Reasons to be with a Guru

There are six main reasons to be with a Guru.

1. You would like to have your wishes fulfilled, and being with the guru is more pleasurable.

2. Everything else looks more painful to you and you come for comfort.

3. You want to evolve and become enlightened; you want to attain higher knowledge.

4. You have a vision or goal that you share with the guru, whome you see as a missionary or visionary.

5. You are there just to serve and to give comfort to the guru.

6. You are with the guru because you belong to the guru.

There is no choice.

SUTRA
“Leave all your worries here, however the past has been, it doesn’t matter. That’s all gone. And now, today”."-Sri Sri

The FIVE Secrets

There are five secrets that are sacred and are guarded by the subtle beings and angels in the creation. They are:

1. Jananarahasya (the secret of birth) : Birth is a secret. How a soul takes a body, the criteria for selecting the place of birth, time of birth, type of body and parents are all a secret.

2. Maranarahasya (the secret of death) : Death is a highly guarded secret. Death remains a mystery. The process of separation of spirit from matter and its journey from then on is a secret.

3. Rajarahasya (the royal secret, the secret of ruling) : The principles of governing, the principles of maintaining orderliness in creation are a secret.

4. Prakritirahasya (the secret of nature) : Nature is a mystery. The more you know about nature, the more the mystery depends. The more a scientist knows the more he feels there is much more to know. Science though appearing to resolve the mystery in creation,has deepened it. The knowledge of particles, wave functions, black holes, the vacuum state have only deepened the mystery.

5. Mantrarahasya(the secret of mantras) : The mantras and their effect, influence, method and mode of working are all a mystery. Mantras are the impulses or rhythms of consciousness, which itself is a mystery.

Usually in the West, a secret is shameful and dishonest. But in the East, it is honored and regarded as sacred.

SUTRA
"If you are a giver you are always winning. If you are a taker then, without your knowledge, you are losing.” SRI SRI...

INTENTION

Intention keep the tension in.

Being hollow and empty means dropping all intensions. Within tension, rest does not become deep. But devotion dissolves intentions.

Intention pushes you to the future yet bliss is always in the present. The one who wakes up to this truth is wise. Occasionally, if an intention arises in a state of bliss, the intention manifests effortlessly.

The more intentions you have, the more, "in tension" you will be. To minimize your intentions could be your last intention.

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"Laugh and make others laugh. Don't get entangled and don't entangle others."-Sri Sri...

Aggression as a way to overcome depression

Lack of idealism is the main cause of depression among youth today. Life appears to be so meaningless to these children, who are either too scared of the competitive world or too bogged down by heavy stimuli. They need an inspiration, and spirituality is the inspiration that can keep the spirit up!

Aggression is the antidote to depression.Depression sets in if there is a lack zeal to fight.Depression is the lack of energy; anger andaggression are a bolt of energy.
When Arjuna was depressed, Krishna inspired him to fight and thus reinstated life back into Arjuna.

If you are depressed, do not take Prozac - just fight for any cause.

If aggression crosses a certain limit, it leads you back into depression. That is what happened with King Ashoka who won the Kalinga war but became depressed. He had to take refuge in Budha.

Wise are those who do not fall either into aggression or depression. That is the golden rule of a Yogi.

Just wake up and acknowledge you are a Yogi.

SUTRA
"Don't be greedy of your gains. Whatever you may gain, you will leave it all here and go ! When you go, you will go with your hands empty!.” SRI SRI...

Think Fresh

To think fresh you need to be free of all impressions.

Let go of all impressions right this moment and be hollow and empty. When you have a word, the sound conveys the meaning instantaneously. Similarly, the knowledge that you are sitting, standing or talking needs neither confirmation nor proof.

Just an intention to be free makes you free right away. Realization that freedom is your very nature brings enormous Shakti (energy).

Forget about this knowledge sheet and be fresh!(Laughter)

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"The path is very long, the goal is in every momemnt, the goal is where you are.” SRI SRI...

Life is a war

Life is a war.

Doctors fight against disease.
Lawyers fight against injustice.
Teachers fight against ignorance.

