HOW TO LOVE YOUR WORK !

 

                                         

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                     "   DONT DO WORK LIKE SLAVE  "

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                         HELPING OTHERS PHYSICALLY, BY REMOVING THEIR PHYSICAL NEEDS, IS INDEED GREAT, BUT THE HELP IS GREAT ACCORDING AS THE NEED IS GREATER AND ACCORDING AS THE HELP IS FAR REACHING . IF A MAN'S WANTS CAN BE REMOVED FOR AN HOUR, IT IS HELPING HIM INDEED, IF HIS WANTS CAN BE REMOVED FOR A YEAR, IT WILL BE MORE HELP TO HIM, BUT IF HIS WANTS CAN BE REMOVED FOR EVER, IT IS SURELY THE GREATEST HELP THAT CAN BE GIVEN HIM. SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE IS THE ONLY THING THAT CAN DESTROY OUR MISERIES FOR EVER, ANY OTHER THING THAT CAN DESTROY OUR MISERIES FOR EVER, ANY OTHER KNOWLEDGE SATISFIES WANTS ONLY FOR A TIME. IT IS ONLY WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPIRIT THAT THE FACULTY OF WANT IS ANNIHILATED FOR EVER, SO HELPING MAN SPIRITUALLY IS THE HIGHEST HELP THAT CAN BE GIVEN TO HIM.

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                        HE WHO GIVES MAN SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE IS THE GREATEST BENEFACTOR OF MANKIND AND AS SUCH WE ALWAYS FIND THAT THOSE WERE THE MOST POWERFUL OF MEN WHO HELPED MAN IN HIS SPIRITUAL NEEDS, BECAUSE SPIRITUALLITY IS THE TRUE BASIS OF ALL OUR ACTIVITIES IN LIFE. A SPIRITUALLY STRONG AND SOUND MAN WILL BE STRONG IN EVERY OTHER RESPECT, IF HE SO WISHES. UNTIL THERE IS SPIRITUAL STRENGTH IN MAN EVEN PHYSICAL NEEDS CANNOT BE WELL SATISFIED. NEXT TO SPIRITUAL COMES INTELLECTUAL HELP. THE GIFT OF KNOWLEDGE IS A FAR HIGHER GIFT THAN THAT OF FOOD AND CLOTHES, IT IS EVEN HIGHER THAN GIVING LIFE TO A MAN, BECAUSE THE REAL LIFE OF MAN CONSISTS OF KNOWLEDGE. IGNORANCE IS DEATH, KNOWLEDGE IS LIFE. LIFE IS OF VERY LITTLE VALUE, IF IT IS A LIFE IN THE DARK, GROPING THROUGH IGNORANCE AND MISERY. NEXT IN ORDER COMES, OF COURSE, HELPING A MAN PHYSICALLY. THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERING THE QUESTION OF HELPING OTHERS, WE MUST ALWAYS STRIVE NOT TO COMMIT THE MISTAKE OF THINKING THAT PHYSICAL HELP IS THE ONLY HELP THAT CAN BE GIVEN. 

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                      IT IS NOT ONLY THE LAST BUT THE LEAST, BECAUSE IT CANNOT BRING ABOUT PERMANENT SATISFACTION. THE MISERY THAT I FEEL WHEN I AM HUNGRY IS SATISFIED BY EATING, BUT HUNGER RETUNRS, MY MISERY CAN CEASE ONLY WHEN I AM SATISFIED BEYOND ALL WANT. THEN HUNGER WILL NOT MAKE ME MISERABLE, NO DISTRESS, NO SORROW WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE ME. SO, THAT HELP WHICH TENDS OF MAKE US STRONG SPIRITUALLY IS THE HIGHEST, NEXT TO IT COMES INTELLECTUAL HELP, AND AFTER THAT PHYSICAL HELP.

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                              THE WHOLE GIST OF THIS TEACHING IS THAT YOU SHOULD WORK LIKE A MASTER AND NOT AS A SLAVE, WORK INCESSANTLY, BUT DO NOT DO SLAVE'S WORK. DO YOU NOT SEE HOW EVERYBODY WORKS? NOBODY CAN BE ALTOGETHER AT REST, NINETY-NINE PER CENT OF MANKIND WORK LIKE SLAVES, AND THE RESULT IS MISERY, IT IS ALL SELFISH WORK. WORK THROUGH FREEDOM! WORK THROUGH LOVE! THE WORLD "LOVE" IS VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, LOVE NEVER COMES UNTIL THERE IS FREEDOM. THERE IS NO TRUE LOVE POSSIBLE IN THE SLAVE. IF YOU BUY A SLAVE AND TIE HIM DOWN IN CHAINS AND MAKE HIM WORK FOR YOU, HE WILL WORK LIKE A DRUDGE, BUT THERE WILL BE NO LOVE IN HIM. SO WHEN WE OURSELVES WORK FOR THE THINGS OF THE WORLD AS SLAVES, THERE CAN BE NO LOVE IN US, AND OUR WORK IS NOT TRUE WORK. THIS IS TRUE OF WORK DONE FOR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, AND IS TRUE OF WORK DONE FOR OUR OWN SELVES. SELFISH WORK IS SLAVE'S WORK, AND HERE IS A TEST. EVERY ACT OF LOVE BRINGS HAPPINESS, THERE IS NO ACT OF LOVE WHICH DOES NOT BRING PEACE AND BLESSESNESS AS ITS REACTION .

