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My previous blogs have talked about Yama and niyama

This is the first step to yoga and meditation. This sort of discipline is needed to have control over the mind. Gradually , in time if you can do this for 12 years it becomes part of you. The 12 years of constant discipline can be a challenge but is very helpful. Once done, you will find it easier to meditate. Here is what Mother said about this discipline. This is the easier discipline. Later when you truly to go within, there are more challenging disciplines

Mother said

Most of the difficulties that people have are due to a lack of control over their actions, and their reactions to the actions of others.

According to one’s own nature and weaknesses, one must set for oneself a discipline that is invariably to be followed; for example, never to quarrel, never to reply when someone says or does something unpleasant, never to argue when one disagrees. Obviously one should never lose one’s temper when things or people are not the way one would like them to be.

Naturally, if a person is not used to controlling himself, it takes a good deal of effort to acquire the habit. But this is quite indispensable if one wants to make any progress.

The path is long. That is why one must have patience and an unfailing sincerity towards oneself.

In order to be able to live in peace with others, self-control is essential, and it ought to be practiced even by those who do not aspire for transformation.

Blessings.

The Mother, More Answers from the Mother, CWM volume 17, pages 369 – 370.

The more difficult ones are

• The habit of desiring
• The habit of going into darkness (99.9999%) live in darkness even those who practice meditation, yoga etc
• The habit of going in sadness, frustration, why me
• The thoughts of giving up, I can’t do this, I can’t endure this etc
• Fear tendencies
• Doubts etc

When these things crop up, especially in meditation or outside, fight it. Use the Lion technique. Refuse to succumb to the weakness of the mind. When your can remain steadfast, refusing to give into the weakness, suddenly there is a victory in the mind. A sense of relief. Release. A joy of victory. When this becomes stronger, the outside circumstances change and conform to you!

Mahayoga vigyana calls – higher awakening of shakti. In the great saints Yogendra Vigyani words પ્રકૃતિ ઉસકો અનુકૂળ હો જાતી હૈ. Meaning nature conforms to him. Depending on the degree, he may merely think why is there Covid, Covid leaves his surroundings or even the world. Of course such people are rare

Idle imagination of positive thinking is a start but one must go deeper and deeper till at least some lower level of fighting Covid / personal demons etc can be reached.

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This is a curiosity in a way. If you think you know about pranayam, please stop here. If you think pranayam is for health, Go to Ramdev. He runs a multi million dollar business based on pranayam, yoga and selling ayurved medications. There are millions of people who follow up – please go there. If you think you can read up on pranayam on the net -this is not the web page for you.

Yoga means union. Union with God, Union with pure consciousness. Thats all. Yoga is perhaps the fastest way to reach God, reach pure consciousness. Sorry, delete that. It is the fastest way, not perhaps. Yogananda said the same thing. Babaji gift was bringing the lost technique of Kriya yoga.

There are 8 steps to yoga. Hence known as Ashtang yoga. They are

1. Yama and niyam
2. Aasan
3. Pranayam
4. Pratyahar
5. Dharna
6. Dhayan
7. Samadhi (two types)

Without the first step of yama and niyam, (physical and mental discipline) one cannot go forward. Without Aasan, it is difficult to do true pranayam initially. When advanced one can do pranayam without aasan

Pranayam – depending on the proficiency manifests as dharna, pratyaha, etc.

So in any yoga text a few things are mentioned

There are multiple types of pranayam

ONE SHOULD NOT DO PRANAYAM UNLESS PROPERLY INSTRUCTED BY A GURU. IT IS FORBIDDEN

The best pranayam is Kriya. It also goes by the name kevali. This secret technique has not been revealed even now. Of course this is just my opinion. And the corollary of this statement one can infer is perhaps I dont know it. This unique pranayam will perhaps never be revealed to the public. All Guru extoll it as the highest. Many people read up about it on the internet. However, I am yet to see anyone like yogananda. All that means is, painful as it is, no one knows how to do it properly. Also, you need a powerful living Guru to do it properly. Gorakhnath said it is the highest. This is the yoga which Patanjali talked about. Like I said, if you know pranayam, just stop reading what I wrote.

This is the tragedy of ignorance. Incomplete or even foolish information is considered as Gospel. People foolishly believe their understanding is accurate and incomparible

I once met a Guru who told me, if done properly, you will start seeing the past and future accurately. Needless to say, I am yet to meet anyone who can do that. And then he added, that is not even the starting point! One has to go much much further.

I say this so the human vanity,ego which makes people believe they know Kevali or true pranayam, those people can stop and reevaluate their thinking and method.

So based on what Gorakhnath said, based on Devatma shakti and what Yogananda said, (he often said, because of spiritual injunctions, he cannot reveal Kriya or kevali), I do believe it is one of the most powerful, fastest way to perfection. Within 12 years perfection can be reached. 12 years is too long and meant for the very dim witted disciple

I have been doing this for 40 years and have still a long way to go. So you can assuredly placed me as lower than the dim witted.

Having said that, I have a very firm belief in the power of doing it properly! I have written about it in great detail elsewhere

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Here is an important statement made by Mother. (( Sri Aurobindo )

it is preferable to have one moment of sincerity rather than a long life of apparent devotion and that a psychological and spiritual victory over oneself is more important than all external victories.

And that’s it!

We really are not any genuine! We want to look wonderful, important and caring. This is for satisfying our desires and ego. However our mind and brain works non stop, just to show, something we are not What is more important is we acknowledge this fault of ours and genuinely seek the help of shakti to overcome it. This inner fault, where all our faults lie, the seeds and proliferate, is called chitta. Mind you, I said chitta not chit. That comes later. But if we don’t destroy it within us, it grows into a tree. Moreover, it is this part of us that constantly responds to maya maya and we dance to maya.

