February 23 2011

Title:

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM HDH BHAGAVAN NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM

Transcription

04:53

Today's subject is ‘Mysticism and Philosophy’. They have printed in a way ‘Eastern Mysticism and Western Philosophy’. But I wanted to reduce the title ‘Mysticism and Philosophy’ because we have a general concept - mysticism means it is only East, Philosophy means only it is west. It is not true. There are many Enlightened persons, great mystics, who were born in the west. There are many dull philosophers, dry intellectuals who were born in the East. So both has contributed for mysticism and the philosophy. So we will reduce the title to ‘Mysticism and Philosophy’.

What is Mysticism and what is Philosophy? Philosophy is intellectual – the knowledge, the informations, verbalizations of the experiences, memories of the past, assumptions about the future; these are all philosophy. It is more based on logic; collecting the information, analyzing them coming to conclusion. Mysticism is more like transforming your life. It is the Alchemy which happens in your Being. The word Alchemy you need to understand. Alchemy is the science through which they used to make lower metals to the higher metals. Copper can be transformed as gold, Mercury can be solidified; the lower level metals will be raised to the higher metals. Alchemy is the process which makes metals pure, the transformation of the Inner Being I call it as an Ultimate Alchemy, Alchemy which happens inside your being; a man becoming God, devil becoming Divine, the words becoming realization. This process I call it as Alchemy. Mysticism is more to do with Alchemy. If you have a problem - physically, mentally or spiritually, how philosophy deals it and how mysticism deals it, if we understand, then we will be able to have clear view about philosophy and mysticism; the angle of philosophy, angle of mysticism.

8:53

Enlightened people always called their philosophy as Darshanas. Darshana means you need to understand, Darshana does not mean philosophy. Darshana means whatever is seen, whatever is seen they have recorded. Those things are always called philosia. New word - philosia not philosophy. Philosophy is born out of mind, philosia - mysticism is born out of no mind. Philosophy is born out of matter. Mind is nothing but a matter. Mind is nothing but a bio computer. Philosophy is born out of a bio computer. Mysticism is born out of bioenergy. Mysticism is outcome of enlightenment. Philosophy is the outcome of intellect. Philosophy comes from intellect. Mysticism comes from intuition. Philosophy has got only 120 degree vision, mysticism sees in 360 degree. That is why the mystics are always represented, the statues or the photographs of mystics is represented always with the third eye. The Krishna, Shiva all the mystics you can see, there will be diagram, the third eye will be there. Third eye means the vision of 360 degree; all the sides they will be able to see; beyond this two eyes.

With intellect you can touch only the level of head; intellect is like a communication; philosophy is a communication between teacher and a disciple, teacher and student. Mysticism is a communion Master and disciple, philosophy is the communication between teacher and student. Mysticism is a communion between Master and disciple. To learn philosophy just your head is more than enough; if you are a little bit attentive that is more than enough, nothing else is necessary. If your logic is sharp you can learn philosophy. But to learn mysticism, it is not even learning, it is picking up. To have the mystical experience, you need to put your whole Being, whole Being is necessary. Just an intellectual understanding is not enough. If you are in conflict, if you are in confusion, be very clear, still you are intellectual or philosophical not mystical. The danger is people think themselves as mystics or they are mysticism, but they are in intellectual or philosophical level. As long as you have confusion, as long as you are in conflict, be very sure, you are only philosophical.

12:53

Once I spoke on the different meditation techniques; meditation techniques for intellectual people and emotional people. Somebody asked me, “Swamiji how can I find out whether I am intellectual or emotional?” I told him, “the very question shows you are intellectual; don't worry. The very doubt shows you are intellectual.” Because only intellectual people get the doubts. Emotional people will never have any doubt. They are very clear from the first, day one. So, you can be sure if you have the doubt whether you are mystical or intellectual, be sure you are intellectual. Any conflict; because philosophy is the outcome of conflict, mysticism is outcome of love. Philosophy cuts and analyses. Mysticism Unites and heals. That is why mysticism is always represented by the word Yoga. Yoga means Union, Yoga means Union. Again and again it unites and heals.

