If you say that you have no one in this world, then you are disowning me. And if you disown me, then I cannot do anything for you.
Vivek means discrimination--the Knowledge that everything is changing.Time and again you have to reawaken to this--that the world, people, your body, your emotions, are all constantly changing.
When you experience sorrow, understand that vivek has been overshadowed.
Question: What am I here for?
Sri Sri Find out you are not here for
1. You are not here to blame;
2. You are not here to cry;
3. You are not here to sleep;
4. You are not here to show off;
5. You are not here to fight;
6. You are not here to be miserable;
7. You are not here to be angry;
8. You are not here to worry.
When you follow fun, misery follows you...
When you follow Knowledge, fun follows you.
Source of action is thought, Source of thought is yourself. Whatever thought you encourage about yourself, that is the direction taken... " SRI SRI...
Jai Gurudev
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Knowledge and Faith
In science you have knowledge first, then faith follows. In spirituality, faith comes first, then knowledge follows.
For example, the knowledge of pesticides and chemical plan fertilizers came through science, and people had faith in them; all over the world they have been used. Then another knowledge came that these were not good and the faith shifted to organic farming. The same with antibiotics.
A particular knowledge brought faith, yet when the knowledge changed, then the faith also changed. The knowledge and faith of science is from an isolated "happening" instead of from a fully blossomed knowledge of life.
In spirituality, faith is first and knowledge comes later. Like Sudarshan Kria, pranayama, yoga asanas, and meditation -- first you have faith and then knowledge follows. For example, if you do pranayama faithfully, then you get the knowledge of prana; if you do your meditation faithfully, then you get the knowledge of consciousness follows. Even an illiterate person, through faith, attains deep knowledge.
Science considers even human beings as matter; spirituality considers even earth as mother, even rivers and mountains as living beings.
Science regards life as matter,Spirituality regards even matter as life.
"Life is not all about achieving. It is about contributing. What you contributed to the world or to the people around you? These questions will bring meaning to your life " . SRI SRI
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Jai Gurudev
For example, the knowledge of pesticides and chemical plan fertilizers came through science, and people had faith in them; all over the world they have been used. Then another knowledge came that these were not good and the faith shifted to organic farming. The same with antibiotics.
A particular knowledge brought faith, yet when the knowledge changed, then the faith also changed. The knowledge and faith of science is from an isolated "happening" instead of from a fully blossomed knowledge of life.
In spirituality, faith is first and knowledge comes later. Like Sudarshan Kria, pranayama, yoga asanas, and meditation -- first you have faith and then knowledge follows. For example, if you do pranayama faithfully, then you get the knowledge of prana; if you do your meditation faithfully, then you get the knowledge of consciousness follows. Even an illiterate person, through faith, attains deep knowledge.
Science considers even human beings as matter; spirituality considers even earth as mother, even rivers and mountains as living beings.
Science regards life as matter,Spirituality regards even matter as life.
"Life is not all about achieving. It is about contributing. What you contributed to the world or to the people around you? These questions will bring meaning to your life " . SRI SRI
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Jai Gurudev
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Abiding in the Self
Abiding in the Self, you become the valentine for the whole world. Spirit is the valentine of matter and matter is the valentine of the spirit. They are made for each other. They uphold each other.
If you hold onto matter and do not respect the spirit, the matter is not pleased. If you honor the spirit, then you will care for the world, and when you care for the world, it will take care of you.
I am the valentine of the whole world and I reside in every heart. If you are my valentine, you will see me everywhere.
Have the same love for everyone, with different flavors. You cannot behave the same way with everyone, but you can love all of them. Love transcends behavior and etiquette.
"Enligtenment is simple - that state where nothing can wipe the smile from the heart." SRI SRI.
Jai Gurudev.
Keep smiling
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Indebtedness or Abundance
Question: God is all abundant, totally full, and we are all connected to God. Then why are we in debt, except for some? Why do they have, and we don't have?
Sri Sri: It is only money you lack? When you say you are indebted, that means you have received something! Otherwise how can you be indebted? Those who have received should feel indebted. Be thankful for having received. The more abundance you have, the more indebted you will feel. And when you feel indebted and grateful, more abundance comes to you.
