Navratri

Navratri falls Four times in a year. Which is according to Hindu calendar months is Chaitra, Aashadh, Ashwin, and Magha.

Hindus believe is Goddess. Since there is no birthday her festival is celebrated in 4 months

Navratri falls Four times in a year. Which is according to Hindu calendar months is Chaitra, Aashadh, Ashwin, and Magha.

The celebration is for 9 days each. Nav – nine. Ratri – night

There is a very precise yoga interpretation a s guidance to this. It is depicted by her above photograph, and her 9 names. It relates to meditation

One thing is certain, without her grace no one can escape. It does not matter if you believe in her or not or if you are Hindu or not.

You may argue that the goddess is not Described in the Bible. Maybe so. But Jesus did believe in the trinity and some believe mother mary as part of the trinity. Or the holy ghost.

Why the number 9?

Why those months?

Why for times a year?

Who are the 8 Goddess?

What does the name mean?

The diet should be simple during those days. Mostly MIlk, sugar, cream and potatoes. Grain is to be avoided

What will I get by following navratri? Terrible question! This question can only hurt you

In my usual stand, I am unable to answer the questions freely. Afar is written in the blogs elsewhere is often nonsense

Ratri refers to the requirements of meditating at night.

How do I silence my mind?

Meditation is the art of silencing the mind. When the mind is silenced, then live for God arises. Till then Bhakti does not start.

Doing mantra, kirtan , going to temples, discussions, reading books DO NOT HELP. In those situations, the mind creates and image of God and then it worships that image. It is still a very good thing but it is one step short of actually talking with God directly.

Mantra given by a siddha is very helpful. Discussion with a siddha helps clarify the wrong beliefs. Reading books written by a siddha helps in a similar way.

However meditation is the most direct way. Those who cannot meditate and those who cannot silence their mind have to resort to other methods like above

Thus silencing the mind and meditation is a skill. For an adept yogi , it is as simple as turning off the switch. All he does is close his eyes, his inner purity and the gift of his Guru gives him a direct perception of God and his mind is silenced. That’s all !

A guru loves it when he can find a disciple of that caliber. Such a disciple is very rare. One in a billion or less.

Books will tell you to silence mind and absorb in God but they won’t show you the method. For this you must spend time with a Guru, repeatedly use his help to silence it – and this will take years and years of learning the finer millions of subtle steps – till it becomes a simple technique

From Yogananda

Desires are the most unrelenting enemies of man; he cannot appease them. Have only one desire: to know God. Satisfying the sensory desires cannot satisfy you, because you are not the senses. They are only your servants, not your Self.

– Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda

My comment on it

That is the goal. But it is not easy to turn off the switch of desire. Again and again – we see a delicacy and our senses are tempted we look forward to our meeting tea / coffee or a nice restaurant.

I just refer to one sense. The other senses are just as bad

The cravings of the body is easy to suppress but hard to be victorious

To achieve this victory daily meditation and separation of senses is needed.

Be nice

“Every time you think good thoughts, the Kundalini begins to move upward. Every time you hate people or hold harsh thoughts about them, the Kundalini automatically moves downward. When you love others selflessly, or think kind thoughts about them, it moves up the spine.
“Kundalini Is not awakened by techniques alone.”

~ Paramhansa Yogananda

Seems easy. But it is not. Merely repeating That you wish well is not enough. It has to be from the core of your being. Something deep deep down. If you can do that, shakti does not go up , it jumps up. But one must truly want God. And then you see the miracles.

What we do is –
I want my shakti to Awaken. We want it to awaken because we want nice things or have wondrous miracles
I want my shakti to awaken. We read books ( instead of finding a Guru or surrendering to a Guru) The book says be nice.
So we try to be nice to deceive the God

30 Years ago I had tremendous hardship. Gross injustice was done to me. And all the people who I thought were friends were standing with a knife. I had no place to go. But all I asked was to love everyone just like Jesus loved all
12 years later, the person who created the most trauma – came to me seeking help. I never questioned him or asked him what happened. I immediately helped him. And we have become very close

God may get angry but it is to help.

January 24, 2006

Entry for January 24, 2006

 

A common misunderstanding and misconception is the presence of the lotuses or chakras in the human body.

The lotuses and chakras do exist. They exist in the subtle body. The soul has 3 bodies. The gross physical, the subtle or sukshma body and the causal or Karana body.

There are seven chakras. They exist in the subtle body but there is a corresponding part in the gross physical body. The lower 5 charkas are different seats where the subtle body is bound to the gross physical body. They chakras also correspond to different places where the consciousness is bound to the physical world.

The chakras face downwards. As one progressively has a greater awakening of the consciousness, the awakened shakti opens the chakra and turns it upright.

The order of opening the chakras varies according to ones method and depends on ones Guru also. It is my belief that if one follows the method of Knowledge, Agna chakra opens first. In Bhakti yoga, it is the Hridaya chakra. In the tantric method, it is usually from the Muladhar.

No matter what method you follow, they all require one essential thing – awakening of the Shakti

A very powerful message which will be overlooked

Listen o my very dear scientists,
doctors,
Engineers
and all people
who are full of wisdom if you all permit me to put in my hypothesis for cure of all diseases (be small or serious) is to take medicines as may be properly prescribed and should also if and only if they and their doctors and all other concerned approve then to choose on their own to meditate daily for 24min during 1st stage sickness,48 min for medium stage and 72 min or more for final stage for simple to most complicated diseases.
Those who are lucky to have no disease may meditate for more than 72min daily.
The most intelligent cream of the present mankind should immediately look back and start meditating with the goal of achieving state of 5 times meditation everyday each of 72 minutes or more and maintain the same for lifetime.

Aum Aum Aum Aum Aum

Prof. D N Bhatt

I am sure this will be overlooked and forgotten.

Why? It is not easy to follow

But remember – anything amazing is not extremely easy to follow. The effort is worth it !

Different yoga

Thanks to the internet it is easy now to mislead people – not by the thousands but by the millions !

A lot of different yoga and meditations have cropped up.  Some are given Buddhist label and others yoga or paranjali etc 

What a joke !  I occasionally get to read about it as a forced upon ad or a news reporter trying to promote 

Bikram yoga or mindfulness and lately hiridaya yoga – such words are thrown in with Sanskrit based meaning given – this most certainly wows the novice    Like everything during the honeymoon period, like every wedding or relation or job it seems wonderful and then it drifts away.  Can we please realize this?

So is meditation or yoga or spirituality wrong ?   NO    It is accurate.  It is perfect.  But few can really find the real guru and then hold on to it and follow it unerringly 

Here are a few rules or guidelines to remember 

  1. Meditation or yoga is about reaching atma or pure consciousness 
  2. It has nothing to do with the mind or body or heart or emotions
  3. Ego or bodily exercises or breathing or logic CANNOT CALM THE MIND OR EMOTIONS
  4. If it works it is transient, lasting only for a few hours, gets uprooted at the next life calamity or situation and will not pass on from one birth to other
  5. A guru is a must 

Here I will stop.  This is about going within and not roaming in the imaginations of the mind or outside in the gross physical world 


The mind and the senses

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We hear many great statements. Such as

Be content / satisfied.

Don’t get greedy.

If you make a 100,000 dollars don’t crave a million And so on

Save thing in food. We eat something lovely And then want more. Our tummy is full but we still want to eat

We may think we are immune to this but that is very unlikely. We display this greed in many ways. Sometimes it is by not being able to let go of “junk” in the house. This we consider valuable

So why is this thing so universal? ( trust me everyone has it)

The vedas discovered the secret thousands of years ago. They simply said all the windows in the house open outward!

Meaning – the mind and the senses are always looking outward. There is nothing in the outside that can appease the mind or senses !

The mind And senses need the inner love of God. It is the only thing that will satisfy it. But the mind keeps looking outside ! It like am thirsty person who wants water but keeps eating food ! ( this is a pun) or a person who has a lot potassium and we give him sodium it simply won’t work

The mind is stupid. It cannot turn within

When it wants to turn within it does not know how to turn within. It thinks dancing singing And praising God is the way. Or makes up an imaginary God thinks about the imaginary God and says I am pure or now I have turned inward. Or it thinks visiting temple is the way or churches. Or listening to sermon. They are all outside. Unlikely to help you

Or when it learns the secret technique it still does not learn it easily

When it learns it , the old habits of going outward crop up again repeatedly

In short, learn to go within. That is the only place where the mind and the senses will find satisfaction, peace and no longer crave the world. A journey worth taking

Sensitive

We get it all wrong. We are sensitive to things that offend us. But not sensitive to the v feelings of others.
Such is a manifestation of ego

It is easy to understand. But time and again we fall prey to our ego and get hurt

All the world problems right now , the discrimination issues are from this. If everyone looked at it differently and cared about others and less worried about their own feelings the world would be peaceful

A perfect example was Sita. She never cared about her self. But lived every second for others and and Ram.

Now the idiots of the world think she was unfortunate and sad. Maybe the Ramanand Sagar version of Sita showed her to be crying all the time have that impression

The truth was she was the primal Goddess herself. One look and she could destroy all the world. Yes she lived with love. Forgiving all and enduring This is what Ramayana is about. She is the central figure of Ramayana

Even right now, she forgives all our mistakes and endures all the insults we give her.

And she left an example. Hope everyone should be. Instead the world degenerate to the exact opposite

This is what Yogananda said

Don’t be touchy or oversensitive…

Sensitiveness expresses itself in a lack of control over the nervous system. A thought of being offended runs through the mind and the nerves rebel against it. In reacting, some persons see the inwardly with anger or hurt feelings and show no irritation outwardly. Others express their emotions in an obvious and instant reaction in the muscles of their eyes and face and often in a sharp retort of their tongue as well. In either case, to be touchy is to make one-self miserable, and to create a negative vibration that also adversely affects others. To be able always to spread an aura of goodness and peace should be the motive of life. Even if there is good reason for being excited because of mistreatment, one who instead controls himself in such a situation is master of himself.

Excerpts from the writings of Paramahansa Yogananda

People remain asleep

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When ever I see people, I often see them asleep. What I mean is that in all their activities, not once are they aware of the divine spark in them. That divine spark is such a wonderful thing. It is alive. It is real

I know of someone – whenever asked how are you , his answer was I am alive

Should he be pitied?

So not being aware of the divine spark – is being asleep. The Bible went further. Let the dead bury the dead. They called those people dead or spiritually dead.

Now, I can explain Tamas. Tamas is one of the gunas. It is an direct extension of the darkening power of Maya. So under the influence of Tamas, people don’t want to make any effort to be aware of the divine spark! They are very content walking around, comfortable in their ignorance. Or instead of a direct experience of the spark, they want to intellectually imagine the spark, make a theory out of it and believe that knowing the theory is being alive! Isn’t that amazing? This is what Jagadgury Shankaracharya said – go for the Aporkshaanubhuti. Real experience not the theory

Now once Tamas has settled, what people do is go about chasing pleasure in the world. In many different ways. This is Rajas.

And after eons and seemingly endless time, a wise person will say I want to wake up. He no longer wants to read or is satisfied with theory. He seeks a Guru. This is now Sattva.

Now a Guru is someone who can just simply awake the divine spark in you. That’s it. Nothing more is needed. Yes since this is a new road for you, you will need the guidance of the Guru every step of the way. It is after this Kriya yoga starts. And after this meditation starts. After this, bhajan kirtan starts. And so on. Where is the theory needed?

A smart disciple asks questions, after this step in awakening what happens next? How do I refine my technique? From time to time they have experiences, like body becoming warm, losing body consciousness, seeing lights or hearing Aum etc

Now there are quite a few people, who so much want to believe they have shakti awakened, their own ego and mind in combination will give them “an experience “. It will be real for them. But in essence nothing more than a hallucination of sort. Once again, using the wisdom in spiritual books a wise person will stray away from these experience’s and realize this is a trap from ego and maya, seek the real thing and a real Guru

But all I see is people prefer to remain asleep. And divine mother, let’s her baby sleep. Ever so often she gives a nudge, but the baby says let me sleep a little more!

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Dec 01

Arguments

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We live. And we die In between…… people call it life

Everyone who lives has experienced fights. Arguments. Discussions. And along with that comes frustration. Anger. At times violence. Wounded feelings and ego. It is not fun.

At least not fun for most. My Gautam kaka used to say

Never argue with a pig. Both of you will get dirty and the pig week enjoy it

So some people love to argue. The experience a sense of superiority and only stroke their own ego

Everyone has a way of thinking. And they believe their way of thinking is correct. The differences come from two major ways to think. Self centered and selfish thinking. The other is consideration towards others as a priority.

Once Yogananda has two disciples arguing merits of being vegetarian and non vegetarian. It went on and then they went to Yogananda and assured him who is right. Now mind you, Yogananda insisted on vegetarian diet. But at this point he found fault with both of them arguing. He said both of you are arguing based on your part lives and speaking from established Samskaras or habits. That’s all.