That’s why Patanjali God said , chitta vritti nirodha iti yoga

Which means stopping the chitta from having its waves is Yoga

Chitta has 5 phases

Mudha- totally dull. Unwilling and unable to focus or even have the desire to go within. Unable to comprehend ( Tamas predominates)

Kshipta – restless. Wandering all over. ( rajas)

Vikshipta – partially restless. ( satvic). The mind is still restless , but tries to go within, tries to do good and uses intellectual facility to do good

The next 2 are only with a yogi

Ekagrah- focused. Samadhi.

Nirodh – full samadhi. This only lasts a few seconds or a few minutes. But that is enough to give all day peace

Of course, there are yogi who stay there for much longer

I would suggest the genuinely interested person read Devatma shakti. Chapter 13 , page 116

Good luck.

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He was born around 1890 and took Samadhi in 1974

His teachings in this video are perfect and repetitious

It is in Hindi but some parts of it are translated in English

Tat Wale Baba Himalayan Yogi – the only discourse with English Sub titles

A few comments.

Just my opinion

1. His age – some say he was born in 1940’s. This was discovered by an Italian producer. Could this be true ? A slight doubt
2. He left his body – he was shot. 3 years before his death, he pointed out the man Abi would shoot him. He removed his disciple 2 days before this happened
3. A perfected yogi often dissolves the karma or seeds of hatred in his own antarkirana. Then the act of violence against him not occur. There is a story of Neem Karoli Baba where someone went to attack him but Baba looked at him and the person / attacker fell at baba feet , crying like a child from the love of Baba I do not state this to minimize anything but merely point out there are many high States
4. the teaching that I heard from Tat wale baba is accurate. I do not know the level of his achievement

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We first what I define as yoga and what the rest of the world calls yoga. In pure basic terms, Yoga that I talk about does not refer to the following

All those exercise and postures

I do not refer to the chanting, jumping , playing instruments etc

I do not refer to the pseudo meditation, where people go reciting hum and imagining an ocean etc

I do not refer to the imaginary chakras etc

What I refer to as Yoga, is unbelievable. I do not expect or want anyone to believe in what I say. It is unscientific and has no medical merit. But I believe it to be true. Why and how? Have I lost my sanity?

First, the matter of chakras. You simply wont find it. There are nerve plexuses, but that can hardly be called as looking like lotuses and all the gods and Shaktis described. You can do a CT and you can do an MRI. Trust me there are no chakras. Hopefully that should be enough to clarify what you may want to debate or challange. I am with you all the way in this regard

However, in medical science, there is one thing that there is very little understanding. It is the small matter of consciousness. Medicine is still trying to figure out consciousness. We know awake, sleep, etc but it remains a puzzle. THe mechanism, how to define it, what is life. I remember a case on 20/20 where they talked about a surgery, where they had the breathing shut down, the neurons and EEG made very slow and the heart was also supported artificially, yet the person was still alive, surgery done and the person came back.

The chakras I refer to are part of the consciousness, the knots of consciousness. So that is the part of Yoga I talk about.

So the Yoga, i refer to is looking at the method or kirya of going to your consciousness, travelling the path, the knots of consciousness and and uncovering the wonders of consciousness.

The Yoga I talk about refers to meditation / or silencing our distractions (the mind, the emotions, the thoughts ) first sighting the consciousness, then understanding it and then becoming one with it. That is Yoga.

There is no comparision to Yoga. People come out with their own hallucinatory concepts of Yoga. I have no interest in them. With that in mind, I have given up reading everything related to Yoga on the net. It is all imaginary. Children who draw a picture of a Ghost. How can there be any merit to it.

Another reminder, just because someone is famous, wears a saffron garb or talks eloquently, it is not proof of any achievement. But I do recommend everyone follow them. After many failures, people will seek a true Yogi.

Things such as the Law of attraction etc, have some merit. Even though wikipedia talks about it as pseudo science, they not quite accurate. Law of attraction is poorly understood, since it is a very minor reflection of inner purity. The results of inner purity come so slowly, that the rapidity of results as people so impatiently want , will not be there.

Mindfullness, like people refer to, in my opinion is a joke. Well, I am allowed to have my opinion right?

The definitions and methods of Yoga are very unique. I refer to the strict definitions that were described by Patanjali. Or in Yoga Vasistha. Or in Devatma Shakti. Or Mahayoga vigyan

I am a firm believer in Mukta Shastra.

Enough said.

I wrote this for my kids. Someday, someone may try to challenge their understanding. This clarity what I wrote will be sufficient to remain unwavering

The road is long but continue.

Failures are there, but persevere

It is unbelievable, but that is the cloud of maya. At some point the clouds disperse

The mind is like the uncontrolled wind. The wind can be blocked

With Love, Continue with unabated enthusiasm

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One of my friends sent this video to me

On suffering

Paramahamsa Yogananda Meeting with Ramana Maharshi – Maharshi’s Answers To Yogananda’s Questions

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Long path made short

Mind your breath

One breath an hour or two

Bread falls you now live

A brilliant cave

A sip or two, Aroma around

Music out of bounds

Behave

The guide precise

Surrender to thy advise

Said with love

Sombargiri’s child

His love inside

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Everything that you do – somehow originates in the mind. Since mind is part of maya, all actions are part of maya.

This mind or maya is what keeps us bound. You like food or sex or listening to music

It is not really you but the mind loves it. You identify with the mind and now you say you like it. For whatever reason, once the mind decides it likes something, it is very difficult to unwind of change it. Ask an alcoholic or someone using drugs. Or ask anyone who is trying to lose weight. You suddenly find yourself craving and helpless in your efforts to give up food.

However, the tentacles of the mind is far beyond those basic requirements. It gets offended. It gets sad. It gets depressed. It sulks. When it does not get what is demands and wants. It creates tricks and deceives us even in all the logic we use. The logic we use always goes around to justify our thought, for debate, to justify we are someone and you must be respected. Your feelings are important.

