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.

THE BLUE PRINT OF KARMA

 

                   THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 

                            GOOD KARMA  👀 AND

                                 👀  BAD KARMA

                             WHAT IS KARMA ?

                            LITERALLY, THE WORD MEANS ACTION.

                        UNFORTUNATELY, MOST PEOPLE HAVE UNDERSTOOD ACTIONS IN TERMS OF GOOD AND BAD DEEDS. THEY SEE KARMA AS A BALANCE SHEET OF MERITS AND DEMERITS, VIRTUES AND SINS. A LIFE AUDIT OF SORTS. TO OTHERS, IT IS A LADGER MAINTAINED BY SOME DIVINE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT WHO ASSINGS SOME PEOPLE TO CELESTIAL BLISS AND CONSIGNS OTHERS TO A NETHER WORLD OR INTO THE MAW OF SOME RECYLING MACHINE THAT SPEWS THEM BACK INTO THIS WORLD TO SUFFER SOME MORE.

                  THIS IS NOT MERELY FALSE AND ABSURD. IT IS TRAGIC. 

                THIS THIS NOTION HAS CREATED GENERATIONS OF PUZZLED AND FEARFUL HUMAN BEINGS WHO USE THE TERM INDISCRIMINATELY, WITHOUT A CLUE OF WHAT IT MEANS. IT HAS SPAWNED A BRAND OF FATALISM THAT HAS PARALYSED VAST SEGMENTS OF PEOPLE AND HAS BEEN USED TO VALIDATE SOCIAL INJUSTICES AND POLITICAL TYRANNIES OF VARIOUS KINDS. IT HAS ALSO LED TO MUCH SPURIOUS PHILOSOPHIZING AND EMPTY ACADAMIC DEBATE AND HAS, OF COURSE, BOOSTED THE FORTUNE-TELLING INDUSTRY! 

                         LET US SHATTER THE FIRST MYTH.

                         IN ACTUAL FACT, KARMA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH REWARD AND PUNISHMENT. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SOME DESPOTIC LIFE AUDITOR UP IN THE SKY, WORKING WITH PRIMITIVE DEVICES OF CARROT AND STICK. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A BENIGN GOD UP IN THE HEAVEN. NOTHING TO DO WITH DIVINE RETRIBUTION. NOTHING TO DO WITH VIRTUE ANS SIN, GOOD AND EVIL, GOD AND MR.LUCIFER.

                    KARMA SIMPLY MEANS WE HAVE CREATED THE BLUEPRINT FOR OUT LIVES. IT MEANS WE ARE THE MAKERS OF OUR OWN FATE. WHEN WE SAY "THIS IS MY KARMA", WE ARE ACTUALLY SAYING, " I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR MY LIFE".

                   KARMA IS ABOUT BECOMING THE SOURCE OF ONE'S OWN CREATION. IN SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITY FROM HEAVEN TO ONESELF, ONE BECOMES THE VERY MAKER OF ONE'S DESTINY.

                     KARMA IS THE NATURAL BASIS OF ALL EXISTENCE. IT IS NOT A LAW THAT IS IMPOSED FROM ABOVE. IT DOES NOT ALLOW US TO OUTSOURCE OUR RESPONSIBILITY ANYWHERE ELSE, IT DOES NOL ALLOW US TO BLAME OUR PARENTS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR COUNTRIES, OUR POLITICIANS, OUR GODS, OR OUR FATES. IT MAKES EACH ONE OF US SQUARELY RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR OWN DESTINIES AND, ABOVE ALL, THE NATURE OF OUR EXPERIENCE OF LIFE. 

                    SO THE ONLY RELEVANT QUESTION HERE IS, ARE YOU READY FOR KARMA?

                    ARE YOU READY TO HEAR ABOUT A DIMENSION THAT IS SO EMPOWERING THAT IT TELLS YOU THAT YOU ARE FULLY CAPABLE OF TAKING THE REINS OF YOUR LIFE INTO YOUR OWN HANDS?

                      IF NOT, READ NO FURTHER.

