Bringers of The Dawn

Madeline Bunting in her book Willing Slaves unlock the secrets of how dark modern life is. People work with a longer time, retirement age is extended. It is understandable that the World Health Organization predicts, mental illness will be much more worrying than physical pain.

Preparing the Candle

One of the great teacher of meditation in our century is J. Krishnamurti, who explicitly advised: "The age of Guru has passed". Age when we can find the light by learning from the external teacher is over. This is the time when human being should diligently digging within. Without this persistence, life journey will be spinning from darkness to darkness.

Similar to peeling onion, in the beginning not only the color of life is dirty but the smell also such disturbing. That's why, drug addicts, mental hospital patients, crime, divorce are all ascending. And no other choice, life should be peeled deeper and deeper, to see its color which is whiter and whiter.

           

This explains why a lot of inner inquiries who practice deep meditation begin to meet the whiter color of contentment, calmness, peace. Not only the body is healthier, the mind also clean and clear.

Lightening the Candle

The white color of life is indeed charming. But it is not the Light. In the language of Mester Eickhart, keep digging until encountering faceless face, nameless name, soundless sound.

One who is diligent and sincere digging, one day holy tears drop that showing where the light is. Poetically, the light is closer than breath,  it is more beautiful than any full moon, it is more touching than all words expression ever written by the poets.

Some call it Vidya, a sort of knowledge of who you are. Some others call it Vipashana. Everything is clear as it is. The light is like full moon that symbolize mandala (perfect circle representing perfection). Friends in the West call it empty and luminosity. It is empty and from emptiness emits luminosity that dispel darkness.

Lightening Others Candle

As the nature of sky which is clear, the nature of inner inquiries who meet the light, they always have a deep longing to switch on the others candle. It does not only alleviate human suffering, also ease the task of illuminating the world.

Some of them become teachers, some others to be writers, some choose to be humble servants. But the most touching way to lighten others candle in this age is attitude. Borrowing an old phrase: "Attitude, a little thing that makes a big difference". People have been very boring to watch dishonesty. Developed countries who keep preaching human rights, the economy grow by selling weapon.

That is why, not all inner inquiries who meet the light then preaching. Some even take humble tasks of servant. In the language of Kabir: "That light glimpses few seconds, it transformed me into a servant". The light only appears a few seconds, but it changed many devotee into humble and simple servants. In the deep of the depth ever heard a message like this: "Whatever the pleasure, war is not the answer. Whatever the pain, love is the answer".