The Avalanche, the Whirlpool and the Precipice

 

If we get aware of the man who comes in our dreams to wake us and have had the experience of Baba dreams, we somehow get alert and watch inside what happens and it is nearly to expect that we understand it not that right in the beginning, because we know, dreams cannot be understood on the mind level, we have to look at it a different way to get to the right answer.
That inner view reflects what is present, it is closer to truth than the mind ever can be. To know the difference between mind and what we think it is or what it should be that it arranges the mind and our lifestyle to be able to understand the reality of reflection ... that are two different levels of awareness.

One assumes to be right and to not have to look at anything at all, but what is already there and the other knows, only 'He' knows and therefore, we have to go on searching for it, if ever answered it will be by his grace only. There is no other way we can get that level of insight or knowledge out of the higher self, but to go on and practice until we will be able to understand it right. And we know, if we don't put it into practice - we will never know. And that part in us asks, how can I do the best to put it into practice?

 

I had that experience of the avalanche and the precipice and as it seems also the whirlpool and I don't care about making the experience of the 'vulcano', because we know what it does to the environment and that it results in a catastrophe.

Love in Action, Listening only is Dull

It is only through action that devotion can be deepened. Action cleanses the mind and makes it fit for spiritual knowledge. Merely listening to noble thoughts (sravanam) is a tamasic act. Recapitulation (manana) is Rajasic and complete assimilation (nidhidhyasana) is Sathvic.

When you are simply listening, quietly receiving without reflecting or responding, you are dull (tamasic). When you turn the thought over in your mind, attempting to assimilate it, then you are active (rajasic), and when you are sunk in the sweetness of experience, you enjoy pure exultation (sathwic).

That Nidhidhyasana is the fruit of devotion. To overcome obstacles in the spiritual path, you must have both, Sadhana and Sankalpa – Self-effort and Divine Grace.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

How often I wondered silently why we think his words are clear and after thinking it over or reflecting on it here in the blog, I get to the surprising conclusion that the result is different from what I first thought.
It is not only like that in our dreams and with interviews, the mind gets to a wrong conclusion, but it is like that in general.
Baba doesn't talk on a mind level ever. He always reflects the Atman and that means for us, we have to go to those three above mentioned levels to get there.
Often we think it is all clear and no question and understood, but that is very deceiving.
In this thought for the day he tells us why not. It cannot be that easy and without any effort. How should we understand Baba's words right, if we don't do any effort to put it into practice and to know truth. 
He is rooted in truth, we just don't know the difference between 'I am that' the level of truth and the mind. He explains that merely listening is tamasic (darkness and dull).
It is on three levels, listening, think it over and absorb.

From Darkness to Light - Discrimination First - to Universal Love

Arjuna's dejection was a case of finely disguised egoism. He was a hero until he came to the battlefield and became a coward. It was all about 'I and Mine'; "I will go to hell, I would rather beg, I will not fight my uncle, my Guru, my cousin, etc." 'I and mine' are two poison fangs; they have to be removed to make you harmless.

Krishna counselled Arjuna: "You are not killing, so don't be conceited, they are deathless; the death sentence on their bodies has already been pronounced and you are merely executing God's will!"

Krishna made Arjuna aware of himself and removed his delusions. Arjuna realized that he was but an instrument in the hands of the Lord.

You too must learn from that lesson, for otherwise, there will be no end to your misery. Always pray Thamaso maa jyothirgamaya - Lead me from darkness to light. Egoism is darkness (thamas); Surrender (Sharanagathi) is light.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

I remember that he explained that Arjuna was feeling bad, because of his noble feelings, nobody likes to fight against family and friends and teachers... Yogis are our friends, parents and teacher are on the level of God, nobody would just do his duty if it means to kill them... without second thoughts.

But it is about hidden ego and wrong identification. We have to get aware of the wrong identification, the hidden ego, because it is hidden.

We cannot get aware of it if we don't question it and in the Bhagavad Gita the hidden ego comes up. 

What Krishna tells him in his teaching is that he is not the doer, that he cannot control that war, it is not Arjuna's mistake, but the others, they began with the war and he has to fight to not be seen as coward.

