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Chapter 3 - The Four Approaches To Practical & Spiritual Life  Day 6 A wise man is said to have four things. Both inwardly and outwardly there are four techniques. They are called Sama, Dana, Bheda and Danda. To deal with people in the world, to be wise in the world, the first thing you use is Sama.  Sama means in a peaceful and understanding way. When that doesn't work out, then you go to the second method as the rescue. The second method is Dana. Dana means allowing it to happen, forgiving, creating a space.  When people don't recognise your generosity in allowing them space, then the third principle comes, Bheda. Bheda means to create a discrimination, make a difference, intentionally create a gap.  If somebody is at loggerheads with you, first you talk to them. All problems arise because of lack of communication. If you communicate properly, talk to them with love, evenness starts. When that doesn't work out, then, with the same love, you just ign...

Do we recognize ourselves for what we truly are? The son of an emperor had become spoilt. He had fallen in the wrong company. The father was upset. One day the father became very angry and in a fit of rage he said to the son, "You will be thrown out of the palace. Either rectify yourself or leave my palace." The emperor had not thought that the prince would actually leave the palace. But the prince left the palace in his fury. The emperor's son was as stubborn as emperor. The father searched a lot, but could not find him. Years passed by. The old father's eyes had blurred now, as he wept so much. He had only one son. The entire empire was for him. The father used to repent a lot, that in what unfortunate moment did I uttere such words that I will throw you out! Nearly 20 years passed waiting like this. One day a beggar was begging outside the emperor's palace. The king looked at him, and he felt that it was a familiar face. The old father's heart immediately r...

Chapter 2 - True Intimacy Day 5 For a seed to sprout, first it has to be sealed somewhere inside. Then it sprouts. True intimacy is a combination of all emotions and feelings. Everything will be there. There can only be two things in the world-one is indifference, another is love.  You can be indifferent to somebody, or you can love somebody. Love can take any flavour. You can be angry with someone and there Is love there. see, you only get angry at people whom you love.  You won't be angry at someone on the street with whom you have no connection. vhen vou have something to do with somebody, when you relate vourselt witn someone, then you get angry at them. So two things are there - indifference and intimacy, or love. Indifference means inertia, like a table. When indifference has died in you, you see that every one of us is connected. We are all intimate.  So we don't try to connect ourselves. We are very natural. See, you know some people for a long time, m...

🌷 Katho Upanishad 🌷                  Chapter 4          Beyond the layers of existence       🌻 Day 37 🌻 महतः परमव्यक्तमव्यक्तात्पुरुषः परः । पुरुषान्न परं किञ्चित्सा काष्ठा सा परा गतिः ॥ Beyond the intellect is ego. Ego arises from undifferentiated Consciousness. Consciousness arises from Brahman. Brahman is the first cause and the last refuge! Beyond the ego is Mahat Tattva. Take a strand of hair and cut it vertically 100 times. Take one of these strands and again cut it 100 times, the tip of that one strand is the size of an atom. Ego is a 100 times finer than the atom. They have described the dimension of the ego! 100 times finer than that ego is mahat tattva, the principle called mahat! The word Mahatma is a title, which means the one who has transcended the ego. All saints are called mahatmas. In Sanskrit, mahatma means one who has become one with the mahat tattva. Many times finer, 1000 times ...

🌷 Katho Upanishad 🌷               Chapter 4         Beyond the layers of existence      🌻 Day 36 🌻 इन्द्रियेभ्यः परा ह्यर्था अर्थेभ्यश्र्च परं मनः । मनसस्तु परा बुद्धिर्बुद्धेरात्मा महान्परः ॥ Giving more importance to the senses, than to the objects of senses is wisdom. Senses are incapable of performing but mind wants it. Eyes are tired but the mind wants to see the movie, complete it. Your brain is tired, but the mind is very curious to watch the movie. How many of you have watched movie like that? You have given importance to the movie, more than the eyes.  Give more importance to the senses than the objects of senses. Give more importance to the mind than to the senses and more importance to the intellect than the mind. When the intellect that is beyond the mind, say this is not good for you, just don’t do it. We often don’t listen to our intellect. We go by what our mind says, and it goes wi...