Deep Inquiry: Not for the Faint of Heart, by Gangaji

गहरी खोज: कमज़ोर दिल वालों के लिए नहीं

- गंगाजी (२० जनवरी, २०१४)

असली आध्यात्मिक खोज, कलात्मक या वैज्ञानिक खोज की तरह, हमें ताज़ा अंतर्दृष्टिपूर्ण विचार और ईश्वरीय प्रकाश को सामने लाने का आनंद देती है, लेकिन अगर हम आखिरी अंतर्दृष्टि को ऐसे पकड़े रहें जैसे कोई चीज़ जिसे हम जानते हैं, तो वह चीज़ बासी हो जाती है।

असल आध्यात्मिक फायदा तब है जब अंतर्दृष्टि ज़िंदा और ताज़ा हो। इस बात पर ध्यान दिए बिना कि हमें अतीत से क्या याद है या हमने अतीत से क्या खोज निकाला है, हर बार जब यह प्रश्न हम दिल से पूछते हैं, तब हम फिर वहीं पहुँच जाते हैं जहाँ यह नहीं जाना जा सकता कि परिणाम क्या होगा, या होना चाहिए। खोज के लिए किसी सिद्धांत की आवश्यकता नहीं है। अधिकता, द्वैतता या अद्वैतता के किसी विचार की आवश्यकता नहीं है। वास्तव में, हमें खोज करने के लिए सभी सिद्धांतों और विचारों से हटा देना होगा। ज़रुरत है तो बस परिणाम से जागरूक और सच्ची अनासक्ति रखने की ततपरता की।

गहरी खोज डरपोक और कमज़ोर दिल वालों के लिए नहीं है। यह उन लोगों के लिए है जो आशंकाओं और परेशानियों के बावज़ूद तत्पर और तैयार हैं। यह परिपक्व हो पाने के लिए एक चुनौती और निमंत्रण है। यह दूसरों की खोजों पर हमारे पिछले भरोसे को छोड़ देने का निमंत्रण है, और साथ ही औरों की खोजों से हमें अपनी खोज पर पहुंचने के लिए प्रोत्साहित और बाध्य करने का निमंत्रण।

यह खोज केवल किसी चीज़ का सामना करने का एक तरीका ही नहीं है। यह मानवीय चेतना में एक अवर्णनीय निश्चितता, कि हम में अपने आप उस सच्चाई को खोज लेने की क्षमता है, को छोड़कर निश्चितता और दिलासा दिलाने के लिए मौज़ूद नहीं है। यह चीज़ों का फैलाव बढ़ाने का तरीका है। यह हमारे मन को ज्ञात सीमाओं से परे सोचने का बुलावा है, और इस तरीके से खोज हमारी आत्मा की परिपक्वता और विकास करने का सहारा है। यह हम जैसे हैं वैसे ही अनुभव करने के लिए हमें अपने आप को परिभाषित करने की ज़रूरत से मुक्त करता है। यह हमें विनम्र बनाता और असीम आनंद का स्त्रोत्र भी है, लेकिन यह हमें नई परिभाषाओं और कहानियों का एक स्पष्ठ बंडल भी प्रदान नहीं करता।

इस खोज में चुनौती यह है कि जो कुछ बिना किसी संदर्भ अंकों के मौज़ूद है, आप उसे सीधे ढूंढ निकलने के लिए तैयार हों। खोज कोई सामान्य चुनौती नहीं है, क्योंकि यह जो आंतरिक और बाहरी दुनिया हमने खड़ी कर रखी है, हमें उसका अंत देखने पर मज़बूर करती है, बिना यह जाने कि उनकी जगह कौन लेगा। नींद में हमें इस स्वनिर्मित दुनिया को छोड़ पाने का अनुभव है, और हर स्तर पर हम अपनी भलाई के लिए उस अनुभव का आनंद लेते हैं और उसकी हमें ज़रूरत भी है।

खोज की चुनौती सचेत रहते हुए उस स्वनिर्मित दुनिया को छोड़ पाने में सामने आती है।

- गंगाजी

विचार के लिए कुछ मूल प्रश्न: गहरी खोज से आप क्या समझते हैं? क्या आप अपना कोई व्यक्तिगत अनुभव बांटना चाहेंगे जहाँ आपको असल आध्यात्मिक खोज करने के लिए किन्हीं आशंकाओं से जूझना पडा हो? "सचेत रहते हुए स्वनिर्मित दुनिया को छोड़ देना" से आप क्या समझते हैं?

Seed Questions for Reflection

What does deep inquiry mean to you? Can you share a personal story around fears that you had to overcome in order to engage in authentic deep inquiry? What do you understand by "releasing the constructed world while remaining conscious?"

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15 Past Reflections

Mish

Jan 22, 2014

This is all too deep for me. Guess I'm not "there" yet. :). Namaste _/\_

Rajnikant

Jan 21, 2014

Inquiry and observe are two different functions. Inquiry is to try to find out about a particular thing. It is done when one has free time and is in pursuit of spiritual elevation. There will be always questions as to why, what, how etc. which after reading one will have to set time to inquire from within what you are searching for and what you have read. Reading is at an intellect level where as inquiry in this case is at the heart level. Observe can be taken in two ways. First one is what Ganoba has written about. One sits and watches goes thru the mind. The other one is to sit in observation something which is bugging you and see what kinds of thoughts or pictures come about that topic so you can then decide how to deal with it. This is my understanding from Holistic Science which is the science of the vitragas (Vitrag = enlightened spiritual masters who have achieved perfect knowledge by conquering anger, pride, deceit, and desire).

Ganoba

Jan 21, 2014

I don't like the word inquiry. We just observe with a blank mind, no theories, no reference points, no expectations of a particular outcome. Just a child like wonder.
For that to happen we need to say namaste to not only Gangaji but all the scriptures. A tough call in deed.