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                      REAL EXISTENCE, REAL KNOWLEDGE, AND REAL LOVE ARE ETERNALLY CONNECTED WITH ONE ANOTHER, THE THREE IN ONE, WHERE ONE OF THEM IS, THE OTHERS ALSO MUST BE, THEY ARE THE THREE ASPECTS OF THE ONE WITHOUT A SECOND - THE EXISTENCE - KNOWLEDGE- BLISS. WHEN THAT EXISTENCE BECOMES RELATIVE WE SEE IT AS THE WORLD, THAT KNOWLEDGE OF THE THINGS OF THE WORLD, AND THAT BLISS FORMS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL TRUE LOVE KNOWN TO THE HEART OF MAN. THEREFORE TRUE LOVE CAN NEVER REACT SO AS TO CAUSE PAIN EITHER TO THE LOVER OR TO THE BELOVED. 

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                        SUPPOSE A MAN LOVES A WOMAN, HE WISHES TO HAVE HER ALL TO HIMSELF, HED WANTS HER TO SIT NEAR HIM, TO STAND NEAR HIM, AND TO EAT AND  MOVE AT HIS SLAVE. THAT IS NOT LOVE, IT IS A KIND OF MORBID AFFECTION OF THE SLAVE, INSINUATING ITSELF AS LOVE. IT CANNOT BE LOVE, BECAUSE IT IS PAINFUL, IF SHE DOES NOT DO WHAT HE WANTS, IT BRINGS HIM PAIN. WITH LOVE THERE IS NO PAINFUL REACTION, LOVE ONLY BRINGS A REACTION OF BLISS, IF IT DOES NOT, IT IS NOT LOVE, IT IS MISTAKING SOMETHING ELSE FOR LOVE. WHEN YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED IN LOVING YOUR HUSBAND, YOUR WIFE, YOUR CHILDREN, THE WHOLE WORLD, THE UNIVERSE, IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THERE IS NO REACTION OF PAIN OR JEALOUSY, NO SELFISH FEELING, THEN YOU ARE IN A FIT STATE TO BE UNATTACHED.

THE FORCES OF NATURE!

 

                           THE NATURE FORCES - SATTVA,

                                      RAJAS, AND TAMAS

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                         EACH IS GREAT IN HIS OWN PLACE'

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                       ACCORDING TO THE SANKHYA PHILOSOPHY, NATURE IS COMPOSED OF THREE FORCES CALLED IN SANSKRIT, SATTVA, RAJAS, AND TAMAS. THESE ARE MANIFESTED IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD ARE WHAT WE MAY CALL EQUILIBRIUM, ACTIVITY, AND INERTNESS. TAMAS IS TYPIFIED AS DARKNESS OR INACTIVITY, RAJAS IS ACTIVITY, EXPRESSED AS ATTRACTION OR REPULSION, AD SATTVA IS THE EQUILIBRIUM OF THE TWO THINGS.

                           IN EVERY MAN THERE ARE THESE THREE FORCES, SOMETIMES TAMAS PREVAILS, WE BECOME LAZY, WE CANNOT MOVE, WE ARE INACTIVE, BOUND DOWN BY CERTAIN IDEAS OR BY MERE DULLNESS. AT OTHER TIME ACTIVITY PREVAILS, AND AT STILL OTHER TIMES THAT CALM BALANCING OF BOTH . AGAIN, IN DIFFERENT MEN, ONE OF THESE FORCES IS GENERALLY PREDOMINANT. THE CHARACTERISTIC OF ONE MAN IS INACTIVITY, DULLNESS AND LAZINESS, THAT OF ANOTHER, ACTIVITY, POWER, MANIFESTATION OF ENERGY, AND IN STILL ANOTHER WE FIND THE SWEETNESS, CALMNESS, AND GENTLENESS WHICH ARE DUE TO THE BALANCING OF BOTH ACTION AND INACTION. SO IN ALL CREATION - IN ANIMALS, PLANTS, AND MEN- WE FIND THE MORE OR LESS TYPICAL MANIFESTATION OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT FORCES.

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                     KARMA-YOGA HAS SPECIALLY TO DEAL WITH THESE THREE FACTORS. BY TEACHING WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW TO EMPLOY THEM, IT HELPS US TO DO OUR WORK BETTER. HUMAN SOCIETY IS A GRADED ORGANIZATION.  WE ALL KNOW ABOUT MORALITY, AND WE ALL KNOW ABOUT DUTY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE FIND THAT IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MORALITY VARIES GREATLY. WHAT IS REGARDED AS MORAL IN ONE COUNTRY MAY IN ANOTHER BE CONSIDERED PERFECTLY IMMORAL. FOR INSTANCE, IN ONE COUNTRY COUSINS MAY MARRY, IN ANOTHER, IT IS THOUGHT TO BE VERY IMMORAL, IN ONE, MEN MAY MARRY THEIR SISTERS-IN-LAW, IN ANOTHER, IT IS REGARDED AS IMMORAL, IN ONE COUNTRY PEOPLE MAY MARRY ONLY ONCE, IN ANOTHER, MANY TIMES, AND SO FORTH. SIMILARLY, IN ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF MORALITY, WE FIND THE STANDARD VARIES GREATLY - YET WE HAVE THE IDEA THAT THERE MUST BE A UNIVERSAL STANDARD OF MORALITY.

