HOW TO ALIGN WITH OUR FIVE ELEMENTS?

 

HOW TO ORGANIZE OUR 

FIVE ELEMENTS

IN YOGA, WE HAVE DEVISED A SCIENTIFIC PROCESS OF BECOMING FREE FROM THE FIVE ELEMENTS, CALLED BHUTA SHUDDI. THIS IS THE MOST BASIC PRACTICE IN YOGA. "BHUTA" MEANS THE PANCHA BHUTAS, OR THE ELEMENTS. "SHUDDHI" MEANS CELANSE. IF YOU CLEANSE THE ELEMENTS SUFFICIENTLY, THEN YOU ATTAIN TO STATE WHICH WE REFER TO AS BHUTA SIDDHI, WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE A CERTAIN MASTERY OVER YOUR FIVE ELEMENTS.

IT IS FROM THE BASIC PRACTICE OF BHUTA SHUDDHI THAT VARIOUS OTHER PRACTICES HAVE EVOLVED IN THE YOGIC SYSTEM-THEY ARE JUST A SMALL EXTRACTION FROM THIS FUNDAMENTAL PROCESS. TO BECOME FREE FROM THE WATER ELEMENT, YOU GO TO THAT PARTICULAR TEMPLE DO ONE KIND OF WATER ELEMENT, YOU GO TO THAT PARTICULAR TEMPLE AND DO ONE KIND OF SADHANA. TO BECOME FREE FROM AIR, YOU GO TO ANOTHER TEMPLE AND DO ANOTHER KIND OF SADHANA. LIKE THIS, FOR ALL THE FIVE ELEMENTS, FIVE WONDERFUL TEMPLES WERE INFUSED WITH THE KIND OF ENERGY WHICH ASSISTS THAT TYPE OF SADHANA. YOGIS USED TO TRAVEL FROM TEMPLE TO TEMPLE, CONTINUING THEIR SADHANA FROM ONE TO THE OTHER.

 

BHUTA SIDDHI

• THE FUNDAMENTAL PROCESS OF YOGA IS TOWARDS ATTAINING TO A STATE OF BHUTA SIDDHI, SO THAT THE LIFE PROCESS IS NO LONGER AN ACCIDENTAL PROCESS, IT IS NOT A COMPULSIVE REACTION TO THE THE SITUATION IN WHICH WE EXIST-IT IS A CONSCIOUS PROCESS.
• ONCE THE LIFE PROCESS IS A CONSCIOUS PROCESS, TO BE PLEASANT AND BLISSFUL IS NATURAL AND TO MOVE TOWARDS LIBERATION IS INEVITABLE.
• THE ARI THAT YOU BREATHE, THE WATER THAT YOU DRINK, THE FOOD THAT YOU EAT, THE LAND THAT YOU WALK UPON, AND THE FIRE OF LIFE IN THE FORM OF THE LIFE FORCE - IF YOU KEEP THESE CONTROLLED AND FOCUSED, THEN HEALTH, WELLBEING IN THE WORLD ARE ASSURED.
• IT IS MY ENDEAVOR TO CREATE VARIOUS DEVICES WHICH WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR THEMSELVES IN SUCH A WAY THE VERY WAY YOU EXIST IS A PANCHA BHUTA ARADHANA.
• THE WAY THIS BODY, THIS PHYSICAL SELF EXISTS HERE SHOULD BE IN ADORATION OF THE FIVE ELEMENTS. ONCE CAN USE THIS FOR THEIR PHYSICAL WELLBEING, FOR THEIR WORLDLY SUCCESS, AND AT THE SAME TIME IT CAN BE A GREAT STEPPING STONE FOR ONCE'S ULTIMATE LIBERATION TOO.

 

CHANGING THE QUALITY OF THE ELEMENTS OR DETERMINING HOW THESE ELEMENTS BEHAVE WITHIN US IS VERY MUCH WITHIN THE HUMAN MIND AND CONSCIOUSNESS. 

WATER

ONE THING SCIENTISTS ARE SAYING IS THAT WATER HAS MEMORY. LIKE A FLUID MEMORY BANK, WATER RESEMBLES WHATEVER IT COMES IN TOUCH WITH. IN TODAY'S WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, WATER IS PUMPED FORCEFULLY THROUGH A PIPE, AND IT MAY TAKE FIFTY BENDS BEFORE COMING TO YOUR TAP. BY THE TIME THE WATER LANDS IN YOUR HOUSE, THEY ARE SAYING THAT SIXTY PERCENT OF IT WILL BE POISONOUS - NOT CHEMICALLY, BUT BECAUSE ITS MOLECULAR STRUCTURE WILL HAVE CHANGED. IT MAY NOT BE CONTAMINATED THE WAY YOU NORMALLY LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF BACTERIA, BUT JUST THE FORCE OF TRAVEL IS MAKING THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE CHANGE IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT IS NO LONGER BENEFICIAL, PERHAPS EVEN POISONOUS. IF YOU HOLD THIS WATER IN A COPPER VESSEL AND KEEP IT THERE FOR TEN OR TWELVE HOURS, THE DAMAGE WILL UNDO ITSELF.

