This is a translation of Amritabindu Upanishad, as faithful as I can make it, no attempt is made to interpret it in any manner. I have always felt that the study of the Upanishads should be done without relaying on their commentaries to ensure your personal participation in the study. Otherwise you would be following the ideas of others regarding the Upanishad rather than the Upanishad itself. That way lays bondage which the texts are trying so hard to get you out of.
I have omitted the “Santhipatham” of the text beginning with “Bhadram Karnebhi…” from my translation. It is a prayer to various deities or an invocation of peace to help the seekers achieve their objective of learning the ultimate truth without any hindrance.
Enjoy the text and meditate on it. It will give you an insight into what meditation is all about.
1. The mind is chiefly spoken as of two kinds, pure and impure. The impure mind is desire-ridden, and the pure is free of desire.
2. Undoubtedly it is the mind that is the cause of man’s liberation and bondage. The mind that is attached to sense objects leads to bondage, while that which is free from them leads to liberation. So they think.
3. Since liberation is for the mind free from sense-objects, the mind should always be made clean of such desire, by the seeker of truth.
4. Once this is accomplished and the mind is fully controlled within the heart (the heart chakra is one of the favorite centers of meditation-Translator) it realizes its own essence. Then the supreme state is obtained.
5. The mind should be controlled till it gets fully merged in the heart. This is Jnana (realization) and this is Dhyana (meditation) also, all else are mere talk and word play
6. The supreme state is neither to be thought of (as it is beyond thought), nor unworthy to be thought of (as it is the only method of release), nor is It to be thought of in any other manner than the essence of the ever visible, timeless, supreme bliss itself. Truth which is free from all entanglement is reached in this state.
7. First concentrate on OM with its letters( that is on AUM, the meaning would be roughly like this A= creative force, U= sustaining force , M= destructive force or in essence the visible reality in all its aspects contained in the word OM- Translator), then graduate to OM without regard to its letters. When the later form of meditation becomes fruitful, the idea of non-entity is attained as entity.
8. that alone is Reality, without component parts, without doubt, and without taint. Realizing I am that Reality one becomes immutable Reality
9. The Real is endless, beyond reason and analogy, beyond all proofs and causeless; knowing which the wise person becomes free.
10 The highest truth is that pure consciousness which realizes, “ There is neither control of mind nor it is coming into play, neither am I bound, nor am I a worshipper, neither am I a seeker after liberation, nor one who has attained liberation.”
11. Actually the soul should be known from its states of wakefulness, dreaming, and dreamless sleep. For him who has transcended the three states there is no rebirth.
12. Being the only One, the universal soul is present in all beings. Though One, it is seen as many, like the moon in the water.
13. Just as it is the vessel which being moved from one place to another which changes place and not the space enclosed in it, so is the jiva which resembles that space.
14. When the various forms like the vessel are broken repeatedly the Space (Akasha /ether) does not know them to be broken, but He knows perfectly
15. Being covered by Maya which is a mere sound, it does not know Space (The reality), through darkness, When ignorance is shredded, It by virtue of being Itself, only sees unity in everything.
16. The OM as Word is first looked upon as the Supreme reality. After that (the word idea) has vanished, that timeless reality remains. The wise person should meditate on that imperishable reality, if he desires the peace of his soul.
17. These two kinds of learning ought to be understood, the Word (physical) Reality and the Supreme Reality. Having mastered the Word Reality One attains to the highest Reality
18. After studying the Vedas (that is recorded knowledge) the intelligent person who is solely intent on acquiring knowledge and realization should discard the Vedas altogether, like the man who discards husk to obtain rice?
19. The milk is always white even though cows are of diverse colures. The intelligent person regards Jnana (learning) as the milk and the many branched Vedas as the cows.
20. Like butter hidden in milk, pure consciousness resides in every being. That ought to be constantly churned out by the churning rod of the mind.
21. The Supreme reality should be brought out like fire by taking hold of the rope of knowledge. “I am that Reality, indivisible, immutable, and calm”, thus it is thought of.
22. In whom reside all beings, and who resides in all beings by virtue of his being the giver of grace to all- I am that soul of the universe, the Supreme being, I am that Soul of the Universe the Supreme being.
This Upanishad is often linked to Yajurveda (one of the four Vedas) or more precisely to Krishna Yajurveda. Yet the “Santhipatham” (prayer at the beginning) belongs to Upanishads originating from Atbara Veda.
Considered from the point of view of the subject matter this is an Upanishad on Yoga, it is also a comparatively new Upanishad. Other Upanishads belonging to the same category are Varaha, Yogasikha, Yogathathva, Kshurika, Sandilya, and Hamsa.
