Janujee, Author at FISU Meditation

Finding Your Own Path: Dharma, Faith, and the Freedom to Choose

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JNANA-, KARMA- AND BHAKTI YOGA Apart from the known religions, there have been many other unknown teachings. Man is entitled to form his philosophy. There is nothing wrong with that at all. Conviction, honesty and sincerity in what you believe are the most critical factors you must have. This can be achieved by studying various religions and philosophies; from there, you extract what you would find essential to you. Like a bee that goes from flower to flower, you would extract the nectar from all the different flowers. Man can live his life that way. That is good for the thinking man, the jnana yogi. But then you have the person not endowed with that kind of intellect; then he would simply follow the path of karma yoga: do good, be reasonable. If there is a God or no God, who cares? He formulates no philosophy; his philosophy would be, let me live as a good person in this world. Those who are devotionally inclined would choose a deity and surrender themself to that deity, and having total belief in that deity, they could select Krishna, Rama, Christ, or whatever. So, on the one hand, we operate from the mental and intellectual level, examining the world’s philosophies. On the other hand, we exercise at the heart level, where you do not want to know but are just devoted. It is not the deity that is so important; your devotion is important. For example, when the chelas of Sri Ramakrishna arrived, they usually touched his feet and put flowers on them, so he was asked by a chela do you allow this? So, Ramakrishna replied, “This is not for my sake. I do not need the devotion. But it is for the sake of the devotee. I allow him to develop his devotion.” And as devotion develops, love develops. BELIEF – FAITH – KNOWINGNESS Although they know all these philosophies, I have found professors of the world who are still very, very mixed up; they are confused. Therefore, how far can the mind go? You create your view after studying these various philosophies and picking out the nectar from every perspective. I always say, there are four thousand million people in this world; let there be four thousand million religions, if you would like to call it that. The definition of the word religion is to bind back, and it is you who wants to bind yourself back to the source that you have come from. Therefore, you could start with belief. But do not stop there. You have many people just being stuck there on that level of belief. They believe this, and they believe that, but that belief must develop into faith, and the faith must develop into knowingness, where you just know without analysing anything at all. You just know. Then, all arguments would cease. You argue with no one, even if the other person’s belief is yours. Some might be a dualist, some might be a qualified non-dualist, and some would be a total non-dualist. You do not argue; you say you believe in that Unity Consciousness, and if someone else believes in duality, by all means, that duality is suitable for that person at that particular stage of his evolution. So, you just do not argue. ANALYSE, FEEL, EXPERIENCE AND DECIDE FOR YOURSELF This man wanted to find the secret of peace and tranquillity. His friend told him that in the Himalayas, you will find a guru who will give you the secret of peace and tranquillity. So, he went to the Himalayas, and for seven years, he roamed around, up and down, and then, sitting on a high peak, he found this glowing spiritual master. And he felt that, “Look, this must be the man I am looking for.” They started talking, and the would-be chela, this man who wanted to find the secret of peace and tranquillity, asked the guru, “Can you tell me the secret of peace and tranquillity?” So, the guru says, “Yes, you just do not argue with anyone. Whatever people say, you listen with a keen ear and an open mind and do not argue.” So, the chela replies, “That is not the secret of peace and tranquillity.” So, the guru says, “Okay, that is not the secret of peace and tranquillity.” So, you do not argue. The approach of a chela must be one of search. Otherwise, you are not a seeker. A true seeker asks a question because it is burning in his Heart. He wants to find the answer for that peace and tranquillity, but he would not approach the guru with an adamant thought that he believes this is right, and he starts arguing. No. You take what you can get and then analyse it in your mind, feel it in your mind, experience it, and then decide. I never tell my chelas to do this and do not do this. But as they meditate, I can see it on their faces; their faces glow with that inner Force, and I can see the progress. That is what I am interested in, not if they are sleeping on a double or single bed or if they eat breakfast or do not eat breakfast. I do not want to know that, as long as I can see greater integration in them, these little exterior things do not matter at all. You can wear the robes of a sadhu, a sannyasin, or a thousand-dollar suit; what counts as long as there is a sense of non-attachment in whatever you do? And when you have a sense of non-attachment, you do not argue with anything. All argument goes because you are not attached to anything. You become philosophy yourself, as far as it can take you, and as your understanding grows, you will find devotion growing. As your understanding grows, your awareness expands, and you will find greater and greater devotion welling up in your Heart. So here,