When you read what I write, your mind accepts and your mind rejects. This process of accepting and rejection creates issues. In some ways, if you can accept the logic which I present, you can use it drop the mind. Understand, that the culprit is your mind. And one fine day, you laugh, split from the mind and you are left with your true self and your pure consciousness

VIsnutirthji Maharaj presented it perfectly in Devatma Shakti. First you separate the senses from the body, the subtle body from the physical body, then the mind from the subtle body, then the intellect from the mind and finally the intellect from the pure self or Atman. Then your journey is over.

In time, the inherent powers of the Atman begins to unfold. It does not occur immediately. It takes time. One has to have patience

The miracle is, when you split from the mind, you laugh. All the issues were created were from your own mind. When you can separate from the mind, you can stop it. If you remain identified with mind, you cant stop it. Thats all there is to it

In norse mythology, there is Thor and Loki. Thor wields thunder while Loki is the trickster

For our purposes, Loki the mind tricks us all the way. Thor, is the aspects remains connected to the Divine.

You can be friends with Loki – the cycle continues.

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Yoga is a science based on breath and meditation. One of the things we always wonder about – how will my new year be? Will it be better. The year could be a surprise but why not get a hint?

I can only share a few details. So based on the breath – there are a few yoga generated

1. Surya
2. Chandra
3. Visha
4. Amrut
5. Mrutyu
6. And a combination of above

The smart yogi is ever so mindful of the above and avoid some of the challenges in life. Of course Some can’t be averted unless you mean the art of seeing past karma and burning them

So depending on the beginning of the new year – and the above combination you have an idea of how the test will shape out

Yogananda, Vivekananda etc were mindful of the same. There is much more to yoga than meets the eye

One of the biggest steps in Yoga is opening of Sushumna

The whole purpose of Yoga is opening of all layers of Sushumna. And that opening is assoicated with awakening of the Shakti

I have said this in previous blogs. The world prefers its imaginary Shati awakening, imaginary passage through chakras and imaginary enlightenment

So Sushumna nadi is the central path. One can say it is like the spinal cord, but not exactly. Inside Sushumna is chitra and vajra. And Inside that is the brahmanadi

The brahmanadi is where one can say consciousness is. Yogananda said, brahmanadi is both within and outside the body simutaneously. It is hard to imagine this, so we will leave it as such

So ascenscion requires passing through all these layers and having full experience with each of them. The information is quite scant on the internet. People can imagine it and make up stories but that is not helpful and will only make a fool of both sides (the one who follows and the one who distributes misinformation)

With opening of Sushumna, – breath through both nostrils are equal. But there is more. Much more.

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This is what Mother wrote

Of moksa we have no personal need; for the soul is nityamukta and bondage is an illusion. We play at being bound, we are not really bound.

There is nothing evil in this, nothing which we need condemn or from which we need shrink, — it is God’s play. The wise man is he who recognises this truth and knowing his freedom, yet plays out God’s play, waiting for his command to change the methods of the game.

Sri Aurobindo, Essays in Philosophy and Yoga, CWSA volume 13, page 71.

I hope this helps. What Aurobindo and Mother tried was to bring down – “heaven” to earth. Tried to make an environment on earth free of Maya Of course they did not succeed. No matter how strong the presence of God is – it is difficult for an ignorant man to receive it fully

Having said that – there have been some great saints that achieved it in their own area. The atmosphere around Jerusalem- when Christ was there – was dense and almost was like love had condensed and solidified. But yet, they chose to crucify him.

Chaitanya mahaprabhu transformed a few people fully just by being there

Neem Karoli baba did that to a few when they hated him – came to hurt him and one glance they fell at his feet crying in love for him

Mohangiri Maharaj – in his presence and in his house – peace descended fully. So much that no one could even have a single thought in his presence. Automatic Samadhi in his presence

So such things are possible. But not sustained. Eventually maya takes over. Why? Kaliyug. The hearts of people are dark. Unwilling to love God. Insisting on their selfish ways. Greed. Terrible.

The thing is – God gave a choice. Love him or love this World. Or accept him or the world. By habit people want this world. Those who accept God – in time – with perfectly attuning themselves to God become a very powerful presence of God. They are God. But they don’t want to take our free will away. Hence God remains our choice. His will is not imposed unless we have intense love for him

So those who have surrendered to their Guru or God – their attitude – in pain or seemingly bad situations – that don’t lament. Or ask why me. They silently accept. And if evil comes their way – they correct it with love. They are not weak. To overcome evil , correct others is not so easy. First get rid of evil or dark spots in our heart. Then in others.

This state I have described can be called Nirvikalpa samadhi. Or Sahaj samadhi. Their heart is fully transformed into an antenna of love – transforming those around them slowly at a God given perfect pace

Being around them is much faster way to progress rates than a million books put together. They don’t even have to speak.

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Trying to create a podcast

Mostly because some things are easier said than typed

Moreover there are many phenomenal hymns / bhajan

That convey the highest – even more than scriptures

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Revelations has been difficult to interpret. Everyone comes up with their own interpretation.

Here is the King James version, of the translation into English from Chapter 6

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.

4 And there went out another horse that was red: and _power_was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

I will not go into the myriad of interpretations that you will find online. A word of caution too. People love catastrophe, cataclysmic events, horror and armageddon. Since, people are fascinated by these things – their mind will gravitate towards those things and believe in them. In general, people love that evil people will be punished and they hope that on judgement day, everyone else they dislike gets punished. So if you have that mentality, then my blog will not be to your liking.

