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From ignorance to wisdom; from human nature to divinity; that is what Patanjali describes in his Yoga Sutras, as an eight fold path to achieve Yoga, uniting the Self and the Divine.  The first part of the eight parts is called Yama, loosely translated as discipline that relates to your interaction with others . It is a set of instructions to tune yourself to your Self, the ultimate; it is not a set of dos and don'ts.    It consists of a set of moral injunctions to be followed by any serious spiritual aspirant.
Truth ( Satya)
Non violence with understanding ( Ahimsa)
Living With Reality / Dropping Fantasies( Bramacharya)
Not Picking up others desires and not taking their properites( Asteya)
Living with what one has ( Aparigraha).



TRUTH :  Truth is not just truth of the worlds we utter. That's only one dimension. Thinking the truth and living the truth are the other two
                  dimensions. Vedanta says you create what you want , you are the creator of the whole world; it's you who creates suffereing and bliss. If we may ask : if we are the creator of the world why wourld we create suffereing?  The reason is that either consciously or unconsciously we are not being true to our Being; we are not living, acting or speaking the truth.  If we are creators of our own world why do we create suffeing?  continuously we create self contradicting desires.  At a deep level, whether we accept it or not , believe it or not, understand it ior not, we are Divine.   Therefore we create trouble when we contradict our selves and give powere to self contradicting thoughts.  When we keep thinking of wanting to get rid of a disease, keep saying that I mus not have this headache, or stomach ache or cancer, we aer already focusing  upon that disease; we give power to the world disease through thoughts, through utterance, we impalant this word disease inour Being, and the disease will stay on.  We can  never get rid of a n ache or pain by constantly wishing it to go away.  Instead if we say let me be healthy , and if we bring the concept of health to our mind and Being, the ache and pain will disappear.  Self contradicting thoughts such as trying to get rid of pain by thinking of pain are called engraved thought patterns ( samskaras) , and these get power and become real.

Living Truth inyour life , through your body is essential.  When the spirit takes birth again and again, It does that  automatically based on your desires.  If you believe that you have lived your life even if you live on a pavement homeless, you have lived your life.  Other wise your life has been a lie.  Gita says: You will be in your next life what your last thought in this life is .  If you feel fulfilled at the end of our life now, you will be liberated.  When your spirit is unfulfilled, your deah will be miserable and you will return again and again to run the rat race.  the problem with the rat race.  The problem with the rat race is that even if you win you are still a rat. A person asks: I wanted to be a cricketer, but my fther made me do otherwise.  I said; People who do what they really want always excel in what they do though they may not be materially successful.  It's too late for you. At least allow your children to od what they wish to .  if you are already too old to fix the problem, do not impose the same suffering on others.  Even the idea that you wanted to be a circketer, be sure that it's your own idea, not imposed on you by media and friends. 

NON VIOLENCE BASED ON UNDERSTANDING ( AHIMSA)-  If you are established in non violence, even wild animals,if they face you, will turn peaceful.  You will radiate love and compassion.  Patanjali says: If a man is extablished in non violence, in his presence, enemies and animals will drop their animosity and radiate love.  Non violence does not come from mechanical practice, but only from understanding and experience. Understand that the whole Universe reflects and responds to your thoughts.  After a deep meditation I was relaxing in front of a cave, sitting with by myself.  A few feet away a big Cobra was lying.  I was not even aware of it  though my eyes were open; my mind was not linked to my senses.  After some time I woke up to what was around me.  Suddenly the thought of the cobra entered my mind.  Only then the cobra realized I was a man.  Till then both were comfortable with each other.  The next thought was fear.  This was reflected in the cobra as wll and it raised its head.

When we are established in love, it will be reflected back to us.  We do not need to defend ourselves against anything.  Defending is  what creates the thought of offending in others.  Violence starts with defense.  This is why Jesus said to turn the other cheek when someone slaps you.  What have we achieved by protecting ourselves, except suffereing?  On the other  hand, if you radiate love, you will be a God on planet Earth.  Can you defend yourself against death?  By defending yourself you may add some years to your life;  by trusting, by lobing you will add life to your years.  What would you like to do , add years to your life or add life to your years?