Of course philosophy has got its own use, utility. That is why we let the philosophy be alive. In the outer world, philosophy is the language, doubt is the language, logic is the language which can win, which can bring you bread and butter; but unfortunately man cannot live only with bread and butter. If man can live only with bread and butter we don't need mysticism; philosophy is more than enough. Unfortunately, man cannot live only with bread and butter. We need something more than philosophy. If philosophy can satisfy, libraries are more than enough. There is no need for anything more; no need for Churches, Temple, Mosque or the Monasteries. If philosophies is sufficient, libraries are more than enough. But philosophy doesn't satisfy. The language of outer world is philosophy. In the outer world if you want success, you should know the philosophy, logic, how to doubt, how to question, how to analyze, how to cut. In the inner world the very language is different. For the inner world, you need only mysticism or the help of a mystic.

16:14

If you try to test a rose flower with a Touchstone what will happen? There was a man who is a Goldsmith went to his friend’s house. The friend showed, ‘see such beautiful roses, how nice they are all.’ This man asked, ‘I wanted to test whether they are original roses or plastic roses.’ This man said, ‘go and touch and feel, you can understand whether it is original or plastic.’ Goldsmith said, ‘no, no, no, no, no according to our professional we test only through Touchstone never through just by touching.’ So he started plucking the roses and rubbing it against the Touchstone. Using the Touchstone can he find out whether it is original rose or not? No. Touchstone is useful to find out the gold, find out the originality of the gold; to work with the gold but not with roses. Philosophy, logic, is like Touchstone. It is useful in the outer world, with gold, but never with the inner world, the inner lotus. With inner Lotus, Touchstone cannot do; the language is totally different, the life has to be totally different.

If you want to learn philosophy you can learn just by words; verbal language is enough. But mysticism can be learnt only by body language. That is why the Mystery School they call it in Sanskrit Gurukulam. In Mystery Schools always it is recommended the disciple should stay with the Master. The disciple should stay with the Master throughout the day; from morning till evening disciples are requested to stay with the Master. If you want to learn something verbally you don't need to stay. The concept of school and concept of Gurukulam is totally different. In school you learn philosophy, you learn words from teacher. Whatever may be the teacher’s character, you don't need to bother about it. Whatever way teacher may live, you don't have to worry about it. If teacher can repeat what is in the books that is more than enough, you don't need to bother anything else about the teacher or the teacher’s life. Just if he or she repeats what is in the book, over, you will learn, come away. That is why schools are always part time. But the Mystery School, when you want to learn something mystical, mysticism, you always need to be with the Master. Here verbal language is not useful, here from body language you learn; it is more by HIS Presence than by HIS words. It is more through communion than by communication. Communication become useless in the Presence of the Master.

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I tell you, whenever you feel you have understood something from Masters Words, be very clear, be sure, you have misunderstood. Whenever you feel the satisfaction ‘oh I am learning so much from Swamiji’s discourses’, be very clear, you are not learning anything. Somebody asked me, ‘Swamiji I do not know English. Can I come to your class, discourses?’ I told him, ‘you are the right person to come and sit there. At least you know you don't know.’ People who know the language they think they know; but they don't know. That is a very, really it is a pathetic condition. If you know at least you don't know, you know you don't know. If you don't know that you don't know, you don't even know you don't know. Most of the time, if you think you are learning something from me, you are getting something by attending the discourses, be clear, you miss much. The importance of being here is not to listen to my words but to listen to my silence; not to listen to my words. If you listen to my words you will miss the greatest thing which you can have from me. If you have the communication you will miss the communion.

You may ask then, why I am speaking. If I don't speak you will start speaking within yourself. That is the reason I continue to speak. But if you observe, you can see, many times I will be giving unnecessary gaps; for no reason there will be gap. Those gaps are just to create vacuum inside your mind. Your mind will be just waiting ‘what is the next word, what is the next word.’ I give just unnecessary gap. If you listen my tapes you can understand there will be many place unnecessarily vacuum, empty. People may think Swami is searching for words. A real orator will not give gap, according to the rules a good orator will never give you gap. But I am not here to orate something or teach you something. I am here to give you something. Teaching is different, giving is something, giving is different. If you know how to be aware of the gaps, silence, you will have my Presence. I am here or you are here, only to have the Presence, not to have communication. If I don't speak, your mind will start speaking to yourself. That is the only reason I speak. So that if I speak, at least your mind will relax; you will stop speaking. If you really stop speaking and start listening, not only you will start listening, you will see something more will be happening in you.

