February 03 2012

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Bhagavad Gita (Song of God) is a timeless treatise on the essence of living enlightenment. The Gita was imparted by the enlightened Hindu incarnation Sri Krishna to the warrior-prince Arjuna over 5000 years ago. Amazingly, the spiritual wisdom and life solutions offered in the Gita are so universal and current that it is even today used as a personal transformation guide. In today’s talk on Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 4, Verse 6, Paramahamsa Nithyananda continues yesterday’s explanation of reincarnation. Each time we uproot an old mental pattern, we take a new birth. This is the death of the previous “life” – the previous way of being. The process of “dying the mind” – assisting it toward death – should gain momentum as we repeat it, the same way most skills move more swiftly with practice. Ultimately we reach our natural state, which is to die every time we fall asleep, and awaken to a new life.

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Bhagavad Gita, Paramahamsa Nithyananda, reincarnation, uproot, mental, birth, death, being, mind, gain, momentum, skills, practice, natural, die, awaken, new, life, avatar.

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In Bhagavad Gita, 4th chapter, Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga, 6th verse Ajaha api sann-avyaya-atmaa bhootaanaam-ishvaraha-api san | prakritim svaam-adhishtaaya sambhavaami-attma-maayayaa||

Translation – “Though eternal with the character of immutability and though the Master of all life forms, taking control of my inherent source, with the peculiar power of illusion I come into existence with form. Let me enter into today’s verse – “Though eternal with the character of immutability and though the Master of all life forms, taking control of my inherent source, with the peculiar power of illusion I come into existence with form. It is so beautiful. The unique concept of Hinduism is explained in this truth. In this verse Bhagavan describes the principle of incarnation. See yesterday Krishna described what is reincarnation.

Please understand, the principle of birth and death. As I said every time you start responding in a new way to a problem or situation or crisis, you take new birth. you live many time in one body many minds, in one mind many bodies. Sometime you are stuck with one mental pattern. Without coming out of it you spend janmas after janmas after janmas – lives after lives after lives. Same way, sometime within one body, you go through so many minds. I tell you best use of time is within one body, go through all types of minds. That is best use of time. Don’t waste cosmic time. People ask me Swamiji how do I know I am growing spiritually? Understand once in a while when you look back you feel God!

Six years before how I was, how I respond to every situation, how my mental patterns were, now see how I am! when you look back in your life, God! Six years before how I used to respond. Some people why six years, 3 years before how I used to respond, now how I am, some 1 year before. If the period within which you feel then I was different and now I am different if that period is coming down, then you are spiritually growing. That is the measure of your spiritual growth. For some period it is 5 years, for some people it may be one janma.

He is fanning me (Swamiji refers to Meenakshi the parrot sitting next to him) See the period of transformation is what I call one birth. Today sit and do this like a homework. When you look back what was the time you will honestly feel as your old personality’s death and the new personality’s expression. If you look back – is it 3 year or 4 year or 1 year or 8 months. Look back. See the transformation period. That is what I call as time of one birth of your mind. One life of your mind. If all your patterns you are responding in a new way, then the old mind is dead – it is one life of your mind. Actually one life of your mind when it reduces, your spiritual growth intensely increases. See average one life of your body you know 80 to 90 years. Your average one life of your mind now you should know by doing this exercise. By digging it out you should know. Is it 5 year, 4 year, 3 year. Understand I am giving you the principle. Look in properly. Not even one pattern you should be given the old response. See the old response date when you used to respond in the old unconscious way. Now all patterns you should be responding in new way. If you have not yet startedresponding to all patterns, still your mind has not yet dead. Major 10 or 15 patterns only you use everyday in your life. Please understand, you may be thinking no Swamiji I use 2000 patterns per day, no. you are not that intelligent. If you are really demonic and criminal, you can be having 15 patterns. So maximum 15 patterns only all of you use per day. If that 15 patterns are transformed and you are responding to them in a new way. When I say mental pattern I mean when your irritation, anger comes up that is one mental pattern, tiredness, lust – that is mental patterns. Sometime people are so unconscious. When lust comes they respond with anger. When lust comes if you respond with romance you are atleast in your natural state, but if you respond in a anger way you are perverted. But you respond to your anger in a romantic way. You sing and celebrate it. When your confusion come you respond with active analysis. Actually when a confusion and chaos comes you should respond with tiredness or unclutching. But when it comes, you are active. I have seen in Indian villages, the chicken they will run around in the garbage cans and dust bins. They will pick all the dust, they will be very active. Your chaos and confusion is like a garbage. You will become like a chicken very active. Not even ordinary chicken, headless chicken. Whenever your confusion, chaos comes up respond with tiredness and unclutched mood. Whenever the peace and restful awareness comes up, respond with activeness and life. See how you respond. When there is confusion and chaos, you sit and think, think, analyze and make everybody in the world except you. when there is confusion and chaos, every other person in the world becomes a criminal. How you actively respond to your chaos and confusion.