DROPPING FANTASIES/ LIVING WITH REALITY ( Brahmacharya) :  The second point Patanjali takes up is bramacharya.  Normally brahmacharya is translated as celibacy.  Actually, Brahma means existence, reality; chariya is to walk in it, to live with it. Brahacharya is living with reality. People ask : to become enlightened , do I need to leave my wife and cildren? I tell them: renounce only what  you do not have; live comfortably, intensely , happily with what you have.  If you have a wife, live fully with her; not with the fantasy of some other woman.  The dropping or renunciation of your fantasies is Brahmacharya.  Brahmacharya is accepting reality as it is.  When you drop your fantasies and accept your beloved for what he or she is, your life becomes heaven.  If you live with your fantasies,you will be unsatisfied with your real wife, and the same will happen to everyone you meet and choose.  The idea of beauty is just an idea. As long as distance is maintained things look beautiful.  Close ups are always ugly and flat.  The moment you start living together reality comes in.  If you feed your fantasies you can change your partner any number of times and still be unhappy.  When your fantasies drop, you start accepting your partner as he/ she is and yourself as you are.

Not picking up desires that belong to others and things that belong to others ( Astheya):   The Universe provides everyone of us with all that we need in this life from the moment we are born; but it is unable to cope with our wants that we covet from others.  Our own desires come with the energy  that will help fulfill these desires.  Once fulfilled, these desires get extinguished leaving behind no hangovers or  residual unfulfilled desires ( vasanas).  It is these vasanas and samskaras, that cause suffering in life, as Buddha points out.

Living with what one has ( Aparigraha) :  Non covetous nature and a simple life focused on the ultimate goal of uniting with our own divine self is the practice of aparigraha. The word means living within our own means, living with the needs that the Universe has provided us the energy to fulfill.

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The second limb of hte eight limbs of the Yoga path that patanjali describes is Niyama,  the set of rules that he enjoins us to practice daily in our personal lives. It refers to the discipline within our own mind and body, where as Yama refers to discipline relating to our interaction with others.   This second part consists of:

CLEANLINESS:  Refers to cleanliness of body and mind, both through regular bathing and inner cleansing of our minds through yoga postures and prana regulation .

TO ACCEPT THINGS AS THEY ARE RATHER THAN WANTING THEM TO BE AS WE EXPECT THEM TO BE ( Santosha) : It is the mindset of renouncing what we do not have, and not needing to renounce what we already have,in the hope of seeking something better. Ultimately this attitude of acceptance leads to letting go/ surrender and enlightenment.  With this attitude there will always be peace of mind and faith that the Univrse will provide for us whatever is best. 

SELF CONTROL ( Tapas) : This refers to restraints in desires of the mind and actions of the body, controlling lust, anger and greed as well as sensory functions including eating (ie. over eating, eating what is not healthy).  This leads to healthy body and a healthy mind.

SELF INQUIRY ( Svadhyaya) : Self  inquiry and search of the inner self.  Directing the mind inwards automatically controls the mind.  Looking inwards makes it esier to unerstand and reach the ultimate truth thast we are one with the Universe. This can be achieved through the study of spiritual texts , or guidance from a spiritual guru.

LETTING GO / SURRENDER TO THE FLOW OF EXISTENCE ( Isvarapranidhana) : An acceptance that whatever happens as a result will be good for us and for all Universe.

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From ignorance to wisdom; from human nature to divinity; that is what Patanjali describes in his Yoga Sutras, as an eight fold path to achieve Yoga, uniting the Self and the Divine.  The first part of the eight parts is called Yama, loosely translated as discipline that relates to your interaction with others . It is a set of instructions to tune yourself to your Self, the ultimate; it is not a set of dos and don'ts.    It consists of a set of moral injunctions to be followed by any serious spiritual aspirant.
Truth ( Satya)
Non violence with understanding ( Ahimsa)
Living With Reality / Dropping Fantasies( Bramacharya)
Not Picking up others desires and not taking their properites( Asteya)
Living with what one has ( Aparigraha).



