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What is the Stink of Enlightenment?

3/18/2010

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Namaste 
There is a phrase that is the **stink of enlightenment**-- 
a prime example of it is .... Reaching a point where one 
can say all the right things BUT thinking one is above the 
world and now they are some type of higher being and
that the world is going to cater to them... There is no 
**mundane** versus not, and no one is above the world --- 
one is in the world but not of it --- that doesn't mean
above it though... it simply means that one is not deluded 
or drawn in or lost within some false view of the world... 
One enters into the Play of God --- it ALL becomes Lila no 
matter what one is doing it doesn't mean one runs away from
responsibilities. That one is above it. 
Before Enlightenment one chops wood and carries water and
AFTER enlightenment one chops wood and carries water... One 
doesn't bum around - speak flowery words and think that others 
should cater to them...
Neither does it mean that you can do whatever you damn well 
please without consequences to your actions -- Karma for that 
one is still in place... There is nothing worse than to encounter 
the stink of enlightenment...
One example of this was a supposed Enlightened Being that was 
procreating all over europe and then saying well it was the womens 
fault for sleeping with him as they knew he is not involved with 
anything - that he is in vairagya .. (That has nothing to do with 
Vairagya at all) Oh he traveled around giving Satsangs and they 
sounded good on the surface but there was no regard for honoring 
**any** responsibilities... After all responsibilities are for the 
unenlightened that are in the world... He is now above it... 
Let's look at another one -- Adi Da aka Ladi da... So above it all 
that he had a harem of women... Claimed to be above Jesus Christ 
and all other Guru's on the planet... Is that Enlightenment ? No 
it's having re-rooted into the stench of enlightenment ego... Does 
Enlightenment bring into place being beyond everything without 
consequences ? NO .... Does it make one a less authentic human 
being ? NO .... One becomes rather more Ordinary... Living life 
as it comes --- without fanfare --- without running away.. 
without grandiosity ... 
Another of these prime examples is Nithyananda --- claiming to be 
Enlightened and a Brahmachari and yet having sex with many of the 
devotees all the while claiming to be beyond it all and without 
desires or lust .... and having no responsibility to these actions... 
He is not Krishna reborn and that was not lila but sex pure and simple... 
He is defrauding the people in the name of Enlightenment... It stinks.... 
Maybe these guys had openings -- maybe the ultimate truth was 
seen... remembered ... spoke about... but a mind that is Still and 
Dead when within a Living Nirvikalpa Sahaja Samadhi is within a
place where one lives a life of equity... of fairness to others. it's not 
about am out to satisfy myself first and foremost... after all 
i am the center of the universe --- i am the universe --- 
there are no others ..... This is the delusion of the grand spiritual 
cosmic ego... It is not the actions where there is no Me that remains 
to be entranced by chasing desires... Ones desires are now within 
the realm of Vairagya - dispassion.. One does not chase after them 
they no longer run the show... 
OM Shanti
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When Sages Fall - when Full Realization is not secured.

3/17/2010

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Namaste 
It is a very sad day when a Guru has a Sadahaka that goes 
so far along the way then falls into delusion again... And 
so this is the perfect time to talk about what it takes to 
enter Full Realization... 
Full Realization is ONLY Full Realization when the moving 
mind has died and been fully submerged in the Unchanging 
IS... Until that point one may have glimpsed the Absolute 
and may be in and out of Non-duality to Duality swinging 
back and forth like a pendulum... Moments of Clarity 
but then mind rises and another wash of mental debris 
covers the clarity.. Once the Absolute is glimpsed it may 
be recalled and spoken of ... This does not mean that it is 
fully present as a Living Reality. 
What can happen is the worst of scenarios --- Absolute may 
be glimpsed and the swinging back and forth may take place 
with a spiritual ego arising... This is the most difficult ego to 
cut through... For now it is off to save the world and give it's 
very **special ** truth... There is at that point a running and 
chasing after (as has been said by our falling sage) an attempt 
to stabalize by reading unauthorized texts. This only serves 
to feed the spiritual ego rather than cutting it at the roots... 
Any Intellectual knowledge isn't going to bouy up Truth that 
is beyond the intellectual holdings... Truth is the Unknowing 
beyond knowing... It is like Intellect stripped bare of all it's 
collected ideas and ideals - Primal - Pure - Without content... 
One is not finished with the path when things recede having 
glimpsed the Absolute Truth... The ME may appear to be dead 
but has only receded temporarily and may reemerge with mind 
that again begins to move and create looking to sustain this 
Bliss and Truth... Glimpsing the Truth This is only the Starting point. 
UNTIL a Nirvikalpa Sahaja Samadhi remains it is not Full 
Realization... The Most UNFORTUNATE thing is that the 
one that has had this temporary abidance may now enter 
that time of Everything is Illusion - There is nothing to get -- 
Nowhere to go... NeoAdvaita speak will arise to fuel their 
agenda of self talk that they are done... They may fool 
others for a time... But time will tell... Yes all go through 
this transient stage of All the world is an illusion... But this 
gives way to it coming back into view as Reality and NOT Two - 
Not Two... When this doesn't come back into view then 
there is yet further to go --- more to be cut... 
All one can do as a Guru is to give the Truth of the situation 
to that Sadhaka... They choose to either stay or to follow 
that blissfulness that is held with effort... The Bliss of 
Full Realization is a subtle thing --- Unwavering Stillness 
that the world rises within and dances for... Just as 
Shakti danced for Shiva... The world dances before 
Realization but there is no confusion that remains.... 
The worst thing to see is when spiritual pride and that 
spiritual ego rises up and supplants Guru and the 
Wisdom that is attempting to be imparted... There 
is a lesson in this --- don't stop half way... Don't 
come to the point of glimpsing Reality and then turn 
a blind eye and ear to Guru's promptings which are 
only to be given for the benefit of your path... Don't 
chase after unauthorized material and wind up in a 
confusion for as long as there is yet a moving mind 
in play --- there is yet ego that is filtering and 
skewing truth into what it is most inclined to hear 
and then disregarding that which needs to be heard... 
Om Shanti
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Fall of Gurus and Swamis - India's Golden Age is Past