24:10

It is the Presence of the Master that is important. If you think you are learning you are missing. If you understand there is nothing to be learnt, there is nothing to be known. If you attend 2-3 satsang, then you will understand I am speaking the same thing. I am telling the same thing in different words; just I am changing the words, just I am changing the cloth or overcoat; not even cloth, over coat. Today one color coat, tomorrow different color coat, day after tomorrow different color coat. But the main message is the same. Of course main message can never change; the same thing I am speaking. Why I am speaking every day? So that I can make you silent. My speaking is more or less like a technique. It is not philosophy, it is not talking, it is not teaching; actually I don't want to teach you anything. If we can do something to forget whatever you have learnt that is the best thing. Because in the process of learning you have lost much. If you understand this one thing, it will be nice.

Till the age of 7, children think by visualization not by verbalization. You need to understand - the visualization and verbalization. Till the age of 7, when you say something children immediately see the scenes; they just visualize and then they process. But once you put them into the school, the visualization is reduced to verbalization. Visualization is just killed, destroyed to verbalization. The intuition is reduced to intellect. There was a great mathematician from India; if you have heard of his name I don't know; Ramanujam - a great mathematician. In his time, nobody else could even come near him. Ordinarily other senior mathematicians, if they take half an hour for one problem, this man, this Ramanujam will give the solution just by a second. You tell the problem, there is a solution, simply solution is there. But the poor man doesn't know how he arrived the solution. People used to ask him ‘please give me the way’. He says, ‘no, I do not know; because I think in visualization. Just I see the problem, next vision is solution, over.’ The thinking is more like intuitive not intellectual. He just sees the problem, the next slide solution is there.

Every kid, not only Ramanujam, everybody, when we came to this earth, we had the capacity of visualization. That is why the eyes of the kids are so alive, so vibrant. If you look at the eyes of the kids that is a great meditation; below the age of 7, if you just look at their eyes, that is a great meditation. That is why, they say, the eyes are the index of the mind; not only index of the mind, index of the Being. Whatever is inside will be shown by the eyes. We never look into each other's eyes, why? Even if somebody looks into your eyes, after a few seconds, you just turn away; because you are afraid he may find out what is inside. In the mouth, you show a big smile, but inside you think, ‘let me take care of you later on, not now.’ Especially when somebody dies, when you go there, you enquire; you can always see people have got a line of violence or vengeance inside. In their mouth they will be telling, ‘Ohh, he is gone, it is too bad, I feel sorry for you.’ Inside, ‘oh he has gone, good, let him go. I was thinking how much he was troubling us. It is good that he has gone.’ You think one thing, you can speak one thing. In words you can cheat, in words you can play; we can think one thing, we can say another one thing, but in eyes you cannot play, in visualization you cannot play.

29:57

You cannot play in visualization. Your eyes will show who you are, your eyes will clearly express what you think. That is why we never let anybody to see our eyes. If somebody looks into your eyes deeply, you just turn your eyes. You can find out whether that guy speaks truth or not by looking at his eyes. If he is courageous. Then he will just gaze your eyes, if he doesn't have enough of courage, you can always see, he will turn his eyes. With kids they just visualize, they don’t verbalize. But when you put them in the school, then whole visualization capacity becomes verbalization. They are taught how to read, how to write, by force. At least till the age of 7 kids should not be put in the school. Till the age of 7 they should be allowed to learn with the nature. They have their own inbuilt mechanism to learn. They learn from the trees, learn from the nature, learn from the father, learn from the mother; they have their own method to learn. If we let them learn till the age of 7, the visualization will never become verbalization. The capacity to have the intuition will be retained. But, when we put them in the school, the visualization turns into verbalization. Then they start thinking in words. The Mind starts working with words.