To me, the bible with its small words tells a lot. Many things were written in their own code language. So, a yogi sees things putting those codes into play

The entire sequence, with the 6 seals – refer to the 6 lower chakras starting from Agna chakra and then going down, They are called seals because in your descent from God, once you go down, you cannot go back up without awakening of the Shakti. Hence the word seal

The fig tree leaf has three parts – referring to the three Gunas. In India, it is the bili patra.

All the rich men, chief captains, etc hid in the dens and rocks of the mountains – meaning the soul – after they fall are so immersed in the physical world, they are inert to the greatness of God. Who shall be able to stand? refers to without awakening, they cant stand up, but remain in stupor of Maya / Devil

Even this interpretation – wont be easy to accept – such is the numbing effect of Maya that even the intellect will doubt.

As to the four horsemen – The meaning should be obvious. Time can reveal it, if my blog did not give you the clear answer.

Enough said!

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So Einstein theory of relativity – simply said, it states that mass bends the space time curvature.

The other part of Space,in later years, there are speeds of planets that move faster and space seems to be expanding. They call it dark matter and dark energy that does all of this. So far science has failed to discover it

Now, if you ask a Yogi – they have a different experience. The solution is very different. Did the chicken come first or the egg?

So Einstein says mass curves space and time

My theory is, there is space-time and dark matter. And the energy of dark matter, creates the mass and also bends the space. And this dark matter, gives the spin and expansion.

Now the hubble constant or the R value is all over. Everyone calculates a different number. and the number seems to be increasing!

I suspect the R value – varies by the areas where there is more mass in a certain galaxy. and Galaxies with less mass will have a slightly lower value. I believe the R value is a representation of the dark matter and energy.

Oh well, time will tell. But I wont be here

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So we all go through tough situations in life. Some of them might be more painful than others. At that time, we will ask, why me? Or ask God for him to give you what you miss in life.

So how do you deal with it?

There are a few fundamental rules to remember

1. You wont get everything in life
2. For those who believe in reincarnation, some lives might be miserable and some lives might be very good, rest will be between these 2 extremes
3. If you pray for something very hard, you will get it
4. Sometimes if you get one thing, something else might be taken away
5. Wishes granted by a liberated person, is always fulfilling and nothing is taken away from you. That is the best gift to get
6. Some wishes are easily granted by going into deep meditation

So, why dont. you make a quick list of things that are dear to you. Here is an example of a good list

1. A wonderful spouse (i know it does not exist, but lets pretend)
2. Great children
3. Plenty of money
4. Childhood, you have great parents
5. Good health without problems

Now, lets say you have all of these things, and you suddenly have a problem at work. Or you have friends who constantly betray you. Now you ask God why me…and God comes and asks you, sure, I can take care of your friends issue or job issue, but which one of the things above from 1-5, do you want me to remove from your list, either this life or next life?

Do you get my point? We all come with a certain amount of currency in the form of Good Karma. It can give you a few things,but not everything. Some things, negative things will also be there from your bad karma. Just remember this!.

All I can say is endure. What more can anyone do? If you are really sincere, learn to meditate, learn the secret technique of getting rid of karma. Then, you will be happy.

I hope this gives you a better perspective of life and its mysteries.

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Ahalya was the wife of Rishi Gautam. She had a son from Surya or sun God and his name was Sugriv. She had another son from an illicit relation with Indra. That son was Vali. Her husband Rishi Gautam turned her into a stone (cursed her) and told her she will become alive again when God Ram touches the stone with his feet.

The two sons were cursed to become Monkeys. Vali moved to a certain area called Kishkindha and became a King there. He was challenged to a fight from a Demon Mayavi and they went and fought in a cave. Sugriv was outside the cave and he heard cries and then saw blood coming out of cave. He thought his brother was dead and became the king. But Vali was not killed. He was furious and thought his brother betrayed him and banished Sugriv to Rushimukh. Now Vali could not enter Rushimukh due to a curse placed by Rushi Matangya

When Sita was abducted by Ravana, Ram sought the help of Sugriv. Sugriv said he would help if Ram helps him get his Kingdom back. Sugriv and Vali had a battle but both were equally strong and neither could win. Often times it seemed like Vali had the upper hand

Ram said he would intervene. But both brothers looked alike. So Ram told Sugriv to wear a garland of flowers and then fight. Ram sat on a tree and at the end of 3 days, had a clear shot and took an arrow and killed Vali

Hanuman introduced Sugriv and Ram

Now this is a very spiritual story with many secrets revealed.

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Ahalya was the wife of Rishi Gautam. She had a son from Surya or sun God and his name was Sugriv. She had another son from an illicit relation with Indra. That son was Vali. Her husband Rishi Gautam turned her into a stone (cursed her) and told her she will become alive again when God Ram touches the stone with his feet.

The two sons were cursed to become Monkeys. Vali moved to a certain area called Kishkindha and became a King there. He was challenged to a fight from a Demon Mayavi and they went and fought in a cave. Sugriv was outside the cave and he heard cries and then saw blood coming out of cave. He thought his brother was dead and became the king. But Vali was not killed. He was furious and thought his brother betrayed him and banished Sugriv to Rushimukh. Now Vali could not enter Rushimukh due to a curse placed by Rushi Matangya

When Sita was abducted by Ravana, Ram sought the help of Sugriv. Sugriv said he would help if Ram helps him get his Kingdom back. Sugriv and Vali had a battle but both were equally strong and neither could win. Often times it seemed like Vali had the upper hand

Ram said he would intervene. But both brothers looked alike. So Ram told Sugriv to wear a garland of flowers and then fight. Ram sat on a tree and at the end of 3 days, had a clear shot and took an arrow and killed Vali

Hanuman introduced Sugriv and Ram

Now this is a very spiritual story with many secrets revealed.

