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Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - Editor: Jerry Katz
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Ilie Cioara
– The Silence of the Mind – published by OBooks
Ilie Cioara
was an enlightened mystic who lived in Eastern Europe. His
writings in 16 books describe the experience of meditation and
enlightenment, as well as the practice of Self-knowing using
all-encompassing Attention. Like Ramana Maharshi, Krishnamurti,
Eckhart Tolle, his is a simple message of discovering our inner
divine nature through the silence of the mind.
In the whole Universe, there is nothing static, dead or frozen.
Everything, but absolutely everything, is in eternal movement.
Even within the so-called still nature reigns the same intrinsic
law of movement.
Movement and newness, in perfect interconnectedness, affirm
themselves as uniqueness. In this context, the moment represents
the hand of the clock, used by Infinity in order to record the
movement of Eternity. It is always new, as well as creative and
transformative, in an ascending manner, progressively.
In order to be able to encounter the newness of the aliveness in
its movement, we must come out and greet it the same way. Thus,
we don’t return to the past, to what happened, nor do we
project ourselves into the future, in pursuit of an imaginary
purpose or ideal to fulfill.
With a completely empty mind, we simply watch life as it unfolds.
Nothing comes between us and the movement of life, in the form of
images, opinions etc. Such a simple and direct meeting with the
moment transcends us spontaneously from the finite world into
Infinity.
And just as quickly, like lightning, we detach, in order to be
free again, and therefore completely available to encountering
the next moment. Nothing is anticipated and nothing is
accumulated from the lived moment.
The purity, innocence of the mind is our constant companion, as
each moment becomes an opportunity of creative “being”.
Through this way of “being” – as pure
Consciousness – we ourselves create a new world in which
Love, beauty, compassion and kindness become a reality positively
influencing the whole of humankind.
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The Power of Emptiness
The “void” or
“psychological emptiness” is a strange phenomenon,
It appears spontaneously,
in the pause between two thoughts;
As the old thought ends
its course and disappears,
Its end is the gate,
natural silence ensues.
Insist in being with it,
as much as you can,
The mind is completely
silent, we are attentive – a clear consciousness,
All meanings, boundaries
disappear – us and the Infinite are “One”;
Practically, we have a
new mind – always fresh.
Being in the pause –
I become infinite!
It separates two worlds.
I leave the limited world
And enter Boundlessness,
through total melting;
The whole being is calm
– a constant sparkle.
There is no time, no
space – just everlasting Eternity;
I move in direct contact
with life, in a permanent present.
I am Pure Energy, without
motivations,
The simplicity of
existence integrates us completely.
******
How can we free ourselves from the past and the future? It is all
very simple! With a lucid, all-encompassing Attention, we will
watch every reaction of the mind, without pursuing any purpose or
goal. Everything we encounter in such a manner disappears; in the
void which appears spontaneously, an unlimited energy is
available at our fingertips and we are able to understand the
absolute Reality through a direct experience.
In this state, we acquire a great sensitivity and everything that
life brings forth in its natural flow is being regarded and
appreciated with love and kindness.
Man is truly wise only when, detached from his selfish “self”,
united with Infinity through non-action and an aware passiveness
of the mind.
This mysterious encounter is accompanied by simplicity. Once the
past has disappeared, we are integrated in the now and, with a
clear and lucid mind, we watch everything that comes as constant
freshness from one moment to another.
********
Calm and Relaxed
To everything that comes
from inside, as well as outside,
As turbulent reactions,
as imaginary forms,
Just be relaxed –
watch, listen – in a perfect way;
Neither past, nor future.
With a lucid Attention, you encounter Truth.
There are no memory
residues present in this meeting;
“Psychological
emptiness” is the gate to infinite Love.
The Calm comes about
indirectly, not by wanting nor through imagination,
But by simply watching
the turmoil of the limited “ego”.
********
How could this small shell, which is the human mind, embrace and
comprehend the immensity of the ocean of Cosmic Energy?
Nevertheless, this audacious “ego” persistently affirms
that he knows what God is, what is creative Love, immortality
etc.
More so, it states and even offers solutions to tackling and
solving the great problems that challenge humankind.
Yet this “ego” is not aware of one thing: that its own
presence creates the whole tragedy and suffering on the entire
surface of the Earth.
It is the human being’s
main and only enemy. Its fictitious, chaotic and misleading
movement generates and maintains the human misery and suffering.
But when a ray of light, emanated by Pure Consciousness, pierces
the limited shell of the mind and exposes its whole fiction, this
mind becomes humble and silent.
The Silence of the Mind is the
first in a tetralogy by Ilie Cioara to be published by
Obooks. Soon to follow: The Wondrous Journey into the
Depth of Our Being, Life is Eternal Newness and I Am
Boundlessness.
Ilie Cioara – The Silence of the Mind
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