                     SO IT IS WITH DUTY. THE IDEA OF DUTY VARIES MUCH AMONG DIFFERENT NATIONS. IN ONE COUNTRY,  IF A MAN DOES NOT DO CERTAIN THINGS, PEOPLE WILL SAY HE HAS ACTED WRONGLY, WHILE IF DOES THOSE VERY THINGS IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT HE DID NOT ACT RIGHTLY - AND YET WE KNOW THAT THERE MUST BE SOME UNIVERSAL IDEA OF DUTY. IN THE SAME WAY THAT HE DID SOME UNIVERSAL IDEA OF DUTY. IN THE SAME WAY, ONE CLASS OF SOCIETY THINKS THAT CERTAIN THINGS ARE AMONG ITS DUTY, WHILE ANOTHER CLASS THINKS QUITE THE OPPOSITE AND WOULD BE HORRIFIED IF IT HAD TO DO THOSE THINGS. TWO WAYS ARE LEFT UPON TO US - THE WAY OF THE IGNORANT, WHO THINK THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO TRUTH AND THAT ALL THE REST ARE WRONG, AND THE WAY OF THE WISE, WHO ADMIT THAT, ACCORDING TO OUR MENTAL CONSTITUTION OR THE DIFFERENT PLANES OF EXISTENCE IN WHICH WE ARE, DUTY AND MORALITY MAY VARY. THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE GRADATIONS OF DUTY AND OF MORALITY - THAT THE DUTY OF ONE STATE OF LIFE , IN ONE SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES, WILL NOT AND CANNOT BE THAT OF ANOTHER.

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                    TO ILLUSTRATE : ALL GREAT TEACHERS HAVE TAUGHT, "RESIST NOT EVIL". THAT NON-RESISTANCE IS THE HIGHEST MORAL IDEA. WE ALL KNOW THAT, IF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF US ATTEMPTED TO PUT THAT MAXIM FULLY INTO PRACTICE, THE WHOLE SOCIAL FABRIC WOULD FALL TO PIECES, THE WICKED WOULD TAKE POSSESSION OF OUR PROPERTIES AND OUR LIVES, AND WOULD DO WHATEVER THEY LIKED WITH US. EVEN IF ONLY ONE DAY OF SUCH NON-RESISTANCE WERE PRACTICED. IT WOULD LEAD TO DISASTER. YET, INTUITIVELY, IN OUR HEART OF HEARTS WE FEEL THE TRUTH OF THE TEACHING "RESIST NOT EVIL". THIS SEEMS TO US TO BE THE HIGHEST IDEAL, YET TO TEACH THIS DOCTRINE ONLY WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO CONDEMNING A VAST PORTION OF MANKING. NOT ONLY SO, IT WOULD BE MAKING MEN FEEL THAT THEY WERE ALWAYS DOING WRONG, AND CAUSE IN THEM SCRUPLES OF CONSCIENCE IN ALL THEIR ACTION, IT WOULD WEAKEN THEM, AND THE CONSTANT SELF-DISSAPPROVAL WOULD BREED MORE VICE THAN ANY OTHER WEAKNESS WOULD. TO THE MAN WHO HAS BEGUN TO HATE HIMSELF THE GATE TO DEGENERATION HAS ALREADY OPENED, AND THE SAME IS TRUE OF A NATION.

THE FOUR TYPES OF YOGAS AND ITS USES

 

                                 THE FOUR TYPES OF YOGAS

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                     ❤      KARMA-YOGA

                     ❤      BHAKTI-YOGA

                     ❤      RAJA-YOGA

                     ❤      GNANA-YOGA

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                            KARMA-YOGA IS PURIFYING THE MIND BY MEANS OF WORK. NOW IF ANY WORK IS DONE, GOOD OR BAD, IT MUST PRODUCE AS A RESULT A GOOD OR BAD EFFECT, NO POWER CAN STAY IT, ONCE THE CAUSE IS PRESENT. THEREFORE GOOD ACTION PRODUCING GOOD KARMA, AND BAD ACTION, BAD KARMA, THE SOUL WILL GO ON IN ETERNAL BONDAGE WITHOUT EVER HOPING FOR DELIVERANCE. NOW KARMA BELONGS ONLY TO THE BODY A VEIL BEFORE THE ATMAN. THE VEIL CAST BY BAD KARMA IS IGNORANCE. GOOD KARMA HAS THE POWER TO STRENGTHEN THE MORAL POWERS. AND THUS IT CREATES NON-ATTACHMENT, IT DESTROYS THE TENDENCY TOWARDS BAD KARMA AND THEREBYT PURIFIES THE MIND. BUT IF THE WORK IS DONE WITH THE INTENTION OF ENJOYMENT, IT THEN PRODUCES ONLY THAT VERY ENJOYMENT AND DOES NOT PURIFY THE MIND OR CHITTA. 

