Peaceful Mind Through Gliding Along The Esoteric Path

Most people spend their waking hours with their minds caught up in conventional thoughts – thoughts that breed fear, anger, regret, anxiety, self-pity, loneliness etc.  Discovering the Esoteric Path takes them on to a well-ordered and useful life.

The Other Path

Endless conflicts arise due to the conventional mental state and people go on with it year after year, for many years.  The attrition by thoughts that are heavily centered on self-importance wears out the mind.  Even those who are socially successful realize, rather late in their lives, that they have been chasing a shadow all along – a very deceptive shadow at that.  Mental mediocrity sets in and there is a general dullness.  Is there a way out of all these so that one can live with a child’s freshness notwithstanding the crowding in of many negative things in life?  When people take up that question as an intriguing puzzle, they begin to discover the Esoteric Path that helps them live without mental conflicts and enjoy the freshness of wholesome living. 

Esotericism implies that we wouldn’t be carried away by social ways, nor would we be conditioned by belief systems or driven by habitual neurology.  There is a tendency to understand how the mind gets bogged down by the usual vortexes of fear, regret, anger, attachment, resentment etc.  The same tendency moves us to have insights into life (and the afterlife too!) rather than our using life merely for ego satisfaction and security.

The Transformation

Once on the Esoteric Path, people turn their attention inward and understand how the conventional thoughts bring in all the mental attrition.  The ensuing awareness is what takes them along the path of self-knowing without which one becomes a slave to the tyranny of the conventional thought stream.  They wake up to the poison of such slavery and release themselves from the stranglehold that thought has on us. Even as one functions in society, one frees oneself from falling prey to the mental pollution created thereof.  This brings in some calmness and quietude to the mind, countering the ill effects of the attrition.  The repose is somewhat like the placid waters of a still lake.  Under those conditions, just as the turbidity in the water settles down leaving the water to be clear, the mind too becomes lucid and shines like a single star in a limpid sky.  Once we get a taste of these happenings, we become increasingly interested in the still mind and its ability to make us understand the unconditional love of Divinity.  When a person who has had a Near Death Experience (NDE) speaks of the boundless compassion while being engulfed by the Light, we are in a position to sense and appreciate what that person is talking about.    

Two of the immediate effects of being on the Esoteric path are:  (1) We become empathic and begin to pay more attention to others than we normally do and (2) Begin to show interest in the messages of paranormal phenomena such as terminal visions before passing away, out-of-body experience, NDE etc.  These things bring about a natural austerity to oneself helping one to easily steer away from personal evils such as addiction to alcohol and social evils like indulging in unscrupulous methods of amassing wealth.  Consequently, there is an inward integration and the associated peaceful mind.  There would be the joy of giving and the vicarious happiness of making others happy.       

Further Reading

More about the effectiveness of the Esoteric Path is brought out in the book “In Quest of the Deeper Self”; details are given in the website http://spirituality.yolasite.com  The author can be contacted at gopal.tc@gmail.com   He would enjoy interactions with all those interested in the topic.

The Value of Spontaneity in Holistic and Vibrant Living

The conventional neurology with which human beings live is characterized by a shield of thought between them and their lives. Such a shield is made up of the residues from the past which in turn sustains the ‘I’, the ego. This means that we are not directly in contact with life but through a corrupting interface – corrupting because everything is judged based on the self-importance of the ‘I’. Understanding the value of spontaneity can bring about a change in this unfortunate state of affairs.

Spontaneity arises out of being alive to the ‘Now’. Self-awareness forms the basis for its genesis. Understanding how the habitual shield comes in and corrupts is part of that awareness. Spontaneity cannot come through the practice of any system since all systems rely on the past and so the ‘Now’ slips by. That gives the chance for the shield to come in and let the ‘I’ rule the roost. Being a conformist sustains the slavery to a system and so blocks spontaneity from streaming in. So, if not by adopting a method, how does spontaneity come about? Applying ourselves to this puzzle brings in the required awareness and the associated clarity; the shield starts dissolving. Very soon we see freshness flowing into our lives.

Once we understand the beauty of spontaneity, there is a feeling of moving closer to the soul. We see its intrinsic ability to preclude the problem-creating tendency of the mind from indulging in its habitual ways. The mind falls quiet and a strange confidence flows in. It creates space in our minds and augments stable mental peace. Abundant feeling flows towards everyone and everything. There would be the unqualified love towards all, as reported by those who go through a near death experience.

Living with spontaneity clears away many unnecessary fears that trouble us. There is the readiness to face life without the conventional armored approach. In this connection, we are reminded of a statement by J. Krishnamurti: To be vulnerable is to live, to withdraw is to die. It helps to reflect and understand the content of that statement.

We may consider three types of couples: Type 1. They never argue, never quarrel. Type 2. These people argue, quarrel, feel hurt, don’t talk to each other for some days and then gradually come around. Type 3. This set of couples argue, quarrel but laugh it off at the end; no residues. Peace returns almost immediately.

If asked which of the three represents the healthiest kind of relationship, most people - if not all - will point to the third set of couples. This is because people know intuitively that it is the residue from an event that destroys, not the event itself. Once we understand the value of spontaneity, residues cannot form and trouble us anymore. No doubt, all these are easier said than done. Nevertheless, it is a challenge that can be interesting. Meeting it squarely helps us move into happy and vibrant living.

The New Age Spirituality is related to these matters of universal goodness and so it would not be supportive of conformism and sectarian practices. You may ponder over these matters and also let your friends and relatives reflect on them.

Related matters are covered in the website http://spirituality.yolasite.com