TRUTH :  Truth is not just truth of the worlds we utter. That's only one dimension. Thinking the truth and living the truth are the other two
                  dimensions. Vedanta says you create what you want , you are the creator of the whole world; it's you who creates suffereing and bliss. If we may ask : if we are the creator of the world why wourld we create suffereing?  The reason is that either consciously or unconsciously we are not being true to our Being; we are not living, acting or speaking the truth.  If we are creators of our own world why do we create suffeing?  continuously we create self contradicting desires.  At a deep level, whether we accept it or not , believe it or not, understand it ior not, we are Divine.   Therefore we create trouble when we contradict our selves and give powere to self contradicting thoughts.  When we keep thinking of wanting to get rid of a disease, keep saying that I mus not have this headache, or stomach ache or cancer, we aer already focusing  upon that disease; we give power to the world disease through thoughts, through utterance, we impalant this word disease inour Being, and the disease will stay on.  We can  never get rid of a n ache or pain by constantly wishing it to go away.  Instead if we say let me be healthy , and if we bring the concept of health to our mind and Being, the ache and pain will disappear.  Self contradicting thoughts such as trying to get rid of pain by thinking of pain are called engraved thought patterns ( samskaras) , and these get power and become real.

Living Truth inyour life , through your body is essential.  When the spirit takes birth again and again, It does that  automatically based on your desires.  If you believe that you have lived your life even if you live on a pavement homeless, you have lived your life.  Other wise your life has been a lie.  Gita says: You will be in your next life what your last thought in this life is .  If you feel fulfilled at the end of our life now, you will be liberated.  When your spirit is unfulfilled, your deah will be miserable and you will return again and again to run the rat race.  the problem with the rat race.  The problem with the rat race is that even if you win you are still a rat. A person asks: I wanted to be a cricketer, but my fther made me do otherwise.  I said; People who do what they really want always excel in what they do though they may not be materially successful.  It's too late for you. At least allow your children to od what they wish to .  if you are already too old to fix the problem, do not impose the same suffering on others.  Even the idea that you wanted to be a circketer, be sure that it's your own idea, not imposed on you by media and friends. 

NON VIOLENCE BASED ON UNDERSTANDING ( AHIMSA)-  If you are established in non violence, even wild animals,if they face you, will turn peaceful.  You will radiate love and compassion.  Patanjali says: If a man is extablished in non violence, in his presence, enemies and animals will drop their animosity and radiate love.  Non violence does not come from mechanical practice, but only from understanding and experience. Understand that the whole Universe reflects and responds to your thoughts.  After a deep meditation I was relaxing in front of a cave, sitting with by myself.  A few feet away a big Cobra was lying.  I was not even aware of it  though my eyes were open; my mind was not linked to my senses.  After some time I woke up to what was around me.  Suddenly the thought of the cobra entered my mind.  Only then the cobra realized I was a man.  Till then both were comfortable with each other.  The next thought was fear.  This was reflected in the cobra as wll and it raised its head.

When we are established in love, it will be reflected back to us.  We do not need to defend ourselves against anything.  Defending is  what creates the thought of offending in others.  Violence starts with defense.  This is why Jesus said to turn the other cheek when someone slaps you.  What have we achieved by protecting ourselves, except suffereing?  On the other  hand, if you radiate love, you will be a God on planet Earth.  Can you defend yourself against death?  By defending yourself you may add some years to your life;  by trusting, by lobing you will add life to your years.  What would you like to do , add years to your life or add life to your years?

DROPPING FANTASIES/ LIVING WITH REALITY ( Brahmacharya) :  The second point Patanjali takes up is bramacharya.  Normally brahmacharya is translated as celibacy.  Actually, Brahma means existence, reality; chariya is to walk in it, to live with it. Brahacharya is living with reality. People ask : to become enlightened , do I need to leave my wife and cildren? I tell them: renounce only what  you do not have; live comfortably, intensely , happily with what you have.  If you have a wife, live fully with her; not with the fantasy of some other woman.  The dropping or renunciation of your fantasies is Brahmacharya.  Brahmacharya is accepting reality as it is.  When you drop your fantasies and accept your beloved for what he or she is, your life becomes heaven.  If you live with your fantasies,you will be unsatisfied with your real wife, and the same will happen to everyone you meet and choose.  The idea of beauty is just an idea. As long as distance is maintained things look beautiful.  Close ups are always ugly and flat.  The moment you start living together reality comes in.  If you feed your fantasies you can change your partner any number of times and still be unhappy.  When your fantasies drop, you start accepting your partner as he/ she is and yourself as you are.

Not picking up desires that belong to others and things that belong to others ( Astheya):   The Universe provides everyone of us with all that we need in this life from the moment we are born; but it is unable to cope with our wants that we covet from others.  Our own desires come with the energy  that will help fulfill these desires.  Once fulfilled, these desires get extinguished leaving behind no hangovers or  residual unfulfilled desires ( vasanas).  It is these vasanas and samskaras, that cause suffering in life, as Buddha points out.