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This is what Mother said about it

It is not an undesirable thing for the mind to fall silent, to be free from thoughts and still — for it is oftenest when the mind falls silent that there is the full descent of a wide peace from above and in that wide tranquillity the realisation of the silent Self above the mind spread out in its vastnesses everywhere. Only, when there is the peace and the mental silence, the vital mind tries to rush in and occupy the place or else the mechanical mind tries to raise up for the same purpose its round of trivial habitual thoughts. What the sadhaka has to do is to be careful to reject and hush these outsiders, so that during the meditation at least the peace and quietude of the mind and vital may be complete. This can be done best if you keep a strong and silent will. That will is the will of the Purusha behind the mind; when the mind is at peace, when it is silent one can become aware of the Purusha, silent also, separate from the action of the nature.

To be calm, steady, fixed in the spirit, dhı ̄ra, sthira, this quietude of the mind, this separation of the inner Purusha from the outer Prakriti is very helpful, almost indispensable. So long as the being is subject to the whirl of thoughts or the turmoil of the vital movements one cannot be thus calm and fixed in the spirit. To detach oneself, to stand back from them, to feel them separate from oneself is indispensable.

For the discovery of the true individuality and building up of it in the nature, two things are necessary, first, to be conscious of one’s psychic being behind the heart and, next, this separation of the Purusha from the Prakriti. For the true individual is behind veiled by the activities of the outer nature.

Sri Aurobindo, Letters on Yoga II, CWSA volume 29, page 160.

To clarify further – there is a vacant mind on the way to spirituality. There is a vacant mind that is tamas

Thus, you need a discerning intellect to know the difference. If there is ego, vanity, then the mind will think the tamas blank mind is progress

But one thing is certain. God is there. If the earnest desire is there. Genuine desire is there then success is due to come. Don’t waver. Don’t give up

God is kind. Loving. Continue. Without fear. Without depression. With enthusiasm. With determination. Success has to come

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The entire process of meditation is quite complex. Aurobindo once had a disciple who complained to him – when I meditate, I feel stupid and my mind is erased. He gave up meditation. Aurobindo told him that this was part of the process, where the mind is first blank, then the mind becomes quiet, later it experiences calmness and then peace. There is a stage beyond peace which is the highest. It is called shanti atit.

However, this state is not associated with memory loss. In fact the memory becomes very sharp and keen. It retains things quickly, it quickly understands, in a flash complex relations of different parts of meditation and even in worldly matters.

The mind is constantly under the influence of the three gunas. They are

1. Sattvic mind – a mind that is sharp and looking to go within
2. Rajasic mind – a mind that constantly wants to wander in the world, unable to keep attention, drops one subject and goes to another in a flash, seeks pleasure
3. Tamasic mind – a mind that is in a state of stupor, lazy, unable and unwilling to go within, and blanks out.

During meditation, the mind has to fight all three gunas. It has to overcome Tamas itself. So, these are the negative sides of meditation, a battle that must be won

True meditation cannot start till all these things are overcome. When they are overcome, then there is sudden joy, irrational joy in the mind. You could be hurting physically and still have intense inner joy. Few can reach that. Mirabai, Kabir, Narsinh Mehta etc all reached that state and stayed there. So did, Rumi, his Guru were in that high state. Omar Khayyam – the rubiyaat of Omar khayaam shows his state of intoxication. Jesus was in that state, hence he could overcome the pain and remain with a smile while crucified. Countless such great saints have come and gone

So in short, it does not happen. What happens is a transient state where the mind exposes its tamas and one must conquer and go within.

Without a Guru these states can linger for a long time, coming back repeatedly. If one practices Kriya without a Guru, then the mind cannot go within, since the door to go within has not been opened and the mind cannot find the inner joy. It may find some random happiness but not the inner joy. Often times the disciple mistakes the random happiness as signs of progress. Siimilarly without a Guru random blank minds also can occur

These are just my thoughts. I am not a Guru, so it is best to find one!

God bless.

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Good question – Do I need a living Guru?

Yes.

I have seen this question very often. Many people read the books of Raman Maharshi, Ramkrishna, Vivekananda, Vishnutirthji, Yogananda or Yukteshwar – and they feel connected to them and accept them as their Guru. Some people accept Krishna as their Guru. Others follow and say Jesus is my Savior and stop there

I have given the names of perfected individuals. However they no longer have a body and have taken Samadhi.

I can answer this question in 2 steps.

First of all, everything you read and learn is merely information. You read there is a subtle body. And you can imagine you have reached that level by merely reading and you are certain that you are very pure. However, this is illusionary since all you have is information and not experience. Yogananda once had a disciple / to be disciple who said, he has mastery over his subtle body. Yogananda was not impressed and said nothing. The person continued and finally Yogananda said, ok…lets verify it. And Yogananda asked him, tell me what is present in the house next to our house. He gave an imaginary answer that was not correct at all. Yogananda however, described it accurately.

So my question is, do you really know the steps that have to be done, to get mastery over the subtle body? Even if a book describes it, you wont be able to implement it. The necessary power to do it, has to come from a living Guru. A guru who now longer has a physical body cannot help.

There are many many levels of Shakti awakening that is needed. It is probably infinite. This has to come from a living Guru. There are realms that have nothing to do with this physical universe. These are subtle energy fields that have nothing to do with books or this physical world.

Secondly, if the Gurus from the past, who have taken Samadhi were able to help, why would people keep looking for a Guru? They cant help. (It is more complex than you understand). Why cant Lahiri Mahasay or Yukteshwar Maharaj just come over? Or why can Ashtavakra come and help? Why not accept him as a Guru? Subconsciously we know that they cant help and hence we dont even think of them as a Guru. How about Rumi? He was enlightened. They have great quotes and wisdom, yet we cant and wont even think of Rumi as our Guru. This subtle truth is already ingrained in our mind.

However, truth is, they are immortal

Complex isnt it

Short answer is Yes, you need a living Guru.

