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. 

Distinguish between the Momentary and the Lasting

Education must result in the development of wisdom (Viveka) and humility (Vinaya).

The educated person must be able to distinguish between the momentary and the momentous, the lasting and the effervescent. As an educated person, you must not run after glitter and glamour but must seek the good and golden.

Keep the body in good trim, the senses under strict control, the mind well within check, the intellect sharp and clear, unhampered by prejudices and hatreds, and the feelings untouched by egoism.

You must know the Divine Self, Atma too, for that is the very core. That is the effulgence which illumines your inner and outer selves. You must also cultivate Vinaya (humility). As an educated person, you must be grateful to your parents, who with great sacrifice have given you all the facilities that you now enjoy.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

How do we understand the development of wisdom? What happens if we don't develop at the same time humility?

One of the examples Baba uses always is Ravana, the demon who abducted Sita. It seems he was a scholar and highly educated, he had mastered even more disciplines than Rama, but he had not developed humility and character and that made that all was futile.

How do we distinguish between the momentary and the lasting?

Nothing is lasting, any amount of money or wealth is not lasting.

 

As an educated person, you must not run after glitter and glamour but must seek the good and golden.

 

If I translate that I would say that it is not about name and fame, but what is the good and golden?  

Do you think it is easy to answer? Probably it is not, if it would be, it would be understood and it would be seen on the right level, but often it is not.
It means it is not wisdom just because we think we understand it.  Wisdom it is when we realize that we don't know and that results in humility. If we think we know and it is not right, it results in the opposite, we don't know, but we think we know and that is blindness. 

To seek the good is not on the level of good behaviour only. It has to be always good, no change, to be called good. There is the difference between the momentary and the Lasting and to be good it has to be lasting. And what is the golden?

At Baba's 61st birthday I was meditating at night and thinking of him, he was present in the meditation and inner view and opened the door to the interview room. He was dressed in white and there was a golden light. 

Never Carp at others' Faith, it reveals that Your Devotion is Fake

The Lord cares for your concentration (Ekagratha) and purity of mind (Chittashuddhi). You need not worry if you are near or far from Him. He has no 'near' or 'far'. When the address you write is correct and clear, your letter will be delivered whether it is to the next street or a distant city. 

Remembering the Lord (Smarana) is the stamp. Recapitulating His Glory in your heart (Manana) is the Address. Select any Name that appeals to you for Smarana and Manana. Be careful not to talk ill of other Names and Forms. Conduct yourself like the woman in a joint family. She respects all elders in the family (father in law or brother in law), but her heart is dedicated to her husband, whom she loves and reveres in a special manner. Never carp at others' faith, it reveals that your devotion is fake. If you are sincere, you will appreciate the sincerity of others.

Baba (thought for the day)

I really wondered what thought for the day I would get today. I was last night at Bhajans and I went there and felt okay, but as soon as the singing began I felt inside sad in the light of Baba's love and teaching, it didn't feel okay at all and therefore, as I felt it already so often, it was not possible to go into with joy, but all the bad memories came up and I had to just somehow go on, trying to forget it, what seems not possible in his presence. All the feeling were gone, what came up during Bhajans was another reality. 

And I was not able to join the singers, sometimes I sang, sometimes I just listened, fighting my tears. 

Just that was a sign that he was present, what came up in that moment and how sad that actually is the way it happened in his presence and nobody takes responsibility for it.  

I left after Bhajans, as I often do, without talking to anyone, went home and took a sleeping pill to be able to sleep and because I woke up anyhow, I meditated in the midst of night and feel this morning a bit groggy, a bit better, but not really. How often I have been in the last years in that state of mind after Bhajans? 

I went there and felt still okay, actually, I thought I even felt good, and when the singing began and Baba felt present, the feeling changed and it was that sad, I couldn't even sing. I was not feeling good, I thought I was okay, but I was not. It was like in an instant all that stuff I had mentioned about the past relationship came up and him, the reality of it.

The Mirror of Love reflects the Higher Self

If you want to attain God, cultivate love. If you promote love and look upon all with love, hatred will never be your lot. That is the one important lesson I teach always. 

I do not ask that you should become a scholar or a recluse or an ascetic skilled in recitation of holy Names and Meditation (Japa and Dhyana). 

