Just as action requires no doer, so too thought requires no thinker!

Just as action requires no doer, so too thought requires no thinker. Thought arises naturally as the svabhAva of Brahman through Shakti. As long as the 'I ' thought does not creep in, there is Bliss (cf story of Dama, Vyala and Kata in the Yoga VasiShTha). There the implication seems to be that repeated thought or performance of action without constant control leads to the 'I' thought. Without the notion of I there is no problem of praise or censure, and no expectation either. So it is liberating. There is simply 'natural ' action playing out prArabdha. The potter's wheel spinning before it comes to rest after all pots have been made. But ashubha vAsanAs should be eliminated by practice and shubha VAsanA allowed but they too die of their own accord in time. Sattva purified dies of itself.

Name and fame....

Name and fame and adoration of anyone in the world is actually a curse in disguise. Generates further karma that has to be endured or transmuted to bliss by jnAna dRShTi. Less karma the better.

The blanket or field of bliss above sahasrAra is slowly brought down through vijnAna.

The blanket or field of bliss above sahasrAra is slowly brought down through vijnAna. First finding it is jnAna. Then each cakra is fully cleansed and all karmendriyas and jnAnendriyas only experience bliss. Poison of world objects is transformed to nectar by self-restraint.

Above the sahasrAra is a field of Bliss...

Above the sahasrAra is a field or blanket of Bliss, but out of ignorance the jIva falls through the vidhRti (cleft or the fontanel that is the focus of the sImantonnayanam samskAra ceremony; see also Aitareya Upanishad for how Purusha entered the body) through the brahmarandhra and suffers human existence.

Avoid these holes of the ego- some are deeper than others.

Householder's life and cessation of thought which is Yoga

This one's purpose was to live as a householder. As RamaNa has said, certainly even getting a thought out is an effort after samAdhi but a householder has to continue actions. So Sri KRShNa's instructions in BG are more relevant- when thoughts arise and actions are performed see the world as Shivashakti; dRShTim jnAnamayIm kRtva pashyet brahmamayam jagat (Through the vision of wisdom perceive the world as Brahman).

Did space arise first or time?

Last evening a question arose in meditation. Did space arise first or time? It was quelled by the question, "Who is the I that asks this?"

Bliss of samadhi

The Bliss of samadhi is incomparable. Once tasted one will only want the mind to rest in Om always.

Here's a simple formula:
Pain=ignorance; wisdom=bliss

The body is a cage of pain. To identify with it is ignorance.

Living outside the body is sheer bliss. 

Why does the bliss of samadhi not appear to be permanent? On account of the mind's forgetfulness of Devi. She is the power of Om, the Shakti. Time continues as long as the mind won't rest permanently in Om. This apparent division of Self into time is merely for other memories to be purified and replaced by Om. 

This body is a memory of the mind. Constant sense experience reinforces viShayAnanda (bliss of objects) and viShayAsmRti (memory of objects). This concretizes the 'I am the body ' idea. 

Constant experience of samadhi controls this memory (recall YS: tajjah samskArah anya samskAra pratibandhi) and replaces those with memory of the true Self through Om (again YS: tasya vAcakah praNavah), which is the same as Ishvara. 

These observations can be mis-interpreted as rejection of the world experience but that is not the import. Once the world is seen as the play of the Lord, everything is the play of the One and Its Power to be Many. Everyone is realized. Everyone is God. Shiva coming to interact with you through Shakti. All experience is vibration of Om. Even the so-called inanimate creation is simply the mind presently overpowered by tamas that in time will be seen as the Self alone. It is only the angle of vision that has to change: jnAna dRShTi with jnAna cakshu. Vision of wisdom through the eye of wisdom.