HOW TO PROGRAM OUR MIND ? (GOD OF YOGA)

 

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.