INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2014
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The ‘Now’ Dr. Vijai S Shankar Life is one side of a coin while the mind is the other side. They appear as separate two, but are one, just as a coin is one but has two sides. The ‘now’ in life is one side of a coin while the ‘now’ in the mind is the other side. They appear as the same side but they are not. The 'now' in life is not the same as the 'now' in the mind. Lightning (light) is followed by thunder (sound), and both happen in the ‘now’. Obviously they do not happen in the same ‘now’. If both the ‘nows’ were same the light and sound would be seen and heard together, but they are not. Light and sound is seen and heard separately. This indicates that the light seen in the ‘now’ is followed by sound also heard in the ‘now’. This means that light in the ‘now’ in life is faster than sound in the ‘now’ of the mind. This implies that life is faster than the mind. The ‘now’ is a brief period of moments, and a moment is a brief period of imaginary time not determined as yet. Therefore the ‘now’ in life is the real present which is light and sound, eternal, timeless and thoughtless. And the ‘now’ in the mind is illusions of light and sound, which are: time, past present, future, action, word, thought and memory.
‘Moment’ Firstly, a moment is NOT a measure of time. Time is never measured; time is defined by the number of ticks a clock makes. Time therefore is a thought in the human mind and not an actuality in life. Secondly, a moment is a brief period of imaginary time. The precise unit of time within a moment has not yet been defined by man. It is obvious that time is present within the mind of a modern man as the primitive mind evolved into a modern mind. The smallest unit of time defined is one attosecond, and a moment happens faster than this unit of time. Time as yet is neither measured nor has been defined within a moment. It is obvious that everything appears in every moment, and they would not appear every moment, if the moment was not present. Therefore a moment has to be present before man, for man to appear in it. Time is present only in man as a thought and is not an actuality in life. What is being pointed to be the fact is that the moment is life is eternal and the moment in the mind is a brief period of illusory or imaginary time.
‘Aliveness of the moment’ Dr. Vijai S Shankar Man knows quite a lot. Life has gifted man knowledge since primitive times. Primitive man had none to begin with. Man does not know the precise moment with CERTAINTY when anything that he knows WILL happen nor does he know HOW EXACTLY it will happen. Of course man would know what anyone he knows would say about a particular matter, but neither the exact words nor the exact moment when it would happen to him or others. Man would come to know only after it happened to him, or to others as well. Man knows the sun will rise but the exact moment with CERTAINTY, he would know only after it happens. The blood always pumps and if it does not man will not be alive, and he would not know that it will stop before it stops; the same applies to anything in life. If one becomes AWARE of life every moment, he would observe that he is conscious of the aliveness (action, word or thought) of the MOMENT with CERTAINTY only AFTER the aliveness happens and never before, though he KNOWS many things about life before they happen as vague statements in the mind.
‘Existential nature and Knowledge’ Dr. Vijai S Shankar Knowledge is always first hand and not second hand, because knowledge happens to man. Understand knowledge has happened to the primitive man and it could never have been second hand knowledge that has happened to him. What is happening now is knowledge that is happening to man first hand by life, and not second hand, though it appears to be second hand. Knowledge happens as memory, and memory has happened to primitive man and he did not make it either. Understand without memory man cannot experience anything, including the world. And memory is in the past and not in the present ‘now’ which is timeless and thoughtless life. Surely every day man showers, eats, drinks, works, goes to the toilet and finally to bed at night to sleep. These things happen instinctively, albeit illusorily, which appears real to the human mind because of knowledge. Understand these were happening to the primitive man too but he was not aware that it was happening because knowledge had not happened to him. Knowledge has happened to man and by this knowledge he knows who he is and what he is related with. But man DOES NOT know the existential nature of WHO he is, which is LIGHT, or the existential nature of that, which he is related with, which is light again. The answer for his existential nature is provided by life in the form of science, that every atom of whatever exists in the world, including the world is light. Life has evolved and sophisticated a great deal since primitive times.
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LETTER TO AAU Sonja. Canada, Dear Dr. Shankar, thank you for sharing wisdom through c.d’s books and articles. Response AAU: Dear Sonja, thank you for supporting Dr. Shankar with donations, to enable him to share wisdom with humanity. Dr. Shankar sends you his appreciation and regards.
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NEW ARTICLE: “What does daily life mean?” Man longs for the day to be meaningful to him. The day is meaningful to man if he is satisfied with it. He is satisfied when he is neither disappointed nor upset during the day. Some days are meaningful to him and some days are not. If his day is meaningful, man is happy; if it is not, he is evidently not happy. Man tries very hard for his daily life to be meaningful, meaning satisfying to him, but he finds he is unable to keep the entire day meaningful, no matter how hard he tries, wishes or prays not to be disappointed or…….. read further Articles in German and Dutch translation
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Holiday ‘time’ …….. Ponder ‘time’
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NEW DISCUSSION Linkedin “Nonduality group”: ‘Man is conscious of the aliveness (action, word or thought) of the moment with certainty, only after it happens and never before it happens.' Dr.Vijai S Shankar What does this mean?
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“Everything in life is meant to be where it is meant to be.”
COMMENT: CD ‘Life is a river’ Elisabeth, Netherlands Life is a river. What does that signify? Life is like a river applies only to this body, not to these thoughts. The river flows on its own accord, not on anybody's choice or decision, neither its own. What does it mean to your everyday life that the body is always moving? It means your body too moves the way it is meant to move. Your body too is meant to be where it is meant to be. But the mind which is in time imparts a meaning that it is your choice and it is your decision. In the moment that is where you are, that is where your body is. It is quite an understanding to realize that the body moves the way it is meant to move and that something or the other keeps on coming if it is meant to come. Very much enjoyed the satsang. The chapter Illusions in KG2 also surely reveals life is not what we think it is. I have become a slow reader.
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For understanding to happen it is very important to read and listen over and over again the books, CD’s, DvD’s available on this website
Re-think your thinking! See article “rethink”
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