(If we meet someone who kills and tells us that he had to and that God told him that they were sentenced to death by him, and that he doesn't kill, we will end up in a mental institution and prison and be criminals.)

We can therefore not take that literally, but we have to translate it, we have to understand it right.

 

You too must learn from that lesson, for otherwise, there will be no end to your misery. Always pray Tamaso ma jyotirgamaya - Lead me from darkness to light. Egoism is darkness (tamas); Surrender (Sharanagathi) is light.

   

But to be able to learn from the lesson we first have to understand it, and do we understand it? 

Humility is all that counts - Surrender ...

The gods once imagined that they were able to get victory over the demons because of their own prowess. When they were celebrating the victory, a deity appeared before them and cast a blade of grass on the ground. It asked Agni (God of fire) to burn it; but he could not. It challenged Vayu (God of Air) to lift it, but he could not. It provoked Varuna (God of Water) to wet it, but, in spite of his best efforts, he could not. Then when their pride had been pricked, the deity taught them the Brahma Vidya (science of Brahman), which reveals the inner source of all strength.

This is no ordinary story; Agni is the presiding deity of vaak (speech) and so it tells us that speech has to be humble, that it derives its power only from the basic Universal Principle. Vaayu is prana (the vital air). Humility in behaviour and practice are all that count, especially in Sadhana.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

This is the basic reality we have to realize in our life, the real power behind, he is the knower and it is not I and I guess that is the difficulty of the know how.

If even the gods thought that they were able to get victory over the demons because of their own prowess..., how about us?

We don't even know that we imagine that we can do it, we just do it and what we find afterwards is that it didn't work, but we go on repeating the same mistake over and over. We should think that we learn by experience, but it is not like that.

Most people go on searching for happiness on the wrong level or they are that distracted in their mind and focus on ephemeral things that they never get aware that it is a dead end and that it leads nowhere, because it is an illusion.

What is an illusion? And what is the science of Brahman, Brahma Vidya? How can we know the source of all strength it reveals to us if we don't know what we are talking about?

How do we Grow Spiritually?

Medicine is useless for the dead as well as the sturdy. Those endowed with devotion are already marching on their path. There is no use in speaking to those who have no devotion in them; it is a sheer waste of time. 

There are many, who are conscious of the Higher Power and are feebly desirous of contacting it, but are wavering and unsteady. They are either ignorant of the path and its benefits or are afraid of the consequences – my message is for such half-apathetic devotees. 

First learn the art of living in the midst of all kinds of people, so you neither grieve nor make others grieve. Make the best use of the opportunities you are gifted with to acquire wisdom, and derive and spread joy. Learn from the saints, the eternal wisdom and profit from it. Then, spread noble thoughts and good impulses and grow spiritually.

I didn't sleep last night, either it was too hot or something felt not quite right. My daughter was outdoors and after she came back I fell asleep, but I as I had to go to work, it was only about one and a half hour left before I had to get up again. It feel like walking on cotton or like being drunk and that will go on all day today ...

 There is no use in speaking to those who have no devotion in them; it is a sheer waste of time. 

I have enough experience about that, even thought we had met in the ashram. When I noticed that everything I said was just like talking to a wall, it was not only waste of time, energy and resources, money. 

Nothing came back but stupid answers. I went to Baba being a TM-teacher and therefore, in my first interview that came up. Baba asked me what I wanted. I tried to explain, because I had a boyfriend and he was the national leader and I said that my friend was with Maharishi and I was him and that was my problem. 

Baba asked who is your friend, is your friend with Maharishi or is Maharishi your friend? To that very moment I thought I spoke about the boyfriend and I wanted to do the best for the relationship and noticed, I was on another level. Yogis are our friends and the question was, why he seemed to be a friend, if he was no friend and why I tried to do the best for a relationship which was not really based on friendship?

Mind Impressions from Past Deeds Sublimated

The mood and behavior of people in cinema halls, marriage halls, exhibitions or while watching a game is very different from that of a spiritual gathering!