One Light, Many Paths: A Humble Channel of Universal Truth

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LET THERE BE HARMONY AMONG ALL RELIGIONS When a person talks of spiritual tradition, then traditions could become dogmatic. There, conflicts arise that one would say, I am from the Christian tradition, I am from the Muslim tradition, I am from the Buddhist tradition, and I am from the Hindu tradition. When we study history, so much dogmatism has occurred in the name of religion and tradition that it has closed people’s minds. So many wars have been fought in the name of traditions where rivers of blood have flowed because of tradition that my tradition is proper, and your tradition is wrong. Always a conflict, and speaking, underlying all these traditions is the true tradition, meaning the essence of all religions, but when man goes beyond traditional values, does man know the true essence of tradition, the universal tradition? Let there be harmony amongst all religions because, basically, all religions’ truths are the same. It is like rivers coming from different directions and ultimately becoming one in the same ocean. So, I speak from a position where all traditions are harmoniously. At one moment, I will quote the Vedas to you; at one moment, I will quote the Bible to you; at another moment, I will quote some of the truths in the Koran. WE TRY TO FIND THE ULTIMATE TRUTH THAT IS CONTAINED WITHIN ALL RELIGIONS AND TRADITIONS We try to find the fundamental truths, or the ultimate truth, that are contained within all religions and all traditions. I have spent twenty-five years in a Western country to learn about Western traditions. I have spent the balance of my lifetime in the twenty-five years of understanding and learning; I go back and forth to India and visit my gurus and what have you all the time to learn the various ways of life, the multiple ways of life which form a universal tradition. There is a lovely little story about how these conflicts arise. Four blind men were going through a forest, and they came upon an elephant here in it. The one caught hold of the tail; the one grabbed hold of the leg, the ear, and the trunk. So, the one that got hold of the tail said, “Ah, I have found God; he is like a rope.” The one holding the leg said, “I have found God; he is like a tree stump.” And like that, these four blind men started arguing and fighting. Speaking, each of them had found an aspect of truth, and that aspect of the particular truth they found formed the basis of their tradition. EVERYTHING I TELL YOU COMES FROM MY INNERMOST BEING, FROM MY HEART AND SOUL We try to go beyond or transcend all traditions, and when one transcends the boundaries of tradition, one speaks from direct cognition. Direct cognition supersedes all traditions. If someone asks me, “Are you a Christian?” I say, “Yes.” If someone asks me, ‘Are you a Hindu?’ I say, ‘Yes’. If someone asks me, ‘Are you a Muslim?’ I say ‘Yes’. If someone asks me, “Are you a Buddhist?” I say, “Yes.” Yes, I am all of those, why not? Because there are so many beautiful things in all those traditions, we can go beyond all those traditions, which direct perception of truth can give you. So, my authority is based on my direct experience and communication with that which is within me. I am a Yogi. That is the authority that I speak from. Everything I tell you, Beloveds, is not from what I have read in books. Everything I tell you comes from my heart, soul, innermost being, and things I have experienced. What am I doing here, six thousand miles away from my home and living in a suitcase? Although the English people have been so kind to make me feel comfortable, they have gone out of their way to share this beautiful love. I have come here to share that love and bliss I have experienced with one and all. That is my dharma, and that is my karma-conditioned dharma. I AM JUST A VERY HUMBLE CHANNEL OF DIVINE MELODIES I am not the powerhouse or storehouse of divine energies. I am just a channel. Through my karma, I am just a channel that has developed the ability to draw upon universal forces and pass them on to the person who learns to meditate on our techniques. It is just as simple as that. I am nothing special, nothing at all. I am as ordinary as you are, absolutely ordinary, and even more humble than you are. Because that is what I have been striving for, utter, utter humility, and this is something one does gain by becoming one within oneself; by finding that integration, you become so humble that you can identify yourself with the meanest little creature that crawls on the ground or the highest evolved man. One of the signs of self-integration is that it brings humility within us. So, I am nothing but a hollow reed that could be made into a flute, and there is that divine source that blows through it, those eternal melodies that will pierce your ears, your minds, and your hearts. It is not me. A TRUE GURU IS A DOCTOR OF THE SPIRIT It is not me. Knowing me is beneficial only to the extent that I have developed or acquired the ability to become a doctor, physical doctor, mental doctor, or spiritual doctor. By having developed insight or humility, I can identify myself or attune myself with the meanest crawling creature or the highest developed man, which means an identification. So, when I go into meditation, I can attune myself to your evolutionary status, and in attunement with that evolutionary status, I can assess the imbalance within you. We must not be discouraged about that because ninety-nine point nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, I can go on and on, percentage of people are not balanced people. There

