I rather be an empty vessel(taken from other spiritual forum)

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Just a rampling thoughts .....

 

We are the one who create our own pain. We have so much attachment that we are

like the traveller carrying a lot of unnecessary baggage on our back, and then

we wonder why are we feeling so tired all the time. We lament that our journey

is taking such a long time.

 

Sometime back I think I did talk about " I rather be an empty vessel " . At some

point it is not good to share experience especially spiritual experience because

each experience is unique and special to you. To share is only to pollute other

people and also your own sadhana. Sometimes we are so caught in our own fear. We

have so much fear about everything. Fear of failure, fear of being along, fear

of not being love, fear of abandonment. We have this fear because our mind is

never free from the experience of the past. Our actions and everything else is

the byproduct of our experience. It's this past experience that create this

conditioning.

 

So my question is can we remove our mind from this conditioning? Let say if our

mind is like a vessel containing all the experiences, recondition means to

remove and empty all the content until there is none only then we are able to

experience the purity of the new experience, because like collecting milk in the

vessel as long as there's left over or stale milk in the vessel, if you do not

empty them, it will pollute the fresh milk. The new milk can never remain fresh

or pure.

 

Just as spiritual experience, our encounter with people and our daily living too

can remain pure and honest is we are able to empty our thoughts. Once you are

empty, you are open to new things... new knowledge and new ideas.

 

I like to share my conversation I had with my guru sometime back ....

 

Me: So my question is " how does the mind empty itself? " Can the mind empty

itself?

 

Guruji: try

 

Me: its when the mind says " I dont know.......i really dont know' That is what

Krishnamurthy said. When the mind accepts this statement " I don't know " the mind

is actually emptying itself of its content and being humble. Only then the mind

is ready to accept new experience and everything that arise from it will be

fresh and pure. But the mind is naughty yes........mind is always seeking for

knowledge.

 

Guruji: yes

 

Me : Should we stop the mind from seeking..... ....what if knowledge comes to

us........when we never ask for it. Should we ignore it.......... ...and pretend

we did not hear it?

 

Guruji: No mind should seek but not what others experienced. It should seek

personal experience

 

Me : When the mind have read other people experience it automatically record it.

How do we know the xperience we have is really ours and not the byproduct of

what we have read, see and haer?

 

Guruji: yes

 

Me: so when one sit .. before starting the sadhana..... ...how do one empty the

mind; remove all the content..... .and make it really empty?

 

Guruji: let go then let go of let go.

 

Me: let go? how?

 

Guruji: just let go Breath deeply, relax watch each part of the body

 

Me: " watch each part of the body? "

 

Guruji yes from head to foot watch in the mind, as u do that the mind will let

goof all thoughtwatch in the mindif necessary sit before a mirror

 

Me: how do you watch? You watch yourself in the mirror...... .

 

Guruji: yes

 

To forgive onceself I believe is when you are able to accept of who you are, of

what you have become and not afraid of it. To be able to see yourself, your

reflection in the mirror and do not have this guilt feeling. To be able to see

your nakedness in the mirror and not have the feeling of shame.