The mood during entertainment is very different as the crowd there are moved by totally different impulses. However, in a gathering devoted to the needs of the spirit, what is expected is calm, reverential and eager attention, prayerful silence. Silence is most needed in all spiritual gatherings where deeper spiritual disciplines are discussed.

Only the eye and the ear need function, the tongue has no business to wag. Everyone then will be able to receive completely, the gift of love and grace.

Learn to make the best of life, this chance offered to you to sublimate your instincts, impulses and impressions on the mind from past deeds (Vasanas) and rise higher and higher in the moral and spiritual plane.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

What does it actually mean that we are able to sublimate the mind impressions of past deeds?
The difference between the mood of the crowd during entertainment is due to different impulses.
However, if the gathering is devoted to the needs of the spirit, it has to be different and calm, reverential and with silence. Silence has to prevail because the deeper spiritual disciplines are discussed.
We have some people here they have a family consciousness and it is directed into outer activity and passion.
Because they want to feel good in family, they come in the center and talk loud, expecting everybody to share that with them, as in their mind all belong to the same family. Often it seems to be whatever is in their mind. 

It is always kind of a challenge to integrate it and to be able to take it. It is a level of socializing instead of devotion and it seems rather to destroys the others enthusiasm and motivation.

After Baba left the body, I went on every meeting just to participate and following his inner guide, challenging it, that he will inside respond to it.
Some compensate and some are eager and loud just to make everybody hear that they are present and to be noticed by others it seems they get even louder, because they think love makes other available for them to feel good.

 

The first thing our new center leader had to face when she began were some who always have problems, calling her constantly asking for advice. She had to stop it, because they were just taking advantage of it that she was a center leader, expecting her to solve their problems.

Kind of the same level I had met with my ex and I was not aware of it. 

Baba said in the dream sometimes last year that it was 'passion, I should stay alone'. That was the reflection of all those meeting I had attended and I always came back with headache. Now I attend only what feels okay to me.

It easily becomes passion if we are directed on outer activity.
I always wondered why I came back with headache and told myself that it cannot be, that spiritual gatherings lead instead to good feeling and bliss or whatever, maybe love to headache only, but I had constantly headache and was glad to leave and be alone again. I guess that was answered by his dream when he said, 'it is passion, stay alone'. If I manage to stay alone in myself in the midst of the gathering, it is okay and I go, but if that it not possible, because some people enforce themselves on us and think we have to be as they think it is right, then I don't go, because that will lead to discussions and passion. 

Getting aware of the Inner Voice

You may wonder, 'How is it that the Atma is present in all?' When you meditate in solitude on this question, a permanent, unchanging sound arises from the mind.

All objects manifest the power of the atom. Every object is composed of atoms. It is the nature of atoms to combine and to separate.

But in all human beings there is one unchanging and indivisible divine entity, the Inner Voice. The body undergoes change from infancy to old age, but the Inner Voice remains unchanged.
People experience three different states of consciousness in the waking, dreaming and deep sleep states. But the Inner Voice has no change in the gross or subtle states of the body.
What is that Voice? It is the divine Inner Voice issuing from the Atma-tatwa (Atma Principle). It is continually declaring: 'I, I, I..' - 'Aham, Aham, Aham'. This is the Truth that is subtler and more fundamental than the atom.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

The principle of Atman is present in all as 'I' and in meditation I got aware of a wonderful melody coming out of the heart of all hearts. That was that level of the unchanging sound, it was that beautiful.

I had to listen to it and follow it, but it was projected into TM and that was wrong again, too easy answered, to fast it lead to a wrong conclusion, because it was about an unchanging sound, but it was not arising from the mind, it was arising from the heart of all hearts and that is Baba, divinity. 

It was not 'easy' to understand the inner Voice, and when they told us it was all easy, it enforce the easy mind conclusions and that is all not right.

Even if the inner voice is the same and unchanged, if we don't get aware of its reality, we can get to a wrong conclusion still, because it is not all the same. 

But following the inner master we get in direction of getting closer to that unchanged voice.

Parents are God and following the inner voice we also meet the parents. But Baba said in the inner view that they let me down, therefore, I guess it was not possible with them to realize the self, it would have been surprising.

