I started this blog four months ago, as a spontaneous experiment. I had been sporadically writing on these topics, over the last year, in a poorly maintained spiritual journal. I thought a blog would be a good place to neatly compile and organize all these random pieces of my understanding, so I can develop a more comprehensive view of this puzzle, for my own mental clarity. A place to honestly record my spiritual comprehension and the flavour of my inner life. My intention was never to convince anyone, just to express my own contemplations.
I have discovered that I really enjoyed the process of selecting suitable pictures to illustrate the themes in my writing, and have started to see it as a medium for my artistic and creative expression on this blog!
In my efforts to understand and know my real Self, I have read or listened to words of many wise people, who have been on similar journeys across time and space, through the history of humanity. Such humans are like rare gems in this world at any given time, but are still in abundance in the whole recorded history of mankind.
I have been fortunate to seek and immerse myself in the teachings of many wise people (through their books) over the years- all through this time, trusting the presence within- to always keep me oriented towards the truth.
Each has his own individual style, language, cultural context and a unique way of communication, but I have come to ignore their differences and appreciate the one same essence in the fabric that they all weave, with their messages of truth.
I have encountered words of profound wisdom, many different fingers pointing to the moon, and have allowed my intuition and reasoning to investigate, if they were all indeed pointing to the same moon!
If we could just be open and listen, there are so many who have been telling the same story coming from completely independent sources, but sadly, we rarely pay attention and go on missing.
Numerous people during my search for meaning over the years, have left their marks and molded my spiritual life in valuable ways, for which I am eternally grateful. I have deeply loved many of these wise masters, and in all likelihood my views and opinions are heavily influenced by their collective teachings.
My writings attempt to reflect the essence of that timeless wisdom, sieved through my own limited and ignorant “body-mind-ego” context. I do not acknowledge each one of my numerous influences individually, and do not cite their exact words and quotes in my writings, of which plenty other collections are available on internet.
For the posts published on this blog, I write from the spontaneity of the moment, to capture the flash of a personal insight, rather than creating a reference manual of teachings and quotes from several wise people and traditions, that have influenced my views.
My purpose here is to explore, how these timeless teachings have been imbibed by my limited understanding, sieved through my own mind and experiences, and how they continue to figure in my daily thoughts and responses, continuously acting upon me, hopefully transforming ‘me’ into a version that is more closely aligned, with the living reality of the one truth that we all share.
Through the course of my own spiritual journey, I have tried to make sense of, challenge and readjust my personal attitudes- to live my life in tune with what my heart and mind already know to be the truth. I express here, my understanding, thoughts and insights about the universal truth, hopefully assembled in a meaningful way, in my own words.
For anyone who has been on a similar journey as mine or has been curious about such things, some of these posts may provide interesting reading. To all the other readers, this may just appear to be an outlet for my chattering mind, nothing of much value or significance here!
My efforts in writing here are already worthwhile, if anyone happens to gain slightly more clarity, direction, insight or peace through these words, including myself as their author.
I am sincerely thankful for your interest, time and attention, from all the friends and strangers- who have followed, commented, liked, read, or just casually browsed through anything on this blog, in the last four months- and I wish you all and your loved ones, a very happy year 2024 !
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8 responses to “End of the year review”
It is my pleasure to read your blog posts, for all of the reasons that you speak on above.
That “moon” you mention…..and those pointing fingers…….is there really any moon there…..?…and are those real fingers…or are they sticks in the mud….?……is that a snake….or a coil of rope?……….do I exist as a separate being?……am I only in your imagination?…….do we create “reality”?……if so, is mine the same as yours?…….are we in a hologram?……a dream?……an unfolding divine drama?…….one singular thread in the cloth of Truth?………….none or all of the above……does any of it “matter”?…….are everything and nothing synonyms?
Now I’m Rambling. (giggle)
Thank you for sharing your life in this blog.
Gratitude.
Thank you!
Well, you make all good points 🙂 The answer to all these questions, honestly I do not know! Perhaps: ”none or all of the above……does any of it “matter”?…….are everything and nothing synonyms?”
But we are alive, with a sure end point for our physical existence. So what are we doing in this time? We may not have all answers, but we exist so we explore and follow our instincts or logic or whatever calls each one from within…and hope for the best about where we end up. It is fun to be on this journey from self to self, known to unknown, perfection of one kind to a perfection of another kind 🙂 Happy new year!
I would like to reblog this but see no reblog button!!
Best wishes
Keith.
Hi, Thank you Keith! Sorry, I have never used reblog button and do not know how to add it here, will need to figure it out! I do see it on all my posts in wordpress reader, but will have to figure out how to add it to the posts on my site!
No reblog button??
Best wishes,
Keith
Hi Keith, thank you for your interest in this post. I have managed to add a wordpress button to my posts now, that could be used to reblog. Although I am not yet sure, if it works!
It is good to walk in the company of those who are seeking to see what they look at and to look at what all there is to see! And to look again, and again…always looking/seeing/looking/seeing!
Absolutely! On that note, I am often surprised to re-discover a meaning, perspective or outlook from an entirely new angle- even though I may have known, seen, heard and understood it many times before- reading or listening to something from someone who knows, sees, or clearly listens…while walking in their good company!