                     IF YOU ARE WILLING, AND IF YOU ARE CURIOUS TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HOW THIS MECHANISM WORKS, THIS BOOK COULD BE YOUR KEY. AND YOU NEED TO DO AFTER THIS IS TO FIRE UP YOUR ENGINE AND SET OFF ON YOUR NEW LIFE JOURNEY. ONCE YOU ARE AT THE WHEEL, YOUR EXPERIENCE OF THE RIDE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.

                      IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER ONE THING, HOWEVER. KARMA IS NOT  DOCTRINE. YOU DO NOT GET ABY BROWNIE POINTS FOR SUBSCRIBING TO IT. YOU DO NOT GET ANY NEGATIVE MARKS FOR DISBELIEVING IT. KARMA IS NOT A CREED, A SCRIPTURE, AN IDEOLOGY, A PHILOSOPHY, OR A THEORY. IT IS SIMPLY THE WAY THINGS ARE. IT IS AN EXISTENTIAL MECHANISM, LIKE THE SUN, IT OPERATES WHETHER YOU ACKNOLEDGE IT OR NOT, WHETHER YOU PAY OBEISANCE TO IT OR IGNORE. IT IS NOT LOOKING FOR A FAN CLUB.

                   IT SIMPLY TURNS YOU FROM A WHILE-KNUCKLED, TERROR-STRUCK PASSENGER IN THE BACKSEAT INTO A CONFIDENT DRIVER, IN CHARGE OF THE WHEEL, JOYFULLY NAVIGATING THE COURSE OF YOUR OWN DESTINY.

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.

THE DEFINITION OF MAYA

 

                                          THE MAYA

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                            VISITORS FROM BEYOND

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                             WHATEVER STATE OF BEING ONE REMEMBERS WHEN HE 

                      QUITE HIS BODY, THAT STATE HE WILL ATTAIN WITHOUT FAIL.

                                                                                            -----  BHAGAVAD GITA

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                            AS THE SOUL SETS OUT ON ITS MYSTERIOUS JOURNEY AFTER DEATH, IT MAY, ACCORDING TO THE TRADITIONS OF THE WORLD'S GREAT RELIGIONS, MEET WITH BEINGS FROM OTHER LEVELS OF REALITY - ANGELS WHO HELP IT, OR JUDGES WHO WEIGH ITS GOOD AND EVIL DEEDS ON THE SCALES OF COSMIC JUSTICE. A VARIETY OF RELIGIOUS ART OBJECTS, SPANNING THE ENTIRE RANGE ART OBJECTS , SPANNING THE ENTIRE RANGE OF MAN'S CULTURAL HISTORY, DEPICT SUCH SCENCES. A PAINTING ON A FRAGMENT OF ETRUSCAN POTTERY SHOWS AN ANGELIC FIGURE ATTENDING A FALLEN WARRIOR. A CHRISTIAN MOSAIC FROM THE MIDDLE AGES SHOWS A GRIM ST. MICHAEL, THE SCALES OF JUSTICE IN HIS HANDS. MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES OFTEN REPORT ENCOUNTERING SUCH BEINGS.

 

                          ALL OF THESE BODIES ARE LIKE THE BODIES WE EXPERIENCE IN DREAMS. WHEN A MAN GOES TO SLEEP, HE FORGETS HIS REAL IDENTITY AND MAY DREAM THAT HE HAS BECOME A KING. HE CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT HE WAS DOIG BEFORE HE WENT TO SLEEP, HE CAN IMAGINE WHAT HE WILL DO UPON  WAKING. IN THE SAME WAY, WHEN A SOULD IDENTIFIES WITH A TEMPORARY MATERIAL BODY, HE FORGETS HIS REAL SPIRITUAL IDENTITY, AS WELL AS ANY PREVIOUS LIVES IN THE MATERIAL WORLD, ALTHOUGH MOST SOULS IN A HUMAN BODY HAVE ALREADY TRANSMIGRATED THROUGH ALL 8,400,000 SPECIES OF LIFE.

