Learning –an obstruction for free expression?

the more i read, the more i remember, the more parrot i become

memory filled with cliches, hackneyed, phrases, idioms, giving an inadvertant impression that i am a learned fellow ,well read, fluent, stylish

–without revealing that i am a victim of my learning

there are plenty of expressions– my memory readily supplies , the moment i start penning a passage.

i want to convey a thing but i am distracted to convey a different thing

by the load of my vocabulary, phrases, quotes, episodes, similies, homilies,metaphors.

and secretely i get a satisfaction that i am writing nicely like a great author–which i never wanted to get.

in the process my point is lost or obscured.

i am just flabbergasted to see this phenomenon happening, and it is as if i am writing by habit , not originally

inebriated with the exuberance of my own verbocity, i tend to be a showman, a sales man of my scholarship , a curator , rather than , where i really wanted to become a creator.

jk wrote a book named ”freedom from the known”

how true it is
all my knowing has become a cage imprisonig my real being aspiring to be innovative to discover and present a new world to the readers

words creep in here , which are unnecessary and i should have used some originals.

expression should be precise to the point, purposeful, a productive endeaver.

how i wish i can be as orignal as i want to be!

extending the thought that our exposure to things around, people we come across, experiences we undergo ——-all leave their impressions, cluttering our being, making us behave as a trained monkey under the control of his master.

moment to moment we must watch and safeguard our original perfect nature from all tendencies–like how his father kept rishyashringa, isolated from all
and preserved his life to grow in to a chaste rishi who commanded the rains to shower in the kingdom

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Saroj Das Rishivar;
While thinking about the Unthinkable....the mind resorts a 'thought-form' of its own. Renouncing that last 'single-thought' ..i abide in silence. The 'knowledge- absolute' , that the Atman is..., can not be known by any known methods of knowing.
Hari Om.

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Kalavathi Sonti You are....... Confirming...... J k. What you say is absolutely true..about the mind ....
Starts enjoying and gets stuck with knowledge.....

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Kalavathi Sonti Some times a little I ...and sometimes it becomes bigger and forgets the purpose!!

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Harjeet Kohli 

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Ab Narayan Very true; But it seems it is much limited to Sub continent only. In the last 40 yrs have come across many many various people of more than 25 countries, and have observed it is much so in the people of sub continent only. Leading among them from top to down wise-- India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. In the least (bottom) level is -- Japanese, next above them may US, then comes Germany, France, higher them is English. Canadians, France more or less same. Egypt and Pak more or less same. Arabs are more or less near with US, and their good educated are not bragging much. Also, there is an Other Side of the same. The nature that what is mentioned in the article is mostly happening with EXTROVERT PEOPLE, because they wish to give more priority for expressing their knowledge. And, in case of many INTROVERT intellectuals, when they think of saying or writing something they immediately feel that word/phrase which first flashed in their mind it might be appropriate, and think further and continue deleting in their own mind many more words, and finally they present a very appropriate word, though in the meantime they take time and become slow., but appropriate and up to the point. So, this balanced view and appropriate and up to the desired level only action in many people is the result of LEARNING/STUDIES IN US UNIVERSITIES, and also we can find WITH THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN. Thanks, and regards.

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Vasanth Rv Ab Narayan sir, gratitude for sharing wonderful leads..............i am saving the passage for my reference.................................................i now can understand how the time and circumstances /events experiences have really taken away the ''natural piety'' of child and has stuffed his mind with consequent loads of information .................your observation on ''introvert'' ways of writing confirms the way how rishis have expressed great wisdom in their original way that too in the shortest expressions.................i now can now safely say that all the clutter is due to we lost track of our 'rishi sanskriti' , thanks and regards

