TO FEEL GOD

                  

                                     VISION OF GOD

                    WHEN MIND IS CONCENTRATED FOR LONGER PERIOD OF TIME THEN ONE HAVE VISIONS OF GOD. GENERALLY A GOLDEN LIGHT WILL APPEAR IN WHICH YOU WILL SEE THE DEITY. THE SOUND OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WILL RING IN ONE'S EARS. ONE SHOULD NOT GIVE MUCH IMPORTANCE TO SUCH VISIONS. ONE HAS TO CONTINUE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TILL ONE HAS ATTAINED IMMENSE PEACE AND SELF REALISATION.

                   FEELING OF SEPERATION

                WHILE CONTINUING THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY, ONE WILL EXPERIENCE THE FEELING OF SEPARATENESS FROM FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS AND FROM ONE'S OWN BODY.

                   I LOST LOVE FOR MY WIFE AND CHILDREN. THE SHOWER OF MY LOVE TOWARDS THEM HAS DRIED UP. I LOOK AT THEM AS STRANGER. EARLIER I HAD LOVED THEM FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. ALL THE AFFECTIONS HAVE BEEN WIPED OUT OF ME. MR "Y" EXPRESSED THE CHANGE IN HIS FEELINGS AFTER AWAKENING OF KUNDALINI ENERGY. I AM COMPLETE STRANGER IN MY OWN BODY, I AM SCARED . I FEEL IT IS PERILOUS TO LIVE IN THIS BODY.

                   THIS GIVES IMMENSE JOY MIXED WITH FEAR. JOY IS FELT AS ONE ENTERS AS NEW PLANE AND FEELS LIKE ONE IS FLYING IN AIR ROTATING IN MID-AIR. ONE IS STARTED BY THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN AND THE FEAR OF FALLING DOWN. GOPI KRISHNA IS HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY WROTE, "MY WHOE BODY WAS SO ENGROSSED IN THE CONTEMPLATION OF THE LOTUS THAT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AT A TIME I LOST TOUCH WITH MY BODY AND SURROUNDINGS. DURING SUCH INTERVALS I USED TO FEEL AS IF I WERE POISED IN MID-AIR, WITHOUT ANY FEELING OF A BODY AROUND ME. THE ONLY OBJECT OF WHICH I WAS AWARE WAS A LOTUS OF BRILLIANT COLOUR, EMITTING RAYS OF LIGHT".

                   WHEN MIND AND EGO DISSOLVE, ONE EXPERIENCES SAMADHI. ACCORDING TO SWAMI SIVANANDA, " THROUGH CONCENTRATION, YOU RISE ABOVE BODY-CONSCIOUSNESS, THROUGH MEDITATION. YOU RISE ABOVE MIND, AND FINALLY THROUGH SAMADHI, YOU BECOME ONE WITH BRAHMA. THESE ARE THE THREE IMPORTANT. ANTARANGA SADHANAS (INTERNAL MEANS), IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF FINAL BEATITUDE. WHEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SELF DAWNS, IGNORANCE, WHICH IS THE SEED FOR BONDAGE AND THE CAUSE OF KARMA IS TOTALLY ERADICATED AND THE ASPIRANT ATTAINS IMMORTALITY AND ETERNAL BLISS".

                  ❤     TAKE WHAT YOU LIKE AND LEAVE WHAT YOU DISLIKE  .❤

                          USELESS CONVERSATION

                   MOST OF THE TIME, ONE IS BUSY IN SUCH USELESS CONVERSATION. SUCH CONVERSATION EAT UP A LARGE PART OF OUR ENERGY TIME. ENERGY WHICH CAN BE UTILISED FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GOD REALISATION IS WASTED IN USELESS AND EXCESSIVE CONVERSATION. TOO MUCH TALKING MAKES ONE'S MIND RESTLESS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY UNFIT FOR MEDITATION. KEEPING SILENCE FOR SOME TIME DAILY IS THE BEST OPTION TO MINIMISE IT. IN SILENCE ONE FINDS TIME TO LOOK INSIDE. TO OBSERVE AND ENJOY ONE'S COMPANY. SILENCE SHOULD BE KEPT DURING THAT TIME WHEN ONE IS FEELING THE NEED TO CONVERSE THE MOST.

                      AS SOON AS ONE SITS IN SILENCE THE NAUGHTY MIND STARTS TALKING. OM SWAMI SAID, EACH TIME TO CONTROL OF CURB IT,  INSTEAD STOP IT EITHER BY IGNORING IT OR BY CONCENTRATING ON THE POINT OF YOUR FOCUS. REMEMBER, YOU MIND ONLY TALKS IF YOU LISTEN TO IT.

                          FAULT FINDING, SELF-PRAISING, BACK-BITING AND TRYING TO PULL DOWN OTHER PEOPLE ARE THE MOST ABOUT TOPICS DURING CONVERSATION. THE ROOT CAUSE OF SUCH THINKING IS JEALOUSY AND IGNORANCE. THESE CAN BE EASILY OVERCOME BY ENGAGING ONESELF IN THE WELFARE OF THE SOCIETY AND CHANTING MANTRA.

                      EGO

                   EGO MEANS WHATEVER I AM SAYING IS CORRECT. WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING WRONG. WHATEVER WAY I HAVE CHOSEN IS THE RIGHT PATH. THIS HOUSE CARE, WIFE, CHILDREN, STATUS AND MONEY ARE MINE. I WANT TO DOMINATE. I WANT TO SEEK ATTENTION FROM OTHERS. I WISH THAT OTHERS PRAISE ME FOR WHAT I HAVE DONE. I CAN'T BEAR THE CRITICISM OR ANY OTHER SORT OF DISAPPROVAL FROM OTHERS. I KNOW EVERYTHING AND OTHERS KNOW NOTHING. I AM SUPERIOR AND OTHERS ARE INFERIOR. I CAN'T FORGET AND I CAN'T FORGIVE. EGO IS MUCH MORE DANGEROUS THAN NEGATIVE EMOTIONS LIKE ANGER, LUST AND GREED. IT IS THE ATTACHMENT WITH THIS MERE BODY WHICH CREATES SO MUCH PRIDE IN ONE'S MIND.

                     SOUL IS VEILED BY THE EGO. IT IS THE EGO WHICH HAS CREATED THE IDEA OF SEPARATENESS FROM SOUL AND GOD. REMOVE THE BIGGEST HURDLE EGO TO EXPERIENCE THE DIVINE SELF. THE SPACE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE TUMBLER IS THE SAME. BUT ONE HAS TO BREAK THE GLASS TO EXPERIENCE THE VAST SPACE. SIMILARLY ONE HAS TO DESTROY THE EGO TO FEEL THE SELF. BY REGULAR CHANTING OF THE MANTRA, BY DOING KIRTAM, BY SURRENDERING TO GOD, SELFLESS SERVICE, LIVING WITH SPIRITUALLY MINDED PEOPLE AND STRONG DESIRE TO ERADICATE EGO, A SELFLESS WILL IS DEVELOPED.