One Energy, One Truth: The Ever-Present Divinity

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I DO NOT LOVE, I AM LOVE The limitation is of the finite mind, and the finite mind can only comprehend the finite, and yet when we talk of love, it is so infinite. So why involve yourselves in the level of emotions which is limited? Love is a living reality, moment to moment, to moment, to moment. Every moment should be filled with that love. Where is that love? Where does it reside in you? In your head or your toe. No. No. That love comes from above (inside). You see the beauty of Grace, the Grace of the Divine, the Grace of the infinity of which you are the totality, and if you are the totality of love, why miss it? Are we not damned fools to miss that which is, for love is. It cannot be contrived. It cannot be conjured. It cannot be put together in pieces. It is, it is and is and is, and we need to recognise that which is, for love is. Why do we escape from it? Why do we escape the inherent right we have that is within us? Every cell of your body cries out for love, and you want to be loved; that is human nature. That is where the mind starts working. You want reciprocation. If anyone asks me, “Do you love?” I say, “No, I do not love. I am love.” For discovering the I am-ness of love, you are finding the I am-ness of yourself and the I am-ness is yourself; it is Divine, Divinity itself. Is God not love? And is love not God? You see how simple it is. There is so much beauty, and I wonder why my children suffer. WHY SUFFER WHEN YOU ARE THE PRODUCT OF JOY? Why is there suffering in this world? Why should there be suffering in this world when you are the product of joy? Are you not the manifestation of the Manifestor? What are the mechanics of your suffering? The mechanics of your suffering stems not from your Heart. The mechanics of your suffering stem from your mind that thinks it is suffering, and yet is that mind thinking or is that mind thinking that it feels? And what is thinking? What is thought? What is the process of thought? Freud could not describe the thought process, Adler could not describe it, and Jung could not either. I have challenged hundreds of Professors worldwide on the subject, “What is thought?” Thought is only a reproduction of patterns embedded in the recesses of your brain. CONTROLLING THE SENSES WILL CAUSE REPRESSIONS AND INHIBITIONS WITHIN What do we do? What is the answer? How shall we do it? The recesses of your brain, the various patternings of the brain, contain those impressions which interpret themselves into thought patterns in the subconscious mind. The subconscious mind translates them to the conscious mind, and the conscious mind translates them into physical realities through the senses: seeing, smelling, touching, tasting, and hearing. Where do we start? Are we going to start by controlling the senses? Are we going to start by controlling our hearing? Are we going to start by controlling our smelling, seeing, touching and all that? You cannot. That is the greatest mistake of modern Psychologists because they know nothing of the human mind. We do not start there, for if you control any sense organ of yours, hearing, touching, smelling, whatever, you will cause repressions and inhibitions within yourself, which will manifest again in some way or the other. So, you are curing a headache and producing a toe ache, so that is not the answer. We have to infuse the conscious mind, which provokes the senses because the senses can only be provoked through the conscious mind, which turns back to the subconscious with all its impressions and, in turn, translates them into daily living. WE DRAW FROM THE SUPERCONSCIOUS LEVEL OF OURSELVES The answer is so simple, and the answer is that if the tea is bitter, put in a teaspoon of sugar. That is all, and where does that sugar come from? That sugar comes not from the conscious mind, from the subconscious mind, but from a far deeper level within yourself; it comes from the Superconscious Mind, which, in other words, means “The Kingdom of Heaven within.” Everyone has it in totality, but why do we not draw from that vast reservoir, from that superconscious level, so that it could permeate, infiltrate the subconscious, the conscious, and then our actions in life? Teachers will teach you from various angles. Why from the outside in and not from the inside out? Is there any energy from the outside? Or is there more incredible energy from the inside out? We draw from that superconscious level of ourselves; we draw from it, for the reservoir is yours; it is there just to draw from so that it can permeate every cell of our body. Then, the question becomes questionless. I do not love; I am love because the entirety of that Universal Self of the superconscious level is permeating every cell of our being. WE DO IT BY OUR SPIRITUAL PRACTISES When you cry and say, “No one loves me, I cannot love anyone.” Is that not the height of stupidity? How do we do this? This is theory, right? We do this through our spiritual practices, where we dive deep within and draw from that Force, from that Divine reservoir of infinite energy, into every aspect of our life. What more is there? Is there anything more? What more can there be? What more can be more critical than finding Divinity within us? And seeing that Divinity within us is to find that love, and in finding that love, we find God. YOU ARE DIVINE; YOU ARE THE MANIFESTATION OF THE MANIFESTOR You see, my beloveds. My eyes get filled with tears when I look at your faces. Why do you suffer when your

The Power of Compassion: The True Meaning of Turning the Other Cheek

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TURN THE OTHER CHEEK? If you are slapped on one cheek, turn the other one. So said Christ. This is very good, but nowhere in the scriptures where it says, do not defend yourself. In practical reality, specific measures are to be taken, but not to the extent where it is an eye for an eye or tooth for a tooth. Not to that extent, because that becomes revengeful and will assume all the negative qualities within man. But instead of taking the eye for an eye, one could stand up and with a feeling of total love and forgiveness, one could put the other person right. The life of Christ was extraordinary. He gave an example of a very extreme nature; when an instance of an extreme nature is given, it could only stick in people’s minds. For that, extremism at that time was necessary. What do we do in the present times? Should we become unloving? Should we become vengeful? Should we be filled with hatred? It will only harm ourselves, and instead of bringing some equilibrium in this world, we will disrupt the various forces by creating greater and greater tamas. In the spiritual field of life, one practices these virtues of kindness and compassion, and our spiritual practices are designed so that kindness and compassion have a spontaneous outcome. It is not something forced because forcing sympathy and kindness is nothing but hypocrisy – because you are not true to yourself, you are not being yourself. So, how does one vent these feelings that rise in the face of our daily opposition? It does not mean sitting back and doing nothing about it. There are specific injunctions you cannot follow to the letter of the law as it is written down. OUR ACTIONS MAY CAUSE NO HARM TO OTHERS There was a little railway station on the border of a forest in India. Here, one tiger comes on to the station and attacks a man. The rules are that the station master cannot use the rifle unless he gets permission from head office. So here he was, battling on the telephone to get approval from the head office. By the time he got through, the tiger had killed three people. He was following the letter of the law. He cannot use the rifle until permission is granted from the head office. Therefore, all rules have to be flexible. If we had ignored the sign on the wall, he could have saved the lives of two people who died unnecessarily. He could have used his rifle. So, all these laws have to be flexible, but in that very flexibility, one should never forget that it may cause no harm to others. That is the most important thing to remember. You are home with your wife and children, and say ruffians attack your home. You will not allow them to hurt your wife and children, perhaps even fatally. You are going to defend them. That does not constitute violence. It is a defence for a righteous cause. Because as a husband, you must protect your wife and children. So there, no karma is involved; this is allowed. You could teach those ruffians an excellent lesson if you are good enough. FORGIVE THEM, THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY DO Spiritual injunctions are always aimed at the highest ideal possible. But as the world stands today, they cannot be practised to their fullest value because the environment is such that it pushes us on. If you were secluded from this world, perhaps you could do that, but that would be a form of cowardice where you are running away from responsibilities. Everything that happens in this world must be taken on its merit. If you get slapped on one cheek, offer the other is not to be taken literally. Many things in the scriptures are not to be taken literally. There are symbolic meanings to it. Love thine enemies. Very, very beautiful. It is only when a person can reach a stage of spiritual unfoldment that you can love your enemy. For if the realization has come about within you that all is within you and that there is no separation, then the whole concept of the enemy does not exist, and there is no enemy. Who do you regard as an enemy? In this mundane world, someone who harms you is considered to be your enemy. But if one, through spiritual practices, has reached a stage where you find no separation at all in this entire world or universe, then who can be your enemy? And if you think of an enemy against you, you are your enemy because that person is at one with you, although he might not understand the spiritual laws as you know them. In my personal life in those business days and the days of spiritual work, many people have done things which, if I were not a guru, I usually would regard them as enemies, for they have caused so much harm. But I do not. I seem to love them more. They have brought out a greater sense of forgiveness in me. “Forgive them; they know not what they do.” WHEN ESTABLISHED IN THE REAL SELF, THERE IS NO ENEMY This comes with spiritual unfoldment. Meanwhile, everyone is just battling along. I would never say follow these injunctions to their ultimate limit: love your enemy, never mind what happens. I would never say that to a person. But I would say try, try to understand. Try to understand the other man’s mind; how is it functioning? Try to understand his illness, his sickness, for most actions that are against the laws of nature, or most activities that harm people, come from an imbalanced mind, a sick mind. That sickness might not be so apparent, but it is an illness when a person has greed or lust for power. In this case, I would send love and healing energies so that

