This is one dish that has no recipe but if the right ingredients are in place it cooks itself like a salad.
First thing to come is a dissatisfaction with everything there is because one is goaded by the world, hurt and suffered. He has been deceived by the priests, gurus, gods and psychologists. There should be no help and no desire to find something beyond because that leads to imagination, delusion and deception or an escape from what he is.
So all that's left is the man with his consciousness which is also the consciousness of humanity of which he is tired of and his capacity to be sensitive, alert and observe.
Then the brewing begins as all problems of life unravel themselves and the self appears at the center of all of them. It needs energy to pursue this inquiry into problems without trying to fix them or brush them away, till the very end i.e. to look at these problems like one looks at one's child.
The ancient mythical symbolism of this is probably of Shiva. A man depicted as having modest needs ensuring that they are met and is physically secure through his Trident (Trishul). He then drums up his Damru (drum) to wake up the Cobra symbolising attention around his neck to be alert of the conflict in the ocean of his consciousness of conflicting desires and thoughts. He holds on to the unpleasantness of He holds on to the unpleasantness of fears, anxiety, jealousy, envy, greed, lust boredom, restlessness and other problems of living (poison) that emerges out of this conflict in his throat(mind) diligently contemplating on it till clarity emerges as the crescent moon and cleanses it away like the Ganges. Or to be so aware of ones anger like the Nataraj that one can still beautifully render the dance of Tandav with poise which destroys the very structure of the ego, its image and the associated anger.
If one is not wasting away energy in entertainment, work , sex, travel, and has some leisure to go into it then meditation happens. The quality of that mind is an intelligence which operates in the imperfect world maintaining an arm's length of distance from it.
First thing to come is a dissatisfaction with everything there is because one is goaded by the world, hurt and suffered. He has been deceived by the priests, gurus, gods and psychologists. There should be no help and no desire to find something beyond because that leads to imagination, delusion and deception or an escape from what he is.
So all that's left is the man with his consciousness which is also the consciousness of humanity of which he is tired of and his capacity to be sensitive, alert and observe.
Then the brewing begins as all problems of life unravel themselves and the self appears at the center of all of them. It needs energy to pursue this inquiry into problems without trying to fix them or brush them away, till the very end i.e. to look at these problems like one looks at one's child.
The ancient mythical symbolism of this is probably of Shiva. A man depicted as having modest needs ensuring that they are met and is physically secure through his Trident (Trishul). He then drums up his Damru (drum) to wake up the Cobra symbolising attention around his neck to be alert of the conflict in the ocean of his consciousness of conflicting desires and thoughts. He holds on to the unpleasantness of He holds on to the unpleasantness of fears, anxiety, jealousy, envy, greed, lust boredom, restlessness and other problems of living (poison) that emerges out of this conflict in his throat(mind) diligently contemplating on it till clarity emerges as the crescent moon and cleanses it away like the Ganges. Or to be so aware of ones anger like the Nataraj that one can still beautifully render the dance of Tandav with poise which destroys the very structure of the ego, its image and the associated anger.
If one is not wasting away energy in entertainment, work , sex, travel, and has some leisure to go into it then meditation happens. The quality of that mind is an intelligence which operates in the imperfect world maintaining an arm's length of distance from it.
