Tilgangur lífsins

There are many people who will give you the purpose of life; they will tell you what the sacred books say. Clever people will go on inventing what the purpose of life is. The political group will have one purpose, the religious group will have another purpose, and so on and on. So, what is the purpose of life when you yourself are confused? When I am confused, I ask you this question, "What is the purpose of life?" because I hope that through this confusion, I shall find an answer. How can I find a true answer when I am confused? Do you understand? If I am confused, I can only receive an answer that is also confused. If my mind is confused, if my mind is disturbed, if my mind is not beautiful, quiet, whatever answer I receive will be through this screen of confusion, anxiety, and fear; therefore, the answer will be perverted. So, what is important is not to ask, "What is the purpose of life, of existence?" but to clear the confusion that is within you. It is like a blind man who asks, "What is light?" If I tell him what light is, he will listen according to his blindness, according to his darkness; but suppose he is able to see, then he will never ask the question, "What is light?" It is there.Similarly, if you can clarify the confusion within yourself, then you will find what the purpose of life is; you will not have to ask, you will not have to look for it; all that you have to do is to be free from those causes which bring about confusion.

J. Krishnamurti

Viðtal við Jakusho Kwong-roshi

The master is within

The master is within; meditation is meant to remove the ignorant idea that he is only outside. If he is a stranger whom you await, he is bound to disappear also. What is the use of a transient being like that? But so long as you think you are separate or that you are the body, an external master is also necessary and he will appear to have a body. When the wrong identification of oneself with the body ceases, the master will be found to be none other than the Self.

 

Ramana Maharshi

Anonymous Creativity

 

Have you ever thought about it? We want to be famous as a writer, as a poet, as a painter, as a politician, as a singer, or what you will. Why? Because we really don't love what we are doing. If you loved to sing, or to paint, or to write poems, if you really loved it you would not be concerned with whether you are famous or not. To want to be famous is tawdry, trivial, stupid, it has no meaning; but, because we don't love what we are doing, we want to enrich ourselves with fame. Our present education is rotten because it teaches us to love success and not what we are doing. The result has become more important than the action.
You know, it is good to hide your brilliance under a bushel, to be anonymous, to love what you are doing and not to show off. It is good to be kind without a name. That does not make you famous, it does not cause your photograph to appear in the newspapers. Politicians do not come to your door. You are just a creative human being living anonymously, and in that there is richness and great beauty.

 

Krishnamurti

Devarah Baba, 250 ára gamall yogi?

Devraha Baba was a siddha who lived for over 250 years, before entering samadhi in 1989. So elderly was he that the first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, more than fifty years ago, said that his father had sat at the feet of Devraha Baba as a child - that is, in the middle of the nineteenth century - and Devraha Baba was already elderly at that time. Devraha Baba never took food, and never set foot on the ground. He lived in a unique hut that was raised off the ground by bamboo poles. This rare video footage was recorded for a russian television channel around 1987-1989, so it is not in English. A translation of the interview is below.

Reporter says: This is Devraha Baba, who lives on this wooden platform. He is not a robber or a psycho but a person highly honored and respected not only in India but also far from its borders. He was visited on many occasions by famous and rich Kashigy (?), Sultan of Brunei (?), artists and actors - Liz Taylor, Roger Moore; rulers of India that visited him were Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, and ministers of the government.

So it is our turn now to see him! Let see what is happening these are high power people from Delhi that brought their children suffering from diarrhea. Conventional drugs would not help them so these people are using alternative methods to deal with their problems.

Baba cures people using only words and by touching them using his foot. Up to 3,000 people come to see him daily, some for advise, some to get healed and others just to see him.

As we can see, people are sitting by the fence and waiting for when Baba would give them a sign to approach. It happens that people being sent away by means of his young helper. Rumors about this wise man spread from eastern India, state of Bihar in the mid-1950s, when a village was attacked by a pack of wild bears eating people. That is when Baba appeared from one of the huts and stopped the bears by raising his hand. Since then Baba was seen in other parts of India.

