Reflections on a Dream

If you are not living in the Present Moment....
you are missing out Something Precious!!!

PURPOSE OF THIS BLOG
The intention of this blog is to share whatever little I know, things that helped me, with the hope that it will be useful to you.

DREAMS
Imagine that you are watching a movie....a thriller... and people are watching TV in the movie. Now you start identifying with the movie in the movie. Multiple levels of conciousness simulataneously exists! Each thinks that he is REAL! It all goes on in the mind!!! Now how do you wake up from the dream? If you get it..great, otherwise still great!

Yoga vasistaa is the epitome of vedantic philosophy, which advanced philosophers can read:
http://www.divineaim.org/yogavasishta.htm

ABOUT THE MIND
MIND is more important than body. We live in our minds. The quality of your life will depend on the quality of your mind!!! Have u observed that our mind is not the present moment. Have u heard a chatter of your mind...usually about past or future. A chain of thoughts which you are not able to let go off...Everything is mind stuff.

PERVERSIONS OF THE MIND(From Yoga sutras of Patanjali)

1. Delusions -fantasies of the mind. Fantasies can be happy one or fearful ones.
   
2. False perception - perceiving that which is not. Eg: You think that people disrespect you though they are actually busy with their life to bother about you.
   
3. Demand for proof - many things cannot be proved. Like existence of God, friendship and Love.
4. Uncontrolled Sleepiness

http://swahilya.blogspot.com/2008/02/patanjali-yoga-sutra-vi.html
http://swamij.com/yoga-sutras-10104.htm#1.3
http://personalyogainstructor.com/patanjali.htm

Metaphysicians say that we are an elaborate differential equation. We are pre-programmed robots - destined to eat(we get hungry automatically-harmone ghrelin), sleep(melatonin), breed(Dopamine, oxytonin, seratonin) and survive monotonously in this planet. So do you still think life is exiting? You have been genetically preprogrammed and bugged!!!
http://www.inthelight.co.nz/topics/asrelationships.htm

How to be free? Are you ready to take the Red pill? Meditation is a way out of the maze. It helps us get out of depending on material needs such as food, relationship, etc for getting seratonin levels. Similar to the movie Matrix, which is actually based on an Indian scripture called as Yoga Vasistha, which I read (I saw all the matrix series at least 6 times).
http://www.arrod.co.uk/essays/matrix.php

Practises such as Meditation, Yoga, Breathing etc were given a lot of importance in Indian culture for this very reason. They also help us be disease free in body and mind - to be happy always.

MENTAL ATTITUDE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT WORK
I believe that the attitude/ intention with which u do things is more important than what u do. There is a saying which says that "Before enlightenment you chop wood and collect water, and after enlightenment... you chop wood and collect water".

HOW TO DO THE ACTIONS.
All actions happen first in the mind and then in the body!
I think that "When you drop all selfish interests and attachments in what you and do it as a worship of the Divine, then the action is pure and you dont get caught up". Else you will get caughtup and not be free from it - karma"

GOOD WEBSITES:
Stevepavlinas personality development Site
How to become an early riser:
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-become-an-early-riser/
visualization:
http://www.college-success-guide.com/power-of-visualization.html
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/02/the-essential-missing-half-of-getting-things-done/




HOW TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE?: Do you want happiness, success, better relationships, confidence, peace of mind. Something I would recommend if you really want to improve the quality of your life 10 times is to take the Art of Living course. Existence is a fact, Living is an Art -Sri Sri Ravishankar
http://artofliving.org

MIND IS BOTH RATIONAL AND IRRATIONAL: chemistry and mathematics:

http://www.uoregon.edu/~moursund/Books/PS-Expertise/chapter-1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love

ABOUT SLEEPING RIGHT
http://www.mapi.com/en/newsletters/vata_pitta_kapha_sleep_disorders.html

SELF SUGGESTION FOR POSITIVE MIND
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gottKWB2Vho


ABOUT SLEEP:
Many people love sleeping. Its pure joy is only next to meditation.

Let me Sleep!!!

Let me sleep

Let me be in the world of joy

Where there is no tension

Let my eyes sag a little

And there I go again

To the world of soft joy

Unparalleled peace and relaxation

Let the sun not rise bright into my eyes

And the alarm not ring

Let me sleep in peace(please!)

In the world of dreams

Be with my loved ones

They say that you have to dream big.

So let me first sleep...zzz...