April 21, 2022

 Pop culture "Advaita" such as "The Power of Now" is great as far as it goes. Be here, now, not lost in some past or future angst.  Great advice. A jnani would still consider this mental gymnastics though. The "place" in which a jnani abides precedes any taint of mental or sensory activity. He or she abides in the clear light, no-mind, pure consciousness, however you term it.

Why, though? Why when this seems to go against the grain of the world and all we have been taught and experience? Well, if you love the hurly-burly roller-coaster we call life, and more importantly, if this life fulfills you and hopefully fosters peace and contentment and settles all questions--then God bless you, go forth and multiply, etc. But even with all these blessings, if something still seems missing, something nagging back there in a mist of restlessness and discontent--the old mote in the eye of fulfillment--then chances are you are subconsciously hearing the call of the inner wild, the Self, the Absolute, the ever-present missing link--and to follow it home is why we are here.

Why? How about peace eternal at long last. The end of questions. Wholeness. Clarity. Establishment, abiding in this, takes time and practice, lots of practice, although this isn't learning something new. Rather,  it is opening to something ancient.