He could understand the language of animals, heal people by his look or word, give advice and tell the future. In the past he would do predictions of political future for whole countries. For that he was once arrested and only personal involvement of Indira Gandhi helped to get him out of the jail. Some say that Baba was her personal adviser during her last days. This holy man could not protect her but predicted the day she would die (she wrote about it).

Question and Answer begins by the reporter:

Question by reporter: What do you eat?

Answer by Devraha Baba: Nothing by your standards.

Question by reporter: How old are you and do you remember your parents?

Answer by Devraha Baba: I do not have any age. I was born from the river Yamuna when it was blessed by Krishna.

(At this point somebody from the crowd commented that he is 200 years old or just under that.)

Question by reporter: People talk about the end of the world that is expected at the end of this century (this interview is dated to mid 1980s), can you comment on that?

Answer by Devraha Baba: This is a secret and the time has not come yet to reveal that. I can only say that what ever would happen will be good for the humanity, as I am praying for that.

Question by reporter: After such an answer we had little hope for our next question: What can you say about the future of the Soviet Union? And here a miracle happened as we got a long answer from this Person who does not even know how a radio or a newspaper looks like.

Answer by Devraha Baba: Litva has distorted the Baltics and the 3 Republics would separate, other Republics would follow up. You are going thru a difficult period of suffering but at the end everything will be ok as you will be purged. Your President Gorbachev will visit India this or next year. Let him come over and I would give a good advice to him and bless.

Question by reporter: Can we pass on your message to him?

Answer by Devraha Baba: No, let him come in person.

Question by reporter: Can we get a blessing from you?

Reporter says: Here there was a delay for about 15 minutes during which he would glance at us with one eye, greenish and bottomless. Meanwhile it was commented from the crowd that his last blessing happened about 1 year ago and that he does not bless when people ask for it. So we were about to leave when Baba decided to bless me. I am going to comment on my feelings while it is happening. They say that usually insulation is used between the foot and a head to be on a safe side.

Later When saying goodbye Baba told us not to leave Delhi quickly after we would return there. We forgot all about it and went off to another assignment. Just recently we found that a train near Bombay was derailed. We were planning to take this train. Well, it could be just a coincidence, or maybe not?

Dagskrá Lífspekifélagsins um helgina

4. nóv. Föstudagur kl 20:30 Markús Andri Gordon Wilde:

Furðufræði Farið verður yfir hluta þeirra furðulegu fyrirbæra sem rannsökuð eru á jaðri þess sem þekkt er, skyggnst bak við nútímasögu slíkra rannsókna og pælt í hvernig hægt sé að átta sig á því hvað sé mögulegt og hvað ekki

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5. nóv. Laugardagur kl 15:30 Eggert V. Kristinsson:

Kærleikurinn – gullnáma lífsins
Eggert er höfundur bókarinnar Lögmál kærleikans.
Hann var um árabil formaður Náttúrulækningafélags Reykjavíkur og Náttúrulækningafélags Íslands.

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Spjall um hugrækt kl 14 og hugleiðing fyrir byrjendur kl 14:30 á laugardögum. Hálfsmánaðarlega í umsjá Birgis Bjarnasonar.

Á laugardögum kl. 14 verður boðið upp á spjall og umræður um hugrækt í sal félagsins niðri.

Síðan er hugleiðing fyrir byrjendur kl 14:30 til kl. 15. Þá tekur við hefðbundin dagskrá uppi, sjá dagskrá laugardaga.

Dagsetningar: 5. nóv. 19. nóv. 14. jan. 28. jan. 11. feb. 25. feb. 10. mars. 24. mars. 14. apr.

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Stefnuskrá félagsins er eftirfarandi:

1. Að móta kjarna úr allsherjar bræðralagi mannkynsins, án tillits til kynstofna, trúarskoðana,
kynferðis, stétta eða hörundslitar

2. Að hvetja menn til að leggja stund á samanburð trúarbragða, heimspeki og náttúruvísindi.

3. Að rannsaka óskilin náttúrulögmál og öfl þau, er leynast með mönnum

Einkunnarorð félagsins eru:
Engin trúarbrögð eru sannleikanum æðri.

