Parting words to a Disciple (The End of Haimavati) Posted by Kalyani Bose on July 31, 2010 at 9:01am in KALYANI BOSE'S DISCUSSION CORNER
'The time for departure came near. I knew that the time lived close to a Master is a period of initiation into all the requirements of life as a whole and that the true discipline would begin for me only when I went back into the world.
" At that moment," said Sri Anirvan, "the freedom you have acquired will give you a new sense of values in your new surroundings. Live your life leaning up against the vault of the sky and your feet well planted on the earth. Move constantly between one and the other, remaining aware of the movements of the Great Nature. It is this constant movement that is to create the matrix of the Void in which you will find yourself face to face with yourself. It is now upto you to formulate your own discipline. Above all wipe out your past. You will be called upon to participate in different work. Enter into them and give them your thoughts, your blood, your warmth, but remain free, Do not
allow youself to be eaten up by the autointoxication of your law of gravity; live with your law without going round and round in circles...
" Today is your last day at Haimavati. It is also the anniversary of the day when I became a Baul, forty one years ago. Go forward! Free and without fear, go ahead like Devahuti, the mother of Kapila. May life and death be one and the same thing for you."
Devahuti was the first one to receive the Samkhya Philosophy and that too directly from Kapila, her son and founder of the same philosophy. Sri Anirvan, somewhere else, had paid great tribute to her saying that she practised the Samkhya philosophy as long as she lived and eventually turned herself to a river watering vast area of land.
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'The constant movement between the void and the earth,' to my thinking, most probably means to be in the midst of all activities without forgetting oneself, which is actually the Akash. In a letter S.A. had mentioned to one of his disciples to repeat within, 'Ami Akash' 'ami Akash' (I am Akash,I am Akash). The more we can do that the easier it will be to handle all worldly things, no matter how difficult or mundane they are, and yet remain detached, which is the basis of all Sadhana.
'Wiping out the past' is very important for any kind of growth. It is not only Sri Anirvan, but all great souls have instructed us to do that. If we cling onto our past, how can we progress further? The usefulness of past is only in making me what I am today, and my tomorrow will bring a new Sun on the horizon.
I read this again.. what is the constant movement between the void and the earth? Also, "Above all wipe out your past..." What is he saying by this statement?
The basic step for practicing Samkhya is to be aware of Purusha and Prakriti. In remembering that, consciously or unconsciously Karma Sannyasa yoga comes in to practice, like it is the senses(Indriyas) that are doing the work(Realm of Prakriti) and not the Self(Purusha) .
One of the most beautiful and salient features of S.A.'s teachings is, saying the age old Truth in his own unique and poetic language. Evidently, a Guru will always ask the sishya to follow the Karma Yoga of Gita in the field of action.
Hope this answers your question.
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This is so beautiful.... Is he not reminding her Karma yoga or Karma sanyasa once Lizelle Reymond goes back to Switzerland?
How does one practice Samkhya philosophy?