What Elevates One Individual Above Any Other?

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It Takes A Mind Cleansed of  Defiled Thought 

It is freed from misperception, misconception, and misinterpretation.

Thus, seeing things with clarity and focus. 

It glows from the heart - the cradle of truth.

It feels peacefulness and humility with effortless ease.

It does not resist; it has no tension; it is aimless; it is wishl-ess;

 It emanates equality and equanimity.

 Hence, virtue alone could raise one man or woman above the other.

This entails

the cultivation of a balanced mind

grounded upon sound ethical and moral values,

unbiased by faith, religion, politics, and cultural heritage.

It is personal.

It requires investigative insight with persistence.

It thrives upon concentrated effort.

It calls for introspection and contemplation.

It is, ultimately, meditative fervor that brings forth

 The Light of Wisdom.

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Awareness, and Its Cultivation, is Supreme!

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Thus, I Share My Personal Reflection

I am grateful to stand erect and upright upon earth, our great mother

Having evolved through time immemorial,

I bow to all things that have converged to condition my very being

 not forgetting all other beings and forms

 as participants of the great scheme of interdependence.

My past is 'my present' that upholds my future!

I aspire to evolve in body-mind-spirit so that I remain grounded

 in the spaciousness of mind,

 transcending the follies of matter related mind.

This moment, 'the present', is the daunting truth or reality.

It is the point of intersection

 at the crossroads of 'the past' and 'the future'.

Right now, in this speck of time

and right here, in this point in space

 I  bow or prostate to to all that is!

I acknowledge all events in life 

as they have intersected precisely

 to bring forth the fruits of global co-existence

As a spectrum of mind

Tainted by perceptual volatilities.

I understand I am just a presence 'in transience' through time and space

 though of indispensable value

 in this magnanimous field of interdependence.

I accept all things the way they are

for they have manifested in redemption

 of the inevitable imprints of ageless, timeless, past action

strong or weak, pure or defiled!

I hold myself personally accountable for my thoughts, words, and deeds

The seed impressions I continue to deposit or sow

in the fertile seed-bed of my mind, as 'memory'

best described as, 'the current of evolution'

await to bring reaction or fruition while gathering momentum to ignite,

 when conditions deem right,

through unfathomable space and time.

I accept that all seeds in kind, of both matter and mind

grow and bear fruit in equal kind.

My actions of purity charge up my current of evolution

 bringing forth the fruits of happiness or pleasure.

My actions of defilement weaken my force of mind

bearing the fruits of pain and suffering.

I affirm that LOVE must be unbiased

untainted by self-elevation or self absorption

Wisdom of Awareness, Luminous

  and the Brilliance of unconditional Compassion

Seeing through all eyes of perception, without exception

is the pivotal truth in attainment of

the highest state of bliss 

that supersedes all emotional volatilities.

THE MYSTERY OF THE UNIVERSE MAY ONLY BE UNVEILED

 SLOWLY BUT SURELY

BY OUR UNDIMINISHED, TIRELESS EFFORT

 TO ARRIVE AT THE HEART OF THE TRUTH

 THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF GENUINE CHARITY

 AND BENEVOLENCE

 TO THE VAST BODY OF BEING AND FORM

 THAT COMPRISES MY VERY BEING!

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To Shatter The Veils of Illusion

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 Is to Overcome

 

