Songs of Compassion

There was a touching story that truly happened in the island of love Bali few times ago. One day a well-devoted son who loves his mother very much felt that the mother would die. In the midst of chaotic feelings, he asked his mother what to do when she die. With a touching smile the mother whisper: “take good care of your younger brother”.

And after the passing away of the mother, this beautiful heart takes good care of his younger brother. As the others deep spiritual journey which are signed by many obstacles and problems, this journey of taking good care of the little brother is also full of shocks. From the difficulty to find job, dealing with debt collectors until coming to the police office.

The Sacred Bell

Once upon a time, a young man asked this touching question: “some saints have suffered tremendously. Mahatma Gandhi was shot, Nelson Mandela was imprisoned more than a quarter of century, Mother Teresa lived amid the suffering city of Calcutta, does it mean that to be holy means to live in deep suffering?”.

The author of the book “History of God” Karen Armstrong writes clearly. In the first golden age, saints had conversation with God as human talking to human. The Prophet Abraham in the Jewish tradition, Arjune in the Hindu tradition are some examples of saints who converse with God.

The Smiling Lantern

In Thailand there was a meditation teacher with amazing light named Ajahn Chah. One of the important characteristics of the last Guru is his amazing discipline. He was not only very discipline to the others, he was also very discipline to himself.

Whenever there were students who were afraid of being alone, they will immediately be sent to the silent forest to meditate alone. Whenever there were students who were shy, do not like to stay in the crowd, they will be sent to the crowded places such as traditional markets.

For the ordinary people, this approach of learning sounds very scary. Some people even choose to run away. But for the deep spiritual seekers who have grown mature, this approach  of learning is very challenging. Especially for mature souls who need to enter the unvisited inner darkness.

The Smile of Flowers

Many people find excitement in talking the shortcomings of the others. And the path of the wise is different. The shortcomings of the others are not materials of laughing, but materials of contemplation which is full of lessons.

In relation with taking the lessons from the other's experience, let's learn from a family which collapsed already. In a certain family visit, there was a story which deeply touch the heart. Their mother passed away, their father got married for three times, their children divorced. A series of stories that easily makes the heart cry.

The contemplative question then, what is the most important reason behind the collapsing family? Behind a complicated phenomenon, there is always hidden a complicated networks. And among all the hassle, the one that makes family easily collapse is the excessive competition. Most people are very eager to be called better than the others.

Like a vehicle, every soul was born to have different capabilities. Bicycles, motorcycles, cars, trucks are of course different. And any family would collapse if their ability is similar to bicycle but forcing themselves to transport the loads that commonly transported by truck.

Sadly, this is the thing that happens in many families today. The highly competitive social environment in particular makes many people force themselves to carry the loads which is far above their capacity, mostly because they want to be called better than the others.

The Inner River

As it is often disclosed in the meditation sessions, every time encountering restless souls, there is always the presence of souls who never get connected for long long time. They do not only not connected physically, they also do not get connected mentally and spiritually.

Look at the life of people in the city in particular, they use air conditioning at home, in the car, in the office as well. In the same way, almost all of the houses in the city have high walls. Look deeper into the way of society interact in daily life, here and there there are also walls like we-they, mine-their.

As a result, there are many souls who are alienated and feel deeply lonely in their own bodies. That's why in the West there is writer who wrote a message like this: "The global problem is the problem of disembodiment". Most global issues are deeply connected to the problem of human failure to be well-connected. The world health organization even predicted, by the year of 2020 mental illness will be much more frightening than the physical pain.

Under this light of understanding, it is worthy to contemplate again and again the importance of connectedness in everyday life. In deep spiritual world in particular, it is often heard a message like this: "While cleverness like to build walls that separate, kindness love to build bridges that connecting".

Poetry of Beauty

In psychology, it is widely known the analogy of cow in the middle of glassware. It represents the people who are extremely not sensitive. Because of being insensitive, they talk easily, acting easily, but they do not know that they cause a lot of injuries to the others souls.

The result is predictable, not only the other people run away from them, as a matter of time they will feel of being alienated in the mids of the crowd. If they do not learn sensitivity, this type of people will experience a lot of pain and illness.

To make it simple, sensitivity is the fruit of one’s connection with nature and all creations. In the process of being well-connected, most people have a lot of barriers. And among all barriers, the most blocking barrier is the habit to create walls between oneself and the rest of creations.

Beautiful Garden of Soul

Following the explanation of Shiva Tantra part one in Besakih temple, and Shiva Tantra part two in Jati temple at Batur last year, in the beautiful night of Shivaratri on January 8th 2016 at 19:30 Bali time will be explained Shiva Tantra part three in the beautiful temple of Uluwatu.

While the focus of Besakih temple session is Parama Shanti (ultimate peace), the focus of Jati temple session is true home, in Uluwatu the focus is family as the beautiful garden of soul. Especially because in our age family is a well-fertilized garden where souls can grow deeply and beautifully.

There are three women whose marriage with three Balinese men collapsed. The first lady comes from Russia, the second one is Japanese and the last one is from Jakarta. Having listened to their story with full empathy, by then the secrets of how a person should start a family are opened. The point is very simple, one who is dirts within will meet flies even in heaven, one who is flower within will meet butterfly even in hell.

The guiding light then is simple, every young people who want to start a family are advised to start with beautiful heart. That is why the first of Shiva Tantra message that will be delivered in Uluwatu is like this: "look at all beings lovingly". To make it simple, choose a life partner who enable you to look with loving eyes.