HOW TO TAKE WATER

 

1. YOUR GRANDMOTHER USED TO TELL YOU, "YOU SHOULD NOT DRINK WATER OR EAT FOOD FROM JUST ANYBODY'S HAND.
2. YOU MUST ALWAYS RECEIVE IT FROM PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU AND CARE FOR YOU.
3. YOU SHOULD NOT CONSUME THINGS FROM ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE". WHEN YOUR GRANDMOTHER TOLD YOU THIS, IT WAS SUPERSITITION. IF YOU HEAR ABOUT IT FROM SCIENTISTS IN THE US, THEN YOU WILL TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. THIS IS A KIND OF SLAVERY.
4. IN THIS CULTURE, WE HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT WATER HAS MEMORY. WHAT YOU CALL AS "THEERTHA" IS JUST THIS.
5. YOU HAVE SEEN HOW PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO GET THAT ONE DROP OF THEERTHA FROM THE TEMPLE.
6. EVEN IF YOU ARE A BILLIONAIRE, YOU STILL DIE FOR THAT ONE DROP OF WATER BECAUSE YOU WANT TO TAKE IN WATER WHICH HAS THE MEMORY OF THE DIVINE.

 

AKASH

MODERN SCIENCE IS BEGINNING TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED AS AKASHIK INTELLIGENCE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO CALL AKASH OR SPACE, THE FIFTH ELEMENT BECAUSE IT IS THE ELEMENT. ALL THE OTHER FOUR JUST PLAY UPON IT, THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT IS AKASH. YOU ARE SITTING IN YOUR PLACE NOT BECAUSE OF YOURSELF, YOU ARE SITTING IN YOUR PLACE ONLY BECAUSE OF AKASH IS HOLDING YOU IN PLACE. IT IS AKASH WHICH IS HOLDING THIS EARTH, THIS SOLAR SYSTEM, THIS GALAXY AND THE WHOLE COSMOS IN PLACE - AND NO STRINGS ATTACHED, JUST SEE! JUST HELD LIKE THAT.

GRATITUDE PRACTICE

 

• IF YOU KNOW TO GET THE COOPERATION OF AKASH INTO YOUR LIFE, THIS WILL BE A BLESSED LIFE.
• ONE SIMPLE PROCESS YOU CAN DO FOR THIS IS, AFTER SUNRISE, BEFORE THE SUN CROSSES AN ANGLE OF THIRTY DEGREES, LOOK UP AT THE SKY ONCE AND BOW DOWN TO AKASH FOR HOLDING YOU IN PLACE TODAY.
• AFTER THE SUN CROSSES THIRTY DEGREE, SOMETIME DURING THE DAY-ANYTIME-LOOK UP AND BOW DOWN AGAIN.
• AFTER THE SUN SETS, ONCE AGAIN LOOK UP AND BOW DOWN, NOT TO SOME GOD UP THERE, JUST TO THE EMPTY SPACE FOR HOLDING YOU IN PLACE FOR TODAY.
• JUST DO THIS LIFE WILL CHANGE DRAMATICALLY.

DO THIS PROCESS CONSCIOUSLY THREE TIMES A SAY. IF YOU GET COOPERATION FROM AKASH, LIFE WILL HAPPEN IN MAGICAL WAYS. AN INTELLIGENCE THAT YOU HAVE NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE WILL BECOME YOURS.

HOW TO LISTEN OUR

 THOUGHTS?

ALL THAT  WE ARE IS THE RESULT OF WHAT HAVE THOUGHT. IT IS FOUNDED ON OUR THOUGHTS. IT IS MADE UP OF OUR THOUGHTS. IF A MAN SPEAKS OR ACTS WITH AN EVIL THOUGHT, PAIN FOLOWS HIM, AS THE WHEEL FOLLOWS THE FOOT OF THE OX THAT DRAWS THE CARRIAGE.

ALL THAT WE ARE IS THE RESULT OF WHAT WE HAVE THOUGHT. IT IS FOUNDED ON OUR THOUGHTS, IT IS MADE UP OUR THOUGHTS. IF A MAN SPEAKS OR ACTS WITH A PURE THOUGHT, HAPPINESS FOLLOWS HIM, LIKE A SHADOW THAT NERVER LEAVES HIM.