                     THEREFORE ALL WORK SHOULD BE DONE WITHOUT ANY DESIRE TO ENJOY THE FRUITS THEREOF. ALL FEAR AND ALL DESIRE TO ENJOY HERE OR HEREAFTER MUST BE BANISHED FOR EVER OF RETURN WILL DESTROY THE SELFISHNESS, WHICH IS THE ROOT OF ALL BONDAGE. THE WATCHWORD OF THE KARMA-YOGIS IS NOT I, BUT THOU", AND NO AMOUNT OF SELF-SACRIFICE IS TOO MUCH FOR HIM. BUT HE DOES THIS WITHOUT ANY DESIRE TO GO TO HEAVEN, OR GAIN NAME OR FAME OR ANY OTHER BENEFIT IN THIS UNSELF WORK IS ONLY IN JNANA-YOGA, YET THE NATURAL DIVINITY OT MAN MAKES HIM LOVE ALL SACRIFICE SIMPLY FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS, WITHOUT ANY ULTERIOR MOTIVE, WHATEVER HIS CREED OR OPINION. AGAIN, WITH MANY THE BONDAGE OF WEALTH IS VERY GREAT, AND KARMA-YOGA IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR THEM BREAKING THE CRYSTALLISATION THAT HAS GATHERED ROUND THEIR LOVE OF MONEY.

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                              BHAKTI OR WORSHIP OR LOVE IN SOME FORM OR OTHERS IN THE EASIEST, PLEASANTEST AND MOST NATURAL WAY OF MAN. THE NATURAL STATE OF THIS UNIVERSE IS ATTRACTION, EVEN SO, LOVE IS THE NATURAL IMPETUS OF UNION IN THE HUMAN HEART, AND THOUGH ITSELF A GREAT CAUSE OF MISERY, PROPERLY DIRECTED TOWARDS THE PROPER OBJECT, IT BRINGS DELIVERANCE. THE OBJECT OF BHAKTI IS GOD. LOVE CANNOT BE WITHOUT A SUBJECT AND AN OBJECT. THE OBJECT OF LOVE AGAIN MUST BE AT FIRST A BEING WHO CAN RECIPROCATE OUR LOVE. THEREFORE THE GOD OF LOVE MUST BE IN SOME SENSE A HUMAN GOD. HE MUST BE A GOD OF LOVE. ASIDE FROM THE QUESTION WHETHER SUCH A GOD EXISTS OR NOT, IT IS A FACT THAT TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOVE IN THEIR HEART THIS ABSOLUTE APPEARS AS A GOD OF LOVE, AS PERSONAL 

                      THE LOWER FORMS OR WORSHIP, WHICH EMBODY THE IDEA OF GOD AS A JUDGE OR PUNISHER OR SOMEONE TO BE OBEYED THROUGH FEAR, DO NOT DESERVE TO BE CALLED LOVE, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE FORMS OF WORSHIP GRADUALLY EXPANDING INTO HIGHER FORMS. WE PASS ON TO THE CONSIDERATION OF LOVE ITSELF. WE WILL ILLUSTRATE LOVE BY A TRIANGLE, OF WHICH THE FIRST ANGLE AT THE BASE IS FEARLESSNESS. SO LONG AS THERE IS FEAR, IT IS NOT LOVE. LOVE BANISHES ALL FEAR. A MOTHER WITH HER BABY WILL FACE A TIGER TO SAVE HER CHILD. THE SECOND ANGLE IS THAT LOVE NEVER ASKS, NEVER BEGS. THE THIRD OR THE APEX IS THAT LOVE LOVES FOR THE SAKE OF LOVE ITSELF. EVEN THE IDEA OF OBJECT VANISHES. LOVE IS THE ONLY FORM IN WHICH LOVE IS LOVED. THIS IS THE HIGHEST ABSTRACTION AND THE SAME AS THE ABSOLUTE.

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                      THIS YOGA FITS IN WITH EVERY ONE OF  THESE YOGIS. IT FITS INQUIRERS OF ALL CLASSESS WITH OR WITHOUT ANY BELIEF, AND IT IS THE REAL INSTRUMENT OF RELIGIOUS INQUIRY. AS EACH SCIENCE HAS ITS PARTICULAR METHOD OF INVESTIGATION, SO IS THIS RAJA-YOGA THE METHOD OF RELIGION. THIS SCIENCE ALSO IS VARIOUSLY APPLIED ACCORDING TO VARIOUS CONSTITUTIONS. THE CHIEF PARTS ARE THE PRANAYAMA, CONCENTRATION, AND MEDITATION. FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN GOD, A SYMBOLIC NAME, SUCH AS OM OR OTHER SACRED WORDS RECEIVED FROM A GURU, WILL BE VERY HELPFUL. OM IS THE GREATEST, MEANING THE ABSOLUTE. MEDITATING ON THE MEANING OF THESE HOLY NAMES WHILE REPEATING THEM IS THE CHIEF PRACTICE.

