For
the ordinary, morning time when the weather is cold, the sky is decorated by
stars, leaves are full of dew drops,
this is very common sight. But for every inner seekers who is full of service, equipped with the perfection of love, being
the close friend of compassion, morning time is a moment of beauty. For those
who already "see", deep devotion come from the deepest heart.
Understanding by Doing
Unfortunately,
this kind of realization can not be attained through the hubbub of words,
showing off cleverness, or war of logic. Borrowing Confucius from China ,
Socrates of Greece this can only be realized by anyone who understands
diligently by putting the teachings into action. Live the daily life according
to the sacred teachings, then door of insights may be opened. In the language
of Lord Buddha: "ehipasiko". Come, listen, practice meditation, and
then see how the darkness of ignorance, anger, hatred that already here inside
from one life to another life, suddenly dispelled by the light of
consciousness. The secretary of Mahatma
Gandhi for a long time Mahadev Desai once said: "Mahatma Gandhi is a
living Bhagavad Gita". In other
words, the reason
why Mahatma Gandhi was such
charismatic because he embodied the holy book
of Bhagavad Gita.
Under
this light of understanding, it is understandable that many yogis, sufis,
mystics spent a long time in solitude, train the body in simplicity, rest the
mind in silence. It is similar to feel the softness of water by touching it,
enjoying the cool morning dew drops by getting up in the morning, the same
thing happens to meditation. The beauty of meditation is only opened to those
who already deeply practice it.
Put
it simply, in the development stage to meditate is to familiarize the mind.
From the negative mind that is chaotic (the symbol is jumping monkey), into
positive mind which is full of love (represented by mother who take good care
of her only son), and finally lead into the natural mind (like mother nature),
sometimes it is called the cosmic mind. Transformation from
monkey toward mother, lead to the perfection of nature, so its success
is determined by how perfect one's consciousness is in everyday life. As
experienced by most people, the untrained mind is the source of conflict and
disease. Pharmaceutical intervention through medication - as shown by many
studies - only help relieve the symptoms, never fully heal. Primarily because
the drug is never perfectly restore the balance of body, mind, spirit. Through meditative
transformation - at least from monkeys to Mom - someone is approaching the
point of balance between body, mind, spirit as a condition of healing. That's
why in the perfection stage or in the stage of cosmic mind, to meditate is to
take a rest. Especially because one has attained the natural balance already.
Avatar or Buddha*)
As
soon as one achieves this perfection of meditation - in Tibetan Tantric this
meditative attainment is called mahamudra (mahasandhi in sanskrit language) -
then the balance comes naturally without effort. Like a child just learning to
ride a bike, initially it is full of struggle. But diligence exercise (by which
read: serious practice of meditation) make a point of balance is attained
without effort. Everything goes natural. Similar to mother nature, day and
night constantly flowing, white-black
clouds come and go, things are changing. It is exactly the same as thought,
feeling, perception that also changing.
Sometimes happy sometimes sad, there are times when the mood up and
down.
Live
against change that is suffering. Flow with the change that is peace.
Witnessing the change - this is done in meditation - that's freedom. That's why
the sky is often used as a symbol of the perfection of consciousness as sky
keep watching without being touched by clouds.
The same thing happened to Buddha statues that keep smiling, because no
matter what forms of thought, feeling, perception appear, all is greeted with
smile. In the language of God worshiper, everything (good-bad, pure-dirty,
praised-blamed) is the perfect movement
of the same God. Borrowing the journey
of perfection in
the path of
Samurai - Miyamoto Musashi is one of the example - a lot of enemies
outside and inside that must be conquered to reach perfection. At one time when
Musashi doubt to continue his journey as a samurai for killing enemies, from
the inside there is a whisper: "enemy is teacher which is uncovered".
Anger
as an example of inner enemy is a kind of energy. Energy can not be destroyed
but it can be transformed. And activities of witnessing through meditation can
transform the energy of anger into materials of growth. To put it more
precise, fire of anger can cause
explosion if the container is too small.
And through meditative activity that witnessing, this container can be
expanded until one day enlightenment make it as wide as space. As a result of
it, the fire of anger is no longer dangerous, and also can be used to
"cook" every daily experience into vitamins of growth. For example, anger is an input that there is
something need to be improved. Anger can also be used as tool of
leadership. As soon as one arrives
here, then life can take a rest. Especially because both enemies
inside and outside are guides in the path of perfection.
This
does not mean that one stop doing anything. A Sufi friend has a simple
guideline: "conforming outside, perfectly free inside". Outside
appearance should remain common (clothes,
way of working, way to speak), but deeply inside be perfectly free.
External roles remain the same, but inside everything is transformed into the
path. When one diligently do this for many years, he/she may have direct
experience of manasa tirtha (holy water that is sprinkled in the depth of the
deep). It is not only cooling outside, but also calming inside. It is not only
heal oneself, but also send healing vibrations to mother nature. Some soul travelers also called it coming home. To be honest, too many people
have been playing too far from home. Sorrow, disease, conflict are signs that
ones playing too far from home. Seek and get lost is the other traits of those
who have not arrived home. Many young boy had wet dream, teens looking for
girlfriend/boyfriend, the adult get married,
old people regret life. That is the hallmark of life in pursuit then
lost. There is always something incomplete that makes people keep searching.
Till one day deep practice of meditation make one stop pursuing and hugging each moment as the present. This
present of the present then open the door of insight, that everything is
complete and whole as they are. Flowers are in the process of becoming garbage,
garbage is in the process of becoming flowers. No flowers that create
attachment, no garbage that become the source of rejection. This is home.
Many
people who are very eager to know the secret realm. It is only opened once upon
a time. When full moon is ready to set in the west, the sun is ready to rise in
the east, there was a message heard: "The absolute (represented by the
sun) is reflected by the relative (full
moon). Only the
perfectly clear, clean and calm
mind which can reflect the perfection of the whole. This reflection of
completeness, wholeness and perfection which is called Buddha or Avatar".
*) When this actually happens, there is
dew drops in secret realm. In human realm, it is called dew drops of
enlightenment. The only reason why this dew drops is compassion. As is well
known in the community of saints, because of compassion holy beings of the sky
come here to fish, and sentient beings try to catch the hook with devotion. The
meeting point between perfect compassion and perfect devotion, then open the
possibility of liberation.
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*)
In Buddhism, One is called Buddha after attaining the perfect
enlightenment. It simply means the One
who is awake. Being wake up from long sleep of ignorance (avidya). Sometimes it
is called the Sugatha, One who has crossed the ocean of suffering then rest in
the other side of island called island of joy. Outward signs often
told through the 32 major marks
and 80 minor marks on the body. In Tantra, the signs may be present in a dream
(one of which is visible through the story of Jetsun Milarepa) or other marks
that are too complicated to be explained here. Also there are of course secret
signs which are secret. Since the Hindu holy book called Buddha Shakyamuni as
an Avatar (reincarnation of God into human for the sake of sacred task), then a Buddha is an Avatar as
well. In the holy book of devotee of Vishnu (Weshnawa) mentioned that Vishnu
(Hindu manifestation of God in the earth which were born to wear the human
body) has two activities in this universe: active and tranquil. In its active
form, Vishnu is just born to 10 Avatar. But in the tranquil form, Vishnu could
appear in infinite numbers of manifestation.
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