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                    THE LIVING ENTITY THUS TRANSMIGRATES FROM ONE MATERIAL BODY TO ANOTHER IN HUMAN LIFE, ANIMAL LIFE, AND LIFE AS A DEMIGOD, "THE YAMADUTAS SAID, "WHEN  THE LIVING ENTITY GETS THE BODY OF A DEMIGOD, HE IS VERY HAPPY. WHEN HE GETS A HUMAN BODY, HE IS SOMETIMES HAPPY AND SOMETIMES SAD AND WHEN HE GETS THE BODY OF AN ANIMAL, HE IS ALWAYS FEARFUL. IN ALL CONDITIONS IS CALLED SAMSARA, OR TRANSMIGRATION OF THE SOUL THROUGH DIFFERENT SPECIES OF MATERIAL LIFE.

                     THE FOOLISH EMBODIES LIVING ENTITY", THE YAMADUTAS CONTINUED , "UNABLE TO CONTROL HIS SENSES OF HIS MIND, IS FORCED TO ACT ACCORDING TO THE INFLUENCES OF THE MODES OF MATERIAL NATURE, EVEN AGAINST HIS OWN DESIRES. HE IS LIKE A SILKWORM THAT USES ITS OWN SALIVA TO CREATE A COCOON AND THEN BECOMES TRAPPED IN IT. THE LIVING ENTITY TRAPS HIMSELF IN A NETWORK OF HIS OWN FRUITIVE ACTIVITIES AND THEN CAN FIND NO WAY OF FREE HIMSELF. THUS HE IS ALWAYS BEWILDERED AND REPEATEDLY DIES AND IS REBORN.

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                     BECAUSE OF HIS INTENSE MATERIAL DESIRES", SAID THE YAMADUTAS, A LIVING ENTITY TAKES BIRTH IN A PARTICULAR FAMILY AND RECEIVES A BODY LIKE THAT OF EITHER THE MOTHER OR THE FATHER. THAT BODY IS AN INDICATION OF HIS PAST AND FUTURE BODIES, JUST AS ONE SPRINGTIME IS AN INDICATION OF PAST AND FUTURE SPRINGTIMES".

                   THE HUMAN FORM OF LIFE IS ESPECIALLY VALUABLE, BECAUSE ONLY A HUMAN CAN UNDERSTAND THE TRANSCENDENTAL KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN FREE HIM FROM THE CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH. BUT AJAMILA HAD WASTED HIS HUMAN LIFE.

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                     THE CHANTING OF THE HOLY NAME OF LORD VISHNU, THE VISHNUDUTAS SAID, " IS THE BEST PROCESS OF ATONEMENT FOR A THIEF OR A DRUNKARD, FOR ONE WHO BETRAYS A FRIEND OR RELATIVE, FOR ONE WHO KILLS A PRIEST, OR FOR ONE WHO INDULGES IN SEX WITH THE WIFE OF HIS GURU OR ANOTHER SUPERIOR. IT IS ALSO THE BEST METHOD OF ATONEMENT FOR ONE WHO MURDENS WOMEN, THE KING, OR HIS FATHER, FOR ONE WHO SLAUGHTERS COWS, AND FOR ALL OTHER SINFUL MEN. SIMPLY BY CHANTING THE HOLY NAME OF LORD VISHNU, SUCH SINFUL PERSONS MAY ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF THE SUPREME LORD, WHO THEREFORE CONSIDERS, "BECAUSE THIS MAN HAS CHANTED MY HOLY NAME, IT IS MY DUTY TO GIVE HIM PROTECTION".

                                                 💫   MAYA'S ILLUSION  💫

                           MAYA'S ILLUSION IS LIKE THE FOAM  👀

                                WHICH MIXES AGAIN WITH THE SEA.

                        NO ONE IS MOTHER, FATHER, OR RELATIVE, ❤

                                LIKE THE SEA FOAM, THEY REMAIN A SHORT

                        WHILE ONLY.👀

                                 AND, AS THE SEA FORM MERGES INTO THE SEA,

                         THIS PRECIOUS BODY OF FIVE ELEMENTS❤

                                 DISSAPPEARS.

                          WHO CAN SAY HOW MANY EPHEMERAL FORMS👀

                               THE EMBODIED SOUL HAS TAKEN?