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                     THIS IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS. FIRST: HEARING THE TRUTH- THAT THE ATMAN IS THE ONLY REALITY AND THAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS MAYA (RELATIVITY).      SECOND : REASONING UPON THIS PHILOSOPHY FROM ALL POINTS OF VIEW. THIRD : GIVING UP ALL FURTHER ARGUMENTATION AND REALISING THE TRUTH. THIS REALIZATION COMES FROM (1) BEING CERTAIN THAT BRAHMAN IS REAL AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS UNREAL,

                      2. GIVING UP ALL DESIRE FOR ENJOYMENT

                      3. CONTROLLING THE SENSE AND THE MIND

                      4. INTENSE DESIRE TO BE FREE. MEDITATING ON THIS REALITY ALWAYS AND REMINDING THE SOUL OF ITS REAL NATURE ARE THE ONLY WAYS IN THIS YOGA. IT IS THE HIGHEST, BUT MOST DIFFICULT. MANY PERSONS GET AN INTELLECTUAL GRASP OF IT, BUT VERY FEW ATTAIN REALISATION.

THE KARMA CHARACTER!

 

                             THE EFFECT OF KARMA

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                                AGING AND DEATH

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                     TOWARD THE END OF A PERSON'S LIFE, AS THE ALLOTTED KARMA REACHES COMPLETION, THE ENERGY BODY BEGINS TO GROW FEEBLE. AS A RESULT, THE PHYSICAL BODY GROWS INCREASINGLY FEEBLE AS WELL, AND THE CAPACITY OF THE ENERGY, OR PRANIC, BODY TO HOLD ON TO THE PHYSICAL BODY RECEDES. AS THE INFORMATION RUNS OUT, LIFE SLOWLY PETERS OUT. PHYSICAL LIFE BEGINS TO LOSE ITS INTENSITY.

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                    THIS IS WHY YOU MAY NOTICE THAT EVEN A PERSON WHO HAS LIVED A VERY BASE, MATERIAL LIFE OFTEN SEEMS IN THE LAST FEW DAYS BEFORE THEIR DEATH TO CARRY AN AIR OF ETHEREAL PEACE, MATURITY, AND WISDOM. SUCH A PERSON IS MUCH LESS ATTACHED TO PEOPLE AND LESS SHAKEN BY EXTERNAL SITUATIONS.

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                       WHEN THE PRANIC (ENERGY) BODY IS FEEBLE, IT WILL SLIP OUT OF THE BODY. THIS IS WHAT WE CALL DEATH OLD AGE. THE DOCTORS INCARIABLY DIAGNOSE THIS AS AN ORGAN FAILURE OF SOME SORT,  BUT THE FACT IS JUST THAT THE PERSON HAS SLIPPED OUT OF THE BODY BECAUSE OF THE FEEBLENESS OF THE ENERGY BODY. THIS IS THE IDEAL WAY TO DIE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT BEING FORCED OUT OF THE BODY, YOU ARE NATURALLY MOVING OUT. THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO GO.

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                  SUCH BEINGS EXIST NOW NOT ON THE BASIS OF DISCRETION OR CONSCIOUS VOLITION BUT ON THE BASIS OF THEIR TENDENCIES, WHICH BUFFET THEM ABOUT WITHOUT ANY VOLITION ON THEIR PART. SINCE THEY ARE RULED ONLY BY TENDENCIES AT THIS POINT, THE KARMA TAKES MUCH LONGER TO WORK ITSELF OUT.

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                      BASICALLY , THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU FUNCTION UNCONSCIOUSLY, YOUR KARMA RULES YOU ABSOLUTELY. AS SOON AS YOU FUNCTION WITH SOME AWARENESS, THE POWER OF KARMA OVER YOURLIFE WEAKNESS. IN LIFE BEYOND THE BODY, DISCRETION DOES NOT EXIST, SO KARMA RULES ABSOLTELY. IF YOU HAVE PLEASANT KARMA WITHIN YOU, IT GETS MAGNIFIED, AND IF YOU HAVE UNPLEASANT KARMA WITHIN YOU, IT GETS INTENSIFIED. IT IS THESE INTERNAL CONDITONS THAT ARE REFERRED TO AS HEAVEN AND HELL IN MANY TRADITIONS.

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                    THIS IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS YOUR KARMA WHEN YOU ARE IN THE EMBODIES STATE. AT THIS POINT, YOU CAN WORK OUT IN TEN YEARS WHAT MIGHT TAKE A HUNDRED YEARS IN THE DISEMBODIED CONDITION.

                    

                        EVEN TODAY, THERE ARE TENDENCIES THAT ARE PUSHING AND PULLING YOU. THIS IS WHY THE WORD RESPONSIBILITY IS SO IMPORTANT. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EXERCISE THE CHOICE EVERY MOMENT OF YOUR LIFE, EITHER TO FOLLOW YOUR TENDENCY OR TO MAKE A CONSCIOUS DECISION. IF YOU LIVE WITH THIS SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY, YOUR TENDENCIES WILL NOT RULE YOU, AND YOUR FUTURE WILL NOT MIMIC THE PAST.