But when you feel peaceful and restful awareness you lie down. You never allow that celebrate in you rlife. Basically only 10 to 15 patterns per day you respond. If that 10 to 15 patterns, mental patterns if you have started giving complete new response, your old mind is dead. Death of the mind has happened. now the new mind is created. life span of your mind if it reduces, your spiritual growth increases. First time when your mind completely dies and new mind is created, the life style of that mind is 20 or 30 years till you see the master. When you see the master, within one year the old mind should die. Only then you can live around the master. If that much is not happening, then you have to be in another place. First life span may be 20 years. When the second mind is born, that is why you are called Dwija – rebirth.

The life span of the second mind should not be more than 2 years. Then 3rd mind should not be more than 2,3months. 4th, 5th mind should not be more than few weeks. Ultimate spiritual living is every night your mind should die. Along with every sleep your mind should die. The life span of your mind should be only one day. Then you are a Jeevan mukta. LE person. see God has made a natural process of killing your mind eveyr night. Why do you get it back. He has given you natural divorce. But you take it on saying no, known devil is beter than unknown angel. The life span of your mind should be only one day. Every time when you wake up it should be new mind, new pattern, new way of responding. Every night you fall asleep, mind should die. See the deep sleep state, when you go in and come out, you should not be responding int eh same old pattern, with the same old responses. Living in one body but had many minds is what I call soul getting matured. This is what is maturity of the soul. We all know body getting matured, body getting old. But only very few soul getting matured. Sometime you can see people who have young body, sometime very young age, but matured soul will be inside that young body. you will listen to very matured things. Sometime the body will be very old, but still mind is not matured. The concept of re-birth should be understood. Concept of re-incarnation should be understood. The unique truth revealed in Hindu tradition, in the hindu philosophy is the concept of re-birth and concept of pure consciousness taking birth. the concept of re-birth is like a soul getting more and more matured and assuming diff diff bodies and even in one body assuming diff diff minds. This is the soul getting matured. The next concept pure conscious energy means highly matured soul assuming human body. we call them as incarnations. In Sanskrit we call them as Avataras – Avatar means coming down. Krishna is explaining the concept of birth and re-birth and concept of incarnation, avatarhood in this verse. He starts explaining in this verse. I will expand whatever Krishna says about re-birth and the concept of incarnation in my next Satsangs.

2) Is your position handed down to your son as families retain titles?

No. our tradition is given from Guru to disciple. I am not married and don’t have kids. This spiritual state is given to me by my Spritual predecessor and intiated me into this. Now I have find out my disciples and after me I will be handing over to them this position. So it is not by biological relationship …

3) How long have you been studying Hinduism and can you ever learn everything? I can say I have been studying Hinduism from when I was 3 years old. But still I learnt only introduction to Hinduism. No one can learn completely everything about the Hindu tradition. We can only learn how much is needed to fulfill our life. I have only learnt how much is need for my fulfillment and to people who come to me.

5) So if Hinduism believes in reincarnation, what happens when food runs out?

Our life style is never based on resources which run out. All our life style is based on resources which never run out like sun, water. Somebody asked me if Hindu enlightened masters knew everything, why did they not run aeroplanes and …we did have them but ran them with renewable resources. Because Hinduism never runs on anything which is nonrenewable. If petrol can run one day we never use it. which never runs out we call it natural resources, natural energies – vayu – wind, varuna – water, surya –s un, Indra – intelligence God. We use this renewable energy resources. So there is no such thing as food running out.

6) are there people that believe in Hinduism and another religion? Is it allowed?

