#swami

[ko-existing]

if you directly see what’s going on—this whole play of life as a “dream story” and not Actuality—then you’ll see that telling someone or not telling them doesn’t make a difference. Why? Because “someone” isn’t actually a "separate someone" and this whole dynamic is part of the same appearance.

Think of it like a dream at night: in that dream, you interact with others. Maybe you try to tell someone in the dream, “This is just a dream!” Whether they agree, argue, or ignore you, does it make a difference when you wake up? None of it carried over into waking life because it was all part of the dream story, just as their reaction was.

The same applies here. Whether you share this or not, nothing is ultimately “achieved” by anyone because nothing is ever actually happening to anyone. It’s all just appearances playing out, spontaneously, effortlessly.

You can decide to do it or not. No difference

The spontaneous and yet calculated "decision" to share comes from the same source as everything else, the same way a decision to eat, speak, or laugh arises—just because.

Traditional Swamis or teachers like Rupert Spira, Alan Watts or random people—they share not because they’re fixing the dream you see as broken and flawed but because it’s simply what appears to be happening, for the expression of it.

So, you can share if it arises naturally, just as you’d interact with people in a dream for the experience of it. But understand that their reaction—whether they “get it” or don’t—makes no difference to 'you', "Actuality", what’s always here: that foundation of "Beingness", unshaken and untouched by appearances.

If you really notice this directly, you’ll see there’s no real conflict, no real loss, just the flow of appearances. Whether they cry or laugh, agree or not, it’s all equally part of this.

No one will understand if you don't see it directly. If you see yourself to be one little human then ofc there are a million things you feel destined to fix. See the Foundation and everythingg else is clear.

Whatever you do with that, is still an appearance.

[kajra-re]

Shabana Azmi, Swami, 1977.

[teecupangel]

Submitted by @saberamane​

After seeing that chinchilla Desmond ask, it reminded me of my first impression upon encountering the ferox in Ark survival evolved, Genesis part 1. I know it has a cat/fox like face and kind of red panda tail and monkey-ish body but, my first experience with it was in game, as I hadn’t watched the trailer. And I thought it was a mutated chinchilla…

Saying that! A Ferox! Desmond au would be amazing. He’s small and cute, doing cute little hops to beg for treats, and then he’s a 7 foot tall wolf-gorilla thing capable of tearing your head off your body…

I just have a picture of guards angrily breaking into an ancestor’s house (like the Auditore villa at the start of AC2) and finding this cute…thing just sitting on the other side of the door, wagging it’s tail, and then they watch in horror as it suddenly grows, up and up, and up.

And then there’s nothing but screams…

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Additions by teecup

For those unfamiliar with what a Ferox look like, here you go:

Desmond would probably spend quite a lot of time trying to get used to his new body, especially his newly acquired four arms so he’d be a bit of a klutz too. And he’d be super surprised when he first transforms into his other form but also ‘hell yeah!’.

Desmond would just be a fluffy sweet bunny? Fox? Cat? No one knows (and Leonardo is trying to understand what he is) but that doesn’t really matter since Desmond is more or less docile and just likes to eat and cuddle. Not being liked by him would make a person a social pariah XD

So we have an idea of how Desmond could screw up AC2 (also, he can totally protect Monteriggioni by going on a rampage on the papacy army, although this might start a rumor of Monteriggioni having a demon as an attack dog) and Desmond could easily thwart Charles Lee’s plan to burn down Ratonhnhaké:ton’s village by going ham on them either while staying with Kaniehtí:io that day or by transforming and ‘taking care’ of the soldiers before Charles Lee could even hurt Ratonhnhaké:ton.

Now, the most common setup would be for Desmond to be Altaïr’s pet but may I suggest an alternative: Desmond as baby Sef’s pet? Sef found him while he and Darim are playing (maybe they were even able to sneak out of Masyaf) and he brought him back because Desmond doesn’t recognize Sef but he looks a lot like Altaïr so he just makes soft purring sounds as he put all his arms in the air in the universal gesture of ‘pick me up’ and Sef does. 

His transformation is kept a secret and Altaïr thinks Desmond might have mutated with the use of a POE. He’s still more or less Sef’s pet even though Desmond likes to follow Altaïr around when Sef isn’t in Masyaf. 

So when Swami tried to assassinate Sef in his sleep, Desmond is curled on top of Sef’s chest and he jumped down, staring at Swami. 

Swami’s eyes widened as Desmond transformed right in front of him and he let out a scream that gets drowned by Desmond’s roar.

Sef immediately wakes up to see Desmond pinning Swami against the floor and Sef knew that something fishy is certainly going on. Even though Swami is babbling that it was his father who ordered for his death, Sef doesn’t believe him.

First of all: His father wouldn’t order for this death. Of all the things Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad might and might not be, his love for his family will never be questioned.

Second of all: Even if Altaïr wanted him dead, he wouldn’t pick someone like Swami to kill him, that’s insulting. (At this point, both Swami and Desmond just stare at Sef because, yeah, he might be nicer and sweeter than his father but the Ibn-La'Ahad arrogance seems to be hereditary).

“Third of all…” Sef looked at Desmond and grinned, “Shall we get some exercise, Desmond?”

Desmond roared his agreement and…

That day, the conspiracy against Altaïr’s family and allies was thwarted by a large monster. Many of Abbas’ supposed allies squealed like pigs and admitted everything while being pinned down by said monster.

Malik drowned in paperwork that day.

[ghaas]

The Mystic Circle Murderer, 1939

[krishnaart]

A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

[lifeinhellarchives]

"You're a fraud, Swami!" - July 31, 1998

[xatmaa]

[cbssurfer]

Overcast day at Swami’s

[kayin-junn]

Can't believe no onese posted this yet I've been obsessed with this since I first heard it ♡

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[shieldsmc]

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[ko-existing]

Can "IT" appear as XYZ? Yes.

Does "IT" change in the process? No.

Does "IT" change ever? No.

[kajra-re]

Shabana Azmi, Swami, 1977.

[pensusila-narasihma-swami]

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[4rtific]

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[krishnaart]

Shri Krishna said:

“Of all trees I am the banyan tree, and of the sages among the demigods I am Narada. Of the Gandharvas I am Citraratha, and among perfected beings I am the sage Kapila.”~Bhagavad Gita as it is 10.26