Not long ago they were both present as dolls with strange faces in the inner view, it was a reflection of caricatures.

That reflection mirrors the reality of their state of mind and what I have to face in them.

It is not the reality of Atman and self-realization, but dolls, it means mind directed, not self directed and not Atman directed.

That would also have been surprising, because if it would be Atman, why would they have let us down?

But I guess seeing the reflection of the object of their state of mind means that I don't have to think about it anymore, it is done.
It was the same with the TM-leader, he is an actor and that answers all questions, there is no more question. In my parents is the reflection of dolls and that also answers questions.

If there is something I don't feel okay with or I don't understand it yet, I just have to think about their doll faces and it gets clear why, I guess.

The inner Voice goes beyond birth and death and it comes from the principle of Atman, the 'I am that' and it reflects, it is cognition.

We are the Knowledge, the higher Self and the Wisdom

When the senses are brought under control by the mind, the mind itself ceases to function; it disappears as it were. Then man experiences a profound silence. 

That stillness resulting from the absence of the mind is true Knowledge (Jnana). This knowledge cannot be acquired by intellectual ability or mental agility, nor by following an example. It is sui generis. 

Consider the ashes which cover a burning charcoal or the moss which covers a sheet of water. The ashes have come from the charcoal. The moss has originated from the water. 

The cataract that dims the vision of the eye, wherefrom has it come? From the eye itself! When the screen that blinds the vision is removed, the true Self will be seen in its real form. Atma Jnana is not obtainable through books, preceptors or even Paramatma (the Supreme Self). You are yourself the Paramatma, the Jnana, the Atma.

To see stillness and silence as 'real knowledge' is quite unusual. And to be able to experience the absence of the mind we should use meditation. The flow of thoughts never stops if we don't know how to make it stop. 

And the experience of 'sui generis' was present in the higher self. 

The focus on that only, life felt like a new birth, it was kind of surprising because outside everything went on as it was before, but inside everything changed and was new at the same time. 

In my family they didn't get it, they didn't noticed the change or a bit, when coming back from Paris and they all began with TM, but it was not about TM. 

But the memory of my parents is back, that means not as I had experienced it, but more the whole feeling of it, how it was in that parent's house and as I had experienced as child. It began to feel different after being a teenager. 

There had been self-realization in the air, I was writing a diary and I had no notion why, if with family or with writing or with whatever... It was also beautiful and motivating. 

It made me go for it, even thought I couldn't find it afterwards anymore and I didn't know where to look for it. It seemed like more we tried to find it, less we  could actually find it.  

But it is nice to see the parents in that light and to realize that self-realization had to do with them. 

It needed decision and willpower to go in that direction. After I couldn't find it anymore, I wanted to experience it no matter what. As it was not possible to talk about it, we kept silence and that helped. That silent place seems to be real knowledge. 

I decided to not change anything in my life until it would be changed from inside by the self itself. 

And that changed my life, even if it took some time and until now I remembered always that waiting time, but when getting aware of the father and the parent's house, I get aware of the power behind. 

In going for something I had no idea when it would be there or if at all, I had to give up wanting or worrying or planning, I had to just let go and take whatever would be there later on and all that in the purpose to get out of the mind and to find an experience of stillness. And it needed patience and perseverance, but one day it was there, and no matter the obstacles coming up, I had to go on. It was about observing to find truth and that was always hidden, so it went on waiting and more obstacles. But when the self reflected in the dream as a very bright, very strong light in my inner view, it was about truth. That was it. 

I couldn't tell why it was there, why it reflected as white light, but it was amazing. The vision felt like dream, but it was not really, because I was awake only the body slept. There was nothing but beauty and love. 

Follow his Advice and then Watch the Result

When you go to a doctor, you must take the medicine that he prescribes and follow his advice and instructions. There is no use blaming him if you default. How can the doctor cure you if you do not take medicines or follow the diet restrictions and regulate your intake according to his advice? 

Similarly, follow My advice and then watch the result. 

