THE FACT ABOUT COLLECTIVE KARMA!

 

                           THE INTERESTING FACT 

                                     ABOUT KARMA!

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                      IN LOSING AWARENESS OF SELF IS THE TRAP OF 

                KARMA. THE HUNTER BECOMES THE HUNTED, THE

                            ARCHITECT BECOMES CREATION. A SPIDER TRAPPED

               IN A WEB OF ITS OWN MAKING IS A TRAGEDY.

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                           WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU MEAN BY COLLECTIVE KARMA? HOW DOES INDIVIDUAL KARMA INTEREST WITH COLLECTIVE KARMA?

                 ANS : THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU ARE THINKING AGAIN IN TERMS OF THE INDIVIDUAL AS SEPARATE FROM EVERYTHING ELSE. THERE IS NO SUCH THING.

                 TODAY, PSYCHOLOGISTS SPEACK OF THAT ASPECT OF THE INDIVIDUAL UNCONSCIOUS THAT IS CONNECTED WITH A LARGER COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS. THIS IS WHAT WE MEAN BY COLLECTIVE KARMA. BECAUSE WE PERFORM CERTAIN ACTIONS, KARMA ACCUMULATE. THIS HAS INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE CONSEQUENCES.

                   IMAGINE A POND FULL OF WATER. YOU GO THERE AND SCOOP OUT A BLUCKETFUL OF WATER. THEN YOU SCOOP OUT ANOTHER. IS THE FIRST BUCKTETFUL AND DIFFERENT FROM THE SECOND? CAN YOU SPEAK OF "THIS"  WATER AND "THAT" WATER? IT IS THE SAME WITH LIFE. YOU CANNOT SPEAK OF "THIS" LIFE AND "THAT" LIFE.

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                  AT THIS MOMENT, IF YOU ARE WILLING, THE KARMA OF ADIYOGI, THE FIRST YOGI AND FIRST GURU, CAN BECOME YOURS. IT HAS ALREADY BECOME OURS IN SO MANY WAYS. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS HE ACHIEVED THROUGH HIS KARMA THAT WE ARE MAKING USE OF TODAY. IT HAS BECOME OUR KARMA. YOU MAY NEVER HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SADHANA HE UNDERWENT, BUT YOU CAN ENJOY THE FRUITS OF HIS KARMA BECAUSE IT IS SIMPLE THERE, AVAILABLE TO ALL.

                   SO THERE IS JUST ONE COMMON KARMA, BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY ONE COMMON EXISTENCE. BUT BASED ON YOUR QUALITY, YOU ATTRACT A PARTICULAR KIND OF KARMA TO YOURSELF. THE MOMENT OF DEATH IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING THE KIND OF QUALITY YOU HAVE AND THE KIND OF KARMA YOU ATTRACT. SO IF YOU DIE IN ANGER, IN HATRED, IN MISERY OR IN PAIN, YOU ATTRACT ONE KIND OF KARMA. IF YOU DIE IN PEACE OR BLISSFULNESS, YOU ATTRACT ANOTHER KIND OF KARMA.

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                  IN THE LAST OF FORTY SECONDS OF A PERSON'S LIFETIME, MANY LIFETIMES OF ACCUMULATED KARMA PLAY OUT IN FAST-FORWARD. IN THOSE CRUCIAL FORTY SECONDS, IF A PERSON MANAGES TO STAY AWARE, THEY CAN DROP LIFETIMES OF KARMA. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT KIND OF LIFE THEY HAVE LIVED. IF THEY ARE IN A CONSECRATED SPACE, OR IF THEY HAVE LIVED. IF THEY ARE IN A CONSECRATED SPACE, OR IF THEY HAVE DONE SOME SPIRITUAL PRACTICE AND MANAGE TO STAY CONSCIOUS, THAT INTENSE PHASE WILL WIPE THEM CLEAN AND THEY CAN DISSOLVE THEIR KARMA ALTOGETHER.

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                    THIS IS WHY EVERY RELIGIOUS TRADITION PLACES AN EMPHASIS ON DYING IN PEACE. THIS IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THIS GIVES ONE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY THE NEXT TIME ROUND. DYING IN JOY OR LOVE IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO DIE. DYING IN WHAT THE YOGIC TRADITION CALLS THE SAMADHI STATE IS THE ULTIMATE WAY TO DIE. THIS MEANS THAT WHILE YOU ARE LIVING, YOU WALK CONSCIOUSLY INTO DEATH.

THE REASON WHY INCREASING OUR KARMA'S !

 

                             WHY HUMAN ARE ALWAYS 

                              INCREASING OUR KARMA?

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                           RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE LIKE A BUBBLE THAT SAYS "THE AIR THAT I HOLD IN MY LUNGS IS MY AIR" YOU STILL HAVE TO EXHALE!

                    I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT THIS: IF THERE ARE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF BEINGS THAT NEED TO BE LIBERATED THEIR KARMA, WHY IS THE HUMAN POPULATION ALWAYS INCREASING? WHERE IS ALL THE NEW KARMIC SUBSTANCE COMING FROM?

                     ANS : THE NUMBER GAME WORKS ONLY WITH THE PHYSICAL DIMENSION. IN THE NONPHYSICAL DIMENSION, IT IS MEANINGLESS. YOU ARE CONFUSING THE NONPHYSICAL DIMENSION WITH THE PHYSICAL.

                         WITH A SINGLE PERSON'S KARMIC BODY, IT IS POSSIBLE TO MAKE A MILLION CHILDREN! THIS DOES NOT MEAN A MILLION PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE AND A MILLION WOMEN HAVE TO GET PREGNANT AND WAIT TO RECEIVE THOSE MILLION BEIGS. A SINGLE KARMIC BODY CAN MANIFEST IN A MILLION WOMBS.

                   SO THIS BEINGS THAT YOU CALL "ME" RIGHT IS NOT A QUANTITY. I ALWAYS USE NEGATIVE TERMINOLOGY SO YOUR IMAGINATION DOESN'T FLY AWAY WITH YOU. LET ME JUST DESCRIBE THIS "YOU" AS EMPTY SPACE OR DARKNESS. (IF I DESCRIBE YOU AS LIGHT OR AS GOD, YOU WILL START TURNING HALLUCINATORY.  IF I TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE LIGHT, YOU WILL IMMEDIEATELY TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR THAT YOU ARE DIVING LIGHT. IF I TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE GOD, YOU WILL START TURNING DELUSIONAL.THERE IS NOT VERY MUCH YOU CAN IMAGINE ABOUT EMPTINESS, SO LET'S STICK WITH THAT DESCRIPTION).

                       SO THIS EMPTY SPACE WITH IS LIKE A BUBBLE. KARMA IS THE WALL OF THE BUBBLE. WITHOUT KARMIC SUBSTANCE, YOU HAVE TO EXISTENCE . IT IS ONLY BECAUSE OF KARMIC SUBSTANCE THAT YOU ARE GLUED TO THE BODY. IF ALL YOU KARMA IS REMOVED, YOU CANNOT BE HELD IN THE BODY. EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY SLIP OUT OF NON PHYSICAL BODY, THE KARMIC SUBSTANCE IS STILL THERE. SO EVEN IF THE BODY LOSES ITS VIBRANCY, THE KARMIC SUBSTANCE WILL FIND ANOTHER BODY.

              NOW, WHEN WE SAY WE WANT LIBERATION, OR MUKTI, WHAT WE REALLY ARE SAYIG IS THAT WE WANT TO PRICK THIS BUBBLE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE ENCLOSED EMPTINESS BECOMES ONE WITH THE EMPTINESS OUTSIDE. ONCE YOU BURST A BUBBLE, THE AIR INSIDE BECOMES PART OF EVERYTHING AROUND IT, DOESN'T IT? IT WORKS THE SAME WAY WITH THE KARMIC BUBBLE. ENLIGHTENMENT ALSO MEANS THE SAME THING, IT MEANS THE BUBBLE HAS BURST. FOR MOST BEINGS, THE MOMENT OF ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE MOMENT OF LEAVING THE BODY ARE THE MENTAL MECHANICS - ARE ABLE TO RETAIN THE PHYSICAL FOR A LENGTH OF TIME AFTER THEIR ENLIGHTENMENT.