Thou Shalt Not Kill: Exploring the Depths of “Thou Shalt Not Kill”

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THOU SHALT NOT KILL The scripture says, “Thou shalt not kill.” In its border aspect, killing is wrong because if you cannot give life, what right have you to take life? But this was said thousands of years ago when the world was not so technologically advanced. Today, you will know, and science tells us that with every breath you take, you are killing millions of microbes because every way you go, everything you see is filled with life; it is steaming with life. KARMA AND UNINTENTIONAL KILLING Killing can be divided into two categories: unconscious killing and conscious killing. We are killing without intention and killing intentionally. Walking on the ground, we might inadvertently tramp upon some little creature. Karmically, that would be non-binding to you. In other words, that would not create an impression or samskara on your psychic self for which you would have to pay. For every deed we do, we have to pay. There is a Law of Grace, and at the same time, there is a law of retribution. So, when something is done unintentionally and without pre-thought, then you are not bound to pay for the action that you have performed. But scriptures will bear it out that the very taking of that life, although unintentional, has some effect upon your psyche. The result is there because every atom within your body is connected to every cell and atom in this universe, which is why the scriptures would tell you to do charity. In the laws of karma, we are creating a balance by doing charity. So, even those things done without intention or unknowingly can be balanced by being charitable, kind, and compassionate. THE LAW OF THE FISH When it comes to intentional killing, the law of retribution will affect you, and that is why the scriptures say, “Thou shalt not kill.” As we have just said, if you cannot give life, what right have you to take life? There is a law of the fish. Big fish eat small fish to survive. Every time you eat fruit or vegetables, there is life in that. But what form of life? Can man survive without taking any life? One scientist has even given us the heartbeat in a cabbage. I think his name was J. C. Bose, an Indian scientist; he proved to the world that there is a heartbeat in a cabbage. Experiments have been done with plants, and they have found that the plant feels. A person approaches a plant intending to damage it, and the plant screams, recorded by modern machinery. Things we eat have life. Everything existing in this universe has life. So, according to the laws of causes and effects, let us only take the necessary life to survive. So, the law of the fish has an impact and has some value to a certain extent. But when we abuse the law of the fish and kill things which are not necessary for our survival, then, as I said, we are abusing that law. From the plant, we come to the animal; from the animal, we come to man. Man says kill. For example, the wars we have in the world it is nothing else but murder, murder to uphold artificial boundaries created by man. Where one country is Germany, another Spain, another England and another South Africa, this world was not created with countries. Man made those countries, and because of his selfishness, because of the idea of the preservation of the ego for his own needs and wants, boundaries are created, and those boundaries wish to be preserved. You have countries that want to extend the boundaries, and they do it by killing, not with love. Boundaries can be grown where a few countries can come together in a federation without resorting to violence. So, it is wrong, and the excuse given is that I am defending my country. Are you protecting your country at the expense of life? EVERYTHING EXISTENT IN THIS UNIVERSE IS FILLED WITH LIFE We have seen that no one can survive without some sort of killing. The carrot we eat has life; if we should saw through this piece of wood, we are sawing through life because every atom in this wood is life itself. Nothing exists in this universe, but life, and even mineral matter, the grosser matter, is steaming with life. If you take a stone and leave it outside for a while, for a few months, you find changes taking place in the stone. The changes would take place not because of external circumstances, the sun and the rain in which the stone is placed, which plays a tiny part, but because there is a quality in the stone itself. It is the inherent nature of the stone to change, and why does it change? Because it has life. So, we have seen that everything in this universe is filled with life. For personal survival, let only such life be taken that is a real need and an absolute necessity. CAN YOU KILL LIFE? What is life? Can you kill life? Can you kill? We are looking at the subject now from a different aspect. Life is eternal; every scripture bears this out: life can never be destroyed. There is no death, but there is a transformation like our old analogy. You take clay, and you mould a mouse with the clay and then with the same clay, you mould a cat; it is a different form. One is a mouse, and the other is a cat, but essentially it is clay. So, even if you break down the structure of the cat and remould the same clay into the form of a little puppy or dog, you have not destroyed the clay. You have converted the form because the existence we know of with our five senses – seeing, touching, tasting, smelling, hearing – can only perceive name and form. But when man transcends the value