MEDITATION AND ITS KARMA

 

                         THE TYPES OF MEDITATION

                                    AND ITS USESES

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                             💫  DASYAM

                        DEVELOPING A FEELING OF BEING HIS SERVANT. SEEING GOD MANIFESTED EVERYWHERE AND SERVICING ALL LIVING BEINGS MORE THAN GOD. THIS WILL REMOVE PRIDE, ARROGANCE, EGO AND SELFISHNESS OF THE DEVOTEE.

                    💫     SAKHYAM

                        DEVELOPING A FEELING OF FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD. FINDING NO FAULT AND IGNORING ONE'S MISTAKE. FEELING HAPPY, SATISFIED AND CONTENTED WITH WHATEVER GOS HAS GIVEN.

                       💫       ATMANIVEDANAM

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                       COMPLETE AND UNRESERVED SURRENDER TO GOD WITH FULL FAITH AND DEVOTION. FEELING THAT GOD WORKS THROUGH ONE'S BODY, AND SENSES. THE EGO OR "I" THE DOER FACTOR IS TOTALLY DISSOLVED. ONE FEELS ECSTASY THROUGH ONE'S WHOLE BODY, ONE'S VOICE GETS CHOCKED, TEARS START FLOWING. ONE DOES NOT HAVE ANY DESIRE FOR SEX AND DOES NOT HAVE ANY PRIDE AND EGO.

                  OUT OF THESE NINE FORMS OF DEVOTION ONE CAN CHOOSE ANY FORM THAT IS BEST SUITED TO ONE'S SPIRITUAL JOURNEY. THE BHAVA IS A SPIRITUAL FREEDOM AND PERSONAL EXPLORATION THAT ALLOWS ONE TO CHOOSE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD FROM THE VARIOUS POSSIBLE WAYS. IT SHOULD BE DEVOTION WHILE FOLLOWING ONE OF THESE PATHS, IT WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO GOD REALISATION.

                        THE DEVOTIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND GOD CAN BE OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES :

    

                         * MADHURA BHAVA ❤

                            IT IS PASSIONATE LOVE FOR GOD. ONE FEELS GOD IS SOUL MATE. ONE SHARES VERY INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. ONE FEELS INITED WITH GOD BUT THERE IS FEELING OF SEPARATENESS IN IT. IT IS NOT LIKE EARTHLY LOVE FOR A LOVER. IT IS THE PURE UNCONDITONAL LOVE, WITHOUT WISHING ANYTHING IN RETURN FROM GOD. RADHA HAS MADHURA BHAVA FOR SRI KRISHNA. CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU, JAYADEV AND MEERA BAI HAD MADHURA BHAVA FOR LORD SRI KRISHNA.

                         * SHANTA BHAVA ❤

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                               IN SHANTA BHAVA, ONE CULTIVATES THE FEELING TO BE PEACEFUL TOWARDS GOD AND REMAIN IN THAT PEACEFUL STATE. ONE DOES NOT EXPRESS ANY EMOTIONS TOWARDS GOD AND REMAINS CALM AND SERENE. ONE DOES NOT NOT SING OR DANCE. ONE'S HEART IS FILLED WITH LOVE AND JOY ALL THE TIME FOR GOD. BHISHMA HAVE SHANTA BHAVA FOR SRI KRISHNA. SRI AUROBINDO USED TO PRACTICE SHANTA BHAVA.

                       *  VATSALYA BHAVA ❤

                             IT IS THE LOVE OF PARENT FOR THE CHILD. ONE HAS MOTHERLY FEELING TOWARDS GOD. ONE EXPRESSESS SWEET, TENDER AND AFFECTIONATE LOVE FOR THE GOD JUST LIKE ONE'S OWN CHILD. YASHODA HAS VATSALYA BHAVA FOR SRI KRISHNA. FOLLOWERS OF VALLABHACHARYA PRACTICE THIS BHAVA.

                            * SAKHYA BHAVA ❤

                          IT IS THE LOVE BETWEEN TWO FRIENDS. ONE FEELS THAT GOD IS VERY INTIMATE FRIEND. ONE IS EQUAL TERMS WITH GOD. ARJUNA AND DARUPATI HAVE SAKHYA BHAVA FOR LORD SRI KRISHNA.