                          NOW, IF LIFE ENERGIES BECOME OVERLY INTENSE, YOU CANNOT RETAIN THE BODY. ALSO, IF LIFE ENERGIES BECOME VERY FEEBLE, YOU CANNOT RETAIN THE BODY. SO ONLY IF LIFE ENERGIES ARE WITHIN A CERTAIN BANDWIDTH INTENSITY CAN THE BODY BE RETAINED. THIS IS WHY THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF YOGA IN THE WORLD. ONE TYPE IS ABOUT WITHDRAWING FROM THE WORLD. THIS MEANS MAKING THE LIFE ENERGIES SO FEEBLE THAT YOU CAN DROP THE BODY. ANOTHER TYPE OF YOGA IS ABOUT REVVING UP THE ENERGIES TO A HIGH PITCH SO THAT THE PHYSICAL CANNOT HOLD ONE ANYMORE. SOCIALLY, THE REVVING-UP APPROACH MAY BE MORE APPRECIATED. SOCIALLY, THE REVVING-UP APPROACH MAY BE MORE APPRECIATED. BUT, EXISTENCIALLY, ONE IS NOT SUPERIOR TO THE OTHER. BOTH ACHIEVE THE SAME END.

                      SO THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS "YOU" AND "ME", REALLY. RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE LIKE A BUBBLE THAT SAYS, "THE AIR THAT I HOLD IN MY LUNGS IS MY AIR". BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO EXHALE! WHEN YOU DO, YOUR AIR BECOMES SOMEBODY'S ELSE'S AIR, AND SOMEBODY ELSE'S AIR BECOMES YOUR AIR. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS "MY AIR", BUT WHEN YOU HOLD IT IN YOUR LUNGS, IT BECOMES YOU FOR THAT LITTLE PERIOD OF TIME. SO THAT LIMITED ASPECT OF THE DIVINE THAT YOU HOLD WITHIN YOU, YOU CALL YOUR SOUL, IN SANSKRIT, WE CALL IT ATMA. WE DIFFERENCE IT FROM THE DIVINE, WHICH WE CALL PARAMATMA.

                   THE KARMIC MATERIAL CAN DEFENITELY TAKE ON MORE THAN ONE BODY. IT IS CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING MORE THAN ONE PHYSICAL FORM. I HAVE SPOKEN IN THE PAST OF HOW THIS HAPPENED WITH ME IN AN EARLIER LIFETIME. WHEN I WAS SADHGURU SRI BRAHMA AND LIFE SITUATIONS MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO CONTINUE MY MISSION TO CONSECRATE THE DHYANALINGA, I TOOK ON THE BODY OF THE CHILD YOGI WHO HAD LEFT HIS BODY EARLY. FOR A WHILE, I MANAGED TWO BODIES AND MADE A FUTILE ATTEMPT TO CONSECRATE THE DHYANALINGA. I ATTEMPTED THIS BECAUSE I KNEW THAT THE PHYSICAL TERM FOR THAT BODY, AS SADHGURU SRI BRAHMA, WAS GOING TO BE OVER IN A FEW MONTHS.

                       THE TRADITION ALSO HAS STORIES OF OTHER YOGIS WHO MAINTAINED TWO DIFFERENT BODIES TO FULLFILL TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF KARMA. THERE WERE YOGIS WHO INHABITED THE BODY OF AN ASCETIC AND A HOUSEHOLDER, IN ORDER TO FULFILL CERTAIN DIMENSIONS OF ACTIVITY THAT COULD NOT BE CARRIED OUT WITH A SINGLE BODY. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN CASES OF TWO YOGIS SHARING A SINGLE BODY. IT IS SOMETIMES SIMPLER TO SHARE ANOTHER YOGI'S BODY AND FULLFILL ONE'S KARMIC OBLIGATIONS RATHER THAN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF FINDING A WOMB AND STARTING OVER.

MEMORY = KARMA!

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                    THE MEMORY IS YOUR KARMA!

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                              IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING DEEP EMOTIONAL STRESS, A SIMPLE PRACTICE IS TO REMAIN TO REMAIN AS FAR AS POSSIBLE IN A POSTURE WHERE YOUR SPINE IS ERECT. THE LUMBER REGION IN PARTICULAR NEEDS TO BE RELAXED AND STRETCHED TO ACTIVATE THE SPINE. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO SQUAT FOR LENGTHS OF TIME, THIS IS PARTICULARLY BENEFICIAL BECAUSE THE EXTENSION OF THE SPINE HAS A PROFOUND IMPACT ON PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING.

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                      A NATURAL UPSURGE OF ENERGY WILL HAPPEN IF YOU KEEP YOUR FEET TOGETHER WHEN YOU SQUAT. BUT NOT MANY PEOPLE CAN DO THIS. SO THE NEXT BEST OPTION IS TO WIDEN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE FEET WHEN YOU SQUAT, KEEPING YOUR FEET IN LINE WITH YOUR SHOULDERS. MAKE SURE YOUR FEET ARE FIRMLY UPON THE GROUND.

 

                      THIS IS NOT JUST AN EXERCISE. THE SPINE IS NOT MERELY A COLLECTION OF BONES. IT IS THE VERY BASIS OF COMMUNICATION AND PERCEPTION WITHIN THE HUMAN SYSTEM. KEEPING IT IN OPTIMAL CONDITION WILL NOT JUST REVITALIZE AND REJUVENATE THE BODY BUT WILL MAKE A PHENOMENAL DIFFERENCE IN YOUR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL LIFE AND THE THE WAY YOU FUNCTION.

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                    THERE IS A MORE COMPREHENSIVE SEVEN-STEP PRACTICE CALLED THE YOGA NAMASKAR, WHICH IS OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE ON THE SADHGURU APP . THE IS A POWERFUL PROCESS OF ACTIVATING AND STRENGTHENING THE SPINE AND THE MUSCLES ALONGSIDE IT, SO AS ONE AGES, THE SPINAL SYSTEM DOES NOT COLLAPSE AND THE NERVES ARE NOT PINCHED. IF THERE IS ALREADY SPINAL DAMAGE, THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO REGENERATE THE SPINE AND ENSURE ALL-AROUND BENEFITS FOR THE ENTIRE BODY. THIS IS ALSO  A MORE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO UNBLOCKING EMOTIONAL IMPASSESS IN THE HUMAN SYSTEM AND PROMOTING WHAT WE CALL CHITTA VRITTI NIRODHA - THE LIBERATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS FROM FLUCTUATIONS AND BOTTLENECKS.

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                        THE HUMAN EQUATION WAS ALWAYS MEAN TO BE LIKE THIS: TO MOVE FROM BEING TO DOING TO HAVING. THIS MEANS WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO ACT IN ORDER TO FIND FULFILLMENT. FULFILLMENT WAS SEEN AS AN INNER CONDITION. IT COULD NOT BE PURSUED EXTERNALLY. WE ACT IN ORDER TO EXPRESS OUR FULFILLMENT, NOT TO ACQUIRE IT. WE ACT IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE OUR INNER COMPLETENESS, NOT TO PURSUE IT.