Transformation of the Ego: Merging with the Ocean of Love and Bliss

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EXPAND THE EGO AND EXPERIENCE THE “IS-NESS” OF THE VAST OCEAN OF BEAUTY This ocean of endless beauty robs one of breath and thought. Do not just observe the sea and its beauty; dive in it and drown in it, and then you will experience the beauty more. You become the beauty. By drowning in it, one is drowning one’s little self, the little self of the ego, the small “I,” which causes all this trouble on dry land. When the ego self is drowned in that beauty, the ego self merges into the beauty, and you go through a period of total forgetfulness of your little self. Although you function with the little self and do the daily chores and the daily things of life while functioning in the body, you remain submerged in that beautiful ocean of utter bliss. As we have said before, this ego-self is nothing but thought formations that give you a personality, which is the ego. But you need a personality to live in this world. How can you live in this world without any personality? Everyone has a particular kind of personality. But the man who is drowned, submerged in that ocean of beauty, incorporates all personalities in his personality. All the personalities of the entire world, the whole universe, rocks, flowers, plants, animals, all are absorbed within him, for he is submerged in that ocean of beauty. His personality is not annihilated, but his personality is expanded, embracing everything that there is. By embracing all that there is, he experiences the “Is-ness” of the vast ocean of beauty. This cannot come about by a mental assumption or intellectual rationalization. Mentally, you might say, “I am my brother’s keeper; my brother and I are one.” But, with that conscious analysis lurking in the dark shadows of the subconscious mind, you find a separation. You might love your brother very much, you might love someone very much, very dearly, but if something good happens to that brother, are you going to feel elated? Generally, not. Ninety-nine percent of the world’s population would not. Generally, he would develop envy, why did he win a million dollars in the lottery, not me. Envy would be there, so there is no value in that love, for in the first place, it was not a love.But if you have assimilated the other person right within yourself, in your heart of hearts, you would feel elated just by the thought that he had been given a million pounds. It is the same as if I have been given a million pounds. So, you would give him all the good wishes so that he can enjoy what he has gained. NOTHING WRONG IN POSSESSING ITSELF, BUT DO NOT BE ATTACHED The million pounds gained by this man is not an accident. There is no such thing as luck. He has done something to get that. We call it luck because he has not worked for it on the surface level. But yet he got it, so we call it luck. It is no luck. Perhaps he was owed that. Possibly, the doings of his past created a credit balance for him, and he got it in this life. So, by having this understanding, we would say that he deserves it, and who should feel envious of anyone who deserves it? So, to find that beauty and be submerged in the ocean, envy disappears. Wanting to accumulate is nothing but building walls around you, building a wall so high that you cannot see, never mind being submerged in the ocean of beauty, but you cannot even see the sea. And that is produced by greed, by accumulation, and what do you accumulate? You accumulate possessions, material possessions which are none other than an illusion. A man can only eat one meal at a time. He can only sleep in one bed at a time and drive one car at a time, although he might have a dozen vehicles. So those are his necessities. But people do not think in that fashion that let me just have my necessities to keep alive, to keep this body going, or to do the work I have to do. They feel that having a bank balance of millions or whatever wealth and possession they think will give them security. But it is not so. It does not provide you with security. Those thoughts of accumulation accompanied by greed could never give you security. The most insecure people I have met in this world have been multi-millionaires. First, they work hard to make millions and work harder to look after the millions. You see the vicious circle, yet nothing is wrong with having something. There is nothing wrong with possessing an umbrella on a rainy day like this. Why must you get wet when an umbrella is available? But here again comes the question of attachment. How much am I attached to worldly possessions? We will permanently be connected if we do not eliminate the idea of greed and accumulation. You can only eat one meal and drive one car at a time. After all, what is the difference between a small Volkswagen and a Roll Royce? They both take you from point A to point B. That is the purpose of a car. So, you can go with the Volkswagen or with the Rolls Royce. You still reach what you want to achieve. But, having the Rolls Royce, you are building up your ego. It is a status symbol. When you drive down the road, you say, “There goes Mr. Rockefeller,” and you salute him, but why do you salute him? Why do you salute that rich man? Because it is an inner desire of yours, a subconscious desire to have what he has. So, both are in trouble, the poor and the rich. The poor man wants to accumulate and is greedy and yearning for it, and the rich man has possessions and

The Illusion of Backwardness: The Cunning Mind and the Eternal Now

Acceptance, Bliss, Divine, Divinity, Ego, Eternity, Evolution, Force, Free Will, Freedom, God, Heart, Impressions, Joy, Karma, Kingdom of Heaven within, Mind, Omnipresent, Oneness, Path, Samskaras, Self, Separation, Soul, Spirit, Spiritual, Spiritual Practices, Unfoldment

