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.
- 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.
- HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE WORD "BUDDHA"?. WHEN I SAY, BUDDHA YOU ARE ALWAYS THINKING OF THAT PARTICULAR MAN- GAUTAMA BUDDHA.
- 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.
- 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.
- NO MATTER WHAT IS HAPPENING, HIS ANXIETIES, HIS FEARS, HIS NONSENSE, HIS CONFUSION WILL NEVER GO AWAY AS LONG AS HE IS THE INTELLECT.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.

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