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🌹PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS🌹                          🌀CHAPTER - 10🌀     ~ The Eight Limbs Of Yoga ~                 🌀DAY - 80🌀 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷 " सत्यप्रतिष्ठायां क्रियाफलाश्रयत्वम् "  " Satya pratishthaayaam kriyaphalaashrayatvam. " All your actions will become fruitful, if you are established in truth. The actions of many people don't bring about results because there is no truth-consciousness in them. The fruit of an action will follow immediately when there is no truth-consciousness. क्रियाफलाश्रयत्वम् - There is success in action. And truth is not just the words. It is the quality of the consciousness, of straight-forwardness. Even if you are telling a lie and you are bold enough to say that you are telling a lie then you are speaking truth. When you tell a lie, your consciousness is not solid. It is not straight-forward. There is no strength i...

🌹PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS🌹                          🌀CHAPTER - 10🌀     ~ The Eight Limbs Of Yoga ~                 🌀DAY - 79🌀 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷 What is the effect of ahimsa? " अहिंसाप्रतिष्ठायां तत्सन्निधौ वैरत्यागः " " Ahimsa pratishtaayaam tat sannidhau vairatyaagah " If you are established in non-violence, violence will be dropped in your very presence by other creatures. Someone may plan to attack you. But, as soon as they come near you, they will feel your vibration which is totally non-violent. Then, they will stop being violent. The contemporary of Buddha was Mahaveera. He was the promoter of the Jain religion. He emphasized ahimsa. It is said that people up to twenty kilometres around him would drop their violence. And, that, even thorns would not prick anybody. They would become soft and be flat on the ground to avoid pricking anybody. " अहिंसाप...

🌹PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS🌹                          🌀CHAPTER - 10🌀     ~ The Eight Limbs Of Yoga ~                 🌀DAY - 78🌀 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷 Yama is the first limb. What are yamas? Ahimsa satya asteya brahmacharya aparigraha. These are five yamas. Ahimsa - non-violence Satya - truth Asteya - stealing Brahmacharya - moving in Barhman, moving in bigness Aprigraha - non-accumulation " जातिदेशकालसम्यनवश्चिन्ह्सवॅभुमहाव्रतम् " " Jaati desha kala samaya nvachchinnaaha saarvabhoumaa mahaavratam "  These are the greatest vows because it is applicable at all times, in all places and for all people. There are certain laws which apply just to certain people, or times. An animal is violent for some reason. The wild animals hunt only when they are hungry. They do not hunt just for pleasure but the human beings do. They go hunting for no reason. A python eats ...

🌹PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS🌹                          🌀CHAPTER - 10🌀     ~ The Eight Limbs Of Yoga ~                 🌀DAY - 77🌀 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷 Human consciousness is like a seed. A seed has the possibility of a tree, of branches, of leaves, flowers and fruits, of multiplication, etc. So does the human mind. A seed needs a proper soil, proper conditions, sunlight and water to sprout and blossom on its possibility. It is the same with the human consciousness, the human mind. Either the seed can be dormant for many years, keeping its sprouting and developing possibilities within itself or it can start sprouting and growing right away. The sprouting of this seed of human consciousness is viveka - discrimination and wisdom. Freedom comes with viveka, or discrimination. All other species in this creation are completely governed by nature. They do not need dis...

🌹PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS🌹                          🌀CHAPTER - 9🌀 ~ Eliminating The Cause Of Pain ~                 🌀DAY - 76🌀 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷 " तस्य हेतुरविध्या " " Tasya heturavidyaa "  If you think these vrtittis are yours, it is ignorance. And what is the way to come out of the ignorance - a definite understanding and knowledge in the mind that the body is undergoing changes all the time; that the world is undergoing changes all the time; that the entire universe, in the form of fluids, is in a state of fluidity - it is all full of changes and is going on, on its own, according to its nature. The definite knowledge that you are not the body, that you are the Self, that you are the space, that you are imperishable, untouched and untamed by the prakriti and the world around you, that the body is all hollow and empty, and every particle in this body is ev...

