returning to the core

those that come to know the real
are the ones that wear the cloth for the right reasons
these ones are not playing about with externals
and seeking to make a show of the tradition that is rich
and filled with mystery and tapasya of the honored masters
that have a carved a way to the cave of the heart
where shiva presides as light and rich stillness that
is unwavering and filled with majesty
these ones have walked in the fire and burned the illusion
to ash for it to die away completely as if it never was
these ones walk with intensity within and do not go around
in idle ways seeking to flaunt and gossip
or call themselves to be the center of attention
but stay within their own counsel to ride the waves of desire
and passion in steadiness and graciousness within
and have come the end of the games of mind with it's false show
and shadow nature
to rest in the eternal light of all

like the Buddha who came in as a prince but was not satisfied
with this lifestyle as it did not ring of the real
for him who was to be the awakened o ne
he was to go onward into the dark night of the soul to encounter himself
and see what was there that was true and held up as a constant
and what was false and died away with enquiry and holding steady
this is what Buddha means to be *awake*
which is what consciousness in it's purity is always within
and not divided our owned by any soul
no matter how honored or upright standing
still it is only the one that has set the tides of mind to be stilled
that can only be called *awakened*

Buddha found himself under the Bodhi tree
he did not find something other but reality in its naked purity
this is what all wandering ones of heart are seeking
pure waters that are of the non-dual jewel nature
and sit resting stilled and perfect within always
not out in the exterior where mind plays about and creates
haunting imagery and thought formations that rise and sink
and jostle about to create a world of dream ...a web work
of opposing energies ...
this is the playground of maya --
the goddess of deception and unending reflections that pass thru
the mind and are seized by the unawakened and called real
but the mind is only made of chit which is pure consciousness
in reality
what passes through is a reflected appearance that has been gathered in
and turned into something else by the one that is called persona or ego
(which means *mask* in latin) --
a covering of the false -- a face and a name that is contained in a body
called *me*
this is what the ones in the world are transfixed with and many are not even
aware or looking for what lies at the depths of the soul which is *light* only
these ones move unconscious of the truth
and migrate onward to realm upon realm in shadow
the soul that seeks in earnestness and love will begin to unfold unto itself
what is real in time
but before this the bardos of mind are passed through like a death in which
layers of consciousness are traversed and moved thru --
the Guru's pointings are to not be taken in by these layers of consciousness that
have as there base no-thing and are truly not a support in themselves
but like mist that rises over the seas and waters and dissipate again
and cycle about -- ghost like, truly and made of no-thing in reality...
the mind when entranced by this imagery creates more and more of the same
but the when the heart is abided in as the Guru points out -- then these mental
concepts can be lost as they are not attended to by mind ...

so the sage is the one that traverses all of these layers -- sees them and releases them
to abide in the absolute reality which is the heart of all and not separate
or living in one place or another
but completely free as the sky and open air --
impartial, impersonal and living in this moment as a light without covers or
a body or a name or an agenda or anything else that is of mind ...
this the chudamani or jewel of the heart that Shankara speaks of in his writings
he is a great one that came in to clean up the advaitic watered down ways
that were taking place and bring it back to it's true nature ---
what an amazing accomplishment in such a short life he lived
as GuruSwamiG has taken religion, shorn it clean of all the nonsensical
ritual along with the watered down teachings that come from confused minds
cleaned it of the false and breathed fresh life into these very precious teachings
as well as put original practices into place that are powerful and majestic
and breathe grace and beauty into stale energies that have lurked about
unprecedented is this Guru's place here on earth -- like all that have came
and rocked this world and cleaned out the false coward type personalities that lurk
and seek to latch on to confused, feeble minds that seek attention and do not know the right way
this Guru will not stand for this kind of nonsense and will take it and put it down
where it lay helpless not to come again and attempt to replace the dark for light
what a thing to even imagine that could happen --
when Guru's like this one are here now ...
Kali in her beauty laughing at the false and that which carries misdeeds that feed on
ignorance ...
never will this be acceptable to Kali -- never will this take place when the light of all
is forever victorious in the ones that are here to burn the untruth away