God only examines, "Is your heart full of love?" Firmly believe that Love is God, Truth is God. Love is Truth, Truth is Love. For it is only when you love that you have no fear. Fear is the mother of falsehood. If you have no fear, you will adhere to truth. The mirror of love reflects the Divine Self within you and reveals to you that the Divine Self within you is Universal and is immanent in every being.

Baba (thought for the day)

A way to cultivate love is to see everything as a mirror. 
We are the watcher and observe what happens in that mirror. If we do it that way, we get in distance to whatever happens in our life and we will find the reality in the mirror instead of finding faults with others, but we have to try to understand the reflection in that mirror. That way everything looks is not exactly as we are used to it, because it is a reflection and we know the reflection in the mirror is like mirror writing, it is upside down and we cannot just read it. To understand the reflection in our higher self we have to do some self-enquiry.

The way to love is therefore, an attitude of observing, we watch, but if that mirror reflect, we also have a duty, we have to live up to that duty to human excellence as Baba tells us and find the right translation. 

We might think that someone is a friend, but looking in that mirror we find that he is a monster. The mirror shows another reality, Baba's face had vampire teeth and there was a second face, he had a long nose.

The motivation was only money and taking advantage of it, not taking care of people at all and the long nose therefore, it is deception following behind. 

We might think such a person is a friend. What do I have on Baba interview experience what helps to understand it? My first interview he asked, 'what do you want? And I had been a TM-teacher and in a relationship with the national leader of the Swiss TM-movement. I wanted to do my best and said therefore, 'I am here with you Swami and my 'friend' is in New Delhi with Mahahrishi, that is my situation. 

Someone else had to repeat it to Baba what he had heard what I said, like a translator, like putting it on an indirect level and afterwards Baba answered, 'who is your friend, is your friend with Maharishi or is the friend Maharishi'. I talked about my relationship and wanted to know what do about it. 

I didn't want to just walk out of it, because I was with another master and I had to follow the heart and that was Baba, he had been during my meditation inside as divinity in my heart. 

First Step is Self-Enquiry

The first step in Self-Enquiry (Athma Vichara) is the practice of the truth that whatever gives you pain, gives pain to others and whatever gives you joy, gives joy to others. So do unto others as you would like them do unto you; desist from any act in relation to others, which, if done by them will cause you pain.

Thus, a kind of reciprocal relationship will grow between you and others and gradually you reach the stage when your heart thrills with joy when others are joyful and shudders in pain when others are sad. This is not the kind of affection towards those who are dear to you or those who are your kith and kin.

This sharing of joy and grief is automatic, immediate, and universal. It is a sign of great spiritual advance, the wave knows that it is part of the ocean; all the waves are but temporary manifestations of the sea and with the same taste of the ocean itself.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

That is just what I was mentioning in my email, it is the first step, self-enquiry.
Do we know that?
Do we know that whatever gives us joy, is giving others joy as well and whatever gives us pain, is also pain to others?

That is not exactly the expience probably of most of us, isn't it and the question is why?

We work on that reciprocal relationship between us and others and we will gradually reach the stage when our heart trills in joy when others are joyful and we also shudder in pain when others are sad...

It means, what he tells us here, it is not about the affection we have to all those who are dear to us or our kith and kin. 
We share joy and grief on a level of consciousness.

During my time as meditation teacher it said that we didn't go anywhere if we felt bad to not make the others feel bad too. 

That is the real meaning of being part of the ocean, we are only temporary manifestations of the sea and we have the same taste of the ocean itself. 

The House on Fire

When the house catches fire, you run about in desperate haste to get succour and to put out the flames. But you do not realise that the fire raging inside you is far more devastating and devouring.

You must take up the duty of firefighting in right earnest and never rest until those flames are put out. Start the fight right now. That is Sadhana, spiritual effort.

Start serving your parents, teachers, elders, the poor, the diseased and the distressed. Do not foster factions and divisions. Promote love, concord, co-operation and brotherliness.

You all are in the state of bondage to the senses and to the objective world. Join the company of the good, the striving and the yearning aspirants and you will soon reach the stage of peace within and harmony without.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

When my house catches fire I get aware of the raging inside and often it feels like I hardly know how to put out the flames, just watch and observe and in writing it down I try to put out those hot flames or to get aware on what level that fire is devastating and devouring. 

But I know I have to go for it and that it is my duty. Where it goes, I will know when I am there.