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                       THERE IS MUCH TERROR IN THE WORLD AROUND THE IDEA OF GHOSTS. SINCE THE ALLOTTED KARMA IS STILL STRONG, THEIR PRESENCE IS FELT A LITTLE MORE STRONGLY FOR A LITTLE WHILE. THE MORE SENSITIVE MAY BE ABLE TO SENS THIS. BUT THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR ABOUT THEIR PRESENCE. THINK OF A GHOST SIMPLY AS A PERSON, LIKE YOU, WHO HAPPENED TO LOSE THEIR BODY. YOU ARE ALSO A GHOST, BUT WITH A BODY. NOT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE, REALLY! A GHOST WITH A BODY CAN CAUSE MUCH HARM, AS YOU KNOW, BUT A GHOST WITHOUT A BODY HAS MEAGER CAPABILITIES.

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                        THE WORD KARMA IS DERIVED FROM THE SANSKRIT KRI, TO DO, ALL ACTION IS KARMA. TECHNICALLY, THIS WORD ALSO MEANS THE EFFECTS OF ACTIONS. IN CONNECTION WITH METAPHYSICS, IT SOMETIMES MEANS THE EFFECTS, OF WHICH OUT PAST ACTIONS WERE THE CAUSES. BUT IN KARMA-YOGA WE HAVE SIMPLY TO DO WITH THE WORD KARMA AS MEANING WORK. THE GOAL OF MANKIND IS KNOWLEDGE. THAT IS THE ONE IDEAL PLACED BEFORE US BY EASTERN PHILOSOPHY. PLEASURE IS NOT THE GOAL OF MAN, BUT KNOWLEDGE. PLEASURE AND HAPPINESS COME TO AN END. IT IS A MISTAKE TO SUPPOSE THAT PLEASURE IS THE GOAL. THE CAUSE OF ALL THE MISERIES WE HAVE IN THE WORD IS THAT MEN FOOLISHLY THINK PLEASURE TO NE THE IDEAL TO STIVE FOR. AFTER A TIME MAN FINDS THAT IT IS NOT HAPPINESS, BUT KNOWLEDGE, TOWARDS WHICH HE IS GOING, AND THE BOTH PLEASURE AND PAIN ARE GREAT TEACHERS, AND THAT HE LEARNS AS MUCH FROM EVIL AS FROM GOOD. AS PLEASURE AND PAIN PASS BEFORE HIS SOUL THEY HAVE UPON IT DIFFERENT PICTURES, AND THE RESULT OF THESE COMBINED IMPRESSIONS IS WHAT IS CALLED MAN'S "CHARACTER". IF YOU TAKE THE CHARACTER OF ANY MAN, IT REALLY IS BUT THE AGGREGATE OF TENDENCIES, THE SUM TOTAL OF THE BENT OF HIS MIND, YOU WILL FIND THAT MISERY AND HAPPINESS ARE EQUAL FACTORS IN THE FORMATION OF THAT CHARACTER. GOOD AND EVIL HAVE AN EQUAL SHARE IN MOULDING CHARACTER, AND IN SOME INSTANCES MISERY IS A GREATER TEACHER THAN HAPPINESS. IN STUDYING THE GREAT CHARACTERS THE WORLD HAS PRODUCED, I DARE SAY, IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES, IT WOULD BE FOUND THA IT WAS MISERY THAT TAUGHT MORE THAN HAPPINESS, IT WAS POVERTY THAT TAUGHT MORE THAN WEALTH, IT WAS BLOWS THAT BROUGHT OUT THEIR INNER FIVE MORE THAN PRAISE.

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.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR EMOTIONS!

 

                       THE ENERGY HEALING METHOD!

                             

              PURE INTELLIGENCE CREATES MEMORY OUT OF ITSELF,

          THE REST OF CREATION PROJECTS MEMORY AS INTELLIGENCE.

  

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                        SYSTEMS OF ENERGY HEALING'

                            ENERGY HEALING SYSTEMS HAVE GROWN VERY POPULAR IN THE WORLD TODAY. MY OWN TAKE ON THEM IS UNAMBIGUOUS. WHILE THE INTENTION TO HELP OTHERS IS A LAUDABLE ONE, IT IS JUVENILE TO THINK THAT YOU CAN HEAL SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE YOU HAVE LEARNED TO HARNESS A LITTLE ENERGY IN YOUR HANDS.

                    WHAT MOST PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE IS THAT WHEN YOU HEAL, YOU ARE ONLY APPEASING THE KARMIC EFFECT. YOU DO NOT HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO TAKE AWAY THE CAUSE. IF YOU MERELY REMOVE THE EFFECT, THE CAUSE WILL TAKE EFFECT IN SOME OTHER WAY.

                       LET US SAY SOMEONE HAS ASTHMA. THAT IS THEIR KARMA. AS A HEALER, YOU LAY YOUR HANDS ON THEM. YOU MAY BE SUCCESSFUL IN REMOVING THE ASTHMA. NOW THE ASTHMA IS GONE, BUT THE CAUSE IS NOT GONE. IT MAY MANIFEST ITSELF IN SOME OTHER WAY. IT COULD BECOME AN ACCIDENT OR A HEART ATTACK. SO DO NOT EVER SEEK TO REMOVE THE EFFECT. THE EFFECT IS ONLY AN INDICATOR OF A PROBLEM, BY MERELY ERASING IT, YOU ARE ONLY ENABLING THE SEEDS OF THE PROBLEM TO MANIFEST IN SOME OTHER WAY.