Also remember, it is a sign of foolishness to brood over mishaps and mistakes once committed, and punish oneself by refusing to take food and so on. What good is it to ill-treat the body to correct the mind? Even as you deal with your own faults strictly, you should pardon that of others. Do not misunderstand their motives and scandalize them; perhaps their motives might be as noble as yours or their action might be due to ignorance, rather than wickedness or mischief.

Baba (thought for the day)

We have to take the medicine prescribed by him and follow his advice and instructions and that means, follow the master, fight to the end and finish the game. 

If we do that, we automatically will be confronted with the past and stuff coming up in our mind, we have to deal with. 

His advice is; follow the master, fight to the end and finish the game. 

The first question was, how to follow the inner master, because he was not present and holding our hand and telling us what to do. How do we know it is the inner master? That was the first question. 

How would I know? That is how we began to discriminate, it was not possible to know without discrimination. 

I began to notice that there were things in the past I didn't understand and it looked different in the light of the master and I began to follow him in questioning it. There was lots of issues with the family and also my mother. I didn't get the answer I wanted from my mother and I didn't know how to handle my own reaction.

She avoided to answer and that was disturbing. I noticed that I asked and I asked again and I still didn't get an answer, finally I wrote her the question in a letter, it was after my father had died. 

When my father died, he was afterwards in my dream and said he had to show me something. He was at a very dark place and he couldn't get out of it, the light was far away like a small star and I wanted to know from her, because she was with him living in Spain, why I had that dream? 

After she came back from Spain we met more often with the family and I told everybody about the dream with the father, there were no big reactions. But I wanted to know it from her side, because she was with him together in Spain and she didn't answer. 

Delusion is Extremely Difficult to Understand

All investigations associated with the mind are delusions of various sorts. They are subjective. All that people do - seeing, hearing, experiencing and doing, are all mental delusions caused by association with the body. The mind cannot keep still even for a moment, without thinking about something or the other. Hence the mind is dependent on the body. All that the mind experiences, relates to the world that is made of the five elements. The mind sees the world through the eyes, hears through the ears. The mind has no form of its own; it is Maya (delusion). It is desire. It is Nature. It is ignorance (Avidya). Delusion is its very nature. It is extremely difficult to understand the pure and immutable Divine Soul (Atma) through an instrument subject to delusions.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

I guess you think there is no need to question it, because he calls it delusions of various sorts and that it is all in association with the body only, that seems clear doesn't it, if it is just delusion, why do we even think about it?

But his Lila is different and it doesn't tell us, don't think about it. He was in meditation and said, think about it. He said 'engaged' and he didn't tell there is no use to think about it, because it is all mind only. It is a different level of our consciousness and to tell that we are he and that we or 'us' is 'He', is again a different level of consciousness and afterwards he is in the dream not as 'us' or as 'he', he is in the inner view as 'I' and do you think that is easy to understand?

First, why 'us', where are you that he tells us?
You don't even care, so what about 'us', do I care about 'us'?
But he does want us to get aware of it. It is all subjective, yes it is pure subjectivity, but it is still about us or 'we' and he tells in the inner view 'I'.  

The mind cannot keep still and it depends the body and we go through the up and downs of the body. But we need to inquire to make the difference between 'us' and 'He' and 'I'.
The question is finally, 'who am I?'

Sheeple and the Power of the Watch Dog

All of you are already spiritual aspirants (Sadhakas) or bound to be one soon!

It is said, Moksha lies in the sukshma - Liberation can be achieved by subtle means.

Few important steps for you: Treat others in the same way, you would like them to treat you. Never brood over the past; when grief overpowers you, do not recollect similar incidents from your past to add to your grief. Recollect, rather, incidents when you were happy!

Draw consolation and strength from them. Raise yourself above the surging waters of sorrow.

Women are called 'weak' because they yield to anger and sorrow much more easily than men; so I would ask them to take extra pains to overcome these two. Namasmarana (chanting the Lord's name) is the best antidote for this and if you take it up, the Lord will come to your rescue and instill the faith that everything is God's Will and teach that you have no right to exult or despair.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

I had two husbands, one was the so called 'friend' of the other. He said I should not worry, he had a job, money, his boss retired and he too, and that he would start to work with him again the day he will again go into business.