The duty of firefighting. Sometimes we think it is about trust and later we find out that it is about something else, and it is about another outlook or about inner harmony.

We don't realize how the mind gets transformed, we know only afterwards, when it is done. And sometimes it feels like heat and later we realize it is about knowing. It is mental processing.

It comes up, we question it and look at it and it is usually not what we think first it is. And what is reflected inside are the ups and downs of the mind, and sometimes it looks like a zebra, with black and white strips.  

But you do not realise that the fire raging inside you is far more devastating and devouring.

You must take up the duty of firefighting in right earnest and never rest until those flames are put out. Start the fight right now. That is Sadhana, spiritual effort.

Keep in Good Trim and Enjoy

Just as you attend to the needs of the body regularly, feeding it three times a day to keep it in good running condition, so too spend some time regularly to keep your inner consciousness in good trim. 

Spend one hour in the morning, another at night and the third in the early hours of the dawn (the Brahma Muhurtha) for japam (contemplation) and meditation on the Lord. You will find great peace descending upon you and new sources of strength welling up within as you progress in this spiritual practice (Sadhana). 

After sometime, the mind will dwell on the Name, wherever you are and whatever you are engaged in. Peace and Joy will become your inseparable companions.

Baba (thought for the day)

If we meditate regularly, we keep in good trim and here Baba tells us to meditate three times a day an hour. 

That is a lot for me. I do it only twenty minutes in the morning and whenever it works during the day, but the morning is regular and like that I am meditating, but it is not a strain, three hours would be too much of a strain for me now, maybe later again.
I always thought that it is more important to do it and every day than to not do it, if we don't have enough time. One day I hope we will have more time to spend again in meditation. 

I just got a video clip from my brother, it was the time between 07 and 09, I was dancing at that time.
But I was always looking for answers and I went there in the hope to understand my insights in the end, what didn't happen and that was tiring and felt like taking all energy away.
And thinking about what we know in the mean time, it is fine now, writing about the insights got us to the right answer.
But seeing that video, it is only about five years ago and it is anyhow too much to take, because of too much smiling.
About myself, I cannot help to wonder, why in the hell I am always smiling? 

It feels stupid or not quite right? 
The others are all normal.
It was that time I went for dynamic meditation, probably I thought that was it. I had some good experiences, but in the end it was not good and that alone counts. That smile feels silly.
And that was still before the energy was gone afterwards and it said inside, stop dancing. That was it. Somehow it was not as great as I thought it would be. And if all in the family seem normal and one is always smiling, there is something wrong. 

In the mean time I realized I had been let down and that was actually the reason of that search, there is no reason to smile at all.
No feelings, only smile. 
It needs some time to understand why it felt like that and how it was often after I left, when I was upset, every second time in that family I felt upset and wanted to never see them again and after I was again all smiling, because it felt okay, but in reality it felt never okay, I couldn't find myself in that.

Three Steps and Tapas (spiritual Discipline)

When you say that Lord Krishna was born in Gokul, grew up in Brindavan, ruled over Mathura and later Dwaraka, what does that signify?

The mind is the Gokul where He was born. He is born to everyone, even today, whoever has taken to a spiritual path. The heart is the Brindavan where He grows. He grows in every heart, where Divine Love develops and expands. Your Intellect (Chitha) is where He begins His rule, and the Nirvikalpa stage (the state of absolute oneness) is the Dwaraka where He firmly establishes Himself as the reigning monarch.

Make your thirst and devotion for the Lord grow through these stages, and you will be saving yourself.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

Here we seem to have the problem of different religions and cultures and that we are in the West and a lot of us don't know the tradition of Krishna and if we don't know the beauty of the Krishna stories, we don't know what he did in Gokul and what in Brindavan.
We would have to read the Krishna stories first and because it is not related to our culture, it would be still difficult to feel it inside and to realize that our heart is in Brindavan and why, and why it grows and that the intellect has to do with being a ruler and finally he will be in Dwaraka as the reining monarch.

We know Jesus and of him we have hardly any knowledge of the first twelve years.

The Krishna stories are different, because he is not crucified, he is a king. Even if the unity of all religions is in the heart and it is about love and knowing the heart, there is still a difference between the realization of being the father or the son.   

But what Baba tells us here is that there is a development and it is advancing and progressing on the spiritual path. It begins with the mind. If we go on the spiritual path we wake up Krishna in us.

