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Upanishad LXXXII - The Gate to the Levels above the Astral / एस्ट्रल के ऊपर के स्तर का द्वार

The gate to the levels above the Astral is Samadhi.

Nagna says:

Nirvikalpa Samadhi. 

एस्ट्रल के ऊपर के स्तर का द्वार समाधि है।

नग्न कहते हैं:

निर्विकल्प समाधि।

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Happy Thanksgiving

 

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Upanishad LXXXI - He Divides His Time / वह अपना समय बांटता है

He divides his time

between the Physical and the Astral,

and learns from both.

Nagna says:

The physical plane is a dangerous place.

वह अपना समय बांटता है

भौतिक और सूक्ष्म के बीच,

और दोनों से सीखता है।

नग्न कहते हैं:

शारीरिक स्तर एक खतरनाक जगह है।

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98,000 Visits and Other Blog Statistics

Today we are passing the milestone of 98,000 visits to this blog, since its inception a little more than four years ago. I'm always trying to understand who my readers are, and where the visits come from.  Below is a graphic that lists eleven of the thirteen countries from which visits came on one recent day:

As you can see, the visits were predominantly from North and South America, Europe, and Asia. We do also get some visits from Africa, but not nearly as many as I would like to be getting.

I've also studied the patterns of popularity of different subject matter/genres. General poetry and photography are always popular, as is also the case with my writings on the Synoptic Problem and original and translated religious texts. Writings in and about the Udugi language also continue to be surprisingly popular.

It is easier for me to tell you what is important to me than what is important to my audience. In fact, I did this in a recent poem, published on November 21:

I Am Normalizing

I am normalizing poetry,

I am normalizing art,

I am normalizing nudity,

in a battered and tattered 

world

that at times I hardly

recognize.

But beyond these lesser battles,

let us normalize

our love for each other,

our unity through our diversity,

the strength and mutual aid in our humanity.

In short, let us normalize

Spirit.

May that Spirit guide us, always.

As usual, I would like to thank all of you for your continued interest and enthusiasm. Be well and be safe.

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Upanishad LXXX - The Ego (2) / अहंकार (2)

The ego makes us slaves to the senses, and imprisons us within the cycle of birth and death. Only meditation on the pure consciousness of Brahman can liberate us.

Nagna says:

Meditation is the key that makes us free.

अहंकार हमें इंद्रियों का दास बनाता है, और जन्म और मृत्यु के चक्र में हमें कैद कर देता है। ब्रह्म की शुद्ध चेतना पर केवल ध्यान ही हमें मुक्त कर सकता है।

नग्न कहते हैं:

ध्यान वह कुंजी है जो हमें मुक्त करती है।

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Upanishad LXXIX - The Ego / अहंकार

The ego, the feeling that "I am the doer,"

blinds us to the truth of who we are.

Nagna says:

The truth is bigger and better than our illusion.

अहंकार, यह भावना कि "मैं कर्ता हूं,"

हमें सच्चाई से अंधा बना देता है कि हम कौन हैं।

नग्न कहते हैं:

सच हमारे भ्रम से बड़ा और बेहतर है।

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Upanishad LXXVIII - How Can We Be the Physical Body? / हम भौतिक शरीर कैसे हो सकते हैं?

How can we be the physical body,

and the subtle body,

and the Atman,

and the Atman is also Brahman?

We are only Consciousness.

Nagna says:

We are multidimensional beings. We are Consciousness.

हम भौतिक शरीर कैसे हो सकते हैं,

और सूक्ष्म शरीर,

और आत्मान,

और आत्मान भी ब्रह्म है?

हम केवल चेतना हैं।

नग्न कहते हैं:

हम बहुआयामी प्राणी हैं। हम चेतना हैं।

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Upanishad LXXVII - The Subtle Body Is Also Illusion / सूक्ष्म शरीर भी भ्रम है

The subtle body is also illusion,

it cannot be the Atman.

Nagna says:

The Astral body cannot be the imperishable Self, because it is tied to a single lifetime.

