Lotus and Mud

WASTE THOUGHTS ARE THE SIGNPOSTS TO DIVINITY

What comes to our mind when we think of waste thoughts ? Probably negative thoughts such as anger, resentment, grudges, skepticism, confusion, fear, greed, attachment , jealousy. We know the above emotions as negative and destructive in nature and yet time and again we fall in this net.

Then we have royal thoughts or emotions which appear positive and give a false illusion of well being and happiness such as social identity,fame for whatever reason, financial wealth, and even relationships too.

Both kinds of thoughts - negative and so to say positive thoughts give temporary salvation, yes even anger and other negative emotions dogive a false feeling of well being and salvation, but sooner or later we feel miserable - why ?

Because these emotions are games of mind which operates either in the pastor the future. Mind deals with at least two types of information: a) facts and b) experiences. Similarly we have two types of time: a) clock time and b) psychological time.

There is no issue with unprejudiced information and clock time . The insanity begins when mind operates from psychological time which creates ego. We all knowthat when we are gripped with any emotion , we are unaware of our own true nature and possessed by that emotion. All these emotions thrive on two things : a) duality and b) psychological time ( past and future ). Mind loves to sustain on these emotions creating false pride of success till at some point of time there is destruction. Such is themight and dominance of mind that it obscures true self .

Awareness - Attention - Observation whatever you may call is present moment awareness,and this powerful energy when focused on emotions dissolves them or transmutes them into nothingness.

We may recall our very early childhood days each moment and each day is fresh and new. There is no past and no future and no wonder than that maximum learning takes place between 0-6 years of age.

As we age, mind takes over and most of our actions are reactions of a past or a future.So in a way ... waste thoughts become sign posts to awareness...and present themselves with paradoxes such as un-manifested and the manifested formless and the formsilence and sound thoughts and the gaps between thoughts time and timelessness.

Awareness - we are physical forms but also formless energy. We have read in Science that we as physical body are made of cells which are made of molecules, which are made of atoms which are electrons orbiting around protons and neutrons which are again bundles of energy.There is vibrational energy. There is only emptiness...that is the anatomy of form and yet there is intelligence or cosmic energy of awareness we call soul which ticks the physical body. Awareness or soul consciousness is like a beam of light which dissolves these emotions whichare some form of darkness or illusion.

Soul consciousness , is then in the realm of timelessness and emptiness, or so to say beyond time and matter. The true nature of soul consciousness is peace and love which have no opposites. Unmanifested - Formless creates manifested and forms to unfold its own divinity-so in essence we as souls have same attributes as of Supreme - Formless Unmanifested.Since peace and love are essence of soul and supreme...life appears as a drama. There is then playfulness and joy.This is meditation. Our salvation is in the realm of present moment awareness , beyond time and matter. Peace cannot be outside present moment awareness...

In a way , then waste thoughts are sign posts to divinity, like mud transforming into lotus.That is the beauty of divinity and grace.We just have to witness this beauty and grace.