which road will he take?

namaste,

this writing seemed to be about Nityananda (the avadhuta)
the writing flows spontaneous and cannot verify if all in it
is fact, so have used the word *sage* instead..
may you enjoy this flow of writing
on this beautiful winter day..
om shanti



when he came
the climate of india was not fully
in the grips of kali yuga
the climate was more like an open vessel
where the heart came to pour into
and fill the cup of emptiness
to brim full with shanti

he was a being of powerful
presence (this sage)
he walked into the lands as an offering
to humanity
he walked into the lands as an offering
of sacred beauty to the ones that were
available to his presence
he walked into the lands purified of mind
he was very generous to the poor and worked
to insure souls that ached of hunger were fed
in body and most importantly in spirit
when he was in the towns with the people
he would say, "i am here as *all*, not as body"
"i am here as a living well of compassion"
"i am here as a timeless being"
"i am here as a Christ consciousness"

one day a man came up to him that had wandered
in the forest and was thirsty and homeless
he asked this sage to take his hands and bless him
the sage took his hands and spoke these words
"son, your life is beyond measure and beyond what is
temporal. when you come to this life, you are in goodness and
freedom, but you wander in the forest where the mind lives...
when you wander, you forget the life force ... you forget the
uncreated beauty of life and go where the waters speak of
beauty in thought only... thought is just the surface of beauty
it is not the perfect source that is ...  "

"son, the life that you are given is transient in nature and not yours truly
it comes from the source (mother) and is given as a gift to make you
*see* the world as it is which is a reflection only..
it is given to impress upon your heart that spirit is the one reality
and not the concrete world of names and forms and faces ..
it is given as a gift to call you back home to where shiva is the
reliable, steady presence that is securely seated as
pure consciousness in all hearts

"son, the life you are given has come from the fruits of your actions
which are good and bad and neutral.. when the fruits of your actions
continue to bloom, the body comes and comes again
as a direct outcome of action in the world
seeds of karma *action*,  flower and flower like a garden that erupts
from understanding that comes from mind..
karma blooms like a garden...
so this fruit of karma is eaten and taken to be true --
(but it is only created by mind)
when the mind ceases to play in this realm of *doership*,
there can be no more karma like this that blooms of *action*
grace comes forward to flush this attachment to action away...
this is a most mysterious taking place, but it is the best thing for the soul
as he is then removed from his burden of *doership* and is seated in the heart
and only spontaneous flow remains...
then no further seeds of karma *action* are sown..
and the garden of blooming karma is shorn clean and then the mind is purified
this is what true knowledge is  --- (no-mind)..."

"son, do not put away this seeking of blessing you are desiring, but turn
into yourself and begin in earnest to live awake to life without attachments
i am here as a soul to say, you are perfect and whole
you are complete --- just let go of the wrong understanding that you are
not complete ... this is your undoing ...
but do not go about attempting to convince yourself that you are perfect
just let go of all the baggage and be true in this moment
quiet and joyful"

"son, your sons and daughters are not yours, they are as God made them and they
have their own journey to go through --
do not cling to them, or they will hurt your heart deeply and give you sadness
when they are here to only *be* and are a manifestation of God
they are to be loved, but not attached to
loved and brought up in truth and joy and then let go and allowed to live their own life
do not suffer because of them, but love them well and be not afraid to allow them to roam
and find their own way..."

"son, have you taken the robes of a sannyas? if you have not -- do not worry or have any
sorrow about this as this is only outer trappings -- simply come to the heart and what is needed will
come to you of it's own time... make efforts, but do not cling to the results ..."

"oh son, if you knew how much you are complete and perfect .. you would leave this world
immediately and be still...
oh son, if you knew how perfect and beautiful you are, you would leave this world
like a bird flies to the heavens in joy
oh, son fly now and be still
and do not return to the world that speaks of separate ways..."

and then the sage left and went his way to the roads where he was going ..
he left ...
and the man left too...
where would he go?
to his heart or out into the world?
none know for sure...
it is his life to make and what roads he
takes is up to him...