Syd

Jan 21, 2014

My body is falling into nothingness because my cells produce low energy for my muscles. I can feel there is nothing true or valuable which I can believe. This physical nothingness is like insecurity and powerlessness. It feels rather perverse and dark. In my inquiry my deepest fear is “Will you love me if I am nothing?” When I allow my faith to create an opening in my nothingness I notice a profound peace and stillness where everything is arising and disappearing. I feel an underlying depth within this void and my fear is not sticking in my consciousness. The stillness feels like a clarification of my boundaries around being nothing. It is as if this stillness can see through the boundary and walk into this nothingness with transparency. There is clarity and this immense intelligence of Essence that allows everything to pass through. This inquiry into my void is allowing nothing stick in my conscious,... View full comment

Amy Jan 21, 2014

As God loves me in my "feeling" of nothingness, I will love you in your feeling of "nothingness". Does God want us to be void? Not! Does Satan want you to be void? Absolutely. From Whom do I muster up energy?
You can bet I will not find it outside of God/His Word/Heaven. We cannot step outside the circle of His Life.

Again, I Will Love You! Why? Because YOU are so WORTHY.

Syd Jan 21, 2014

Thank you Amy for caring and having a good heart. Just being you deeply and completely is a profound connection to my heart. This helps me to experience my heart's desire and my value is no particular achievement. The experience is just the depths of my male heart and I feel hope. This hope feels like a flow. Wow, men are not cry and yet there is almost this opening. My body is shacking, sweats and exhaustion so I will need to get more energy to finish this almost. Hope truly is a place to begin!

Amy Jan 21, 2014

Sweet Heavenly Father, surround my friend. Hug him. Squeeze him. Love him because, right now, You are closest to him and know him best. I can feel his pain, human that I am . . . but YOU are God and can see/feel/do abundantly more for him. Please, please, please bring strength to my friend in the form of Your Most Holy Gift of LOVE. This is what I pray. Amen.
I trust in You.

Raghuraman

Jan 21, 2014

For me Deep inquiry is understanding who you are? when you enter in the process we find our craving and clinging and that creates a fear in us. If we can observe that without judging it slowly weakens and gives more insight of who you are and it leads to deep inquiry and it is a long journey and we can see division of mind knower and doer and we have to still the doer thus it leads to "releasing the constructed world while remaining conscious?"

"releasing the constructed world while remaining conscious?" - See more at: http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=987#comments

rajnikant

Jan 20, 2014

Deep inquiry is '" Who am I?". " releasing the constructed world while remaining conscious" it means to me is "be the seer and knower".

Deborah

Jan 20, 2014

Somehow, to me, it boils down to death, and how we can prepare - the challenge of inquiry while we can live and practice, is warm up, sort of.

david doane

Jan 20, 2014

That's quite a thorough and excellent statement about inquiry. I like the author's emphasis on releasing one's constructed world, being detached from any doctrine or expectation of what the outcome should be and being wide open to learn. That's real inquiry, and the times of doing that are exciting. Authentic spiritual inquiry means being truly open to truth wherever I find it and whatever it is. The fear for me to overcome in order to engage in such inquiry is the fear of where it will take me, how far will I go from what I was taught I was supposed to believe, how far will I go from people and doctrines I was attached to. For me, "releasing the constructed world while remaining conscious" means to let go of the constructs I had learned and be aware of what is, see with open eyes, hear with open ears, without the filter of learned reference points, doctrine, or prejudice. Sometimes I think I'm doing a good job of that only to realize I'm imme... View full comment

Conrad P Pritscher

Jan 17, 2014

I forgot to mention that if one notices one is faint of heart, that may be a condition for them to become less faint if that is what they wish to be. I do not know how faint in the sense the author is using the term relates to being no one going nowhere. Being no one going nowhere may be like noticing one is not separate and that one is somewhat like a hologram,one with everyone and everything.

Conrad P Pritscher

Jan 17, 2014

In the past I thought I knew what inquiry means. Now I do not know. In the past I was afraid of not knowing. Today I am much less afraid of not knowingand often cherish not knowing. What I understand by "releasing the constructed world while remaining conscious" is simply being open to what is. My noticing what is can change from moment to moment. The only constant I see is change. I have written about functional discontinuity. If a teacher provides conditions whereby a student becomes somewhat perplexed or stuck, and provides conditions of freedom and a responsive environment, the student can then unperplex and unstick herself or himself.. Schools generally do not provide these conditions which facilitate open inquiry. a discontinuity, he focused on, can help one build a larger continuity. The largest continuity is noticing that one is one with everyone and everything. I believe inquiry must be open in order for it to be inquiry. To paraphrase Gandhi: There is no way to open in... View full comment

Jagdish P Dave

Jan 17, 2014

To me, inquiry is a curiosity to understand me and others in my life. The starting point and the continuing point is me and that ongoing process includes the outer world the people I relate to. Openness, mindfulness and courage to be myself are important ingredients of this process.It is not always joyful to me to discover and face the inconvenient truth about myself. This is where the push from within to continue working on myself helps me. At times, the process slows down and it picks up and continues.It is marked with ? (question marks), ! (wonderment), pause and excitement.

Jagdish P Dave

Kokil

Jan 16, 2014

For me deep inquiry means questioning within and not outside. In my journey of introspection the biggest fear that I am now coming to terms with is the fear of the unknown. Everytime I would think of the unknown, only negative thoughts would emerge as my concept and understanding of the unknown always meant and triggered a sense of discomfort. Slowly as I began facing upto that energy I realized that the unknown can also be something positive or a deeper sense of emotion or a new aspect of my own self.