CAN WE GO BACKWARDS? There is no spiritual development. You are as fully developed as you are. Evolution has to do with the unfolding of oneself, and it can only be progressive. You might go through specific experiences that seem retrogressive to you, but every experience experienced is for a purpose, and the goal is unfoldment. So, if you go through something controversial or filled with some kind of adversity in your life, it is an opportunity to learn something, and that very process of learning is the unfolding of oneself. Is there anything in life from which we do not learn? Look around you everywhere. Look at the ants crawling on the floor; how systematically they are crawling and not bumping into each other. Look at the bees going from flower to flower and yet gathering the flower’s fragrance, the flower’s sweetness and giving us honey. The flower is not hurt. The flower has offered to provide the honey and its sweetness. How much to learn? So, unfoldment is never retrogressive. There is never a time when you take two steps back and one step forward. I always call the mind a cunning animal, and its cunningness makes us think, “I have gone backwards.” No. There is only one way to go; the way is always forward. When we come into adverse circumstances, it would never mean that we have gone backwards; it is spurring us onward. But the mind refuses to accept the lessons that adversity wants to teach us, for as I have said many times repeatedly, that we go, forever onward, forever onward. There is no adversity in life. There is none. But this cunning mind thinks this is adverse. So, you leave home in the morning to go to your job or factory or whatever, and you have a little tiff with your wife. What is wrong with it? It will make us realise during the day that “why this tiff”? Why can we not look at it from that angle? What have I done that has created this little tiff? How much is there not to be learnt from that? That tomorrow, let me be kinder and prevent the conflict. So there is never any retrogression, but always a progression because the course of evolution is pushing you on and on and on to the starting point, and everyone will find the whole circle again. You reach back where you have started. You reach back home – you leave home in the morning, but in the evening, you come back home again. That is evolution, and that is the path that everyone is treading. WHEN THE MIND IS CENTRED, THE WHIRLPOOL OF LIFE ASSUME LESSER IMPORTANCE Life works in cycles, and there are cycles within cycles. The point to be realised is that although the wheel turns and turns and turns, it can only turn from the axle, which remains forever still. Do you see the point? Let the wheel of life turn, but at the same time, realise that the wheel is balanced on the axle that is remaining still. We are trying to find the stillness within ourselves, yet let the wheel turn. Life goes on with all its ramifications and bumps on a potted road. Yet the axle is there; the centre is there. And are we not trying to find the centre of ourselves? And finding the centre of ourselves, knowing the centre of ourselves, realising the centre of ourselves, we say, “Let the wheel turn, so what.” As the wheel keeps turning in life, why do we focus on the periphery rather than the centre? For it is the recognition and the realisation of the centre that brings more excellent stability to us, where we become one with ourselves – for the wheel is useless without the axle. Can the wheel ever turn without the axle? So, we find the axle, the centre and by concentrating through our spiritual practices or doing our spiritual practices, the mind goes to the axle, the centre. And when the mind is centred, the wheel, the periphery, would assume lesser importance. THE REVERSAL IS PART AND PARCEL OF PROGRESSION Why do we feel troubled? We think “two steps back and one step forward” because our minds are not in the centre of ourselves. Yet, for the wheel to function, it has to have all those spokes. Without the spokes, there is no wheel, and those are the spokes that constitute life. Those are the spokes which form the various facets of our lives. To recognise the value of the spokes and, to recognise the value of the rim, and to recognise the value of the axle forms the totality of life. A wheel will always turn forward. It is not the nature of the wheel to turn backwards. Okay, you would reverse slightly back to make a turn. But reversing slightly back to turn to the next road is essential, for how will you get to the next road if you do not reverse back slightly? The reversal is part and parcel of progression. You want to go to streets A, B, and C and turn into roads X, Y, and Z, so you reverse slightly into someone’s garden path, perhaps and then turn. That reversal is necessary for you to get onto the right road. So where is the stepping backwards? That very reversal is also stepping forward. You see how it works. Therefore, no person must ever think that I am going back. No. I am going forward – and everything, even that little reversal to change direction, was necessary for me to enable me to make my turn. So, there is no backwardness. Everyone forever goes forward, and that is the message of hope, which man must understand not only with the mind, not conceptually, but with an inner realisation that all this is necessary for me. YOU ARE CONTROLLED BY DIVINE WILL, WHICH IS ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD To

We Combine All the Yogas: The Harmonization of All Teachings

Acceptance, Awareness, Devotion, Divine, Divinity, Enlightenment, Force, Guru, Harmony, Heart, I and my Father are one, Integration, Joy, Karma, Love, Love thy neighbour as thyself, Mantra, Meditation, Mind, Oneness, Strength, The Abstract, Tranquillity, Universal, Wisdom, Yoga

WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY WHEREBY THE BODY AND MIND CAN BE WELL-RESTED Many schools of thought teach their way. What we are most concerned about is our way. We recognise the necessity for deep rest of the body and the need for deep rest of the mind. The enlightened man could live in seemingly absolute turbulence, which is turbulent to us from our level looking up. He can live in that life of turbulence, but inwardly, he is experiencing that deep calm, tranquillity, and deep rest. We in kindergarten have to train ourselves to find that beautiful relaxation of mind and body. We know that in this twentieth century, in East, West, North, and South, everyone seems to be living a very hectic life. We have brought this hecticness upon us, so now we have to find a way to find tranquillity. We must find a method whereby the body could be well rested, and the mind could follow suit with equal rest. WE INCORPORATE ALL THE YOGAS When one achieves that tranquillity, one can go beyond body and mind and be in touch with the Being within us. This is one form of yoga – this forms part and parcel of Raja Yoga. In Karma Yoga, you have total activity, and you reach a state where, in that activity, you are rested. You are rested automatically in all that hustle and bustle. Our teachings regarding meditation, such as mantra meditations and specific other yogic techniques, is the path of Raja Yoga. In our systems of meditation, we incorporate all the Yogas. We include the methods whereby the deep rest of mind and body is attained and where our being is touched, and then, in the waking state, we say, let us do our best. We do our best in our waking state to better ourselves, to face our weaknesses and better those weaknesses, and we have the ability once we have diagnosed our problems as a doctor would tell you that proper diagnosis is half the cure. In our system, we incorporate Raja Yoga, the methods of mantra and the other forms of meditation which fall under Raja Yoga. We include Karma Yoga, whereby we better ourselves by finding our weaknesses and replacing weaknesses with strengths. Then we also practise Jnana Yoga, which is the yoga of wisdom, and that is where mental analysis, which also serves a valuable purpose, comes in. For a person to do any practice or develop any skill in action, he must necessarily, to a certain extent, appreciate the value of the practices he is doing or the mode of life he is living. This mental analysis of the various systems is called Jnana Yoga or the yoga of wisdom. So, in our system, we develop Raja Yoga, the practices; Karma Yoga, the way of living; and Jnana Yoga, the yoga of wisdom and with the combination of these three Yogas, we are also in touch with the fourth yoga, which is called Bhakti Yoga. Bhakti Yoga is the yoga of devotion, where the husband becomes devoted to the wife, the wife becomes devoted to the husband, and like that, devotion increases. WE APPROACH THE ABSTRACT THROUGH THE CONCRETE Our aim in life is to be in touch with the abstract, which might seem inconceivable to the limitations of the mind, so we approach the abstract through the concrete. The object of our devotion could be our guru, could be our wife, could be our husband. It could be any personage, past or present, with whose teachings we agree and whose teachings are beneficial to us. By having that utter devotion to the person, personage, or object, we automatically draw upon universal forces unto ourselves, and by drawing the universal forces unto ourselves, we benefit with more significant expansion of the mind. There, we are aiding the yoga of wisdom by greater awareness. We are assisting our practical living life, which is Karma Yoga. And we are also at the same time going deeper and deeper into our practices. So here, Bhakti, Karma, Jnana and Raja Yoga, all these Yogas merge into our teachings. They all become part and parcel of each other. And that leads to the totality of life that we should be living. OUR YOGA IS THE YOGA WHERE ALL THESE TEACHINGS ARE COMBINED If we have a motor car with six pistons, I do not think we should be satisfied if the car runs on only four pistons. We know that the vehicle has six pistons, and to get the maximum value of that car running smoothly, we must get all six pistons working beautifully. Because of our limited and conditioned minds, the carburettor sometimes becomes dirty. Divinity is within us; we know we must accept that it is there to be experienced. But that petrol cannot flow through and give the car a smooth run if the carburettor is dirty. So, we clean the carburettor. We clean out the jets and all the dirt in the carburettor so that the petrol can run through, and our car can run smoothly ahead. That is all. We clear this carburettor by our meditational practices for a start. That would lead us to live a better-integrated life in the waking state that will give us some understanding, Jnana Yoga, that will provide us with devotion. So, our yoga is yoga, which could be an integrated way where all these teachings are combined, which could lead us to progress quickly. We all know that we have come from Divinity, and to Divinity, we reach. We know that. But without doing anything, we will take two million years perhaps, but we do not want to wait so long. We want to reach there faster. Therefore, we have these practices that combine all these forms, which I have briefly described. As we become more and more established in these various modes of living and in the understanding we gain, in the devotion