 Our Intrinsic Human Condition of Ignorance

  Setting the Wheel in Motion

  In Adherence to

 The Supreme Law of the Universe

that unceasingly epitomizes

 the wisdom of Selfless Empty Essence

 and the brilliance of compassion



Through the observance of morality


Awakening us to be engaged in charitable action

by way of right understanding in view of the nature of interdependence,

  transience, and impermanence in existence


by way of right thought 

being other-centered, as opposed to being self-centered



And its activation through mindfulness 
 

  by way of right word causing no ill-will

by way of right deed devoid of misdemeanor

by way of right-livelihood causing no harm to all beings

 and forms of sentience


Finally to attain the wisdom of true knowledge 
 

by way of vigor and valor, perseverance and persistence

by way of sustained mindfulness

by way concentration

by way of meditative insight


In sum, to reap all-pervasive wisdom and compassion
 

Seeing through all eyes of perception 

As fellow beings that treasure their existence, as much as we do

Bestowing them with equal LOVE

Without analysis and judgment

Without contempt, prejudice, or ill will

Without bias or discrimination

Without conditionality

Thus, shunning all walls of mind

Shattering egoistic misconceptions

By way of self-elevation, self-absorption, and self preservation


Thus, we shall follow the Noble Path of Transcendence!



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Let us Live Up to Our Natural Human Endowment

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Instinctual Tendencies
 Do Not Pertain to Human Kind!

Conditioning spans through time immemorial; it is the river of 'form' 'being' and 'becoming' as an unbroken causal chain of events, simultaneously of two natures - the individual and the collective. 

Our human cultural heritage, essentially, may be looked upon from two perspectives - either as a conglomeration of diverse patterns of conditioning, or as differentiations by way of causal conditionings, with their accompanying effects and consequences.

We, together, bear the ultimate responsibility to rejuvenate every filament of life with our purified forces of mind - as the seeds of LOVE we may sow, and the happy fruits we may reap. We, as parents, are bestowed with rightful blessings to re-shape the world by demonstrating exemplary human qualities so as to insulate the child from unworthy habitual energies of violence towards life, and nature.

Let us join hands to live up to our natural endowment of the human spirit, to 'LOVE', surpassing instinctual habitual patterns. Morality pertains to human kind. However, it has its primary roots embedded in the family, beginning with 'family values'.


The world, or our greater reality called universe, is a mere reflection of this poignant truth - just as our body's health is directly related to the equilibrium held within every cell that, in turn, plays a vital role in sustaining 'the organism' as well as 'the organization' called body.

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Mind is Without Origin

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   Mind, An Infinite Phenomenon

 This is a mere reflection through introspection

Mind, with neither beginning, nor ending

 Encompassing units of mind - infinite in number

In diverse configurations of perception

 Arriving from infinity, and proceeding towards infinity

Surpassing creation or destruction


Mind, the source and culmination

Of all things ephemeral

Evolving and dissolving

As momentary dispositions


Mind, a stillness in dynamism

A dynamism in stillness

Neither one, nor the other

Though naturally interspersed with each other



Mind luminous,

 Field of infinite potential

Casting mirages of rhythmic infiltration

Of sound, of light

 Magnanimous vibration!



Mind, and its embellishments

 Projected as universe

An infinite phenomenon


To encompass an infinity

 Of states of evolution

Of extreme mobility, beyond calculation


  Thus, to accommodate all beings and forms

Myriad units of mind

In cyclic momentum 



Mind absolute, mirrors the relative dimension

Mind relative, of confused states

  Of counteractive purity and defilement

 Casts shadows upon the absolute wonder!

This, the mystery to dwell upon with mindfulness 



Human pain and discontentment

 Stems from ignorance 

Through attachment

 To illusory chain-events of no intrinsic importance



Mind confused, the forerunner

to passion, aversion, delusion



Mind awake

The very essence luminous

Of brilliant compassion

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Mind of Altruistic Intention

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It Dwells in Peace through Infinite Time

Loving kindness is its magnetic energy

Sympathetic joy is its intrinsic expression

 

Compassion is its luminous being

Equanimity is its very nature, absolute!

Thus, I shall aspire to abide in 'bodhi chitta', meaning altruistic mind

Paying homage to my parents

who have borne me, and shaped my life

with their LOVE, grace, humility, and wisdom, unsurpassed.