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                   FOR MOST PEOPLE, HOWEVER, THIS SIMPLE EQUATION IS REVERSED. MOST PEOPLE DO IN ORDER TO BE. THEY ACT BECAUSE THEY FEEL INCOMPLETE. THEIR ACTION IS PROMPTED BY A DESIRE TO ACQUIRE SOMETHING OR TO ENHANCE THEIR IDENTITY IN SOME WAY. THIS IS THE ANCIENT HUNTER-GATHERED IMPULSE, WHICH STLL ENDURES HUMAN BEINGS. IT IS THE NEED TO ACT IN ORDER TO ACCUMULATE - WHETHER IT IS PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, OR INTELLECTUAL SATISFACTION. IT IS ACTION IMPELLED BY A DESIRE TO AUGMENT THEMSELVES, TO BECOME MORE THAN WHAT THEY ARE. THEY ACT IN ORDER TO HAVE, THEY HAVE IN ORDER TO BE.

         

                       ALL THAT COMES FROM MEMORY SPELLS KARMIC BONDAGE. I DO NOT COME FROM A PLACE OF KARMA, SO I DO NOT BREED KARMA. IT IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT. WHAT I SAY COMES FROM INNER EXPERIENCE, FROM A STATE OF KNOWING, NOT FROM PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE. THIS IS CHITTA, CONTENT-LESS INTELLIGENCE.

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                   THE ONE THING THAT HUMAN BEINGS SIMULTANEOUSLY SUFFER AND CHERISH IS MEMORY. YOU TRY TO ACQUIRE AND FREEZE MEMORY IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE IN IDENTITY, YOU ARE TRYING, THEREFORE, TO DO IN ORDER TO BE. BUT NEITHER YOUR IDENTITY NOR YOUR MEMORY IS ESSENTIALLY ABOUT YOU.

                        THINK ABOUT IT.

                    WHEN YOU ARE SITTING IN A CAFE, DRINKING YOUR CAPPUCINO, YOU CAN ENJOY ONLY YOUR FOUR DOLLARS' WORTH OF COFFEE. WHETHER YOU HAVE TEN BILLION DOLLARS IN THE BANK IS IRREVANT. THE MONEY EXISTS ONLY IN YOUR MEMORY. TO CARRY MONEY AROUND IN YOUR MEMORY MEANS YOU ARE A CREATURE OF THE PAST. IF YOU BASE YOUR FUTURE ON YOUR PAST, YOU ARE AS GOOD AS DEAD!

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                   AND THIS IS WHY FACES AROUND US ARE BECOMING SO GRAVE. THE GRAVE IS, AFTER ALL, THE ABODE OF THE PAST! AND THAT IS KARMA, TOO. A HABITAT OF THE PAST.  YOUR ACTIONABLE KARMA IN THE FUTURE ENSURES THAT YOUR FUTURE IS EXACTLY LIKE YOUR PAST. WHEN NOTHING NEW HAPPENS TO YOU, IT IS TIME TO REST IN PEACE!

THE ELEMENTS OF OUR BODY (KARMA)

 

                     KARMA YOGA AND THE PHYSICAL BODY

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                       AS WE HAVE SEEN EARLIER, KARMA BUILDS ITSELF ON THREE FUNDAMENTAL LEVELS : MENTAL FLUCTUATIONS, CHEMICAL REACTIONS, AND SENSATIONS. THE SENSORY BODY IS THE OUTERMOST MANIFESTATION OF THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND. THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND IS RULED BY AN ENORMOUS LIBRARY OF KARMIC MEMORY. THIS KARMIC MEMORY KEEPS MANIFESTING ALL THE TIME WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION. SINCE IT IS AN UNCONSCIOUS MANIFESTATION IT MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE ONE BIG MESS. BUT ONCE YOU MAKE IT CONSCIOUS, IT COULD BE VERY USEFUL INFORMATION.

                        OF THE 114 CHAKRAS, (ENERGY CENTERS ) IN THE HUMAN SYSTEM, THE KARMIC SUBSTANCE CONCENTRATES ITSELF AROUND SOME SPECIFIC ONES. THESE ARE RELATED TO CERTAIN JOINTS AND NEEDS IN THE BODY. CHEMICAL DEPOSITS BUILD UP HERE OVER TIME.

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                            YOU MAY HAVE FRIED MENTALLY TO ALTER CERTAIN SIMPLE HABITS, BUT YOU FIND THAT WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS, YOU FALL BACK INTO THEM. IT IS NOT EASY TO COME OUT OF KARMIC LIMITATIONS WITHOUT SIMULTANEOUSLY ADDRESSING THEM ON THE CHEMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL LEVELS.

                     HATHA YOGA IS A WAY OF SHEDDING KARMA WITH FULL AWARENESS BY MOVING AND STRETCHING THE BODY IS VARIOUS WAYS. THIS REQUIRES TRAINING, HOWEVER. SO HERE IS A SIMPLE PRACTICE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO MOVE FROM OUTER TO INNER, FROM BODY TO MIND. FROM OUTERMOST SENSATION, TO THE CHEMICAL DEPOSITS WITHIN THE BODY, TO THE MIND WITH ITS FIXED WAYS OF THINKING AND ACTING.

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                     CLOSE YOUR EYES . RAISE YOUR HAND IN FRONT OF YOU TO THE LEVEL OF YOUR FACE, AND GENTLY STRETCH THE MUSCLES IN YOUR HAND, WITHOUT NECESSARILY MOVING IT MECHANICALLY, YOU WILL NOTICE LOTS OF  SENSATIONS. WATCH THE SENSATIONS AS KEENLY AS YOU CAN. STRETCH THE HAND FULLY. BECOME AWARE OF THE TWITCH OF EVERY SINGLE MUSCLE IN YOUR HAND.

                   IF YOU ABLE TO NOTICE THE MINUTEST SENSATIONS IN YOUR HAND, YOU ARE READY TO DO THIS FOR THE ENTIRE BODY. CONTINUE TO KEEP YOUR EYES CLOSED. NOW STRETCH EVERY MUSCLE IN THE BODY AND OBSERVE THE SENSATIONS.

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                    DO NOT TURN THIS INTO A MECHANICAL EXERCISE. ALLOW YOURSELF TO MAKE IT A SUBTLE DANCE - LIKE MOVEMENT, VERY GENTLY EXTENDING EVERY FIBER IN YOUR BODY AND OBSERVING EVERY SENSATION.

                    THIS SIMPLE PROCESS CAN HELP RELEASE CHEMICAL DEPOSITS IN THE BODY THAT HAVE BUILT UP OVER TIME BECAUSE OF THE MANY SHIFTS AND FLUCTUATIONS IN THOUGHT AND EMOTION. THIS IS ONE WAY OF RELEASING THEM AND, IN THE PROCESS, SHEDDING KARMIC DEPOSITS AS WELL.  IN THE PROCESS, THE VERY WAY YOU PERCEIVE AND EXPERIENCE THE WORLD WILL BE ALTERED.

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                    ADDITIONALLY, THIS IS A USEFUL WAY TO START CULTIVATING AWARENESS. GENERALLY, PEOPLE INHABIT THE BODY IN UNAWARENESS. ONLY WHEN THEY EXPERIENCE A TOOTHACHE OR A BACKACHE DO THEY SUDDENLY BECOME AWARE OF THE BODY. THE REST OF THE TIME, ALTHOUGH THE BODY IS THERE, IT IS INHABITED UNCONSCIOUSLY. SO ONE OF THE SIMPLEST WAY TO BEGIN CULTIVATING AWARENESS IS TO START WITH PHYSICAL AWARENESS.

                        AWARENESS DOES NOT STOP THERE, IT DEEPENS INTO VARIOUS OTHER DIMENSIONS, BUT STARTING WITH THE BODY - WHICH IS A CONSTANT FACTOR IN YOUR LIFE - OFFERS YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE MAINTAINING YOUR AWARENESS CONTINUOUSLY.

                           HUMAN PERFORMANCE IN ANY SPHERE IS ALWAYS GAUGED IN COMPARISON WITH SOMEONE ELSE'S. IF YOUR CAPACITY TO PERCEIVE IS BETTER THAN ANOTHER'S, HAVE A MAJOR ADVANTAGE OVER THEM. FOR IF YOU ENHANCE YOUR PERCEPTUAL CAPABILITY, OR YOUR ABILITY TO SEE, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF YOUR ACTION WILL BE GREATLY ENHANCED. I OFTE TELL SEEKERS THAT THE AIM IS NOT TO SEE SOMETHING, BUT TO SIMPLY LEARN TO SEE.