सूक्ष्म शरीर भी भ्रम है,

यह आत्मान नहीं हो सकता।

नग्न कहते हैं:

सूक्ष्म शरीर आत्मा नहीं है, क्योंकि यह एक ही जीवनकाल से जुड़ा हुआ है।

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I Am Normalizing

 I am normalizing poetry,

I am normalizing art,

I am normalizing nudity,

in a battered and tattered 

world

that at times I hardly

recognize.

But beyond these lesser battles,

let us normalize

our love for each other,

our unity through our diversity,

the strength and mutual aid in our humanity.

In short, let us normalize

Spirit.

May that Spirit guide us, always.

Text and image Copyright © 2020 by Donald C. Traxler  aka Donald Jacobson Traxler.

Upanishad LXXVI - He Has Leapt Centuries

He has leapt centuries and millennia to visit us,

perhaps worlds, too.

Nagna says:

We do not yet know the reason for his visit.

उसने हमसे मिलने के लिए सैकड़ों और हजारों वर्षों में छलांग लगाई है,

शायद दुनिया भर में भी।

नग्न कहते हैं:

हम अभी तक उनकी यात्रा का कारण नहीं जानते हैं।

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Hold This Moment

Hold this moment in your heart,

for it's the only time we have.

Love all those who brought you here,

for nothing is greater than the power of love.

Willingly receive and willingly give ,

for in that way we truly live.

Bear in mind from sun to sun

that all of us are truly one.

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Upanishad LXXV - Who Are You? / तुम कौन हो?

Who is this man,

who gives us a question

instead of an answer?

Nagna says:

He gives us a single question, equal to a book or to a lifetime: "Who am I?"

यह आदमी कौन है,

जो हमें एक प्रश्न देता है

जवाब के बजाय?

नग्न कहते हैं:

वह हमें एक प्रश्न देता है, एक किताब के बराबर या जीवन भर के लिए: "मैं कौन हूं?"

Comment: The question is not about the writer; it's for the reader to ask of her/himself.

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Upanishad LXXIV - He Challenges / वह चुनौती देता है

He challenges those of the present every day.

Nagna says:

He makes those of the present uncomfortable.

वह वर्तमान के लोगों को हर दिन चुनौती देता है।

नग्न कहते हैं:

वह इस समय के लोगों को असहज बनाता है।

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Upanishad LXXIII - He Steps Out of the Past / वह अतीत से बाहर कदम रखता है

He steps out of the past

and strides into the future.

To him, there is no time.

Nagna says:

He is operating on the Astral plane.

वह अतीत से बाहर कदम रखता है

और भविष्य में प्रगति करता है।

उसकी दुनिया में, समय नहीं है।

नग्न कहते हैं:

वह एस्ट्रल प्लेन पर काम कर रहा है।

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When Nature Invades the Office

When nature invades the office,

then we shall work as one.

We'll get our work done quickly,

so we'll have more time for fun.

We'll show our true identities,

and know each other well.

We'll have no need of pretenses,

and secrets can go to hell.

We'll all be in it together,

and hierarchy will seem quite rude.

We'll treat each other better,

when all of us work in the nude.

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Upanishad LXXII - I Am Not This Body

I am not this body,

so why do I show it to you?

I am not this name,

so why do I tell it to you?

Relaxed, we bask in the knowledge

that we burn with a single flame.

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Upanishad LXXI - Coming Forth by Day

The Egyptian Book of the Dead is called "Pert em Hru," which means "Coming Forth by Day," or "Coming into the Day." The subject of the book is what we call the "hereafter," or the "afterlife." But our names for it are incorrect. We should really call it the "before-and-after life," because we leave it to experience physical life, and then we go back to it. The Egyptians were wrong in thinking that it was like physical life and therefore leaving food in the tomb, but they were correct in associating it with light.