Breaking Free: Rising Above Conventions and Living in the Moment

Attitude, Conscious Mind, Consciousness, God, Grace, Gurushakti, Happiness, Impressions, Joy, Love, Meditation, Mind, Path, Philosophy, Prana, Samskaras, Subconscious, Universal

WHY WANDER THROUGH LIFE? Why wander through life? Why must your boat drift along without a rudder? You have your rudder but hook it on or screw it onto your boat, and then you steer the ship, and there is no more wandering through life but a planned journey through life. By planning, I do not mean any minute detail that has to be accurately worked out, but you have an overall picture like an artist doing a painting. He has an overall picture in his mind, but as he goes along with his brush, the picture changes, and he might come up with something different from his preconception. Or as a poet that writes a poem and has just one little thought floating in his mind and from that one thought, on he goes, and he reaches different dimensions because the composer or the poet goes beyond the conscious mind and by going beyond the conscious mind and to a higher level of his mind, he tunes in with that which we know as the universal mind. All thoughts and everything are floating around just for us to tune in and pick it up. As the saying goes, there is nothing new under the sun, which is true. So, the poet, artist, or musician just draws from what already exists. Then, he brings it down to the conscious level of his mind, and because of his impressions, experiences, and the inhibitions that he might have, he interprets it in a certain way. TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT INHIBITIONS ARE INHIBITING People are always concerned very much about inhibitions. To be concerned about inhibitions is inhibiting. Why be concerned about inhibitions? Because the more you mull over it, the more you think about it, the deeper it becomes implanted in your subconscious mind. Naturally, you and everyone else living in this world are, to a certain extent, governed by the environment, governed by conventions. Why allow yourself to be governed by conventions? Be unconventional. That does not mean running down naked through Oxford Street, but letting life be like a poem, free in expression yet bound by meter and total freedom in expression. If you observe the meter of life or the various bondages placed upon you, like the football field so many yards long and so many yards wide, and once you kick the ball over the line, it is outside, those are the boundaries you are born with. But do not let the conventions of life make a football of you. That is the idea. So, within that boundary of the field, you play your game in freedom and play the game for the sake of the game because there is no such thing as winning or losing. What is winning, and what is losing? You scored three goals, and the other team scored two. That must not bother us. Win or lose, just play the game of life. After all, what are you going to do with the winnings? You come naked into this world, you go away naked, and all that which is in between is a gift. Enjoy the gift. TO GET RID OF INHIBITIONS, TRY TO LIVE FOR THE MOMENT Start enjoying the gift of life. There will not be any place left for those inhibitions because inhibitions or repressions are boundary-creating, and those boundaries are in your tiny little conscious mind. You think it is that small, little conscious mind that thinks. But is your conscious mind thinking, or is it just swayed by past impressions and the circumstances around you? How many thoughts does a person think that are original? If they were original, they would be creative, and creativity knows no inhibitions. So, we are using this gift of the mind as a stumbling block, but it can also be used as a tool if we, throughout the day, just half a dozen times perhaps, just watch our thoughts, and if you watch them, you will know hey, what have I been thinking about in this past five minutes. You know what? It is rubbish because it is of no importance. It has become the past, and analyzing all those thoughts just half a dozen times a day takes a few minutes, then you will find that you are either thinking of your dress or what you were doing last night. Fine. Okay. It was then. You think of this, or you think of that. This morning you got up, what did you think? Ah, we had such a lovely time last night. Show me the creativity of it. You had a lovely time, and it was then. So why use this mind in all the thoughts that are gone? Why project it into the future? The best way to eliminate inhibitions is to try to live for the moment. How can you do that? It is to start with just half a dozen times a day. What did I think two minutes ago? You reflect on that. Do it for a little while, and it will become an ingrained habit with you of self-analysis. The inhibitions you suffer from will be lost, and you will live in the moment because inhibitions are of the past, and impressions are of the past. Right, and number two, as you all know, Meditation, Gurushakti, Pranayama. Things like that help because it takes your mind away. WHEN YOU ARE JUST IN THE FLOW, THERE IS NO PLACE FOR INHIBITIONS I do not know if I should discuss these things, but you are talking about inhibitions, and this is one of the most significant inhibitions. Through scientific research, we have discovered that forty percent of the world’s women are frigid, and thirty-eight point four five, if I remember correctly, let us say just thirty-eight points of men at a particular time become impotent. This is the greatest thing in people’s lives because it is the strongest urge, and they worry about it, and the worry