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I have committed a great mistake in life. I dont know if it was destiny or whether it was accidental or pure foolishness on my part. Without creating much delay, and causing anxiety to those who are curious to know about my mistake, I should reveal it. However, before I say anything, I was hoping that you do not judge me too harshly. What I did, is absolutely horrible. No sane person does it. The only redeeming thing, I have is that I live in one of the arms of Orion Cygnus arm of the milky way – where there is a blue rock in a system of 8 planets and is called the earth.

So finally, my mistake. I could be a total jerk and continue to avoid the question, but those who know me, know I am not a total jerk. Absolutely not. May a total jerk plus, or total jerk plus plus -well you get the picture!

So my mistake. I am sure on this planet of 7 billion people there are about 8 billion people committing the same mistake. It is called – social media

I belong to a few whats app groups. My mistake is that some people added me to their channel and like a pathetic member of the bipedal species, I did not have the nerve to leave the group. As a result I see a lot of stupidity and ignorance and lies and hypocricy on there. Now, those were the good things that I see there. I dont have time to go in things that I think that are worse. Remember upto now, all I wrote was in good humor.

Earlier today, I read about a story of a lawsuit against the ISKCON in Poland. ISKCON is a Hare Krishna movement that has at times spread like wild fire. So on whats app, they talk about how they won something in Poland and brag about it. What is my problem with it? The whole story was bunk. A total fabrication. People forward those messages and keep forwarding.

This is what is appalling. I could be wrong, but I suspect that this story was spread by ISKCON. Or one of its members. How desperate are they. Or the members trying to spread total lies – applauding themselves on how they won a make belief legal case. Should I feel sad for them and sad for those who spread such lies? Should they not spread a disclaimer – and do it pronto- that the story about ISKON in Poland is a fabrication.

However, this is not only true for this instance. I find so many stories on Whatsapp that are total lies. Even in a medical classmate group, there are many stories about how – a microbiologist reassures everyone that Omicron is nothing to worry, etc. For Gods, sake, dear classmates, wakeup. Do you really have the MD behind your name? Stick to medical facts. Dont put up stupid things like – this cardiologist has given you an A to K ways to improve your life. Go read a journal and dont be foolish

Enough said. My message to you – use discriminatory wisdom. See if it makes sense. This world is full of deceitful people. People who for no reason are desperate to promote their religion. God, if he or she exists, does not care for your promotions. He would rather see you genuinely interested in him. Nothing more. Nothing less.

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Let us say you love reading. And in this case, you love reading spiritual things. Or self help books. You read a lot of them. You hear and read about purity.

These things are informational pieces. This creates problems in many ways. They are helpful, but you must be careful with the information.

1. Always remember this is information. Lets say you read that Jesus was very kind and loving. Ok…great. Now if you are spiritually inclined, with this information, and if you like kindess, it should create love and respect for him. Maybe even shed tears. But when it is your turn to be kind and loving to your enemy – can you? Answer is probably not. So it became an information piece rather than step to God
2. Some people when they read these things, imagine that they are kind and loving. Or without anger. But this is only true in imagination. When it comes to being tested, they quickly fail. Or they pretend. When there are situations that evoke anger, they outwardly dont get angry but inside they are teeming and unable to sleep for weeks.
3. The most dangerous thing is – it creates ego. Lets say, that you read about Karma. Next time you see someone suffering, your mind races, and you are ever so eager to give advise to someone. Based on what? Knowing the theory and you think you it? Do you really know what the person did and why suffers? When you know that, then we can talk about theory of karma. This ego, is always active in giving advise when it knows nothing, endures nothing and is always so selfish

So collecting information has some value but true progress is when you go within, learn to give up all these nasty traits of the mind. It is not so easy

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I searched and searched

East and west

North and south

Up and down

Bhu Loka, bhuvar loka

No where to be found

A disciple

Of clear understanding

What a mockery

Of the sublime truth

God within and yet they search

God everywhere yet they search

Surely eyes are shut

Imaginary understanding

Imaginary progress

Time spent debating

With so much unrest

A mango in front of you

Do you debate and discuss

Or do you enjoy

The succulent taste

What is there

To debate?

Imagination of the blind

Is not the same as reality

Shall you follow the blind?

Foolish it is

Accepting imagination as achievement

Yet countless millions

Err that incessantly

Surrender to God

God and Guru

Are the same

Not Knowing that

Is indeed a shame

No more to be said

Disciple of Sombar

Rests immortal

At his feet

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This particular blog is written for those who truly want to escape. Rest of the people will not agree with me. That would be kind if you simply just dont agree, but there will some who will mock me, jest me and most certainly think I am beyond crazy

So, if you want Moksha. Liberation. The thing that will deliver you there is emotional pain. Everyone will endure emotional pain in their life. Some more than others. However, it is only during emotional pain you come face to face with all your faults. In contrast when you have money and power, the mind becomes more arrogant, intolerant, has an undue sense of self importance and worst of all, gets addicted to the false concept of happiness in this world. This is the worst thing that happens

Repeatedly, I have had emotional pain. It hurts. Smarts. May go on for a while. But with minimal introspection, you will find a lot of errors in your mind. These errors, if not checked, will drag you down completely. No matter how much gain you had spiritually. This mind is a tricky …(use your word of choice). It is very difficult to conquer, appease or pacify.

In time I realized that the only true ally I have is pain in life. Rest well wishers and those who praise me, are my enemies, and unknowingly they try to instigate ego and the false attachment to perceived pleasure in praise. Truth is there is no pleasure in praise. Instead, go within and experience the waves of love of God within you.

I am not saying anything new. This has been said by countless saints. Saint Francis said it the best. (You can search my blog or the internet). There are stories where Yogis have been sad that the person you criticized him the most, when they died.

