timeless moments by sri sri

Timeless moments 

Sri Sri Ravishankar

Amongst the twenty-four principles that have formed this creation, 
time is one of the principles. Every moment, every single moment is 
important. Time is not elsewhere. It is here, now! The silent part 
of the Divine is known as maha kaala. 

Shiva is known as Mahakaal. Mahakaal means great time. We often 
say, "I had a great time". Isn't it? Great time means the moments 
present in the timeless moments. When there is peace in the mind you 
will not sense the passage of time. When there is no peace in the 
mind even the two minutes that have passed by give you the feeling 
as though two hours were spent. Lord Shiva is also known as "Kaala 
Samhaara Murthy". (It means the Lord who slays Time). How is it 
possible to slay time? It is possible by extreme bliss. When you are 
blissful you will not feel the passage of time. When you are not 
aware of the passage of time, then it is said that time has been 
slayed. 

There is a close relation between time and sadness. When we are very 
sad, we perceive time to be too long. When you are happy you do not 
feel time. So what is happiness or bliss? It is our very self. That 
self is the Shiva tattva or the principle of Shiva. 

Adi Shankara has sung in one song "Oh you foolish-minded people, do 
not search for your soul". People wander to all kinds of places in 
search of the soul, for Shiva. Shankaracharya says that foolish are 
those who do not realize that "I am Shiva". Do not see or think of 
Shiva as somewhere high up in the sky residing there all alone. Just 
peep into your self. 

Usually when the word God is mentioned everybody looks up 
immediately. What is there up above? It only rains from above! There 
is nothing above. Everything is inside, neither above nor below. 
Looking inside or being inside is meditation. 

When you look at someone close to you, your friend or somebody, what 
happens to you? Something happens inside you. You feel as though 
some new energy is passing through you. Capture that great moment. 
It is those great moments, which are timeless moments. Okay, you 
might have experienced those timeless moments by the presence of 
that person, that person might have brought forth those emotions in 
you. So what? Instead of getting immersed in that person or in the 
situation, just be with the spring of bliss rising up in you. 

From despair to fulfillment: the path to sanyas 

Maya means that which can be measured, that which draws you back 
into this world. Observe the Mayapati or the owner of Maya. Then 
that consciousness, that presence becomes predominant and your whole 
existence will be filled with that presence. 

How many times in life you have experience this, "I am nothing. I 
want nothing"? When you are depressed you say "Oh! I do not want 
anything. Just leave me alone". 

When you have no enthusiasm you say that you do not want anything. 
That is of no use. In spite of having everything, have you ever 
contentedly felt "I do not want anything"? Or have you ever had some 
few moments where you felt "I have everything with me. I am 
everything"? If, in those moments of happiness and love, if you have 
felt that way, then you have had sanyas in those moments! 

In this year, how many days were you in sanyas? How many days were 
you struggling, being caught in Maya? Turn back and remember this 
whole year. How many months, how many days, how many weeks you were 
in suffering? How many days you were in sanyas? Were you in sanyas 
at least for a few days? Even for a few moments if you live in the 
feeling that "I am nothing, I want nothing", or "I am everything, I 
have everything", you will gain good strength and peace in you. 

Do not run away from anything. Do not reject anything. Do not go 
away from anything. At the same time let your attention also be on 
the self. This is a delicate balance. That balance is yoga.