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.

OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

 

                             

                               IS THE GOD IS EXIST?

                     OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD NEVER CHANGE WHEREAS THE REST OF RELATIONSHIPS CHANGE THE TIME! THEN WHY DO WE GIVE MORE IMPORTANT TO THE REST OF RELATIONSHIPS THAN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD? MR. 'Y' ASKED.

                   MR 'Z' REPLIED, GOD IS OUR OWN BUT THIS WORLD IS NOT OURS. THE BODY, FAMILY AND FRIENDS WE HAVE RECEIVED, WILL ALL DEPART ONE DAY. GOD IS ALWAYS WITH US, TAKING CARE OF US, GUIDING US, HELPING US, PROTECTING US AND LEADING US TOWARDS HIM. GOD IS OUR OWN FOR ETERNITY. GOD IS ALWAYS THERE TO LISTEN TO OUR PROBLEMS, GRIEVANCES AND TROUBLES WHICH WE CAN'T SHARE WITH ANYBODY ELSE".

                      GOD IS AN IDEA. GOD IS THE PRODUCT OF MIND.TO SOME IT APPEARS IN FORM, TO SOME IT IS FORMLESS OR TO OTHERS AS LIGHT OR TO OTHERS AS THE SUPREME TRUTH. IT IS ONLY ONE'S IMAGINATION HOW ONE WISHES TO SEE GOD AND GOD MANIFEST BEFORE THAT PERSON ACCORDING TO ONE'S CONCEPTION AND PERCEPTION. GOD IS EVERYWHERE, IN THE SUN, MOON, STARTS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, BIRDS, ANIMALS, TREES ETC. HE IS IN EVERY PARTICLE. ACCORDING TO BOEHME, "THE BIRDS IS OUR FOREST, THEY PRAISE GOD EACH IN ITS OWN WAY, IN DIVERSE TONES AND FASHIONS. DO YOU THINK GOD  IS VEXED BY THIS DIVERSITY AND DESIRES TO SILENCE DISCORDANT VOICES? ALL THE FORMS OF LIFE ARE DEAR TO INFINITE BEING HIMSELF".

                    ACCORDING TO DR. S. RADHAKRISHNAN, " A TRUE SEER IS COVINCED OF THE INEXHAUSTIBILITY OF THE NATURE OF GOD AND THE FINITE NUMBER OF ITS POSSIBLE MANIFESTATIONS.

                     EVERYONE  LOOKS AT GOD ACCORDING TO ONE'S OWN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HIM . AT THE TIME OF SITA'S SWAYAMVAR , WHEN LORD RAM ENTERED THE COURT OF KING JANAK, ALL THE INVITEE KINGS LOOKED AT HIM AS A BRAVE PERSON, THE WICKED KINGS GOT SCARED LOOKING AT HIM AS IF HE IS A TERRIBLE FORM, THED DEMONS WHO WERE SITTING THERE DECEITFULLY IN PRINCE'S FORM SAW HIM AS THEIR DEATH, THE COMMON CITIZENS OF MITHILA SAW HIM AS A ABODE OF HUMANITY AND A DELIGHT TO THEIR EYES. FOR SAINT AND SAGES HE LOOKED LIKE A OBEDIENT DISCIPLE, TO DEVOTEES HE LOOKED LIKE LORD VISHNU IN HIS COSMIC FORM, TO THE RELATIVES OF KING JANAK HE LOOKED LIKE THEIR SON-IN-LAW, TO THE QUEEN HE LOOKED LIKE HER DEAR CHILD, TO THE YOGIS EVER UNITED WITH GOD SAW HIM AS THE HIGHEST TRUTH AND PLACID, SITA SAW HIM WITH JOY AND LOVE THAT COULD'NT BE PUT IN WORDS.

                    SMALL STORY

                    THIS STORY IS FROM MUNDAKA UPANISHAD. ONCE THERE WAS A LARGE TREE WITH MANY BRANCHES. ON ITS LOWER BRANCH WAS SITTING A BIRD. WHEN IT LOOKED UP, IT SAW ANOTHER BIRD ON TOP BRANCH OF THE TREES. THE BIRD SITTING ON LOWER BRANCH RESTLESSLY PECKED FRUITS, SOMETIMES SWEET AND SOMETIMES BITTER AND THEN JUMPED A BRANCH UP. IT LOOKED UP AND SAW ANOTHER BIRD WAS SITTING ON THE HIGHEST BRANCH. IT AGAIN ATE SOME SWEET AND BITTER FRUITS AND HOPPED UP ONE BRANCH. IT KEPT MOVING TILL IT REACHED A BRANCH LOWER TO THE HIGHEST BRANCH. WHEN IT LOOKED UP THERE WAS STILL THAT ANOTHER BIRD ON THE ABOVE BRANCH. AS SOON AS IT REACHED THE TOP BRANCH IT FOUND THERE WAS NO BIRD EXCEPT ITSELF.