EARNESTNESS

• EARNESTNESS IS THE PATH OF IMMORTALITY (NIRVANA), THOUGHTLESSNESS THE PATH OF DEATH. THOSE WHO ARE IN EARNEST DO NOT DIE, THOSE WHO ARE THOUGHTLESS ARE AS IF DEAD ALREADY.
• HAVING UNDERSTOOD THIS CLEARLY, THOSE WHO ARE ADVANCED IN EARNESTNESS DELIGHT IN EARNESTNESS, AND REJOICE IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ERECT. 
• THESE WISE PEOPLE, MEDITATIVE, STEADY, ALWAYS POSSESSED OF STRONG POWERS, ATTAIN TO NIRVANA, THE HIGHEST HAPPINESS.
• IF AN EARNEST PERSON HAS ROUSED HIMSELF. IF HE IS NOT FORGETFUL, IF HIS DEEDS ARE PURE, IF HE ACTS WITH CONSIDERATION, IF HE RESTRAINS HIMSELF, AND LIVES ACCORDING TO LAW-THEN HIS GLORY WILL INCREASE.
• FOLLOW NOT AFTER VANITY, NOR AFTER THE ENJOYMENT OF LOVE AND LUST! HE WHO IS EARNEST AND MEDITATIVE OBTAINS APLE JOY.
• WHEN THE LEARNED MAN DRIVES AWAY VANITY BY EARNESTNESS, HE, THE WISE, CLIMBING THE TERRACED HEIGHTS OF WISDOM, LOOKS DOWN UPON THE FOOLS, FREE FROM SORROW HE LOOKS UPON THE SORROWING CROWD, AS ONE THAT STANDS ON A MOUNTAIN LOOKS DOWN UPON THEM THAT STAND UPON THE PLAIN.

AS A FLETCHER MAKES STRAIGHT HIS ARROW, A WISE MAN MAKES STRAIGHT HIS TREMBLING AND UNSTEADY THOUGHT, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO GUARD, DIFFICULT TO HOLD BACK. AS A FISH TAKEN FROM HIS WATERY HOME AND THROWN ON THE DRY GROUND, OUR THOUGHT TREMBLES ALL OVER IN ORDER TO ESCAPE THE DOMINION OF MARA, THE TEMPTER.

IT IS GOOD TO TAME THE MIND, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO HOLD IN AND FLIGHTLY, RUSHING WHEREVER IT LISTETH, A TAMED MIND RBINGS HAPPINESS. LET THE WISE MAN GUARD HIS THOUGHTS, FOR THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO PERCEIVE, VERY ARTFUL, AND THEY RUSH WHEREVER THEY LIST, THOUGHTS WELL GUARDED BRING HAPPINESS.

HAPPINESS

WE LIVE HAPPINLY INDEED, NOT HATING THOSE WHO HATE US! AMONG MEN WHO HATE US WE DWELL FREE FROM HATRED! WE LIVE HAPPILY INDEED, FREE FROM AILMENT. WE LIVE HAPPILY INDEED, FREE FROM GREED AMONG THE GREEDY, AMONG MEN WHO GREEDY LET US DWELL FREE FROM GREED. WE LIVE HAPPILY INDEED, THOUGH WE CALL NOTHING OUR OWN! WE SHALL BE LIKE THE BRIGHT GODS, FEEDING ON HAPPINESS. HEALTH IS THE GREATEST OF GIFTS, CONTENTEDNESS THE BEST RICHES, TRUST IS THE BEST OF RELATIONSHIPS, NIRVANA THE HIGHEST HAPPINESS.

HE WHO GIVES HIMSELF TO VANITY, AND DOES NOT GIVE HIMSELF TO MEDITATION, FORGETTING THE REAL OF AIM OF LIFE AND GRASPING AT PEASURE, WILL IN TIME EVERY HIM WHO HAS EXERTED HIMSELF IN MEDITATION.

THE BEST OF WAYS IS THE EIGHTFOLD, THE BEST OF TRUTHS THE FOUR WORDS, THE BEST OF VIRTUES PASSIONLESSNESS, THE BEST OF MEN HE WHO HAS EYES TO SEE. THIS IS THE WAY. THERE IS NO OTHER THAT LEADS TO THE PURIFYING OF INTELLIGENCE. GO ON THIS PATH, THIS IS THE CONFUSION OF MARA, THE TEMPTER. IF YOU GO ON THIS WAY, YOU WILL MAKE AN END OF PAIN. THE WAY PREACHED BY ME, WHEN I HAD UNDERSTOOD THE REMOVAL OF THE THORNS IN THE FLESH.

