Ha! Finally!!

I’ve been spending a lot of time with myself lately. The ‘realisations’ come and go. They’re all consequential, some perhaps more so than others.
I’ve often been accused of thinking too much, or being too philosophical for my own good. I never had a reason for why I did it, I just knew that I enjoyed it. Today, I see why.
Having been interested in ‘spirituality’ for a while now, I’ve read lots of books, watched some videos, talked to some people. Eventually, it turns out, all the enlightened people are always saying the same thing. They just choose different ways of seeing it. And that, is actually better than all of them just saying the same thing, the same way, over and over and over again. Can you imagine how dull and boring that would be?
I was reading a book by Osho recently, and he mentioned something about reading everything 12 times. The truth of the statement eluded me, until just now. Do you realise how easy you have it? All of this information, all this ‘spirituality’, all this learning – it’s just lying out here for you on a silver platter. We have had generations after generations of men, who have sought, attained and then sought to pass on enlightenment. We are lucky, because we don’t have to read the same text 12 times. We have the same essence, in countless different bottles, waiting to be sprayed on. At a superficial level, of course, every line sounds different, and seems to have a different meaning. However, if you look deep enough, if you delve into it with all the totality of your concentration, the same message jumps off at you.
I have the easiest example, and I hope I can put it across as well as I can see it. Of course, words are, and always will be, inadequate in the expression of the most important feelings. They are but carriers of the superficiality of ‘society’. Nevertheless, I shall do my best.
The one thing that every religion, every thinker, every philosopher, every mystic, every saint has ALWAYS said, and perhaps in the simplest way possible, is – You are NOT your body. Your body is but a vehicle. The slightest means of the expression of your SELF, here on Earth.
Now, at first read, it’s a simple enough idea. Yes, we all know the body is just temporary, and blah blah. However, when you hear it enough times, when you read it enough (12 times or more :-P), you begin to see the actual true expression that was meant to be conveyed by these few simple words.
Ok, so that was the first part of my example. Now we come to part 2. Another thing, that possibly EVERY wise man EVER, and even some of the not-so-wise men have always said, and believed, something that is kind of a new-age mantra now – Follow your heart. Do what you FEEL like. Listen to your FEELINGS, not your mind.
Same as the earlier line, simple enough line. Nothing even a kid couldn’t comprehend. Yes, at the most superficial level, we all know these lines. We’ve heard these a zillion times. We know what they mean. We understand them. Agreed. You understand the message, but do you GET it?
Let’s see. Maybe if we joined these 2 ‘simple’ lines now – You are NOT your body. Do what you FEEL. Listen to your FEELINGS, not your mind. (of course, here we assume that you KNOW, that the mind, is a part of the body!)
Do you see a slight difference? A gentle shift in the meaning?
Ok, enough with the riddles. I’ll tell you, what I ‘realised’ today. What YOU feel, and what your MIND feels, are 2 very very VERY different things. Now, at first go, it seems very confusing. I know. It took me YEARS of thinking to get here! But now, you have all that spirituality, PLUS, my ‘realisations’, so you’re already one step closer!
Anyway, what YOU feel, is what you want. What the MIND feels, is just your ‘worldliness’ talking. Here, I have to morph all the messages from Ramtha, and The Secret, and Osho, and all other works of art, into one. The secret says – You ALWAYS get what you truly want.
Ramtha says- Always trust the first thought, for that is the purest. That is your true HEART.
Osho says – well, he says lots of stuff, that eludes me at this precise moment, but it boils down to pretty much the same things :-p
My point here is, if you sit and think about what you want, it WILL come to you, and you WILL know it. Of course, that “knowing” might last just a split second, or if you’re lucky, a second, before your mind takes over. Your body is your car. The mind, is the gps system/auto pilot. YOU, are the driver!
Now, the car will go WHEREVER you take it. And you have to decide where you want to go. The computer is there only to show you the way!!! If YOU want to go to your favourite restaurant, but the gps decides your final destination is your Workplace... ohoh!! That’s not good, is it??
YOU have to control the GPS system of YOUR life. Don’t let what you KNOW, or what you’ve been TAUGHT, or what is RIGHT or WRONG, control your life. Imagine you were driving, and left the steering wheel, allowing the car to take you wherever it wants, you’d almost definitely end up dead!!!
Let your HEART control you life. Let your first thought guide you, and you will ALWAYS be exactly where you should be.
I doubt I can adequately explain HOW I do this here, and I also doubt if it would help anyone but me, but then again, I’m going to try :). This is a very simple example, and I promise you, not a single bit is made up. I wanted to eat Rajmah Chawal. Since yesterday, I’d had that constant craving, nagging me. I wanted to, but I figured, who’s going to walk ALL the way to the other end of the campus to withdraw cash to order? So, I didn’t order. One whole day, I craved, but I figured, if I can’t be bothered to walk that much, I don’t REALLY want it, do i? Today evening, the craving FINALLY (Thankfully!) took over, I called the delivery people, figured I’d order, and then go get the cash. However, as I was in the middle of my call, I looked at my sidetable, and lo and behold!!! There lay some coins! I had just enough to pay the delivery guy. And we all lived happily ever after. :)
You see my point? The secret works!!! As long as you DON’t let your MIND, or your BODY get in the way, you WILL have ANYTHING that you want!!!
Cheers. :)