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  • The Manual for self-realization by Sree Lakshmimanjoo

    What’s a book you never finished but still think about?

    Hi everyone,

    I hope you are doing well and also doing great. Today I’m going to talk about a book I never finished but I still think about it. Let’s deep dive into it.

    A few days back, I found out a book in the Streets in Göttingen as ‘Zu Verschenken’ (to take away) and It was a good book. I took that book, because I have interest over different types of books especially related to spiritualism and yogic life. This book is a good one especially if you’re interested in yogic life and has interests over deep meditation. The book describes how we can reach the state of meditation where we can self realize Bhairava or the state of Lord Shiva. It is a state of complete sthithi, where time, space and location doesn’t exist. If you know how to go back and forth with time, space and location, you can reach that level of sthiti where you get to realize the existence of Lord Shiva.

    It was an interesting book to read. Sree Lakshmimanjoo describes the importance of knowing Bhairavi inorder to meet Bhairava. By state, we need to reach to the level of shree Bhairavi so that we could be the dearest to the Lord Bhairava. I loved the incite that the book provides. However, I didn’t finish the book.

    The reason I didn’t finish the book because I wasn’t in the state of meditation. I lose focus so easily. So, even if I know all the meditating state, perhaps I would not be able to practice that. I have a restless mind. So, If I’m able to control my mind, I think I will start meditating and follow the guidance that the author provides. And honestly speaking, I have kept in my wishlist so that I can read it later.

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  • Self realization / Knowing the state of Bhairava

    Few days back, I found a book on Self realization, while walking nearby a street in Göttingen. One of the nicest thing that I like here in Germany is that you can find books outside the houses. Whenever someone is done finished reading a book, they put it outside as 'Zu Verschenken‘ and you can take it. However, I found this book called The Manual for self realization by Shree Lakshmanjo. It is an interesting book on 112 ways of meditation by which someone can know Kal Bhairava.

    What really interesting is that I was thinking about Shaiva tantra lately. Coming from a Baisshya Hindu farmer’s family, I am a worshiper of Lord Shiva and He is my favourite deity. Besides, I have always interest in yogic life. This book has opened my eyes to Shiv tantra and Kashmiri Shaivism. Kashmiri Shaivism is worldwide renowned for its sense of strong spirituality and its practices. However, Shree Lakshmimanjoo has shown some of his spiritual practices how someone can be in the state of Bhairava.

    One of the interesting factor Shree Lakhsmimanjo shares is that no one can be directly in the state of Bhairava. Because it is not possible. Only the knower knows how to be in the state of Bhairava. So, what if we want to realize the existence of Lord Shiva or Bhairava, we must posses the qualities of Bhairavi or Parvati. Because Bhairavi or Parvati is the dearest one to Lord Shiva and only she has the qualities to be with Shiva and be one unified self. Therefore, we cannot directly connect with Bhairava but we can be one with unified self, or Supreme self through attaining the one state lower than the state of Bhairava, which is the state of Parvati. The one who is the dearest of to Lord Shiva.

    Besides, what he really emphasizes on is the essence of understanding self or realizing the self. He shows 112 meditative states here where one can realize their existence through self realization. The idea here is that one can know his creator or the connection with the Supreme only through realizing the fact that He is not a separate entity from us. We need to accept the fact that Lord Shiva resides within us. All we need to do is to understand the nature of self and then we would realize the nature of the Supreme Self.

    The book is filled with practices from the ancient Kashmiri Shaivism going on for thousands of years and understanding of how spiritual realization works. I really liked it. It is definitely recommendable to someone who is interested in spiritualism.

    Link to buy the book: Amazon

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  • The Hamlet by Shakespeare

    What’s a book, movie, or TV show that you wish you could experience again for the first time?

    Hi everyone, I hope you guys are well. I’m also fine. Today I’m going to talk about a book that I wish I could experience again for the first time. Let’s deep dive into it.

    So the book I want to experience again like the first time is the book by William Shakespeare and that is called the Hamlet. It is one of my most favorite books. It’s not that I know every pages of the book or I know every character of it or I have good Analysis of it, it is just that I think I have felt Hamlet so deeply that I felt connected to him.

    William Shakespeare was a magician when it comes to creating a powerful character. One of the best characteristics of William Shakespeare is that he could create a character taken from the history and rewrite him on his own. And he would make him so extra ordinary that you cannot compare the character he created with the character that was from the history. Hamlet was that kind of a character. Although Hamlet is not a historical figure but he is a figure from the medieval times. Hamlet was caricature of a famous medieval legendary character called Amleth.

    Wait, did you know that fact? After all, who is Amleth?

    Amleth was a famous Danish prince appeared in Gesta Danorum, a  Latin history of Denmark written by Saxo Grammaticus in the late 12th Century. (information given by Copilot)

    Okay, let’s come to the point, why I feel so a attach to Hamlet. Just because he was a great character caricatured by William Shakespeare? Absolutely not. The reason was that I felt Hamlet so deeply that I cannot just get rid of him from my mind till the day. He was betrayed and betrayed and betrayed every  time, still he didn’t give up rather he showed up himself even after all these pain, he has been through. As an empathic man, I guess I could feel the pain, he has been through. I can’t just give up the fact that how strong can a man be, that he bore all those pain in his body and still showing his strength and excellence. I was thundered, felt the pain and deep down, I felt I was the Hamlet.

    Honestly speaking, till the day I feel that and I can’t just remove it from my mind. And I think I cannot experience it again like my first time. So yes, that’s why I want to fill that again like the first time.

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