Dear Ramji,
Just a quick observation. When speaking to others who claim to be on the spiritual path there seems to be a sort of blank spot when the conversation touches on a desire one is not ready to let go of. It’s like a person can follow the logic perfectly up to the point where it meets a wall of justification as to why the object in question should be exempt from the renunciation. It’s very fascinating to me when you see someone trying to squirm around the logic that freedom is freedom from objects. There is a palpable dense energy of ignorance rooted in the obsession with each object. What a gift to be actually convinced that objects will not do the trick. Even if still having to be on the lookout for marauding desires at least I am not under any delusion which requires the mental gymnastics of intellectual justification. Poor bastards. Maybe next life…
You must be continually amused by such conversations. And how wonderful to witness someone actually buy into the logic and begin the path of deconstruction.
My morning routine has been meditation then contemplation on one or two verses of Chinmayanandas commentaries on the Gita. When I am done I plan on doing the same process with Dayananda’s commentary you sent me. I am finding the Gita to be the most inexhaustible source of inspiration. I wasn’t ready for it before but now every verse seems to speak directly to me.
I feel like I have been asleep for a very long time and I am finally waking up. Stretching my arms rubbing my eyes and looking around.
Love,
Herman
