Understanding is a feeling, not a thought.
Facts are thoughts. Thoughts are petrified feelings. Thoughts are the residue of what underlies them.
Feeling dwells in the gap between thoughts. Feelings are alive. Thoughts are concrete. Feeling underlies thinking. Feeling is what the universe is made of.
Matter, like thought, precipitates out from what underlies it as its essence. Matter does not really matter. Your relationship with it is what matters. Relationship is a feeling, not a thought.
Stop trying to think you way through life. Learn to feel your way. Thoughts matter little. How you feel about those thoughts makes all the difference.
Understanding is everything. Thoughts when rigidly held, compromise life. They twist the soul. Thoughts are like leaves on the tree of life. They must sway to thrive.
Existence is a paradox continuum. Do not pursue answers. Pursue understanding.
Any fool can know. The point is to understand. – Einstein
EXCELLENT! This statement really drives the point home… “Thoughts are petrified feelings.” LOVE IT!
This is one of the best blog entries in months. Eloquent, yet simply expressed.
Sometimes all the feelings can just be so much to bear. At times thoughts seem safer and easier, but hallow and empty. I am eternally grateful to be given the opportunity to feel more and more, even though at times it can seem almost unbearable.
Jai Guru Dev
Understanding is a feeling. However, that does not mean that all feelings are understanding. Favor positivity, while allowing negativity to bubble out and go away. Negativity here includes that which is experienced as unbearable. When the Master was asked what prevents people from knowing God, he responded, “Negative thoughts.”
Do not judge your thoughts and feelings. Understand them. Act on the positive. Understand the negative to be purification, lest the negativity will stay with you longer. Relationship with is everything.
As if the blog wasn’t powerful enough, Maharishi, your response to a comment on this blog was even more exquisite for me. Perfect.
Once again, I am deeply touched…. and deeply grateful.