                          * DASYA BHAVA ❤

                        IT IS THE LOVE OF THE SERVANT FOR THE MASTER. ONE FEELS THAT GOD IS POWERFUL AND OMNIPRESENT AND HE SHOULD BE SERVED WHOLEHEARTEDLY. ONE IS FILLED WITH JOY AND CONTENTMENT IN SERVING GOD. ONE BECOMES MEEK AND HUMBLE. HANUMA HAS DASYA BHAVA FOR LORD RAM. SURDAS HAS DASYA BHAVA FOR LORD KRISHNA.

                     RAMAKRISHNA PARAMAHAMSA WAS CONSIDERED TO PRACTICE ALL OF THESE BHAVAS AT DIFFERENT TIME IN HIS LIFE.

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                    THE DEVOTEES CONVERT THEIR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS INTO UNCONDITONAL LOVE FOR GOD WHICH IS FREE FROM ALL ATTACHMENTS AND SELFISHNESS. IN BHAKTI YOGA, ONE CAN PROPERLY CHANNALISE ONE'S EMOTIONS TO ATTAIN GOD REALISATION. THE NEGATIVE EMOTIONS ARE NOT SUPPRESSED RATHER UTILIZED BY GIVING A PROPER DIRECTION TO EXPERIENCE DIVINE LOVE.

WHO IS OUR GURU?

 

                                   NOT FINDING GURU

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                                    RAMANA MAHARSHI SAID, "I HAVE NOT SAID THAT A GURU IS NOT NECESSARY. BUT GURU NEED ALWAYS BE IN HUMAN FORM. FIRST A PERSON THINKS THAT HE IS AN INFERIOR AND THAT THERE IS A SUPERIOR, ALL- KNOWING ALL POWERFUL GOD WHO CONTROLS HIS OWN AND THE WORLD'S DESTINY AND WORSHIPS HIM OR DOES BHAKTI. WHEN HE REACHES A CERTAIN STAGE AND BECOMES FIT FOR ENLIGHTENMENT, THE SAME GOD WHOM HE WAS WORSHIPPING COMES AS GURU AND LEADS HIM OUT. THAT GURU COMES ONLY TO TELL HIM "THAT GOD IS WITHIN YOURSELF. DIVE WITHIN AND REALIZE". GOD, GURU AND THE SELF ARE THE SAME".'

                                        LACK OF FAITH

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                          I DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD. I HATE GOD. THROW AWAY ALL THE PICTURES AND IDOLS OF ALL DEITIES. HE IS MERE A PIECE OF MARBLE NOTHING MORE THAN THAL. BURN ALL THE SACRED BOOKS. IF WE USE IT AS FUEL THEN AT LEAST WE WILL HAVE SAME WARM WATER". A MIDDLE AED WIDOW SAID AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF HER ONLY DAUGHTER. BEFORE THIS INCIDENT, SHE WAS A RELIGIOUS WOMAN WHO DAILY PRACTICED ALL THE HOLY RITUALS.

                        WHEN WE ARE HAPPY WE HAVE FIRM BELIEF IN GOD'S PRESENCE AND LOSE IT AS SOON AS ANY SORROW COMES IN OUR LIVES. LACK OF FAITH IS DISCOURAGING AND IS DANGEROUS OBSTACLE IN THE PATH OF GOD REALISATION. AS DISCOURAGING THOUGHTS ENTER THE MIND ONCE IMMEDIATELY STOPS WORSHIPPING GOD AND PRACTISING MEDITATION. WITHOUT ANY DELAY. ONE SHOULD PUT A CHECK ON THEM AND SHOULD CONTINUE WORSHIPPING GOD AND PRACTISING MEDITATION EVEN IF ONE'S MIND DOESN'T WANT TO. WITH TIME, NEGATIVE THOUGHTS WILL SETTLE DOWN AND ONE WILL HAVE MORE FIRM BELIEF IN GOD.

                          NEVER LOSE FAITH IN GOD. WHATEVER HE DOES IS THE BEST FOR US. OUR MIND IS LIMITED BUT GOD'S IS INFINITE.