3/4/2010

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Namaste 
It's unfortunate that so many people jump on the ** popular ** Guru band wagons 
and wind up getting taken for a ride. The Golden Age of India is long past.. So 
many of these "Guru's" are looking for Name & Fame to become World Guru's 
and have huge organizations complete with adoring minions. This was not the 
way of genuine Guru's... They worked one to one with the seekers coming. 
Perhaps some of them are just sincerely deluded and believe their own press.. 
Am sure that many are justifying their actions because they are setting up so 
many ** social programs ** to aide others in society. So their deceit can be 
justified.. But it's not justified. Not Ever. 
The Sad thing is that with Every Charlatan that comes along it just makes 
the public sentiment go more viral and distrusting of all Guru's ... After 
all if even the Guru's from India are being found to be so dishonest then 
how can we believe that any from the West are going to be any better ? 
One thing though within the west as here many know that the gravy train 
isn't going to be found through Name - Fame - nor Monies.. We have gone 
beyond the mentality of enough programs are going to solve the worlds ills. 
It takes a fundamental change Within rather than just programs that are going 
to make life easier overall. Am not saying that there is no need for social programs 
and educating and changing the backward ways of society. Most Assuredly these 
things are Needed and Justified to a degree. But don't confuse this with bringing 
people along to internal Freedom.. 
Just recently Kalki was exposed --- a few days before another *Swami* in 
New Delhi with ashrams and temples numerous in number was arrested for 
running a call girl prostitution ring... Now Nithyananda is caught with his 
pants down fondling two women and he is claiming to be a celibate and a 
light to others... 
They even make a big show of making those coming to hear Satsang watch 
a video that is extolling his Virtues and claiming he is a Paramahamsa of the 
highest degree... Yes he can talk a good talk but his actions are NOT in 
alignment with his words.. He claims to be A Sat Guru but these are not the 
actions of being a Sat Guru as he is perpetrating a fraud. If he wants to have 
Sex and chase women then why don the robes of a renunciate and make a big 
show of being a renunciate ? Simply he is wanting to appear like a Holy Man - 
like another Vivekananda,Long hair - personable - etc. He is putting forth a 
show of what people expect a Guru to be and all the while he is making a 
mockery of it all behind the scenes. 
It is good in one way that things are coming to light ... But it's amazing to see
the people that have been following him defending him rather than 
coming to terms with the fact he isn't what he is claiming to be... How long 
will they remain in denial ? Yes films can be doctored but it's quite clear 
that those films are authentic. If they were fake the actress would be 
coming forward in outrage. She hasn't... 
Am sure they probably believed their own press and more than likely are 
just as deluded as those they are leading down the path as followers. 
On the surface they all looked good for a short time... Look how 
quickly though that these organizations grew ----- Why ? Because they 
are pandering to egos ... Kalki it now comes out was giving drugs to the 
seekers saying that they were taking something that was cleansing --- 
and their highs and peak experiences were nothing lasting as it was 
perpetrated by fraudulent means --- drugs... And these people were 
being told they were enlightened.. Shameful... 
Authentic Guru's aren't looking for big crowds... Not looking for the big 
show... They don't have people out hawking them to the largest bidder. 
They are going to tell you - you have to do the work and there is no easy 
way to Enlightenment... One has to be willing to face the death before 
death... NOW if you want the path to remain in Duality - that is fine too.. 
That is the path of learning how to roll with the punches -- don't look to 
deeply within --- learn to manifest and have some inner peace. Nothing 
wrong with that but be clear that you are not wanting Enlightenment... 
There are some Real Guru's remaining in the world... There are some 
true Celibates remaining in the world. Usually the ones with the 
biggest fanfare and promotion are going to be showmen.. You get 
what you pay for but buyer beware... What is it you are really wanting 
to purchase ? Sometimes the dream of spirituality comes with a high 
price tag... Sometimes they are just to good to be true... Are you 
looking the illusion of what a Guru would look like ? Or are you 
looking for what they are giving without all the fanfare surrounding 
it ? Some want that glittering diamond of a world famous Guru --- 
after all if thousands are believing in him then he MUST be the real 
deal --- but most often when thousands are believing in them then 
what is happening is they are giving a show of what people want to 
see on the surface ... Pump up the emotions and selling them a 
ticket on the spiritual ride. If you bought the ticket then look more 
deeply into what it is you are really looking for ? Is it good looks -- 
crowds - good works - social programs ? Or is it walking the walk 
of the Inner Journey which is always traveled alone... Yes there may 
be others along the way - a community BUT you can't walk through 
the door of Enlightenment with a crowd cheering crowd.. You can 
have fun -- make merry -- sing -- dance --- be in the world with 
worldly endeavors with a crowd Absolutely.. But you aren't going to 
dissolve or implode into God. Then again most want to Dance with 
God they don't want to find that only God exists... 
OM Shanti
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