With words you take long time. With word you take too much of time to come to any solution. That is the difference between Ramanujam and other mathematicians. Ramanujam thought in visualization, the other persons thought in Verbalization. The greatness of Ramanujan is he never went to school; actually he has never been through formal school so that he could retain his visualization capacity, his innocence. When that visualization becomes verbalization, you can understand; instead of eyes being vibrant, tongue will become vibrant, then visualization is turned to verbalization. It is almost like a psychological castration. I am using a strong word, but it is the truth. Psychologically the man is castrated, the Being is castrated; because with visualization any problem you will have the immediate solution. With verbalization you have to go through a long process to come to a conclusion.

Verbalization belongs to logic. Verbalization belongs to head; it is easy to have but visualization is difficult to handle. A man who has got the visualizing capacity will have the tremendous freedom. He will be so ecstatic, joyful, you cannot put up with him. That is why, from the time in memorial, all the Enlightened Masters are poisoned, crucified, the stones are thrown, they have been thrown out of the country. Time starts from Shankara, Buddha, Jesus, Krishna, every Master; of course when the disciples write the history, they try to change. But if you see the truth, you cannot tolerate a more intelligent person among your society or amidst us. We feel too small in front of them. That is why we even reduce the visualization capacity of the kids to verbalization. Once they become just like us, buffaloes, we feel comfortable. Till we make them buffaloes, we don't feel comfortable. No parents feel comfortable with the energy of the kids. Their whole, this side, that side, do this, do that; you always feel uneasy, you try your best to control them, you try your best to suppress them. Once you make them silent, dull, dead, just like you, then you feel now you have your son or your daughter.

35:35

Visualization is reduced to verbalization. Philosophy is always oriented on verbalization. Mysticism is always oriented on visualization. That is why for meditation you need visualization, for philosophy you need verbalization. How philosophy deals your three layers of problems, how mysticism deals your three layers of problems. physical illness - all the Medicine System, healing system born out of philosophy, treats the symptom. If you have problem in the lung, only the lungs are attended; only that portion is attended by some chemical or some operation by some injection; that portion is attended. But we forget to understand by giving medicine only to that portion; if you have headache you are given medicine, what happens? Head ache becomes stomach pain. Then immediately some more medicine - that becomes knee pain, then give some more medicine - that becomes psychological depression. When you attend, only the symptom or partly; because according to logic if you attend that portion, it is more than enough, according to philosophy if you attend that portion that's more than enough, because philosophy continuously cuts into pieces and analyses.

So all the system born out of intellect and philosophy touches only the symptom of that portion. We forget body and mind is one system. The healing system which are given birth by philosophy, the intellect, says – body is a bio mechanism but the healing systems which are given birth by the mystics always say body is the covering or the sheath of the soul or Energy. This two concepts need to be understood. When you say body is the bio mechanism, you can handle the body just like a machine. If one part of the machine is disturbed, you remove that portion replace it with another same part; that is enough. In a machine, lathe machine, if one screw is gone, you just replace that screw that is enough. With machine it is perfectly alright. When you say body is a bio mechanism, bio machine, you use the same attitude; you handle the body also with a same mind, with a same way. But unfortunately body is not a Bio mechanism. Body is something more. And according to the philosophical healing systems, logical healing systems, body is separate, mind is separate. Unfortunately again that is wrong. That is why whenever you treat the symptom, or only that portion, disease is only transferred or postponed; never cured. Whenever you take medication for symptom or only the particular disease, you can be sure, you will see the headache will disappear, but either today or tomorrow it is going to come as a stomach pain. The time which is taken for the headache to become stomach pain, that period only you call it as period of health that's all. That gap you think as a healthy time; either today or tomorrow the process is going to happen.

