sri ram jaya ram jaya jaya ram meaning

Story of transformation from life to life Once Rishi Narada asked Lord Shiva, “Oh Lord, everyone knows that you are always chanting the name of Rama in your mind. What is so great about the Rama mantra? Can you please enlighten me?” Shiva showed Narada a worm living in a lump of cow dung and said, “Narada please go to the worm and chant the mantra ‘Om Shri Ram Jaya Ram Jaya Jaya Ram’ to it and tell me what happened.” Narada went to the worm and did so. Immediately the worm died. Narada became sad. He came back to Shiva and told, “Oh Lord, I must have chanted wrongly. The worm died immediately on hearing the chanting.” Shiva replied, “Narada, nothing was wrong in your chanting.” Shiva showed Narada a newly born puppy and said, “Narada, can you see that lovely puppy that was born just a few moments ago? Go and chant the mantra ‘Om Shri Ram Jaya Ram Jaya Jaya Ram’ into the ears of the puppy.” Narada went to the puppy and chanted. Immediately the puppy also died. Narada came back to Shiva with a lot of sorrow. Narada told Shiva, “Oh Lord, I do not understand. The puppy also died. What should I do?” Shiva showed Narada a newly born calf of a cow and said, “Narada, go and chant into the ears of the calf.” Narada went hesitatingly to the calf and chanted ‘Om Shri Ram Jaya Ram Jaya Jaya Ram’ into the ears of the calf that was born just a few moments back. As expected by Narada, the calf also died. Narada came back to Shiva and complained, “Oh Lord, you have made me the messenger of death. Why are you asking me to do this? Why is the mantra, which is supposed to be a saving mantra, killing every jiva that hears it? I am confused. Please tell me.” Shiva replied, “Narada, do it just one more time. There is a noble king to whom a son is born a few moments ago. Go and chant the mantra into the ears of the little prince.” Narada was shocked. He replied, “Oh Lord. No, please do not make me the messenger of death again. My heart is already tormented by being the cause of death of three lives.” Shiva smiled and said, “Narada, do not worry. It will not happen this time. The baby will tell you the greatness of the mantra.” With great hesitation, Narada went to the palace. The palace was fully decorated with flowers and arches. There were lamps lit all over the palace. The king was extremely happy to have the great Rishi Narada visit the palace on the occasion of the birth of his son. With great respect, the king took the sage to the cradle of the new born prince and asked the sage to bless the baby. Narada shivered with fear. He had no choice but to follow the instructions of Lord Shiva. With great reluctance, Narada chanted ‘Om Shri Ram Jaya Ram Jaya Jaya Ram’ into the ears of the baby. Narada closed his eyes tightly not wanting to see the tragedy that had happened on three previous occasions. Narada felt the soft hands of the baby touch his cheeks and the baby told in a sweet voice, “Thank you, Oh great rishi, for taking me through three lowly births within a short time into this noble human birth. I was the one who was the worm in the cow dung. By the power of the mantra, I was immediately freed from that wretched body and was born as a puppy. You came and blessed me again with the mantra. By the power of the mantra, I was freed from all the suffering of that birth. I was born as a calf. You came and blessed me once again with the mantra. I got freed from that body and took birth as a prince in this noble and devoted family. How can I thank you enough for the great blessing that you have been giving birth after birth? Glory to you. Glory to the great Rama mantra. Glory to Lord Shiva, who always chants the Rama mantra in his mind.” Narada was full of joy. He went back to Shiva and said, “Oh Lord, please forgive me for doubting the greatness of the mantra and doubting your words. Now I understand the glory of the mantra.” source: http://practicalphilosophy.in/writings/death-what-to-do-about-it/

liberation through non-existence

the door of liberation through non-existence

meaninglessness, depression, de-constructing everything

the reason why existentialist philosophers, robin williams, van gogh, are so miserable

the abyss as you call it is that part of you which knows itself as complete void, non-existence.

it is vast nothingness, stillness, emptiness. Creative people know this space well - it is the vacuum of meaninglessness which sucks the life from old ideas, and the blankness in which new ones can form.

it is the space between all the gaps in your mental and perceptual functioning that normally goes unnoticed as the mind hops from one thing to another. and like the 99.999999% of what we think of matter is actually space between atoms, so it is with you/existence. mentally, perceptually. you, your identity, your mental functioning seems solid but it's just tiny isolated mental/perceptual events, happening in vast empty space.

space is also the element of detachment. when you connect to the vastness it can feel overwhelmingly non-personal - and it is - but don't mistake this non-personalness for misery.

it is exactly because the space is so impersonal that it is so loving and can support so much abundant beautiful life. like the pacific ocean, it is because it is impersonal that it can take so many forms to support so many different things, from warm tropical colourful fish to miserable cold plankton, exactly what life needs, it accommodates.

but yeah, even tho the space is loving in its nature, it couldn't give a shit about all the egoic personal stuff of you. or me, whether you suffer or not, live or die. from the point of view of someone trying to be someone or something, space is a bit scary. from the point of view of someone who has received the View, and knows how to relate to it - it is the pure face of liberation.

space is found in stillness, as mental activity subsides, it is what remains. this is why it's so linked to 'depression' ... as people stop faffing around distracting themselves, they find nothingness at their core.... due to not knowing what this nothingness is, they get scared/de-energised and build a lot of stupid projections about themselves onto the space, thus spiralling themselves into more 'depression'...

the space of non-existence is primarily realised through de-constructing everything that seems solid or real. initially thoughts, but then with the raw sensory system. that's all that is coming for now. entry into space can be scary, it can seem a bit like you/your life is falling apart. look after yourself, don't confuse existential misery (neither good nor bad thing :) ) with ideas about you or your life being f'ed up (inaccurate). dance sing and love.