You are your own enemy and you don’t know it. You don’t learn to sit quietly. You don’t learn to give time to God. And you are impatient and expect to attain heaven all at once. You cannot get it by reading books or by listening to sermons or by doing charitable works. You can get it only by giving your time to Him in deep meditation.
Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda
3 key things
Need for right approach – mediation
Patience – you will not get there overnight. Will take many births
Persistence – in effort is needed constant effort giving up time for non essential things
Guess who prevents us from these things.
Our own mind. Our laziness. Our lack of faith. Lack of persistence
But those who can do all those they are their best friend
In Gita it is said –
hapter 6, Verse 5
hapter 6, Verse 5
A man must elevate himself by his own mind, not degrade himself. The mind is the friend of the conditioned soul, and his enemy as well.
Chapter 6, Verse 6
Chapter 6, Verse 6
For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his very mind will be the greatest enemy.
Sadly life after Life is wasted. So unfortunate
And then people make excuses for not meditating
At some point all that you have will go
Your health
Your family – parents, spouse friends
Your Rub of good luck will go
Your body will go
You just can’t hold on to it. But you can hold on to God.
But that requires constant practice. 24/7. No exception.
So pick your side. Your battle
Friendly side – God and meditation
Enemy side – holding on to material things
BABA AND THE WESTERN WORLD- Part II
In continuation………..
Dr. Larry Brilliant has an amazing and a heart moving story to tell about Baba. He and his wife Girija were with Baba in the hills and the doctor was down to his last five hundred dollars and with no employment in hand. Baba at that time addressed him as UNO doctor and predicted he would go to the villages and give vaccinations. Baba asked him to go to W.H.O and assured Dr. Brilliant that he would get the job and asked him to go to Delhi.
Dr. Brilliant was persuaded by Baba to go to Delhi at least ten times and he returned without the job offer in small pox eradication programme in India. Frustrated and embarrassed by constant denials, Dr.Brilliant and his wife Girija were exasperated when offered a possible job in Pakistan. Baba insisted Dr. Brilliant ask for India only. Many tries later Dr. Brilliant got the job of the Administrative assistant in small pox eradication programme. Dr. Brilliant visited Baba during weekends and sought Baba’s blessings. One day he asked Baba “Will Small pox be eradicated?” Baba answered “Small pox will be eradicated. This is God’s gift to mankind because of the hard work of dedicated medical scientists”.
Many years later when the last case of small pox was isolated and cured Dr. Brilliant circulated internationally postcards showing the photograph of the cured girl on one side and photograph of Baba on the other side and declaring “By whose grace, I could win over the small pox menace!” These words may not be exactly the same as used but carry the same sentiment.
To be continued…………
Excerpts from ” I AND MY FATHER ARE ONE: THE GRAND UNIFICATION” Chapter “BABA AND THE WESTERN WORLD” written by Shri Rabboo Joshi .
It is new year for Marashtrians ( a state in India)
Some attribute it as the day Shakti created the universe. Or some say it is the coronation ceremony of Rama
In Maharashtra they put multicolored clothes on the top of a shaft And celebrate
I walk around with it ! :) A beautiful symbol. Find a real guru. Even if it takes several births Don’t be content with the crumbs I put on here. Or the meager imagination if your analysis or thinking
Becoming keenly aware that worldly life is full of misery, because it is infested with desire and fear, one should approach a Guru, a sage who is free from those bad forces, and after doing reverence to his holy feet should question him about how to become free.
V.3
The sage will give out in reply the supreme secret, confirmed by the [uniform] experience of all sages: ‘If you know yourself, there is no suffering for you. If you suffer [it only means that] you do not know yourself.’
V.4
‘Since you have no suffering in deep sleep, this suffering is only falsely ascribed to your Self. Realise the truth of yourself by the resolve to know it, and thereafter remain in your own true nature, which is bliss.’
V.5
The sage who has attained the supreme state is free, even though his body survives, [because] he does not look upon it as himself nor as belonging to himself. Therefore, that sage is really bodiless.
V.20
The aspirant to deliverance must resort to a sage as his Guru, that is, one who has awakened from the sleep of ignorance of the Self and is therefore free from delusion. How can one who has not awakened from that sleep awaken others who are in the same state?
V.24
Only that devotion to the Guru is good which is rendered to a sage-Guru, and which regards him as identical with God. Only by such devotion does one attain freedom from delusion. Truly the sage is not other than God.
V.25
Sri Ramana Paravidyopanishad, (The Supreme Science of the Self as Taught by Bhagwan Sri Ramana)
So I am at the gates of heaven. Like any reasonable job, I had to give an interview. Please don’t judge me by the errors I made.