THE LIFE CHANGING 

THOUGHTS

 

• THE  TRUTH IS, CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT IN LIFE AND HOLDING ON TIGHTLY TO WHAT WE KNOW ONLY LEADS TO MORE SUFFERING. SO THE KEY IS TO EMBRACE CHANGE, NOT RESIST IT!
• EMBRACING CHANGE AND LETTING GO IS THE PATH TO TRUE HAPPINESS.
• DAY BY DAY, WHAT YOU THINK AND WHAT YOU DO IS WHO YOU BECOME.
• ONE MOMENT CAN CHANGE A DAY, ONE DAY CAN CHANGE A LIFE AND ONE LIFE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
• INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT, OPENLY ADMIT WHEN YOU'RE NOT SURE ABOUT SOMETHING AND WATCH HOW QUICKLY PEOPLE COME TO YOU AID.
• BEING AWARE OF YOUR LIMITATIONS AND EMBRACING THEM ALSO LEADS TO A GREATER SENSE OF SELF-AWARENESS. THIS MEANS TALKING A DEEP DIVE INTO YOUR STRENGTHENS AND WEAKNESS, SO YOU CAN FOCUS YOUR ENERGY ON WHAT YOU'RE GOOD AT, AND SEEK HELP IN AREAS YOU NEED IMPROVEMENT IN.
• THIS SELF-AWARENESS WILL LEAD YOU DOWN TO PATH OF PERSON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, HELPING YOU BUILD CONFIDENCE FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
• THE MOST IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS YOU'LL EVER HAVE ARE THE ONES YOU'LL HAVE WITH YOURSELF.
• WHEN A PERSON CAN'T FIND DEEP SENSE OF MEANING, THEY DISTRACT THEMSELVES WITH PLEASURE.

ENJOY WITH FLOW OF

 LIFE

DIVE INTO THE WORLD OF ULTIMATE ENJOYMENT WITH THE POWER OF "FLOW" ATTAINING THIS EUPHORIC STATE CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH TWO SIMPLE STEPS.

1. CHOOSE AN ACTIVITY THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT AND DO IT JUST FOR THE LOVE IT, WITHOUT ANY EXTERNAL MOTIVATION LIKE MONEY OR FRAME.
2. ENSURE THAT THE LEVEL OF CHALLENGE IN THE ACTIVITY IS PERFECTLY BALANCED, NOT TOO EASY OR TOO DIFFICULT, BUT JUST RIGHT.

TO FIND YOUR FLOW, FOCUS ON DOING SOMETHING THAT'S MEANINGFUL AND ENJOYBLE TO YOU. DON'T LET EXTERNAL FACTORS LIKE MONEY OR FAME CLOUD YOUR EXPERIENCE.

FOR THE SECOND STEP, GRADUALLY BUILD UP THE CHALLENGE LEVEL OF THE ACTIVITY. IF YOU'RE LEARNING A NEW GAME LIKE CHESS, START WITH AN EASIER LEVEL AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THE CHALLENGE AS YOU GET BETTER.

WHEN WE ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO CHANGE A SITUATION, WE ARE CHALLENGED TO CHANGE OURSELVES.

CHANGING ONE'S MIND ABOUT HUMAN NATURE IS HARD WORK, AND CHANGING ONE'S MIND FOR THE WORSE ABOUT ONESELF IS EVEN HARDER.

STAY PRESENT, AND CONTINUE TO BE THE OBSERVER OF WHAT IS HAPPENING INSIDE YOU. BECOME AWARE NOT ONLY OF THE EMOTIONAL PAIN BUT ALSO OF THE ONE WHO OBSERVE, THE SILENT WATCHER.

THIS IS THE POWER OF THE NOW, THE POWER OF OWN CONSCIOUS PRESENCE.

TRY APPROVING OF YOURSELF AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS."

 

HOW TO REACH THE GOD 

THROUGH YOGA?

THE WHOLE PROCESS OF YOGA IS TO TRANCEND THE LIMIATIONS OF THE MIND. AS LONGAS YOU ARE IN THE MIND, YOU ARE RULED BY THE PAST, BECAUSE MIND IS JUST AN ACCUMULATION OF THE PAST. IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT LIFE ONLY THROUGH THE MIND, THEN YOU WILL MAKE YOUR FUTURE JUST LIKE THE PAST, NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS. ISN'T THE WORLD ENOUGH PROOF OF THAT? IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT OPPORTUNITIES COME OUR WAY THROUGH SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MAY OTHER THINGS, AREN'T WE REPEATING THE SAME HISTORICAL SCENES AGAIN AND AGAIN?