                  WHEN THERE IS PAIN IN THE BODY, FOR INSTANCE, IT IS AN INDICATOR THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG. PAIN IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING AWARENESS TO YOUR SYSTEM SO YOU CAN INVESTIGATE WHAT IS WRONG. BUT IF YOU SIMPLY POP A PAINKILLER WITHOUT ATTENDING TO THE CAUSE, THE MAINSPRING OF THE AILMENT WILL KEEP GROWING, AND ONE DAY IT WILL STRIKE EVEN HARDER.

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                      THE ONLY WAY TO REMOVE A CAUSE IS TO TAKE IS UPON YOUR SYSTEM. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I WAS DOING THIS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE I WANTED TO DO SOME INTENSE ENERGY WORK WITH WERE STUCK IN CERTAIN CYCLES. THOSE TWO YEARS, I WAS A VERY SICK MAN. ONE DAY I WOULD HAVE AN ILLNESS, THE NEXT DAY I WOULD BE COMPLETELY HEALTHY. ONE MOMENT I WOULD BE ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT MOMENT I WOULD BE SO ILL THAT PEOLE WOULD THINK I WAS ABOUT TO DIE. THESE FLUCTUATIONS HAPPENED SIMPLY BECAUSE I WAS THROWING MY LIFE ENERGY AROUND LIBERALLY TO CREATE A CERTAIN BASIS FOR THE WORK I WAS DOING.

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                   BUT TODAY, IT IS ONLY ON RARE OCCASIONS THAT I DO THIS. I INTERVENE ONLY IF I SEE THAT THE PERSON HAS DROPPED EVERY IDENTIFICATION AND HAS ONLY SOME SMALL, NIGGLING KARMIC ISSUES LEFT. THIS INTERVENTION IS JUST TO GIVE THEM THE NEEDED PUSH TOWARD THEIR DESTINATION. OTHERWISE, AS A GURU, I NEVER INTERFERE WITH THE KARMIC PROCESS. I SIMPLY HELP HASTEN IT.

                               THE ULTIMATE GUIDANCE YOU CAN OFFER IS TO HELP SOMEONE TRANSCEND THEIR SUFFERING. THIS IS WHAT GREAT SAGES AND MYSTICS DOWN THE AGES HAVE DONE. THEY REMIND THE WORLD THAT THERE IS A WAY OUT OF SUFFERING. EVEN IF THERE IS PAIN, THERE NEED TO BE SUFFERING. THE ABILITY TO SEE THIS DIFFERENCE IS THE SUPREME HUMAN ATTAINMENT.

                IT MAY SEEM CRUEL, BUT IT IS ACTUALLY THE BEST THING THAT YOU CAN DO FOR ANOTHER, WHY? BECAUSE YOU ARE OFFERING THEM NOT TEMPORARY RELIEF, BUT A PERMANENT SOLUTION.

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                    MANY PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW SOME SPIRITUAL PRACTICES GAIN SMALL CAPABILITIES, SUCH AS THE ABILITY TO HEAL OR TELL THE FUTURE. BUT THESE ARE OF NO SPIRITUAL CONSEQUENCE . IN THE HIGHER-LEVEL MEDITATION PROGRAMS I CONDUCT, SOME PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN SUPERNORMAL POWERS, OR SIDDHIS, AS WE CALL THEM IN SANSKRIT. HOWEVER, AS SOON AS I SEE THESE POWERS, I PUSH THEM BACK IMMEDIATELY, EVEN IF DOING SO DISTURBS A PERSON'S TRAJECTORY OF GROWTH

                  AS A GURU, I DO NOT SUPPORT SIDDHIS. I DESTROY THEM. I AM NOT INTERESTED IN MIRACLES. I PUT A HALT TO SUCH CAPABILITIES RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE IF A PERSON ACQUIRES THESE POWERS, THEY WILL NO LONGER PURSUE THE SPIRITUAL PATH. THEY WILL SET UP THEI CIRCUS, TRY TO MAKE SOME MONEY OR ACQUIRE FAME, AND MAKE A BUSINESS OUT OF IT.

                    DO NOT TRY TO BECOME A FRANCHISEE FOR COSMIC ENERGY. AND DO NOT TRY TO BECOME A MIRACLE WORKER. MY ONLY AIM IS TO HELP YOU RECOGNIZE THE MIRACLE OF THE LIFE THAT YOU ARE. EVERYTHING ELSE IS A DISTRACTION.

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                      IN MAINTAINING DISTANCE FROM 

                              YOUR THOUGHT AND EMOTION,

                    YOU CAN BECOME AVAILABLE TO THE GRACE OF 

                                THE GREATEST BEINGS OF THE PAST.

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KARMA YOGAM

 

                                      KNOW ABOUT YOUR PAST LIFE?

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                       DOES KARMA PRESUPPOSE PAST LIVES ? DO I HAVE TO BELIEVE IN REBIRTH TO UNDERSTAND KARMA?

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                          ANS : NO, IT IS NOT NECESSARY. NEVER MIND IF SOMEBODY ELSE IS TALKING ABOUT PAST LIFETIMES. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR KARMA, JUST LOOK AT THOSE AREAS OF BONDAGE THAT ARE A REALITY FOR YOU. START FROM WHERE YOUR EXPERIENCE BEGINS. YOU CAN START ONLY FROM WHERE YOU ARE. EFFORTS TO START WITH SOMETHING THAT IS NOT IN YOUR EXPERIENCE WILL LEAD TO HALLUCINATORY STATES.