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                      IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THIS PERCEPTUAL ABILITY, YOU COULD TRY TO A SIMPLE PRACTICE CALLED THE AKASHI MUDRA. YOU COULD DO THIS PRACTICE PARTICULARLY ON THOSE OCCASIONS WHEN YOU FEEL YOU NEED TO BE AT YOUR BEST OR TO PERFORM AT YOUR OPTIMAL CAPACITY.

                    THERE IS A POINT OF CONVERGENCE IN YOUR ENERGETIC BODY THAT STRETCHES BEYOND THE PHYSICAL BODY. IT IS APPROXIMATELY SEVENTEEN TO NINETEEN INCHES FROM THE POINT BETWEEN YOUR EYEBROWS. YOU MUST SEARCH FOR THE POINT WHERE THE VISION MEETS AT AN ACUTE ANGLE OF ELEVEN DEGREES. FINDING THAT POINT OF CONVERGENCE BOOSTS TEH AKASHA, OR ETHERIC ELEMENT, WITHIN YOU. THE MOMENT THE ELEMENT OF AKASHA IS DOMINANT, YOU WILL FIND THE CLARITY OF YOUR PERCEPTION HUGELY ENHANCED.

THE SPIRITUAL AWARENESS OF KARMA

 

             

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                                 SPIRITUAL WAY TO 

                          UNDERSTAND THE KARMA 

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                                     SPIRITUALITY AND FAST-FORWARD KARMA

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                            WHEN YOU CONSCIOUSLY SEEK FREEDOM FROM KARMA THROUGH A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE, YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY ON FAST-FORWARD. WHEN YOU CHURN UP YOUR INNER LIFE, CERTAIN DIMENSIONS OF YOUR KARMA COME TO THE FORE. AT SUCH JUNCTURES, IT IS POSSIBLE TO EXPERIENCE INTENSE PAIN OR DISCOMFORT. OF COURSE, THIS COULD MEAN THAT YOU HAVE CONTRACTED SOME AILMENT. BUT, FREQUENTLY, THIS IS JUST YOUR PAST KARMA SURFACING AND MANIFESTING ITSELF IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

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                           THE WHOLE POINT OF THE SPIRITUAL PROCESS IS TO TAKEN ON MORE OF A KARMIC LOAN THAN YOUR ALLOTED ONE IN ORDER TO FINISH OFF AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IT MEANS YOU DO NOT WANT TO KEEP REPEATING THE SAME CYCLES AGAIN AND AGAIN. SO IF YOU ARE IN AN ACTIVE SPIRITUAL PROCESS, YOU MAY FIND EVERYTHING MOVING AT A BEWILDERING PACE. PHYSICAL TROUBLES THAT USED TO BESET YOU EVERY SIX MONTHS ARE NOW COMING UP EVERY SIX HOURS! THIS IS ONLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO WORK OUT YOUR KARMA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. YOU ARE CHOOSING NOT TO LIVE A SANITIZED LIFE THAT REGARDS SPIRITUALLY AS MERE PLACIDITY.

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                    IF YOUR KARMA WERE TO UNWIND SLOWLY, IT WOULD PROBABLY CREATE SMALL ACHES OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. BUT THE FAST-FORWARD OF KARMA OFTEN MEANS YOU MIGHT EXPERIENCE INTENSE PAIN FLEETINGLY. MANY PEOPLE HAVE BECOME LESS ALIVE AND LESS JOYFUL AND THEIR LIVES SLOWER AND MORE APATHETIC BECAUSE THEY EXPERIENCE LOW-LEVEL PAIN FOR STRETCHES OF TIME. A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY SIMPLY CRANMS UP THE PROCESS SO WHAT MIGHT HAVE SPREAD OVER THREE MONTHS OR A YEAR HAPPENS IN A FEW MINUTES.

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                      IT IS IMPORTANT OF ALLOW THIS FAST-FORWARD KARMIC PROCESS TO HAPPEN. DO NOT SUPPRESS IT. IT IS WISEST TO LET YOUR PHYSICAL BODY BURN UP ALLOW ALLOTTED KARMA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE BASIS OF HATHA YOGA IS JUST THIS: YOU LEARN TO HANDLE PAIN IN THE SAME WAY AS YOU HANDLE PLEASURE. IT YOU LEARN THIS, YOU ACHIEVE AN EQUANIMITY THAT WILL CRY YOU BEYOND THE TURBULENCE OF THE KARMIC PROCESS.

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                   IN YOGA, THE PRACTICE OF KRIYA OFTEN HASTENS THE KARMIC PROCESS WITHOUT INTERFERING WITH IT. WHEN YOU PUT CHEMICALS INTO THE SYSTEM, HOWEVER, YOU ARE CREATING ANOTHER KARMA FOR WHICH YOU PAY A PRICE IN THE FUTURE.

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                       THOSE WHO ARE MEDITATIVE WILL EXPERIENCE DEEP LEVELS OF JOY. BUT THIS ALSO OPENS THEM UP TO DEEP LEVELS OF PAIN. THIS  PAIN IS ONLY FOR A SHORT DURATION, HOWEVER, BECAUSE THEIR HIGHER LEVELS OF AWARENESS ALLOWS THEM TO WORK IT OUT MORE QUICKLY. WHEN YOU GO INTO DEEPER LEVELS OF MEDITATION, IF YOU TAKE A SINGLE WRONG STEP, THE EFFECT MANIFESTS ITSELF IMMEDIATELY AND YOU WILL HAVE TO CORRECT IT,  BUT FOR THE PERSON WHO LIVES IN RELATIVE UNAWARENESS, THE PROCESS MAY BE SLOW BUT MUCH DEEPER. WHAT TAKES A LIFETIME COULD BE OVER ON THIS VERY DAY FOR THE SPIRITUALLY AWARE PERSON BECAUSE THEY IMMEDIATELY TAKE CORRECTIVE MEASURES.

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                       IF YOU BECOME MEDITATIVE AND STILL CARRY NEGATIVTY, YOUR NEGATIVE KARMAS BECOME A THOUSAND TIMES MORE POWERFUL BECAUSE YOU HAVE BECOME THAT MUCH MORE SENSTIVIE AND RECEPTIVE. SUPPOSE YOU CULTIVATE THE SOIL AND ENRICH IT WITH MANURE.  THE CROPS WILL GROW WELL, BUT THE SAME MANURE WILL ALSO ENABLE WEEDS TO GROW. SIMILARLY, WHEN YOU CULTIVATE A MEDITATIVE STATE AND ALLOW NEGATIVE EMOTIONS TO FOURISH, INNER SUFFERING INCREASES DRAMATICALLY. IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE EXTRA CAUTIONS ABOUT WEEDING WHEN YOU ARE IN SUCH A STATE. OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE LEFT WITH A FOREST OF WEEDS AND NO CROP!

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                    THE REASON THOSE ON THE SPIRITUAL PATH HAVE A DAILY PRACTICE IS JUST THIS, TO ENSURE THAT KARMIC STAGNATION DOES NOT HAPPEN. YOU MAY ALREADY HAVE NOTICED THAT IF YOU HAVE A DAILY PRACTICE AND YOU STOP IT FOR SIX MONTHS, MANY RECURRENT ISSUES - PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND SOCIAL - THAT HAVE NOT BOTHERED YOU FOR A WHILE START RETURNING. THIS IS HOW THE KARMIC CYLCE WORKS. YOU MAY HAVE BELIEVED YOU WERE TRANSFORMED, BUT YOU WILL SUDDENLY FIND ALL KINDS OF COMPULSIVE BEHAVIORS RETURNING WITH A VENGEANCE. ONLY PRACTICE, OR SADHANA, HELPS BREAK THE CYCLICAL MOVEMENT OF LIFE.