YOUR OLD STOCK OF KARMA IS NOT THE PROBLEM AT ALL. YOU SHOULD LEARN HOW NOT TO CREATE NEW STOCK. THAT IS THE MAIN THING. OLD STOCK WILL WEAR OUT BY ITSELF, NOT BIG THINGS NEED TO BE DONE ABOUT IT. BUT THE FUNDAMENTAL THING IS YOU LEARN HOW NOT TO CREATE NEW STOCK. THEN, LEAVING THE OLD STOCK IS VERY SIMPLE.

1. ONCE YOU LEARN HOW NOT TO USE THE MIND AND SIMPLY LOOK AT LIFE, IT IS THE ULTIMATE GAME YOU CAN PLAY, BECAUSE THE ULTIMATE BECOMES AVAILABLE TO YOU ONLY THROUGH THAT. THROUGH THE DISTORTIONS OF THE MIND, YOU CANNOT PERCEIVE ANYTHING.
2. HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE WORD "BUDDHA"?. WHEN I SAY, BUDDHA YOU ARE ALWAYS THINKING OF THAT PARTICULAR MAN- GAUTAMA BUDDHA.
3. GAUTAMA IS NOT THE ONLY BUDDHA, THERE HAVE BEEN HOUSANDS OF BUDDHAS ON THIS PLANET, AND THERE STILL ARE. HIS SECOND NAME IS NOT BUDDHA, HE IS GAUTAMA SIDDHARTHA. HE BECAME A BUDDHA.
4. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BECOME A BUDDHA? "BU" MEANS BUDDHI" THE  INTELLECT.  ONE WHO IS ABOVE HIS INTELLECT IS A BUDDHA. ONE WHO IS IN HIS INTELLECT IS A NON-STOP SUFFERING HUMAN BEING. 
5. NO MATTER WHAT IS HAPPENING, HIS ANXIETIES, HIS FEARS, HIS NONSENSE, HIS CONFUSION WILL NEVER GO AWAY AS LONG AS HE IS THE INTELLECT.
6. HAVE YOU NOTICED THIS? NO MATTER HOW WELL YOU ARE PLACED, CONSTANTLY THE MIND IS STRUGGLING. YOU THINK EVERYTHING IS PERFECT, BUT YOU TURN BACK AND SEE, YOUR ANXIETIES AND YOUR FEARS ARE SITTING RIGHT THERE YOUR BEHIND YOU LIKE YOU TAIL.
7. IF FOLLOWS YOU WHEREVER YOU GO. YOU LOOK AT THE SUNRISE AND YOU FORGET ABOUT EVERYTHING, BUT WHEN YOU TURN BACK AND SEE, IT IS RIGHT THERE. IF YOU WERE BELOW THE MIND, YOU WOULD NOT KNOW THIS KIND OF SUFFERING.

IT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE UNABLE TO BEAR THE TORTURE OF THE MIND THAT THEY HAVE DEVISED MANY WAYS IN SOCIETY TO GO BELOW THE MIND. EXCESSIVE EATING, ALCOHOL, EXCESSIVE INDULGENCE IN PHYSICAL PLEASURES, THESE ARE WAYS TO GO BELOW THE MIND. PEOPLE USE THEM AND FOR A FEW MOMENTS THEY CAN FORGET THE TORTURE. YOU HIT THE BOTTLE AND SLEEP. FOR  A FEW HOURS, YOUR MIND DOES NOT BOTHER YOU ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU HAVE GONE BELOW THE MIND. THERE IS GREAT PLEASURE AND IT IS SO RELAXING BECAUSE SUDDENLY, THE TORTURES OF YOUR MIND ARE NOT THERE. SO YOU GET DEEPLY ADDICTED TO IT. BUT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS GOING BACK. IF YOU GO BELOW THE MIND BY USING A CHEMICAL , LIFE ALWAYS CATCHES UP WITH YOU WITH MORE INTENSITY AFTER THAT IS OVER, SUFFERING INTENSIFIES.

