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Friday, August 6, 2010

Infant-Old couple


Once upon a time there was an old man who lived with his wife in the outskirts of a village.
They old couple had little to eat and survive on, but they were contentedly living in there mud dwelling covered with palm leaves.

The old woman had established an absolute harmony with nature she use to gather fruits and grass from the surrounding forests.Every morning the old man would carry an old brass pot to fill water from a small stream in the forest.

Both husband and wife were attuned to the slowness of life, its simplicity, they absorbed the seasonal winds and the essence of flowering shrubs flowing with it, first drops of rain and the sound of downpour on their thatch roof, the slight chill of winter and warmth of setting sun in their yard.

Brahmin would leave in the morning to gather wood, ask for grains from the generous, and return home with barely enough food for them to survive.
Yet the old man and women had no claims to make from the existence.

One day the old man went into the forest to collect fruits and wood.
He heard a woman giggling with childlike mirth. He followed the sound till he reached a waterfall.Next he heard the goddess asking him for a boon, he thought a lot but he had nothing to ask so he thanked her, goddess was pleased and gave him a pot full of water which was actually the divine nectar.

He thanked her and went back to his wife, He narrated the story to his wife ,she thought old man has been hallucinating,they had nothing to eat that day so they drank that water and slept.

Next day they woke up and realized that water satiated them so much that they did not need any food.Next day again goddess gave him another pot of water, they drank and slept.
Now it became a regular event and he gradually stopped visiting the village and asking for food altogether.
With time they noticed that their old bones are gathering strength that they had in their youth and their hair are turning black again.
old woman was pleased to see her wrinkles disappearing miraculously.Soon both of them had a body of a young man and woman, they continued consuming the water of eternal life and soon became teenagers.
old man was happily following the course, but the woman was getting worried who will take care of then if they became infants, who would take care of them.
she expressed her doubts to her husband, he answered in his simplicity that if we go back to our infant hood we will find our mother and father again.
While the old man continued having that water and going backwards everyday, she was growing anxious.She stopped consuming that water.she pretending to drink it in front of him and then drained it later.

Soon old man became a toddler whereas she remained a pubescent young girl.
And one night old man turned into a year old. He asked her to give her some of that special water, she hesitantly did that and he became an infant.She got scared and stopped giving him anymore of the divine water. Old man in his infant body started wailing when hungry.

She had nowhere to go, nothing to feed him. She prayed to the goddess for mercy.
Soon she divine nectar started flowing from her breast and she fed her husband , soon he turned into a ball of light and disappeared into eternity. She experienced the same person as her husband , friend , and her child.

She cried tears of joy and bathed in ecstasy of experiencing the goddess as herself.
SHE BECAME THE MOTHER.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Raja Harish Chandra and the forest of Light


Once there was a mighty King named Raja Harishchandra, who ruled the Ganga region in Northern India.
He was a kind ruler, loved by all.
His kingdom was wealthy; there was plenty to eat for every one. Fields were emerald green and forests were loaded with timber and fruits. River beds and ponds provided for enough fish and rice. No one was hungry and no one was deprived. People lived in wealth and harmony. Raja showered his subjects with precious gems, pearls and gold to celebrate the birth of his sons and daughters.
There was no crime or stealing. People lived and loved.

One night Raja Harishchandra went to bed and he had an extraordinary dream.
he dreamt of a forest that led him to a cave. Inside, he saw a Sadhu in a state of Samadhi. He tried stepping in, but Sadhu, who had his eyes closed and his back towards the king stopped him from entering, with a gesture of his hand. King stopped right there, Sadhu disappeared that instant and a vortex of light opened up, showing him a spiral stair case of light. He started climbing up, encountering several Gandharvas and Gandharvis dancing and singing heavenly music. He felt bliss.
He moved further up till he reached the space where there was pure light. Nothing else but light that generated ecstasy into his being. He became dizzy and drunk with joy and pure pleasure.

Next morning when he woke up, the dream felt so real to him that his reality felt lifeless. All his wealth, abundance, relatives, friends, power, jewels and gold felt worthless to him. All he desired now was to reach that place where he visited in his dream. He left his kingdom in charge of his eldest son and left in search of that ecstasy world. He came across many Gurus and Sadhus who taught him what they knew but they could not take him to the place of his dream.

He walked barefoot, hungry and tired. One night he entered the deep dark forest and he felt thousands of invisible people walking towards the same place along with him. Anyone with a sane mind would have been frightened with the darkness and invisible beings around but Raja was a man engrossed, he walked till he reached the heart of the dark forest. What he saw there astonished him beyond words.

He saw a Buddha sitting under a tree in the center of a clearing and around him was a congregation of thousands of invisible people sitting in a meditative state. Bright light emanating from the Buddha was seeping into them; pure joy and bliss was floating in the air. He stood there hiding and witnessing; bathing in that light and pure love. But with the first ray of the morning it all disappeared in a split second right before his eyes, the communion was over. Raja woke up from the trance like state thinking he must have slept again and had an amazing dream.

Several years passed. Raja looked for the special place throughout the day and the night when he was exhausted beyond all capacity. He had beautiful visions and he recalled them next morning as dreams. He became physically stronger and vibrant, his hair became silvery white, and he started radiating with celestial light yet he believed that he was dreaming about that place.

One night he was walking through the forest looking for that special place of his dreams. He looked at the moon and was struck by its pure silvery and cool blue light. He stared at it in disbelief. Soon he found himself stepping on the old familiar spiral staircase of light, leading into a light chamber inside the moon. Several Masters and Gurus were sitting in a circle emitting brilliant white light, as he stepped in they all looked up and one of them said "Welcome Harishchandra we have been waiting for you". They asked him to turn around and see who is at the bottom of the stair case of light. As he did so, right at the bottom of the staircas, across many worlds he saw himself staring awestruck at the moon, unable to look away.

The masters asked him "Who is that person?" and immediately he pointed out saying "He is Harishchandra".  He asked himself if that person is Harishchandra then "WHO AM I?"
At that very moment he realized he is nothing and he was filled with the same sweet ecstatic light.

He was flooded with unfathomable joy and rapture.

Finally his journey was complete.