You are one of my heros. :)

um heroes.. heroines.

Making Sense of The World

At some point making sense of the world, and your place in it becomes the focus of all of your activities. Seeking Understanding in this or any world builds a momentum. Is there or has there ever been anything like Utopia on Earth?
You know you’re not happy, not really; you see the world condition; and at some point, even unconsciously, your own mortality begins to become part of the felt dilemma.

And then you try some things:

You become politically involved.
You become environmentally involved.
You try all sorts of therapeutic approaches.
You find like minded friends.
You meditate.
You investigate Eastern Philosophy or re-approach your born-with religious tradition.
You read books on Death and Dieing, or on After Life experiences.

Basically, you go inward or you move outward into the world with more intention. And sometimes you do both. You can spend your whole lifetime doing all of this and if you believe in it, you can re-incarnate into another life and start again.

Do any of these approaches to life, fundamentally change anything?

Or you tire of the whole thing and give the whole thing up to a life of conventional or extraordinary pleasure seeking.

How do you get beyond it all? How do you understand? Can you relax enough to feel the dilemma that mortality and your orientation to it represents?

You feel the mortal dilemma, but there is something else you are sensitive to also. Something simple and prior to all dilemma. You’ve Known that all your life. Right Spiritual practice seems to require sensitivity to both. This dual sensitivity has been described simply as the closed fist and the open fist.

Gu and Ru. Light and darkness. Occasionally mankind has seen the appearance of Men or Women who have know something about this. Some have lived alone and taught quietly by Being Who They Are. Others have been Master Teachers, Realizers, or Gurus, whose function is to embody and teach the Way to Perfect Freedom.

In the west, the tradition of Realizers, of Gurus is mostly either unknown or discounted, or even spit upon. And in the later part of the 20th century people have appeared, who called themselves Gurus and clearly were not.
What if such a one appeared now? How would you recognize him/it?

My Divine Avataric Revelation-Teaching takes into account the limitations of all of the first six stages of life, the limitations of all "religious", Spiritual, and Transcendental traditions—East and West, Alpha and Omega. The Divine Truth That Is Reality Itself Is Prior to all of that—and, yet, the Divine Reality-Truth does not exclude any stage of life, any "one", or any "thing"…. My Divine Avataric Incarnation here Is Prior to all—and My Divine Avataric Incarnation here Is For all.

Adi Da Smaraj

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well done for giving up coffee - i've been trying to give up for two weeks but it's just too hard!

Concerning coffee:
Nobody likes a quitter(!)
best legal drug on the planet, man. Like everything, just moderate your intake.

I found your blog years ago when I started doing Ashtanga. Your posts make a compelling read and there have been many times when I could really relate, as much as one can for not actually knowing you at all. Anyway, from one of the randoms - hello!

"hen there are the readers that I do know who they are (IP Addresses, they get you every time don't they?) but they clearly think I must not know... Why read someone's blog if your intention is one in which you are looking to find something you can use to harm them?"

I understand your feeling this way. But perhaps...perhaps...they just want to understand you, and where you are coming from? I don't know the situation, who it involves or what happened, but I feel terrible to hear you so upset. I wish I could tell you something to soothe you...that's what I am trying to do...

Wishing you the best...

hey lauren. Actually I'm so not upset. This whole thing is awesome and long over due. I'm clear and calm and centered

The person has not one good selfless intention for anyone but I'm not upset. Karma is a wonderful ezperience. Promise the full upate soon

I must confess, I might be the culprit clicking through the entirety of your blog. In all honesty, I found it because I'm developing my ashtanga practice but also have a congenital breast deformity...weighing the pros and cons of reconstructive surgery. But, then I had to start looking back for the entirety of your story. Sorry for seeming intrusive...only the best intentions, I assure you. As a side note, you do seem increasingly more centered and "living in the now" as your posts progress. It is interesting to see all at once...I don't know if I could do it with my own life, but reading up on 6 years of someone else's life is slightly less daunting.

Be well,
K

k wow!!! It is amazing really and not intrusive at all. If you have any questions about my surgeries etc please don't hesitate to email I don't often look at who is reading but the individual with an agenda had me looking. :)

Thanks for being so understanding...and I certainly may take you up on the email offer (though I'm not sure where to find your email). There are so many questions and issues to consider. But, as my current insurance won't cover anything, it's a non-issue for the moment. Also, if you still travel to Atlanta (hey, I still have a few years to catch up on here), I've got a great studio to recommend to you!

Take care,
K