                       IN THIS STORY THE BIRD SITTING ON LOWER BRANCH IS JEEVATMAN (HUMAN BEING) AND THE BIRD SITTING ON HIGHEST BRANCH IS THE PARMATMAN (GOD) AND THE SWEET AND SOUR FRUITS ARE THE BIRH AND DEATH CYCLES.

                                       THE PRESENCE OF GOD

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                     THE MAIN GOAL OF MEDITATION OS GOD REALISATION RIGHT? 

                     MR. 'X' SAID.

                     YA. MR. 'L' REPLIED.

                   

                     YOU ARE DOING MEDITATION FOR PAST FIFTEEN YEARS. HAVE YOU EVER FELT THE PRESENCE OF GOD?

                        "YES"

                         HOW?

                      WHENEVER I FIND SOME OBSTACLES WHILE MOVING ON SPIRITUAL PATH THEN I AM GUIDED BY EITHER INTERNET OR A BOOK OR A STRANGER WHO COMES TO HELP ME. A PATH IS SHOWN TO ME TO IMPROVE MYSELF AND TO OVERCOME THE HIMDRANCE. THAT IS THE FORM OF GOD . I FEEL HIS PRESENCE.

THE SUPREME POWER (GOD)

                                      THE RECOGNITION 

                                      OF THE CREATOR

                                  THE VERY FUNDAMENTAL CHARATERISTIC OF THINGS IS THAT THEY RECOGNIZE THE WILL OF GOD AND OBEY HIS COMMANDS. THIS IS THE ESSENCE OF LIFE. THE FOLLOWING REVELATIONS DESCRIBE THIS TRUTH.

                        AND UNTO ALLAH PROSTRATES,'

                       WHAT SO EVER IS IN THE HEAVENS

                       AND THE EARTH, 

                       WILLINGLY OR UNWILLINGLY,

                       AND SO THEIR SHADOWS,

                       IN THE MORNING AND THE EVENING HOURS.

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                       HAS THOU NOT SEEN, 

                      UNTO ALLAH PAYS ADORATION,

                      WHATSOVER IS IN THE EARTH, 

                      AND THE SUN, AND THE MOON AND THE STARS

                      AND THE HILLS, AND THE TREES,

                       AND THE BEASTS,

                       AND MANY OF THE MANKING".

                       THESE VERSES PROVE THAT ALL THINGS RECOGNIZE THEIR CREATOR, AND ADORE HIM. THIS IS THEIR IN-BUILT INSTINCT. MAY IT BE AN ATOM OR SMALLER THAN THAT, OR BIGGER THAN THAT, ALL THINGS  OBEY THE LAWS FRAMED BY HIM. EXCEPTION CAN BE AMONG THE MANKIND, WHO FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF THEIR STAY ON THE EARTH ARE BESTOWED WITH THE FREE WILL, TO BELIEVE OR NOT BELIEVE.

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                    THE VERSE 17 (44), FURTHER CLARIFIES THIS COMMON CHARACTERISTICS OF THINGS IN THE FOLLOWING FASHION.

                             THE SEVEN HEAVENS AND THE EARTH,

                             AND ALL THAT IS THEREIN,

                              PRAISES HIM,

                             AND THERE IS NOT A THING

                             BUT CELEBRATES HIS PRAISES,

                             YET YOU UNDERSTAND NOT THEIR PRAISE,

                             LO! HE IS EVER CLEMENT AND FORGIVING.

                           THIS VERSE MAKES IT ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT WITHOUT EXCEPTION, ALL THINGS HAVE THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE THEIR CREATOR AND AS A MANIFESTATION OF THIS RECOGNITION THEY HYMN HIS PRAISES.

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                              FEAR OF GOD:

                    BESIDES HYMNING THE PRAISES OF GOD, VERSE 2 (74) TELLS US THAT THINGS ALSO FEAR THEIR LORD.

                          " AND INDEED THERE ARE ROCKS,

                           WHICH FALL DOWN FOR THE FEAR OF ALLAH,

                            ALLAH IS AWARE OF WHAT YE DO".

                               

                    

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                          FALLING OF ROCKS DUE TO THE FEAR FO ALLAH MEANS THAT THEY MUST HAVE A MIND WHICH IS FULLY CONSCIOUS OF THEIR CREATOR. IN THIS RESPECT AS WE SEE FROM VERSE 13, THAT EVEN THE ENERGY SYSTEMS SUCH AS THUNDER, LIGHTNINGS AND ANGLES RECOGNIZE HIM, FEAR HIM AND PRAISE THEIR LORD.

                             

                               THE THUNDER HYMN HIS PRAISE,

                              AND (SO DO) THE ANGELS,

                               FOR AWE OF HIM".