🌹PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS🌹                          🌀CHAPTER - 9🌀 ~ Eliminating The Cause Of Pain ~                 🌀DAY - 75🌀 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷 " कृताथॅ प्रति नष्टमप्यनष्टं तदन्यसाधारणत्वात् " " Kritaartham prati nashtam anashtam tadanya saadhaaranatvaat. " There is a power of nature in these sutras and we should really go deep into them. Your body is made up of the three gunas - sattva, rajas and tamas, and they influence your thoughts, behavioral patterns, etc. Many things may happen in the world and the gunas attract, accordingly, the events, situations and circumstances around you. When the tamasic guna dominates, it creates more dullness, sleep and lethargy in you. When the rajasic guna is dominating, your mind is restless and full of desires. And if the mind is dominated by sattva guna, it is very alert, sharp, joyful and enthusiastic. All these qualities e...

🌹PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS🌹                          🌀CHAPTER - 9🌀 ~ Eliminating The Cause Of Pain ~                 🌀DAY - 74🌀 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷 " द्रष्टा दृशिमात्रः शुद्धोऽपि प्रत्ययानुपश्यः " " Drishtaa drishi maatrah shuddho api pratyaya anupashyah. " The Self, though it is ever pure and unstained, is just a witness. However, when it becomes one with the buddhi, the intellect, then it gets coloured. It seems coloured. It seems just like somebody who, stuck in their own intellect, continues to be with their thoughts and ideas, as though they are their own. They suffer a lot as a result of this. The Self is the center of the whole creation. The next sutra says, " तदथॅ एव दृश्यस्यात्मा " " Tadartha eva drishyasyaatma. "  Though this world does not exist for the one who is realized and enlightened the way it does for the enlightened, it continues to exist with...

🌹PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS🌹                          🌀CHAPTER - 9🌀 ~ Eliminating The Cause Of Pain ~                 🌀DAY - 73🌀 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷 " प्रकाशक्रियास्थितिशीलं भूतेन्द्रियात्मकं भोगापवगाॅथॅ द्रृश्यम् "  " Prakaasha kriya sthitisheelam bhootendriyaatmakam bhoga apavargaartha drishyam " The world which is seen is illuminated. Each thing gives you a message. It gives you an idea of how great the consciousnesses is. Every aspect in this world is an expression of consciousness and everything is active. प्रकाश means manifesting. Everything has manifested out of consciousness. क्रिया - everything in this universe is dynamic. They are not static. Flowers come up. Mountains appear to be static but they are not. They are all dynamic. Every atom in this universe is dynamic. स्थिति means everything undergoes certain stages of evolution. Everything has a stage, ...

🌹PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS🌹                          🌀CHAPTER - 9🌀 ~ Eliminating The Cause Of Pain ~                 🌀DAY - 72🌀 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷 " हेयं दुःखमनागतम् "  " Heyam dukham anaagatam " The root cause of pain needs to be eliminated. That pain which has not yet come in life and that sorrow which has not yet sprouted should be nipped right in the beginning. How do we do that? " द्रश्टद्रृश्योः संयोगो हेयहेतुः "  "Drashta drishyayoh sanyogo heyahetuh" The main cause of pain is forgetting that one's Self is separate from one's environment. The Self, the seer and the seen - lack of perception of the Self and the objects that are all around the Self. You think of yourself as you. Then the problems begin. Usually, we keep our life somewhere else and not in us. There was a story in the olden days. The life of the king was in a parrot. So, if this parrot ...

🌹PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS🌹                          🌀CHAPTER - 9🌀 ~ Eliminating The Cause Of Pain ~                 🌀DAY - 71🌀 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷 The soul is not satisfied with the physical body coming close. It wants something more. It wants to merge. It wants to vanish and disappear. This is what is called love. In love, there are two expressions - the first is that one wants to disappear into the other, and the other is that one wants to eat the other so that he/she disappears. These are the two expressions that lovers say to each other. They do not know why they are saying. They are not cannibals! Does love make you a cannibal! Really, if that was possible, each one would do it, literally - gulp down their boyfriends or girlfriends. Then, there would be no more worry. They would not have to be bothered about who they are looking at and where they are going. Oth...

💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐         🌺 ASHTAVAKRA GITA🌺                      🌿Chapter - 25🌿          ~ Acting Spontaneously ~                   🌱 Day - 140 🌱 💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐 कुत्रापि खेदः कायस्य जिह्वा कुत्रापि खिद्यते । मनः कुत्रापि तत्त्यक्तवा पुरूषार्थे स्थितः सुखम् ॥ कृतं किमपि नैव स्यादिति सञ्चिन्त्य तत्त्वतः । यदा यत् कर्तुमायाति तत्कृत्वासे यथासुखम् ॥ कर्मनैष्कर्म्यनिर्बन्धभावा देहस्थयोगिनः । संयोगायोगविरहादहमासे यथासुखम् ॥ Three factors cause us disturbance: our own mind, the words we hear from others and any little imbalance or discomfort in the body. Discomfort in the body, discomfort from hearing words from some mouths and discomfort from the state of one's own mind. These three instruments of ours (body, words or speech, and mind), are with us for a definite purpose. What is that purpose? This body has its demands, its n...

💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐         🌺 ASHTAVAKRA GITA🌺                      🌿Chapter - 24🌿         ~ The Secret Of Mistakes ~                   🌱 Day - 139 🌱 💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐 The awareness about one Self, the world and the Divinity is possible only through the light of this knowledge. We will not see any bad intentions in anyone telling us about some 'mistakes'. They would be expressing what they had seen and what they feel should be improved. We should go ahead and improve what needs to be improved. Thereby, we respect others' feelings. Now suppose, someone came to see you and you slammed the door in their face. You slammed the door because mosquitoes were coming in, but the person felt that you slammed the door in their face! Do you see the difference in level of perception in different levels or consciousness in different people? Now, ...

💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐         🌺 ASHTAVAKRA GITA🌺                      🌿Chapter - 24🌿         ~ The Secret Of Mistakes ~                   🌱 Day - 138 🌱 💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐 There is a proverb in Hindi. Ek hi saadhe sab sadhe, sab saadhe sab jaye. It points out that if you do one thing you will achieve perfection and everything will come to you; follow you. But if you try to do everything, they will go away from you. If you do one thing - perfection in the being - then everything else gets perfected. If you bring perfection in your love, in your service, in your being, then everything will come to you. You may know nothing about civil engineering or architecture, but you will be able to give guidance to very experienced civil engineers. You may know nothing about cooking, but you will be able to create recipes that will amaze, and be app...

💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐         🌺 ASHTAVAKRA GITA🌺                      🌿Chapter - 24🌿         ~ The Secret Of Mistakes ~                   🌱 Day - 137 🌱 💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐 A person was very nervous to drive me on a snowy day in the USA. It was that person's turn to take me to the lecture hall. I sat in the car, and that person became so nervous and kept repeating that it was snowing; that he should be very responsible and make sure I reached the hall. He repeated again and again that it was snowing and he should not skid. And that is exactly what happened. The car skidded and went off the road. However, nothing serious happened. There was another car following and they stopped. The person driving the car skidded because the mind constantly on it. But, that was good. Once the car skidded, the person became confident. He was able to say...

💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐         🌺 ASHTAVAKRA GITA🌺                      🌿Chapter - 24🌿         ~ The Secret Of Mistakes ~                   🌱 Day - 136 🌱 💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐 And do not go on judging yourself. Be aware of your mistakes, but don't judge yourself and think the mistakes are yours. There is a big difference. It is very delicate, though it makes a big difference. If XYZ made a mistake or you made it, it is the same. Whether someone else or you do it, it is the same! See what you can do to get rid of your mistakes, or what you can do to see that others don't make them. What is the difference you perceive when someone makes a mistake and when you make it? When someone makes a mistake, you feel it is not your mistake. You feel you are separate from that mistake. When a mistake happens, do you feel part of that mistake? It doesn't...

💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐         🌺 ASHTAVAKRA GITA🌺                      🌿Chapter - 24🌿         ~ The Secret Of Mistakes ~                   🌱 Day - 135 🌱 💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐 हेयोपादेयविरहादेवं हर्षविषादयोः । अभावादद्य हे ब्रह्मन्नेवमेवाहमास्थितः ॥ आश्रमानाश्रमं ध्यानं चित्तस्वीकृतवर्जनम् । विक्लपं मम वीक्ष्यैतैरेवमेवाहमास्थितः ॥ कर्मानुष्ठानमज्ञानाद्यथैवोपरमस्तथा । बुध्वा सम्यगिदं तत्तवमेवमेवाहमास्थितः ॥ अचिन्त्यं चिन्त्यमानोऽपि चिन्तारूपं भजत्यसौ । त्यक्तवा तद्भावनं तस्मादेवमेवाहमास्थितः ॥ एवमेव कृतं येन स कृतार्थो भवेदसौ । एवमेव स्वभावो यः स कृतार्थो भवेदसौ ॥ Your concept that things should be in a certain way, causes pain in your mind. Set concepts in the mind are the cause of distress. And nature loves to give you surprises. God loves fun! He always gives you surprises; sometimes pleasant, sometimes unpleasant! You grow because of bo...

💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐         🌺 ASHTAVAKRA GITA🌺                      🌿Chapter - 23🌿       ~ Stepping Into The Big Mind ~                   🌱 Day - 134 🌱 💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐 Someone asked Buddha why he still meditated if he was enlightened. Why did he need to meditate if he has realized God? Buddha smiled and said that he was not doing anything but it was happening. And whatever happened there would happen in so many other minds, too. So many things were happening in every mind. Therefore, he was tasting them all and meditating. That was why Jesus had said that he has died for your sins. It means that if you sin, it destroys something inside Jesus. So it is said that it is better not to sin, because your sin puts something into that Infinite Consciousness that you are part of and which you are not away from. Jesus died for your sins. On one...

💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐         🌺 ASHTAVAKRA GITA🌺                      🌿Chapter - 23🌿       ~ Stepping Into The Big Mind ~                   🌱 Day - 133 🌱 💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐 समाध्यासादिविक्षिप्तौ व्यवहारः समाधये । एवं विलोक्य नियममेवमेवाहमास्थितः ॥ Know that the pinch of disturbance in your mind is the cause of the sum total of anything in the world. An enlightened person is more sensitive, and can feel another person's pain when passing by (and even if he doesn't pass by). When Jesus walked and saw somebody suffering, not only did that person suffer but the Jesus also suffered along with him. Everyone's pain is the pain of God. Everyone's joy is the joy of God. That is why we sing, 'Jo dhyave phal pave, dukh vinshe man ka, sukh sampatti ghar aave, kashta mite tan ka, Om Jai Jagdish Hare. Bhakta jano ke sankat kshan mein dur karein, Om Jai...

💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐         🌺 ASHTAVAKRA GITA🌺                      🌿Chapter - 23🌿       ~ Stepping Into The Big Mind ~                   🌱 Day - 132 🌱 💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐 The Divine also feels a pinch if the children are not happy. So the best puja, the best form of worship, is to be happy and grateful. But, if you are not happy (despite your intention to be happy), how do you overcome that? Dance, sing, meditate, and dissolve. The mind settles down if you do these instead of encouraging on your sadness. You are adding manure to the seed of sadness that has arisen in you by blaming yourself. Or, you may think that the others are bad. Then you are adding manure that will make the anger grow in you. When the others are bad towards you, you are angry. And when you are bad, you are sad. Go deep into that sadness, and you will see that it is ...

💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐         🌺 ASHTAVAKRA GITA🌺                      🌿Chapter - 23🌿       ~ Stepping Into The Big Mind ~                   🌱 Day - 131 🌱 💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐 Life begins when we step out of the mind. We step out of the small mind through samadhi. There are several kinds of samadhi. Samadhi is silence in the mind through meditation, singing, dancing, intoxicated devotion, and through hundred percent effort in any activity. These are all different flavours of samadhi, and all are present in our very nature just as the ability to sit still, walk straight, jump up and down, dance, lie down and sleep like a rock. When the mind is disturbed, it can be calmed down back into samadhi through these means. When people are worried and tense, they go to a bar and drink. If they go to satsangs and dance, that intoxication can take away al...

I would like to share one of my experiences with Guruji. On the 13th of May, 2011, Guruji was in the Bangalore Ashram for his birthday celebrations. We all knew in advance that he was to celebrate this grand day in the Ashram that year. Like every other devotee, it was my wish also to be a part of the celebrations and get the opportunity of meeting him that day. So I had planned to go to Bangalore on the 12th in order to attend the birthday and get Gurujis Darshan .But a few days later, closer to the date, I realised that I would not be able to make it and would have to stay back in Bombay due to certain personal reasons. So basically I had to cancel my entire plan of meeting Guruji on his birthday because of which I was extremely upset as I really wanted to be there. Guruji was supposed to meet each and every devotee one to one on his birthday and I was not going to be there. But little did I know that he was not going to let me remain upset for long as on the night of His...