Anyway, knowing these stories in itself is a problem. Seriously, it is true. For a yogi, even knowing these stories are a problem. Why? When you read the stories, your mind gets a concept of what greatness is, but you dont have a taste of that reality. And with the ego in you, you assume you have it or you achieve a concept but not reality. With this you become stagnant, trapped in the traps of the mind and Maya. Oh, so tricky. Dont achieve the understanding of the situation, achieve the situation.

How will you know you have reached it? There will pangs of love rising in you from within, even while the mind aches and hurts. Then the crazy mind gives up the aches and pain and surrenders to the love rising from within! Now, you have a taste of beginning of Yoga!

Sweet ! A sweet victory over emotional pain!

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A yoga interpretation

First the quote

I Ioannis 1:9

Si confiteamur peccata nostra: fidelis est, et justus, ut remittat nobis peccata nostra, et emundet nos ab omni iniquitate.

The reference – [https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=Faithful and just&version=VULGATE](https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=Faithful and just&version=VULGATE)

The KJV meaning

uIf we confess our sins, he is vfaithful and just to forgive us our sins and rto cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

The literal translation from Latin. A few key words

Confiteamur – I acknowledge

Peccata nostra – our problem

Remittat abandons

Emundet cleanse

Iniquitate – not spiritual

So if you look at the original meaning from the Latin It could be translated as

if we acknowledge our problem

To whom?

He is faithful and just

Then

You will abandon your problem and be cleaned of all our lack of spirituality

So that is the literal translation

So many people go to confession. But when they last- did they leave all their unrighteousness? Did they become saints? If course not. People don’t change their habits

So my interpretation is as follows

We have a problem. Our problem is we love this world more than God. So the Bible says go to he who is faithful abs just. Who is that ?

That is the Holy Ghost – faithful, present since time Immemorial. Has never left God and is always just –

This Holy Ghost , Yogananda said is the sound Aum. It is heard in meditation. And when you go to him – hear it in meditation, then your problem of loving the world more than loving God goes away, and once you hear the Holy Ghost , the mind begins to give up its unrighteousness and increasingly turns to the love Of God

I could be wrong. But for me the love of God Is important. And I firmly believe that the love for the world – the satanic part of the world – With all the greed, vanity, lust for sex, money – is unrighteousness. That should be replaced with love for the Holy Ghost and God

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This is a story from Genesis 22. Abrahim had 2 sons, the elder son was Ishmael and the younger was Isaac. The story – in short was as follows

God told Abrahim to take his only son, Isaac to Moriah and wanted him to sacrifice him as a burnt offering. And more than once God said, your only son

Now, Abrahim had another son Ishmael – so the only son Isaac would seem like an error on Gods part. Or more likely an error in our understanding. You pick!

I have given the story in short. There is more to it. Now many scholars have discussed it. Some say it is a matter of faith. Others have other arguments. I am a Yogi. I always take it in terms of Yoga.

Without going into many deep secrets, only known to an enlightened person, Abrahim is a figure revered by all 3 faiths – Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The name Abrahim, is in itself a clue.

So lets go through the Yoga interpretation.

Abrahim refers to the soul. God repeatedly calls Isaac his only son. and that refers to the body. The soul has only one physical body. The word Isaac means giving happiness. Of course, the pleasures of the body give happiness.

God told him to sacrifice Isaac, the body pleasures. And told him to go the Moriah – a mound. In the body, if you look at the eyes, it lies in a valley or socket and the forehead is like a mound. Go there, Abrahim, and offer the body as a burn offering – meaning seek God within so deeply, so intently that you forget your body and all its awkwardness completely.

More over in the bible, Jesus says, let the dead bury the dead. Meaning those who are spiritually dead, unaware of the soul or God, their body is like ashes.

And God was pleased, that Abrahim gave more importance to God than to Isaac!

Can we pay more attention to God than the body pleasures?

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We all have problems in life. Our life could be on a smooth sail and then out of the blue something unexpected happens. We could be best friends with someone and madly in love with spouse.

And then something happens and it starts to break. We normally blame the other person, right? What happened?

Well, based on our past karma and the way we shaped our mind, we slowly begin to brew resentment within us. For absolutely no reason. This can happen at work too. We start off a new job with high expectations and then we just drift apart. This brewing of resentment and also related to past karma, the dream castle which we created in the relation, or work just crumbles. Once that happens, it is difficult to rebuild it.

So if we want to be happy, we should stop building up resentment and anger and frustration. Dont be angry. People behave based on their past tendencies. They cant help it. Forgive them. Move on. Moreover, if you owe someone from the past, you will have to repay and the person may behave poorly with ill will towards you as part of karmic debt. Dont build up new karma with anger or hatred and try, try not to wish the other person bad. It is difficult. This is why, we Santana religion or hinduism talks about endurance. But this endurance was not understood well and people thought it was ok to be a door mat. No, no, that is not endurance that is stupidity.

Someone may hurt you, you should not hold ill will or anger or resentment, but you must do the right thing – protect your assets, be polite but firm, seek legal counsel if needed, whatever is needed as part of proper action.

So that was one thing. Now often times, things can become unbearable. This is true even if you have a Guru. What do you do? Well, talk with those on the spiritual path. But during those times, we seek to know when or will this ever end? In hinduism, there are 4 vedas – Sama, Rig, Yajir and Atharva vedas. A part of one of the Vedas is Astrology or Jyotish Vidya. This science slowly evolved over times. So use it. Enact your horoscope. Look up your horoscope. There are some very good softwares that can give you good general advice – like Goravani. (Goravani.com). Now knowing the software can give you a general idea of what one may anticipate.

But there are other things you can use to help you during difficult times. There are Mantras that can be effective. But the mantras have to be used properly. One must only eat fruits and milk and nuts. Not eat outside the home during Mantra. The mantras must be chanted, sitting in one specific area and the specified mantras must be finished in a certain time frame.