                          FEEL THE PRESENSE OF GOD IN EVERY HUMAN BEING, ANIMAL, TREE, PLANT, FLOWER, FRUIT, STONE, RIVER, MOUNTAIN, SEA, SUN, MOON, EARTH, FIRE AND SKY. GOD IS THERE IN EACH AND EVERY PARTICLE. GOD IS OMNIPRESENT, IT IS US WHO HAVE TO FEEL HIS PRESENCE.

                        ALL THESE OBSTACLES LIKE ANGER, GREED, LUST, JEALOUSY, HYPOCRISY, ATTACHMENT AND EGO CAN BE OVERCOME ONLY WHEN ONE REALISES THAT THEY ARE ONE'S WEAKNESS. THE EASIEST WAY TO ERADICATE THEM IS TO FIND OUT THE WEAKNESS WHICH IS THE BIGGEST HINDRANCE IN THE PATH. CONCENTRATE TO ERADICATE THAT WEAKNESS. PUT EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE IT. SLOWLY THERE WILL BE REDUCTION IN THAT. WHEN ONE IS FULLY SURE THAT IT IS REMOVED THEN MOVES ON TO THE NEXT OBSTACLES.

                                 LAZINESS AND DROWSINESS

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                         A BIRD HAD BECOME LETHARGIC TO GO TO OTHER PLACES IN SEARCH OF FOOD. SOON ITS FAMILY AND FRIENDS COPIED ITS LETHARGIC NATURE. IN THE SAME MANNER, OUR MIND TOO BECOMES LAZY TO DO  A WORK REGULARY. IT STARTS TO SEARCH FOR USELESS EXCUSES AND EASY MEANS. IT ALSO EXPLORES SHORT CUTS FOR AVOIDING HARD TASK. SUPPOSE IF MIND WANTS TO SKIP MEDITATION FOR A DAY AND ONE ALLOW IT TO DO THEN THE NAUGHTY MIND WILL WANT TO SKIP IT FOR SOME MORE DAYS. MIND WILL TRY TO LESSEN THE TIME OF MEDITATION BY GIVING A FUTILE JUSTIFICATION. IF IT SUCCEEDS, THEN THE NEXT DAY IT WILL TRY ITS BEST TO FURTHER REDUCE IT. CRUSH THE BUD OF LAZINESS IN THE NIP OTHERWISE IT WILL GO ON INCREASING. 

                      SOMETIMES A PERSON DROWSES WHILE CHANTING ON ROSARY. MIND GETS TIRED OF CONCENTRATING ON ONE POINT AND OF MONOTONOUS REPETITION OF THE SAME MANTRA. IT FINDS EASY TO SLIP IN THE SLEEP THAN TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE MANTRA. THE BEST WAY TO AVOID SUCH SITUATIONS IS BY STARTING CHANTING THE MANTRA LOUDLY OR STARTING CHANTING THE MANTRA WHILE STANDING. IF DROWSINESS OCCURS THEN ONE CAN SPLASH WATER ON FACE, CAN DO BREATHING EXERCISES OR DO SARVANGASANA OR SHIRSHANA FOR A FEW MINUTES. THIS WILL MAKE THE MIND ALERT.

                       LIKE THIS INNOCENT KID OUR MIND ALSO SEARCHES A GOOD EXCUSE FOR NOT OBEYING ORDERS.

SAMADHI PADA (THE YOGA FOR THE GODDESS)

                                     SAMADHI PADA 

                             LET'S TAKE UP THE CLASSIC SUTRA OF PATANJALI, WHICH IS THE SECOND ONE AFTER , "NOW, THE INSTRUCTION IN YOGA". YOGAS CHITTA VRITTI NIRODHA, WHICH LITERALLY TRANSLATED WOULD MEAN, "YOGA IS THE RESTRAINT OF THE MODIFICATIONS OF THE CHITTA". DIFFERENT TRANSLATORS HAVE USED "FLUCTUATIONS", "DISTORTIONS", AND SO ON, TO EXPLAIN IT. BUT IT IS NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THE WORD CHITTA BEFORE COMPREHENDING THE WORD NIRODHA, MOSTLY TRANSLATED AS RESTRAIN.