That was in Baba's presence and we talked constantly about truth, because Sathya means truth and I thought it was a Baba Lila and after some time, it was clear, there was no friend, there was no job, there was no money, he was not in pension, he was just out of job.

He just had made it look like that in the light of his VIP boss, because it looked and felt good in that light, nothing but mind and ego.

If I would tell 'he is holy and richt and whatever' and I see myself in the light of him, it would be the same, it means 'I am that' as well.

 

After a nervous breakdown Baba called us back to him, his dreams said that I had to go back to him to make peace with him. Whatever, we left and had a beautiful time, but before we left the ashram  already troubles with him, peace was gone before we even left. 

 

Before Baba left the body he was present inside in dreams and it was perfect timing to be in his presence during the time he left the body. I didn't get the room, even though we were donors, what made lots of hurt feeling come up and Baba said in the dream that he only took advantage of it and that he doesn't know what he is doing and that I should send him the bill.
That is not exactly not thinking of the past, but having to deal with it to understand it.

I had a Baba interview with another person and he had asked her who I was, to whom I belonged and what our relationship was. It felt strange to me, because I had to translate and he talked about me. 

Just afterwards I met that guy, and he said he was the friend of a VIP, that made him look good and more interesting, who he was in the light of that, 'show me your friends and I tell you who you are'.   

We need a Diamond to cut a Diamond

To know the Indweller (Kshetrajna) you have to acquire the Supreme Knowledge (Jnana). This transcends every other kind of knowledge which is related to the physical and the phenomenal.

No one can understand the Divine Self (Atma) through worldly knowledge. You need a diamond to cut a diamond. To understand the Divine Soul (Atma), you have to acquire Knowledge of the Spirit (Atmajnana).

All the knowledge gathered by the analysis of physical objects or through the senses is only a form of ignorance.

It has three elements: What is known, what is to be known and who is the knower.

These three are aspects of the mind. Only that is Jnana which is known when the mind is eliminated. Atma and Jnana are one, though called by different names. True Awareness is Jnana.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

The indweller is very secret and therefore, it needs supreme knowledge. How do we get that knowledge if it transcends every kind of knowledge related to the physical and phenomenal?

We have to transcend it, every knowledge, whatever we call our business and think on that transcendental level it is all the same and only transcendence, it means there is just a common understanding level, but it is not the higher self, we cannot see that level of transcendence equal to the higher self.

No one can understand the Divine Self (Atma) through worldly knowledge.
 

There is a relationship, the higher self is the level of 'He', the inner husband and we are all considered to be feminine if God is the husband. The higher self is a reflection in our consciousness and Atman reacts, reflects and resounds.

It was there in the dream and as Baba said, he is the man in the dream who comes to wake us, it means he was present as the higher self, a bright light, but that had to be realized inside and was present as reflection in consciousness and as 'I am that' in Baba. It is 'He', but not in the form, but only light, only reflection.

The Husk of Delusion (Maya)

The life principle (Jeevathathwa) is like the grain covered in the husk of delusion (Maya), as that rice is enveloped in the paddy. The husk (Maya) has to be removed. The grain (Jeevathathwa) has to be boiled and made soft and assimilated so that it might add to health and strength. 

The softened rice can be compared to the Supreme Soul (Paramathma). The mind should be employed in this process. It has to be fixed in the Truth (Sathya) and the Ever-lasting (Nithya). To remove the husk, Discrimination (Viveka) is an effective instrument. Develop the power of discrimination and find out, which is beneficial, and which is not. Seek the light always – be full of confidence and zest. 

Never yield to despair, for it has never produced any results!

Baba (thought for the day)

We have the husk and the grain and how do we separate the husk from the grain? 

I write down what is coming up in my mind, whatever is present and try to relate it to the thought for the day.

Often in study circles we here that it is about love only or truth or both, and everything is right, but what is clear is that in a study circle we are not finding faults with others. 

We have a theme and we share thoughts, it is not a discussion and if it is okay we can share thoughts in the end, but if not, it is better not.