In Gokul he is very playful and in Brindavan are his wonderful stories with the gopies and the love story with Radha.   

What we get is that only after the intellect is awake he becomes the ruler. 

Also in our last study circle, we always see that our mind gets easily to the conclusion which is not right, we talked about discrimination, but someone was convinced that it was not necessary, because she thought that oneness means no discrimination. 

But we had a text in front of us in which Baba said, first discrimination and after getting aware of what we have realized and being able to go for it no matter what, that is called Tapas and there are three steps to follow.

Freedom, not the Mind, not the Body

The poet Kalidasa once said, "I would get liberation, as soon as I go", implying, liberation is achieved as soon as the ego disappears. For then one would shine in his native splendour, as the indestructible Atma. 

The 'I' when crossed out becomes the symbol of the cross. So what is crucified is the ego.

Once this happens, the Divine nature spontaneously manifests itself unhampered.

The ego is most easily destroyed by devotion, by dwelling on the magnificence of the Lord. You can call Him by any name, for all names are His. Select the Name and Form that best appeals to you. That is why Sahasranamas (thousand names of the Lord) are composed for the various forms of God; you have the freedom and the right to select any one of the thousand.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

Liberation must be inner freedom. We went for new passport, she will go for a visit and by that remembered how I felt at that place and city years ago. The memory coming up was not that good, even if it was only a few months. It somehow felt like life lost or life gone, I don't know. Later it had been again not okay, like life standing still. I never liked to be at that place, somehow it was just not okay and here it feels different and much better.
But it was only memory and fears coming up. Strange how certain moments can bring up memories in the mind. At that time I didn't know if it was because we left the parent's house or it was a lost relationship or because the parents let us down?

The memory was present for a short moment, but felt real at that time, I guess and I am usually not anymore aware of it. We never visited that place, and we don't know it and we said we might should change that in future and go sightseeing.

The Boon of Immortality

You can understand Radha only if you can fathom the depth of her thirst for Krishna.

Radha believed that Krishna is the Aadhar (basis). She performed Araadh (worship) in a continuous Dhara (stream).

In fact she is Prakrithi (nature), another form of the Lord Himself. How can those, who are full of evil tendencies and impulses grasp that relationship? The recitation of the Name of the Lord is the best method for cleansing the mind of all these evil impulses.

If you have pure and steady faith in the Lord, He will provide for you, not just food, but the nectar of immortality itself. You have the potential in you to make Him grant you that boon.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

These words of Baba get to the core of it. If we cannot fathom the depth of the thirst for Krishna, but we all have that thirst in us, because it is part of our nature.

As long as we worship in a continuous manner, a flow, it can be any Sadhana, it has to be continuous. For me it was meditation and it has to be Dhara (stream) continuous flow, that results in Dhyana, meditation, going always in that highest direction of Krishna, (Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi, focus, flow and merging).
 

In the vision of the higher self was that principle seen as light and it would correspond to Krishna and in that sense the body is Prakriti and the principle of Radha. Between the body and the light was a gap and in that was a blue ribbon and in it was written self.

Being Near and Free, the Wish Fulfilling Tree

The Lord is the Kalpatharu (the divine wish fulfilling tree) who gives whatever is asked for. But you have to go near the tree and wish for the thing you want.

The atheist is the person who keeps far away from the tree. The theist is the one who has come near.

The tree does not make any distinction – it grants boons to all. The Lord will not punish or take revenge if you do not recognize Him or revere Him. Earn the right to approach the Lord without fear and the right to ask for your heritage. You must become so free that praise will not emanate from you when you approach the Lord. Praise is a sign of distance and fear.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

We have to get near that tree, and it seems it is present in that sweet tenderness, which seems to be closer now than it had been before. Experiencing him as level of husband was near, but it was still outside and it was about getting inside in that love, which knows no separation.
But to really experience it and to get that free and without fear, that was another thing, he knew how, I didn't. It seems it had to be on an inside level. 

I always tried to get near to that tree and nearer. When I couldn't go and see him on body level, I tried to get near to him inside and I did everything to get beyond the mind and to get more free of mind limitations and the body to be able to get closer inside.
 

It felt like this during the time before he left the body. It was an intensive inside sharing, like he was constantly present and I could freely talk to him. I was hardly not outside, constantly focused inside avoiding to talk with anybody just staying inside with him.
 

