Naked?----- beings in creation

 

Naked?----- beings in creation

homosap dresses himself nicely, grandly, beautifully,

but necessarily, as a requirement of civil behaviour

than a requirement against nature's ravages like heat, cold, rain

 

what about other beings?

 

yes, god is kind enough to provide a natural clothing to all including homosap.

 

trees have a crust self expanding, drying, breaking, but rejuvenating

 

all beings have a over all skin,

 

additionally ,

sheep has wool, elephant a thick skin,

horse, cow, monkey have hair,

birds and fouls have feathers

tortoise, snails have hard ones

 

oh, all have underwears?

---the five sheaths

--annamaya, pranamaya ....5, pancha koshas

 

so none is naked really,

otherwise,

we might expose inside organs like lungs, heart, digestive track etc.

 

though none of us may be totally happy with our dress,

let us be thankful to nature to have provided us with necessary clothing unasked,

leaving us naked never

kaupin dharan is nearest to be one with all creatures in nature., may be most civilized?

in contrast

with a dress , tress, head wear, with elaborate shirt, pant, suit, coat, boot, tie, socks, muffler, cap, hat, rumal, pagadi, saree, choli, chunni,

as if human is a mobile shopping mall

quo vadis?

is it all required really?, what for ?

spirituality thy name is simplicity

Vidya Babla Replies to Rishi Vasanth

You are absolutely right 'spirituality thy name is simplicity', but so called modern civilization has weakened man's body and mind, so the need for extra protection and also to maintain etiquette and ethical norm in society.

Rishi Vasanth Replies to Vidya Babla

No being wears a footwear, some how they have acquired ability to walk over all thorns, stones, sharp objects , but human cannot dare, he has become weak

he lost ability to fly, swim, requires tools, tackles paraphernalia ----------and we feel we have progressed

i saw a mba graduate in bombay, in the hottest summer , sweating, yet wearing full suit, with coat tie

can we not think originally

can we not dare to be reasonable, overcoming impositions?

Vidya Babla Replies to Rishi Vasanth

Facing and enduring the elements of nature is becoming more and more difficult. so man has invented many things/means for protection and survival. Impositions have become part of human life, more so in developed countries.

rishi vasanth

Glory to simplicity!, but puzzled i am,

is simplicity an end or a means to an end.

if it is a means, then what is the end

if it is an end, then what is the means

i hope i am not complicating

if enlightened souls clarify this ,

i shall be grateful simply

Vidya Babla Replies to Rishi Vasanth

Simplicity is both, a means and the end.

Rishi Vasanth Replies to Vidya Babla

Brilliant answer and true , i am flabbergasted.

so the message is clear

ie become simple to be simple

ie 1 become simple, save time, effort, energies,resources, money, ,

avoid all possible unnecessary add-ons and attractions and distractions and create enough space in life for sadhana, with a simple plain minimum clothing, simple food, simple dwelling place, alone preferably, devoting all attention for spiritual advancement

2 consequently reach the goal of utter simplicity, being simple in every aspect , simplicity becoming a natural way of life, without an imposed code of practice, yet finding no lack of any kind, a state of perfect fulfillment, needing not to bother anything in life, as simple as shiva, though a bhiksha pathi, smashana vasi, is really he is eeshvara, , vishveshvara , the lord of the universe

happy that my enigma is now cleared, thank you

Vidya Babla Replies to Rishi Vasanth

I am pleased, you have very clearly and meaningfully expounded the topic, what you have said is the fact. But at the same time it is not easy to follow all this in one's life; to give up even a small possessions is difficult, Maya creates many obstacles

Thanks for your complimentary remarks though it is not me but through me by Him..

Rishi Vasanth

Akkamahadevi yavara pravachanagalu

People,

male and female,

blush when a cloth covering their shame

comes loose

When the lord of lives

lives drowned without a face

in the world, how can you be modest?

When all the world is the eye of the lord,

onlooking everywhere, what can you

cover and conceal?

Akkamahadevi lived this state of no body consciousness

Vidya Babla Replies to Rishi Vasanth

Thank you for telling us about Akkamadevi.

State of no body consciousness is beyond worldly persons.

Rishi Vasanth

A true ascetic, akkaMahadevi is said to have refused to wear any clothing—a common practice among male ascetics, but shocking for a woman.

Legend has it that due to her true love and devotion with God --her whole body was protected by hair.

Swamini Atmaprajnananda SaraswatiReplies to Rishi Vasanth

I went through in the net abt her. Why is she claimed by the Lingayats and not Vira Shaivas.

Rishi Vasanth Replies to Swamini Atmaprajna..

Why is she claimed by the Lingayats and not Vira Shaivas.?

---i have no specific answer

but generally, the saints speak from their level of consciousness

the followers by default will be at different levels of consciousness,

hence, there will arise different sects/cults

at other extreme, some dismiss their teachings as mad/meaningless

hence in any guru parampara. emphasis is laid on preserving the purity of teaching

Swamini Atmaprajnananda SaraswatiReplies to Rishi Vasanth

I some what see now.

Rishi Vasanth Replies to Swamini Atmaprajna..

Akkamahadevi

She is a prominent figure in the field of female emancipation and a person of mystical vision. A household name in Karnataka, she had said that she was a woman only in name and that her mind, body and soul belonged to

Lord Shiva

Her poetry exhibits her love for Chenna Mallikarjuna and harmony with nature and simple living.

She Sang:

For hunger, there is the village rice in the begging bowl,

For thirst, there are tanks and streams and wells

For sleep temple ruins do well

For the company of the soul I have you, Chenna Mallikarjuna