Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

Shine Bright, Divine Light I am That, the Self divine, In all, a spark of God's design. Shining bright, like space so vast, Pure and flawless, forever to last. In meditation's quiet, I am found, Connected to the universe's profound. My true nature, revealed in stillness deep, A sense of oneness, my soul to keep. Like a lotus, I rise above the fray, Unaffected by life's turmoil, come what may. In daily meditation, I find my way, To inner peace, and a brighter day. So let us sit, in quiet contemplation, And discover our true, divine foundation. For in the stillness, we'll find our way, To the pure, shining Self, every single day. Remember that you are not just a individual,  but a spark of the divine, a manifestation of God itself. You are the Self, shining bright and pure, with a nature as vast and limitless as space. As you embark on your daily meditation practice, recall this profound truth.  Allow yourself to connect with your innermost Self,  and expe...

Sharing Swami Brahmatej ji :  I wanted to write this last evening. But something happened in the meditation. Went to lie down for a few minutes, got up only after 12 hrs. There is so much I want to share. But then so does everybody. Then there is always the concern that I might just crowding up your cyber space. Gratefully you have a delete or scroll button. So here goes. By now you all must be feeling that Gurudev is doing something on a global scale in this trying time. It is like a phenomenon unfolding. All of us, who are AOL teachers since the 90’s, Remember?  Gurudev used to say “ Jaldi Gyaan do sab ko. Samay nahi hai” And at other times “jinke paas gyaan hogaa wahi tarenge”. Was what we are facing now is what HE was referring to then? And also remember? The phenomenon that was unfolding then? We did not know the amazingly vast application, efficacy and power of the Sudarshan Kriya. We did not know how to teach a course. We did not know the way the Gurutatwa ...

The Master's Voice 7 A toy gifted by the parents or relatives to a child, becomes the Child's My Toy. The performance of a child in exam becomes the result derived by the effort and performance of the Child. We all forget the time spent by us before the Lord to pass us this one time. All our achievements in day to day life becomes My achievement. It can be My Job, My Bike, My Car, My child, My House, My Life. Knowingly or unknowingly, we create an individual identity of ME, in this world. The Master's point out that as we, His Particles, create an individual identity of Myself, we move away from The Lord. A curtain comes in between The Lord and The Soul. We, The Soul, start to feel that our life is courtesy Our parents. We start to live in the world believing that we are the doers. We feel that compounded by our senses and its Master Mind, we control all our deeds and Acts. We start to live like the Master's world. The Mind, has slowly, as we grew, created the perceptio...

The Master's Voice 6 In our childhood, we will remember the parents taking extra pains to find a Right school. Because Right school meant Right environment and development of Right habits. They also used to ask who your Friends are in school, and with whom do we spend most of our time. The Reason for this is, we inculcate the traits of our companions in us, very easily as we spend maximum time with them. For example, sitting with a studious student, we also become studious. If our friends are naughty in nature, we too become Naughty. Similarly, our 5 sense organs Eyes, Ears, Nose, Tongue and Skin also have a Friend - Mind. The Master's say, the mind could be our best friend, if it's orientation is towards The Lord, Prayer and Meditation. The same Mind can be a distractive friend, if it tends to embroil itself in the worldly pursuits. The Mind is the processor, it has the capacity to think, analyse, understand and implement. It assimilates the information through our sense o...

The Master's Voice 8 The Soul came from it's True Home as a free spirit, totally independent. But upon its' arrival in this world, the focus got distracted and with Mind as its companion started to believe it is the Master. Slowly EGO creeps in. According to The Master's, Ego is the biggest barrier between the union of The Lord and The Soul.  We also succumb to another folly of Mind, and that is our attachment. Initially, The Soul's only focus and intent was to Pray, Meditate and be with The Lord. Unfortunately as Ego crept in, we want to become the Masters of worldly possessions. We want to own it any cost. Once, we are in possession, we get attached to it and under no count do we want to part with it. We believe everything and everyone is here for eternal and will hold same value always. Whereas the truth is, a child who is attached to a toy leaves it for a bat and ball, as he grows up. He leaves the bat and ball as an young man to focus on his job. The job now be...

The Master's Voice 9 To be Content with what we have, is the greatest of virtue a human can possess, says The Master. But if we just look through our life, we will find We were never satisfied with what we had, we always wanted more. Be it a toy, game, food, dress or jewellery. Our eyes were always on what our brothers and sisters got, and we wanted them too. A tendency we developed in childhood slowly has become our nature today. Unknowingly, we seek for others possession. Slowly and steadily it increases in such a way that we become desperate. We are restless till we lay hand on it. It is not just the wealth or worldly possessions that we desperately seek, but we also want to wield power. The craving for power starts from home and spreads to known, neighborhood, society and so on.  Ravana is a great example. He was in possession of knowledge and worldly power, but his greed or craving for Sita, became the cause for his downfall. The Master's say, create the environment from t...