So both of you are wrong to argue. Meditate deeper And uncover all your habits.

So in life people argue based on their intellect And past habits, emotions and ego driven tendencies. You may win an argument but it is a disadvantage if you did not go deep within and find your own fault !

Arguments in general reveal a few faults

  1. Our anxiety and fear drove us in that direction
  2. Ego or vanity of wanting to be in charge and correct
  3. Lack of faith that God will do things correctly for you
  4. Lack of faith goes hand in hand with lack of Surender to Gods will

Ramana Maharishi said – you really have very little control in outcome. You may think you influenced it and made it possible but truth is we have to put in effort But the result is certain. We just don’t know what it is and walk around in anxiety

So hot do you deal with it, correct it?

  1. Try to examine the situation from the others view point. Both sides must do it
  2. Introspect and find your own spiritual defect
  3. Ask God to help you correct your fault
  4. Meditate
  5. Wish well and have sincere love for the person arguing with you
  6. But do not lower the value of truth. Be practical. It is ok to say and we have differences or say I understand your logic. However in the interest of all parties …etc
  7. If you can change your inner core , the other person Will change without you saying a word

Dec 01

Daily struggles

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Everyone is struggling. On a regular basis. Every day, or every week, or every month or every few years. Once you get trapped , based on the karma of the past, it is impossible to escape without paying your dues.

However, sometimes, the suffering we have is created by us, our own mind. Some sufferings are from karma in the past and we cant do much.

Lets say, the kind of children, parents or even spouse we have. Did you have a choice in the kind of parents you will have? They may be caring or uncaring, vegetarian or non vegetarian, have illnesses, bad genes, drug addicts, rich, poor, etc. You are born into that family. What can you do? Not much. You try to break out of the genes, environmental habits you picked up from that family, etc, but it is a big struggle.

However, lets say you have an examination and someone does much better than you. Or you lose a game. Or your classmate who is more stupid than you, becomes a millionaire and you struggle for your next meal. Now situations like these, you may become jealous,or frustrated or angry. You could become hateful towards society and others. No matter how sweet you are on the outside, call the other person, sweetheart or anything, your actions and bitterness will come out.

And it is precisely this problem makes the rich and famous unhappy. All the money and power, and yet miserable to the core. What they have is dissatisfaction. Whatever they have was not enough. So sad, God gave them a lot but it was not enough. Things could be a lot worse. If you continue to dwell in your unhappiness and jealousy, God is forced to give you and show you far worse situations and you begin to appreciate the great times you had and but it is too late!

So how do you know if the other person is unhappy? Their eyes, just look in it and you can see the sadness! Like Yogananda said, eyes are the windows. I suspect you can see their future and past also this way.

My suggestion : learn the appreciate what you have. Dont compare with others and dont seek perfection in others or in your life situation. Life was never designed for that perfection. It wont happen. Expect turmoils, regularly. The only perfection you can get, is over your mind – not getting upset when things are not going smoothly. That is the only thing you have some control over. However to have that control, you must meditate. Meditation is the way where you break your slavery to your mind and become its master.

And it takes time. Be patient! Stay in touch with those who have that. Dont get miserable with self infected injury!

Nov 29

Daily struggles

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Everyone is struggling. On a regular basis. Every day, or every week, or every month or every few years. Once you get trapped , based on the karma of the past, it is impossible to escape without paying your dues.

However, sometimes, the suffering we have is created by us, our own mind. Some sufferings are from karma in the past and we cant do much.

Lets say, the kind of children, parents or even spouse we have. Did you have a choice in the kind of parents you will have? They may be caring or uncaring, vegetarian or non vegetarian, have illnesses, bad genes, drug addicts, rich, poor, etc. You are born into that family. What can you do? Not much. You try to break out of the genes, environmental habits you picked up from that family, etc, but it is a big struggle.

However, lets say you have an examination and someone does much better than you. Or you lose a game. Or your classmate who is more stupid than you, becomes a millionaire and you struggle for your next meal. Now situations like these, you may become jealous,or frustrated or angry. You could become hateful towards society and others. No matter how sweet you are on the outside, call the other person, sweetheart or anything, your actions and bitterness will come out.

And it is precisely this problem makes the rich and famous unhappy. All the money and power, and yet miserable to the core. What they have is dissatisfaction. Whatever they have was not enough. So sad, God gave them a lot but it was not enough. Things could be a lot worse. If you continue to dwell in your unhappiness and jealousy, God is forced to give you and show you far worse situations and you begin to appreciate the great times you had and but it is too late!

So how do you know if the other person is unhappy? Their eyes, just look in it and you can see the sadness! Like Yogananda said, eyes are the windows. I suspect you can see their future and past also this way.

My suggestion : learn the appreciate what you have. Dont compare with others and dont seek perfection in others or in your life situation. Life was never designed for that perfection. It wont happen. Expect turmoils, regularly. The only perfection you can get, is over your mind – not getting upset when things are not going smoothly. That is the only thing you have some control over. However to have that control, you must meditate. Meditation is the way where you break your slavery to your mind and become its master.

And it takes time. Be patient! Stay in touch with those who have that. Dont get miserable with self infected injury!

Nov 28

I want to help the world

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Many people – either from ego or from a sense of good will or from something higher want to change the world. Help others.

So how do you do it?

By creating groups and agitation?

By Revolution?

By having group prayers?

By group meditations?

By going to temples?

The key truth and success is something deep within you , a secret place of meditation within, a secret chakra where you go in to deep silence ( of the mind) and when you go there you can affect changes!

This is what mother said about it!

Whatever has been done in the world has been done by the very few who can stand outside the action in silence; for it is they who are the instruments of the Divine Power. They are dynamic agents, conscious instruments; they bring down the forces that change the world. Things can be done in that way, not by a restless activity. In peace, in silence and in quietness the world was built; and each time that something is to be truly built, it is in peace and silence and quietness that it must be done. It is ignorance to believe that you must run from morning to night and labour at all sorts of futile things in order to do something for the world.

Once you step back from these whirling forces into quiet regions, you see how great is the illusion! Humanity appears to you like a mass of blind creatures rushing about without knowing what they do or why they do it and only knocking and stumbling against each other. And it is this that they call action and life! It is empty agitation, not action, not true life.

I said once that, to speak usefully for ten minutes, you should remain silent for ten days. I could add that, to act usefully for one day, you should keep quiet for a year! Of course, I am not speaking of the ordinary day-to-day acts that are needed for the common external life, but of those who have or believe that they have something to do for the world. And the silence I speak of is the inner quietude that those alone have who can act without being identified with their action, merged into it and blinded and deafened by the noise and form of their own movement. Stand back from your action and rise into an outlook above these temporal motions; enter into the consciousness of Eternity. Then only you will know what true action is.

The Mother, Questions and Answers (1921-1931) with Commentaries on the Dhammapada, CWM volume 3, pages 67 – 68.

Nov 28

The sensitivity of the mind

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Once the mind gets attached to something, it is very difficult to undo it !

Logic simply does not work

Let’s take alcohol Or smoking. Once the mind and the body gets attached to it, it is very difficult to get rid of it. I have seen smokers , who had a tracheostomy (done for extreme difficulty in breathing) smoke through the tracheotomy ! They know about cancer from smoking. And heart disease and vascular disease. But yet they just can’t stop.

This of course is both a physical and psychological dependence!

The same thing is with the mind in terms is relations. Once the mind believes in a certain person, no matter how much information you have otherwise, the mind will crave that person. And then when that person leaves, there is tremendous pain. Anguish. With weeks or months Or years of lament!

No matter how much counselling you seek, the mind will continue to ache ! Time can help us forget yet the basic sensitivity of the mind remains waiting to be hurt again. Forgetting an event is not a sign of victory over the mind

This exposes a weakness in the mind that refuses to reason or logic. Why does this happen? How do you combat it? The mind in its remorse has a subtle ego – but he or she hurt me! That subtle ego, the concept That you deserve better, or the other person did wrong or I miss him or her , or I wanted to have A life with that person – that I ness in the mind prolongs yes misery. So this is a situation where, instead of I but rather thinking, this was a play of maya, exposing the weakness of the mind and using it as an opportunity to grow works to your benefit.

This is a difficult concept and explaining in words takes time!

Nov 28

The power of maya ?

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We have a lot of emotions. Thoughts. Randomness in thinking. Anger.

We also know alcohol at a level of 0.8 or 0.7% is considered intoxicated and impaired!

Think about it ! Only 0.8% is sufficient to consider intoxicated!

Think About thyroxine – only 5 micrograms is needed for body function

1 teaspoon has about 5 grams. The thyroxine level would be 1000 times less than 1 teaspoon

But now let’s talk about testosterone. It affects both male and female libido. It is associated with agggressive behavior. It prevents osteoporosis (?) in males So what is level of testosterone in the blood?

It is 670 nano gram. That is really small. About 0.67 microgram.

What is the point – extremely small levels of hormones affect human thoughts and behavior

Isn’t Maya subtle and can creep in unnoticed!

Thus without you realizing it, we are subject to tiny levels of hormones and yet we foolishly believe we are in control

In other words to be master of the mind is not An easy matter. Plus the mind is affected by temptation created by sight and smell. Try resisting a lavish meal! Appetite is attracted by many physical factors and other hormones including ghrelin , leptons etc!

Thus the body and its function is a very complex interplay of many different forces / hormones/ past tendencies etc. This should not be used as a reason to justify bad behavior but rather realize that we are extremely sensitive to tiny forces.

Victory of the mind is not an easy matter

Nov 26

ShankarAcharya quote

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Reality can be experienced only with the eye of understanding, not just by a scholar. What the moon is like must be seen with one’s own eyes. How can others do it for you? _ Adi Shankaracharya(788CE _820CE.).

The word understanding / gyan refers to a state of consciousness not covered by ignorance

What is ignorance? Ignorance is a condition imposed by maya that makes you forget you are the divine and instead you accept a status of being bound by time, space, and you perceive things without joy as joy, you have karma which you have to endure and a bull like stubbornness that the illusionary world is real

These properties of agyan cannot be removed by reading! You cannot merely say a million times that you are the divine and experience it. It must be associated with Grace and Guru Krupa and a specific technique of Yoga!

What more can I say? I have said it repeatedly a million times! Yet no one seeks to learn it or go to a Guru.

Not everyone can be a Guru. It requires someone unique. The virtues of a Guru are so exemplary, one would profusely cry at the feet of a Guru and wash his feet in tears. Such a Guru and such a disciple are rare indeed

Be firm in seeking the truth. Do not deviate no matter how long the delay!

God bless!

Nov 25

Is shaktipat or awakening of shakti needed multiple times?

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Someone asked me this question? It is a very good question

If the person is extremely pure, has no desires for the world , not even traces of desires, loving even to his enemies, full of respect for Guru, and truly seeks to know his true self – that person can get full awakening and is liberated that second after awakening. Such people are very rare ( mahayoga vigyan)

Other people need awakening in small steps. Maybe even very small steps. They of course need awakening repeatedly If not fully ready, you will not understand samadhi or your body gets burnt up and destroyed. So progress is made slowly.

There are many places or stopping points on the road. A soul struggles at every point and needs a Guru at every point. The road is far more complex than you can imagine. An imaginary awakening leads nowhere. It creates more ego and no progress. That would be the sign that you are going in the wrong direction

Signs that you have awakening include immense surrender to Guru, faith in Shankar Bhagwan, a clear perception of what purity is, a sudden change in mind that finds more peace in solitude and meditation than in material pleasure etc

If all of them are not there, then awakening is not at optimal level

The process is slow limited by our lack of inner purity.

Once awakened, shakti can close off also. Not following instructions of Guru, karma that are detrimental to Progress, ego, vanity showing off your awakening, offending others etc brings an immediate pause to awakening and it sleeps again. Such disciples and this mistake has long standing detrimental effects

As such for a disciple with inner love and purity, they are automatically in tune with these concepts and sail through the process

Nov 20

A story of Samadhi in 1805, USA

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There is a famous US figure. Everyone knows him. Robert E Lee. His mother, often had “seizures” and would go into what i called as post ictal stage.

Yogananda knew about it. But he knew a little more. I am not here to judge if the story if true or not. Doing a google search, I find that some do not believe it is true. My faith lies in Yogananda. If he says it happened, it happened.

So in 1805, in the fall of 1805, his mother (Ann Hill Carter Lee) went into Samadhi. People thought she was dead. Like i have said many times, Samadhi is a special situation where the heart stops and the breathing also stops. This is death. But could also be Samadhi. Or could be, that the medical equipment in those days wa not sophisticated and was a wrong diagnosis. Story is that she was buried , her husband thought he heard his wife calling his name and took the coffin out of the grave and she was allive. 15 months later she gave birth to Robert E Lee.

Yogananda believed she was in Samadhi.

Yogi can go into that state at will. That is something that only a true Yogi can do. It is rare, but it is possible. That would be the pinnacle of the Yogi practice. Or for some very fortunate Yogi, it would be the beginning point for some !. We are unable to fathom the heights they go to.

