_______Listen to a 60 second rendition of the Gayatri Mantra_______
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'Is enlightenment really possible for the average person? Yes. Big Yes. Enlightenment is very possible for the ordinary individual. Actually it is easier than for some one who thinks that they are special ....whenever someone is ordinary, simple, innocent and natural, that is enlightenment' 'THE day you feel hopeless, horrible, and worse, on that day get out of your room and ask people, What can I do you for you ? that service you have done that day will bring a revolution inside you. It will change your whole gramophone record.' 'LOVE is seeing God in the person next to us, and meditation is seeing God within us.' 'THE more we open ourselves, the more room we will have for God to fill us' 'A PRAYER Give me not thirst if you cannot give me water. Give me not hunger if you cannot give me food. Give me not joy if I cannot share. Give me not the skills if I cannot put them to good use.' 'IN science you have knowledge first, and then FAITH follows. In spirituality, faith comes first, and then Knowledge follows. For example, the knowledge that pesticides and chemical fertilizers are good for plants came through science, and people had faith in it, and all over the world they were used. And then another knowledge came that they were not good and the faith shifted to organic farming. The same with antibiotics. The knowledge brought faith, the knowledge changed, and then faith changed.' 'ENLIGHTENMENT is the very core of our being; going into the core of our self and living our life from there. We all came into this world gifted with innocence, but gradually, as we became more intelligent, we lost our innocence. We were born with silence, and as we grew up, we lost the silence and were filled with words. We lived in our hearts, and as time passed, we moved into our heads. Now the reversal of this journey is enlightenment.' ' IT is the journey from head back to the heart, from words, back to silence; getting back to our innocence in spite of our intelligence. Although very simple, this is a great achievement. Knowledge should lead you to that beautiful point of "I don't know." The purpose of knowledge is ignorance. The completion of knowledge will lead you to amazement and wonder. It makes you aware of this existence. Mysteries are to be lived, not understood. One can live life so fully in its completeness, in its totality.' ' ENLIGHTENMENT is that state of being so mature and unshakable by any circumstance. Come what may, nothing can rob the smile from your heart. Not identifying with limited boundaries and feeling "all that exists in this universe belongs to me," this is enlightenment.' 'OUR breath plays a very important role. The breath is the connecting link between the inner world of the mind and the outer world of body and environment. You see, there are seven levels of existence, body, mind, intellect, memory, ego and being. Meditation works by bringing an effort from the level of being to the mind. With the breath we bring this effect to the physical level as well.' 'LET it be. If the ego is there, just embrace it, take it.' 'FEAR is egocentric. Worship is the only way to let go of the fear. In worship you say, "It's all you, and you, and you.' 'OUR ego wants to do something that is very difficult. The ego is not ready to accept something simple, something natural, something that is easily available. The nature of the ego is to do difficult things, not simple ones' 'THE Divine is not an object of the ego. It doesn't demand from you something that is impossible for you. You don't have to do something that you cannot do. No need for that at all.' 'WHEN the ego dissolves, all discomforts go away with the ego. Discomfort is not because of "something;" it is because of ego -- a separated-ness.' 'THE direction of life is towards one thing: that is love. You be prosperous and have no love, that prosperity has no value. You are on spiritual path but you don't experience, then that spiritual path is no path, it is very dry: it's all up here.' 'THE secret is hidden somewhere very deep, and that is what we can call the Divine Love -- that love which is so total, which is so complete, and which is so fulfilling.' 'LOVE, the Divine Love, everyone is looking for such a love that never dies. As time goes it seems to be dying out. You see? Love dies out as time goes. But we are looking for some love that stands the time -- the old, ancient, strong, powerful Love.' 'WHEN we express love too much, then also it disappears, dies out. It's like when you keep the seed on the surface of the soil, not a little deep inside, it doesn't grow.' 'THE purpose of every practice -- spiritual practice, meditation, breathing techniques, and kriya, all this -- is to uncover something that blocks the expression of Divine Love.' |
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The folowing Sutras, Compliments of: R.Praveenji Desire for Happiness Your desire for pleasure or happiness makes you unhappy. You examine---whenever you are miserable or unhappy, behind that is your wanting to be happy. Become Free Before this earth eats you up, become free---free from this feverishness that is gripping your mind, free from this craving for happiness. Unlimited Joy Your mind is not reasy for limitations. It wants unlimited joy, unlimited pleasure---which the five sense cannot give you. Love Doesn't Stay Everyone loves in this world.Everything loves. But that love does n't stay too long as love. It immediately becomes hatred, almost immediately. But yoga is that skill, that preservative, that maintains that love as love throughout. Wrapping Paper Mind is that cover that is holding the Divine, the Divinity within us. Once that wrapping paper is unwrapped, you find, "Oh, this beautiful gift is here within us!" You know, it's like everyone is given a Christmas package, a beautiful package, and they live with the beautiful without even opening it. Eliminate the Cause Eliminate the cause, the very root of negativity in us. Instead of rubbing the mind with a positive thought, go deep into yourself through the breath, through meditation, and cleaning the system. Belonging You can't cultivate the "sense of belonging". You drop the stresses and fear---it comes in. You already belong to this entire existence. You 're not separate. Mind is a Field Mind is not just in one location. Mind is a field, like an electric field. Like an electromagnetic field, it's present all over. Garbage Collectors A master doesn't need any favor from you. He just could take all that anguish and garbage which you cannot lift by yourself, free you from that. All enlightened masters on this planet are garbage collectors. They do nothing other than collect the garbage. Suffering Suffering is a product of limited knowledge. You Think You Know You think you know the world and "This is it". That is the biggest problem. This is not just one world; there are many layers in this world. Only You One one lever there are individuals everybody is different---they 're young, old, intelligent, wise, dull and all types. One one level we have different types, but on a deeper level there is only you. Only you, nothing else. Longing When you give a space, the longing in you increases, whether it is for your spouse,or for God, or for Guru---whatever. And when there is longing, your love becomes really strong,powerful,unshakeable. Partial Knowledge Shadows appear very big, much bigger than you, but they have no existence. Smaller the light, bigger the shadow appears. If it is total darkness, then also there is no shadow. So partial knowledge,a partial light,partial vision,brings the shadow. And it makes the shadow appear very huge, very big. But know it is just a shadow. Forgiveness Forgiveness shield and protects your mind, your spirit, from being violent. Just Happening - Surrender You are a happening in this ocean of consciousness. Your heart beats by itself; you're not making it beat. Your breath moves by itself, sleep comes, you feel hunger, you feel thirsty, you feel good, you feel bad. All these phenomenon are happening in your life. When this realization comes, a deep relaxation, a trust, a feeling of "at home" and fullness arises in you. That is surrender. Nothing to lose What are you afraid of ? What do you think you will lose ? Just wake up and see you have nothing to lose in the first place ! And, even if you think you have something, how long can you hold on to it ? Surrender is Not Surrender is not an act. It's not again and again trying to bow down and say, "Oh, I am surrendering, I am surrendering." Saying that to yourself a hundred times---that is not surrender. Surrender Is Open your hands up---that is surrender. It is your very nature. God is Not God is not the object of sight; you can never see God. God is not an object of hearing. God is not an object of smelling or tasting. God cannot be perceived through your senses, nor through the mind. God Is God is the Seer himself. Who sees---that is God. Seeing God You can live God. You can be God. But you cannot "see" God, perceive God as an Object |