Livng with what one has ( Aparigraha) :  Non covetous nature and a simple life focused on the ultimate goal of uniting with our own divine self is the practice of aparigraha. The word means living within our own means, living with the needs that the Universe has provided us the energy to fulfill.

Paramahansa Nithyananda

Born 1 January 1978
Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India


Paramahansa Nithyananda :( January 1, 1979), born Rajasekaran, is an Indian guru who teaches meditation and hosted various meditation retreats, meditation seminar around the world..[1]


Contents
[hide]

* 1 Birth and Early Childhood
* 2 Noted Mentor
* 3 Leaving Home
* 4 Organizaiton
* 5 Teaching
* 6 Uncommon Answers to Common Questions
* 7 Notes
* 8 References
* 9 External links


[edit] Birth and Early Childhood


Nithyananda born in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India as a second child of Arunachalam and Lokanayaki .[2] According to Nithyananda, he was very spiritual at a very young age. He enjoys playing with idols and visiting temples.[3] Young Nithyananda met many spiritual mentors who contributed to his spiritual developments.[4]

Nithyananda recounted about his experience with one of his spiritual mentors ( Raghupati Yogi ) :

Between the ages of 3 and 13 , when I was with him, he prepared my body, he prepared the mind to enter into the experience of enlightenment and to stay in the experience of enlightenment . Entering also is not a big thing; to have a glimpse of satori- the no -mind state, to have one experience of un-clutching from the mind is not a big thing; it's not very difficult, but to stay in that, not only to stay in that, but to express that energy in through your body, for that, your body and mind need to be prepared. He focused on that part and helped me in so many ways to understand and experience, and above all, to stay in that same space; to stay in that high energy plane and radiate that experience![5]

[edit] Leaving Home

After graduating from high school , Nithyananda studied Mechanical Engineering in Gudiyattam at Polytechnic Institute. He spent most of his time on inner searching and spiritual quest, yet somehow managed to score very high in his exams and classes. Around this period in Nithyananda's life, he felt a strong urge to leave the home life. The household lifestyle seemed suffocating and binding to Nithyananda. He then take up the life of a wandering sadhu. [6]

[edit] Organization

In the year 2000, Nithyananda founded a meditation ashram in Bidadi, India. It is the headquarter for his social activities around the world. [7] In 2003 he established the Life Bliss Foundation in Los Angeles, USA. It is the headquarter in the West. Life Bliss Foundation teaches meditation programs that aims to create an inner transformation in the individuals. Nithyananda conducts programs in various locations around the world.




[edit] Teaching

In the tradition of Krishna's philosophy , Nithyananda teaches the concept of Quantum Spirituality, where material life and spiritual life meet. Quantum Spirituality seeks to provide methods for people to develop spiritually while living a busy household life. [8] This makes it possible for more people to evolve spiritually and contribute to the raising of the planet's Collective Consciousness.

Nithyananda teaches people to realize their inner divinity. He said that we are all born with divinity within ourselves. It is the awareness of this divinity within us that is missing in most of us. Nithyananda said "The only difference between you and I is that I know I am divine, and you as yet do not know." Since that truth already exists in us, we cannot achieve it ; we just need to become aware of it , that's all.[9]

He taught that enlightenment cannot be made to happen, but rather, it happens when we "un-clutch" .[9]


[edit] Book : Uncommon Answers To Common Questions

In 2004, Nithyananda published a book called Uncommon Answers to Common Questions. The book provides some very surprising answers about our concepts of love and death. Many of his thoughts about how we live our lives and how it can be transform are in this book. [10]

In the book, someone asked whether it is necessary for spiritual seekers to give up worldly love? He said:

You need to drop the worldliness, not the love! What we normally know as ' worldly love' is love tainted with attachment, possessiveness, jealousy and selfishness. Bring intelligence and compassion into your love. Cleanse it of the impurities of ignorance and expectation. What remains is true love. With love like this, you can transform even your ' worldly' relationship into sacred spiritual exercises.[11]



[edit] Notes

1. ^ Life Bliss Foundation, Appendix
2. ^ Life Bliss Foundation, p. 60
3. ^ Life Bliss Foundation, p. 83
4. ^ Life Bliss Foundation, p. 103
5. ^ Life Bliss Foundation , p. 101
6. ^ Life Bliss Foundation, p. 172
7. ^ Nithyananda ,142
8. ^ Life Blliss Foundation, p. 61
9. ^ Life Bliss Foundation, p. 141
10.^ Nithyananda , all pages
11.^ Nithyananda, p. 104