Who wants to know what they experience when such Yogi can start and stop their bodies at will?

I would love to!

Or maybe it is just a story. I just find the story fascinating.

Nov 19

Pranayama

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This means control of prana. People ordinarily think of prana as breath but that is not true. What is true is one of the function of prana is breathing

When shakti is awakened – eventually you experience the difference. After a Guru awakens shakti, if and only if he tells you to do the breathing exercises of pranayama you can hold the breath either within or outside or both. There are some secrets in this which are not written in books The Guru will tell you average where breath is held within or without

Without is called bahya Kumbhak. Within is called antarkumbhak. Besides this purak means taking breath within. Rechak is exhaling. There is also a word rechak purak and purak rechak. These things can be explained by your Guru

Once you have a Guru , he can tell you where and how to hold breath. Antarkumbhak or bahyakumbhak. Doing kumbhak is dangerous. It can cause health issues if not done properly. Yogananda was aware of it and suggested bahyakumbhak. Having said that, he did teach antarkumbhak also

They both have advantages and secrets. These things – the secrets are not revealed and not written in most texts. You have to go to a Guru. Some health complications can’t be reversed.

So although Yoga is the best,you need a Guru to be safe in the journey. He can tell you which kumbhak is best for you. It depends on personality, health amongst other things

I hope this helps

Nov 17

A few questions answered

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Question 1.

Do we need a living physical Guru to learn Yoga?

Yoga is not about learning. The only part of Yoga that is learning is to learn the small steps on how to meditate properly. However, once you know the small steps, you stil need the inner doorway opened. For that part, you need a living Guru, at least once, who can open that doorway for you.

Question 2

Do we need to be near the Guru Physically?

At least one physical encounter is needed. However, later progress is based on your inner ability to see the subtle realm. This subtle realm is independant of physical proximity. Here is an interesting answer given by Aurobindo when he was asked, do they need to be near “Mother” physically?

Whether one feels the Mother’s love or not depends on whether one is open to it or not, it does not depend on physical nearness. Openness means the removal of all that makes one unconscious of the inner relation — nothing can make one more unconscious than the idea that it must be measured only by some outward manifestation instead of being felt within the being; it makes one blind or insensitive to the outward manifestations that are there. Whether one is physically far or near makes no difference; one can feel it, being physically far or seeing her little; one can fail to feel it when it is there, even if one is physically near or often in her physical presence.

Sri Aurobindo, The Mother with Letters on the Mother, CWSA volume 32, pages 507 – 508.

Nov 16

The effect of Kali Yuga

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Yuga are something peculiar to Hinduism. There is some description of it in Christianity. Instantly. The story of Noah. In Hinduism it is the story of Manu.

But otherwise similar. Construction of a ship. The world as we now will change. And like starts again.

This story in Hinduism means the end of Kali Yuga

The point is – every so often there is a decline in moral values to an extent degree. In Satyuga morality is abundant and people live in harmony. Plus they are God fearing and abiding

Two other Yuga are of intermediate status. Treta and dwapar

So in Kali Yuga everything is upside down

Evil rules We see that

Good people seem to suffer more

Those in the entrainment business make a lot of money ( sports, movie, casino etc) but those working to save lives struggle ( firemen, police, physicians , nurses)

People will go to talk with fake Guru by the millions but will not go and talk with someone who can truly help

Importance is given to Politicians but not to the true intellectual who change everything in life

Being devious is the game

Money is worshipped

Life is perceived as something to just enjoy ( But it is about finding God)

I am sure you can come up with a much longer list

So this is Kali Yuga ! Still want to stay here?

Nov 11

Not so easy to understand

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करारविन्देन पदारविन्दं मुखारविन्दे विनिवेशयन्तम्।

वटस्य पत्रस्य पुटे शयानं बालं मुकुन्दं मनसा स्मरामि।।

kararavindena padaravindam mukharavinde vinivesayantam

vatasya patrasya putesayanam balam mukundam manasa smarami

I meditate on that infant Mukunda (Krsna) who is sleeping on the leaf of a banyan tree with his the lotus like foot placed in his lotus like mouth with his lotus like hand.

This is a very common and famous verse. If you do a google search you will find a wonderful looking baby on a leaf, toe in mouth and sleeping. And when you are meditating, you are supposed to meditate on this aspect of Krishna / God

Now in Yoga vasistha Maharamayan, it talks about a man with a very long life span. If you have not read it, it is a book that must be read.

There are hundreds of stories inside the book. This is a short story about a man with a very long life. He is narrating his story to someone else. He tells him, he was cursed with a very long life. I cant tell you how long I have lived. It simply cannot be counted. i have seen countless universes come and go. I have lived through them. How can I tell you how long? Time is only measured by movement of suns and stars. A universe may come and go. I have lived through them.

Here,I live a cursed life. Alone through all these creations. And then suddenly I heard a sound and looked around and I saw a child. The child was sleeping, merrily on a leaf.

(And meditating on that leaf, I finally found meaning to my very long life)

Now most people have not associated the above first shloka to this famous verse of Krishna. I have.

The tree is a special tree called vata or banyan. it is a tree with roots in the air. And the child was sleeping, merrily on the leaf. He had is toe in his mouth and they use the word lotus mouth, hands and feet.

And this is the secret of life journey.

Laughing. Lying on a leaf. Kriya, Iccha, Gyan

There, now you cant complain, I did not say it all. Cryptic, but I did say it

Nov 03

It takes years

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The process is simple

Clean yourself – body, mind, and your inner consciousness

However you do not realize the amount of dirt in your inner consciousness

Fear – that is dirt

Anger – that is dirt

Craving taste food – that is dirt

Craving money – that is dirt

Jealousy – that is dirt

Physical desires – that is dirt

The list is long.

How do you change the programming of the body. Let’s say you like coffee. How can you change that? You may give it up. But the inner craving gets suppressed but does no go away ? How can you tell your mind not to like coffee?

Or sex ?

Or tell your mind not to be anxious or have fear?

Your logic does not work! No amount of discussion With mind will change that

Unless a person is committed to giving up alcohol or smoking – discussion rarely helps

So here is the trick An easy trick. These bodily and emotional pattern are genetic plus from many births in the past

So change the flow – the energy that feeds the desire. It is not external. It is internal. It is your prana. Now prana has a peculiarity. Where ever you focus your attention it goes there So the great yogi from Santana dharma came up with meditation. However there are subtle tricks which someone must teach you. Physically and personally. They will slowly tell you when you have faith

So now you reverse the flow. Then you cauterize the defects with the inner light. Those are the words used by Yogananda.

So that’s it! You cleanse yourself. Your inner purity forces God and great saints to come to you. Physically. Not only in meditation. Isn’t that wonderful

I have said these things repeatedly. But most people want collect this information but don’t want to learn true inner secrets. Their ego makes them believe they have the answers. Such people are like collectors of sand particles on a shoreline full of diamonds That’s so they can do, will do and leave ! Collecting sand!

Oct 24

Utter stupidity

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I was profoundly disappointed by the vanity and ignorance people have about a Guru.

In my whats app group for my medical college, someone usually puts a statement made my Bodhi Shudhananada daily. After reading the quotes for 2 years, I decided to check out about him.

So, for general information, I thought i would write a little about a Guru

  • The Guru must be living. You cannot have a Guru and get awakening if the Guru has already taken samadhi. Many people follow Yogananda or Vivekananda. It is wonderful, but they really cannot help you until you have a living Guru first who takes you to the subtle worlds where Yogananda or Vivekananda exist
  • This might be very disappointing and many will get offended because they just want the false assurance that they an enlightened Guru.
  • People get attached to their Guru. They want to believe their Guru has supernormal power, they want to believe their Guru is the highest and often times make up stories. The advantage of this is a secondary ego gain – my Guru is great, I am his disciple, in other words, I am very great too.
  • Speaking sanskrit or reciting the vedas and upanishads does not make you a Guru. Do not get impressed by such people
  • Somewhere, it is written about Baba Lokenath – was approached by his Guru and asked Baba Lokenath to accept him as a Guru. This kind of role reversal of where the Guru becomes a disciple of his own disciple is utter nonsense and stupidity. This is something that Shankar bhagwan, frowns upon – especially if anyone makes this claim or believes it.
  • You can only be a true Guru, if you are fully enlightened. Otherwise you are not permitted to become a Guru. What more can that person want?
  • Many things written in many lineages are written to impress the reader. A lineage that tries to impress you, is not a true lineage. Many of these stories, are inflated and has very little substance in truth. Sad, how gullible people are. Or maybe desperate.
  • The best way to attract a Guru is by sincere desire of not wanting to come back to this world. If you have that, you will get guidance. If that did not happen, then it is a total disgrace to the true Guru and shakti. So work on truly wanting to escape. However, dont deceive yourself by thinking you want to escape but in reality want people to applaud you, praise you and make money.

So, how can you tell a true Guru?

You really cant. You have no tools. They look ordinary and act ordinary. They are not there to impress you. They truly want nothing. So, now it becomes entirely upto you. Your purity (lack of interest material things) will help you recognize them.

One must respect the Guru in action and speech. That is very essential. Shakti does not take it lightly when the disciple does not respect the Guru. She will not allow the disciple to progress

What does a Guru do? He does not give lectures. He awakens the Shakti

What is awakening of the Shakti? It is not what you read about on the internet. Only a Guru knows what he does. Even at that, there are 3 different levels and 3 sub levels and another 224 sub levels. Only he would know what he does and can do.

Such Gurus are very rare.

But first, clean yourself. Desire the right things – the ability to go within. Not wanting anything in this world.

Oct 21

A hint for Jeff Bezos

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Did Li Ching-Yuen “the longest lived man” really live for 256 years? | MRU MEDIA

I am sure Jeff will like this. It might give him tips on how to be immortal.

Sadly that is not true. Many came, became enlightened and still had to give up body. So will Babaji and Lal Ma and Parmanand tirthji Maharaj, Trailoki baba, Bharthru hari Maharaj, Mirdad, etc. The sun will end and so will this solar system. The universe will collapse. Multiple universes have come and gone.

So no matter what Jeff thinks, he wont get anything out of it. Now I listed a few people who maybe hundreds to thousands of years old. But their body does not age. They always look like they are in their early youth. So what is happening?

Well, the only thing that does not perish, is Atman or God. All creation, that comes from there will end. This logic of creation and death or destruction, cannot apply to God. Why? God simply is. There was no creator, he is the creator. Only things that have been created perish!. Only things that have time, can pertish. So creation is in other words, the first step of time!. Or time means creation.

So in Samadhi, there is no time. For those outside samadhi, time exists. Fast or slow, but it will exist. Then true immortality is being in Samadhi!

Everything that you know or read is under the realm of time and creation. Since God and samadhi is beyond time, you can never get there. At least not without giving up this creation. And that is where people struggle. The art of being established in pure consciousness.

I hope this helps. One curious thing, no matter how many times I say it, it does not sink in. Old habit of thinking, understanding, trying to rationalize, etc just does not go away.

Curious world, with a million different ways of thinking.

Oct 20

Tricks to stop weakness of mind

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  1. Associate yourself with people who have control over mind. Just being in their company can help wavering mind The converse is true also. If you are in company of people with anxiety, worry, uncontrolled thoughts, you will also be afflicted that way
  2. Be with positive minded people
  3. Diet – plays a big role. The food makes you more susceptible to outside influence if you don’t eat grains for a few weeks, your mind will not get influenced easily. Meat makes you more of a drone. Water, milk, milk products, vegetables are ok. Try it for a few weeks. ( only if medically safe for you)
  4. Avoid stimulants like caffeine etc
  5. Proper pranayama is the biggest and fastest way to achieve samadhi.
  6. Samadhi – ultimate peace. The restless mind no longer bothers you. Self pure consciousness – is all that remains. The soul has been going after one thought and then another , never knowing peace for millions upon millions years ( the Shastra says – I have no proof ) never knowing peace.
  7. Why not go for that peace? Do pranayama properly. The force or electrical current that Keeps the brain active abates. You will know joy However that secret technique is not written anywhere. They ( shastra) only give general concepts. It is not to be found on the internet. Yes, your ego will let you believe otherwise.
  8. Strange, how people cherish the ego they know and are smart and will sacrifice the ability to go into samadhi – for that false security of thinking they know truth or are wise or religious or they can go into samadhi.
  9. Samadhi is a gift from higher beings. No one can get there. NO ONE unless a higher being permits them. For that , you must be kind, loving, forgiving, pious, etc. From the very inner core of yourself. Not just in appearance Or namesake.

I have said these things in one way or the other. Many hints. Yet people chase this from popular people, those who charge money, those that have many books, wear the garbs of being a saint, etc

Strange is the stupidity of people. They pursue information in books but don’t want to do the right things! My blogs can only show what is right, but going into samadhi requires something very special.

