Transition to Transcendence …..

As one goes through life there is always one or other form of transition which happens. Even the temporal is subjected at all times in that there is a movement. Nothing is static. Everything is a flux state. Only the naïve may think that the nature of what unfolds in front of oneself with its glamour and its relative peace has an existence in itself and that of its durability.
The Buddha sure, warns us about the impermanent nature of being. Whilst observation of the nature as it is from this perspective, is obvious that this is so.Or there is nothing which is so potent in itself from the material aspect that makes one verily absorbed in itself.or when one does so, then of course dukkha or suffering kicks in with a relatively non comprehension of a attempting to give essence to being a la non transcendence. For the naïve, sukkha or happiness is also embedded herewith. Sure, this is our point of divergence from the Buddhist perspective whilst we carry on our search onwards.
That the temporal poses a threat to the real is obvious. Jesus also directs his followers towards a realm which calls on adherent towards the kingdom where moth does not gather.Likewise, in his moments of reflection, the revered Prophet Muhammad would move away from the madding crowd and search for a way of being which shows a way to be shared until revelation was bestowed unto him. More recently, Guru Nanak likewise was reputed to also have visions of transcendence which he shared too with others about him.
Throughout history, we continue to observe such rare moments where a few rare souls arrived and changed the course of history with a different message not readily generally accepted by people about them initially but nonetheless recognise with the March of time. Somehow though what we are attempting to convey is that some had impact and it appears if there is a togetherness in those apparently conflicting messages from at least an academic or other similar observable viewpoints it is verily on the fact of the strengths of the pronouncement which attract and or attracted at least many, some or a few others towards researching and or questioning the obvious into which one is embedded. We co-exist in an arena where messages are thrown around and about so freely with social media that one has to be of course vigilant at all times and not be mesmerised by popular trends. Krishnamuti would often make others realise on the why of acceptance of something as opposed to others. Sure, he challenged foundation of everything. Trying to make sense of it all in the world arena may be baffling. Where does one go?
Well part of the problem of being is that one keeps being baffled by the obvious. The search for being is an old one. The crux of the matter is that may one actually see the frailties of the material which somehow these proponents says are there and when one does so what? It is then obvious that one goes in the realm of choice and on our choice depends how to be.
The choice that we have adopted and would explore further is linked with vaisnavism in that it is linked very much which what Srila Prabhupada attempted doing when he reached out to the west and eventually as one knows there is a world wide active community of devotees about and verily living a Krsna Philosophy.
That our transition will take this route and so we propose in future to explore Vaisnava concepts and or personalities and ideas throughout our future bogs generally as a deliberate moving away from the material and remain with our mantra for being blog onto transcendence. That our blogs has been been Inspired by Vaisnava philosophy may be obvious to some and not so to others. What it will provide is a forum where we shall attempt to explore in a more explicit way subject matters which otherwise would have been impossible to do.
For sure this is another challenge when we started a few years ago and 108 blogs later it is about time that one moves along from the temporal proper and remain more focus on transcendental matters which are beyond the obvious and the known particularly in the realm of thinking.
Hopefully all this will makes one reflect on being and at the same time create challenges for the reader to explore together a lifestyle which for sure affects millions around the globe and which started by a single effort of one elderly gentleman by the name of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Obviously, the latter arrived with a form message of Krsna consciousness to the western world armed with Bhagavad Philosophy relating to the transcendental. Prabhupada’s message is never his own as he reminds others but what has flows down from the origin, that source proper tracing back towards not what one may say have its roots in the annals of history as one knows it but essentially revering at the beginning of time towards the Supreme Person from whom everything originates. Refers to as the parampara system, this therefore is the beginning of it all.
The message was clear. It was never about him at all but of pointing out how one misses an important element referred to as aspect of duty that is one’s eternel duty in life. …in that one has failed to cognise our quintessence of being as well as realising the link to the eternal. When this is so, the subject runs here, there and everywhere in search, a mundane search and in the process is entangled in the world and so divert one’s duty towards the temporal notably that of serving others around and about us.
In a way, here the proclamation is not about what traditional religions may pronounce in that there is a way which some may say goes parallel with one’s normal life or attempt to be pious as a way of being. It is a little bit more, and the more being verily it is for one to cognise that what is being propounded is one’s nature with life itself. It is cognition of what Prabhupad calls sanatana dharma or eternal occupation or duty and for sure not to be confounded by the appellation of a particular group which may try to get exclusivity based on dogmas. Verily Sanata means exactly what it says the idea of being transcendental and the other bit of dharma refers to duty. Or what is one’s duty in the midst of confusions, conflicts, hatred, hypocrisies, despair and violence.
A clear apprehension of life is a realisation and once the student perceives that this be so, there is onwards turning towards the Supreme. Verily that was A C Swami Bhaktivedanta Prabhupad’s message to the world. Hey guys try and realise that either you are serving material culture and so entangled. Knowing that this be so, what next? This is precisely our starting o towards transcendence!