It is probably even what I really wanted, because I remember in Drashan that there was some limitation on the outer level and it was not possible to get closer, but I wanted to get nearer.
It was very close to him and still it was not. There was a separation of distance because of the body, but in the heart, and as I had experienced him first in the heart, there was no separation, he was present in the heart. 

The Sound of OM

If you have the ear, you can hear 'Om' in every sound announcing to you the Lord's presence. The bell in temples is intended to convey the 'Om' as the symbol of the Omnipresent God. When the bell sounds, the Godhead within you will awaken and you will be aware of His Presence.

The jeevi (individual soul) has come in with a dress (body), like a pilgrim on a visit to a holy place. The jeevi must have a guide who will show the sacred spots and help fulfil the pilgrimage.

That guide is the Lord Himself and the guide books are the Vedas, Upanishads and other scriptures. The essence of the scriptures lies in this one rule: Repeat the name of the Lord, keeping His Glow always before the mind.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

It said that in the right ear it is easier to hear the ocean of the OM and there are some meditations focused on getting aware of that sound, because is we are able to hear it, we hear God. This is an awakening in on the subtlest level of the ear and if we meditate for a long time, we can hear the bell.

 

Last night I didn't hear any of that, no ocean and no bell ringing, my stomach was in troubles and there was the impression, that it would not get okay, so bad it felt.

When I am able to write, it has already improved again, but otherwise, it feels like not able to move. If health is not as we would like it to be, it is sometimes like some kind of small death, like an impression of it.

That happens sometimes when it feels not okay and one day it will be real.

But these are not exactly the moments when we hear the ocean or the bell in the inside ear. 

I think about Baba who left the body and said in that very moment, when he left, no more husband, nothing left but an empty Western shoe.

And the inner vision showed some old worn out brown man shoes.

He was in an inside sharing and it woke me up scared, because we knew in the heart, not in the mind, that he had left. In the mind we still hoped it would not be so.

It was all inside in consciousness.

When I feel that bad I get worried, because there is nothing, but some heavy load and I don't know where that comes from, for sure not because of some inside contact and inner conversation with him.

It feels that scary sometimes, going through ups and downs and inner fears, not knowing where to find him in that very moment.

 

 

Melting of Feelings and Realization

The thirst for worldly goods can never be allayed; trying to satisfy it makes it only more acute. Thirst can never be quenched by drinking salt water, which is the objective world.

Human desire is illimitable, without end.

It makes you pursue the mirage in the desert, it makes you build castles in the air, it breeds discontent and despair once you succumb to it.

But develop thirst (thrishna) for Krishna, and you will discover the cool spring of bliss within you. The name of Krishna makes you strong and steady, it is sweet and sustaining. Whoever has the thirst, Krishna will quench it; whoever calls on Him in the agony of that thirst, Krishna, the rain-cloud, will answer that call and appear.

Baba (thought for the day) 

In that context it seems interesting to see the combination of some feelings together and to see where it leads. The text is from P. Yogananda. If we put some feelings together, it is like a chemical labor, we get a third product out of it. 

Attachment to material objects result in tragedy or accidents, but if we go in direction of spiritual inclinations, we can get to realization.

Spiritual thirst as Baba mentioned in that thought for the day, the thirst for Krishna together with peace of mind will result in bliss.

Selfishness and egotism create greed and attachment to material things, (whirlpool and avalanche in the inner view.)

But it we put selfishness in the awareness of a higher self and recognize it in others, the spiritual horizon will expand and lead to spiritual insights.

He is the Force, I am the Instrument

So long as you have a trace of ego in you, you cannot see the Lord clearly. Ego is the curtain which even noble saints ask the Lord to remove from their minds. Egoism will be destroyed, if you constantly tell yourself, "Ït is He, not I". "He is the force, I am but the instrument." Keep His Name always on the tongue, contemplate His glory whenever you see or hear anything beautiful or grand; see in everyone the Lord Himself. Do not talk ill of others, see only good in them.

Welcome every chance to help, console and to encourage others along the spiritual path. Be humble. Never become proud of your wealth, status, authority, learning or caste. Dedicate all your physical possessions, mental skills and intellectual attainments to the service of the Lord and His Glory.
Baba 

That is the way to look at the higher self. It is that beautiful, white light and only love, to think constantly, 'It is he not I'.

Do you have experienced the higher self?