Oct 16

Sweeping

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Everything you have seen or done or heard or felt leaves an impression on your inner consciousness. It is called inner consciousness because with the physical mind you can’t access it. Nor can you access it in dreams. Yes dreams sometimes get impulses from it but cannot access it

That is the source where all your desires are dumped. You just don’t know them Or reach them. From countless years. So when you leave the body , these unfulfilled desires crop up and prevent you from going to God. Guess what, God in his kindness gives you another body to work out the desires

Thus many many lives come and go. So one of the biggest hurdles is cleaning this inner consciousness. And once you know what yoga is, practice it for a while, after a good 39-40 years you learn how to access it and then learn to clean it. Those seeds have to be removed

There is a definitive technique to it. You will be aghast at the number of seeds in there. Some can be removed quickly. Some take longer

Of course I have made this very simplistic. There is more to it. Since in that area there is Maya. And one has to learn to stop dancing to Maya. Difficult to explain. I have drawn pictures showing how to do it

Hinduism has given the method in very descriptive language and in the names. For example dushera , chandraghanta, etc

I try to talk about it. Very superficially of course. Hardly anyone gets interested

So the machinery of the world continues. In the same stupid way. Like mechanical drones. Doing the same thing again and again. Seeking food and sex and toiling hard in this world. Not much change day to day or life to life. A weekend here and there of vacation. But that is about it. And life is over. Once in a while a soul wonders if there is more and then starts discussing how to get out. They give preference to ignorant discussion but never ask the enlightened

The enlightened don’t advertise. There always are one or two enlightened in public ready to help With easy access. Would be unfair if God did not do it. We simply don’t know them.

Oct 13

Katyani Mata – Goddess

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Kati was a sage. His great grandson was Katyayan. His daughter was born from from the blessings of Brahma , Vishnu and Mahesh. She is Katyayani. When she was born all the Gods came down to give her many many unique gifts – shankh chakra etc

There was another king named Rambh He was in love with Mahishi. Now due to a certain curse – she became a water Buffalo. Their son was called Mahisasur. Mahisa means water Buffalo

Rambh had a brother Karambh. Both brothers did penance. Karambh prayed to Varuna ( water God) and Rambh did it to Agni. Karambh was killed by Indra – who became a crocodile and killed Indra

Mahisasur became powerful when during the cremation of Rambh, his mother got burnt in the fire so he jumped in and saved his mother

She killed Mahisasur and is also known as Mahisasurnardini (mardini – destroyer/ killer)

A more detailed account can be found here

Mahishasura

Interpretation

Short version – awakening of shakti and kills sex desire

Now this is a curious thing. Most people worship for things they want in this wrold. They want more money, fun, joy,and of course sex, food etc

How many people worship God, asking God to take away the thing that brings them back again and again – the desires for food and sex?

If you truly want to be a Yogi, be only with God, can you ask God, to take away all your sexual desires and food, etc?

So being a yogi means you recognize that your desires, all desires for the flesh are binding. They are your enemies. The worst enemies. Hence in hinduism they are called the demons. Sadly, we sleep with the demons, encourage the demons and pursue life for fulfillment of desires.

A more exciting detailed interpretation to follow

Oct 12

Kamini kanchan

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Ramkrishna often described the 2 biggest flaws of humans. They are

Kamini – desires specifically sex

Kanchan – wealth, money

And I see that everywhere. And in the name of sophistication, under the guise of the law / legal big corporations, CEO, businesses are bound in their rush for it. That of course is present at an individual level, where employees try to steal money and time.

How do you steal time? Easy go to work. Relax. Have coffee, tea long breaks etc on company time!

And when you are done with work, people look for their wine and sex. Shows which have sex and glamour become more popular.

Now this May not be true for everyone but it is a general observation. No matter how hard you try, the worry for money crops up. And the desire for sex.

Just examine yourself. How often do those things crop up in your mind? If you give some attention, you may find it is a lot more than you think

This is from lack of experience – soul experience. We have no tools to go to the soul or having a soul experience. The soul will always look to the body unless you close all doors leading to the senses. And you must stop thoughts. Thoughts when they occur, you imagine you are thinking – but the soul which is the real you, does not need thoughts. It simply knows. Unerringly

So meditation is the way. Sit down. Close eye mouth , etc and then if you can stop attention to the body, the genitals, the joints, etc and slow your thoughts then you get close to the soul

After that there is much more to be done. But This would be a great start

So you see, attention to the genitals – the body – Kamini is a hindrance to going within

Same thing with wealth. That and similar things are in the mental plane. Worries and self congratulations that you have money – hinder going within. It is a mind preoccupation

Now there is another school of thought – enjoy the body and life. If that is your thinking, my blog is not for you. You just can’t go within if you want to enjoy the outside

Oct 11

What a surprise

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What a surprise

It does not exist, yet a trouble maker

Such is Maya, an illusion maker

It appears so real

So powerful and a tease

Promises fun and gives pain

Little does Maya know,

One look of Apara and

It is no more.

Effortlessly Parvati, gets rid of it

Maya seems so real,

Only by grace of Parvati

Oh great Yogi,

Why bother with Maya

Just look at Apara

Maya no more,

Truly I say,

Look at her, Maya no more,

Her dance, Lapasya,

An Immortal dance

Played with Shambhu

Lapasya and Tandav

Oh all the vowels, merged in there

Sombargiri’s chela, enjoys the dance

Oct 10

Adverse times

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We are all here to learn. Learn to love. Learn to forgive. Learn to be perfect. Similar to many countless saints in the past.

This school we enrolled in – rather involuntary – the school of life and death, the world – in order to graduate we have to learn from our mistakes. Note a single “answer” can be wrong. What is the “answer” – our karma and reaction. It is not theory about God or the scriptures

It is about love for God.

So why do I about the theory? Or explain the scriptures? It seems foolish does it not? It is because we have been trained from many many past incidences to reach in a certain way. Selfish ways. Evil ways. Hateful ways. Careless ways. Lazy ways. Craving for food and sex ways. All the flaws of the body.

So in order to overcome these flaws, you can learn to correct it with yoga and deep meditation. Or learn it with experience. If you don’t learn it with simple experience then the lessons become harsher

So in order to learn from yoga , one has to retrace the path of the illusion that we are the body , instead it should be the soul is covered by a body. In order to retrace it a little Map is neaded. That map comes from reading scriptures

So here is a very encouraging guide from Yogananda

Strength in times of adversity

Suffering is a good teacher to those who are quick and willing to learn from it. But it becomes a tyrant to those who resist and resent. Suffering can teach us almost everything. Its lessons urge us to develop discrimination, self-control, nonattachment, morality, and transcendent spiritual consciousness. For example, a stomachache tells us not to eat too much and to watch what we eat. The pain from loss of possessions or loved ones reminds us of the temporal nature of all things in this world of delusion. The consequences of wrong actions impel us to exercise discrimination. Why not learn through wisdom? Then you won’t subject yourself to unnecessary painful discipline from the hard taskmaster of suffering.

~ Sri Paramahansa Yogananda,

Where there is Light

Oct 09

Isha upanishad

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The interpretation of such great books should be left to the enlightened and liberated. Shankaracharya Maharaj wrote about it and a few others later. Gurudev wrote about all the upanishads and clarified them

So from the onset, I pray to the great souls who wrote them and explained them. I am in no way capable of explaining it.

So then why am I doing it? I am shocked and apalled at the terrible translation and interpretation that is floating out there. Nauseating. And worse

I will try to give the meaning from a Yogis perspective

After the introduction, the first verse is as follows

ॐ ईशा वास्यमिदँ सर्वं यत्किञ्च जगत्यां जगत् ।

तेन त्यक्तेन भुञ्जीथा मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम् ।। १ ।।

By the Lord is enveloped all that moves in the moving world.

By renouncing this, find your enjoyment.

Do not covet the possessions of others.

Or

All that is here in this ever-changing world constitutes the abode of the Ruler (He is the in-dweller in everything); therefore, when you take anything here to utilize for your benefit, do it with a sense of renunciation (rather than arrogation); you should not covet others’ means of living (dhana is prey, the thing on which one feeds on)’.

Om ! In this material world full of things that appear and disappear (now and then), one should perceive and understand that even such worldly transitory things are filled in with the presence of Lord. (iisavaasyam itham sarvam – God pervades everything in this world). By so perceiving and feeling that, one can protect him from the (otherwise never-relieving) bond of karma. One should also convince him that he has been provided by the Lord with all the things necessary for his existence. With that sort of contentment, one should try to avoid being greedy or jealous about others or others’ riches.

Or

All this, whatsoever exists in the universe, should be covered by the Lord. Having renounced (the unreal), enjoy (the Real). Do not covet the wealth of any man.

These are a few examples of how people have translated. Some of them are very esteemed, mostly because they carry the name of swami, wear saffron clothes, and some of them are knowledgeable in Sanskrit

However, I find them amusing, and not proper. They do not give me joy and often time the resounding vibration of truth is missing !

Now my translation may have some grammar issues, and I hope the reader will take be kind enough to forgive me.

The first symbol is Aum.

Isha – the second word – Generally people refer to it and call it as God. However, to me it refers to Shakti , apara shakti. Why? There is an extra “kaano” making it feminine

Vasyam – covering

Idam – all this

Sarvam – all

Yatkinchit – everything, kinchit – smallest particle

Jagatyam Jagat- Generally people refer it to the world. In reality is refers to the body that goes to death (more later) Jam gatam – going to death

Ten – it

Tyakten – leaving it

Bhunjitha – enjoy – refers to the divine joy of samadhi or Jagadananda or chidananda

Ma – dont

Grudha – desire for

Kasya – whose / those

Svid – perspire

Dhanam – wealth. So Svid dhanam – refers to the body created from a drop of sweat / semen

Thus the meaning is

Shakti who is hidden in all this creation, including in the body that goes to death,

Leaving this body, enjoy the joy of samadhi, dont covet the (pleasures) of the body.

Now you have a choice. I am a yogi. For me under the cover of all translation, there are synonyms used in sanskrit. All are not familiar with them. Including the sanskrit scholars. So you may ask, who am i to say this? And that would be quite accurate. Instead of carrying bitterness, there are more blogs and web pages to your liking…why waste time here?

Oct 09

Chandraghanta

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3 day of Navratri

Parvati is called Chandra ghanta. Meaning bell shaped moon. This is depicted in photographs with shakti riding a lion and having a crescent of moon on her forehead

She got this name, perhaps after the penance she did to get shiv

This refers to a chakra above Agna. This is very high and nectar of immortality comes from near here

This is what Babaji , Kevalgiri, etc do. They stay here or in much higher places

A person Guru can take you there in an instant.

I have seen many people online claim to drink nectar etc. but the body should reflect it then!

It is not as easy as people think. There are 5 types of nectar. Each with a different advantage , purpose. Why is it needed? Because to go deep within, the body dies. ( Paul Bible. I die daily)

And then something is needed to keep body alive. And that is the nectar. This is also described in the Bible. Knock and you shall receive and we will sup ( dine) together

Knock – the bell

Sup – drink the nectar

Thus Chandra ghanta

This is a superficial discussion. More in depth for a yogi who can go there can be found elsewhere in my blogs

Oct 08

Navratri

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9 aspects of shakti

Each day has a different aspect and name

  1. Shailaputri
  2. Brahmacharini
  3. Chandraganta
  4. Kushmanda
  5. Skanda mata
  6. Katyayani
  7. Kaalratri
  8. Mahagauri
  9. Sidhidatri

Each number corresponds to the day of Navratri

There are stories behind each day

However the stories have a spiritual interpretation. And thus corresponds to a different yoga experience

I have hinted at them elsewhere

To give an example – she is called Maha Gauri. Meaning very fair. Once Shankar made fun of her called her dark complexioned – kaali. So she went to Maansarovar. She took a bath in it, the dark complexion part of her separated out , was called kaushiki and Kaushiki destroyed Shumba and Nishumba

The spiritual meaning is – the inner most part of us – the anahkarana has spots. Defects. It is full of desires, anger, etc. that is the dark complexion. Bathing in maansarovar refers to merging our consciousness able Agnachakra ( in manaschakra ) gets rid of am the defects. The dark complexion that emerges from the bath destroys shumba and nishumba – the dualities that we see good and bad, etc and replaces it with seeing purity in the world which of course is God or shakti herself

Oct 08

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Second day of Navratri

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Maa Brahmacharini – The Second Manifestation of Maa Durga. Om. Good morning beautiful people.

Oct 08

Terminology

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This blog has been kept vague

Intentionally

So the reader is motivated to look deeper

Hiranyagarbha – used in different ways in the literature. Yogananda – called it the macroscopic part of subtle world. Vishnutirthji Maharaj called it the lid covering divine – or the first manifestation of God or from avyakta to vyakta. Both are true. Be careful what you read

Micrcosm Microcosm
Vishva Virat Sthula
Tejas Hiranyagarbha Subtle
Pragna Ishvar Karana

Pragna – has two meanings. Paraganandam Brahma is a slightly higher level of the routinely understood meaning

Beyond these three levels, there are three other levels above it.