HOW YOU FEEL AFTER KARMA ?

 

                           

                                THE HUMAN BODY 

                                            AFTER KARMA

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                          HOW DO ENLIGHTENED BEINGS SURVIVE? IT IS POSSIBLE TO RETAIN THE PHYSICAL BODY AFTER BREAKING THE KARMIC BUBBLE? IT IS POSSIBLE TO LIVE AFTER BURNING ALL ALL ONE'S KARMA?

                    IT IS, BUT IT TAKES ENGINEERING. SINCE ENLIGHTENED BEINGS NO LONGER HAVE A KARMIC FOOTPRINT, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO RETAIN A PHYSICAL FORM. YOGIS HAVE VARIOUS TRICKS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. ONE OPTION IS TO PERFORM CONSCIOUS KARMA TO RETAIN THE BODY. MANY MYSTICS DOWN THE AGES HAVE DONE THIS. OTHERWISE, THE TEMPTATION TO LEAVE THE BODY IS VERY STRONG ONCE THE KARMIC BUBBLE HAS BURST.

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                       DIFFERENT YOGIS HAVE CREATED DIFFERENT METHODS. MANY HAVE MAINTAINED SOME SIMPLE CONSCIOUS ATTACHMENTS, EITHER TOWARD A SPIRITUAL MISSION OR TOWARD FOOD. THESE ARE SIMPLE DESIRES THAT THEY CAN DROP AT ANY TIME. THOSE AROUND THEM HAVE OFTEN BEEN CONFOUNDED BY THEIR BEHAVIOR. HOW COULD SOMEONE SO SPIRITUALLY ELEVATED BE ATTACHED TO SOMETHING SO WORLDLY? BUT IT IS USUALLY A CONSCIOUS NEED TO CREATE KARMA IN ORDER TO RETAIN THE PHYSICAL BODY.

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                 SOON AFTER THE CONSECRATION OF THE DHYANALINGA, MY ENERGY BODY WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. I HAD USED IT INTENSELY AND FREELY, AND IT WAS UNFIT TO CONTINUE LIFE IN ANY WAY. MEDICALLY, I WAS A WALKING DISASTER. LUMPS WOULD MANIFEST IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF MY BODY, BUT TEN DAYS LATER THEY WOULD BE GONE. I WOULD GO FOR A BLOOD TEST ONE DAY, AND DOCTORS WOULD DIAGNOSE VARIOUS BIZARRE DISEASES. BUT A MONTH LATER, THERE WOULD BE NO EVIDENCE OF THESE. I WAS DOING MY BEST TO RESTORE THE ENERGY BODY, BUT I ALSO SOUGHT MEDICAL DIAGNOSES TO FIND OUT THE EXTENT TO PHYSICAL DAMAGE.

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                 THERE IS NO WAY I COULD HAVE SUSTAINED MY LIFE AT THIS TIME HAD I NOT LINKED MY ENERGY BODY TO THE ENERGY SYSTEMS OF SOME OTHER BEINGS. I SELDOM TALK ABOUT THE DETAILS BECAUSE IT WOULD SOME LIKE SOME FAIRYTALE. BUT I MENTION THIS HERE TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF JUST HOW SOPHISTICATED THE ENTIRE SCIENCE OF THE ENERGY BODY IS.

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                        EXISTENTIALLY, NO DISTINCTION EXISTS BETWEEN THE LIFE OF ONE BEING AND THAT OF ANOTHER. BUT PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY, THERE IS, OF COURSE, SEPARATENESS. BY LINKING THE TWO ON AN ENERGY LEVEL, YOU CAN CREATE A CERTAIN LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR YOURSELF. THAT IS WHAT IS DID UNTIL I FIXED MY PHYSICAL BODY. IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME, BECAUSE I MAITAINED A HECTIC WORKD SCHEDULE THROUGH IT ALL.

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                       MIXING UP ONE'S LIFE ENERGIES WITH THOSE OF OTHERS IS A WAY OF EXTENDING ONE'S LIFE OR ELSE OF AVERTING CERTAIN KARMIC EVENTS.  IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2005, FOR INSTANCE, IT WAS CLEAR TO ME THAT I WOULD HAVE A MAJOR INJURY IN RIGHT SHOULDER. THIS WAS NOT AN INJURY THAT COULD BE AVOIDED BY BEING CAREFUL. IT WAS AN INEVITABILITY. BY MIXING MY ENERGY BODY WITH THOSE OF OTHERS, HOWEVER, I WAS ABLE TO CONFUSE THE KARMIC PROCESS, AS IT WERE, AVERT IT.

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                      IT IS POSSIBLE TO EXTEND THE HUMAN FORM FOR A VERY LONG TIME IF ONE KNOWS HER. THE EAST IS REPLETE WITH STORIES OF YOGIS WHO HAVE LIVED FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS. THESE ARE DISMISSED AS EXAGERATIONS TODAY, BUT A VERY AUTHENTIC ARCANE SCIENCE OF LONGEVITY MAKES THIS POSSIBLE. THE QUESTION, HOWEVER, IS, WHY EXTEND HUMAN LIFE FOR NO REASON? IT REQUIRES MUCH MANIPULATION OF LIFE ENERGY, WHICH INCURS ITS OWN SHARE OF KARMA, IT IS NOT ADVISABLE TO MEDDLE WITH LIFE ON THAT LEVEL UNLESS THERE IS A SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR IT.

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                 THERE IS A WELL-KNOWN INCIDENT OF A MYSTIC WHO SAT AND MEDITATED ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER GANGA IN INDIA. ONE DAY, THERE WAS A FLOOD. HE CONTINUED TO MEDITATE AND WAS BURIED UNDER THE EARTH, SIX MONTHS LATER, WHEN CULTIVATORS WERE PLOWING THE LAND, THEY ACCIDENTALLY HIT HIS HEAD. HIS HEAD WAS WOUNDED AND STARTED BLEEDING. AMAZED, THEY DUG FARTHER AND FOUND THE MEDITATING YOGA. HE SIMPLY GOT UP AND WALKED AWAY.

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                    NOW, THIS YOGA WAS "HIBERNATING" UNDERGROUND IN AN ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN ORDER TO EXTEND HIS LIFE. HE KNEW HIS PHYSICAL BODY HAD COME TO ITS END. AT THE SAME TIME, CERTAIN KARMIC BONDAGES REMAINED. HE DID NOT WANT TO GIVE UP THE PHYSICAL BODY AND RETURN ONCE MORE IN ANOTHER LIFETIME TO WORK OUT HIS KARMA . SO HE DECIDED TO EXTEND HIS LIFE FOR A WHILE SO HE COULD FINISH HIS ALLOTTED KARMA ONCE AND FOR ALL.

FROM BIRTH TO DEATH - THE KARMA

 

                             THE KARMIC - CYCLE

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                          ONE CAN KNOW MANY THINGS ABOUT A CHILD AT BIRTH. MOST PEOPLE NOTICE THAT SOME INFANTS ARE BRIGHT-EYED AND OBSERVANT, OTHERS SEEM QUIETER, SOME MOVE THEIR LIMBS MORE, OTHERS ARE LESS ACTIVE. 

                       TRADITIONALLY, IN INDIA, WITHIN THE FIRST ELEVEN DAYS OF THEIR CHILD'S BIRTH, PARENTS OFTEN TOOK THE INFANT TO A YOGI OR SEER FOR A BLESSING. THIS IS BECAUSE THE KARMIC SUBSTANCE IS STILL FLUID AT THIS STAGE. BEFORE THE BABY'S PERSONALITY BEGINS TO GET CONSOLIDATED, THEY WANT A BLESSING THAT CAN ENSURE THAT THE CHILD'S LIFE JOURNEY WILL BE A SMOOTH AND SEAMLESS ONE.