The typical Near Death Experience involves a bright light at the end of a tunnel. Many describe the "other side" as a sunny beach (I myself was shown this by a dear friend who had recently passed away). Typically, one is met my family members, dear friends, and even beloved pets. You may laugh; I don't. I know that it is true.

How is this possible? How can it be that the body dies, but "we" don't die?

The answer is that we are multidimensional beings. We are energy-personality-essences (Jane Roberts' term), inhabiting multiple planes at the same time. When the body dies, a vacancy is created on one of those levels, which will eventually be filled, but the others are unaffected.

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Upanishad LXX - The World Wrongly Teaches / दुनिया गलत सिखाती है

The world wrongly teaches that the good and pure (sattva) is insipid, material pleasures (rajas) liberate, and that intoxication (tamas) is uplifting. But the world stands reality on its head. When we dive into physical life, we dive into illusion and ignorance. If the world is your teacher, you are lost.

Nagna says:

The medicine for tamas and rajas is sattva, and its taste delights the soul.

दुनिया गलत तरीके से सिखाती है कि अच्छे और शुद्ध (सत्त्व) बिना स्वाद के होते हैं, भौतिक सुख (राज) हमें मुक्त करते हैं, और नशा (तमस) हमें ऊपर उठाता है। लेकिन दुनिया वास्तविकता को अपने सिर पर रखती है। जब हम भौतिक जीवन में गोता लगाते हैं, तो हम भ्रम और अज्ञान में गोता लगाते हैं। अगर दुनिया आपकी शिक्षक है, तो आप खो गए हैं।

नग्न कहते हैं:

तमस और राज का इलाज सत्व है, और इसका स्वाद आत्मा को प्रसन्न करता है।

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Upanishad LXIX - The Light Must Be Raised / प्रकाश को उठाना होगा

The light must be raised

from the City of the Bulb

to the Thousand-petaled Lotus.

Nagna says:

Connect the dots.

प्रकाश को उठाना होगा

बल्ब के शहर से

हजार पंखुड़ियों वाला कमल।

नग्न कहते हैं:

बिंदुओ को जोडो।

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Upanishad LXVIII - Our Bondage / हमारे बंधन

Nagna says:

Our bondage is due to our ignorance.

नग्न कहते हैं:

हमारा अज्ञान ही हमारे बंधन का कारण है।

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Upanishad LXVII - View / दर्शन

 Nagna says:

This is the view that lets it all in.

नग्न कहते हैं:

यह एक ऐसा दर्शन है जो इसे सभी में शामिल करता है।

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Upanishad LXVI - Experiencing the Illusion / भ्रम का अनुभव

Experiencing the Illusion

causes us to forget the Reality.

Nagna says:

We dive deeply into one or the other.

भ्रम का अनुभव

हमें वास्तविकता को भूलने का कारण बनता है।

नग्न कहते हैं:

हम एक या दूसरे में गहराई से गोता लगाते हैं।

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Upanishad LXV - The Material World / भौतिक दुनिया

The material world is the opium of forgetting.

Nagna says:

Spirituality (consciousness) is about remembering.

भौतिक दुनिया भूलने की अफीम है।

नग्न कहते हैं:

आध्यात्मिकता (चेतना) याद रखने के बारे में है।

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Upanishad LXIV - The Physical Body Depends Upon the Astral Body / भौतिक शरीर सूक्ष्म शरीर पर निर्भर करता है

The physical body depends upon the astral body;

the reverse is not true.

Nagna says:

The subtle body is not born with the physical body: it is much older.

भौतिक शरीर सूक्ष्म शरीर पर निर्भर करता है;

रिवर्स सच नहीं है।

नग्न कहते हैं:

सूक्ष्म शरीर भौतिक शरीर के साथ पैदा नहीं होता है: यह बहुत पुराना है।

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Upanishad LXIII - The Physical Body / भौतिक शरीर

The physical body is the vehicle of our experience,

but the subtle body is the seat of dreams, desires, and karma.

Nagna says:

The physical body dies, but the subtle body does not.

