{"id":5753,"date":"2024-09-15T05:52:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T10:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freddieyam.com\/wordpress\/?p=5753"},"modified":"2024-09-15T05:59:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T10:59:30","slug":"a-readers-response-to-tether-and-magnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freddieyam.com\/wordpress\/a-readers-response-to-tether-and-magnet\/","title":{"rendered":"A reader’s response to Tether and Magnet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of you may remember Tether and Magnet<\/a>, a post written five years ago by a friend of mine.<\/p>\n

Last week a reader posted an unusual comment on it. This happened on realization.org where “Tether and Magnet” has been reprinted, not on this blog, so I’m copying the comment here for blog readers.<\/p>\n

Before I show you the comment, a short note. The comment made me think of this remark by Annamalai Swami:<\/p>\n

When the rejection of mental activities becomes continuous and automatic, you will begin to have the experience of the Self. [From Living by the Words of Bhagavan<\/em>, p. 263]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Decades ago, when I first saw that remark, I thought, “This beginning he mentions, this beginning of experiences of the Self — I wish he had given me a sense of what it’s like. I wish he had described it instead of just mentioning it.”<\/p>\n

Almost all the literature on Self-realization was like that.<\/p>\n

One of the reasons I started realization.org was to publish writings that would put descriptive meat on the bones of the sages’ gaunt remarks. But it turned out that such writings are very rare. They can only be written by people who have had the experiences they describe and who also have a certain kind of unusual literary gift.<\/p>\n

So it’s not surprising that I never found a piece of writing that fleshes out Annamalai Swami’s remark. <\/p>\n

Until a few days ago when this reader’s comment appeared out of the blue.<\/p>\n

A Comment on Tether and Magnet<\/h2>\n

By Prachi<\/b> <\/p>\n

It might look that one got ‘here’ in an instant, they did not.<\/p>\n

It took a lot of deliberate focused thinking , reflecting ,reading, discarding .
\nThey had no choice, it had to happen.<\/p>\n

The discarding part is huge and non-compromising. Sometimes you discard the whole 300-page-highly-revered-spiritual-book just by reading a paragraph. The bullshit detectors become so sensitive they can easily see through false claims and make-believe theories.<\/p>\n

But when it happens , on the day itself, it happens unannounced. All these day you were after it, despite not knowing what \u201cit\u201d is, and suddenly you find yourself in the lap of this massive find.
\nNo bell ringing , no visions, just pure TRUTH.<\/p>\n

But the amazing things happens, with high intensity , right from the next day, maybe next hour, maybe next minute, but it do happen, its bound to. Its like your car travelling a little even after you applied brakes, such is the train of thoughts. It takes time to settle in this new state.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe? The truth? No wayyyy\u2026
\nHow come I found it? …..No wayy\u201d<\/p>\n

Suddenly the Truth comes in foreground and you vanish<\/p>\n

A new thought leaps up (old habit of mind)<\/p>\n

\u201cBuddha, jesus, Krishna\u2026me? No fucking way”<\/p>\n

Suddenly Truth envoleps buddha, krishna ,jesus, you ,cat, dog ,sun, death, rocks\u2026nothing exists..awareness is Truth, appearance is not Truth
\nSuddenly awareness envolepes the words “Awareness’ ‘Truth’ ‘Appearance’ and the sound they make.<\/p>\n

Eternity shines through, still, silent.<\/p>\n

New thought leaps up
\nThe awareness entertains it<\/p>\n

\u201cParents? Guilt? Bullied? crying? Hating? Burning money? Acting smart? Running away?
\nWho? For what?\u201d
\nA suddent burst of laugh….<\/p>\n

You go for a walk\u2026you physically cannot sit still\u2026you tie shoes and goes out on street in natural pace
\nYou do not want anyone to notice aything unusual, such is the habit of mind and ego.<\/p>\n

Suddenly the Truth shines through\u2026there is no you and stillness is all there is.<\/p>\n

You keep walking and thoughts run their course\u2026
\nSome are entertained\u2026most just shoves past like vehicles on highway\u2026leaving no impact
\nYou know some of them will never occur again, and will never leave impact.
\nAnd they do not. You already know you can choose otherwise.<\/p>\n

New thought arises
\n\u201cOfcourse they will fall in love with me..i will tell people ..save them…ofcourse I will change my parents..\u201d
\nAgain Truth shines through..the thought disappears so does the effort..all that is felt by awareness is
\nA little tense calf muscle, maybe a boner, and a dry mouth.
\nWords like ‘saving others’ , ‘changing others’ suddenly loose their impact. A little chuckle at the sight of ego trying to entertain its makings.<\/p>\n