God – So can you share a little bit about you
Me – I said I am Bhavin. Surely you know all about me
God – Bhavin, I like you and everything but I have no idea who you are. I can look you up in my database. Tell me where you are from?
Me – Dover.
God – And?
Me – Dover A city in Delaware.
God – Bhavin. I don’t think you understand. I have countless universes. In each universe, there are trillions of planets and so many different living souls. I need to pull up the right computer and database
Me – Oh that makes sense. I said, proudly displaying my knowledge. I am from the milky way. One of the outer spirals, in a solar system, third planet from the sun. We call it Earth. There is a content called North America. I am from there
God – Hmmm. What species?
Me – Mankind.
God – oh! I thought I created females too !
Me – I bit my tongue. S**t. Yes God. So sorry. I meant. Human beings.
God – His face finally became firm. Let me share a pic with you!
Source : Time magazine
What do you think of that pic Bhavin. You do know the word human comes from Humane – being kind and considerate. Now tell me what part of human is humane? This is a disgrace. How can human beings allow this to happen?
So how did this happen, Bhavin?
Me – I am not sure. It was about power over an area.
God – Let me see if I got this right. Someone wants power over a country and because of that – people have to be starved, killed , maimed looted and my lush land destroyed ?
I don’t understand. So Bhavin, tell me what have the remaining 6 billion ” human” beings done about it ? I hope you understand why I struggle with calling you human
Me – Well God we have other countries trying to end the war by helping one side. And we have UN United Nations that makes decisions in humanitarian aide. They send out people and money, food and other things
God – I am struggling Bhavin. Does the help reach those who need it?
Me – Sometimes. I am ashamed. There are many situations, where the money and help does not reach them. The money and help is lost, stolen or even sold to others
God – Can you stop calling your self the human race then. Even bacteria live in a colony and harmony without killing themselves.
By now I felt totally ashamed. I wished there was a place I could hide. My mind decided to change strategy. Let me take responsibility away from my self and Blane God
Me – God your so kind and powerful. Why don’t you do something.
God – Bhavin, you still did not leave politics behind. Now all of a Sudden you make your created problems my responsibility. Yes I am kind. Yes I am loving. Yes I am forgiving.
But you take those words to mean God is stupid too. Humans want to live in anyway they choose and then will turn to me and ask for help and forgiveness. Humans say they repent and now that they repent I am to forgive them?
In almost all cases repentance is only understood when the same amount of pain is experienced.
That is the law which can’t be broken. I created this universe and many many more universes.
So with freedom of choice I put in another clause. You will face consequences of all that you do.
You may not see it happening. Based on their pattern I direct souls to other places where they go and endure consequences. But that is just the beginning. After that is over, I have shrouded the future in a mystery.
People fight over me. My name. My appearance. Your failures are not the failures of my creation. They are your own doings.
For now Bhavin, time to return to your own reality.
Some teaching is for everyone
Some is for advanced yogi
Some who are just beginning
Some for those who are only interested in this world
Sometimes you will read Ramana say there is no mind
Sometimes you will say don’t think
Sometimes he will say ego is the culprit
They often seem contradictory
Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world… ~Sri Paramahansa Yogananda
It works simply because if you change, your change will affect at least 2 or 3 other people around you. Once they become sufficiently advanced in their change they will change 2-3 people
Thus a chain reaction is created
All those who make true progress, a progress that is sufficient to be nice without effort, a progress that that becomes a true magnet by having divine love and caring oozing from them, eventually a few people around them will change
Rest of the world will try to have an intellectual or allegorical meaning
For example the avatars – as suggested by a German philosopher many decades ago – thought it referred to evolution. Some Indian then adapted the meaning and out of emotional weakness for the need of fame put his label on it. It now circulated on what’s app
But did you ever ask a yogi what it means?
Yogananda often gave very deep meaning to these stories
A boy came one time and asked, “Maharajji, did Jesus really get angry?” As soon as Maharajji heard the word “Jesus,” tears came to his eyes. He was sitting up when the question was asked, and he leaned over on his elbow and tapped his heart three times with tears coming down from his eyes. There was total silence for a moment. Maharajji had brought the reality of Christ into everyone’s consciousness, and he said, “Christ never got angry. When he was crucified he felt only love. Christ was never attached to anything; he even gave away his own body.” And at that point everyone was crying—we had gone through the complete Passion of Christ. And all of a sudden he sat up and said, “The mind can travel a million miles in the blink of an eye—Buddha said that.”