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                      THE ACTUAL KARMIC JOURNEY BEGINS EVEN BEFORE THAT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FORTY AND FORTY-EIGHT DAYS AFTER CONCEPTION, THE KARMIC FIBER BEGINS TO TIGHTEEN. IT IS LIKE A SPRING COIL. DEPENDING ON PAST INFORMATION, THE STRENGTH OF THE PHYSICAL BODY, THE NATURE OF THE PARENT, THE TYPE OF CONCEPTION, AND VARIOUS OTHER FACTORS, THE KARMIC FIBER CHOOSES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT WINDS ITSELF INTO A COILED SPRING.

                                         KARMA AND MEMORY LOSS

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                          MODERN MEDICINE HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO LIVE LONGER THAN A PREVIOUS GENERATION COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED. THIS IS WONDERFUL. HOWEVER, TO LENGTHEN THE LIFE OF THE PHYSICAL BODY WITHOUT TAKING CARE OF THE KARMIC FIBER IS LOPSIDERED DEVELOPMENT. WE NOW HAVE A CERTAIN MASTERY OVER BIOCHEMISTRY AND ARE CAPABLE OF USING MEDICINE AND SURGERY TO PROLONG THE LIFE SPAN. BUT THE RUB IS THAT MODERN MEDICINE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT KARMA.

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                      THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE UPSWING IN THE NUMBER OF OLDER PEOPLE LOSING THEIR MENTAL FACULTIES. THE HARDWARE IS FORTIFIED AND STRENGTHENED, BUT NO SOFTWARE EXISTS. THIS IS LIKE HAVING A THE "DUMB" COMPUTRE, CAPABLE OF EXISTING IN ITS MATERIALITY, BUT INCAPABLE OF FUNCTIONING.

                      THE ADVANCES IN MEDICINE ARE NOT TO BE DERIDEA. MUCH  HAS BEEN ACHIEVED. HOWEVER, WITHOUT NEW KARMIC SUBSTANCES, THE BODY IS AN EMPTY SHELL. EVEN IF YOU REPLACE A HEART, A KIDNEY, HIPS, SHOULDERS, ELBOWS, AND EVERY OTHER MOVING PART IN THE BODY AND CREATE A NEW BIONIC INDIVIDUAL, THE HUMAN BEING CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT KARMA.

                   IF OUR PURSUIT OF EXTERNAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY A PURSUIT OF INNER WELL-BEING, THIS WOULD BE LESS OF AN ISSUE. BUT ENHANCING THE PHYSICAL WITHOUT FINDING ACCESS TO THE NONPHYSICAL DIMENSION IS THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM.

                       ONCE YOU KNOW HOW TO OPEN UP THE WAREHOUSE OF ACCUMULATED KARMA (SANCHITA), YOU WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GENERATE MORE THAN ENOUGH SOFTWARE. EVEN IF YOUR PHYSICAL BODY WERE TO ENDURE FOR A THOUSAND YEARS, YOU WOULD NOT LOSE YOUR MIND, BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE SOFTWARE ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN IT.

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                    IF YOU CULTIVATED THE SPIRITUAL LIFE, YOU WOULD HAVE ANOTHER OPTION , TOO. ONCE YOUR SOFTWARE STARTS DIMINISHING, YOU WOULD HAVE THE FREEDOM AND BALANCE TO KNOW WHEN TO SHED YOUR HARDWARE. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WOULD KNOW WHEN AND HOW TO WALK OUT OF THE PHYSICAL BODY. YOU WOULD EXIT BEFORE YOU ARE EVACUATED.

                                            AVADHUTAS : BEINGS OF BLISS

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                        THE PURPOSE OF YOGA IS TO OPEN UP VARIOUS SPACES WITHOUT YOU THAT ARE NOT YOU. INITIALLY, THIS DIMENTION OF NOT YOU MAY BE JUST A SPECK. GRADUALLY, AS YOU NURTURE IT WITH PRACTICE OR START CLEARING KARMIC DEBRIS, THIS SPACE STARTS EXPANDING. A DAY COMES WHEN THIS SPACE OCCUPIES EVERYTHING WITHIN YOU.

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                      THAT IS WHEN WE CAN SAY YOU HAVE BECOME TRULY MEDITATIVE. YOU ARE NOW IN A STATE OF EQUANIMITY - OF SAMADHI - WHEN THE DANCE OF DUALITY NO LONGER TOUCHES YOU. YOU CAN PLAY THE EXTERNAL GAME IF YOU WANT. OTHERWISE, INTERNALLY, YOU ARE FINE FINE JUST AS YOU ARE, YOU ARE NOT IDENTIFIED WITH THE GAME OF ME AND YOU ANYMORE.

 

                         THOSE WHOSE LIMITED IDENTIFICATIONS HAVE DROPPED AWAY SO COMPLETELY THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO FUNCTION IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD ARE KNOWN AS AVADHUTAS IN SANSKRIT. AVADHUTAS ARE MYSTICS WHO HAVE JOURNEYED SO FAR BEYOND WORLDLY CONSCIOUSNESS THAT THEY TURN UTTERLY CHILDLIKE. THEY ARE SOMETIMES EVEN PERCEIVED AS CRAZY. THEY HAVE DROPPED THE INTELLECT SO COMPLETELY THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW HOT TO SURVIVE IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD AND HAVE TO BE LOOKED AFTER.

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                      SUCH INTERNAL STATES MAY NOT LAST FOREVER, BUT THEY DO LAST FOR LENGTHS OF TIMES, SOMETIMES FOR YEARS. THESE ARE BLISSFUL AND WONDERFUL STATES, BUT SOCIAL SITUATIONS NEED TO BE SUPPORTIVE FOR PEOPLE IN SUCH CONDITIONS, BECAUSE THEY CANNOT LOOK AFTER THEMSELVES. TRADITIONALLY, HOWEVER, SUCH PEPLE WERE CELEBRATED IN INDIA. THERE HAVE BEEEN AVADHUTAS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, WONDERFUL BEINGS WHO HAVE BEE REVERED FOR CENTURIES AFTER THEIR TIME.

                          FOR SMALL PERIODS OF TIME, IT IS GOOD FOR PEOPLE TO GO INTO THESE STATES. IT IS A BIT LIKE SWEEPING THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR. KARMIC STRUCTURE. IT TAKES ENORMOUS AWARENESS TO REACH TO DEEP WITHIN YOURSELF AND UNDERTAKE SUCH CLEANING. BUT IN THIS KIND OF STATE, ONE CAN REACH THE BOTTOM VERY EASILY. AN AVADHUTA IS IN SUCH A STATE OF BLISS THAT THEY HAVE NO KARMA, NO BONDAGE, AND EVERYTHING IS NATURALLY CLEANED UP FOR THEM. SO YOGIS SOMETIMES REMAIN IN SUCH STATES FOR PERIODS BECAUSE IT IS THE QUICKEST PATH TO LIBERATION.

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                         HOWEVER, AT THE TIME OF LEAVING THE BODY, A YOGI WILL EMERGE FROM THIS STATE. THIS IS BECAUSE IT TAKES AWARENESS TO RELINQUISH THE BODY. THE KEY THING IS TO LEAVE THE BODY IN A STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS, WITHOUT CREATING FURTHER KARMA.

HAVE YOU KNOW ABOUT KARMA?

 

                                            THE KARMA

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                             KARMA IS ABOUT BECOMING THE SOURCE OF ONE'S OWN

                                   CREATION. IN SHIFTINGRESPONSIBILITY FROM

                            HEAVEN TO ONESELF, ONE BECOMES THE VERY MAKER

                                    OF ONE'S DESTINY.

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                    WHY DO SOME PEOPLE SUFFER MORE THAN OTHERS?

