Sunday, March 15, 2015

On Cheating and Silence

Two things that I am grateful for...

I am so grateful that I do not cheat.  I feel lucky that the divine, my parents, my friends, and the community I was raised in taught me that cheating is bad and only leads one to cheating oneself.  Our beloved Gurudev recently said that you are simply cheating yourself and no one else.  I think it's strange that people are here to go deeper on the path, yet can't even be honest with themselves.  Why would we cheat ourselves?  I can't figure out why there is so much talking during exams...

The second thing I am grateful for is my silence.  I remember when I was younger and more immature, I would go on talking and talking with friends about small-minded things and then later realise how much energy I lost.  What I am also very grateful for is keeping my silence when a professor, teacher, or Gurudev is speaking.

What makes people speak so much?  One interesting thing Girin Bhaiya said recently was that if, at the end of the day, you rewind the day, you'll notice how much unnecessary gossip / nonsense is spoken throughout the day.  Now that I am older, I have realised that silence is the greatest gift.  To listen from a space of depth, wonder, empathy & compassion.  Gurudev, in his commentary on the Ashtavakra Gita has said that one who speaks so much after experiencing consciousness performs a great blunder, pragyapad.  I truly believe that the constant talking is not only pragyapad, but also a fear of listening to our own inner voice.  The inner silence I believe takes us from an insecure state of unknowing and having to deal with our inner thoughts to a state of bliss and comfort in our own true nature.  I am so grateful to enjoy my own silence and listen to nature, to my own inner dialogue, & to all those that have beautiful knowledge & wisdom to share in the space of consciousness.

In honesty & silence.


Love & Jai Guru Dev.

An Aspiring Yogi

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