There is a separation between the higher self and the body. It is the observer, he is on that same level.
Watch, words, actions, thoughts and character.
I don't know why it was that difficult to understand, maybe because it was the self. In the gap between the body and the light-self was a blue ribbon and in that ribbon was written - self. It was a light body, but that is transparent. 

And it began, because I wanted to write and it was not possible anymore, because an ex-boyfriend, a neighbor, disturbed the neighborhood and my family avoided to see it, for whatever reasons, later it said in the inner view that it was manipulation only.
That means it disturbed the peace and the feeling of being at home to the extend that I didn't feel home at that place anymore.
Before that I was writing and thought it would go on like that, but also that was no more possible, it felt too disturbed. I couldn't find myself anymore and I began to search for the reason. 

There had been a feeling of self-realization, but that was gone as well. That is how I began to look for the self, it felt like it was about reality and truth.  

Engaged in Service

Many social workers visit hospitals to do service. Most of the work done, like fanning patients, writing letters for them and singing bhajans, appears mechanical. It is done as that is what is defined as service and done without paying heed to what the patient really needs! That is incorrect.

Service must be done with the full cooperation of the mind, gladly, intelligently, and reverentially. The patient should not feel disgusted at the fussiness of the social worker, but indeed look forward to their arrival, as that of someone near and dear!

If you do not like one type of service, do not engage in it. Do not burden your mind by the unpleasantness of a task. Work done mechanically is like the flame of an oil-less wick. Your mental enthusiasm is the oil, pour it and the lamp will burn clear and long.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

Tonight I awoke and stirred a soup and it didn't look good. And it is kind of funny, because he tells that the patient should not feel disgusted at the fussiness of the social worker, but indeed look forward to their arrival as someone near and dear.

And I felt disgusted by that soup.

That is the engagement.
And I usually don't like to be in groups and I feel that the task is rather unpleasant if there are lots of people.

 

Do good, be good, see good, that is the way to God. (Baba)

 

Seeing good has to be permanent based on truth.

Yesterday it was about a house in the dream. 
And I said, great let's build a house and that house was out of wood and too small and open on one side and I fell over the edge, there were too many people in that small wooden house and they sat on their places as members in rows and I was just hanging on, it was very uncomfortable. 
I was one of the first ones in the house, but it was open end and I was pushed over the edge.
I feel like that patient, but I am disgusted of that house and the expectation of those people sitting in rows not moving one inch away to make room for others. I don't think I find a place in those rows and in that house, it is too small, I am just hanging on.

The Crime of wasted Time

All beings have to do actions (Karma), it is an universal inescapable obligation. Some feel that only meritorious acts or sinful acts are entitled to be called karma, but your very breathing is karma. There are physical, mental and spiritual karmas and doing each one of these for the good of the Self is called dedication.
Do not waste a single moment of your life, for time is the body of God. He is known as Kaalaswarupa (of the Form of Time). It is a crime to misuse time or to waste it in idleness.
Like the force of gravitation which drags everything down, the pull of sloth (Thamoshakthi) will drag you relentlessly down. So you must be ever on the watch, be ever active.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

An universal inescapable obligation and even breathing is karma. Physical, mental and spiritual Karmas for the good of the Self and dedication. 

What is the physical and what the mental and what is the spiritual Karma?

Time is the body of God, don't wast time. We think we understand it, when reading it, but do we really understand the difference between physical, mental and spiritual Karmas? 

In God we Trust

I refuse to call any person a naasthika (an atheist). All beings exist as a result of His Will, in accordance with His Plan; no one is beyond His Grace. Everyone has Love towards someone or something and that Love is a spark of the Divine. Everyone has ultimately to base his life on some Truth; that Truth is God.

No life can be lived out in complete defiance of Truth; one has to pay heed to Truth and speak the truth to someone in order to make life worth living.

Now, that moment is God's moment and at that moment when one utters the truth or loves, or serves, the person is a theist.

It is also the responsibility of all pious individuals to demonstrate in and through their lives that piety is not weakness but strength; that it opens up a vast spring of power and that a person with faith in God can overcome obstacles much more easily than one who has not.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

The atheist is an attitude of mind to tell we don't agree about that practiced theology, we don't believe in the way it is done, because it doesn't make sense.
There are different religions and we can try to find the one we belong to, but that is real difficult. That is probably why he tells us to practice the religion we had been born in to stay with our tradition according to our culture.

