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Meditation on Being - by Eric Allen Bell

2010-01-21T12:15:45.000Z

"Meditation on Being"
By Eric Allen Bell

Being is what you are. Nothing you do will make you more or less than that.

Whether you are a criminal or a saint, your state of Being is unchanged and eternal.

Only the awareness changes.

Nothing you do in the world will change your state of Being.

Whether you are a good spouse, devoutly religious, a high achiever or a dope fiend - there is nothing to be done to make you better or worse at the level of Being.

Building temples does not bring about salvation when nothing needs to be saved.

Your state of Being is untouched by this world.

The voice within the mind that resists what has been said here is the Doer. The Doer seeks comfort and invents stories of success, righteousness and salvation in order to manufacture such a feeling. But comfort is always temporary. And so is pain. Two sides of the same coin, made of the same ingredients.

And there appears to be no shortage of things for the Doer to do in this world. But Being existed before and exists after.

Doing goes in circles. Being is eternal.

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Universal Prayer by Swami Sivananda

2010-01-21T12:13:12.000Z

O Adorable Lord of Mercy and Love,
Salutations and prostrations unto Thee.

Thou art Omnipresent, Omnipotent and Omniscient.
Thou art Satchitananda.
Thou art Existence, Knowledge and Bliss Absolute.
Thou art the Indweller of all beings.

Grant us an understanding heart, equal vision,
Balanced mind, faith, devotion and wisdom.
Grant us inner spiritual strength to resist temptation
And to control the mind.

Free us from egoism, lust, anger, greed, hatred and jealousy.
Fill our hearts with Divine Virtues.

Let us behold Thee in all these names and forms.
Let us serve Thee in all these names and forms.
Let us ever remember Thee.
Let us ever sing Thy glories.
Let Thy name be ever on our lips.
Let us abide in Thee for ever and ever.

Om Bolo Satguru Sivananda Maharaj Ji Ki! Jaya!
Om Bolo Sri Vishnu-devananda Maharaj Ji Ki! Jaya!

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What Happens When I Die?

2010-01-21T12:11:24.000Z

In order to answer the question, "What happens when I die?" I feel it is important to take a look at something a bit less speculative and that is the question of what happens when we live.

There is no way to understand death if you don't know what life is. What happens between the moment you take your first breath and the moment you draw your very last?

Who is it that is looking out through your eyes?

Is it not the same quality of awareness that existed right before you read these words? Is that quality of awareness not the same quality that existed yesterday and the day before?

And that awareness, the pure state of awareness was there before you could form words or even knew your name. It is independent of personal history, of labels, of nationality of ethnicity of religion of political orientation or even a gender. This is the essential self. And the awareness of this self, even if momentary, is what is often referred to as "Self Realization".

The essential self is not contained within the boundaries of worldly identification, although it plays in those fields.

The essential self is not limited in perception by the five senses, although it enjoys experiencing them.

The self that is eternal is not limited by space and time, although it uses space and time to creatively express its essence.

The Realized Self came from nowhere and is going nowhere, but may choose different manifestations throughout the birth-life continuum.

The brain that tells the lungs to breathe will die with the body, but the Mind that animates the organ called the brain is eternal.

You are not your thoughts. You are not your story. You are not your body.

Experience your thoughts, experience your story, experience your body, as none of it will last.

That which experiences remains constant. We call that constant the "Self" - big Self, capital S.

So when you ask the question, "What happens when I die?" I would have to ask you a question in return...

Who is asking?

Peace,

Eric Allen Bell

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