[edit] References


* Life Bliss Foundation (2006). Nithyananda vol. 1. Nithyananda Publishers. India
* Nithyananda, Paramhansa (2004). Uncommon Answers to Common Questions. Nithyananda Publishers.India


[edit] External links


* Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam
* Nithyananda .org
* Quantum Spirituality : Where Everyday Life and Spirituality Meet
* Beliefnet Profile

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'''[[Paramahamsa]] Nithyananda ''' (January 1, 1978), born Rajasekaran,  is an [[India]]n spiritual [[guru]] who teaches meditation and hosted various meditation retreats, meditation seminar around the world.[1]

==Contents==
* 1 Birth and Early Childhood
* 2 Leaving Home
* 3 Organization
* 4 Teaching
* 5  Book : Uncommon Answers to Common Questions
* 6 Notes
* 7 References
* 8 External links


==Birth and Early Childhood==
Nithyananda born in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India as a second child of Arunachalam and Lokanayaki .[2] According to Nithyananda, he was very spiritual at a very young age. He enjoys playing with idols and visiting temples.[3] Young Nithyananda met many spiritual mentors who contributed to his spiritual developments.[4]

Nithyananda recounted about his experience with one of his spiritual mentors ( Raghupati Yogi ) :

Between the ages of 3 and 13 , when I was with him, he prepared my body, he prepared the mind to enter into the experience of enlightenment and to stay in the experience of enlightenment . Entering also is not a big thing; to have a glimpse of satori- the no -mind state, to have one experience of un-clutching from the mind is not a big thing; it's not very difficult, but to stay in that, not only to stay in that, but to express that energy in through your body, for that, your body and mind need to be prepared. He focused on that part and helped me in so many ways to understand and experience, and above all, to stay in that same space; to stay in that high energy plane and radiate that experience![5]
 
==Leaving Home==
After graduating from high school , Nithyananda studied Mechanical Engineering in Gudiyattam at Polytechnic Institute. He spent most of his time on inner searching and spiritual quest, yet somehow managed to score very high in his exams and classes. Around this period in Nithyananda's life, he felt a strong urge to leave the home life. The household lifestyle seemed suffocating and binding to Nithyananda. He then take up the life of a wandering sadhu. [6]

==Organization==
In the year 2000, Nithyananda founded a meditation ashram in Bidadi, India. It is the headquarter for his social activities around the world. [7] In 2003 he established the Life Bliss Foundation in Los Angeles, USA. It is the headquarter in the West. Life Bliss Foundation teaches meditation programs that aims to create an inner transformation in the individuals. Nithyananda conducts programs in various locations around the world.

==Teaching==
In the tradition of Krishna's philosophy , Nithyananda teaches the concept of Quantum Spirituality, where material life and spiritual life meet. Quantum Spirituality seeks to provide methods for people to develop spiritually while living a busy household life. [8] This makes it possible for more people to evolve spiritually and contribute to the raising of the planet's Collective Consciousness.

Nithyananda teaches people to realize their inner divinity. He said that we are all born with divinity within ourselves. It is the awareness of this divinity within us that is missing in most of us. Nithyananda said "The only difference between you and I is that I know I am divine, and you as yet do not know." Since that truth already exists in us, we cannot achieve it ; we just need to become aware of it , that's all.[9]

He taught that enlightenment cannot be made to happen, but rather, it happens when we "un-clutch" :

''Enlightenment happens; it cannot be made to happen. Enlightenment is like river water. It stays in your hands as long as your hands are open; once you close your hands to possess it, there is nothing to hold.  Our ego believes that there is purpose to life- material, relational and spiritual. The more the purpose to work towards, the stronger our ego feels. If we drop all other purposes and still hold on to the purpose of enlightenment , it is futile. Only when we realize that life is totally purposeless and drop our ego, will enlightenment happen to us.  The only purpose of existence is bliss, that's all. ''[9]

'' How can we enjoy without possessing, without making something our own?  We are like water bubbles on a wave in the ocean.  But what happens is , each bubble catches hold of a few more bubbles calling them wife, husband, father, and son. It collects pieces of sand, thinking they are jewels. The bubble does not understand that it can burst any moment. And one big bubble says , it is going to be enlightened. The mind waits for something to happen. It waits for salary, weekly, monthly, yearly, and 5 yearly payments.  Our ego is stuck on what we  see as a purpose in life. ONCE WE HAVE A GOAL, WE MISS THE PATH!''[9]

