{"id":573,"date":"2015-02-24T08:51:01","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T13:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/?p=573"},"modified":"2015-02-24T08:51:01","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T13:51:01","slug":"to-find-bliss-give-up-holding-on-to-that-which-you-do-not-want-to-let-go-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/to-find-bliss-give-up-holding-on-to-that-which-you-do-not-want-to-let-go-of\/","title":{"rendered":"To find bliss, give up holding on to that which you do not want to let go of."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen you connect to the silence within you, that is when you can make sense of the disturbance going on around you.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>&#8211; Stephen Richards<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><em>Kabir &#8211; The couplet<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\u0938\u0941\u092e\u093f\u0930\u0928 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0924\u092c \u091c\u093e\u0928\u093f\u092f\u093e, \u0924\u0928 \u092e\u0928 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0938\u092e\u093e\u092f \u0964<br \/>\n\u0906\u0926\u093f \u0905\u0902\u0924 \u092e\u0927\u094d\u092f \u090f\u0915 \u0930\u0938, \u092d\u0941\u0932\u093e \u0915\u092c\u0939\u0941 \u0928 \u091c\u093e\u092f ||<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Transliterated:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nSumiran Kiya Tab Jaaniya, Tan Man Raha Samaay |<br \/>\nAdi Ant Madhy Ek Ras, Bhula Kabhahu Na Jaay||<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Translation:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nWhen I meditated right, I found, a state where body and mind were dissolved |<br \/>\nBeginning, end and the middle were all the same, a bliss I will never forget||<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>My understanding:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As we begin meditation, the intrusive self immediately begins its process of disturbing the concentration \u2013 with the simple repeated question \u2013 \u201cAm I there\u201d? But the question deserves a response, even if the disturbance is unwelcome and distracting. How do we know we are there \u2013 that we have achieved the purpose of meditation?<\/p>\n<p>A first crossroad we arrive at \u2013 light or darkness \u2013 tends to confuse us with the thought that this is our destination. If we move on, concentrate further, we are then presented with other distractions such as pleasant flavors, pleasing scents and delicate textures. Further down, we may even be treated to intensely captivating music. All of these are but distractions, side effects of starting the journey on the right path.<\/p>\n<p>If the side attractions are thus, how much better can the goal be? It is indeed much better. For at some point the sense of \u201cme\u201d (ego) dissolves completely, and all senses merge into a formless pool of nothingness. Here there is no beginning, end, or now \u2013 there is no time, and there is no direction. There is no cause or result. There is just the sense of being, of existence at a very different space. There is only bliss (not joy, but true bliss). Not something that can be explained, only experienced.<\/p>\n<p>So gently, gently, stay focused, knowing that bliss will come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen you connect to the silence within you, that is when you can make sense of the disturbance going on around you.\u201d &#8211; Stephen Richards \u00a0 Kabir &#8211; The couplet \u0938\u0941\u092e\u093f\u0930\u0928 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0924\u092c \u091c\u093e\u0928\u093f\u092f\u093e, \u0924\u0928 \u092e\u0928 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0938\u092e\u093e\u092f \u0964 \u0906\u0926\u093f \u0905\u0902\u0924 \u092e\u0927\u094d\u092f \u090f\u0915 \u0930\u0938, \u092d\u0941\u0932\u093e \u0915\u092c\u0939\u0941 \u0928 \u091c\u093e\u092f || Transliterated: Sumiran Kiya Tab Jaaniya, Tan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kabir","category-philosophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":574,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions\/574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}