                         FROM THE MOMENT OF YOUR BIRTH TO THE PRESENT MOMENT, EXAMINE THE VERY WAY YOU THINK AND FEEL. AT LEAST SINCE YOUR BIRTH, YOU CAN SEE YOUR PAST ACTIONS HAVE BEEN RULING YOU IN SO MANY WAYS. AND THE VERY WAY YOU THINK, FEEL, UNDERSTAND, AND EXPRESS YOURSELF NOW WILL AFFECT YOUR FUTURE.

                       LET US NOT TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS THAT ARE NOT IN YOUR REALM OF EXPERIENCE. OTHERWISE, YOU ENTIRE LIFE COULD PASS IN SELF-DECEPTION. THESE DECEPTIONS COULD MAKE YOU A POPULAR CONVERSATIONALIST AT A DINNER PARTY. THEY MAY CARRY YOU ACROSS ONE EVENING, BUT THEY WON'T CARRY YOU ACROSS LIFE AND DEATH!

                    IF I TELL YOU ABOUT YOUR PAST LIVES, I AM MERELY GIVING YOU A STORY, A BELIEF, NOT AN EXPERIENCE A BELIEF SYSTEM WILL NOT OFFER YOU GROWTH, IT OFFERS YOU ONLY SOLACE OR ENTERTAINMENT. IF I TELL YOU THAT GOD WILL LOOK AFTER YOU, IT WILL OFFER YOU ONLY SOLACE. SOLACE IS LIKE A TRANQUILIZER,  IT MEANS YOU ARE ONLY GETTING DEEPER INTO ENTANGLEMENT. IT WILL NOT LIBERATE YOU.

                 RIGHR NOW, YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO HANDLE THE MEMORY OF THIS VERY LIFETIME. YOU STILL SUFFER WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU TEN YEARS AGO! WHEN YOU ARE IN THIS CONDITION, IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU TEN LIFETIMES AGO, IT WILL DRIVE YOU NUTS! SO THERE IS NO POINT SPECULATING ABOUT EARLIER LIFETIMES. AT THE SAME TIME, DON'T DISMISS THE IDEA EITHER. YOU CAN SIMPLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW.

                   ON THE LEVEL OF INFORMATION, IT WILL NOT HELP YOU TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR PAST LIVES. BUT ON A DEEPER ENERGY LEVEL, UNDERGOING PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE CAN HELP. WHAT LOOKING INTO THE PAST CAN DO IS TO HELP YOU ARRIVE AT A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT MAKES UP THE PERSON YOU CALL "MYSELF".

                       THERE ARE LAYERS AND LAYERS OF MEMORY IN THE UNCONSCIOUS. KARMA SAMYAMA, AND ADVANCED SPIRITUAL PROGRAM WE DO AT ISHA, IS A MEDITATION THAT BRINGS LAYERS OF THE UNCONSIOUS MIND TO THE SURFACE TO DISSOLVE THEM. ANYTHING THAT IS KARMIC DISSOLVES ONLY WHEN THE DISCERNING MIND IS IN FUNCTION. IF YOU JUST LEAVE IT UNEAMINED, IT HARDENS INTO A TENDENCY. THESE TENDENCIES ARE WORKING UPON YOU ALL THE TIME.

                          I KNOW TODAY THERE IS A BIG PSYCHOLOGICAL CIRCUS GOING ON IN THE FORM OF PAST-LIFE REGRESSIONS. MUCH OF THIS IS PURE HALLUCINATION. YOU NEED TO UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS MIND IS AN INCREDIBLE INSTRUMENT. IT CAN DECEIVE YOU IN MANY SUBTLE WAYS. SUPPOSE YOU REALIZED YOUR NEIGHBOR'S DOG WAS YOUR HUSBAND IN YOUR PREVIOUS LIFE, HOW WOULD IT HELP YOU? WHETHER YOU NOW GO AND KISS HIM OR THROW STONES AT HIM DOESN'T MATTER. BOTH ARE DANGEROUS! (IF YOU THROW STONES AT HIM, YOU WILL GET INTO TROUBLE WITH THE NEIGHBOR. IF YOU KISS HIM, YOU WILL GET INTO TROUBLE WITH THE NEIGHBOR. IF YOU KISS HIM, YOU WILL GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE DOG!)

                   BUT ON A DIFFERENT PLANE, IF YOU WILL GET BRING THIS MEMORY INTO YOUR EXPERIENCE, THEN IT BECOMES A WAY OF LIBERATING YOURSELF. IN SAMYAMA, NO SUGGESTIONS ARE GIVEN TO YOU, NO GUIDANCE IS GIVEN TO YOU. BUT THE PROCESS ALLOWS LAYERS AND LAYERS OF THE PAST TO SURFACE AND WORTH THEMSELVES OUT BY MOVING YOU TO A CERTAIN LEVEL OF INTENSE AWARENESS. YOU ARE NOW FREE OF SEVERAL IMPULSES AND TENDENCIES.