The Active Path to Inner Peace: Calming the Mind Through Action

Acceptance, Attitude, Awareness, Effort, Force, God, Grace, Gurushakti, Happiness, Harmony, Heart, Integration, Joy, Kingdom of Heaven within, Light, Love, Love thy neighbour as thyself, Meditation, Mind, Peace, Scriptures, Self, Self-integration, Spiritual, Spiritual Practices, Strength, Unfoldment

ANYONE WE CAN LEARN FROM IS A FRIEND The trouble with man is imagination and exaggeration. Most of the ills people suffer from really are imaginary. There is no real foundation; with imagination and thought power, we create them and bring a surface reality to them. All illnesses stem from the mind, and then we start exaggerating. You have a slight headache, and you keep on to yourself, “Oh, I have got a headache, headache, headache.” You are exaggerating that headache. You are not helping it. Occupy yourself in something worthwhile, and that headache is forgotten. It goes away by itself. So, get away from imagination and especially from negative imagination. Imagination plays its part in creativity, but with a more significant majority of people, it also plays a greater role in producing negativity. These are the things that one has to watch out for. Love thine enemy — that is a gross exaggeration. For whom is your enemy? We think he is our enemy, but if you look deeper, perhaps you can learn so much from the very so-called wrong acts of that person, and anyone from whom you can learn something is a friend. THE MIND SHOULD BE USED AS AN INSTRUMENT IN PROPER ANALYSIS It is crucial to how you look at things and always to be alert. Alert and aware of all the happenings around you, and to interpret those happenings in a reasonable, godly manner. If the attitude is correct, you can view everything in the context of the scriptures. Say my wife leaves me. It will hurt for a day or two. It might hurt a bit longer. But will I wallow in that hurt, or will I see the opportunity in the adversity? It might be good if she is gone away for a little while so I could sit down and be in solitude and think. Think of the rights and wrongs, sit down with a pen and a piece of paper, and write down the debit and credit sides, and you will be surprised how wrong you have been. We are always blaming others, never ourselves. But while she is away from you, you can sit and think objectively in that solitude. We always blame others for many reasons: because we live a false life. We are not ourselves. We live a life of what we assume to be and not being what we are. So, the mind should be an instrument, not an obstacle. It should be used correctly in proper analysis, and these analyses are necessary. And if you cannot do it yourself, perhaps you go to a qualified psychologist. They also serve the purpose because they are not involved in your emotions. They can look at you objectively and help you along. So, self-analysis, self-effort, and spiritual practices draw Gurushakti or the power of Grace, and the world is okay. Nothing is wrong with the world; only something is wrong with people. That is all. WE HAVE TO REMOVE THE VEILS ONE BY ONE Speaking from an individual standpoint, you cannot change this world collectively. There have been many reformers who came to earth and tried to reform the world collectively. But it is impossible. Some transformation can take place individually, for it is the units that compose the whole and not the whole composing the units. Therefore, if every person follows these elementary principles: seek balance, be yourself. Take things for what they are, and you develop acceptance. These are the things that bring you joy, for joy too is a process, and if we have the idea that we can change the world or ourselves overnight, it is a fallacy. It is a gradual recognition of our authentic Selves. The veils have to be removed one by one. Sometimes, you get fed up as you remove the onion skins. The vapour gets your eyes. You say, “Oh, why must I have these onions?” That is how, if a person lives his life, everything is alright with me, Jack. You are okay. I am okay. Everything is okay. These attitudes have to be developed, not for the sake of benefitting the world, leave that to the teachers, they will do as much as they can, but talking individually, for yourself only. How can I become more and more happier? How can I become more and more harmonious with myself? How can I become more and more integrated within myself? That is what we need. SPIRITUAL INJUNCTIONS MUST BE CARRIED OUT SPONTANEOUSLY This is an affluent country, yet you have a few million unemployed people. It does not make any logic; it is terrible management and bad government where jobs and things are not created, and human potential is not drawn out. It is not only here; it is everywhere. America itself is such an affluent country, and yet people live under the bread line, while so much food is wasted here that it could feed another small country every day of the year. So much is wasted. Look at the imbalance. So, affluence can bring imbalance, and poverty can bring imbalance. These forces are always there. They will always be there, and we can do nothing about it. You change governments. Today, you have this one; tomorrow, you have that one. But basically, nothing is going to change. You get tax relief, saving two hundred dollars for the year or five hundred dollars according to your income. You save that. But you are not going to keep it, that I promise you. You will say, “Ah! Five hundred dollars less to pay, so let us go out and have a party!” You usually are used to wearing a twenty-dollar dress. So, ah, you will save this year, so you buy a fifty-dollar dress. And meanwhile, you have been used to wearing a twenty-dollar dress all your life. I do not know the prices here; I am just using figures. So, what are you saving? Nothing at

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