 

• ONCE YOU HAVE THIS DISTANCE, YOUR ABILITY TO USE THE MIND IS TREMENDOUSLY ENHANCED.
• SO IF SOMEONE SAYS, "YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR MIND, "DON'T FEEL INSULTED.
• IT IS THE HIGHEST COMPLIMENT. THEY ARE SAYING YOU ARE A BUDDHA. PEOPLE USUALLY UNDERSTAND "OUT OF THE MIND" AS MADNESS.
• MADNESS IS OF THE MIND. AS LONG AS YOU ARE IN THE MIND, YOU CANNOT ESCAPE THE MADNESS. YOU MAY EITHER BE IN SOCIALLY ACCEPTED LEVELS OF MADNESS OR YOU MAY CROSS THAT SOCIALLY ACCEPTED LEVEL, BUT SOME LEVEL OF MADNENSS IS GOING ON IN EVERYONE.
• IF YOU ARE OUT OF THE MIND, CAN YOU BE MAD? ONLY IF YOU ARE OUT OF THE CIRCUS OF YOUR MIND, YOU WILL HUNDRED PERCET FREE OF MADNESS.

WHAT IS THE PATH OF 

DEVOTION?

DEVOTION IS THE QUICKEST WAY TO GET TO THE ULTIMATE, BUT THE WAY PEOPLE HAVE BECOME TODAY, WITH THE INTELLECT BEING BROUGHT FORTH TO THIS LEVEL, YOU CANNOT BE A DEVOTEE. A DEVOTEE HAS NO AGENDA OF HIS OWN. HIS ONLY OBJECTIVE IS TO DISSOLVE INTO HIS OBJECT OF DEVOTION. LET US SAY HE IS A DEVOTEE OF SHIVA. IT MEANS HE JUST WANTS TO MERGE OR DIE INTO SHIVA. THAT IS ALL HE KNOWS. HE IS NOT THINKING OF LIVING WELL OR BECOMING RICH OR GIVING TO HEAVEN. ARE YOU LIKE THAT? NO. FOR YOU, DEVOTION IS A CURRENCY FOR AN EASIER LIFE. LOOK AT THE PRAYERS IN THE WORLD. NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF THEM ARE JUST SAYING, "GIVE ME THIS, GIVE MEN THAT, SAVE ME, PROTECT ME, "ISN'T IT SO?

THIS IS NOT DEVOTION, THIS IS A DEAL. YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE A STUPID DEAL. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO BECOME A DEVOTEE, AND ATTAIN TO THE ULTIMATE THROUGH DEVOTION, THEN YOU HAVE TO AGENDA YOURSELF, YOU DO NOT WANT LIFE TO GO YOUR WAY. YOU JUST WANT TO MERGE WITH THE ULTIMATE, THAT IS ALL. IF YOU ARE LIKE THAT, DEVOTION IS THE QUICKEST WAY TO REALIZATION. IT IS VERY QUICK.

AT THE ASHRA. IT HAPPENS THAT PEOPLE COME AS INVESTIGATORS. SLOWLY, THEY BECOME STUDENTS, THEN THEY BECOME DISCIPLES, THEN THEY BECOME DEVOTEES. THAT IS A NATURAL PROGRESSION OF LIFE. AS THEIR EXPERIENCE BECOMES DEEPER AND DEEPER, THEY HAVE NO OPTION. THEY ARE TOO OVERWHELMED WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING. THEN THEY CANNOT HELP BOWING DOWN COMPLETELY. JUST BOWING DOWN AND TOUCHING SOMEONE'S FEET IS NOT DEVOTION. YOU ARE BENDING DOWN BECAUSE THERE IS GOING TO BE A BENEFIT. SOMEONE HAS TOLD YOU, IF YOU GET BLESSINGS FROM SOME GURU, THINGS WILL HAPPEN WELL. YOUR BUSINESS WILL WORK WELL OR YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE HEALTHY. SO YOU BEND DOWN. IT IS OKAY, YOU GET THAT ALSO. TO THAT EXTENT DEVOTION WORKS FOR YOU, BUT NOT AS AN ULTIMATE VEHICLE TO TAKE YOU BEYOND.

DEVOTION AS AN ULTIMATE VEHICLE WILL NOT WORK IN YOUR PRESENT STATE OF MIND. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR YOU. YOU ARE TOO COMMITTED TO YOUR BODY AND YOUR INTELLECT. YOU CANNOT DROP THEM ALL OF A SUDDEN AND BECOME A DEVOTEE. DEVOTION AS AN ACT IS VULGAR.

DEVOTION AS A WAY OF LIFE IS WONDERFUL. IF YOU GO THE WAY OF DEVOTION, YOU HAVE TO SEE WHETHER IT IS SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR YOU. IT DOES NOT WORK BECAUSE YOU ARE A THINKING PERSON. THINKING PEOPLE CANNOT BE DEVOUT.

