Asami

Swami Muni will be staying in the D1, Patil Regency Ashram of Sadharan Asami in the garden for the few days. Have requested him to establish a Guru-Shishya relationship with him. He has agreed.

Read yesterday the first chapter of "Sarvasar Upanishad". It starts with a prayer to ParamAtma< Om Sahanavavatu | Saha Nau bhunaktu | Saha viryam karavavahai | Tejaswinavadhitamastu | Ma vidvishavahai  | Om Shanti Shanti Shanti |

The part about "Ham kisika dwesh na kare" Do not be envious of anyone is important. For one can deride others on the spiritual path and their progress by finding weaknesses in them. That is so easy. And I have done it with Swami Muni.

What is said in the first chapter of Sarvasar Upanishad (and the other parts) is pure Vedanta and also what Sri Shankaracharya says in Ne Me ...

To be one with the stratum of existence seems to be the goal of these seekers and by discrimination eliminate all other identifications.

There are too many things said and it is going to be very boring to enter endlessly all these words.

 So enough for the day. 

 

 

There is no life without strife. The very act of breathing is a tension between inhaling and exhaling. The very act of walking is a tension between the graviational force and muscular activity.

Threfore if there is no strife, there will be no life. At least as we know it on earth.

Therefore to run away from strife is to run away from life.

It is quite some time since I have started posting to this blog. What I need to do is to record regularly my thoughts so that the mind that is going in circles will note it and maybe stop going in circles.

Last few days I have been quite upset about the strife going on in the world. Everywehere there seems to be conflict: politics, relationships, society. But then why should I get upset by it. That seems to be the way the world has been created by the Almighty. There is strife in animal kingdom, the big fish eat the small, there are fights and struggles. Even withing the bbody there is struggle between the existence of the food that is eaten and the eater. So how can I say 'No' to this world? Is there any other world where such strife is not present? Where there is harmony of all kinds. But even in Music, Jayant was tellng me yesterday that there is Wadi and Samvadi.  A kind of conflict.

I think this saying NO is taking away a lot of my energy, for the world cannot change by my NO; so the best thing to do is to say Yes - this is the way life is. Do not expect anything different.

Another most important thing is to be a Witness. Watch the whole thing as interactions between various bodies - physical, emotional and mental. That is waht Muni said this morning. Be a witness and enjoy the whole drama. It is the identification that is creating pain. See yourself as an Actor and watch the drama. The only difficulty is you don't know the script. Nor waht is expected of you.

But maybe nothing is expected of you. Krishna says in the Bhagwat Gita - all these are like machines and "I" am the driver. So watch the mysterious play of life unfold. Who knows what the next day will bring!

There is too much tension in the body. Whenever I think of her or interact with her, there is tension or stress. Why is that? Ego clashes? Unresolved issues? Conflicting demands? No one wants to surrender to the other. Each has a fixed set of stands and views. About living, about future etc. Nobody wants to budge. A state of complete stand-still. Nobody wants to flow with the other.

Last Call

 

I have been seeking,

In spite of several closed chapters in the past,

My soul-mate and my Shakti,

Of this time on the planet earth.

 

Deep in my heart while,

Listening to the Alaaps of Bhimsen Joshi,

Strolling in the Hermann Park in Houston,

Reflecting on the waves of the lake Geneve,

Losing in the foothills of Himalayas,

Gazing at the banks of Ganges,

Wandering in the Museums in New York,

Sailing on the sounds of Long Island,

Sketching the passers-by in Tien an Mein square,

Sipping beer in Singapore,

Climbing the slopes of Mont Blanc,

Sculpting the soft clays of nature,

Pondering over the words of philosophers,

Concentrating on computer screens,

Driving through vast stretches of countryside,

Musing to the strains of Variations by Brahms,

Meditating at the Samadhi in Pondicherry,

 

While living a quiet and peaceful,

Contented and carefree life,

In honesty, integrity and independence,

And hoping,

To love and to cherish,

To live and to fulfill,

To care for,

And in togetherness,

Walk on the spiritual journey,

On the banks of eternal time,

In the adventure of consciousness,

Towards Truth, Beauty and Bliss

 

And is that you?

Sadharan Asami (pen name) was a merit scholar and rank holder throughout his undergraduate days at IIT, Bombay. He had research fellowships during his post-graduate days at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He received an award for the best doctoral thesis of the year in engineering at Rice. During the last thirty years, he has spent his time working as a social activist, a teacher, an entrepreneur, an information technology professional, an inventor, a creative writer, a poet, an artist and as a spiritual seeker.

 

On his return from USA in 1974, moved by the glaring contradictions in Indian society, Sadharan Asami became a Naxalite communist revolutionary. Between 1975 and 1981, he lived in a backward district of Maharashtra - leading peasants, landless laborers and women to organize themselves and to obtain the entitlements guaranteed to them by the Indian constitution. He also led student groups to spread a scientific outlook among rural people through a people’s science movement.

