Thoughts of Reflection and Recollection

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Special Recollections of My Children's Alma Mater

I was present with my children when Hawken School celebrated its 75^th founding anniversary! Unforgettable memories flow through my mind colored with precious moments in time! Parents, friends, well wishers, patrons, and cherished alumni at the time, gathered to celebrate the school's rich history of dedicated service to mankind.

Today, 100 years have come to pass laced with mixed memories to ponder, alas! Life is a reservoir of vitality in continuum - strewn with filaments of human joys and rejoices, trials and tribulations, sorrows  and lamentations; this is the stark reality of life-experience! 

In viewing LIFE from a loftier vantage point, impermanence, insubstantiality, and impersonality is the intrinsic nature of 'being', slipping into incessant ‘becoming’. As such, our existence 'just here' and 'just now' must be looked upon with deep reverence and great compassion to ALL - criss-crossing and overlapping.

Let us keep in mind, life's continuity is a conditioned exercise contingent upon choices made in body, speech, and mind. Outlook and attitude, indeed, are the key elements that define the future of hopes and dreams!

Our experiences as synthesized realities, to summarize, are the reasons to reflect, introspect, insightfully investigate, and to contemplate, for TRUTH alone is immutable and invincible,  just to be forthright! That being the case, peace and healing arises from the core of our hearts when we realize 'form is in transience, transience is in form! So we may surf the waves of uncertainty and unpredictability, cherishing the shared breath of life with time and place appropriate human conduct – in mindfulness, at all times.

To all of us who hold every life lost, so dear, may we live to revere the unparalleled contributions made by those who lived their purpose through one stage, on Earth, and transited to another phase in eternity! Together, may we offer our kind thoughts, words and deeds to those who must endure all things - the way they are - so they may get through difficult times, paying heed.

Our dear Hawken community, not forgetting the community at large, may you be bestowed with peaceful tidings! 

May you grow with inner beauty and strength to withstand the challenges of unfolding time! 

May your success and resilience emerge from within - braced upon the wisdom of awareness that surpasses the intellect - in our relative  mind-scheme.

May we all unite, but not divide, to achieve the ultimate potential of humankind.

PEACE to ALL!

Let me walk you along the path of peace and grace. Humanity cries out loud for help.

A Salutation to My Mother!

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In Commemoration of 100 years,

 since her Birth in April 1915!

Book Description:

‘Rhythm of Nature, The Rhythm of Life’ is a meditative and reflective exposition, intended to purvey the illusory human reality that exists—within the peripheries of afflicted, dualistic mind.

Reality, in an ultimate sense, however, is the very ground of infinite potential from which ceaseless phenomena—as ’being’ or ‘non-being’—come to be, defining existence, or non-existence, characterized by interdependent co-emergence.

Accordingly, the universe of simultaneous individuality and collectivity is, in itself, the interactively selfless, ever-evolving and dissolving wonder of magical experience, trapped within the eighteen elements of being—namely, the six sense bases, six sense objects, and six sense consciousnesses—that spring from the primordial essence-mind.

Our sentient experience, with its ephemeral character—marked by incessantly cyclic originations and cessations—entails a sublime call for our contemplative attention; such an adoption of a centered attitude is pivotal towards awakening, while each apparitional microcosmic mind-body—within the macrocosmic

tapestry of interdependence—travels along the path of ‘the present’, through time and space.

May the readers of this compendium of reflective thought ponder over their deeper human purpose which, in a sublime sense, must be to touch the vast ocean called ‘life and being’—untainted and unbiased by compartmentalized thought.

‘Rhythm of Nature, The Rhythm of Life’, to recapitulate, is the melody, and the evanescent wonder, of deep interconnectedness and interpenetration that underlies all of ‘form and being’. It is the awe-inspiring energy of vitality that is orchestrated throughout the entire cosmic scheme or spectrum of phenomenological existence, as synthesized experience in relativity! 

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A Tribute to MY Mother, My Goddess of LOVE!

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This is a Precious time-stamp!

My Beloved mom,
 
You were an emanation of buddha nature in my eyes of form
Through 'over one half of a century' of my very existence
You were the living norm!

Your passing away,
fourteen years ago, on November 25, 2000,
realistically I look upon, as a transformation, in kind,
to another guise!

While mind alone is an indestructible continuum
mind-body processes arise, prevail, and decline, towards demise
for re-appearance, through eternal time!
This, I have come to realize, is the way of life!

We cannot hold on to impermanence, that is ephemeral and futile! 
The 'self' we know is 'without self' - the truth divine!

Thus I do not mourn over your loss, my mother 
Mourning is to no avail!
I have never really lost you, other than our known connection
through a familiar appearance, that once prevailed!

For I now know there is neither birth, nor death, to prevail
other than the energy of mind
spiraling along many directions, in continuum, to say
assuming different forms as 'mind-body processes'
to learn all lessons to perfection
until all attachments to low matter are dispelled!

Having said all of the above,
You were the most beloved and revered wife
to my wondrous and unsurpassable father!