The Hindu tradition was to have spiritual debates (Shastrartha) between intellectuals according to times. Gita means song of God. There are numerous Gitas available in Sanatana Dharma like Bhagwat Gita, Astavakra Gita, Udhhav Gita, Bhisma Gita, Avadhoot Gita etc. Apart from the Bhagavad Gita, there are Fifty-seven (57) more known gitas from Sanatan literatures, that are Agastya Gita (Varaha Purana) Ajagara Gita Anu Gita (Mahabharata) Avadhuta Gita (Padma Purana) Ashtavakra Gita Utathya Gita (Mahabharata) Uttara Gita (Brahmanda Purana) Uddhava Gita (Bhagavata Purana) Ribhu Gita (Shiva Rahasya Purana) Rishabha Gita (Mahabharata) Aila Gita (Bhagavata Purana) Kapila Gita (Bhagavata Purana) Karuna Gita (Bhagavata Purana) Kama Gita (Mahabharata) Kashyapa Gita Ganesha Gita (Ganesha Purana) Garbha Gita Gayatri Gita Guru Gita (Skanda Purana) Jayanteya Gita (Bhagavata Purana) Tulasi Gita Devi Gita (Devi Bhagavata Purana) Dharma Vyadha Gita (Mahabharata) Nahusha Gita Parashara Gita (M...

Ancient India was able to become the most attractive culture in the world, and people used to travel a long way to India to learn about all the tremendous things that had been discovered and invented here. India has possibly had the most creative civilisation that ever existed. Innovation and creativity have real value in the marketplace. Creativity was one of the greatest gifts to the world by our sanatani ancestors even before thousand years.  Puri is one of the Char Dhams (four holy sacred Hindu pilgrimage places). It is also one of the 52 Shaktipeeth, Mata Bimala Devi sitting here and second largest Indian Saiva khetra (more than 200 Shiva temple around city) after Indian city Kashi and hence Aranapurna Bhandar (big kitchen) available in this two cities (Kashi and Puri). It is also one of the saptapuri seven holy cities /khetras in India and one of best tirtha out of all 108 best hindu holy place in India because the salagram travels though sea way from Soumnath (we...

Ashtavakra Gita is a dialogue between King Janka and Astavakra Muni. Astavakra Samhita is also an uncompromising Advaita Vedanta text, tells you all about yourself - who you are, what you are, what’s your purpose of birth, why are you here, and where will you go from here. The Hindu tradition was to have spiritual debates (Shastrartha) between intellectuals.  Once Muni went to King Janakas palace (the King invited all sages and intellectuals to answer his doubts on metaphysical existence). When Ashtavakra reached the court, the courtiers laughed at his distorted body. Astavakra name literally means eight bends in his body. He was physically challenged. But he was very intelligent as a child. Ashtavakra looked at Janak and said, “ I thought you had very evolved courtiers. But now it appears you have cobblers/shoe makers, in your court, as they look at my skin and flesh. they laugh at my physical appearance, rather than look at me for what I am. This treatise is about the...

The Master's Voice 11 Our life's were simple and straight, till we did not use much of our mind. Our duty and responsibility was to listen to the parents and elders, apart from the Teachers and Guru. Just follow the path. But having 5 sense organs which open towards to the outer world, we wavered. What we saw and liked, we Desired. What we Heard and sounded good, we Desired. What we smelt and found good, we Desired. What we tasted and liked, we Desired. The touch, the feel that we liked, we Desired. On each and every step, the Maaya had laid its trap, be it a beautiful woman or handsome guy. Any or every feature appeared attractive and we started to get attached. Our likes, wants and desires started right from the childhood. Be it a book, notebook, pencil or rubber or school dress and shoes. As our wants got fulfilled through the parents and elders, our desires kept increasing as we grew. It now became, Mobile, Laptop, tabs and fashionable outfits. If we just see through, we wi...

The Master's Voice 12 The Master's say, " In this world we think all the objects are apart from us, hence we desire for the things. The moment we will understand that the things are nothing but a thought form or illusion, we will no longer DESIRE. All the things are like water bubbles, we are the water and the objects are bubbles. They cannot exist apart from water, but they're quite not same as the water." We, The Soul - His Particles, are the water. The rest are bubbles that when we try to catch hold of bursts. The object loses its Thought created identity. Thus, our aim should be to seek the soul, His Particle. Because it is only an awakened Soul, which will seek the company of True Father and The True Home. This is possible only if we can keep our mind Pure, far away from the worldly thoughts or Maaya. A mind keen on intellect to resolve all the objectives towards Realisation of The Self shall be a true friend. The Mind when filled with the yearning to meet Th...