That happened last time, I was not aware that the person who wanted to do the study circle didn't know the guide lines. I thought she knew, because she is someone who is always singing Bhajans, but she didn't and in no time we had someone who was finding faults.

If we look at it in the light of that thought for the day, we have on one side the husk and on the other the grain.

If in a study circle we have a discussion instead of sharing, we have a problem and we have to separate the husk from the grain to find the reason, to get to the right conclusion, because the problem was projected on the surface level of the mind. It was like, something is wrong, but the people bringing it up and searching faults are usually not those who are aware that it should not be like that, because the once who know just keep quite and watch and talk only when necessary.

It is about discrimination and finding truth, that is Baba, it means in a practical sense, here it is not about a philosophical truth, but we have to get to the right conclusion.

The Instrument and the Monkey Mind

This microphone before Me, must have been made by someone, is it not? The creator is not visible or known to you presently, but you have no doubts of this person's existence. 

Besides, you are confident that this person understands and knows fully well all the components, characteristics, features and effective functioning of this microphone. So too, there must be a Creator for this Universe and He must be know all about it. 

This Universe is composed of the five elements, and He is their Manipulator, fully aware of their subtle characteristics and properties. That Creator is your Indweller (Kshetrajna), who knows His Field (Kshethra). Hold on to Him and live your lives; you will not slip. Build your activities on that basis, your career will not cave in. You will develop courage and faith in yourself and in your destiny.

Baba (thought for the day)

Here it is about being an instrument and the reality that we have to discriminate between the real and unreal, the relative existence, the instrument and the Creator of the universe which is using that like the microphone, but he cannot be seen on the level of the senses, he can only be experienced in dreams, inner view, visions etc. and is often just called as 'that', because every name is related to a form and 'that' is the principle.

 

Hold on to Him and live your lives; you will not slip. Build your activities on that basis, your career will not cave in. You will develop courage and faith in yourself and in your destiny.

What does he mean with; 'you will not slip'. If we slip in not holding on to him, we can also slip in not holding on to him properly and not being aware of it. The Indweller knows his field, the inner master. 

 

I think how great that he knows, if only I would know too, but that is another problem. He not I, he knows and not I. How to I get to that?

He knows and I don't know?

That is discrimination. He is the eternal being and 'I' think I am the body, identified with the form and if I think I am the doer I get the result of the action, if we know that he is the doer, he takes the result. 

To see things in the light of the self seems above all to take time. 'As soon as possible can be now, in two or in ten years'.

What can we do to get there? It needs honesty and courage to face it, otherwise, we don't get it. On that level we cannot cheat our own self, the reflection is based on truth.
And it is not a spoken language, but inner view, insights and visions and there was a time I thought it would be great and afterwards it was only about getting aware of it, the mind is always a problem.

Whatever is in our mind directed outward, there is a chance, that we don't get it and slip or just forget about it, or we think we know already and do not inquire enough and that means we slip again.

Enslaved by the Mind and the Senses

Every being is a pilgrim towards Dharmakshetra (Righteous land), which is also the abode of peace. But, on the way, he or she is led into the by-lanes and alleys of objective pleasure by the senses, to which the person becomes a slave. People are eager to know about all kinds of trivialities like the details of others' lives, other places, etc., but they have no keenness to know their own origin. 

People are deeply sunk in ignorance about their source and substance, their goals and destiny. You are the inheritor of unlimited wealth and fortune, yet you feel like a poor man (pauper). Remove this boundary of ego within your mind – you will then recognize the vastness of yourself.

Baba (thought for the day)

We are all on the path, some more, some less. We have to know our origin. 

For I don't know how many years I always got the feedback inside in the inner view, cut off. But it didn't tell me cut off from what, but now I know, it was the source.

How can we get cut off the source? One reason was TM, I went on a course and that TM-teacher inspired me to go on in that direction. I thought it was the right thing to do and I wanted to initiate people into meditation with him together, but he went to La Réunion and I first did the Siddhis course and after the TTC, all in one breath nearly, but it took anyhow much more time than I thought it should. 

