Greetings, Beloved Friends!

I welcome you with all my Heart to my messenger page. I’d like to share with visitors to this page one of my favorite teachings from the Oral Tradition of our Lineage. It is called “Drop It!” – The Command of Lord Buddha. The Yogi practices letting go of the past, for the past is dead and gone. The future does not exist. According to the Saints and Sages of the East, the future is nothing but a thought hurled in space. There is nothing but the moment ~ the eternal Now, Now, Now, Now. It is for this reason, that the Saints and Sages of the East practice “dropping it” or “getting off it” or “letting go.” One who masters the practice of “dropping it” has the ability to drop the body deliberately and consciously in the hour of death.

It is said in the East, that we must live each moment as if it were our last - to live life to the fullest. So know that you only have only the Moment to hold onto, and be present in the Moment. Keep on dropping the Now to be prepared to face the next Now. Die to each Moment. Die to every moment of the Now, Now, Now, Now.

With Much Love, Peace & Balance,
Samyama

SADGURUNATH MAHARAJ KI JAY! JAI GURUDEV!

“DROP IT!” ~ THE COMMAND OF LORD BUDDHA

Once, there was wealthy merchant who supported his entire family. He was very generous and was the benefactor of a number of charitable organizations. In fact, the entire village relied on the merchant’s business as its primary source of livelihood. Everyone loved the merchant. He lived a life of generosity, hospitality and love.

Many years passed and the merchant started getting old. The merchant realized he was very tired. The merchant kept giving, and giving, and giving, and he wasn’t getting anything in return. The merchant felt depleted. He felt that people only loved him because of what he gave them, and so many people were dependent on him. He became stressed-out, developed a form of depression and was disappointed with life. He didn’t know where to turn. He began searching for a doctor, for a healer, for anyone who could help him. The merchant couldn’t find anyone.

One day, the merchant’s wanderings took him to a remote village. The merchant learned that a holy man called “the Buddha” was in the village. Someone suggested that the Buddha could help him. The merchant sought out the Buddha. Many hundreds of people had come to receive the Buddha’s Darshan. Darshan is a face-to-face personal audience with a Spiritual Master.

The Buddha noticed the merchant as he approached in the Darshan line. The merchant was so completely broken in spirit, that the heart of the Buddha was broken in two. As the merchant stepped forward, Lord Buddha looked directly into the merchant’s eyes and gave him Darshanat. Darshanat is a handing down of teachings through the gaze and one of the ways that Spiritual Masters give teachings in silence to their students.

“Drop it!” the Buddha commanded in a loud yet compassionate voice. The merchant didn’t know what to do. He adjusted his posture and his clothes. The Buddha continued to gaze at him intensely. “Drop it!” commanded the Buddha again. The merchant still didn’t know what to do. The merchant began getting more and more tense, as he felt tension build up in his entire body. The merchant’s fists began to clinch tighter, and tighter, and tighter, and his arms began to straighten. The Buddha commanded, “Drop it!” And suddenly, all at once, the merchant’s fists opened, and all his stress, his disappointment, and his sorrow fell to the ground. Finally, he was freed from his malady.