Imprisoned in illusion...

There was a time when i had this argument with this friend of mine...
how can the US government have guards and fully functional prisons; with the inmates getting 3 square meals and recreation activities and even TV in some prisons... all at the cost of the US tax payers money...

....And not have enough money for other important activities... e.g hunger, child care, nursing, housing etc

It was really an interesting debate...

How humanity conjures up the resources for keeping people locked up... yet not change their thought process... a human can change... there are well documented cases where meditation has actually reversed and made these criminals into near perfact saints... Ofcourse; when it comes to individualism; if a crime was committed against us; we would never forgive the being... but to say that we are free... that is also a belief....

Apart from the normal logic; a human being is a social animal... his/her friends make him/her what s/he is...
loneliness is one very important way of torture after sleep deprivation.
and in most cases; the prisoners do get out after their time; and are more cautious and less egoistic.

BUT seriously... we too are also just imprisoned... in a prison of illusion... where time and our mind play us (our soul) like a damned puppet...

Inspired by Cheyenne's blog : Maya... where she describes Illusion (maya) as this great dream that we are in...(even when we are awake... )
where we are ruled by what we want to experience (mind)... and are given the exact dose of the same from entities of the world; be it from people; places; things and so on.

There is no question; that we should be striving for the best experiences that we can afford to umm experience ;-) while we are alive... but just think this...
if we are to be placed in a 7 story palace made of glass; and with wine bottles and erotic dancers... our mind thinks differently...

yet; when we are placed in a small hut; covered with tattered rags; and in there, takes place discussions of God, and the illusive nature of everything; we think differently...

this mare realisation is enough... an ordinary humankind CAN and does feel the difference;... a small voice inside tells one that; no; there is something wrong with the 7 storey glass house....

it's just a facet to make us reincarnate again and again...Maya is... almost like spending time in a prison; ....birth; death; rebirth...

on the other hand; there is some truth being told in the tattered ragged hut atleast... and that is soothing the soul... matters of God and austerity, and renunciation, and detachment, and righteousness and devotion....

One of my secret to elevation is loneliness...
i had a very cool childhood as i recall.... i was always alone ;-) not lonely... just never quite fitted with anyone... had my head in books; & dramas and a great fan of Language... more of a listener then anything...

and that is one CRUCIAL point i'd like to make....
Sure LIfe is friends... but know alittle something about friends... they keep you occupied... occupied in your current state of being...
YES if they elevate you to higher levels of spiritual awakening; as you spend time with them; then you've got yourself a perfact friend...
but if you just feel good when you are with them; and start to feel like you are dying when they are gone; then you are just exchanging each others ummm level of illusion... an illusion that materialises as you come together; and disintegrates when you part...
i feel sorta sad when i see people at the airport literally crying or getting emotional when they part or come together...
coz that in itself.. proves that you are going to miss them; that you see no tomorrow; that you don;t believe in God to take care of them;
we have so many complications in the physical; yet when we start to see souls in an awakened state of being... then we realise how simple it is to just be.

No longing; no jealousy, no expectations... just loving the universe and taking part in its play... with detachment...

The moment we get infatuated; the mind tends to pursue it... and when the mind is involved... it's either achieved or not... and even when it's achieved; its not cherished; but used for pleasure... and disposed off... like the guys in an action movie... "when the bullets run out... throw away the gun" ;-)

this is part of the reason why earth is being destroyed; faster then it's time to... sure it has grave amounts of power; and it can heal itself... but look what we are making it do so that healing can take place...
it was created as a place where we get to fulfill our desires and hopefully get to go to God in the process... but wait...
Maya is also keeping pace with time; looke at the gadgets and gizmos out there to keep us occupied; our minds occupied... sorta lured into birth and rebirth... by more and more fancier objects of infatuations...

Listen...
when you see something other then simplicity; other then Godly; till then you will be mesmerised and crave for more and more sights to see...
only wishing to see God; and His devotees is worth seeing....

when you smell the various intoxicating smells of the human anatomy; when you desire to taste (80% of food tastes are just different smells - try it... eat or drink something with your nose pinched ; ) when you desire to taste different palates of foods; we are mesmerised and kept imprisoned by the same; we should stick to simple body healing meals (and may be just a little chocolate at times ;-/)

when we read erotic stories or a person narrating the same; we are creating a void in ourself and letting time and space make the situation occur; and indeed; we will be faced with the craving of the same...law of attraction -  instead we should listen to discourses that lessen the worldly passions and seek enlightenment.... the ears are said to be the doorways to the freedom from the mind.

when we touch something with lust; or have ourselves touched by someone else in a lustful way... we create a craving for the same... for it to happen again... and as always... this is a way of imprisoning the soul in our body to experience touch....
Touch should be channelized to perform Godly actions; like threading flowers; or prostrating before God; or turning the rosary...

i know to the Generation X... all this sounds out of this world... but to be alone; in silence...is the best way to listen to that inner hum that is the true you...
otherwise... to have desires... and validate them just because your friends think it;s cool too... is a way of demonic nature... you will just be ignored by God and the clutches of Maya (illusion) will just take you deeper and deeper into pain and sorrow and complete deprivation of your senses...

take a look around you; how many young minds are into drugs and alcohol and casual pleasures; what and who is doing and responsible for all this...
sure... it's all an illusion... but wait we are part of it...!!!
We must alteast be like the larva bursting in the middle of the sea... so that the stream of purity may arise and form clouds only to fall on some land away from the salty sea...
Ok OK...
that's not a good ending...

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Ahhh ha...!!!!    Man i'm smart... !!!



Choose your illusions wisely,
Choose your friends with grave scrutiny; death is part of this illusion; and it comes so ordinarily... and when we waste time with people that just happen to think like us; and have no spiritual drive; we are just wasting her sacrifices for us.
Choose to take time to be alone and meditate... introverting your senses and realising that 'it' which makes you tick(le) take time to meditate... forget or atleast post pone your duties and olbigations at times... !!! they have been performed for millions of eons of times; take time to introvert in meditation...


earth is soo full of abaundance... we plant a seed and we get 100; yet capitalism and greed has killed its good Godly reputation...
See this vid....

Oneness is Abundance

Dedicated to Tina.