Cherishing my precious family with gratitude

 for sharing with me their breath of selfless service

 in aid of peace, success, and happiness

 of all beings - sentient and otherwise - who cross our paths

Honoring those who remain closely attached, or distant, with equal respect

Touching those who remain near, or far, with equal blessings

Showering equal forgiveness to those who live in anger and aggression,

doubt and skepticism,  denial and misunderstanding,

envy and jealousy, arrogance and conceit,

and diverse other negative traits that are far too many to describe

Sharing in others' joys and rejoices, 

happiness and contentment

success and accomplishments

victories and such

Feeling and lifting the pains, sorrows, and miseries of others 

in their defeats and downfalls,

and losses in kind

Remaining eternally grateful to all that is in 'the present'

 that has been in 'the past'

And all that will be in 'the future'

I shall aspire to live in magnanimity!

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The Supreme Universal Law as 'Dharma'

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The Unsurpassed Dharma 

 

 

It is...The Wondrous Truth that transcends all truths!

It is...The Wondrous Teaching that surpasses all teachings!

It is...The Supreme Cosmic Principle of All-Pervading LOVE - as One Substance.

It is...The Absolute Truth of Wisdom~Compassion - as the source and culmination of all phenomena.

It is...The Tapestry of Being or Non-Being in this moment.

It is...Cosmic Interdependence - as Global Co-existence - that Surpasses Space and Time, called, 'the present' or ' the here and now'.

It is...Indivisible Empty Essence and Luminosity. 

It is...'The Supreme Presence' - as Waves and Patterns of Cosmic Vibration and Interpenetration.

It is... Elemental Essence that Underlies One and Many simultaneously.

It is, ultimately, The Truth and Realization of 'Inseparable Emptiness and Appearance'.

Greetings of Dharma are E-books of Wisdom

Authored by Nelunika Gunawardena~Rajapakse

 

What are Greetings of Dharma?

They are e-books of awakening wisdom for all ages - based upon  enlightening dialogues with 'children and parents of the world' - through decades of life-experience.

They are reflective and pacifying renditions of mind to touch every human heart.

They are intended to reach out to both the giver and recipient of Love and Compassion. 

These snippets of wisdom are timeless greetings in themselves in view of tranquility and balance of mind.

They are about looking deep into life's treasures that bring about lasting peace and joy

 

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Music at the Core of Fine-tuning the Human Spirit

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Is a Tenable Truth!

Life in itself is a great symphony of vitality. The cosmic vibrations are orchestrated as sounds of 'life and being', in myriad ways - to be heard by diverse forms or levels of perception.  Then, there is the field of all possibilities that align the forces of the universe to bring about enchanting sound-harmony. The human spirit is an emanation of such universal bio-rhythmic vibrations.


Invariably, music becomes a fact in life - inseparable and indivisible from the vast and unfathomable cosmic ballet of our universe. It requires little, or no effort, to be musical, other than matching our uniquely personal and/or collective human potential - that arise in the form of sensitivities - with momentous opportunity.

 

History, indeed, attests to the ever-propellant musical ingenuity and potential of human culture through the ages, let alone animal-kind in all their glory! The choruses and chorales, instruments in kind, artistic movements of the body (to the diverse rhythms, beats, tones, and harmonics), and theatrics (rich in choreography) we enjoy today, indeed, boast the natural propensities of the human spirit.

 

Consult Nelunika Gunwardena Rajapakse to immerse yourself with parenting knowledge and awareness, so that you may partner your child to balance human attitude and spirit with the music after our hearts and souls.

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Language and Communication

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Mark Our Human Heritage!

Language defines culture and civilization.  Hence, it must be the means of communication with eloquence, elegance, style, and finesse, adding meaning to life.  This may be accomplished with your investment of attention in partnership with your child - towards the development and improvement of dialogue, reading and comprehension, writing and composition, and overall interpersonal communication.

 

A symbiosis upheld between parent and child, with due and proper awareness focused upon details - step by step, by means of language and communication - will, no doubt, enhance the quality of knowledge, to be shared with pride and dignity around our greater human family. 