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One more thing, a simple thing, body continuously is circulated or flooded with the same energy. You cannot say, ‘if you have the problem in the lungs, only lungs has got separate energy and whole other body has got the separate energy. No. Even the physical plane you cannot say, here separate blood is flowing, everywhere in some other blood flowing no. So the medicine healing systems which are born out of intellect or the logic or the philosophy cuts or analyses, treats only the symptom or that portion. The healing system which are born out of mysticism, specially Ayurveda and the meditation healing, they go to the root of the disease, they say there is no different meanings for disease, no different names for disease; only two things - either disease or health; that's all. People come and ask me, ‘Swamiji, what all the disease you can heal? I tell them what do I know? I do not know anything about anatomy. I can heal the disease which you can name and the diseases which you can't name; that's all, that much only I can say. Because according to me, according to meditation healing, only two things - low energy, high energy disease help that's all. The root is only one thing either low energy or high energy. We do not look at the man, the Mystic do not look at the man as a bio mechanism. They look at him as something more than bio mechanism. It is the root which needs to be healed, it is the being which needs to be healed, not the part of the symptoms.

If you try to cut the trees; if you try to cut the branches or the leaves to destroy a tree can you be successful? If you try to cut only the leaves and the branches to kill a tree you can never be successful. Now they say if you prune a tree it grows much better way in a much more quick way. So by treating the symptoms, by treating the outer layer, you will not be touching the disease. In the language of the mystics that touch the root, go to the very root of the disease, go from where disease starts, where your Being and mind is not ease with each other. The root of the disease is uneaseness between your mind and your Being, the uneaseness only create diseaseness in you. The diseaseness only becomes disease. The healing system which is given birth by mystics looks at the Being as a whole. Whenever you are whole you are Holy. Understand this thing whenever you are whole you are Holy. They look at the very Being, at the very root, from where the basic disease is appearing, from where the cure can happen, from where the root is coming out, from which point we can remove the very root. The approach to the body or to the human being itself is totally different from the language of mystic. That is why for any disease, the same healing.

You may think how the same healing can work on any disease? Because there is no too many names. How many names you make, it is only one thing. Low energy, high energy that's all. When that energy is attended; many people come to me for healing. They would have come to get healed some problems in the heart, but after two-three days, they come and report to me, “Swamiji, my stomach pain has disappeared. I had a tumor in the hip; that has disappeared. How is it? I didn't tell you about that.” I always tell them never think disease are separate. You have two-three disease, never think you have two-three disease. Disease means it is only one. It is only one low energy; that's all. The whole thing can be classified under one category, under one things. So when you touch the root you heal the disease. Whenever you touch the symptom or the part, you only transfer or postpone the disease. When you touch the root, only then you heal it, you cure it. So, the mystics approach towards the body has given birth to the Ayurveda and meditation healing. Whenever it is necessary some chemicals to be supplied from outside they give them Ayurveda medicine, whenever it is necessary some negativity to be removed from inside, they give the meditation. So the meditation and the medication both are in the root of Holistic idea or holiness, wholeness. The mystics look at the mind, look at the man in a different way. Philosophers look at the body, look at the mind in a different way.

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Next in the mental level, in the level of education or information, how the mind is looked by the philosophers. According to philosophy, you are a mature man if you know the information. According to philosophy, you are a man who has got your own position or social status, if you know the facts and figures. You don't need to do anything more. Just a fact is more than enough, just figures are more than enough. Just if your mind is alive, active, if your mind has got enough of information, that is enough. That is why all the schools, all the universities, all the mental education centers, mental training centers, created by philosophers, created by logicians helps you to improve your concentration. They speak only on concentration, they speak only on collecting information, they speak only on processing the information; collecting and processing the information; nothing else. If you know that, that is more than enough. That is why all the school, Universities, they train only on the facts and information’s. They make your head too big; your whole energy is just sucked by the head.

And you should know a fact, just few months ago I read poll survey - in every University when a person leaves the university with the gold medal, especially Gold medalist, every university, at least 50 to 60 people leave the university every year with the gold medal. Every department will be having a gold medalist. They took a survey after 10 years how the gold medalists are living, what is their life. They say more than 70% of the gold medalist live in a poverty level and broken relationship; their lives are just hell; its small, not small number; more than 70%, it's true. What I'm giving you is a fact from a poll survey. I have read it in a magazine. More than 70%, either they live under the poverty line, below poverty line and not only that, broken relationship; the life has become just hell. Why? Too much of energy when it is sucked by the head, you do not know how to forget your head. That’s the problem!!! No, really.