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Monday, August 18, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Alternate methods of resistance
Soon after learning about e harassment and mind control I had considered investigating the use of Yoga to either lessen or to eliminate the symptoms and effects of the torture. I did think that down to earth branches of Yoga like Hatha Yoga and Tantra Yoga might be useful in enhancing the defenses of the body. Do not mistake me here, by Tantra Yoga I do not mean that type of Yoga which caters only to the senses in exclusion to everything else. There is such Yoga and its practitioners. It also is a proven method of reaching self awareness albeit a very hazardous one. But what I had in mind was Tantric practices of a more benign nature like the Japa Yoga and Dyana Yoga. Both if practiced well, releases the latent force in man called Kundalini which if controlled can be a powerful tool to achieve anything. But I discarded the idea since both branches of Yoga are difficult to master and are strenuous in execution. The are some practices of Hatha Yoga like the Trataka and the Sheetali Pranayama etc. which might be beneficial in steadying the mind and keeping the body healthy. Trataka involves gazing at an object without closing your eye for some length of time. It steadies the mind, and Sheetali pranayama is nothing but taking in air through open mouth into the lungs and releasing it without holding it in through both the nostrils. This practice cools the body down. But even these should be done under the supervision of others. If you can take proper precautions to cool the eyes down after Trataka and you manage to practice Sheetali for a few rounds in the open air preferably in a less polluted environment no harm will be done and it might help you in fighting the invisible enemy. Sheetali pranayama could be handy if the body heats up due to microwave attack if done properly but care should be taken not to over do it in cold conditions, for even in tropical climate, it cools down the head and some times causes a cold.
To my mind searching for remedies in esoteric systems of living and medicine could be of help since there seems to be hardly any remedy in the branches of modern medicine or science for this new and spreading malady. We have reached at such a pass where we can’t be any more proud of our much touted “scientific spirit”. The last few decades have shown us that mass murders have resulted from every major inventions or discoveries that did happen. It is perhaps the human collective psyche that is very ill and gasping for breath. It needs a shock treatment to get it out of the moral dumps that it is in at present.
There is something in the cry for returning to nature as far as electronic attacks are concerned. Open air and caves etc are said to be comparatively healthier places for those under attack. Living in cities or suburbs makes it easy for the perps to locate your house and maintain 24 hour surveillance on you. It is easier for them to place bugs and other electronic devises inside your houses to monitor your movements and generate RF or Micro wave energy aimed at you if your living and moving space is limited and previously known to the adversaries. But Ed Light had once remarked that underground tunnels are also not of much use in this battle. He says that beaming did continue inside the man made tunnels. But in the open space at least they can not aim a home-made microwave device at you. It is known that an ordinary Micro wave oven could easily be converted to a potent direct energy weapon and if held against the walls of the building you are in can cause you a lot of distress. These types of attacks can be minimized if you spend a considerable time out in the open. It is not forgotten that there are more sophisticated forms of attack than this. But this too is a possibility and it is less expensive and portable also.
As written earlier too vitamins and minerals have to be taken a lot as these forms of attacks are sure to deplete their storage inside the body. Exercise is another must, for generally, all forms of intensive body movements make the circulation of the blood faster and exhaustive. Brain needs healthy blood to function well, in cases like this where the brain is the main target the success of your resistance depends upon the functional capacity of the brain.
Listening to music is also a good method. There are sites which provides binaural beats and the like free of charge on the internet. Or still better listen to great symphonies if you can get hold of copies of those. Great masters of music have always composed their music in a meditative state. Even if you do not know a bloody thing about them you can be sure that their music can evoke a blissful state inside you. Some of them play with the Alpha and Theta levels of your brainwaves. I would not advice it if you are trying to achieve such states through your own efforts at meditation, for it might lead to further possession by your attackers. But moods created while great music is playing would not do any harm. This is a sort of brain wave entrainment. There are brain entrainment software’s in the market too.
I recently downloaded a the trial version of a program called Mind Work Station which its authors claim to be the answer for every sort of brain wave entrainment( In the good sense of the term) problems. I have not checked it out fully yet. But some of the sessions like the short Alpha session in it were good. I particularly liked sound of the waves lashing in the back ground of the beats of that session. This is not a free product. But you can check out the trial version if you want. The trial period expires in 15 days. They have a blog on the subject of BWE (Brain wave entrainment) The site has interesting information too. You can check the product as well as the site out. It might help you in learning more about the subject of BWE.
Yoga
To my mind searching for remedies in esoteric systems of living and medicine could be of help since there seems to be hardly any remedy in the branches of modern medicine or science for this new and spreading malady. We have reached at such a pass where we can’t be any more proud of our much touted “scientific spirit”. The last few decades have shown us that mass murders have resulted from every major inventions or discoveries that did happen. It is perhaps the human collective psyche that is very ill and gasping for breath. It needs a shock treatment to get it out of the moral dumps that it is in at present.