Depression happes when you lose the will to fight. Arjuna was depressed; he did not want to fight. His bow fell from his hands and his fingers trembled. Krishna urged him to wake up and fight! The decision to fight can take away your depression as it did for Arjuna.Bharat: Fight until you give up.

Prashant: Not give up...give in ! (laughter)Even your body is a battlefield.

SUTRA "You are total. You are full. You have all that you need. Do not underestimate yourself.” SRI SRI...

Two Anecdotes

Once somebody made a mistake and Sri Sri asked him, "What punishment can I give you?"

The person replied, "Don't punish me, Guruji, I won't make the mistake again."

After some time, Sri Sri asked another person who had made a mistake, "And what punishment can I give you?"

With a bright smiled Nityanand replied, "Any punishment, Guruji."

At this Sri Sri turned to the rest of us with a smile and said, "See, he is so cofident of my love for him that he is not afraid of any punishment."Where there is love, there is no fear.Do not be afraid of being punished by God.

Trust in the love that He has for you.

SUTRA "There is something in you that is beyond death. And that is before birth, also..” SRI SRI...

Compassion and Karma

There are two types of compassion. One is the compassion of the wise, one is that of the ignorant.

An ignorant person's compassion is toward the fruit of an action - the sickness or suffering that he witnesses. But a wise person's compassion is toward the lack of knowledge - the underlying reason for sickness or suffering.

Compassion for suddering shows ignorance. Suffering comes because of karma, and if you believe in karma, where is compassion? One reaps the fruit of one's actions.

If a judge has compassion for all the offenders, then the jails will be empty. At the same time, are the judges cruel to the offenders? No. The judges' compassion is for the lack of knowledge, not for the suffering of the criminals. It is the criminals' karma.

Often people think compassion is an act, and action. Know that compassion is your very nature. Then you will see that karma and compassion are not contradictory but complement each other.

Suppose two people come to a hospital. One is suffering from starvation, the other is ill from overeating. What type of compassion should the doctor have toward each of them? This is a riddle for you to solve!

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"You are the source of enthusiasm - undying enthusiasm, ever new enthusiasm, ever new spirit.” SRI SRI...

AnuVrat

The mind lives on "more". Misery starts with "more and more". Misery makes you dense and gross.

Self is subtle. To go from gross to subtle you go through the finest relative - the atom. To overcome aversion, hatred, jealousy, attraction or entanglements, you have to go to the atom. Going to the atom means accepting a teeny tiny bit of all this.

It may be difficult to accept something that you do not like but you can definitely accept a teeny tiny bit of it - an atom. The moment you accept that one atom, you will see change happen. This has to be done in a meditative state.

Suppose you love someone. You want more and more of them, yet there is no fulfillment. In Anu vrat - the vow of an atom - you take just one atom of that person and that is enough to bring fulfillment to you.

Though the river is vast, a little sip quenches your thirst. Though Earth has so much food, just a little bite satisfies your hunger. All that you need are tiny bits. Accept a tiny bit of everything in life - that will bring you fulfillment.

Stephano: What about trouble?

There is so much trouble in the world, you can accept just a tiny part of it.

Tonight go to bed feeling that you are satisfied, taking a tiny part of divinity with you. Satisfaction comes from the subtle and not from "more and more."

Question: What about giving?

You take a tiny part, and the rest you give away.

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"Make your body God's abode and there will be Peace and Joy” SRI SRI...

What enhances your beauty

When you are not complaining and you are responsible, courageous, confident, hollow and empty, then you are inexplicably beautiful.

The worldly mind is a complaining mind; the Divine mind is a dancing mind. Complaining without indicating a solution is irresponsibility. A person who does not take action to correct something has no right to complain. And when a person can act and correct, he will not complain. If the solutions are not workable, finding alternative solutions is courage.

Complaining is a sign of weakness, the nature of utter ignorance when one does not know the Self. Complaints take away the Beauty that is inborn in you--and this shows up more on one who walks the Path.

For external beauty, you put on things; for real Beauty, you have to drop all things (including your complaints).

For external beauty, you have make-up;
For real Beauty, realize you are already "made up"!

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"You are the goal. You are the past, present and future.” SRI SRI...