==Book==
Uncommon Answers To Common Questions
In 2004, Nithyananda published a book called Uncommon Answers to Common Questions. The book provides some very surprising answers about our concepts of love and death. Many of his thoughts about how we live our lives and how it can be transform are in this book. [10]

In the book, someone asked whether it is necessary for spiritual seekers to give up worldly love? He said:

"You need to drop the worldliness, not the love! What we normally know as ' worldly love' is love tainted with attachment, possessiveness, jealousy and selfishness. Bring intelligence and compassion into your love. Cleanse it of the impurities of ignorance and expectation. What remains is true love. With love like this, you can transform even your ' worldly' relationship into sacred spiritual exercises."[11]

==Notes==
1. ^ Life Bliss Foundation, Appendix
2. ^ Life Bliss Foundation, p. 60
3. ^ Life Bliss Foundation, p. 83
4. ^ Life Bliss Foundation, p. 103
5. ^ Life Bliss Foundation , p. 101
6. ^ Life Bliss Foundation, p. 172
7. ^ Nithyananda ,142
8. ^ Life Blliss Foundation, p. 61
9. ^ Life Bliss Foundation, p. 141
10.^ Nithyananda , all pages
11.^ Nithyananda, p. 104

==References==
* <ref>Life Bliss Foundation (2006). Nithyananda vol. 1. Nithyananda Publishers. India</ref>
* <ref> Nithyananda, Paramhansa (2004). Uncommon Answers to Common Questions. Nithyananda Publishers.India</ref>

==External links==
* [http://nithyanandam.net/ Nithyananda]
* [http://www.nithyananda.org Nithyananda.org]
* [http://ivhu.edu/ International Vedic Hindu  University][http://www.dhyanapeetamtn.org/ Website for NITHYANANDA DHYANAPEETAM, TAMILNADU]

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Be totally present wherever I am. Connect with everything in the surrounding, including the people. Total awareness and sensitivitiy.
That also means low tps. 
Lt go of the concept of time and space, self and others.

The problem may be that in my mind most of my energy holds the memories of Swamiji /Buddha, nature. I am not interested in nor do I have energy to focus on other people or places.
Solution:  let go of attachment to swamiji and nature, and let go of aversion to being around other people and places.

Just try closing your eyes and sitting by yourself for a few minutes everyday. Listen to all the sounds around you. Don't pass any judgment on them.

Become a deep witness to everything and one with all the sounds. You will see that there is a central chord that is running through the whole thing, through the whole show. That central chord is Existence! Just feel it deeply; that is enough.

When you start doing this, you will start watching yourself, your emotions, without getting involved in them; you will start appreciating nature and Existence; your body language will become soft and fluid because you will start moving in tune with Existence; Intelligence and understanding will grow in you; you will not unnecessarily connect incidents of the past and cause misery for yourself and for others.

This is what I mean by 'starting to live' - something we are actually seeking. But instead of involving in the act of living, we are caught up in the act of seeking. Stop seeking and start living. Be Blissful!

Series: Words From The Master  

Lao Tzu calls this mindfulness Wei-wu-Wei, action with no action. It is to enter into each activity totally, playfully, spontaneously, in such a way that work is play and effort is fun. It is the way a child tackles her work enjoying each moment, not worried about how soon it is to be finished, blowing bubbles if she is washing dishes. An adult mind can never do this. There is rarely enjoyment in what we do, just the attitude of getting it over with, even if it is doing something pleasurable. We are driven.

You are one with God

OUR minds aren't individually separated entities of the universe. They're all one. They're the same. Our minds are interlinked and directly affect each other. This is collective consciousness.

If we catch a cold from someone, we may suffer physically for a few days and we may eventually get over it. But when we catch thoughts from people, we suffer mentally forever. Not just once, but forever. Similarly, our thoughts affect people around us. Our thoughts affect not only those touched by it, but every living thing on our planet. This connection doesn't end at the mental level. A deeper connection exists at the deeper levels of consciousness. We can perceive these as energy layers of our body. There are seven energy layers: physical, pranic, mental, subtle, causal, cosmic, and nirvanic.