There is something in the cry for returning to nature as far as electronic attacks are concerned. Open air and caves etc are said to be comparatively healthier places for those under attack. Living in cities or suburbs makes it easy for the perps to locate your house and maintain 24 hour surveillance on you. It is easier for them to place bugs and other electronic devises inside your houses to monitor your movements and generate RF or Micro wave energy aimed at you if your living and moving space is limited and previously known to the adversaries. But Ed Light had once remarked that underground tunnels are also not of much use in this battle. He says that beaming did continue inside the man made tunnels. But in the open space at least they can not aim a home-made microwave device at you. It is known that an ordinary Micro wave oven could easily be converted to a potent direct energy weapon and if held against the walls of the building you are in can cause you a lot of distress. These types of attacks can be minimized if you spend a considerable time out in the open. It is not forgotten that there are more sophisticated forms of attack than this. But this too is a possibility and it is less expensive and portable also.
As written earlier too vitamins and minerals have to be taken a lot as these forms of attacks are sure to deplete their storage inside the body. Exercise is another must, for generally, all forms of intensive body movements make the circulation of the blood faster and exhaustive. Brain needs healthy blood to function well, in cases like this where the brain is the main target the success of your resistance depends upon the functional capacity of the brain.
Listening to music is also a good method. There are sites which provides binaural beats and the like free of charge on the internet. Or still better listen to great symphonies if you can get hold of copies of those. Great masters of music have always composed their music in a meditative state. Even if you do not know a bloody thing about them you can be sure that their music can evoke a blissful state inside you. Some of them play with the Alpha and Theta levels of your brainwaves. I would not advice it if you are trying to achieve such states through your own efforts at meditation, for it might lead to further possession by your attackers. But moods created while great music is playing would not do any harm. This is a sort of brain wave entrainment. There are brain entrainment software’s in the market too.
I recently downloaded a the trial version of a program called Mind Work Station which its authors claim to be the answer for every sort of brain wave entrainment( In the good sense of the term) problems. I have not checked it out fully yet. But some of the sessions like the short Alpha session in it were good. I particularly liked sound of the waves lashing in the back ground of the beats of that session. This is not a free product. But you can check out the trial version if you want. The trial period expires in 15 days. They have a blog on the subject of BWE (Brain wave entrainment) The site has interesting information too. You can check the product as well as the site out. It might help you in learning more about the subject of BWE.
Yoga
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Do you mind
Continuing with the last blog, what makes the mind so difficult to control? To know that, we may need to know what mind is! This is a difficult task, for there is no such organ in the human body. Some branches of modern psychology, for instance the behaviorism, do not talk about mind at all. It operates with a theory of stimulus-response. All behavior, whether internal or external, are reactions to stimuli and these are linked to the brain. Their contentions are not disputed here. They may be right or they may be wrong. The real matter is whether, this new line of approach has helped people. To be frank I very much doubt it. Eric Fromm et.al may have done some good work in the field. But Transactional Analysis has its own drawbacks. The foremost being, this self analyzing tends to bog us down. Such constant internal activity could become a source of trouble itself, but more about it later. Let us only say that people fancy the old fashioned psychological counseling to TA because it’s reassuring. It hands over the responsibility of locating the trouble to the psychologist, leaving us free to be crazy! And the psychologist deals with the mind exclusively.
Adolf Hitler shrewdly said that most people are like women and are easily led. In essence it means that people are dependent on others to think for themselves. All great leaders are aware of this fact. Human mind can not create independent thought waves. It relays on others to do that. It constantly receives thought streams from others and obediently fashions its own activity to suit these thought structures. Call it the activity of the brain, mind or anything, unless these incoming streams of thoughts are controlled and corresponding internal thoughts are stilled achieving peace could be impossible.
It is to attempt this that the whole science of Yoga was developed in India. I would like to look more into it, whether it can teach us something about the real nature of the elusive phenomenon called the human mind.
Adolf Hitler shrewdly said that most people are like women and are easily led. In essence it means that people are dependent on others to think for themselves. All great leaders are aware of this fact. Human mind can not create independent thought waves. It relays on others to do that. It constantly receives thought streams from others and obediently fashions its own activity to suit these thought structures. Call it the activity of the brain, mind or anything, unless these incoming streams of thoughts are controlled and corresponding internal thoughts are stilled achieving peace could be impossible.
It is to attempt this that the whole science of Yoga was developed in India. I would like to look more into it, whether it can teach us something about the real nature of the elusive phenomenon called the human mind.
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