To the Motherland...

I'm taking a journey with my good friend, Sameer Sampat, to India. What exactly this journey is going to entail... your guess is as good as mine. Our inner voices will be our guide. (along with our handy-dandy Lonely Planet)

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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

COMMENTS & QUESTIONS PLEASE

The following is a repeat post... except this time I WANT comments... actually, I DEMAND comments and questions. And hope for dialogue...

I'd like to share the concept of "natural acceptance". (Well, it's a concept as long as it's only dealt with "reasoning".... but if it's felt, if it's realized... it's much more.) This concept has described by many people throughout time... in different words.... "inner voice", your "conscious", etc. However, for the first time... I really felt the power and beauty of it. When I look in me... and listen to what I really want, what I really aspire for, and at least what I would like to aspire for... do I want to be happy moment-to-moment, continously? Do I want to be continually respected and trusted and loved? Do I realize that these emotional/mental needs are distinct from the physical needs and must be addressed as so (they can't be fulfilled continuously though physical things)? Do I feel a need to know? Do I want to "believe" that my family loves me, that my friends love me, that my boyfriend/girlfriend loves me.... or do I want to KNOW it? Do I want to know how to be happy? Do I want to be related to people or be in competition with people? Do I want the feeling of prosperity? Do I want to be fearless? Do I want equality? Do I want others to be happy, do I want to make others happy? Do I want to compete with nature or be in a mutually fulfilling relationship with nature? Do I want to grow? What's your natural gut feeling rxn to these questions? Sometimes, answering this question is difficult... because we have so many assumptions, perceptions, and conditionings that cloud our vision. Right away, we may think - this isn't possible... that's an oversimplification, etc. However, forget about what you think is possible and what isn't possible... forget about the society you live in today... and answer these questions from the "gut".. from the "inner voice"... from your "natural acceptance" -- sahaj svikruti.... And you may start seeing the beauty of this power within you. This power remains intact no matter what assumptions, what beliefs, what environment a person has grown up in. Once you answer these questions with your natural acceptance... imagine what the natural acceptance of all those close to you would be? Would it be the same? If so.... if at the base, we all want the same thing, we all would like to aspire for the same realities.... then what stops us from trying to achieve it? Society? The system? We make the society.. we make the system. What stops us from being able to relate with everyone around us? In the world, today... where importance is given to having your own opinion... where the stress is layed on being "unique", being "special.... we've lost that ability to see what is... what is intact in each human being.... And even so, while thinking that we're "unique" and "special"... in reality... we're usually just going with the flow.. and not questioning the systems around us.
So... this is my understanding of this powerful and beautiful concept.... and it is my proposal to you. Please comment and question and introspect and reflect... and let me know what you think.