Feel indebted. Feel grateful.
Then abundance grows.
Abundance and indebtedness coexist.
Someone in the group: An abundance of indebtedness!
Sri Sri : You think you are indebted, but you really are not. Yet it is better to feel totally indebted, because every bit of what you have doesn't belong to you anyway, including your body, for Knowledge, for things you have received, and for your own life, then you bask in the abundance of the Creator.
Someone in the group: I feel very indebted. Thank you!
P.S. The answer to day before yesterday's riddle is "advice" , which hangs like an orphan in space; the giver keeps on giving, with one to take....
"Love is the ultimate flowering & you can't force it to happen. Its a gift to you, its happening, a spontaneous phenomemnon." SRI SRI.
Sri Sri: It is only money you lack? When you say you are indebted, that means you have received something! Otherwise how can you be indebted? Those who have received should feel indebted. Be thankful for having received. The more abundance you have, the more indebted you will feel. And when you feel indebted and grateful, more abundance comes to you.
Feel indebted. Feel grateful.
Then abundance grows.
Abundance and indebtedness coexist.
Someone in the group: An abundance of indebtedness!
Sri Sri : You think you are indebted, but you really are not. Yet it is better to feel totally indebted, because every bit of what you have doesn't belong to you anyway, including your body, for Knowledge, for things you have received, and for your own life, then you bask in the abundance of the Creator.
Someone in the group: I feel very indebted. Thank you!
P.S. The answer to day before yesterday's riddle is "advice" , which hangs like an orphan in space; the giver keeps on giving, with one to take....
"Love is the ultimate flowering & you can't force it to happen. Its a gift to you, its happening, a spontaneous phenomemnon." SRI SRI.
Jai Gurudev
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Overcoming Events
All the problems that you face in life are because you attach overimportance to events.
The events grow bigger while you remain smaller.
Say, for example, you are riding a motorbike on a busy street and in front of you another vehicle is emitting exhaust fumes.You have three options:
1. You can complain, somehow bear with it, and still follow the vehicle.
2. You can slow down or wait for some time to allow the vehicle to move far away from you.
3. You can use your skill, overtake the vehicle, and forget about it.
As in the first case, most of you stick on the events and are miserable, like inhaling fumes throughout your journey.In the second case, you don't get permanent relief, because another bigger vehicle might come in front of you. Running away from events is not the permanent solution.
Wise people use their skill to surmount the event. If the vehicle is in perfect condition, the skill is effective.
Conditioning the vehicle is sadhana--practice. And skill is the grace of the Guru.The mistakes you have made in the past have made you humble; you need not make mistakes in the future to become humble.
"How far to heaven? Just open your eyes and look. You are in heaven." SRI SRI.
The events grow bigger while you remain smaller.
Say, for example, you are riding a motorbike on a busy street and in front of you another vehicle is emitting exhaust fumes.You have three options:
1. You can complain, somehow bear with it, and still follow the vehicle.
2. You can slow down or wait for some time to allow the vehicle to move far away from you.
3. You can use your skill, overtake the vehicle, and forget about it.
As in the first case, most of you stick on the events and are miserable, like inhaling fumes throughout your journey.In the second case, you don't get permanent relief, because another bigger vehicle might come in front of you. Running away from events is not the permanent solution.
Wise people use their skill to surmount the event. If the vehicle is in perfect condition, the skill is effective.
Conditioning the vehicle is sadhana--practice. And skill is the grace of the Guru.The mistakes you have made in the past have made you humble; you need not make mistakes in the future to become humble.
"How far to heaven? Just open your eyes and look. You are in heaven." SRI SRI.
Keep smiling
Jai Gurudev
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Our Body: a Washing Machine
Our body is like a washing machine.
Our mind is like cloth.
Love is like pure water.
Knowledge is detergent.
Each lifetime is one wash cycle.
The mind comes into the body to get cleansed and pure. But if you put in mud instead of detergent, your clothes become dirtier than before. You will have to go on putting your clothes in the washine machine to get them cleansed. And the process repeats again and again.
Similarly, you will have many more births until you stop repeating the mistakes that you have made.