INSTEAD OF THAT, IT IS BETTER YOU DEVELOP A LITTLE REVERENCE FOR LIFE AROUND YOU. WHEN YOU HAVE THIS MIND, DON'T TALK DEVOTION. IF YOU COME TO SUCH A POINT THAT THE EXPERIENCE OF LIFE, OR SOMEON'S PRESENCE HAS OVERWHELMED YOU SO MUCH THAT YOUR MIND HAS JUST SUNK INTO THE BACKGROUND, THAT WHAT YOU THINK AND WHAT YOU FEEL IS NO MORE IMPORTANT, THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS BECOME MUCH MORE IMPORTANT FOR YOU - THEN DEVOTION IS A POSSIBLITY.

KRIYA YOGA

KRIYA REQUIRES NO SPECIAL PHYSICALLY AGILITY OR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF YOGA TO PRACTICE. IT INTEGRATES SEAMLESSLY INTO ONE'S DAILY LIFE, BRINGING THE POSSIBILITIES OF A SPIRITUAL PROCESS - WHICH WERE ONCE AVAILABLE ONLY TO YOGIS AND ASCETICS - TO EVERY HUMAN BEING IN THE COMFORT OF THEIR OWN HOME. CREATED BY SADHGURU, IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORM THE LIFE OF ANYONE WHO IS WILLING TO INVEST JUST A FEW MINUTES A DAY. THE INTRUCTIONS FOR  KRIYA ARE GIVEN BELOW.

PREPARATION

 

SIT FACING EAST IN A CROSS-LEGGED POSTURE, WITH YOUR SPINE COMFORTABLE ERECT.

KEEP YOUR HANDS OPON YOUR THIGHS, WITH YOUR PALMS FACING UP.

WITH YOUR FACE SLIGHTLY UPTURNED, EYES CLOSED, KEEP A MILD FOCUS BETWEEN YOUR EYEBROWS.

THE MEDITATION

THIS MEDITATION HAPPENS IN THREE STAGES:

STAGE 1

INHALE AND EXHALE GENTLY, SLOWLY.

WITH EACH INHALATION, MENTALLY SAY TO YOURSELF, "I AM NOT THE BODY". THE INHALATION SHOULD LAST THE WHOLE DURATION OF THAT THOUGHT.

WITH EACH EXHALATION, MENTALLY SAY TO YOURSELF, "I AM NOT EVEN THE MIND". THE EXHALATION SHOULD LAST FOR THE WHOLE DURATION OF THAT THOUGHT.

STAGE 2

 

 

UTTER A LONG "A" SOUND (AS THE "A" IN FATHER). THE SOUND SHOULD COME FROM JUST BELOW THE NAVEL. YOU NEED NOT UTTER IT VERY LOUD, BUT LOUD ENOUGH TO FEEL THE VIBRATION.

UTTER THE LONG "A" SOUND 7 TIMES, EXHALING FULLY INTO EACH SOUND.

STAGE 3

SIT FOR 5 TO 6 MINUTES WITH A SLIGHTLY UPTURNED FACE, AND KEEP A MILD FOCUS BETWEEN YOUR EYEBROWS.

THE TOTAL TIME OF THIS PRACTICE IS BETWEEN 12 TO 18 MINUTES. YOU CAN SIT LONGER IF YOU WANT.

NOTES

WHILE YOU FOR THE KRIYA, DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE ACTIVITY OF THE MIND OR BODY. WHATEVER IS HAPPENING IN YOUR BODY OR YOUR MIND, JUST IGNORE IT AND SIMPLY SIT THERE.

HOW TO DO MEDITATE WITHOUT 

DISTRACTION 

YOUR MIND DOES NOT LIKE MEDITATION. WHEN YOU WANT TO SIT AND MEDITATE, THE MIND WILL DO EVERYTHING TO SEE THAT YOU DON'T. FIRST IT WILL SAY, "OH WE'LL MEDITATE TOMORROW" "TOMORROW" IS THE DEEPEST CUNNING OF YOUR MIND. THE MIND WILL NOT SAY, "I WON'T DO IT", IF YOUR MIND SAYS, "I WON'T DO IT", YOUR EGO WILL SAY, "I WILL DO IT", THA IS THE NATURE OF YOUR EGO. IF I WANT TO GET SOMETHING DONE BY YOU, ONE SIMPLE WAY OF GETTING IT DONE IS TO SAY, "PLEASE DON'T DO IT. NO, YOU SHOULD NOT DO IT. DON'T DO IT". YOU WILL DO IT BECAUSE THAT IS THE NATURE OF THE EGO. SO THE MIND WILLNEVER SAY, "I WILL NOT DO IT",IT WILL SAY, LET'S DO IT TOMORROW" AND TOMORROW NEVER COMES.