The Master's Voice 10 In today's world, one of the most common word in every household is Anger. Sometimes it is the mother or father, who is angry. Sometimes it is the kids, who are angry. Earlier times, it was the elders who used to get angry on a wrong deed of kids and younger family members. The Respect and love for elders ensured that each word of elders was taken piously and necessary changes was brought in self. As we fell prey to Ego, every individual, be it a child or elders, we believe we know everything and we do not need any corrective suggestions. When we get those suggestions from elders, we are not able to accept it, due to our EGO. We take the easy way out and get angry. Similarly, when someone tries to hurt or destroy something we are ATTACHED to, we get angry.  Sometimes we get angry on others success too. Our GREED wants us to go and achieve a bigger success than the other person. For example, if a neighbour has purchased a big car, and my not being able to g...

The Master's Voice 13 In our life time, The Master's say, we have the company of four Gurus - Mother, Father, Guru and The Lord. Mother introduces us to this world and enlightens us to the surroundings. Father gives us the vision as to how we can earn our livelihood. Teachers at school and college give us knowledge about the worldly things. The Master shows The path for Self Realisation. The Spiritual Path requires an experienced MASTER to lead us to eternity.  The Lord is The Soul's Master, The True Father. Upon Self Realisation, by treading on the path shown by The Master, we can have His Darshan and Merge in Him. This is True Salvation and Moksha, that we are earning for. A small anecdote as to what is it that we should seek from The Master. Once, a disciple asked The Master, “What is that one thing O Master, knowing which all doubts are resolved?”  The Master replied, “Know the doubter; if the doubter be held, the doubts will not arise. Recognize for certain that all a...

The Master's Voice 14 Who will be a Seeker of The Lord? How can we find The Master? The Master's say, "Every Soul that has taken the human form is bestowed with an opportunity to reach The True Home. On each and every path, they are given an opportunity to choose from Right path and wrong path." For example, a traditional Hindu family spends time on religious activities like visiting temples, prayers and Bhajans. A child has got ample opportunity to stay on the right path and become a seeker. Whereas, if his set of companion and friends distract him and lead him towards outer activities, he may not spend as much time on temples, prayers and Bhajans. He is busy in other activities and forgotten to be in the remembrance of The Lord. The child who alongwith his parents had been doing prayer and temple visit has created a regular habit. He has earmarked a daily routine of Remembrance of The Lord. When in Remembrance of The Lord, our natural tendency will be to be a good h...

The Master's Voice 15 Does our spiritual journey come to an end, on reaching The Master's place? No, actually it is only the beginning of a new learning. We may know something, but we do not know the logicality or reasoning. For example, a child can watch tennis matches on television and understand the rules and format of the game. But it is another thing to put it into action. Enter the court and play real tennis match. Similarly, on the basis of hearsay, we can make slight progress, but complete understanding and how to move ahead shall not be known, until and unless, with start to live in The Master's Will. The Saints say, "The Master's Will is to live in the Remembrance of The Lord, always." Each and every breath available in our lifetime should be utilised to live in His Remembrance. Can we do it? As on date, for majority of us, it would be impossible. There may be couple of Lucky Souls amongst us, who may be living in the Lord's remembrance. Why is i...

The Master's Voice 16 The orientation of our mind is a cluster which we have slowly and steadily accumulated right from our birth. Today, it considers itself to be the knower of all, and acts like the Master of situations.  The Master's say, "The mind has created a perception that life is to be lived according to it's understanding. But the understanding of mind is limited to whatever it has been exposed to. Hence, it is a fraction of what our full potential can achieve." The Master's further say, "In reality, the Life is to be lived as per the wish of the Soul, Heart or Consciousness, which is the true Master of the body." When the Soul moves out of the body, the person in the body dies. But The Soul is eternal, it either stays on for a birth in the 84 chakra or on attaining salvation reaches The Lord. Thus, The Master starts to unwind and release the perceptions created in the mind and then re orient it, on the right path. The Master's say, ...

The Master's Voice 17 A Master in his Satsang or spiritual discourse was talking about quest to find The Lord. "A man went out in search of The Lord. He went for years and years, from temple to temple, country to country. Finally, after a lifetime, he came to The Lord, he had found The Lord. And The Lord said to him: ‘My dear son, you made a mistake in going out to look for me. You went out to search for The Lord. In doing so, there were three mistakes: YOU went out to search for The Lord! – You saw yourself and The Lord as two separate things. We both are one. You WENT OUT to search for The Lord – You saw a space separation between yourself and The Lord. There is no space in between, The Lord is omnipresent. The Lord is present everywhere. You went out in SEARCH for The Lord. You thought The Lord was hidden and you had to search for him. He is not hidden, he is visible everywhere, in everything." The message is subtle and clear, The Lord is within each and everyone of us...