Ab Narayan Very true. That is why our ancient rshis left the land (NADU) ans went to the forest to do severe penance (TAPASYAM) and gained higher JNAANODAYAM. So, why they went to forests?; Truly,as you said .. to be away from -- ' loads of information (unwanted!) , and to concentrate on true spirituality. Thank you so much; I highly appreciate about your great nobility of keenness to understand and accept the truth and keenness to know the true reasons behind the intellectual and dedicated strength of our ancient scholars and the rshies; And I feel so far no any scholars of any other culture (either Abrahamic religions, or any other) have shown such depth of knowledge, intellectuality and foresightedness as much, found in our ancient rshies. Thanks, and regards. Abn/-.

  scriptures in present time—-how

The need does exist immense.

contents of scriptures are meant for living them ,

1 to be seen in tapasya, meditation and
2 to be walking in their light.

reading listening, debating, learning by heart, expressing in learned forums —all is only insignificant part of the full glory.

in deep meditation they are available for conscious perception and spontaneous application in all activities

”yad yad karma karomi…….,” becomes the property of one in one’s nature—this does not happen by reciting reading repeating–though these have their own value

thus the scriptures start getting lived in the context of contemporary life,

and once lived , get interpreted , updated, in the language and idiom of our time

eg. geetha

whether one has read or not, it ‘s message is cognized in reality, beyond the limitations of language, in all phases of life, in all modern subjects of study , and one becomes ageetha, a geethaacharya in his thought, talk and walk, in his own right, his birth right

scriptures are written not from intellectual contemplation or conjuctures, or idle imagination, but from the deepest experiences of rishis , cognized from within

and the reality of these are to be gained from our own depths,
not from the heaps of books

books seve the purpose of only to confirm our cognitions ganed in the light of enlightenment

will provide some light not the enlightenment, and not meant for conformity

enlightenment only confirms the truth, and naturally makes us to conform to it

 

what an action
what a reaction

where is the right action
where has gone the right to do right action

one japan was enough
why allow history to repeat with a rebuff

who has to guide the guides
should one wait for natures repeated chides

nuclear was a clean source
proved no more trust worthy in due course

why not update

why be obsolete 

 

akshara ramyatha

Beautiful hand writing

.

no hurried scribbling please

slow,deliberate,thoughtful,100% involved

ie …akshara ramyatha

here i want to thank with love and respect my younger days’

friend from village whose hand writing i happened to glimpse only once by chance .

i was enthralled and immediately started to learn how to write a good handwriting

within seconds my handwriting became beautiful and continues to now and i always would like to write nicely

spelling, punctuation, grammar, idiom

here too my thanks to my all gurus

  two aspects of one reality This standard statement clarifies on The form of the Supreme ''Brahma Satyam. Jagan Mithya.  Jivo Brahmai...

moksha

 Unless one experiences the state of moksha,directly , it is impossible to get a clear grasp on it

guru helps, it becomes easiest and almost instant

without guru, it becomes most difficult, life wasted in wrong moves

Scripture reading will not lead to spiritual realization

scriptures are meant to be validated by the direct experience of the essence within

the direct experience of self provides a basis to say ''yes, what this sloka says is true''

and also direct experience imparts the ability to conceive, create ,and express new scriptures, authentic, and valuable

there are levels of moksha,

initially ''momentary'' to later ''permanently stabilized''

as sadhana proceeds and matures, the experience of moksha becomes profound and lasting

 shankara in dakshina murthi sthothram

Viswam darpana drusyamana nagari, Thulyam nijantargatham,

Pasyannathmani mayaya bahirivoth, Bhutham yatha nidraya,

Ya sakshath kuruthe prabodha samaye,Swathmanameva dwayam,

Thasmai sri guru murthaye nama idham, Sree Dakshinamurthaye., 

Similar to the image of a town as seen in the mirror, When one sees the image of the world within him, The world appears as if it is outside. It is similar to his seeing due to illusion, During the state of sleep, That the one real fact appears as many different truths, And he realizes,when he wakes up and sees the reality, That he is really the one and only one soul. Salutation to the God facing the south, Who is the greatest teacher.