In Hinduism we have not such bondage. Hinduism accepts many Gods and all Gods. We have no problem. We say every religion….We have 6 branches in Hinduism. i tell you between these two branches there are more differences than Hinduism and Islam… between Yoga and Vedanta more differences are there. You can look around the temple. Each person, each deity you see has created their own religion. So Hinduism is not one religion, but group of religions. Group of religions existing and enriching each other is Hinduism

7) If a child dies from illness is it because they were a bad person in a previous life? Are they to blame?

No, some children choose not to live. Hinduis believes in karma. I want to translate karma not as good or bad but as your wish. It is neither good nor bad, nobody needs to be blamed

8) What is the successful practice when a person is constantly doing mean or hurtful things to you?

First explain to him that he is doing hurtful things to you. if he understands and moves away from you great. If not, take actions like legally protecting yourself and socially protecting yourself. hinduism gives a clear method – sama-veda-dana-danda. Means first trying to settle through peaceful method. If not next give him understanding of fear, 3rd if he comes to peace, he is going to be at peace, show the greed part, if all three are not working, go for action to protect yourself. 4 step – first just peaceful action, 2nd fear side if you are hurting, it will hurt you, 3rd greed side both of us can grow together. 4th if all 3 do not work, going for action that will protect yourself.

9) How do you retain good karma?

Creating good mental patterns. Right way of responding to every situation, crisis which happens in your life. So expanding in right direction and responding with restful awareness to every problem is the best way to retain good karma.

10) What was the name of the book again – Bhagavad Gita – song of god. In Hinduism we believe Krishna as incarnation of God. You can see the Krishna’s deity standing in your right side with his beloved. His is the God who is standing with the flute in his hand is Krishna. He was delivering teaching to his close friend Arjuna in a battle field

11) how is the way we can come in touch with the divine

Hinduism very strongly believes and I have experienced it personally – divine is inside you. when there are not thoughts, you will shine with the divine presence in you. so if you cacomplete relax from your thoughts at least for a few seconds in your inner space you can get in touch with the divine.

12) ARE ANIMALS considered our equals, and if so can they also change forms in death and become more divine?

Yes. The possibility for becoming divine is open and available completely to all beings. Not only for animals, even for trees, stones, rocks everything has possibility to transform into the divine. Hinduism is the most democratic religion all the thoughts, truths, sacred belief, sacred experiences are open to all human beings and all animals, all plants, all trees and all extra territorial beings. Even the aliens are not aliens for us. Even the life in the other planet is included. Even for them Hinduism opens the possibility of divine achievement.

I have conflict between being materialistic and spiritual - Materialism itself is not something wrong. Your ambition to have your life comfortable, to have money and materialistic things is not wrong. The problem is with the conflict that exists in you for this. so I will ask you to work more trying to resolve conflicts. How you generate conflicts is sometime you feel you have earn wealth, sometime you feel you should just run away. Conflict is when you execute your desires, you are not able to stand and cope with the problems that arise. So you should only strengthen your inner space to deal with them and not work on reducing the desires.

There was a time when all looks good all is wonderful and there is no wrong.and you cannot imagine nothing is wrong with the world. then one day you wake up and find everything is wrong.

Two thing – you feeling everything is great is also dependent on your inner space. Same way you feeling everything is wrong, is also your inner space. Really the ultimate truth is life is neither good nor bad. It is as it is. How you want to perceive it. If you want life to be good then decide to perceive that it is good. Life is neither good nor bad. Life is like a river. In a river you can enter clean yourself and come out, dirty the river and come out. Same way, life is river. When you feel life is good or life is bad when you feel how you feel that. look into that. when you feel life is good maybe you have acceptance, celebration, intense energy, curiosity to live, ..these are the qualities which make you feel life is good. Awaken, support, encourage the qualities more and more in you. that is what we call building good karma. Life is like a sky. You building a telescope is building life…build the right telescope to look at life and life will always be food for you.

How can you live life full of happiness?

The very idea you carry about happiness is too small. the joy or happiness for you is the small gap you give for you after continuously torturing yourself. all humans constantly torture themselves with wrong ideas when you give a small break that is what you call as joy. Change of suffering you call as happiness. Really understanding the root why you constantly torture you with wrong ideas and how you can come out of it. that is the base. Maybe understanding that and spending little time for meditation. The question is too big. I am able to give only the initial introductory answer through this question thru phone. For more detailed answers, please go to youtube and more than 2000 hours of insights are available to make your life full of happiness.

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