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You can never live with a philosopher, you can never marry and have a good life with a lecturer or professor! I tell you, especially philosophy professors; because even in the house they will be like a teacher, they will be like a professor. You see, a doctor when he comes back to the house, he knows how to remove the stethoscope and keep, how to remove his overcoat and keep. Even a lawyer can keep somehow his coat outside. But what will happen to professor? What can he do? He has to keep only his mouth shut which is impossible; almost impossible!! It is very difficult to live which philosophers. If you have experience you can understand, it's very difficult to live with philosophers; because their way of thinking itself is totally different. They have gone so much away from the reality; they are actually in their own world. They are living actually in their own world. That is why almost all the philosophers you can see, they will have a frustrated death; last phase of their life will be filled with frustration. Because philosophy is like running into the future. They do not know how to live in the reality.

One more thing, philosophers are the people who will never have pet animals. We can see these are all few things; philosophers can never put up with pet animals because they want everything perfect. They’ll have no much time to play with pet animals. And you can see them, the philosophers cannot spend much time with kids; because they need too much of perfection. The idea of perfection is nothing but idea of madness. You can see with Philosopher's a continuous idea of perfection will be there; for everything they want the perfection. They know how to cut things. There are too many symptoms, there are many symptoms to find out whether you are a philosopher or not.

Philosophers can never laugh; even if they laugh, at the most they can smile, at the most not much. At the most they can smile; because laughing means you need to forget your head. Actually laughing means to forget your head. You need to forget, you know too much. Even if you tell a joke philosopher will tell, ‘ehhh I heard this joke 10 time ago; 10 times I have heard this joke. 10 years ago I read this joke.’ But even first time he would not have laughed; because as soon as he read the joke, he will think, ‘ohhh, it is from like that joke, ok. It must be from that book’, or he will be thinking, ‘I think this is from my book he has stolen’, intellectual property. You can always see philosophers can never laugh; because to laugh you need to have little bit of innocence. The life of the philosophers; but one thing is great about philosophers, they will never go to hell after death. Why? They are already living!! They can be sure of one thing they will not go to hell after death. They can be sure of one thing. The life of philosophers is such, they are totally disconnected from the reality. They are totally disconnected from practicality.

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One philosopher somehow by mistake had a cat; it is not that he is bringing up, must be his wife. The cat has given birth to a kitten. Every night the cat used to come and stand outside the house and make noise to open the door. He is totally bored or disturbed to come and open the door and you can see laziness is always great quality of Philosophers. That is one more thing because so much of energy sucked by the head, the body will not have energy. Even when they walk, you can understand, it will be very regularized walking, it will not be like floating. When a mystic walks, you can see, it will be like floating. When a philosopher walks, you can see it is like a steady, control walking, steady controlled walking. Philosopher does not mean only a man who has studied philosophy; even amongst you there are so many philosophers; amongst you there are so many philosophers. The person who lives with a tightness, you can always see, he'll be philosopher, intellectual. He may be in the other field, even in the field of art, poetry, painting, dancing, there are many philosophers. Somehow, they enter into this field; they enter into this field. It is not that just because you are a doctor you are not a philosopher, just because you are a lawyer you are not a philosopher.

When I say the word philosopher, I mean persons who are oriented too much on head; too much on the head, too much of idea of perfectionism, too much of conditioning, too much of ego. When a Mystic walks, you can see it will be like a flower flowing, it will be more like floating, it will be more like floating. When the philosopher walks you can see it will be very straight; more or less make an army man. So this man, somehow wants to get rid of this cat. So he called the plumber and told him make two hole; one for cat, one more for kitten. Wife said, “Why? One hole is more than enough. In that itself cat and kitten both will come.” Philosopher said, “Keep quiet, what logic you know. You do not know anything about logic. I am a philosopher. When I say do it.” Yes, philosophers know the logic - for cat one is necessary, for the kitten one is necessary, but only practical people knows plumber knows practicality; one is more than enough.