That was Neem Karoli Baba
In a second he went back and touched the entire life of Jesus before he replied
That is mediation and prayer and love. Seeing his life he cried with love
The best book ever written is Yoga Vasistha Maharamayan. It has many stories. It is a tale of 2 days of the life of Rama Bhagwan. He was summoned to the Kings court but refused to come. Then the Royal Guru Vasistha sent a message summoning him. One thing a disciple would never do is disrespect his Guru. So he came to the court. AT that time Vasistha Maharaj asked him, what is happening why are you sad?
And Ram bhagwan described his lack of interest in life and everything. Finally Vasistha started to speak – gave him a lecture for 2.5 days. Yoga vasistha maharamayan is about it. Just 2 days.
So in that book Vasistha Maharaj talks about God and the vastness of God. He talks about a fruit on a branch of the tree. That fruit is the universe we live in. Maybe we are a drop in the fruit. So on that tree branch, there are thousands of such fruits. That tree has a thousand branches like this. That tree is is in a forrest. That forrest has thousands of such trees. The forrest is on a part of a mountain. That mountain has thousands of such forrests. On that planet, (different from the fruit) there are thousands of such mountains. This continues on and on..(i dont remember).
And then Vasistha Maharaj, describes his greatness. He knows all of those countless universes!
Now that is what I call a Guru.
How can i have any respect for a person claiming to be a Guru, who is stuck on making changes to the world and discussing the world? Just Go within. Ask a Guru, how can I go within? Isnt it foolish to ask about things about this world
Part two of this to follow…if anyone is interested
The best book ever written is Yoga Vasistha Maharamayan. It has many stories. It is a tale of 2 days of the life of Rama Bhagwan. He was summoned to the Kings court but refused to come. Then the Royal Guru Vasistha sent a message summoning him. One thing a disciple would never do is disrespect his Guru. So he came to the court. AT that time Vasistha Maharaj asked him, what is happening why are you sad?
And Ram bhagwan described his lack of interest in life and everything. Finally Vasistha started to speak – gave him a lecture for 2.5 days. Yoga vasistha maharamayan is about it. Just 2 days.
So in that book Vasistha Maharaj talks about God and the vastness of God. He talks about a fruit on a branch of the tree. That fruit is the universe we live in. Maybe we are a drop in the fruit. So on that tree branch, there are thousands of such fruits. That tree has a thousand branches like this. That tree is is in a forrest. That forrest has thousands of such trees. The forrest is on a part of a mountain. That mountain has thousands of such forrests. On that planet, (different from the fruit) there are thousands of such mountains. This continues on and on..(i dont remember).
And then Vasistha Maharaj, describes his greatness. He knows all of those countless universes!
Now that is what I call a Guru.
How can i have any respect for a person claiming to be a Guru, who is stuck on making changes to the world and discussing the world? Just Go within. Ask a Guru, how can I go within? Isnt it foolish to ask about things about this world
Part two of this to follow…if anyone is interested
He has a very limited number of disciples. Some Gurus may have only one disciple. Gangadhartirthji Maharaj -was perfected. He had all Siddhis. He had only one disciple. Gangadhartirtji was 90 years old when he found someone worthy. He did not disclose or reveal any of his powers. At 90 in resent of a worthy disciple,he left his body entered in the body of a dead sparrow, flew away and then came back, left the sparrow and reentered his own body. This display did not hurt anyone…not did it give anyone unfair advantage. He asked forgiveness from Shakti for even displaying this power. Isnt this wonderful?
Many people ask me is there a true Guru out there. The answer is no. I dont think there is one..I should have said NO. For me, though, the criteria for a Guru is very high. Someone who wastes. his time how the world should behave or how to solve the problems is a fool indeed. Like Aurobindo said, dont waste your breath trying to correct anyone. If you are awakened, just correct them in your meditation. Matter solved.
I am weird this way. It is best people dont read my blog. There are many other blogs that deal with worldly matters and can show you the worldly way of things. I am more interested in Yoga and the Yoga method of things. Not the asana or exercise but the meditation aspect
Only those who have no awakening keep looking outside and searching the web. Yet from frequent reading their own mind will play tricks and they believe there is awakening. It is essentially ego wanting to feel important. Thats why experiences were kept a secret. So a magnified ego does not invent experiences
This is must me. I do not mean respect to anyone seeking wisdom from anyone else they have esteem for. It is just not me
I cant emphasize enough, those web page is not meant for everyone or even anyone. Wasting your time on the internet or someone external is an error -if you have awakening
Bhavin
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