“I am able to see your confused mind many times”
That is the very great skill you possess. I admire for that.
“I am able to see” –
Who are you? Did you find that out?
If you say, “I am able”, which means you are now become able or now
possessed that quality, previously you are “unable”, you did not had
that quality.
Can seeing is the ability to possess or acquire by some means through time?
Have you noticed that you are unconscious in writing that statement?
How does that statement formed?
Certainly it is due to the “standards” you hold.
You have believed something as true and hold it as “standards” or “a reference”.
Now through that standards or reference you look at my writings and
say “it is not according to my standards”, and hence you name it
confused. This process itself unconscious in you, you are not aware
that you hold “standards” and get identified with it.
Now come to second part, i.e.” confused mind”
What is mind?
Is it a physical organ – Brain?
No isn’t it?
Generally the “thinking process” is called as Mind isn’t it?
What one thinks?
Certainly it is the data or information gathered in that human being.
First information has been forced on to that being and later that
information in that human being itself collects more information. This
process is what called “thinking” isn’t it?
Now what are this information are about?
The information is of the outside world or outside of one self.
So information is of the world and not of the self.
Now come to term “confused”
>From dictionary “unable to think with clarity” / “Lacking logical order”
It means the information of the world is not in logical order and
hence no clarity. Or in other words, world is not in logical order.
Again it is in one’s perspective i.e against one’s standards and not
the real truth, it is relative truth.
I am seeing world has no logic, which is my view, not of the world.
What is logic?
A system of reasoning – from dictionary
Again it may be biased depends on the individual who has created the
system of reasoning.
Now what is system?
System means “Plan-do check-act”, it is a cyclic process.
If the world do not appear to be systematic or in cyclic process, what
self can do?
Now your statement “your confused mind”
Your – means ‘self’
Confused – not systematic
Mind – world
In “your confused mind”, it indicates that as if mind is self
possession, but in truth self has no control over the world (mind), it
does not possess the world (mind).
Self only sees the world (mind).
So self is not confused, but the world is. Again it is from the
conditioned mind or unreal self perspective, else world is systematic.
If self drops its false identification with information or world, then
self is ever free and world is ever in order.
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“Only from scriptures or vision ,a knowledge is gained which would
focus for enlightenment. Buddha took "DESIRE or KAMA" and Mahaveer
took "AHIMSA" from Vedic scriptures and having deferred from rituals,
went on to form two other paths.”
“Only from scriptures?”
Who wrote those scriptures? ( let scriptures means Vedas) So who wrote vedas?
Most of the common answer is God himself wrote vedas.
Now how “god” could have written? “God” is absolute knowledge or
source of knowledge.
The vedas are either in vocal or sound format or script format, but
both are forms.
Now, would god have created life first or (Vedas) script first?
Certainly life is first, script is secondary. (Vedas)Script is for the
guidance of life.
So human form is first, there upon through human form only, Vedas have
come upon. This is what logic or systematic reasoning.
Human form created vedas, but how? Because we see that as we are we
don’t seems to possess that much knowledge.
It means a normal human being has to be transformed in such purity so
that he can receive god’s knowledge without distortion and produce it.
This transformation is what “enlightenment”.
So when one is enlightened, he is as pure as formless god, so through
the help of human form he can produce great knowledge for the guidance
of all creations of this world.
A Buddha or Mahavira is an enlightened being, which means they are for
all common man, “god”, the source of knowledge.
So being god, the source of knowledge, why should they borrow or
copy?. Again vedas are his own property, because he is god, so what is
wrong in using vedas if at all in your view, they have used vedas in
their teaching.
Now by saying that Buddha used veda, what did you confront?
Is it mean Buddha is less knowledgeable than veda writers?
Buddha, the awakened one is god same like the veda writers.
But god is one, can you compare that one god? That means you compare
one creation of god against other creation of his own.
This means you imply that, one of the creations of god is lesser in
value and purity than the other creation. Can it be possible?
This means you judge god’s own ability. You also imply that god is
inconsistent in his creation. Is it not the degrading of that god
itself?
As long as you engage in comparison and give valuation to each and
every thing, then you are not free.
If you are not free, then you cannot see the whole process. Your
vision is partial. So whatever you do bound to be wrong and hence you
get into troubles, which means you come into this world again and
again to get entangled.
So don’t judge anything. Accept everything. (Mind) World is not you.
Be your ‘self’ That is freedom and hence blissful.
best wishes
Suresh
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J.Suresh
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Thanks and best regards
J.Suresh
New No.3, Old No.7,
Chamiers road - 1st Lane,
Alwarpet,
Chennai - 600018
Ph: 044 42030947
Mobile: 91 9884071738
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