 

Treat yourself to a process of parenting that will enable you to grow with your child meaningfully - along the path of language and communication - while improving the deeper quality of life, at both personal and universal levels.

Nelunika Gunawardena Rajapakse is an advocate of morally sensitive, ethically balanced,  intellectually sound usage of language - in enhancement of our human culture and civilization. She may be reached via e-mail at nelun@yahoo.com or by telephone: 440-543-9135.

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Reading and Literary Enhancement

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Determinants of Civilization

As the age-old proverb seeks to express, 'Reading maketh a full man.'  It is the gateway to knowledge and civilization.  Our world is continually shaped by the history of ever-developing life events.  It is about human interactivity with nature and culture - wherever, whenever, and however.  Thanks to recorded history through time immemorial, we are, who we are today, due to the things and events that have fashioned our lives by means of thoughts, words, and deeds of civilization.  Inevitably, reading, reflection, writing, journalistic interpretation, and communication continue to play a vital role in our lives.  Thus, our literary ingenuity finds its roots in the aforementioned.

 

As parents, we have a responsibility to condition our family-culture with zealous curiosity for knowledge from the very inception of life.   The child is a naturally inquisitive explorer of his world.  His developmental needs - to fulfill his curiosities - must be matched with phase and time-sensitive opportunity, through intellectually stimulating, meaningful dialogue, reading, researching, and journalistic preparation. 

 

The child deserves to be cautiously mentored with selectivity and moral sensitivity - to understand his world from every possible perspective - be it history, physics, chemistry, geology, botany, zoology, language, mathematics, social studies, literature, philosophy, and much more.  Indeed, life would be 'an empty vessel' without reading and literary enhancement.

 

Nelunika Gunwardena Rajapakse will be pleased to show you, how you may walk beside your child, as an informed parent.

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The Human Mathematical Mind

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 Awaits Cultivation from Our Tender Beginnings

Mathematics is the grammar of our universe.  How we relate to this universe depends upon our level of intellectual curiosity and interactivity with it. Accordingly, the universe may be best understood through the observation of natural phenomena - as things and events in life - in terms of ever-evolving concepts, patterns, and relationships.  Our human consciousness is continually fashioned by such constant interactivity with the universe.

 

Parents, as mentors, must aspire to walk beside the child, along this journey of life-exploration in our world of incessant relativity.  Gaining ground within this field with a sense of understanding, not forgetting its refinement towards heightened perfection, is pivotal towards the development of the mathematical mind - from the very inception of life, to its culmination. 

 

Customize a seminar  to enable yourself - in the company of your child - to see our world with mathematical precision and exactitude.

Let your natural human propensity for observation and analysis take root in the fertile field of 'living to learn' and 'learning to live', with joy, under the direction of Nelunika Gunawardena Rajapakse .

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Humanity cries out loud for help!

The Human Brain and Its Directive

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To Execute Thought 

By means of Recorded Language and Communication

 All facets of human exploration find their roots in recorded history.  The essence of all knowledge has thus borne ground, through time and space, in the field of writing.  It demarcates the voice of humanity that would be unsustainable merely through the volatile spoken word.

 

The human hand has, indeed, played an indispensable role in this regard.  The implementation of diverse instruments, through prehensile coordination - beginning with rocks, chisels, reeds, fingers, and another whole range of refinement as that of the pencil, the pen, the brush, the keyboard, and the touch-pad (as seen in our present world of cutting edge technology) - has, no doubt, fashioned the human mind along its course into the future.  

 

Whatever the medium of expression might be, writing is the art of communication in human civilization.  Its development and cultivation, hand in hand, must take place from the very moment a young child begins to display sufficient coordination and interest. 
 