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                             WHY DIDN'T THE UNIVERSE CREATE EVERYONE EQUAL? WHY ARE SOME DISABLED, AND OTHERS ABLE-BODIED? WHY ARE SOME POOR, AND OTHERS RICH? IF THERE IS A GOD, WHY DIDN'T HE CREATE EVERYONE EQUAL? WHY COULDN'T EVERYON CARRY POSITIVE KARMA? WHY COULDN'T EVERYONE CARRY POSITIVE KARMA? WHY COULDN'T EVERYONE HAVE THE SAME SOFTWARE? WHAT IS THE POINT OF ALL THIS TERRIBLE INEQUALITY?

 

                       THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE PLAGUED HUMAN BEINGS SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME.

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                      NOW PAUSE THE EXAMINE THIS WITH ABSOLUTE CLARITY.

                    IF YOU DO, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF HUMAN SUFFERING IS NOT PHYSICAL HANDICAP OR POVERTY. THE CAUSE OF HUMAN SUFFERING IS ONESELF.

                      LET US FIRST MAKE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PAIN AND SUFFERING. PAIN IS PHYSICAL. PAIN IS PRODUCED WHENEVER THERE IS ANY INJURY TO THE BODY. PAIN IS THE BODY'S WAY OF ALERTING YOU THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG, THAT ACTION MUST BE TAKEN. PAIN IS USEFUL. IT IS A VALUABLE WAKE-UP CALL. SUFFERING, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS PSYCHOLOGICAL. IT IS PRODUCED BY YOU. IT IS A HUNDRED SELF-MANUFACTURED. YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE ABOUT BEING IN PAIN, BUT YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE ABOUT SUFFERING. YOU CAN ALWAYS CHOOSE NOT TO SUFFER.

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                  LET US LOOK AT THIS CLOSELY. A THOUSAND YEARS AGO, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD LIVED QUITE HAPPILY IN MODEST DWELLINGS. THAT WAS NOT A PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM TODAY IS THAT SOMEONE LIVES IN A MANSION, AND SOMEONE ELSE LIVES IN A ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT. THAT IS THE SOURCE OF THE LATTER'S SUFFERING. SOMEONE HAS THREE CARS, AND SOMEONE ELSE HAS ONE. THAT IS THE SOURCE OF THE LATTER'S SUFFERING. SOMEONE VACATIONS ABROAD, AND SOMEONE ELSE DOESN'T. THAT IS THE SOURCE OF THE LATTER'S SUFFERING.

                  SO IT IS NOT THE PHYSICAL SITUATION THAT CAUSES MISERY. IT IS THE WAY YOU REACT TO IT. YOUR KARMA IS NOT IN WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOU, YOU KARMA IS IN THE WAY YOU RESPOND TO WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOU. HUMAN BEINGS COULD NOT GET INTO COLLEGE, SO THEY SUFFER. SOMEONE ELSE GETS INTO COLLEGE AND CAN'T GET OUT, SO THEY SUFFER! SOMEONE CANNOT GET A JOB, SO THEY SUFFER. SOMEONE IS GIVEN A JOB, AND NOW THEY SUFFER EVEN MORE. SOMEONE IS GIVEN A JOB, AND NOW THEY SUFFER EVEN MORE. SOMEONE ISN'T MARRIED, SO THEY SUFFER. SOMEONE GETS MARRIED, AND THEY ARE IN AGONY! SOMEONE HAS NO CHILDREN , SO THEY SUFFER. SOMEONE HAS CHILDREN, AND SO THEY ARE IN CONSTANT TORMENT. YOUR SUFFERING IS NOT BECAUSE OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES. YOUR SUFFERING IS BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU HAVE MADE YOURSELF. AND THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT.

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                      BUT WHAT ABOUT FATE AND FORTUNE? WHAT ABOUT THE ENDLESS DEBATE BETWEEN FREE WILL AND DESTINY? THESE QUESTIONS STILL VEX MANY PEOPLE.

                    IN THE EAST , WE SIMPLY SAY "YOUR LIFE IS YOUR KARMA. "THIS MEANS THAT HOW MUCH KARMA YOU CAN TAKE INTO YOUR HANDS DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH OF YOU HAS BECOME CONSCIOUS. IF YOU HAVE MASTERY OVER YOUR PHYSICAL BODY, FIFTEEN TO TWENTY PERCENT OF YOUR LIFE AND DESTINY WILL BE IN YOUR HANDS. IF YOU HAVE MASTERY OVER YOUR PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESS, FIFTY TO SIXTY PERCENT OF YOUR LIFE AND DESTINY WILL BE IN YOUR HANDS. IF YOU HAVE MASTERY OVER YOUR VERY LIFE ENERGIES, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF YOUR LIFE AND DESTINY COULD BE IN YOUR HANDS.

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                   SUPPOSE I PLANT A MANGO SEED. CAN I EXPECT THAT COCONUTS WILL FALL OUT OF THE MANGO TREE WHEN IT GROWS UP? CAN I EXPECT CHERRIES OR APPLES? NOW, THAT OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE ABSURD. IF YOU PLANT A MANGO SEED, YOU CAN EXPECT ONLY MANGOES. THAT MUCH IS DETERMINED BY THE SEED. BUT THERE ARE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OVER WHICH WILL BE THE QUALITY OF THE MANGOES? HOW LONG WILL IT YIELD THEM? OVER THESE FACTORS, YOU CERTAINLY DO HAVE CONTROL.

                    WHAT MOST PEOPLE CALL LUCK IS JUST YOUR ABILITY TO BE AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. MANY OF YOUR CAPABILITIES ARE STILL UNCONSCIOUS, SO YOU DO NOT HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE KIND OF CIRCUMSTANCES YOU ATTRACT. BUT THERE IS SOMETHING OVER WHICH YOU DO HAVE CONTROL, HOW YOU REACT TO WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU.

HOW TO BECOME FREE FROM KARMA

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                       THE PRACTICAL TECHNIQUE FOR 

                                      BECOMING FREE 

                                           FROM KARMA

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                        ACTIVITIES OF SENSE GRATIFICATION, MEANT ONLY TO PLEASE ONE'S MIND ANS SENSES, ARE THE CAUSE OF MATERIAL BONDAGE, AND AS LONG AS ONE ENGAGES IN SUCH FRUITIVE ACTIVITIES, THE SOUL IS SURE TO CONTINUALLY TRANSMIGRATE FROM SPECIES TO SPECIES.

                   LORD RSABHADEVA, AN INCARNATION OF KRSNA, WARNED, "PEOPLE ARE MAD AFTER SENSE GRATIFICATION, WHEN A PERSON CONSIDERS SENSE GRATIFICATION THE AIM OF LIFE, HE CERTAINLY BECOMES MAD AFTER MATERIALISTIC LIVING AND ENGAGES IN ALL KINDS OF SINFUL ACTIVITY. HE DOES NOT KNOW THAT DUE TO HIS PAST MISDEEDS HE HAS ALREADY RECEIVED A BODY, WHICH ALTHOUGH TEMPORARY, IS THE CAUSE OF HIS MISERY.  ACTUALLY, THE LIVING ENTITY SHOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN ON A MATERIAL BODY, BUT HE HAS BEEN AWARDED THE MATERIAL BODY FOR SENSE GRATIFICATION. THEREFORE, I THINK IT NOT BEFITTING AN INTELLIGENT MAN TO INVOLVE HIMSELF AGAIN IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SENSE GRATIFICATION, BY WHICH HE PERPETUALLY GETS MATERIAL BODIES ONE AFTER ANOTHER. AS LONG AS ONE DOES NOT INQUIRE ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL VALUES OF LIFE, ONE IS DEFEATED AND SUBJECTED TO MISERIES ARISING FROM IGNORANCE. BE IT SINFUL OR PIOUS, KARMA HAS ITS RESULTANT ACTIONS. 

