My thoughts on Patrick Levy's book - Sadhus , going beyond the dreadlocks
My thoughts on Patrick Levy's book - Sadhus , going beyond the dreadlocks - துறவி தமிழில் சத்யானந்தன்
Life - Just existence or more
This early dawn
Flashed a spark in mind
As I read a book on hermits
Oh! Why do we exist
Just for the heck of it ?
Isn't there more ...
True being alive is basic
Knowing the inner conscious core next
And becoming more aware spiritually
Perpetual Focus on that state of mind
Knowledge of oneness of soul
That supreme Energy that drives
All is one and the same in all beings..
Is knowing that enough..?
Delving on that furthermore and further
There will come a point
Where having merger of thoughts
State of true Self dawns
No looking back then as we integrate
Assimilation of soul happens
With psychic and emotional fusing of oneness
Path of our Spiritual purpose realized
Cycle of life becomes complete
Going beyond birth and death
We reach the point where we started
Journey of life and become
A spectator as events unfold before us.
...These are the thoughts which came to my mind as I started reading translated work துறவி written by Patrick Levy ..and translated by sathyananthan.
I always had this fascination on sadhus and saints. I am giving here whatever noteworthy points from the book as I read the wonderful himalayan journey by the author Patrick Levy, a french man.
Using Kanja or weed - Author's points in spiritual practices. Cannot be applicable for commoners.He says bong and ganja are used by majority of people in Haryana UP Mp punjabi areas.
Understanding maya - what is Maya really. .ignorance is Maya. The belief in separateness is Maya. According to the author. Advaida doesn't say universe is false. It says that the thought that you are separate from it is falsity or maya.
Sat chit anandam meaning - sat - being, chit - awareness and anand - higher consciousness
What is the ultimate truth....ONEness.
It Looks dual and the first is Maya which is open and visible and the second one is the causal behind everything.
Consciousness or awareness is brahmam.
Ignorance or maya is in between ...
To see everything within oneself, one must have total love from within. - one baba
One plus one is equal to one - we cannot know this but realize it - another Baba in haridwar
Whoever you are , a beggar, maharaja or anyone a man having no attachments will ever be without inner thoughts - Ashtavakra samhita
That which has no name or shape is ultimate knowledge.
Greek see their super man in the form of an athlete
Americans as a flying man who ensures justice
Indians imagine their hero as a sadhu.
And if there is medal for being still in Olympic India will gold all the time in the event.
Maya doesn’t mean that the word is unreal or doesn’t really exist, it means that the world and yourself do not exist only the way you think they do. There is always more than what you think and conceive.
India is the only place where the Sadhus are revered...
Could relate with the book
Where thoughts are from
Freedom to think
Doing or not anything
Cannot be aware Post death.
In deep sleep and samadhi state
lose our consciousness.
Naga babas tradition - castration by pulling penis destroying nerve system for erections.
From Practicing stillness gives one understanding about movement ...
In the book Swami Vidyaranyar is wrongly mentioned as Vidyanandar and his famous work Panchadasi is also noted as Pankadasi.
The author who is a declared atheist, trying to live a life of a monk. Without having any aim, just for having the experience.
Many in Varanasi indulge in blissful laziness that included some western people.
Reading the book is more like a spiritual journey we take with the author. Spiritual debates and points are noted throughout the book. Whoever has some interest in matters of spiritual will surely enjoy this book.
I read this book twice to grasp the nuances of the points discussed. No one can enjoy the life of a beggar like the author seemed to be doing while roaming with the Sadhus.
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