                        MANY TRANSLATIONS HAVE USED THE WORD "MIND-STUFF". BUT MY SUBMISSION IS THAT IF PATANJALI MEANT MIND-STUFF, THE APPROPRIATE EQUIVALENT WORD SHOULD HAVE BEEN MANO VRITTI. I WOULD PREFER TO USE THE MORE FACTUAL WORD, BRAIN, FOR CHITTA. VRITTI MEANS ACTIVITY, MODIFICATIONS, FLUCTUATIONS, AMONG OTHER WORDS.

                     THE BRAIN IS NOT STATIC. IT IS INTENSELY DYNAMIC AT ITS CORE. BUT REGULAR BRAIN ACTIVITY, MARKED BY ATTRACTIONS AND REPULSIONS LINKED TO THE OBJECTIVE SENSORY WORLD, KEEPS THE BRAIN SO DISTRACTED THAT IT HAS NO TIME TO REACH IN TO ITS CORE, BECAUSE OF THE FLUCTUATIONS THAT IT FEELS.

                   WHEN THESE DISTRACTIONS AND FLUCTUATIONS DISAPPEAR, THE COMPONENTS OF THE INCESSANT MOVEMENT OF THOUGHT ARE SILENCED AND ERADICATED. THE BRAIN NO LONGER DISSIPATES ENERGY AND SETTLES INTO A SILENT, DEEP AND TRANQUIL STATE, WHICH IS ITS REAL CORE, SAYS PATANJALI. IN THIS STATE, THE YOGI IS FILLED WITH TREMENDOUS ENERGY, EXPERIENCING BLISS AND FULLNESS.

                           THE QUIET AND TRANQUIL BRAIN IS EMPOWERED WITH THE HIGHEST INTELLIGENCE AND BECOMES CAPABLE OF RISING TO THE FULLNESS OF SUPERCONSCIOUSNESS.

                   AS SOON AS THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ACTIVITIES OF THE BRAIN ARE CURBED, COLLECTIVE WISDOM IS REALIZED. FREE OF THE BURDEN OF USELESS INFORMATION, THE BRAIN TURNS INWARDS AND REALISES ITS FULL POTENTIAL. AS THE BRAIN IS NOW CLEAR OF ALL THE PAST DEBRIS, IT BECOMES CREATIVE AND SUBTLE.

                    ACCORDING TO YOGA, THE CORE OF OUR CONSCIOUSNESS HAS ALL THE KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM "A PRIORI" WITHIN ITSELF. WISDOM IS NOT ACQUIRED FROM OUTSIDE BUT IS REVEALED FROM WITHIN WHEN VARIOUS CONDITIONINGS ARE REMOVED. THE KEY TO UNLOCKING THIS VAST, ALMOST OMNISCIENT POTENTIAL IS YOGA.

                          THE THIRD SHLOKA APTLY DESCRIBES A YOGI'S STATE AS: TADA DRASTAH SVA RUPE VASTHANAM. "THEN THERE IS THE ABIDING IN THE SEER'S OWN ORIGINAL FORM". TO PUT IT SIMPLY , WHEN FLUCTUATIONS AND DISTRACTIONS CEASE WITH YOGA PRACTICE, ONE REALISES THAT ONE IS THE SEER, PURE AND BLISSFUL - NOT THE "SEEN" WHICH IS ONLY PART OF LIFE'S DRAMA.

                       THE YOGI REALISES THAT HE DOESN'T POSSESS CONSCIOUSNESS BUT IS CONSCIOUSNESS ITSELF. SHE/HE IS NO LONGER CONFINED TO THE BRAIN'S LIMITED THOUGHT PROCESSESS, WHICH HAVE, INDEED, BEEN SUCCESSFULLY TRANSCENDED. THE YOGI IS NOW DIVINE AND NEEDS NO DIVINITY OR DEITY AS A CRUTCH.

                              THE FALSE BELIEF IN A SEPARATE EGO, DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS, IS PUT TO REST, AND ONE ABIDES AS THE ONE UNIVERSAL PURUSHA, SEVERED FROM PAIN - AS THE GITA STATES. THE ROOT OF ALL CONFLICT THAT STEMS FROM THE NARROW INDIVIDUAL EGO-SENSE IS BANISHED FOREVER. THE YOGI IS NOW FREE.