So above ishvar there are higher levels

Baliyasi kevalam ishvar ichcha- applies to human. It does not apply to great saints

It means only Gods will, will happen or only Gods will is powerful

Oct 06

Rough times

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One of the biggest mistakes we make is dealing with challenges

Everyone feces rough times and many times it is rougher than rough. Initially we fight it. But later, as the rough time continues, we get depressed. Sad. And if you are religious and pray to God , then slowly the faith in God, religions and prayer goes away

We ask, why me? I pray. And those who are not nice, have no faith seem to flourish

This is a common issue. In difficulties we tend to lose faith. Get anxious. Worried. Insecure. The bigger the problem the more desperate we get

It is easy to say we have faith when things go well. However when challenged our so called faith crumbles

How do we change this? How can we get faith

This faith I refer to is never asks why me. Nor does it think that a mountain of problems is any problem

Hopefully you get the picture. This faith is rare. Slowly expands but remains confined to Maya. Then suddenly one day it breaks. And shines in the glory of brilliant sunlight. Those who are the people would say God was always there. Right now we use our logic and belief but not direct proof which is faith

Faith is how miracles occur. Now there is a little more to it. There is only one book ever written in how to get there and how each siddhi, like Neem Karoli baba did or Jesus or Babaji every did. It is a book written by a 18 year old kid about 100 years ago. It is very accurate. Just perfect.

So now it is not just a matter of theory but a practical way. Of course it is not easy. It is just a very pure way of meditation.

So remember every one has challenges. Even Babaji

Babaji was very kind and will be here till the end of this Yuga. An immortal body. And ability to create palaces at will. Oh sounds what kind of hardships does he have?

Well he promised to keep his body visible for some people. Always. Obviously some of those disciples are not at the level of having an immortal body. They need food. Water. Shelter. Who did they turn to? Babaji. Babaji cannot perform miracles always for every morsel of food. So now they are dependant on nature, and society. Do you see the hardships?

Of course we will never know the details and how Babaji cares for them. But that miracle is still involves society

And we all know the hardships of society!

So try not to waver. It is a huge challenge. But we have no other way

It is through hardships that we become diamonds. Not by having a luxurious life

Set your goal to be the gem. Not the dirt on the ground

Sep 30

Self congratulations

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We hear about people who talk about meditation and meditating for months and years. Others think I have my shakti awakened and I can just sit in meditation

But that is not true. There is a perfect time when you can do that. But that is meant for this who have cleaned themselves completely

That is a very different level

Why is that? It is because when you live in isolation you have not had the opportunity to get exposed to adversity and adversarial circumstances! Without having negative circumstances from people, you will not know if you have really progressed

We often times think we have reached the final stages when reality is they have not even started!! I have seen this countless times. Sad. Very unfortunate

Don’t be egotistic And think that the very meager knowledge And experience you have is a sign of progress or perfection. There is much Much more! If the goddess Saraswati started writing about The steps and experiences, she could write till eternity and not come to an end!

I Caution people about this constantly! If people listed their experiences it would fill a half a page and yet their ego is vaster than the universe. And every step or question you have they can write volumes of garbage. That garbage can is called the web/ blogs/ social media

I will conclude about what mother said about it

If you remain in meditation or contemplation without working, well, you don’t know if you have progressed or not. You may live in an illusion, the illusion of your progress; while if you begin to work, all the circumstances of your work, the contact with others, the material occupation, all this is a field of experience in order that you may become aware not only of the progress made but of all the progress that remains to be made. If you live closed up in yourself, without acting, you may live in a completely subjective illusion; the moment you externalise your action and enter into contact with others, with circumstances and the objects of life, you become aware absolutely objectively of whether you have made progress or not, whether you are more calm, more conscious, stronger, more unselfish, whether you no longer have any desire, any preference, any weakness, any unfaithfulness — you can become aware of all this by working. But if you remain enclosed in a meditation that’s altogether personal, you may enter into a total illusion and never come out of it, and believe that you have realised extraordinary things, while really you have only the impression, the illusion that you have done so.

That’s what Sri Aurobindo means.

The Mother, Questions and Answers 1955, CWM volume 7, pages 287 – 288.

Sep 25

Shraadh

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In Hinduism, there are 16 days a year which are known as shraadh. Many people consider those days as inauspicious for doing certain activities. Activities such as marriage, starting new projects etc

Currently this year, we are on the 7 day of Shraadh. So what is it about?

I cannot tell you that Hinduism is completely accurate. It is a matter of belief and if you want to go beyond it, then you must go deep into it and verify its accuracy. Merely having discussions based on belief is merely stupid. It is like two alcoholics arguing and discussing with each other and debating the dream each one had the night before. If you want to investigate it, do it properly. Dont blindly believe in anything. Reject it if incorrect and accept it if correct. However, proof based on personal effort may likely be a failure, since you ned a teacher or Guru. You would not try become an expert in quantum physics without a teacher. This path is even more elusive than quantum physics

So many religions believe in the soul. And many of the religions who believe in the soul, also believe in God and after life, including heaven and hell. Some religions stop there while hindusim went a step beyond and said, yes there is heaven and hell and after life, but the stay there is not permanent (you cant have infinite stay in heaven for a finite action or infinite pain for some transgressions) but you come back to this earth.

So what do you do with the loved ones , after they depart (assuming that it is true)? Well, hinduism states, during certain months, it is easier for us to reach them and give them a boost on their spiritual journey. (I guess it is different than Hallloween, when some believe they departed souls come to earth). So during those days, of Shraadh, some people believe we can help the departed souls by some rituals / prayers.

Although they may sound somewhat ambigious in its value, I am sure there is a much deeper spiritual meaning. I can discuss that at a later point

  1. If the person died on the 4 day of the rising moon, shraadh is done on the fourth day of the rising moon during shraadh. And so on and so forth
  2. If you dont know the tithi , the date based on lunar calendar, rituals are performed on the new moon (amaas) of the shraadh period (last 2 weeks of Bhadarvo). This day is called sarva pitru (all departed in your family) shraadh
  3. If it is about a woman who departed and she was still not a widow, it is done on the 9th day of the fortnight
  4. If the woman died and was a widow, it is done on the tithi of her expiration
  5. In brahmins this is what they follow
    1. They usually make kheer or basundi (a milk item) and roti. They give a portion to dogs, cows first. Then they give another portion to the birds. When givign it to the birds, they go to the terrace, wear their “janoi” like a necklace, give 5 portions to the birds, give water and then give another 5 portions. They say aum pranay, swaha, apanay swaha, samanay swaha, udanay swaha and vyanay swaha. At the beginning and then halfway through. It is only after this, they take wash their clothes and eat

Seems quaint. Yogananda said that during those days which correspond to the departed persons tithi of passing away, one should meditate more deeply and offer them your light and say a prayer to them. That soul, will receive it anywhere and wherever they have taken birth.

So, if that is the story, why not wish someone well? Maybe your children may wish you well.

The deeper meaning – who knows?

Sep 23

Some clarification coming from Vishnutirthji Maharaj

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Vishnutirthji maharaj was incrdible. He received his awakening at the age of 50. Within the first year he wrote two books that are perfected

Devatma Shakti which is in English

Saundarya Lahiri which is in Hindi

I have talked about the books many times. I just thought I would share some wonderful things he talked about in those books. Mostly this is to give clarity about some of the verbage in Spirituality

  1. Some spiritual literature talk about 5 shells.

    • Annmayi -refers to Gross physical body

    • Pranmayi

    • Manomayi

    • Gyanmayi

      • These three shells, pranmaye, manomaye and Gyanmayi collectively form the subtle body. I can explain more about it later sometime.

    • Anandmayi – refers to the causal body

  2. Some books define 7 different Anand. Anand refers to joy at times and at times happiness. They are

    • Nijananda

    • Nirananda

    • Parananda – this refers to par as other not Para

    • Brahmananda

    • Mahananda

    • Chidananda

    • Jagadananda.

      • I can explain these things later at the appropriate time.
    1. 5 tattvas

      • Prithvi – world / solid

      • Jala – water / liquid

      • Agni – fire

      • Vayu – wind

      • Akash – ether

    2. So, a word of caution. In some places these 5 tattvas refer to state of matter and in some places refer to an extra ordinary divine aura. Very few will ever see that divine aura. So for our discussion we will stick to the 5 tattvas as state of matter

Even the whole universe , the creation follows the 5 states. And even reversal follows the same sequence.

Lets take the big bang or even the creation of our solar system.

With the big bang, there was a singularity. the singularity created space and time. (Akash / ether). In the Akash, there were subatomic particles, moving around colliding in space (Vayu or wind). Eventually the Vayu or wind created hydrogen which created the first suns – Agni. When they exploded, as they cooled,the molecules were first liquid and then became solid. For example the earth was liquid first / molten and then became solid.

So the great Indian Saints knew about this and Vishnutirthji maharaj explained these 5 tattvas as state of matter.

I merely extrapolated the states of matter to creation.

Of course there is much more. But that would be for another time

Sep 20

Sodom – Do we need to understand?

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There is a story in the bible. About the city / town of Sodom. Where there was unusual or forbidden sexual activity. (you can figure it out what it was). There was the wrath of God , and the city was destroyed. So the activity was later deplored and it went on to a point of discussion thousands of years later

Now, we can go to modern day literature and archaelogical findings. Just recently, it was reported, on September 20th about their archaeological findings. The city is now called Tall el- Hammam. Now we dont know much about the “social activity” during those times. But there is a lot of archaeological findings that the city was decimated by ….an astroid. What are the findings?

There was a massive fireball from an astroid where the temperature reached 2000 degrees Celciusm. How do we know ?based on the micro diamonds in the area, and silicon. Some of the material is called spherule and it can only occur at temperatures more than 1600 celcius. In those days, they did not have any method to increase the temperature to that degree

Formation of zirconium

Bubbled pottery occurs at that temperature

The data is quite solid. The final conclusion was that an asteroid fell. It immediately destroyed the whole city. It force was more than 1000 Hiroshima bombs. This was followed by a shock wave where the wind was 750 miles per hour or more. Then the winds destroyed the walls of Jericho.

So in the bible there is a description of this in a limited fashion, which suggests there may have been one surviver who told the story.

Fascinating right?

So what it means is that – since it came to Bible, is that, the human mind has to find a reason why this happened. And the conclusion that they came to was the fire in the sky was Gods wrath, and the wrath occurred because of the “practices” in the city.

Now if this was true, then do you think that more of the world would have been in trouble, right now?

This brings out a typical curiosity of the human mind. It never is satisfied. It always seeks a reason. It is this curiosity that has brought about science and discovery. The mind always seeking answers. On the other hand the religious mind also seeks answers, but it turns to God. And gives the thought construct that it happened because God wanted it. And then there is some active human imagination that comes into play and finds a reason why God wanted to destroy Sodom

So, did God send the asteroid? If so, why does he not send a thousand more asteroids now? Surely the world can use a little bit of rectification?

What is the point of all this? The point is, logic can come to conclusions but especially in the case of religion, it maybe faulty. What is better, is not using logic but using God given intuition, a faculty that God gives readily to the pure human mind is better. We should focus on cleansing ourselves rather than go deep in idle debates.

The most important thing, we have to reach individually is purity of mind. This purity is more about all our faculties naturally turned to God rather than the world. This purity where the senses are more interested in God, is not very common. However, with deep meditation, eventually with time, the senses realize the love of God and naturally stays within, without much effort. Isnt that wonderful?

A disclaimer : I am not in anyway capable of understanding how to evaluate or decipher the meaning. Nor do I take sides.

Sep 19

A very deceitful God

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God himself is very deceitful. Everyone in this world, ( if not a yogi) has a very long list of things they want to complain about

My list itself is very long. Things that are wrong with his creation. Things that could be done better. And my own personal grievances against people, Maya and God also.

In this way I am no different than the average American Joe. Many people know much more than virologists, CDC, NIH, microbiologist, immunologists, biostatisticians, epidemiologists all put together. In fact , they never ever even have to treat patients, take any courses, set foot inside a lab or hospital but they know all the problems with vaccination and not taking it also

So similar to them, I have a solution to all the problems in the world and universe and just need a few minutes of God time and I can set him straight !

Of course I am trying to be funny. Most likely my humor won’t work. All I hope is that God has a sense of humor too – or I would be using appropriate adjectives and say Oh, S, HS, Etc I am in trouble.

So why am I calling God deceitful? It is quite simple. The moment you see God, guess what happens ? You instantly forget every complaint you have, every thought of anger, every thought of worries, anguish etc. in fact all you have is love

And that is known as Bhakti. Bhakti is something that starts after you see God face to face. Not before

So all this is my interpretation of what great saints have said !

In the meantime, guess where I am headed? I am on my 6789 page of complaint against God and on my 51 million list of things of recommendations for him/ her/ it. I don’t care!