We all seem different entities, with many differences, at the physical level. We, God and master are physically removed from each other at this level. There is a great deal of distance at the physical level. When we love someone intimately at physical level, his or her love and suffering affects us. We don't want to suffer but we cannot escape from it. We suffer again and again, whether it's a physical pain or mental suffering or spiritual bondage. It comes and goes out of your being.

We suffer because we aren't aware that we're a part of the collective consciousness. Until we become aware and realise that we are a part of collective consciousness, we think that we've an individual identity, a separate ego. In the deeper levels, we don't have an individual entity; we are a part of collective consciousness.

Let us dive a little deeper, move from the physical level and enter into the next level, the pranic level. The distance is somewhat reduced. Travel farther down, dive deeper to the subtle level the distance between us and master get further reduced. This in turn reduces the distance between us, God and master. The distance between God, master, and us constantly shrinks as we enter into deeper energy layers.

Our journey ends at the nirvanic level where there is no distance between God, master, and us. We are all one. We reach the centre of the universal energy.

Yes, it is very difficult for the intellect to believe or accept it. Your mind will resist it. But, this is the truth. You are God and you become aware of it as you ascend the energy layer

How do you handle the mind?

Just like I said abut the ego – don’t fight with the mind. You cannot achieve anything by struggling against your mind. In fact, you cannot even struggle – because even struggling is a function of the mind! So it will be one part of your mind struggling against the other part. Instead, simply become a witness to the functioning of your mind.

This is not going to be easy. Especially on this path, the mind is a very dangerous companion! Initially, it will create all sorts of fears and doubts in your mind. When you start trying to witness your thoughts, it will convince you that you are actually witnessing. But if the mind tells you that, it means the mind is at work. If you are actually witnessing, there will be no opinions, no judgment, not even the idea, These are thoughts. I am witnessing them.

But be very clear: the mind is not your enemy. There is nothing wrong with thinking. It is just a process like any other. Don’t put yourself into a fighting position. Just be an observer of the mind, an observer of your thoughts. Enjoy the play of your mind!

As you start watching your thoughts, you will see that they start flowing more and more slowly. As your awareness becomes deeper, you become aware of gaps in the flow. A gap that you experience like a flash – you glimpse it, then it vanishes. A gap in which you experience a beautiful silence. By and by, the gaps start happening more frequently. Don’t become attached even to this experience! Don’t wait for the gaps. When the gaps become wider, you will be able to see with intense clarity – not just the outer world, but into the inner world as well.

This is the experience of no-mind.

Transform your life with love, laughter, gratitude.

Turn life into a celebration.

Only then can life become meditation.

                                            BE IN LOVE AND SILENCE, UNION/ONENESS,  YOU ARE THAT

Awareness - the Gates of God! (From the Shiva Sutras series)

Art of Leaving  FEARLESSNESS

Dying to your past :    past memories and samsakaras, social conditioning removed.
Dying to your future:   goals and purposes removed, desires removed, the will to do is removed, mental chattering stops. One drops from the
                                      doing mode into the being  mode.

Being in the Present:  


I feel so lost, I don't even know what to do , nor do I have the motivation or will to do anything. Who I am , where I am going I do not know. Even the desire to move the body is not there, I'll let the body move when it wants, for personally I do not know what to do with it, nor the desire to do. the will to do is gone in me.  All thoughts relating to the future is gone, all thoughts relating to the past becomes irrelevant.  All I know is the sound of music is so beautiful. All I know is Swamiji is so handsome when I look at him I am mesmerized and hypnotized.  A strong  feeling of love and intense yearning awakens everytime I look into him or hear his voice, or think about him.   This feeling is so strong , it defies all logic and thoguths. It is irresistable.  As if there is no way around it, I can't help it.  I've never felt so vulnerable yet so safe with anyone.  Tears falling my heart and entire being trembling without knowing why . Why do I get this feeling when I look into his eyes.  He's just too amazing and so unfathomable .Is it because he is my waking identity staring back at me . My being recognizes something it has long forgotten.  I am starting to forget all about my dream identity, and the dream world.  I feel my dream identiy is fading fast. Everything  about my world and my dream self is fading away. And yet Swamiji appear to be as real and vivid as every.  It seems that he is the only real in this world.  He appears to be ever mesmeizing no matter how many times I look at him.How come all I wanted to do is just be, that's all, maybe the urge to do something haven't kicked in yet.