You conceived me and my two precious brothers
with the blessings of your heart, abundant with LOVE, eternal.

You bestowed upon your grand children
strength, security, and the wisdom of nature!

You illuminated the lives of all who met you,
whether by chance, or not, 
yet with fervor!

Your physical presence was everyone's treasure
abounded with virtues beyond measure.

You lived to give knowledge
grounded upon the cosmic moral order 
through sixty eight grand years, 
of eighty five years of your existence!

Selflessness, most candidly expressed, was your very nature.

Those who were fortunate enough to cross your path
- from the four corners of this Earth -
will surely attest to having had the experience
of your peacefully resolute demeanor
that epitomized vigor, valor, and candor 
to execute your purpose in life
through each breath, and each step forward!

Yes, the children of the Earth for generations to come
shall savor the benefits of your LOVE!
For the incessant ripple effects of happy continuation
shall perpetuate the seeds, 
to grow the fruits of your lasting COMPASSION! 

Yes, of course, I,  along with my siblings, husband, and children
not forgetting all those who look upon you, with reverence,
shall hold you as our idol, in our hearts of surrender!

May you through the infinite expanses of time and space
cross our paths to touch our lives, again and again,
until we are liberated from all conditionings! 

I am your most affectionate daughter,

Nelunika


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Seasons of Space -Time

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Autumn Splendor!

We cannot deny the marvels of nature
When life sheds beauty of maturation
devoid of exceptions!

We cannot overlook the cyclic processes
reeling through space-time adventure
in four stages!

The spring of tenderness

The summer of life's preservation

The autumn of maturity

The winter of decline and dissolution
For life's renewal and restoration

Yes, ultimately, nothing is born, nothing dies!
Witness the passing dream of the waking state
Through transformation alone
The TRUTH sublime!

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Shared LOVE in the Ocean of Interdependence

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Our Human Purpose

All beings born with sensory perception share the world of interrelatedness.

Each wishes for its own happiness while it serves the greater purpose of living for the good of the whole.

Each treasures it's shared breath of life! 

Each so deserves the ultimate respect!

Each deserves no harm!

May all beings who are self-respecting do no harm to other beings that love life!

Our Human purpose in our privileged human condition, therefore, is to emulate the human spirit of selfless LOVE - transcending any, or all, instinctual tendencies.


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The Quality of Perception Rests in The Eyes of the Observer!

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The World Manifests Accordingly!

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The picture shown above is a marvelous depiction of perception and its unique nature that rests in the eyes of its observer. 

All formations as appearances are, essentially, the kaleidoscopic patterns that evolve to dissolve, and vice-versa - in swift transience and transformation - contingent upon a two-fold interactivity between (subjective) sense-bases and (objective) sense-fields. 

Accordingly, our human reality is both a continuum and a synthesis of individuality and universality manifested as 'world' or 'universe'. 

However, there is an individual nature to experience that defines one mind-body-stream, from another.

Contemplation on the illusive nature of appearances is pivotal towards our spiritual ascent. Detachment - from changing appearances - is the way to eternal peace.

Perception is notably double edged. As such, progression or regression in existence lies within the sphere of perception alone and, therefore, the quality of cognition associated with it. 

Conclusively, a change from darkness to brilliance in perception - and therefore, in 'life and being' - is possible only from the ground of individuality. Non-attachment, however, is the key factor to keep in mind! 

May the world be healed by this wisdom of letting go!

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Attitude is Everything!

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Attitude Carves All of Life-Events

Attitude, Attitude, Attitude!

This is the key point! 

There is an attitude associated with everything we think, say, and do, in time and space. 

Diverse attitudes bring about diverse scenarios in direct alignment with the particular energy of mind that initiated the process of thought, word or action.

Life experience - from moment to moment, hour by hour, day by day - very apparently, is the consequence of overall mental attitude. If we get this right, all the rest are details!

A spacious attitude is to our gain, whether we are willing to harness and utilize this powerful energy, or not!

A claustrophobic attitude of any degree, on the contrary, may only assure us with emotional unrest.

We are the choice-makers; we are the drivers of the truth of life- experience!

Let us weigh all of our choices, at all times possible, with a clean attitude freed from toxic mind-matter!

Today, we are baffled by a world crazed with mixed attitudes. We are confronted with the inevitable consequences of our human choices, colored by our attitudes.

The ultimate power lies within each individual; change is only possible at the grassroots of individuality. A society may undergo change when individuals unite; therefore, the individual mindset and its orchestration is pivotal, towards the healthy sustenance, growth, and equilibrium in a society.

Let us begin the process of cultivation - of clean attitudes - today! The child in the family - in whom lies the future of our world - will be the happy beneficiary!

As far as climate change goes, attitude has everything to do with it. This realization can make the difference!

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Our Magical World - A Tapestry of Interwoven Threads of Time and Space!

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Entrapped Within
 The Eighteen Elements of Being!