Sep 17

YHWH

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God talks with Moses. And tells him, he did not tell others before him, but his name is YHWH

Try pronouncing it! You can do a lot of internet search. And find many scholars talk about it. Tell you there is no I in Latin. Of this is a combination of another word Adonai and Elohim. Or tell you it is a Tetragrammaton.

A series of four consonants

And hellelujah : is a combination of hillel which means praise and jah. Jah refers to Jehovah witness and Jehovah refers to YHWH

Confused?

So how does YHWH mean God name. And why do we use the word God etc when God told us his name!

What do we do? How do we crack the code ?

Obviously, history and Latin And scholars can only take you so far ! And over ages writing errors can creep in

And is Gods name different for those who speak, Hebrew, English, Sanskrit, phrasing, Urdu etc? That would be strange to

This is the answer. It is the same in all languages but depending on the depth of meditation, slight variations occur. Now if you are a yogi, you can easily breeze through all of them

In Hinduism, the word is Aum. The first word. This word is referred to as Jehovah The silent witness from time immemorial. In old days it was easy to confuse j with i. The true word was not starting With j but started with i

That’s how the word elohum is a word used in Bible was Gods name.

I have given a few superficial details. But there are enough clues for a beginner in Yoga to grasp the truth.

I have no desire to debate with the scholars. I confess I am no scholar. I barely know my alphabet

But I am a yogi!

Sep 16

What do you think?

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Charles Dickens opened A Tale of Two Cities, perhaps his most famous tome, with the now iconic line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

Do you think it is true right now? Spiritually?

Is it the best time or the worst of time?

So it depends on the individual, right?

There is an abundance of Information. Spiritual information. Now most of the information is not true. But many wonderful scriptures have been translated into English and Hindi and Gujarati. Yogananda, Vivekananda, Lahiri, Yukteshwar Ramana maharshi, Yogendra Vigyani, Vishnutirthji Maharaj, Gurudev, Kalidas Pandit etc have left tremendous guide posts, hints, guidance for everyone

So those who can focus only on those wonderful things, will find immense spiritual uplifting power. Such wonderful information is now available very freely. Isn’t that wonderful? Their life. Their experience. Their pearls. It is wonderful times!

And on the other hand, with all the wrong information, people are more likely , to fall prey to wrong information. Follow wrong paths. Get lost. So difficult to keep clarity. Isn’t it awful?

This way weeding through rubbish makes it the worst of times!

Those who read or follow my blog, have the absolute certainty of genuine people – genuine literature Now believing me is a different story!

Best wishes!

Sep 16

An easy cure

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Mother (Aurobindo) often talkd about an easy cure.

Now all these things Mother talks about – are steps of deep meditation.

How so?

The three steps to dissolving pain and problems

See the situation as a dream

See the sorrow as a dream

And in the case of physical illness, see the physical pain as unreal

This last step is very difficult

What stage of meditation is this? This is a small step above agna charka. It is called Sun light way for a specific reason.

Where is the proof? Only those who have done it have it. So I just accept Mother for what she says

So when this sunlight stage can descend down to the physical world, then everything around you becomes joyous.

Hope this helps. Just dont be simplistic and think of some make belief way of getting there. Viola!

Below is the full text.

I am quoting an answer from Mother. The source, I have indicated below

This delight, this wonderful laughter that dissolves every shadow, every pain, every suffering! You only have to go deep enough within yourself to find the inner Sun, to let yourself be flooded by it; and then there is nothing but a cascade of harmonious, luminous, sunlit laughter, which leaves no room for any shadow or pain.

In fact, even the greatest difficulties, even the greatest sorrows, even the greatest physical pain — if you can look at them from that standpoint, from there, you see the unreality of the difficulty, the unreality of the sorrow, the unreality of the pain — and there is nothing but a joyful and luminous vibration.

In fact, this is the most powerful way of dissolving difficulties, overcoming sorrows and removing pain. The first two are relatively easy — I say relatively — the last one is more difficult because we are in the habit of considering the body and its feelings to be extremely concrete, positive; but it is the same thing, it is simply because we have not learnt, we are not in the habit of regarding our body as something fluid, plastic, uncertain, malleable. We have not learnt to bring into it this luminous laughter that dissolves all darkness, all difficulty, all discord, all disharmony, everything that jars, that weeps and wails.

And this Sun, this Sun of divine laughter is at the centre of all things, the truth of all things: we must learn to see it, to feel it, to live it.

And for that, let us avoid people who take life seriously; they are very boring people.

As soon as the atmosphere becomes grave you can be sure that something is wrong, that there is a troubling influence, an old habit trying to reassert itself, which should not be accepted. All this regret, all this remorse, the feeling of being unworthy, of being at fault — and then one step further and you have the sense of sin. Oh! To me it all seems to belong to another age, an age of darkness.

The Mother, On Thoughts and Aphorisms, CWM Volume 10, pages 156 – 157.

Sep 14

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Sep 14

External beauty

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Humans in general are very superficial

We may in general be very intelligent. Yet when it comes to some matters, we act first and think later. How often do we do that? Daily. More than once a day.

Examples

  • Someone says something to us. We react first. Might even have an uncalled for response and later, we regret
  • Anyone ever try dieting? Some have. Guess what, food on a table, it kind of disappears from the counter – quite magically. Any idea how?
  • We see someone beautiful / handsome. Before we even know it, carnal desire crosses our mind before logic / intellect intervenes
  • We hear the siren of a cop behind you!. First reaction is fear or panic, and maybe a few adjectives added to the thoughts!

So what is happening? We know right from wrong! We know good from bad. What happens is that the intellect might have an idea. Of not getting afraid, stay away from food, carnal desires, not to get angry. But it does not last. How do we change? Or is it like Dantes inferno, we are stuck in it?

What happens is that the intellect knows. But the mind and emotions dont. A tricky point. We generally lump mind, intellect and emotions together but they are quite different. And the forces we fight are quite different.

  1. Mind – mana in Gujarat or sanskrit.
  2. Intellect – Buddhi. Thinks
  3. Logic – tark. Rationalization
  4. Emotions – chitta. You know what it is
  5. Ego – ahamkar.

Now each of these things are a force that does what it knows best. Thats all they can do. Emotions and mind wont listen to Intellect or Logic. It just wont. Yogananda said, in a battle between emotions and intellect. Emotions will always win. So how do you win emotions. Dont negotiate with it. Use ego – which says I refuse to react. Thats it.

In other words I have given above, the heirchy and location of those 4 things. In the chakras

  • Mana resides in Muladhar.
  • Intellect in Swadhisthan. (It is kind of funny. Think it over)
  • Emotions in Manipur
  • Ego in Anahat.

So each higher chakra has an order. So ego is not terrible , if used properly it can help in your progress. Later it hinders your progress too. Tremendously.

So the trick is, to change the composition and property of the mind and emotions etc. Without changing it, the mind will continue to react immediately. The mind is the first organ that interacts with the external world. Without changing that, it will immediately react to situations, desires etc.

This is why social reform and jails have failed. They are unable to change the intrinsic property of the mind. But is it possible to change it? Of course. That is the business yogis are in. Changing it. And when that change occurs, it leads to liberation. Then the person is worthy of talking with God. This change is purity. Then how can God hide? Where is the need to debate, fight, argue? Such people wont indulge in it. For them God is a reality.

Hopefully, you will have a better idea why Yoga is needed. It is the way to saving the world. Having said that, be careful, not everyone who thinks they are a yogi or claim to be a yogi is one. Most of them are fakes or ignorant or both.

With these tools in mind, you can now find a true Yogi. He alone knows the secret.

Sep 06

Shodhashadhar

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What happens? We go and hear a great motivational speech. Or listen to a brilliant orator talking on Gita or Upanishad. And a week later all is forgotten. Even the initial zeal of practicing good values, being tolerant, forgiving, decreasing sensory appetite goes away

Within a few weeks, if that, all is forgotten and we are back to square one

People try and fail. Yogananda called them antique furniture, since this has been the case for many births

What happens?

  • We forget what we were told to do very quickly
  • The enthusiasm is there but we remain surrounded in the wrong company.
  • Repetition of good values are needed and good company is needed. Without that not much can be achieved
  • However the biggest reason is past habits from many many births. This is why some people gravitate towards music, others towards religion, some towards yoga, others towards sense pleasures, alcohol etc. However, the attitude towards anxiety, anger, fear, resentment, sensitivity, feeling offended etc are also part of the same issue THIS HAS TO BE CLEANED. Without cleaning this, nothing can be achieved permanently. These roots are very deeply imbedded in us.

It is for the cleaning of deep roots, yoga is needed. It use only with yoga, can we go deep within, like the ego part described by Freud , where we have to discover the flaws and “cauterize” it. This can be only done with “kriya”. That is how Yogananda described it. In maha yoga awakening of the shakti takes care of it has been described.

But there is more ! One has to practice it for 12 years. – cauterizing the flaw and practice not getting angry for 12 years makes it permanent

These flaws exist in a shell called prakriti. One has to find it , cleanse it.

However even that is not sufficient. One has to establish oneself in a higher level and plane. And stay there. Those stations are called shodhash adhar. There are 16. Hence it is called shodhash adhar. In maha yoga Vigyan Shankar Bhagwan or God says, if you do not know those stations, you are not a yogi.

  1. So purity is needed

  2. Purity requires getting rid of bad personality
  3. That has been present for years
  4. Find the shell where it is stored. Prakriti. It it an actual shell
  5. Cauterize it
  6. Practice for 12 years
  7. Establish in the higher station
  8. Repeat from one station to another to you are at the highest
  9. All the sermons or lectures can’t help because this practice of purity is needed
  10. That’s why Yoga
  11. Perfect purity is needed to remain merged in God

Sep 05

Guru

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Perfected souls can be a Guru. However even when present on earth , few can benefit from them

Why? They are so perfect they cannot impose their thought or will on you. They are there to help you in all ways

Sounds paradoxical but it is not

What happens is such perfected individual do not conform to a very imperfect society. Their actions are hard to follow or understand. Our perception comes from a imperfect society. We can’t fathom them.

So all their perfect actions are seen as faults. And that , leads to doubt

The end result is even things they say , even though accurate or perfect, we try to improvise and see it differently. So they give us the highest and we say but… and but or what if – now we no longer get full benefit

Sometimes people ask questions. But if you think that person is at the same level of you, or slightly higher then you will not benefit – no matter what the perfected person says. You have doubts and questions

That is difficult. Very difficult to know who is perfected and who is a verifiable certifiable lunatic – totally loco – lunacy is far more common

Those with experience are just very different.

I say the truth but you will have your own doubts and own methods of verifying

Aug 31

Grace

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Yesterday, someone very smart asked me what is Grace? So, guess what,I asked the people I worked with today, what is Grace? The answers were

  1. What we say before meals – is grace
  2. Dancing is done with Grace….
  3. Sometimes we get a grace period when we are behind say payments

No one actually gave me a clear idea. However, my friend did say, very impressively, that Grace is not about getting material things but spiritual growth.

In Sanskrit and in Gujarati and hindi, there is a specific work for Grace, it is called Krupa. The word Krupa is conveys the meaning a little more appropriately. But bear with me, when i explain it you, will understand it better.

Lets say you are taking an exam. You study hard and do very well in the exam and get an A or A plus, would you say it was luck or grace? Probably, not.

So if you are righteous, and God gives you something, that is not grace. You might even say, it was worked upon and you got it. In fact, if you dont get, you may feel you have the right to complain. It was your merit. This merit, you can even call it your “karma”. Strong karma like this, can override past bad karma…and you can do very well in an exam, even though your destiny called you to fail. But difficult to do.

Aurobindo described Krupa or Grace the best. Lets face it, then Grace is not something that you get because you worked hard or merit it.

Then the other aspect then is can you say that, did God took pity on you and you got it? No, that is not the case either. You are the rightful heir to God and his kingdom. So there is no question of taking pity.

Krupa is something which no rational mind can figure out. It does not follow the logic of karma (which is more or less like a vending machine), nor is it sympathy or pity. It is something that the divine or your Guru, suddenly has a thought, that let this person be enlightened, and it just happens!. And on the other hand, someone who worked all his life very very hard, making a million sacrifices in life and still does not get the Krupa of God. Who can fathom it? Sadly, there is no recourse and you cannot complain. It is the divine will. The divine is not compelled to follow our petty thoughts of I did this, now you give me that! Guru or Shakti has her own unfathomable way of doing things. Lets leave it at that. So can I give you examples?

