is upright , feet firmly on the ground . Ears hearing , eyes seeing what needs to be seen ! 

Everything is just wonderfully perfect !

The limited body and mind appears to be following and flowing within the vast awareness !

When we are aware of our unlimited nature and experience that state of beingness , then even the limited body / mind too appears and feels calm , peaceful and contented !

In the final context , even the limited is constantly being fed by the unlimited !

Once we are aware of that , we are then always in a state of fullness and complete  !

Then we are in bliss always !

The ancient sages in Bharat ( before the word India was created ! ) called this state , SatChidAnanda !

Sat simply means knowing the truth or real . Chid means to be in a state of awareness . Ananda is being in that joyful and blissful beingness .

When we are clear , that clarity itself will bring peace and joy .

That's it for this moment .

Take care .

Love. Amar.

The Ego That Protects Also Imprisons or Limits You !

The Ego That Protects Also Imprisons or Limits You !

Life is full of paradoxical situations !

It is in the nature of this strange situations that I find life mysterious and enigmatically !

Now take today's tittle that I want to share with you .

The ego that protects also imprisons or limits you ?!

Is that true in your experience ?

Lets explore a little and see how it unfolds .

The ego broadly speaking is a shell , a wall , a boundary or border of sorts .

Most people have an identity . 

I am this and not that .

I am a male and not a female .

I am a German and not a Chinese .

I am a Christian and not a Muslim .

The identity forms a cover , border or shell around you .

Identity is very important and comforting to almost all people .

Those who are not very clear can go into identity crisis !

As much as it gives you an identity , a form and a clear sense of who or what you are , it also tends to limit you !

Can a male feel like a female or identify as both ? What will be the repercussions ?

One religious person feels very comfortable in the company of another religion , its people , teachings and places of worship . What will others think of him ?

It is good to know that this is who or what I am , yet  it can become limiting .

I go about asking people if they can be this or that and most tend to hold back or limit their potential .

Especially in matters of money .

Our identity has many vital components , such as ideology , belief systems and much more that makes us think we can be this and not that .

How do we get this self limiting ideas or beliefs ?

Yet , if you

look around us , we also have people who have gone beyond all such limits !

They become great , wonderful role models that we all look up to !

Every founder of any new religion was not satisfied with the status quo of the previous religion !

Every person from any back ground being unhappy stepped away or up to a new level .

They may have struggled against all odds and yet , once up , then people look up to them !

So , sometimes ego appears like a double edged sword ! 

It protects you and yet it can hurt you !

I am just sharing my observations and experiences with you .

What are your experiences ?

Will end now .

Take care .

Amar.

Now What Shall We Do ?! Is Writing or blogging Spirituality ?

Now What Shall We Do ? 

Writing about spirituality is fine . Now what do we do ?

Spirituality is not writing , talking or even discussing !

Spirituality is living every moment with that infinite awareness that is beyond all understanding !

The clever , cunning , scheming mind gives up it's endless quest and now submits !

It comes to realise how petty and trivial our so called worldly clinging is !

Smarter then you , higher then them , have more , need to get that and the game goes on and on and on , until you are no more !

In our short life span , see and notice what we do to ourselves !

Restless , agitated , rushing and running , we stress and struggle to have this or do that from morning to night ! 

Have you ever asked what for or where to ?!

The mind with it's

constant train of thoughts is not going to give you a chance to get off !

You have to put your foot down ! 

You have to say , that enough is enough !

Where to ??!!

This is a practical DIY stuff !!

You can keep reading all about those wonderful recipes or even seeing those glossy photos !

Until and unless you get down to preparing with real ingredients , you are just dreaming at most !

Same is very real and true about my blogging or writings too !

What pleasure or benefit do I get , besides letting you know that I can write !

None whatsoever !

Let's start today or even Now !!

It is in the practice that you will see the magic or miracle that I have writing about .

Other then that it has no other value whatsoever !!

Any new beginning has to start somewhere .

The first decision or step is where the fun is !

Go , take that wonderful step towards your real Self !!

Yes , your  Self !

Not towards me !

Go for it !

Take care .

Love.

Amar.

We Live In An Absolute Infinite Reality and Yet !

We Live In An Absolute infinite Reality and Yet !

One of the first awareness that came to me was when I became aware that the Universe or whatever is just absolutely infinite !!

There is no beginning and no end !!

Can you all really comprehend that ????!!!!

From that point onwards , I have always been wanting to understand what does that mean in my day to day living ?

The very sheer scale of this infinity is so mind blowing !

If that is the reality and a fact , then how or what does it mean for me ?

Now coming to my own life and living : We are all living in an ever changing body /mind form .

All humans are born in the same way .

Our live is just one breath away from death !! 

Death can and will come anytime !

Death has no special care whoever you are or what you are doing !

You can have all your reasons wanting to live or do things ,but , it matters little to death .

So , our live is always uncertain and unpredictable !!

Here we are living in an infinite Universe where life is uncertain and unpredictable and we are creating all sorts of concepts , ideologies and philosophical systems that are also ever changing !

Go back 5000 years and you will see what I mean !

Not a single religion that we practice today was there in that past !

They had some beliefs and they too were serious about their beliefs than !

They quarrelled , fought and killed in the name of their beliefs too !

So , what is real today will be another long forgotten history in another 5000 years from now !!

What is 5000 years in terms of about 4 billion years of the so called age of the planet !!

How big is big ? How small is small ?

Where am I in all this scheme of things ??!!

When I started seriously questioning all these questions , I became who I Am today !!

Just sit back and reflect for some moments and you too will come into a whole new realisation that I am sharing with you !

When you can understand that all forms are changing and passing , then you will question as to what is this reality !

I will leave you now to ponder and reflect !

Take care .

Love.

Amar.