During the time on TTC (teacher's training course) I realized that I had not been informed that it was all learnt by heart and secret, therefore, it should have been in French. The secrecy was protecting him, because I couldn't tell it was his mistake, it was TM, because he was not allowed to tell, but he should have said it anyhow. 

That is how the source got lost.

It was the secrecy policy. It was not possible to tell him, 'why you didn't tell and if I did in purpose not tell, he had a valid reason to answer, 'I should not tell, secrecy is the TM policy', he could hide behind it. 

That is how the relationship got lost. 

Divine Love and Truth and being an Instrument

You are all the indestructible Divine Self, Believe Me! Nothing need discourage you. In dreams you suffer so much - loss of money, fire, food, insult, etc., but you are not affected at all. When these things happen during the waking stage, you feel afflicted.

It is not the real you that suffers all that. Give up the delusion that you are this physical entity and you become really free. Develop Truth and Love.

Everything will be added to you, unasked. Man and God (Nara and Narayana) are the two wires - the positive and the negative, that combine to bring electricity through. Man (Nara) will become the instrument of God (Narayana), if you have acquired the two qualities, Divine Love and Truth.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

The indestructible higher self was reflected in the dream as brilliant white light. It is beyond the body, a transcendental entity. It reflects as pure white light and it is like the light of the moon, a reflection of the sun. Because it is beyond the body, it is for us all the same reflection, we are all 'that'. 

Like in the example of Hanuman, Baba mentioned in yesterday's thought for the day, the light, the color is 'He' and nothing else. Our higher self is the reflection of the ocean of light.

When we look at the moon we can see a planet or we can see a reflection of the light of the sun.

The devotee sees the reflection of the light.

That light is present as inner view in meditation and in dreams and the light reflects exactly what it outside. If we are on a spiritual level, it is white light or it is gold and silver 'light', that is the reflection inside and not the material level.

If the light reflects the material level of gold and silver, once it was in the inner view, there was a big house and it was out of gold, but the sky was black. 

If we are in divinity and the ocean of light, everything is light, there is a golden light, not just a golden house and a black sky.

The inside reflection does reflect the reality of what is present and nothing else, it is about truth. Nobody has to tell us, the observer reflects in the mirror of the heart the present reality. Atman reacts, reflects and resounds.

Someone who has experienced that mirror of the higher self, has to realize the reflection in that mirror, we have to get aware of it and understand it right. If he is the man coming in our dreams to wake us, we have to watch and inquire to be able to understand it. It is discrimination needed to get to the right answer. 

The Reflection of the Divine Light

While in the forest, Rama was once reclining with His head on the lap of Sugriva and the monkey leaders were around Him. The moon was shining overhead in full glory, but there was the tell-tale spot which marred the fullness of the effulgence. Rama asked each one of them what the spot indicated. Each one gave a different explanation. The reflection of the sea, one said, a deep pit, said another; a mountain range said a third. It was Hanuman's turn – He said, "It is Your reflection I see on the moon, Your colour, nothing else!" That was a simple example of his devotion. Everywhere, every time, in every person, he only saw Lord Rama. One must dedicate all tasks as offerings to the Lord. Never deviate from that attitude. Hanuman was such a devotee; Rama was the very life-breath for him.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

I like that thought for the day, not because it is easy to understand and not because it is clear, but because it is about reflection.

Since a few years, since Baba's Lila began which said inside in meditation - engaged - it is all about reflection.

What is reflection?

The sun is the light, the moon is the reflection of that light. Divinity is the light, we are the reflection of that light. The divine is the 'Thou art That' and it is reflected on the individual level of our consciousness as 'I am That'.

In the reality of 'engaged' or being engaged in service to him, we get aware of being the same, we have a duty. You said you have a duty, we are the same 'I am that', we have a duty. The reflection is about inner seeing. If you have a duty, I have a duty as well. Therefore, we have a duty and 'we' is 'He'.

In Prashanti during the Bhajanas there was that 'I am that' above a devotee, I never had even spoken to her, I didn't know her by name, I know her only from seeing her, but above her was the 'I am that' and as I had realized in my meditation, because he had said, 'engaged', because of that, knowing 'we are that' as well, it expanded to 'all are that'. It is realization.