 

Sadharan Asami began his information technology career in 1982. In 1984 he joined a Management Institute as Professor of Computer Sciences. In 1987 he was invited by the Government of India to be member-secretary of the committee set up to design the architecture of a supercomputer resulting in the production of the Indian supercomputer.

 

Owing to his desire to practice spiritual disciplines, Sadharan Asami became an entrepreneur in 1991. He developed a banking software system in 1992, invented a computer security product in 1996, and, at the invitation of an American firm, developed a voice messaging software in 1999. He has excellent experience in leading software teams to take projects to completion and delivery.

 

Sadharan Asami has been involved in various forms of spiritual practices since his childhood. Since 1987, he began to visit the Sri Aurobindo Ashram regularly and had several inner experiences in line with Aurobindo’s teachings. In 1993, he met Mata Amritandanamayi (Amma), received a spontaneous mantra-diksha from her, had a number of inner experiences, and subsequently spent a year in her Ashram. He has given spiritual discourses at Amma's Ashrams in Pune, Mumbai and Delhi. He is Osho Sanyasin and has taken training in conducting Osho mediations and massage therapy.

 

Sadharan Asami has had extensive international exposure. He has lived for more than 6 years in the United States and has traveled to Australia, Canada, France, Switzerland, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore and China for work and pleasure.

 

A socially committed person, he has led a group of blind people in Poona to develop tactile recognition methods to learn ordinary English script with raised writing. Although he is not actively engaged in any social or political movements, he continues to take the side of the oppressed, exploited or downtrodden against injustices. So he has the habit of getting thrown out of institutions for his out-spoken stands. Recently his service as a Professor of Information Technology was terminated from an engineering college for taking the just side of the students for fee refunds.

 

He is currently involved in the activities for IIT Alumni Association, conducting a series of meditation workshops for professionals, working on a book on Lalita Sahasranama, and this series of books on Truth. He can be reached at:

 

Dr. Shreehari Marathe,

D-1, Patil Regency, Erandawane, Pune 411 004

Email: drmarathe@yahoo.com

Tel: +91-20-2542-4203, Mobile: 94223 19154

Poems

 

By

 

Sadharan Asami

Measuring

 

Aren't we all a bit silly, to measure others by

The length of their hair, the color of their skins,

The shape of their faces and the names of their nationality.

 

Another way could be by

The smile on their faces, the sweetness of their words,

The depth in their eyes and the warmth in their heart.

 

 

Enigma

 

When there is love,

There is neither ' I ' nor ' you ',

So how can one say,

" I love You "

 

Thirst

 

Yesterday

You quenched my thirst,

Yet I left you thirsty

Today

It is my turn

To quench your thirst

With showers of love

 

Fire

 

 

A hug, a kiss, a gentle touch

And a fire was lit.

Spreading its wings,

From the centre in his loins,

To the centre of her heart.

 

A new awareness joined

A friendship of bodies,

A symphony of beating hearts,

Melting them together.

 

 

You are a Buddha

 

Drop, drop the fear of rejection,

Drop, drop the seeking of approval,

Drop, drop the Ego,

And be relaxed and spontaneous,

Accepting your own being,

And always remember that

You are a Buddha.

 

Clinging

 

Like a blind man, walking over a cliff,

I was clinging to you.

 

Out of compassion, you pushed me away,

Landing me on the firm ground of my Nothingness.

 

 

 

Amen

 

Let there be love in my heart. Amen.

Let there be grace in my deeds. Amen.

Let there be joy in my being. Amen.

Let there be beauty around me. Amen.

Let there be peace and silence within me. Amen.

Let the timeless eternity manifest in me. Amen.

 

The Altar of Love

 

On the altar of my love for you,

I sacrifice myself,

May in the fire of my love for you,

Burn my expectations.

 

May the flames of my love for you,

Make ashes of my desires.

May the light of my love for you,

Destroy my illusions.

 

On the altar of my love for you,

Let me bear the pain,

And share only joy with you.

 

On the altar of my love for you,

I pray

May peace and silence be in your heart,

May you dance in the showers of bliss,

May truth be your companion,

May the love last for ever.

 

Osho's Garden

 

In Osho's Garden, the green trees and I

Watch each other in silence.

 

In Osho's Garden, the leaves flutter and

The Sanyasin stands still.

 

In Osho's Garden, the stream flows outward and

The Sanyasin move inwards.

 

In Osho's Garden, the maroon becomes white

Hiding the secret lotuses within.

 

In Osho's Garden, there is a gibberish of words

And a music of silence

 

In Osho's Garden, all languages are spoken

But only one is heard

 

In Osho's Garden, love overflows

And time stands still.

 

Gardenof Zen

 

While meditating

In the Garden of Zen

The waterfall said to me,

"Come, sing me a song,

A song of silence"

 

And the green grass

Was not behind in saying,

"Come, dance with me,

A dance of grace"

 

And the stream whispered

"Come, flow with me,

With silence in your heart"

 

And the Sun with its golden rays said,

"Come to me,

With the warmth of love

In your heart".