For Panoti – the famous or infamous Shani – Hanuman chalisa is helpful. Perhaps if you have a Guru he may give you a specific mantra to overcome issues. These are just general things. Some people use special gem stones. They may work only if properly charged with Mantras

Remember doing these things wont just solve the problem, you have to work on it and the mantra can aid you in the process.

Finally, there is God. Some people believe in a specific form of God. Some believe in something else. We all migrate towards what captured our attention – this does not mean what captured our attention is the final answer though. However, Astrology or Jyotish comes from the word Jyoti which means light. Not the light of the sun or the light bulb, but the light of God. This would be the best way to deal with it!. If only, we could see that inner light of God and learn to surrender to it, it would be the most effective and efficient way of dealing with problems. This does not mean problems wont arise but it gives us a way to move forward

So how is this done?

Yogananda has described the spiritual eye. It is a yellow or red color ring, with a blue light and a white star in the center.

The yellow light, as per Yogananda refers to the cosmic vibration.

The blue light is Kutastha or Krishna or Christ consciousness as he calls it

The white star is the cosmic consciousness with the 5 eminations.

I have described this in greater detail elsewhere.

Back to the problems – So when one is established in Kutastha – like Lahiri Mahasay described – then in time we learn to get rid of the problems. That was what he repeatedly described. All the translations and interpretations from the Upanishads, he described them as part of Kutastha !

Hope this gives you a brief way to move forward

This spiritual eye is difficult to see and even more challenging to have a constant vision of the same. I have drawn it elsewhere. If I get time, I will draw it again…:)

My best wishes and love to all those who struggle and are eager on the path. The stubborn mind and its habit of worrying, resenting, being anxious is difficult to overcome and hence we cannot remain in Kutastha the blue light of the spiritual eye.

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This is the problem. People read a little. Or a lot. From the internet. From blogs. From scriptures. From vedas. From religious books.

But the concept of needing inner purity is not there. Or if it is there, they think they already have it. But this delusion doe not end there. Often times there are misconceptions. Oh, we are human. God will forgive us. We dont need to make efforts to be pure. He will forgive us. Or she will forgive us.

Then comes along yoga. and Kundalini awakening. Many try on their own. Others find a Guru. Not a real Guru. Just a self proclaimed Guru. Of course a self proclaimed Guru will not insist on purity, He will give you convenient answers. He will say it is ok to do what you like, just chant or do the mantra. Or practice pranayama or sit in meditation. Your work is done. You will be free

Thus there is a web of deception.

This of course is not Yoga. Neither is it the way to Liberation or Moksha. Or the way to God.

I know most people find my concepts too much. It is not easy. Let us agree on one thing. A mind at peace is always wonderful. We may not have control over outside situations, but we can have control over the mind. Well, not really. Any attempt to control the mind creates more anger and agitation. The mind revolts. Gets angry, bitter and refuses to cooperate. Drifts to sleep or stupor and prefers alcohol or drugs

So the mind has to be changed, not controlled. This is point one

Point two. The mind will always be restless when it seeks happiness on the outside. The place where the mind runs outside the most is in sensual pleasures. Seeing things, talking and hearing things. Food, Sex. Once stricken by one or many,the mind will never know peace. It will constantly think of it, crave it, and when it does not get it, becomes bewildered, sad, anxious and just unhappy. It will be like rabid dog, going from one point to another, searching for something and biting without cause.

Point three. The only way to get peace of the mind is by getting rid of desire and that requires a fundamental change in the mind. I mean change, not suppression. How is this to be done?

Yoga. I am sure you guessed it. So scriptrures just mention that state of Atman or self – the state that is self sufficient. No longer seeking, the mind abated. It does not tell how to get there. Nor does it say what happens on the way. Lahiri Mahasaya talks about the Kutastha. This is a level, a beginning of sort. It describes the wonders of Kutastha. He describes the effects and mutiple reference to Kutastha in all books including the bible, Hindu religions, Upanishads etc.

However, there is only one book – about 600 plus pages long that describes Kutastha and what happens on the way there and the steps in transformation of the mind. It is the only book that talks about it in minute detail. Sadly that book is not available. Who knows where anyone can find Muktashastra, however, it was my desire to translate it. Such incredible books are always kept out of reach for most people. That I suspect is by design. I have tried in vain to get the book. What can I say or do?

Some day, I hope to be sufficiently pure, to be worthy of one page of that book !

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A question – do fakes pay tribute to the truth by imitation or do they give bad name to the truth by their lies?

I suspect it is both.

Recently, the leader of Ra Ma institute Yogi Jagat, died , possibly PE ( pulmonary embolism). However rumors abound – she is still alive, she tried to escape from a gathering etc

She claimed to await kundalini.

So now an average reader, when they read about another Yoga fraud – will being here we go ! Yoga is fraud. In the limited investigation they perform they are quick on the draw to tarnish the reputation of Yoga but not blame the money and power hungry leaders or fake Gurus. And definitely not blame themselves for being a full and believing that kundalini Is easy and common

Right now, I doubt if there are 10 people with awakening – even minor. Those who have it have not advertised. One of them may have followers rest may have a few believers but not followers.

It is miraculous but the journey is definitely long. What can I say? There is a reason why it is not advertised. Having many followers is a certain sign that there is not much there.

You may argue Vivekananda, Ramana Maharishi, Yogananda had many followers. But few of the followers had awakening.

We have the tendency of get worshiping. We think if the person wears certain clothes, speaks Sanskrit, smiles in a certain way, he is a guru.

But a true Guru is now restricted by garments or language

His ability lies in deciphering the codes of the scriptures!! And helping others without even taking credit.

All birds that fly are not swans

There are far more crows than swans.

Swans fly solo. Crows May have groups. Hope you get the picture!