Writing, from an academic perspective, of course, entails its stages of refinement - from the formation of impressions, through penmanship, understanding words and their formations (by means of their derivatives, annexations, and word families), pronunciation and spelling, parts of speech, grammar and syntax, critical thinking and analysis, culminating in the practice of journalistic skills. 

 

Nelunika Gunawardena Rajapakse will be happy to walk you through this journey of informed parenting. Please contact her to participate in a useful discussion of how we, as parents and mentors of the child, may walk unobtrusively beside the child, to guide him along his journey of life-exploration through writing.

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The Adoption of A Wholesome Attitude

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Is Pivotal Towards

 'Learning to Live' and 'Living to Learn'

The parent-child 'partnerships in learning' seminars - customized and conducted by Nelunika Gunwardena Rajapakse - are focused upon refreshing the spirit of human nature during the adolescent years. They are about placing responsibility, coupled with respect, solemnly in the hands of those who cherish their freedom, but who may not necessarily be equipped to handle the ever-growing, daunting challenges of life posed upon them.


Teenagers, obviously, are susceptible to negative influences. They are easily carried away by these distractions, especially when they have not been rooted in moral sensitive awareness from the very inception of life - either through parental ignorance or negligence, or perhaps both. Aiding transformation, in one way or another, is an attractive measure of help that parents - and all others who believe in teenage welfare - may provide.
 

Youth of 12 to 18 years of age require phase-appropriate, time-sensitive attention by way of unobtrusive preventive guidance - untainted by over-bearing intervention. They need to be balanced in body-mind-spirit, from both emotional and intellectual standpoints. In light of these reasons, interactively engaging, peer-related, cause-oriented, purposeful missions must be ingrained, or better said, inculcated in them.

These parent-youth partnerships in learning seminars are invaluable. Choose to attend as often as you wish.

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Cutural Heritage Must be Grounded

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Upon  Parental Wisdom

Parenting is a sacred task that begins with your first child. It is a process of growth and transformation for both the parent, and the child. While some deliberate investment of effort is necessary in order to be prepared and well-informed ahead of time, a parent often finds resilience to overcome the hurdles and challenges as, and when, they are confronted.

A child, though, from his unconscious early childhood - to his later years of conscious development through 12 years of age, and thereafter, through youth - becomes the beneficiary of the culture that his parents provide. A child's fortune, or perhaps his misfortune, ultimately, is the conditioning he receives from his parents, without choice.

Therefore, it is the parent's responsibility to be grounded upon a philosophy that assures solid cultural enrichment to the developing child, as well as the overall family.

Most importantly, the inculcation of life-values and ideals must be rooted in compassionate, moral principles of benevolence towards all that compose the tapestry of life and being. Life-experience of this nature will only bring forth the rich fruits of wholesome thoughts, words, and deeds.
 

An enlightening dialogue with Nelunika Gunawardena Rajapakse will stir your heart to bring out the best of your human potential to be engagingly kind, intellectually astute, and spiritually balanced as a parent.

 

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Cultivation of Moral Sensitive Awareness in Learning

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To bridge the gap Between
 Relativity and Reality

Today, we live in a world filled with opportunities - presented, more often than not, with unworthy distractions, diversions, delusions, and confusions. Humanity, sadly, continues to be bombarded with unwholesome food for the body, mind, and spirit. Our society in the present day, consequently, reflects the ripple effects of poor choice making.

It is time for awakening - both individually, and collectively. Unless, and until, we close the gap between conventional relativity, and reality at its best, the world may only be saddled with more sorrow, than the lasting rewards of happiness.

Transformation, however, is possible through the exercise of compassionate understanding, implemented at the level of the grass roots - the family. Informed parenting sets the tone for the entirety of life. Children deserve the best we may have in us to offer - as parents and mentors. 

Begin today in your journey of informed parenting alongside your child under my caring direction and expertise. Treat yourself to custom arranged parent-child 'partnerships in learning' seminars, as often as you wish, so that you may be mentally and spiritually conditioned to become a model family.

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