 

Bókin Hugarró komin út

„Þessi hugleiðsla virkar, klárlega,“ segir myndlistarmaðurinn Tolli en hann hefur um árabil lagt stund á hugleiðslu og búddisma. Hann hefur einnig kynnt hugleiðsluaðferðir í fyrirlestrum og unnið með föngum í hugleiðsluhópum. Tolli hefur nú gefið út þýðingu á bók um búddísk fræði og hugleiðslu, sem prýdd er málverkum hans sjálfs og fylgir henni diskur með hugleiðslutónlist.

Út er komin í vandaðri útgáfu bókin Hugarró eftir Rob Nairn í þýðingu Árna Óskarssonar. Í bókinni eru kynnt grundvallarlögmál búddatrúar og hvernig hugleiðsla fer fram. Þá eru í bókinni æfingar í hugleiðslu og henni fylgir hljómdiskur með hugleiðslutónlist sem Beggi Morthens hefur samið og flytur.

 

Lesa í heild:

http://www.mbl.is/smartland/heilsa/2011/10/27/vettvangur_til_ad_finna_hamingju/

Gjörhygli (mindfulness)

A list of ways to practice mindfulness

Each and every day we have many opportunities to practice mindfulness.

Here is a list of ways to practice mindfulness.

Choose one to practice for a day or a week and give it your wholehearted attention.

1. When you wake up in the morning, notice your breathing before you get out of bed. The quality of our breath tells us a lot about our state of being. When the breath is slow and steady we are calm and peaceful. When the breath is constricted we are tense.

2. Before you get out of bed, notice your thoughts. What was your first thought upon waking? This practice helps us get in touch with what is on the mind and in our dreams

3. When possible, eat silently. Before you eat, consider all the people involved in providing the food on your plate – farmers, truck drivers, people in supermarkets. Offer gratitude for all these people.

4. Notice your environment: sunlight, rain, the wind, trees, sights and sounds. On your way to work, school, an appointment or your daily errands, be mindful of driving your car, walking, sitting on the subway, arriving at your destination, your state of mind and your thoughts. Are you in the present moment or thinking ahead to what you will be doing next? Notice your body, and let your breathing help you relax your shoulders, soften your face.

5. Notice when you can stop the pressure of pushing to get where you are going and simply enjoy the process of getting there.

6. Practice mindful, conscious breathing throughout your day: at work, while sitting down, at your desk, at your computer, while speaking on the phone and in person.

7. Allow yourself to be calm and peaceful. Use daily cues as reminders to be mindful: the doorbell, the telephone, a mindfulness bell on your computer, turning on a light, checking your watch or a clock for the time.

8. Approach meals with mindfulness and gratitude. Really taste what you are eating.

9. As you leave your daily activities, take a moment to appreciate what you have accomplished and consider how you have interacted with others. Wash your speech kind, helpful and appropriate to the situation?

10. Consider your trip home as a transition time between your daily activities and your time at home.

11. Become aware of your breathing, smile, notice the quality of your thoughts and feelings.

12. Approach your homecoming and the people you come home to, with peacefulness and kindness.

13. You can use conscious breathing – awareness of the breath – as a foundation to encourage mindfulness in all of your daily activities, just as you use it as the foundation for your sitting and walking meditation practices.

14. Eat meals without doing anything else. Eat them sitting down, rather than standing up or in your car or on the run. Taste every morsel of food and enjoy the aroma and texture of your food.

15. As you go to bed and prepare for sleep, breathe, become aware of your body and relax, and let go of daily activities and of your anticipation of tomorrow.

Vefsíðan Religious worlds

This web site offers information about religious traditions that appeared at first in the Middle East or West Asia as well as ones from South and East Asia. Soon religions from Africa will take a place among them, too.

http://religiousworlds.com/

Lífspekifélagið um helgina

28.okt Föstudagur kl 20:30 Haukur Ingi Jónasson: Andlegur bakhjarl siðfræðinnar

29.okt Laugardagur kl 15:30 Af hljóðdiski: Bókarkafli úr bókinni,
Að höndla hamingju eftir Bertrand Russell

www.lifspekifelagid.is