IF YOU JUST OBSERVE YOURSELF, YOU WILL SEE HOW MANY UNNECESSARY MOVEMENTS YOUR BODY IS MAKING WHEN YOU STAND, SIT, AND SPEAK. IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR LIFE AND SEE, YOU WILL SEE THAT PROBABLY MORE THAN HALF THE TIME IS TAKEN UP IN THIS. THERE IS SO MUCH UNNECESSARY THOUGHT AND ACTIVITY WITH THE BODY - THINGS THAT YOU YOURSELF DO NOT REALLY CARE FOR. BUT IF YOU KEEP THE BODY STILL, SLOWLY THE MIND WILL START COLLAPSING.

RIGHT NOW YOUR MIND IS THE BOSS, YOU ARE SLAVE. THE MAIN ASPECT OF MEDITATION IS , AS YOU BECOME MORE MEDITATIVE, YOU BECOME THE BOSS, YOUR MIND BECOMES THE SLAVE, AND THAT IS HOW IT SHOULD ALWAYS BE. THE MIND IS TERRIBLE MASTER. HE WILL PUT YOU THROUGH ALL KINDS OF ENDLESS SUFFERING. BUT THE MIND IS A WONDERFUL SLAVE. IF YOU KEEP YOUR MIND IN A CERTAIN WAY, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT WITH IT.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REALITY 

AND HALLUCINATION

REALITY CAN BE MUCH MORE UNREAL THAN HALLUCINATION. WHAT NEOROSCIENTISTS AND PHYSICISTS ARE TALKING TODAY IS FAR MORE FAIRYTALE-ISH THAN ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE KNOWN AS FAIRY TALES. IT IS SO FREAKISH AND OUTLANDISH. WHENEVER YOGIS SPOKE ABOUT THIS, PEOPLE THOUGHT IS WAS SOMETHING GREAT. IT IS JUST PERCEPTION, THEY JUST DESCRIBED WHAT THE SAW.

HALLUCINATION MEANS YOU ARE MAKING IT UP SO POWERFULLY THAT YOU BELIEVE IT - THAT IS DANGEROUS. IF YOU ARE GENUINELY HALLUCINATING, IT MEANS Y ARE MAKING UP THINGS SO POWERFUL IN YOUR MIND THAT IT SEEMS REAL. IF YOU CREATE IT IN YOUR MIND AND EMPOWER IT WITH YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS, IT CAN BECOME A LIVE PROCESS.

TANTRA DOES NOT BELIEVE IN CREATING WHAT YOU WANT IN TERMS OF THE PHYSICAL EXISTENCE AROUND YOU, BUT IS FOCUSED ON CREATING FORMS AND IDENTITIES WHICH WILL FUNCTION WAY BEYOND YOUR OWN INTELLIGENCE. TANTRA IS ESSENTIALLY FOCUSED WAY BEYOND YOUR OWN INTELLIGENCE. TANTRA IS ESSENTIAZLLY FOCUSED ON CREATING A MIND HIGHER THAN ONESELF, MAKING AN INTELLIGENCE BEYOND ONE'S PRESENT CAPABILITIES BECOME AVAILABLE. THE TECHNOLOGY OF MAKING THIS HAPPEN WAS WHAT WAS KNOWN AS TANTRIC METHODS. THAT IS, LEARNING TO USE YOUR BODY, YOUR MIND, AND YOUR ENERGIES JUST AS INTRUMENTS OF LIFE, SO THAT YOU BECOME AVAILABLE TO A MUCH HIGHER POSSIBLITY, AN INTELLIGENCE WHICH IS WAY BEYOND HUMAN CAPABILITIES.

• WHEN YOU ARE DOING SPIRITUAL PRACTICES, HOW TO KNOW WHETHER YOU ARE HALLUCINATING OR WHETHER IT IS REAL? IF THERE IS A DOUBT THAT YOU ARE HALLUCINATING OR WHETHER IT IS REAL?
• IF THERE IS A DOUBT THAT YOU ARE HALLUCINATING, IT IS BETTER THAT THE BENEFIT OF DOUBT IS GIVEN TO HALLUCINATION THAN TO YOUR EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE IF THERE IS A GENUINE EXPERIENCE, SOME TRANSFORMATION WILL HAPPEN BY ITSELF.
• IF IT IS HALLUCINATION IT IS ANYWAY A WASTE OF TIME. SO IT YOU ARE IN DOUBT, IT IS BETTER TO SIMPLY SEE THAT YOU ARE HALLUCINATING BECAUSE ONCE YOU START CREDITING HALLUCINATIO AS REAL, THENYOU WILL HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT, IT WILL JUST GO WILD.