Inner Space and Freedom
Posted by TC Gopalakrishnan on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Under: Inner Freedom
In : Inner Freedom
Tags: freedom space "j. krishnamurti" spirituality "earth and heaven" reflection
In this blog, visitors are invited to take active participation. That can augment our lateral thinking in the field of spirituality. The posts will be regarding all aspects of inner freedom that can help one lead a spirited life without conforming to any system. One would feel like a citizen of the world, if not like a citizen of the Universe! Your contributions would go a long way in that direction. Those who function in freedom are the ones who can bring about a different world, a world where the relationship is based, not on self-identifications and labels, but on unconditional, abundant feeling for all beings and things on earth.
We begin with a paragraph by J. Krishnamurti, taken from the book ”Krishnamurti's Journal”, published by Krishnamurti Foundation India, Chennai 600028.
" Space is order. Space is time, length, width and volume. This morning the sea and the heavens are immense; the horizon where the yellow flowered hills meet the distant sea is the order of earth and heaven; it is cosmic. That cypress , tall, dark, alone, has the order of beauty and the distant house on that wooded hill follows the movement of the mountains that tower over the low-lying hills; the green field with a single cow is beyond time. And the man coming up the hill is held within the narrow space of his problems."
Reflecting on the above, one can come into intimate contact with oneself.
In : Inner Freedom
| TC Gopalakrishnan |
| Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India |
Gopalakrishnan TC received his doctoral degree in Coastal Engineering from the North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA in 1978. He served on the research and teaching faculty of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, the North Carolina State University and the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait.
Aside from his professional involvements, he was interested in the philosophic issues of life for the last forty years or so. This led him to the messages of Ramana Maharishi, Lao Tzu, J Krishnamurthy, UG Krishnamurthy, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Eckhart Tolle, Marcus Aurelius and similar Masters. Based on the above reflections, he brought out a book entitled “In Quest of the Deeper Self” published by the Outskirts Press Inc., Colorado. This book can serve as a way-side companion to those that would like to look at the deeper aspects of life.
Gopalakrishnan is a member of the International Association for Near Death Studies, Durham, NC, USA. He presented a paper in their annual conference of 2011, Sept. 2-4, 2012. The paper was entitled "On the Spiritual Content of Near Death Experiences". He has published a number of articles on spirituality and mental peace in magazines and article sites. He lives with his wife in Kodaikanal, a hill town in south India.
Email: gkrish2005@yahoo.co.in;
gopal.tc@gmail.com
Website: http://spirituality.yolasite.com
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