Tai Chi Fan Form

Connections and detachment

Our world is one of connections. Through connections we are bound - consciously and unconsciously – to a wide variety of things, places and people. All these connections influence our beingness, all of them. Some make us feel good, other bad, others influence us without knowing.

The setting of the houses has an influence, what you eat and drink, with whom you interact of live with. The house you step into has an influence, the company you work in, the chair you sit on, the surrounding you are in, the book that you read, the stars that you see.

Everything and everyone, that lives in your world, has an influence on you. Most people are intuitively aware of this, however they are unaware that the connections have much more influence than they think. They think usually they are separate from all that. That is not the case.

Beyond the things that we are attached to, the most influential strings are the ones that come from our personal attachment to people. The way you are attached to others, is so influential that you might immediately feel very different when just thinking about that other person. It is important to note that – without knowledge around this – a person is very much influenced at all times.

Once one understands the impact of all outer influences, one can take the attitude of neutral detachment. It is in this neutral detachment of all things, that one becomes a person of stillness from within.

The storms of the world are still there, however the effects are minimized as much as possible, and trouble water becomes clear water.

When a person gets emotional, you will not be pulled into the same emotion and stay clear from the effects, however still compassionate about people. It is in this compassion that one finds that he is always connected to others, he becomes the other and then he becomes all.

aka Komaya

June 2010

Into Zen-sation

Zen Guest House in Auroville

June 2010

As we arrived a few days ago in the Auroville premises, in the South of India, we were lead to the guest house that we booked online. This Guest House Afsanah, is a mirror of a Japanese Zen House.

The garden is simply exquisite, the stones are kind and the plants are the beautifying queens. The little frogs, dragonflies, salamanders, gekkos, little squirrels add to the powerful natural mixture of absolute finesse.

The main building is a representation of balanced and harmonious spirit, and every view from the restaurant area shows the watergarden, the stone settings, and the greenery of the trees. The sounds of exotic birds fills the room.

Breakfast is a representation of true natural abundance, with orange fruit, natural fruit juice, some bread, bananas, some wheat meal, tea and coffee. The taste is adorable and in all the zen spirit simplicity life has truly amazing.

Both Joanna and I know that we are divine in origin, as if every human, however we have chosen to allow spirit to arrange everything for us. We were lead to come to Auroville, by the smell incense, by sensing that it was the place to go to. We would receive more information on why when we would be there.

The whole trip from Europe to India was a smooth journey, and the end-result of arriving here was just confirming how creative the cosmic forces are.

We feel blessed to be part of a creative journey, and know we have created this zen guest house. Such is the divine nature of an awakened human. The force works through the mantel of the personality, and flows into what is being perceived into the human world.

Both Joanna and I are part of the manifestation, and we are actively creating a vibration of beauty, natural power, balance and harmony. What we are inside is reflected in what is presented in the 5 senses through the brain.

This is the true reason for being on earth : recognizing that the personality serves the cosmic force, and then enjoying the human manifestation in the form of paradise on earth. Blessed be the human that chooses not to be busy with lower emotions and drama, and that allows in all gentleness of spirit and being to become part of the creation of worlds here on earth.

We are driven by a divine force that just needs to have some space to create whatever the individual, like a child of the divine parent, desires to create and joyfully play with.

Aka Komaya

The Auroville experience with sound and images

I am so in love with this experience, every day is a jewel on my experiential crown.

Komaya
June 2010