Our world is a tapestry of interwoven threads of vacillating 'time in space', and 'space in time’ - reflected upon as  diverse facets and beings of LOVE - crisscrossing and overlapping each other to fulfill the retributive effects and consequences - as cyclic events of an unbroken chain of causation - manifested solely by 'the presence' of cooperative conditions as  sheer opportunity, function, and circumstance.

Each of us, in this tapestry, is a bearer and a sharer of time’s special gifts of LOVE; they are absolutely unique and unsurpassed by any other; as to whoever, whenever, wherever, why, and whatever, one might be, over another, is contingent upon the imprints set within each individual stream of body-speech-mind; accordingly, these streams of mind intersect , with precision and perfection, along the vast scheme of redemption - in adherence to the cosmic moral order of the universe; such is the vast and inconceivable web of causes and consequences, accompanied by cooperative conditions!

The special gifts of 'LOVE' are, indeed, the the natural emanations of interdependent co-existence; wisdom and compassion - surpassing egoistic discriminations - permeates this tapestry, bringing to fruition the checks and balances of all acts of body-speech-mind, with meaning and purpose beyond any, or all, speculation; the cosmic moral law of intentional action and equal reaction, needless to say, reigns supreme in the universal tapestry of LOVE and justice!

Essentially, the tapestry of LOVE as ‘a whole’ is the inevitable consequence of its collective parts; the parts merely are the colored reflections of all other parts of the whole; it is the magical, magnanimous display of 'presence' as 'interdependent co-existence’ by way of 'multiplicity and diversity' within one universal field of 'unity and simplicity'; thus the relativity of 'multiplicity and diversity' is inseparably and indivisibly intertwined with the  reality of the absolute - the  nature of 'unity and simplicity' that mirrors all cosmic conditions!

Each part holds intrinsic value in relation to all other parts, and therefore, 'the whole' - the field of infinite potential or all possibilities, of emergence and non-emergence of phenomena, based upon a complex web of co-originating factors, as causes, cooperative conditions, and consequences of redemption.  Each individual part is indispensable for the sustenance of the whole. 

The universal tapestry is every breath of interdependence that reflects as 'right here' and 'right now', called 'presence' or 'existence'; Nothing exists outside this moment; thus each moment is the universe; the universe resides within the moment-mind that transcends space and time!

The universe is the playful wakefulness of truth and phenomena. The truth is the mind of cognitive clarity alone, filled with luminous empty essence, from which manifestations of transience - as non-abiding phenomena - evolve to dissolve, and vice-versa.

The universe is thus the playful wakefulness or the dynamic field of unobstructed truth and phenomena.

The universe is the dynamic and unobstructed interpenetration of truth and phenomena.

The universe is the dynamic and unobstructed interpenetration of truth, in every phenomenon.

The psychophysical universe, ephemeral by nature, manifests three pairs of phenomena:

All  things in existence are of simultaneous formation and disintegration

All things in existence are marked with simultaneous characteristics of unity and diversity.

All things in existence are marked with simultaneous natures of universality and  particularity.

All in all, the psychophysical universal fabric is ephemeral by nature; two intimately interdependent, indivisible, inseparable spheres of operation as physiological/physical (as outer of body and environment) and mental/psychological (as inner),  together manifest our world.

The miracle of existence is brought forth by the eighteen elements of being; they are the six sense-bases, fields, and consciousness; they remain interactively engaged to sustain the relativity of biorhythmic phenomena within the reality of the all-encompassing field of infinite potential or cognitive clarity - called the MIND, itself!

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Heal Your Inner WorldI

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This is the Way to Happiness and Peace!

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Yes, peace is our natural abode when we look deep within.

All of our mental agitations come about when we do not know where to look!

All that surrounds us outwardly are mere life-lessons in time and space; they call for our internal attention and unwavering contemplation so that we may clearly understand the origin and cessation of all mental unrest, not forgetting the associated physical conditions or ripple effects.

In the final analysis, we must surrender to one pristine reality that healing begins - on an individual basis - from 'within', but not 'without'.

This realization, in itself, is the way to bliss!



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PEACE, It Begins Within!

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LOOK DEEP TO SEEK THE TRUTH!

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We search for peace along countless avenues and directions across space and time while the under-current of ignorance with the mark of a 'self' pitifully masks 'the state of purity and harmony' that prevails within.

The human ego is the catalyst beneath all emotional unrest that emerges from compartmentalized thought. The self-propellant interest in the human condition undeniably works against the happiness and advancement of each of us, as individuals.

The self-serving drama of human passion and aversion, in turn, sets the macrocosmic life-principles out of synchrony, sadly, to affect our living world of sentience, not forgetting the environment. 

A transformation in the outer scenery may only be possible if, and when, we penetrate the depths of mind, illuminating all acts of thought-word-deed, with cognitive clarity; a mind thus charged up from 'within' dispels our ignorance to overcome all woes of life and being.

In an absolute sense, the outside is a mere projection of the inside where all inclusions of thought may only be purified on an individual basis.

Let us begin to change our world for the better, today, by cleaning up our insides!

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