  1. Jesal and Toral : Jesal was a dacoit who had killed, looted, plundered and possibly even raped. He kidnapped Toral. Toral was a divine person, a great Guru. As she was kidnapped and in the boat going from one shore to the other, with her captor Jesal, the boat started to sink. Jesal panicked. Toral then opened her mouth and said, why do you panic, there is nothing to fear. Just declare all your sins, and I will forgive you and liberate you. Jesal got liberated that life and went to one of the highest levels and gave up his body took samadhi at will. This is a rare feat. (Happened within a few years)
  2. Bilwamangal was another person who was instantly changed
  3. Neem karoli baba changed another person who came to attack him. The change occurred in a fraction of a second, while the person had a weapon in his hand. He instantly fell at the feet of Neem Karoli baba and asked forgiveness
  4. One of Shankaracharya disciple was not very wise but he had unlimited faith in his Guru. Once when Shankracharya was about to give a talk, he waited for this disciple to come over. The other disciples protested and said, he is not very smart, he wont understand, can you start the talk? Shankracharya felt offended. He closed his eyes and said, let that disciple become enlightened this very second. Instantly he became enlighted and came to Shankaracharya singing in”totak” lyrics and became known as Totkacharya. Totkacharya was not even physically near Shankaracharya
  5. There was another person named Paul. He was born in 5 AD. He was from Tarsus. He had taken upon himself to arrest and prosecute anyone who knew Jesus and followed him or was christian. He was not very nice about it either. He was a Jew and had Roman citizenship. Anyway, once when he had left Jerusalem , Jesus appeared in front of him. The dazzling light from Jesus, blinded Paul. (Not the paul who was one of the 12 apostles). He remained blind for 3 days and then regained his eyesight. But that vision of Jesus, converted Paul and made him an ardent follower.

So in other words, Grace or Krupa is something that is unfathomable by our very limited intellect. The conversion to faith in God is instant and beyond all logic. In a rare instance, it gives instant liberation

This is spiritual Grace. The highest.

Aug 30

Yoga can be dangerous – a review on prana

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Many orthopedic injuries have been reported with different kinds of postures. Moreover some posters can cause nerve damage, impotence etc.

So one must practice yoga carefully and under guidance of a Guru

Now this only refers to asana or posture

The other aspect of yoga is pranayama. This past is even more dangerous. That’s why Yogananda and Vivekananda described it very cautiously. They talk about holding breath more on outside because it is safer.

However pranayam is one of the biggest step in cleansing, reaching Samadhi and destroying past karma. It is very subtle and the only part that is revealed is the part with breath. However, prana is not breathing. It is a source of energy.

There are 2 prana. Universal and the one present in body. Each of them has 5 main divisions and then each of them has 5 more subdivisions. They are not of use for most people ( not of use to know). The universal prana has all the known energies – from solar, atomic, wind etc. They are connected to the prana of the body. And that is why we are susceptible to outside forces. But like the hydrostatic paradox or the lever system, like Vivekananda said, the prana of the body can affect the universe too!

That’s why pranayam is important. But it is not holding the breath but a little more

Now this wonderful technique was discovered by Patanjali a thousands of years ago. It is wonderful and the best way to get to God. Depending on the type of pranayam you do, it can be called “kriya yoga”

There are 8 types of pranayam. The 9 type is ultra secret and is known as kevali. The other 8 types at surya bhedan, shitli , shitkari, bhastrika, ujjai , bhramri, plavani, Some people call Anilom vilom or kapal Bhaati as pranayam. But that is not true. This wrong information started in the recent times by a certain popular misconception

Now in order for pranayam to be successful, the door or path to go within must be open. This requires a Guru. Otherwise if you try to hold the breath , or slow breathing, it can cause headaches, constipation, eye problems, impotence and other sexual dysfunction, chest pain, etc. these things are often irreversible!

So one should never attempt to do these things without a Guru. Now if you do a search on the the net, you will find many people who claim to know the pranayam. What they might describe, often inaccurately, is the breathing part. The critical inner changes are not talked about

The different manifestation, are described in shiv Swarodaya, and a few other books that are nit in print. Yogananda gave an outstanding description but it is poorly understood by most. Reason being the inner door has not been opened. How can you understand the different dimension ? Yogananda and Sri Yukteshwar said, make pranayam your religion. Nothing more is to be done. You can reach there very fast

There are certain rules to be followed with it. Diet control. Overwhelming work or exercise no matter how much you love it, will prevent any progress. One should talk very little. Not meeting or touching people is very helpful.

But you can learn these things from your Guru. All I can caution is don’t do it without a Guru. In the long run it can cause damage when practiced without a Guru

Even those with a Guru often miss the subtleties and cannot progress. One must stay in communication and ask for guidance frequently This one technique, although most powerful, has been lost. People think they know it but the truth is the dynamic power for success is missing. This is what Krishna said, when this is lost, he will come back

Human life is precious. People lose it without making any strides. Even the Bible talks about Pranayam but in a slanted way. It is better to learn how to silence the mind than enter in debates

The best descriptions of this has been given by Brahmananda, anwar, Akho, etc. they are all great enlightened people all within last few centuries.

Aug 29

Keeping a diary

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Some people have the habit of keeping a diary. A diary of their day to day stuff. Why? It is a lot of work. Requires a commitment. Does it help?

Well, depends on if you read it. And on how much you write in it.

But it requires that you have an honest, self critical , uncanny discerning ability to evaluate yourself.

What does this have to do with spirituality. Not much. Or maybe a lot!

  1. If you are honest about it, you will keep tract of all the wrong thoughts and emotions you had all day
  2. However, if you are truly spiritual and want to be spiritual, you will very quickly realize you dont give much time to God or spirituality. All day, our mind is still engrossed with matters of the body

Just think all our life, how many hours did we spend all for the body? You go to school and study. Deep down we do it…so we can grow up and make money.

We are eager to make more money, with most of the people wanting more money so they can make trips, save money for old age, have a great house, see shows, buy stuff etc. How many people really work hard to make more money to give to the poor or for a great cause? Very few

All for the body that will perish soon!

Yet, the soul will continue its journey. Going up and down the ladder , and very little was done for it.

What happens is that when you have rough times, the mind gets preoccupied with worres and strategies to end it

When you have great times, we are engrossed in trying to reach the next milestone in life, for fun and pleasures.

Both extremes, but no one is serious about God. The eagerness is short lived. Changing times, and the interest for God is gone. Quickly, Permanently for that life. Sad. I have seen this many times, people ask me questions and then quickly forget the path of God. Such intermittent pursuits for God is not sufficient to tide your way to God.

So keep a diary and you will quickly realize most of our time was spent for meals and fun things in life. Maybe a little for finding the truth of yourself.

Aug 27

Be careful what you read

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Most people are foolish. Let’s say , someone tells you that the Bhagwad Gita is wonderful and you should read it

Now for the first part, often times people hear word Gita and think it is bhagwad gita. But there are many other Gita. Ram Gita, avadhoot Gita, ashtavakra Gita etc

Now if you really get the Bhagwad Gita, which occurred on the battle field and Krishna tells Arjuna a divine dialogue – that is in Sanskrit. Most likely you can’t read it in Sanskrit. You will need a translation. Even if you read a translation, a lot of things won’t make sense. So you will need an exposition

Now for this Gita there are many exposition. Most of them are written by people with no true spiritual experience. But they are very popular. Some are available for free. And guess what, you will end up getting your hands on the inaccurate exposition. !

So instead of going in the right direction you end up Stuck in Maya. Like all religions everyone thinks their version is accurate. Some will even argue oh they are all accurate but just a different view of the infinite But that is not the case

Do you see how people get stuck and can’t escape?

Same is true for different ways to meditate.

And for religion. Each one thinks theirs is correct

My suggestion is as follows

  1. Find a Guru
  2. If you can’t find one, ask an enlightened person. He can explain all the different religions and tell you the true meaning. After all a whale never swallowed a person and the person never came out alive.
  3. The versions I find accurate in Gita are two – by Yogananda and by Gyaneshwar Maharaj. Gyaneshwar Maharaj exposed many signs of awakening and the true heart. He also talked about how one can reach there. Yogananda gave an interpretation that is the perfect way of Yoga How can it not be? Babaji helped Lahiri in Some key words.
  4. Don’t read books which are not from enlightened people. They will give you the wrong impression. One person will say krishna is highest, others will say ram and run with it. An advaita Vedantist, Santana dharma went beyond it and refused to call God by any name, or gender. They are the perfectly logical.
  5. Even those who follow Advaita go into controversies. Why? They have no experience
  6. Go for experience not understanding

Why do I say this? Translation is inaccurate. Even from Sanskrit scholars And on the path of advaita. Subtle letters change the whole meaning. They are difficult to spot in Sanskrit

For example

ચિતી – divinity

ચિત calm heart

ચિત્ત emotions

They all mean something very different. Over the centuries subtle errors entered. An enlightened person corrects it But again errors enters.

That’s why , ask someone. Don’t jump to wrong conclusions

Another example

In Gita krishna talks about Karma. Everyone thinks karma refers to action of the body. Babaji corrected everyone and he said true karma is reversal of life forces, the pran or qi towards God That is the only true Karma. Rest carry no merit. Yet people run with something convenient In the Bible they say repent and your sins will be wiped. Repent here means turning prana or Qi to God and away from senses and your sins are pardoned

Third example

Vigyan Bhairav shloka 33

It says

Idrashen kramanaiv yatra kutrapI Chintana

Shunye kungaye pare patre swayam lina var prada

Many Sanskrit scholars translate it as

In the same way, if you concentrate on anything emptiness or a wall or a worthy disciple you well merge and get grace

Or Course this translation is nonsense. You can’t reach Samadhi concentrating on a wall

Such inaccurate translations cause problems

My translation and interpretation is very different

In this way, in sequential steps, meditation on ( the seeds of the body ( your innate desires) , you will experience first the void, then wall ( which refers to maya) then the creator of maya ( the pare patre) and you will know yourself and merge within ( a divine grace)

If you know Sanskrit, then the words can be explained in a proper way. However this is how even scholars are misled

Enough said. What else can I say?

Like Vasistha Maharaj said, I repeatedly tell the world , at the top of my voice, this is the way, yet no one follows it ( here when he says follows, he means no one bothers to ask him how to get there)

Sad isn’t it.

History repeats self itself. A million times over !

Aug 26

Yoga is kept hidden

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The traditional role is to keep yoga hidden. However nowadays, I have seen a few enlightened people reveal more than what would have been ok

Like Yogananda

Or Vishnutirthji Maharaj.

They revealed many secret words and concepts

But they did this right around the time of Internet and social media!

The ignorant fools can search the Internet and look up words and find a dozen odd web pages explaining the secret words and get misguided!

The smart reader cuts the chase, realizes that reading blogs won’t help, seeks someone who can give them the divine perception and stops the searches

So now it becomes a matter of finding the needle in a haystack. Not so easy , is it?

Hinduism gets a lot of bad rap. However, if only people knew how to extract the divine nectar, they would go into divine rapture

It is easy to get disillusioned. What we don’t realize is we get disillusioned only because we did not know how to extract the honey from the hive with a lot of bees

Recently, Someone posted about Julia Roberts becoming Hindu. Posted photo of her. Sitting in meditation and wearing saffron. Who knows if it was real or photo shopped

I felt sorry for her. How can anyone grasp the essence and nectar without proper guidance

Where are the true guides?

Aug 26

Gyan and Agyan

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Sadly I cannot give an English translation. The language is inadequate to express it. However, I will give a “somewhat” translation / interpretation

Gyan: Generally people use it to mean knowledge. Although literally correct, in spirituality it means experience of the divine

Agyan: Generally it means ignorance. What are we ignorant of? Our divine pure consciousness

Gyan-Agyan : this is the state between gyan and Agyan. It does not mean, there is some knowledge and some ignorance. Neither does it mean you are going from Agyan to gyan. It is also a much necessary experience

So what is Agyan ? : Anything that relates to information about this world! All the science, technology, politics, culinary skills, etc. More importantly all the religions also fall into Agyan / ignorance ! Everything I wrote also is part of Agyan/ ignorance! Shocked ? Why is it that all the books fall into Agyan ? Spiritual books too? Including All the Vedas and Upanishad’s. Every lecture you have heard! They are all Agyan / ignorance because it does not give you direct perception of the divine!

So what does reading my blog give you? Or spiritual books by enlightened people give you? Why is it still ignorance?

  1. It gives you a mental concept of something divine that is to be reached
  2. It gives you steps to reach there
  3. It gives you an aspiration to get there
  4. Creates a flame

Inspite of that , you can memorize all the books from enlightened people, it won’t get you anywhere. You can even formulate a mental discussion and debate. But yet you are an ignorant idiot since you did not have a true experience. Sadly there is even a greater fool than this – a false self proclaimed Guru. This special category of a super fool does not even know that he is a fool and does not realize he or she has no experience, has only formulated an imaginary picture of what pure consciousness is , has taken the fake idol of imagination as true and is sending people in wrong direction! Such people are harshly punished by God

All of the current Guru, in my opinion fall in this category. Some may be slightly advanced but it is not enough

Ok. Enough of this. You might feel uncomfortable and deflated. Or angry at me for bursting your bubble. Or just ready to scorn me as a babbling idiot But then what is Gyan?