                              IF A PERSON IS ENGAGED IN ANY KIND OF KARMA, HIS MIND IS CALLED KARMATMAKA,OR COLORED WITH FRUITIVE ACTIVITY". AS LONG AS THE MIND IS IMPURE, CONSCIOUSNESS IS UNCLEAR, AND AS LONG AS ONE IS ABSORBED IN FRUITIVE ACTIVITY, HE HAS TO ACCEPT A MATERIAL BODY. WHEN THE LIVING ENTITY IS COVERED BY THE MODE OF IGNORANCE, HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE INDIVIDUAL LIVING BEING AND THE SUPREME LIVING BEING, AND HIS MIND IS SUBJUGATED TO FRUITIVE ACTIVITY. THEREFORE, UNTIL ONE HAS LOVE FOR GOD, HE IS CERTAINLY NOT DELIVERED FROM HAVING TO ACCEPT A MATERIAL BODY AGAIN AND AGAIN".

                     BUT BECOMING FREE FROM THE CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH REQUIRES MORE THAN JUST THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDING. JNANA, OR KNOWLEDGE THAT ONE IS NOT THE MATERIAL BODY BUT A SPIRIT SOUL, IS NOT SUFFICIENT SOUL. THIS IS CALLED DEVOTIONAL SERVICE, WHICH INCLUDES MANY PRACTICAL TECHNIQUE FOR BECOMING FREE FROM KARMA AND REINCARNATION.

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                     👇       POINT NO.1👀

               THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF DEVOTIONAL SERVICE IS THAT ONE SHOULD ALWAYS CHANT THE HARE KRISHNA MANTRA, HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA , HARE RAMA, RAMA, RAMA, HARE HARE.

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                      👇     POINT NO.2 👀

                     ONE SHOULD ALSO REGULARLY STUDY THE VEDIC LITERATURES, ESPECIALLY BHAGAVAD-GITA AND SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM, IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF THE SELF, THE LAWS OF KARMA, THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION, AND THE MEANS FOR BECOMING SELF-REALIZED.

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                           👇   POINT NO.3 👀

                     ONE SHOULD EAT ONLY SPIRITUALIZED VEGETARIAN FOODS. IN BHAGAVAD-GITA, LORD KRISHNA SAYS THAT ONE SHOULD EAT ONLY FOOD THAT IS OFFERED TO HIM IN SACRIFICE, OTHERWISE, ONE WILL BECOME IMPLICATED IN THE REACTIONS OF KARMA.

                     IF ONE OFFERS ME WITH LOVE AND DEVOTION A LEAF, A FLOWER, FRUIT, OR WATER, I WILL ACCEPT IT".  IT IS CLEAR FROM THIS VERSE THAT THE LORD IS NOT INTERESTED IN OFFERINGS OF LIQUOR, MEAT, FISH OR EGGS, BUT SIMPLE VEGETARIAN FOODS PREPARED WITH LOVE AND DEVOTION.

                      WE SHOULD REFLECT ON THE FACT THAT FOOD CANNOT BE PRODUCED BY MEN WORKING IN FACTORIES. MEN CANNOT EAT GASOLINE, PLASTIC, MICROCHIPS, OR STEEL. FOOD IS PRODUCED BY THE LORD'S OWN NATURAL ARRANGEMENTS, AND OFFERING FOOD TO KRISHNA IS A FORM OF RECOGNIZING OUR DEBT TO GOD. HOW DOES NOT OFFER FOOD TO KRISHNA? THE TECHNIQUE IS VERY SIMPLE AND EASY TO PERFORM. ANYONE MAY KEEP A SMALL ALTAR IN ONE'S HOME OR APARTMENT, WITH A PICTURE OF LORD KRISHNA AND THE SPIRITUAL MASTER ON IT. THE SIMPLEST FORM OF OFFERING IS TO PLACE THE FOOD BEFORE THE PICTURES AND SAY, "MY DEAR LORD KRISHNA, PLEASE ACCEPT THIS HUMBLE OFFERING", AND CHANT HARE KRISHNA. THE KEY TO THIS SIMPLE PROCESS IS DEVOTION. GOD IS NOT HUNGRY FOR FOOD, BUT FOR OUR LOVE, AND EATING THIS PURIFIED FOOD THAT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY KRISHNA FREES ONE FROM KARMA AND INOCULATES HIM AGAINST MATERIAL CONTAMINATION.

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                  👇    POINT NO.4 👀

                          THE POSITIVE PRINCIPLE OF OFFERING VEGETARIAN FOOD TO KRISHNA AUTOMATICALLY INCLUDES THE NEGATIVE PRINCIPLE OF AVOIDING MEAT, FISH, AND EGGS. EATING MEAT MEANS PARTICIPATING IN THE BUSINESS OF UNNECESSARILY KILLING OTHER LIVING BEINGS. THIS LEADS TO BAD KARMIC REACTIONS IN THIS LIFE OR THE NEXT. THE LAWS OF KARMA STATE THAT IF ONE KILLS AN ANIMAL TO EAT IT, THEN IN HIS NEXT LIFE THE KILLER WILL ALSO BE KILLED AND EATEN. THERE IS ALSO KARMA INVOLVED IN TAKING THE LIVES OF PLANTS, BUT THIS IS NEGATED BY THE PROCESS OF OFFERING THE FOOD TO KRISHNA, BECAUSE HE SAYS HE WILL ACCEPT SUCH VEGETARIAN OFFERINGS. ONE SHOULD ALSO GIVE UP INTOXICANTS, INCLUDING COFFEE, TEA, ALCOHOL, AND TOBACCO. INDULGING IN INTOXICATION MEANS ASSOCIATING WITH THE MODE OF IGNORANCE AND MAY RESULT IN ONE'S TAKING A LOWER BIRTH IN THE NEXT LIFE.

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                   👇  POINT NO.5 👀

                 OTHER TECHNIQUE FOR BECOMING FREE FROM THE CYCLE OF REINCARNATION INCLUDE OFFERING THE FRUIT OF ONE'S WORK TO GOD. EVERYONE MUST WORK FOR SIMPLE BODILY SUSTENANCE. BUT IF WORK IS PERFORMED ONLY FOR ONE'S OWN SATISFACTION, ONE MUST ACCEPT THE KARMIC RESULTS AND RECEIVE GOOD AND BAD REACTIONS IN FUTURE LIVES. THE BHAGAVAD-GITA WARNS THAT WORK MUST BE PERFORMED FOR THE SATISFACTION OF THE LORD. THIS WORK, KNOWN AS DEVOTIONAL SERVICE, IS KARMA FREE. WORKING IN KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS MEANS SACRIFICE. THE HUMAN BEING MUST SACRIFICE HIS TIME OR MONEY FOR THE SATISFACTION OF THE SUPREME. WORK DONE AS A SACRIFICE FOR VISHNU HAS TO BE PERFORMED. OTHERWISE WORK CAUSES BONDAGE IN THIS MATERIAL WORLD". WORK PERFORMED AS DEVOTIONAL SERVICE NOT ONLY SAVES ONE FROM KARMIC REACTION, BUT GRADUALLY ELEVATES ONE TO TRANSCENDENTAL LOVING SERVICE OF THE LORD- THE KEY TO ENTERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

                        IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO CHANGE ONE'S OCCUPATION. ONE MAY BE A WRITER AND WRITE FOR KRISHNA, AN ARTIST AND PAINT FOR KRISHNA, A COOK AND COOK FOR KRISHNA. OR, IF ONE IS NOT ABLE TO DIRECTLY ENGAGE ONE'S TALENTS AND ABILITIES IN SERVING KRISHNA, ONE MAY SACRIFICE THE FRUITS OF ONE'S WORK BY CONTRIBUTING A PORTION OF ONE'S EARNINGS TO HELP PROPAGATE KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. ONE SHOULD, HOWEVER, ALWAYS EARN ONE'S LIVING BY HONEST MEANS. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE SHOULD NOT WORK AS A BUTCHER OR GAMBLER.