Nevertheless, I couldn't find that truth on that place.
My father had been president of the church committee and he tried to practice it and I couldn't find that, what I was looking for, too much intellect and interpretion, not enough heart. 
Later he said that he didn't find what he was looking for.
I had visited my parents always after having been with Baba for  months and it was impossible to even get them a feeling for it and after his death he was in my dream and he was at a dark place, he couldn't get out of it and the light was far away like a small star. It was sad. 

Truth is God, therefore, just that insight is based on truth and inner view and that is the divine spark, but it is about truth and insight, and not about a scientific truth.
We had been meditating and we know that 'word' God is not really understood properly in the West and we don't see it as truth, but in conflict with science and what we think is true. 

He is the Force, I am the Instrument

So long as you have a trace of ego in you, you cannot see the Lord clearly. Ego is the curtain which even noble saints ask the Lord to remove from their minds. Egoism will be destroyed, if you constantly tell yourself, "Ït is He, not I". "He is the force, I am but the instrument." 

Keep His Name always on the tongue, contemplate His glory whenever you see or hear anything beautiful or grand; see in everyone the Lord Himself. Do not talk ill of others, see only good in them. 

Welcome every chance to help, console and to encourage others along the spiritual path. Be humble. Never become proud of your wealth, status, authority, learning or caste. Dedicate all your physical possessions, mental skills and intellectual attainments to the service of the Lord and His Glory.
Baba (thought for the day)

Today I feel just sick. My daughter wanted the key for the car she spoke about it already a few days ago. She doesn't know driving yet tells me her friend knows driving and I don't know her.
And I told her that doesn't work, I don't know her friend and she is just beginning with driving, will have her first driving lesson next Monday. 

She came back late it was nearly eleven and began to misbehave. 

I told her no use, I would not give her the key even if it was because of her bad behavior. Than she said she would just take it. 

She was screaming, shouting, breaking glasses, throwing things around. As it was not possible to talk to her, she screamed just her head out as loud as she could, I went in my room and had to lock the door, she came also there and began to bang things around. 

I called the police and they said that it would get serious if they would come, therefore, I should call again if she doesn't stop and gets violent. I told her and she creamed once more what stupid mother I was to call the police, but then she stopped. 

I have the key with me and the replacement key and the center key and will go there after work, for sure not back. I don't know at what time they go out but usually late and I also don't know how much they drink. 

I feel not only exhausted, but like I would have been drunk yesterday. 

I am so tired of that. We live like that since she became a teenager, ten years now. 

She doesn't take a no for a no and thinks she can get it by force. 

If there would be any of that teaching in her, she just would accept, because it is not meant to be. 

Welcome every chance to help, console and to encourage others along the spiritual path. Be humble. Never become proud of your wealth, status, authority, learning or caste. Dedicate all your physical possessions, mental skills and intellectual attainments to the service of the Lord and His Glory.

The Joy of Self-Realization

Discard all low desires for a few acres of land, a fat account in the bank, or a few more bungalows or cars. Desire rather the joy that will never fade; a joy that is deep, steady and strong - the joy of Divine realization. 

One has only to know one-self in order to contact the springs of Bliss and Immortality and of kinship with all beings.

Your innate Divinity is your reality; discover it, dwell in it, and desire to divulge it. Discover your holiness, your divinity, your truth.

You may have doubts as to what is dharma (right conduct), which is sathya (truth), which is prema (love), and so on; but you can have no doubt about yourself, is it not? So, find out who you are and be fixed in that truth. That is enough to save you, and give you everlasting joy.

Baba (thought for the day)

 

But we have to get to divine realization first, before we are able to enjoy it and on the way all those low desires seem very tempting for the mind at least, they don't give lasting joy, but temporary for sure.

We have only to know our-self to contact the spring of bliss, and have you tried to find that self and to get saved?

Find yourself, safe yourself. But how do we find one-self? That is the question?

It means we have to realize our innate divinity in our own life, which is not perfect, in our parents, who never thought of God. How do we find that divinity behind which made our life as it is?
It is that covered by Maya (Illusion) that we have to clean and scratch and find it in all that stuff which happened in the past, there is a divine guidance between the lines we have to find.

 

Your innate Divinity is your reality; discover it, dwell in it, and desire to divulge it. Discover your holiness, your divinity, your truth.