Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Put more life into life

If I have to explain the concept of nirvana or god in a few words, it's like you are standing on a platform. God is right in front of you. But imagine a train with infinite compartment coaches is crossing the platform and is the only thing that's stopping you from seeing god. Now you have to wait for the train to leave which may not happen. So there are 2 ways to see the god. Either make the train slow down so that if you focus, you can see god during the gap between the coaches, or you start running at the speed of the train so that you can identify the gap between the coaches and if you maintain that speed with focus on the gap then you will be able to see God. 

So if you think of the compartment coaches as thoughts, the first way is to slowdown your thought process which is what they will teach if you attend any yoga camp or a meditation camp. But I would say, start running to match the speed of the train. Doing things as soon as you think of them. At the speed of thought. Living a lot more life, trying out a lot more things, having a lot more life experiences, that's putting more life into life.

Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya

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