"If you are loving, then you are welcome everywhere you go and people are ready to do anything for you." SRI SRI.
Our mind is like cloth.
Love is like pure water.
Knowledge is detergent.
Each lifetime is one wash cycle.
The mind comes into the body to get cleansed and pure. But if you put in mud instead of detergent, your clothes become dirtier than before. You will have to go on putting your clothes in the washine machine to get them cleansed. And the process repeats again and again.
Similarly, you will have many more births until you stop repeating the mistakes that you have made.
"If you are loving, then you are welcome everywhere you go and people are ready to do anything for you." SRI SRI.
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Jai Gurudev
How to Maintain Intimacy
What breaks intimacy?
- Ego or taking a position
- Desire
- Taking intimacy for granted
- Finding imperfection in oneself or others
- Expectations
- Insensitivity or over-sensitivity
- Lack of vivek or vairagya (discretion or dispassion)
- Judgements
- Grumbling or lack of gratitude
How can you maintain intimacy?
Intimacy is dissolving into infinity, which brings you to the moment. You go beyond the events.Look beyond the events, dissolve into infinity, and be in the moment.This is the way to maintain intimacy.
"Do not depend on arguments. Mystery is beyond argument, miracle is beyond arguments and Love is a miracle in life." SRI SRI.
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Jai Gurudev
Boredom and Sadhana
What is boredom?
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Just a repetition without interest or love. That causes a monotonous state of mind and overshadows the Self.
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Spiritual practices (sadhana) are again a repetition whose purpose is to destroy the boredom and reunite you with the Self. A practice itself creates boredom, but as you continue, you penetrate the boredom and destroy it once and for all. Whether the practice gives you joy or boredom, it must be continued.
Only your practices, your sadhana, can overcome the mind.The Self if love and love is always repetitive. Love letter are simply repetitive and yet there is no boredom there.
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If you are so bored with yourself, how much more boring are you to others?
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Root out the boredom in you through deep and continued meditation. Wake up and walk upwards.
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"There are only selfish or bad moments; there are no bad people in this world. They are ignorant. Inside every culprit is a victim crying for help. Feel compassionate for such people." SRI SRI.
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Jai Gurudev:)
Monday, January 5, 2009
Sakha: Your Reliable Sense
There are three Sanskrit words: Sukha, Joy; Dhukha, Sorrow; and Sakha, Companion. These have one thing in common: kha, which means senses.The Self experiences the world through the senses. When the senses are with the Self, that is sukha(joy), because the Self is the source of all joy or pleasure. When the senses are turned away from the Self--in the mud, lost in an object--that is Dhukha (misery). Mud, misery, mind--they are all connected.
World SelfSorrow(Dukha) <-----------Senses("Kha")-------------> Self Joy (Sukha)
Sukha is the nature of Self. And all sense objects are a diving board to take you back to the Self. You close your eyes in a pleasant experience: when you smell a flower, when you taste or touch something nice. Sukha is that which takes you to the Self.
World SelfSorrow(Dukha) <-----------Senses("Kha")-------------> Self Joy (Sukha)
Sukha is the nature of Self. And all sense objects are a diving board to take you back to the Self. You close your eyes in a pleasant experience: when you smell a flower, when you taste or touch something nice. Sukha is that which takes you to the Self.
Dukha is that which takes you away from the Self. Sorrow means that you have been caught in an object that has pulled you off your Self.
Sakha is the companion who is there for you in all experiences of sukha and dukha. Knowledge is your companion, and the Master is the embodiment of Knowledge. If you are stuck, in an object, his wisdom pulls you out and leads you back to your Self.Sakha also means He is the senses. Sakha is one who has become your senses. It means you get Knowledge through him; he is your sixth sense. As you trust your mind, so you trust him.
Usually a friend is an object of your senses, but a sakha has become your senses. Sakha means, "He is my senses, I see the world through through his wisdom."Your head will be in the mud in a few years; in the meantime, don't put mud in your head while you are still alive! See through the eyes of the Master and you will see the whole world as divine.
"Our first and foremost commitment in the world is to do seva -'service'." - SRI SRI.Ravishankar
Jai Gurudev
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