Gyan : this is a state of enlightenment. A state where you experience yourself as pure consciousness. Now, in order to experience it, your body awareness goes away. You simply forget this body exists. But you also go beyond the subtle body. To give an example, when you fall asleep, you forget your body. But the dream body is created! That body is also forgotten. You also forget the karan or casual body. What is that body? Well sometimes we go into deep slumber, have no dreams. Yet something remains, a body that knows you were in deep slumber. That is karan Deha or body. That is also forgotten. And then there is the soul. A fragment of the divine. That also is forgotten.

Now I use the word forgotten. What I mean is there is no awareness. And one has to go into successive steps of loss of awareness ! There are a few more steps , I don’t talk about them. But the enlightened know. After all those steps are taken, then and only then you know the divine and you are at the stage of Gyan

Finally what is gyan-Agyan? I hesitate to write about it ! Vishnutirthji Maharaj has described this in some detail in Saundarya Lahiri ! This book is a hymn praising the divine mother! It was composed by Shankaracharya Maharaj 2000 years ago. It has all the secrets but is very difficult to grasp. No one really attempted to explain the very complex yoga interpretation on it. Vishnutirthji Maharaj, was told to write it. He refused. Then shankaracharya Maharaj appeared and told him to write it and he remained next to Vishnutirthji Maharaj while he wrote this. This was written in 1950’s

It is in Hindi. You may read it , but without experience it will remain obscure. Or generate false or incomplete picture in your mind

Since he wrote it, I will repeat what he said. About Gyan-Agyan. You will not follow it. Shiv or pure consciousness becomes Jeev or soul under the influence of maya. There are 7 layers. 5 of these layers are called “kunchaliya”. These 5 kunchalia capture Chiti shakti with kaal , kriya shakti with Kala, gyan shakti with agyan, ichcha shakti with raag ( attraction and repulsion) , ananda shakti with niyati. I have intentionally kept this obscure. I can’t afford to spread wrong information

If you find someone who can explain this clearly and in layman terms and in a way that you immediately know it to be true, you have found an enlightened person Simple

Lastly, I don’t mean to scare you , but there is a level beyond gyan. That is described in 1 book

Hope this confused you enough! Go for the Tylenol if you have a headache!

Aug 21

A macabre reality

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I do not want anyone to read this. It is groteque and may affect you adversely. This is not just an idle warning, something we read in fine print in anything you buy. I am quite serious. I even used the word macabre. Seriously.

You have been warned..

There is a big rift between what our logic says and what our desires want. Most people are foolish and they think desires and the heart are the same. But that is not true. They like to say it is the same – desires and heart. That way they can follow words given by more foolish people – follow your heart. And go down the rabbit hole of desires

So why is it we cant see things for what they are. Let us start with – you are watching TV. Like this is so common in USA (not so much in Europe) a great show is interrupted by …advertisements. Many different types. And during election time – we have the pleasure of watching mud slinging. But the advertisements are often directed towards food. They show some pretty popcorn or pie. Looks delicious. They often use vivid colors to enhance the effect. They show an oven and show a few people taking a bite and they go…oooooh! Now, sitting on your sofa or bed you know the reality. The reality is the pie was fake, and the people going ooooooh…did not really like it…they were acting. For them it was not anything joyous, just a job for making money by going with a fake ooooh !

However, what was the effect on you? They planted seeds of wanting popcorn or pie..or whatever it was…But it was not real. And you got….conned. And this will happen a million times over. You are quite defenseless. You may not succumb to it…but still you wanted it

The same thing when they show a vacation spot. People enjoying it…so happy, so many fun activities ….and we want to go there… The sad reality is we are controlled by money and jobs and cant do it…but we now have a list of things we want to do, often part of a bucket list. Lets say we go there. It was fun, but may not match the fun we thought it would be. Maybe it does.

Here is the catch – why do we love it so much? We love it a lot because, we dont have work, household chores, dishes, cooking etc and away from responsibilities. The place may be nice but the things that we really loved is the absence of the stressors of life.

While we are at it, – this is a common dating trap. People go on a date, they have a wonderful time. Once again, the good time is from the meals and the activities but we give credit to the date and end up marrying. Wrong and most certainly defective thinking. However, these subtle problems eludes the mind.

What I have exposed is our innate desire for things in life. We may love to travel, see wonderful things. We love music. We love to be admired and to be liked. We love food. And then we love sex. We are unwilling to give up these pleasures. When we turn to spirituality, we try to control it and say we want to go beyond it, but just cant. And then we justify it by being a “karma yogi”. Now mind you, spirituality does not say it is wrong. What is wrong is we are constantly identified with the body and not the pure free wonderful spirit. If we were not identified with body, we would not have the strong desires for food and sex and travel.

So far, I have talked about TV and how we get conned. The same is true when we see glamour of the rich and famous and of the actors, actresses. And then how we get conned by a great date. So foolish. And we mistakenly think it is love. Now, to the macabre part

What about in real life. You go to the beach. Or go just to the mall. (Hey, wait a minute, do malls still exist?). And you see – someone. I wont give gender. Whatever your cup of tea is. The person is well dressed, Perfect figure. Has an awesome smile. Suddenly, your hormones kick in. Your mind now, paints an imaginary image that this person (am I doing ok with being gender neurtal?). In your mind, the appearance of the person, is associated with the person being just awesome. You know that your mind and emotions are not co operating, and you know it is irrational, illogical, but you really cant get past the strong emotions.

So what happened? Hormones? This is where the skin, conned you. If you can go past the appearance, the person who you thought is awesome, underneath the skin, is nothing more than flesh, blood, and filled with urine and feces. Reminds me of the movie, from Disney, flight of the navigator. The UFO calls the kid a bag of water (the human body is 98% water??). So how quickly did we get conned by appearances! But remember, the same person you found attractive, is filled with desires. Often irrational. Selfish, and willing to go to extremes to get the desires filled! Plus often have personality issues of anger, laziness, and an unnecessary addiction to TV, booze, etc.

I drew a macabre picture. Often times in the Vedas they suggested this technique to somewhat control your attraction to people. However, if you are married, you must fulfill your responsibility also.

However, somehow, someway, the attraction to the world should be curtailed. If you truly want to know your true atman. You cannot know your atman, when your mind dwells on the body and the world. The Atman is a self sufficient, elegant, incredible, wonderful..(sorry I cant use any other noun after this). We loose our connection from it – so quickly from the power of Maya, especially when we succumb to her, from the attractions of the world, totally unable to look beyond the skin!

Aug 10

Shrawan Month

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Hindu calendar has 12 months.

  1. Kartika / Kartaka
  2. Magshar
  3. Posha
  4. Maha / Magha
  5. Fagana / Phalguni
  6. Chaitra
  7. Vaisakha
  8. Jetha / Jyestha
  9. Ashadha
  10. Shravana
  11. Bhadarwa
  12. Aso / Ashwin

I have given the calendars according to the Gujarati names

According to Yogananda – the months represent the 6 chakras. Since each chakra can be positive or negative, it becomes 12.

One of the most auspicious month is Shravana. It represents Shiv or Shankar Month. All yoga and all shakti awakening starts from Shiv or Shankar. There are many stories about why Shravan including that is the month Gauri did penance to reach Shiv or that is the month they did “Samudra Manthan”. After Samudra manthan, the first thing that came out of the ocean was poison and Lord Shankar just swallowed it and held it in his throat and turned green/blue and he then became known as Nilkanth after that. Kanth meaning throat and neel is the color

Whatever the reason, it is the post pious month and perfect for meditation. Many people meditate that month and eat only once a day. The best day for reaching Shankar or Shiv is Monday and if the new moon falls on Monday it is considered most auspicious for meditaiton. Tuesday of Shravan month signify Parvati and also auspicious

This year Shravan started on Monday, yesterday

Now back to Yoga.

I am not sure I can accurately assign the months to the chakra. Having said that, this is how I believe the months and chakras are assigned

  1. Kartaka (neg of Sahastrar , apex) and Magshar is positive of Sahastrar. Yogananda describes Magshar is Marg – meaning road, and shir meaning road to apex of the brain. In general it refers to Brahmanadi. However there is a special path between agna and Sahatrar and I believe it refers to it. A rare yogi knows this path
  2. Posh is negative of Agna and Maha or Magha is positive aspect of Agna chakra in the center of forehead. Magha or maha refers to Aum, the son of God in the bible or the holy ghost
  3. Fagana is the negative of Vishudha and Chaitra is the positive of Vishudha. Chaitra or Chitra means colorful design, refers to the place where body consciousness arises and we a very picturesque world. It also means that the sense of ugliness of the world is lost and it becomes very vivid and enjoyable
  4. Visakha is the negative of Anahata and Jyestha or Jetha is the positive. Jyestha means elder. It refers to Vishnu granthi – a place where the prana rests but is elevated above the lower body
  5. Ashadha is the negative of Manipur chakra and Shravana is the positive of Manipur (umbilical). This is where the real journey starts within. The road to this is kept a secret
  6. Bhadarwa is the negative of the lower 2 chakras ( Swadisthan and Muladhar) and Ashwin or Aaso is the positive of (Swadisthan and Muladhar). The two royal Dr for the devas or Gods are called Ashini kumari – they work in pairs. These two physicians see both aspects and bring balance. Thus the lower two chakras, that belong to Apara shakti are as a pair.

This subject is very complex and truly to understand why months and chakras are correlate you need to go way beyond Einsteins undertstanding of time.

Just thought I would shed a little light on this. Should I end by saying have a nice year?

Aug 10

Walk in the right direction

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This is rather difficult, isn’t it? Every step of the way. We get confused. And lost. We ask for guidance and don’t even know if we can trust it.

Now in the path of spirituality, we are callous. We walk a path and then if we don’t like it we drop it and follow another path. The consequences of wrong steps ? All we think is a few years lost. But it is a lot more. The one opportunity to Go to Yoga and salvation is lost. But we are not bothered

On the other hand, if you make a wing business decision, money is lost. So what do we do ? We are very careful and try not to make the wrong decision. Here money is lost but we are very careful

So is there a way how we can avoid wrong decisions? Yes there is

Don’t get me wrong? I give you the theory. Not the practical proof

The correct answer is unerring intuition

Sri Aurobindo Congress another word – liberation of the psychic. What he meant was an aspect of soul that constantly turns to God

Both instances are very challenging. We make the mistake of thinking our emotions and thoughts are soul guidance or intuition. This of course is absurd.

The next question is how can I differentiate between thoughts and our random fantasy and intuition? Wouldn’t that be wonderful?

IT is quite easy. When the mind and emotions are silent, then something within sends a vibration, coming from above and that vibration if you can see it , decipher it and follow it – can save a lot of anguish in life ! Simple

There maybe more steps in between though!

This is what Aurobindo says

There is only one thing which knows in you, that’s your psychic; it makes no mistake, it will immediately, instantaneously tell you, if you obey it without a word and without your ideas and arguments, it will make you do the right thing. But all the rest… you are lost. And for everything: what are you going to study, what are you not going to study, what work are you going to do, what path are you going to take? But then there are all the possibilities which come in, all that you have either studied or met in life, all the suggestions you have received from all sides, which are there, like that, dancing around you. And with what will you decide? I am speaking of people who are absolutely sincere and have no preconceived ideas, prejudices, established rules which they follow in a mechanical routine, without endeavouring to know the truth at all, and for whom their mental construction is the truth. Then it is so simple, one goes straight on his path, bumps his nose against the wall but doesn’t notice it until the nose is smashed. But otherwise it is terribly difficult.

This was what Sri Aurobindo meant when he said that one lived constantly in ignorance and that unless the mind of ignorance is replaced by the mind of light one could not follow the true path, and that this was the indispensable preparation before any integral transformation could take place.

The Mother, Questions and Answers 1955, CWM volume 7, page 222.

Aug 09

Foolish questions that seem intelligent

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Someone sent me a video. The video showed a few questions asked to a “swami”. The answers were not very clear. I will not give the answers to the questions – not in my own way but point out why the questions dont make much sense

I will start off with a classical question. This was asked to Vivekananda. His answer is brilliant and unparalled. This itself shows that Vivekananda was enlightened and experienced reality / truth

The question was “why did God create the world”. Vivekananda said, ask this question in the right format and I can answer it. The questioner asks, what do you mean? Vivekananda said,”what you are asking is why God who is perfect make an imperfect world? If God made this imperfect world , he is not God (someone perfect)”.

The more recent question that was asked, “If this is a dream, then is everyone having the same dream?” The answer given in the video was an attempt to explain it. However, my answer is different. Just experience it. Everyone gets a different understanding, based on the level of experience. Those who have not even started, will try to use logic to compare and explain.

Another question that was asked was what is Maya? I have written about Maya at many places. I will not repeat it. Again, it is to be experienced. When Vivekananada was asked that question , what is Maya, he just gave the person an experience. That makes it easier.

However, when you are given an experience, you become egotistic and can fall. However, when you can go to that experience on your own, it is yours. There is no ego there, because ego has to be destroyed to get that experience. Those are the true people