भौतिक शरीर हमारे अनुभव का वाहन है,

लेकिन सूक्ष्म शरीर सपनों, इच्छाओं और कर्मों का आसन है।

नग्न कहते हैं:

भौतिक शरीर मर जाता है, लेकिन सूक्ष्म शरीर मरता नहीं है।

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Upanishad LXII - This Body / यह शरीर

This body of blood and bone

is the seat of action in the world,

but when this body is gone,

the subtle body goes on.

Nagna says:

The subtle body, called Astral in the west, survives physical death.

खून और हड्डी का यह शरीर

दुनिया में कार्रवाई की सीट है,

लेकिन जब यह शरीर चला गया,

सूक्ष्म शरीर जारी है।

नग्न कहते हैं:

सूक्ष्म शरीर, पश्चिम में एस्ट्रल कहा जाता है, शारीरिक मृत्यु बच जाता है।

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Upanishad LXI - Three Quarters of a Century / एक सदी के तीन चौथाई

Three quarters of a century

have weakened the body,

but thousands of years

have strengthened the soul.

Nagna says:

His consciousness will only become stronger.

एक सदी के तीन चौथाई

शरीर को कमजोर कर दिया है,

लेकिन हजारों साल

आत्मा को मजबूत किया है।

नग्न कहते हैं:

उसकी चेतना और मजबूत हो जाएगी।

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Upanishad LX - He Is Not the Body / वह शरीर नहीं है

He is not the body,

he is not the illusion.

He is pure consciousness.

Nagna says:

He is a multidimensional energy-personality essence.

वह शरीर नहीं है,

वह भ्रम नहीं है।

वह शुद्ध चैतन्य है।

नग्न कहते हैं:

वह एक बहुआयामी ऊर्जा-व्यक्तित्व सार है।

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Upanishad LIX - His Past Follows Him / उसका अतीत उसका पीछा करता है।

His past follows him, through many lives and many worlds.

His name does not matter, his emblem is consciousness.

Nagna says:

Those who know him, recognize him.

उनका जीवन और कई दुनियाओं के माध्यम से उनका अतीत उनका अनुसरण करता है।

उसका नाम मायने नहीं रखता, उसकी प्रतीक चेतना है।

नग्न कहते हैं:

जो उसे जानते हैं, उसे पहचानते हैं।

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Upanishad LVIII - In This Illusion / इस भ्रम में

We have made ourselves too much at home in this illusion.

We must wake again to fuller consciousness.

Nagna says:

The magic carpet we have woven is wearing very thin.

हमने इस भ्रम में घर पर खुद को बहुत अधिक बना लिया है।

हमें पूर्ण चेतना के लिए फिर से जागना होगा।

नग्न कहते हैं:

हमारी जादुई कालीन बहुत पतली होती जा रही है।

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Upanishad LVII - The Path to Peace / शांति का मार्ग

The path to peace goes not through illusion.

The path to peace goes only through consciousness.

Nagna says:

The body cannot give what it does not have.

शांति का मार्ग भ्रम से नहीं गुजरता।

शांति का मार्ग चेतना से ही जाता है।

नग्न कहते हैं:

शरीर वह नहीं दे सकता जो उसके पास नहीं है।

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97,000 Visits and High Anxiety

Today, November 1 2020, we are passing the milestone of 97,000 visits to this poetry/writing/photography blog. We were at 96.5K just six days ago. These 500 visits came from 38 different countries. See the following two graphics for a partial listing of the countries from which visits came in the last seven days:

As I said, it's a partial listing, and 19 countries that were sources of only single visits are not shown. I am pleased that visits to the blog are coming from such a diversity of countries.

We are steering a steady course. The Upanishad poem-series now has 56 parts, and the goal is 108. I am never able to predict what will be in the blog, because the Muse decides that. For now, she seems to be saying, "steady as she goes."

As always, thanks to you all for your continued interest and enthusiasm.

I didn't really say anything about the "high anxiety," did I? Maybe next time. We are too close to it right now.

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