SOHAM

Jiddu Krishnamurti, an enlightened master, popularly known as JK, who dropped his body, in late ‘80s, used the term, ‘choiceless awareness’, quite often, in his talks. So, what is the meaning of, this term and what does it take to be, in the state of, choiceless awareness. Now, first thing, first. Consciousness is our nature, our reality and the truth of this existence. Because, it is conscious or aware by itself and hence, the name, consciousness. Awareness, thus, is integral to consciousness and therefore, is the very nature of this existence and the nature of, we humans, too.   Thus ‘Choiceless awareness’, the term used by JK, isn’t any different but is the same awareness, which has been talked about, all along. However, the word ‘choiceless’, is pre-fixed, because, awareness, being the nature of consciousness, comes to you, naturally, i.e. without your choosing and without your asking. The awareness, is intrinsic to your existence and hence, is there, with you, all the time,...

( एक निवेदन - मेरे हिंदी के पोस्ट में , व्याकरण सम्बन्धित त्रुटियाँ हो सकती है, ऐसी मुझे आशंका है. मेरी बात आप तक पहुँचती है , तो आप इनको नजरंदाज कर दें.) देखिये , इंद्रियों पर नियंत्रण नहीं, बल्कि भीतरी बदलाव, जिसे रूपान्तरण, कहा गया है, वही एक मात्र स्थायी उपाय है. इंद्रियों पर नियंत्रण ऊपरी है, बाहर से थोपा हुआ है और इसलिए एक कॉस्मेटिक चेंज की तरह है. नियंत्रण दमन है, अपनी इच्छाओं का, अपनी वासनाओं का। वासना या इच्छा और कुछ नहीं, बल्कि ऊर्जा ही है और इसलिए इच्छाओं का दमन, ऊर्जा का दमन है। दमन, इच्छा को कुछ समय के लिये दबा ज़रूर देता है, लेकिन दमन से इच्छा कभी, मिटती नहीं है. आपका दमन, उस इच्छा को हमेशा के लिए जिंदा रखता है और दमित ऊर्जा, कभी-ना-कभी, किसी-ना-किसी, रूप में प्रकट अवश्य होती है, क्योंकि, हम यह अच्छी तरह से जानते है की, ऊर्जा को, कभी भी मिटाया नहीं जा सकता है.  तो इंद्रियों पर नियंत्रण यानि इच्छाओं, वासनाओं आदि का दमन, एक स्थायी उपाय नहीं है, क्योंकि दमित इच्छा, कभी भी , आपका पीछा नहीं छोड़ती है। वह हमेशा, यहाँ तक की मृत्यु के बाद भी, सूक्ष्म रूप में, बनी रहती ...

Did you notice, that in your wakefulness, you go through all sorts of experiences? Now, these experiences, in turn, are determined by various thoughts n emotions, which you generate in your mind? Please know that, experiencing is of the mind because the watcher or experiencer is your mind. Mind is nothing but your individuality, which we commonly know, as ego, too.   Individuality or ego is nothing but the ‘I’ thought - the main thought, around which, gather all other thoughts. So, this mind or ego experiences, what happens or what you perceive, in your waking. Depending upon the way, you perceive the happenings around and within, the related thoughts and emotions are generated. So, in your wakefulness, the experiencer or the watcher is active and hence, you have experiencing, of all sorts.   However, in your sleep, the experiencer or the mind, goes to sleep and as a consequence of that, there is no watching or experiencing as well. In the sleep, because the mind, too, go...

Did you notice, that you always want to remain busy, doing something, because, you can’t remain, unoccupied i.e. without doing. That’s the reason, that people remain busy, all through their lives and they also die, doing until the last moment. The reason is that, they can’t remain unoccupied. Even, when you get an opportunity to be alone by ‘yourself’, you don’t want to use that opportunity and instead you get involved with some activity. If not anything else, you will pick up something to read or you will switch on the TV etc.   Now adays, you don’t even have to look faraway, because the handiest thing, which is available to you, is your smart phone, which you carry, in your pocket, all the time. That’s why, you will see, that people are always involved with their phones. They are just watching and reading the same photos, same videos and same messages on their smart phones, again n again, so that they can, somehow, remain occupied, all the time. They are busy, just, for the sake...