Suddenly you become aware of the surrounding,
\nNo one is watching you, you are smiling like stupid doped person.<\/p>\n

Suddenly a huge tsunami of silence and stillness arrives, this time bringing burst of joy
\n“Hollllllyyyyyy shiiiiiiiitttttt
\nHowwww fuckiiiiing majeessstiiiiiccccc
\nGod damn holy shit \u2026.truth\u2026.fucking truth\u2026..”
\nYour muscles feels a lot more flexible now.
\n“What the fuck is misery what the fuck is pain (a tear drop passes down on your cheek)…
\nOhhh fuckkk loveeee..”<\/p>\n

Suddenly all words vanish
\nYou are walking but no is aware, there is no you.<\/p>\n

“Untoucheddddd un fucking touched
\nThe real king,,\u2026.. the real wealth\u2026.i am the wealthiest..
\nI am the crown of creation\u2026.”<\/p>\n

Suddenly the thruth shines through
\nAll these words gets envolepd in it
\nNo words can describe, no words,,, no fucking words,,,,
\nYou go on a thanking spree, suddenly Nisargadatta maharaj and Raman Maharshi are among the greatest people to ever walk the planet…. a lot more tears drops thinking about them… you feels blessed by them.. they are your friends…<\/p>\n

\u201cMe among them?……holy shit dude\u2026..what?…holy shit\u2026..\u201d
\n\u201cthe elite of the elitest club?…me???? the low life??? the liar???”<\/p>\n

You can count on fingers the people who have made it\u2026you know there are countless others but you know not their names\u2026<\/p>\n

Suddenly a humbling wave washes you
\n\u201cEverybody will make it\u2026.fuck EVERYBODY IS IT !!!! there is no everybody\u2026there is only it\u2026
\nNo one is left behind\u2026..fuck\u2026holy fuck dude\u2026.all is there is truth\u2026..\u201d<\/p>\n

Suddenly you entertain new thought
\n\u201cwhat words can describe it? Let me make a new word!\u201d this is possibly the first deliberate thought of the last hour, maybe last three hour
\nYou think of a word
\n\u201cGreatest (satisfactory)…
\nCompared to what? Greater?”
\nSuddenly the word greatest is not satisfactory<\/p>\n

It occurs comparative word wont stand a chance
\nYou need a standalone word (why you need a word? such is the paradox of mind) of course the addiction of thinking wants you to come up with a word<\/p>\n

“Truth” nothing else to compare,
\nFalse do not even exist so Truth is a standalone word.
\n\u201cAwareness\u201d satisfactory but not for the mind still
\n\u201cGod\u201d satisfactory, given that devil is a false construct created after not knowing what the word \u201cgod\u201d is
\nYou think of words used by previous knowers
\n\u201cbrahman\u201d
\n\u201cboddhi\u201d
\n“Love”
\n“Christ”
\n\u201cpragya\u201d
\n\u201caatman\u201d
\nAll words are satisfactory all words are unsatisfactory\u2026.
\nYou laugh at the limitedness of human language and expression<\/p>\n

Suddenly the thought vanishes, a new wave of sensation shows up
\n“Me??? I found it?? unfucking believable?
\nOf all these billion people walking here, ..I am the one who found it?
\nScientist, philosophers, leaders \u2026what the fuck??
\nMe the mediocre among siblings? Below average marks throughout his life???
\nHoly shiiiiiiit\u2026\u2026”<\/p>\n

You pass nearby a Temple, evening prayer sounds reach your ear.
\nYou look. Temple is no different than the rocks and trees.
\nSound of prayers is no different than the sound of vehicles.
\nNo substance in them. Not an iota. Yet they are all part of it.<\/p>\n

A new wave crashes in , Truth, the sea is still, deeper than any other sea\u2026<\/p>\n

It will take another month to even register it fully, although it already is here
\nThe amazement will not cease for another year,,,and if deliberately dived in\u2026it will not cease till the body survives\u2026such is the scale of majestic Truth..
\nBeing humble, bowing down\u2026.as the time pass by.. shaping reality around you without your engagement
\nAs the decade pass by, new experiences stacks up, but none of them compare to the absence of experience which itself is an experience,an intellectual one, which is not Truth.
\nPlayfulness, innocence , lack of guile, unboundedness of spirit , robust health and inner light, an natural confidence, and unerring sense of right, imputurbality, grace, a calm eye and easy good humor, balance , freedom from malice and pettiness, absence of fear, the presence of largesse and permeating sense of gratitude. Creativity, connectedness, correctness.<\/p>\n

Namaste (I bow down to the Truth in you)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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