The person who is head oriented will be so much away from the reality, that is why the gold medalist all the university gold medalists, after 10 years, 70% of them live in poverty, broken relationship, broken relationship. To relate you need your Being not only head. I have seen many people coming and talking to me, “Swamiji my husband is such a great philosopher. It is so difficult to relate with him.” And male come and complain to me, “my wife is such a person of perfectionism; it is very difficult to live with her.” Whenever someone is philosopher, you can be sure, the house which is supposed to be a Dharma kshetra will become Kurukshetra; Dharmakshetra will become Kurukshetra because the philosophy makes you move from the reality. With philosophy your energy is just sucked by the head; only head nothing but head, just head, head, head, nothing else but head.

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With mystics, the training of the mystics, the mystical education centers, Ashrams; ashrams are the Mystical Education Centers. The philosophical Education Centers are schools and Universities. Education centers for mysticism and Mystery is Ashrams. Ashram or the mystics, they always train a man not to make his logic or the head too big. They always teach him how to switch off and on the mind. Here, in Philosophy, how to collect more and more information is taught. With Mystics how to switch off and switch on how to use your mind is taught. Here how to expand your mind is taught. With mystics how to use your mind is taught. That is why in Philosophy nothing more than mind exists. The ultimate thing according to philosophy is mind; that's all. But according to mystics the ultimate thing is something beyond mind. They call it spirit of the self.

They say, there is something more than mind exists. Mind is nothing but one more component of you are Being. Just like you can handle the body you will be able to handle the mind also. Mystics always teach how to handle the mind. Philosophers always teach how to expand the mind. Expansion of the mind needs Concentration. Handling the mind needs meditation. That is why in all the philosophical Education Centre the concentration is given importance. Mystical Education Centre, the mystical guiding centers, meditation is given importance. Here awareness, there concentration. Philosophy gives importance to concentration, mystics give importance to meditation. With meditation you know how to handle your mind. It is more or less like a, one more component, one more part of your system. When you want you can remove, clear it and reuse it. When you don't want you can switch it off, keep it aside. According to philosophy, mind in ultimate. According to mystics mind is only second layer. There is something more in it.

That is why in the world of mystics they are always free from mind. Where ever the mystical education centers prevailed, you can see depression has never attacked those parts of the world. In America, only in 2003, last year, last year alone hundred and three million depression medication prescriptions are issued; only in 2003. I thought hundred and three million is too much but one of our devotee, who is in Santiago, he is a person who is doing research on this, he gave me the clear research survey - hundred and three million depression medication prescriptions are issued only in America. Why? Because according to philosophy, mind is everything. You do not know, we do not learn how to handle the mind. We learn only how to expand the mind. It is like purchasing car without knowing how to use the break. You got a new big car, got into the car started driving in a Freeway, finally you have come to your house but you do not know how to stop the car!! What will happen? It means, somebody told me it means, ‘we are not driving the car Swamiji, car is driving us.’ That is what is true. When you do not know how to stop the car you are not driving the car, car is driving you.

Whenever you expand the mind without knowing how to stop the mind be sure you are heading towards depression. It is inevitable, you are heading towards depression. Depression is nothing. It is just too much of energy sucked by the head. You do not have any more energy left in your being. So, whole being just falls into low energy; that is what is called depression. Depression is nothing but too much of head. Here, so much of training to expand the head, to expand the intellect is given; but they forgot a major thing, a very major thing. When you purchase a car, you should read the manual how to put the break. Philosophers gave importance to expand the mind. Mystics gave importance to switch off the mind. Once you know how to switch off and switch on, you will know how to handle the car. Once you know how to put break, you will know how to use it.

1:06:38

The third layer, the problems of the spirit, or problems of the Being, how philosophers handle it. Strange thing, somebody asked me, “Swamiji is there anything essential missing in psychoanalysis? Why even after so many years and years and years of analysis, we are not able to find any result?” Somebody came and asked me about psycho analysis; one psycho analyst actualy. I told her, not something essential, the very essential is missing in psycho analysis. Psycho analysis is the solution for the problems of the Being from the philosophical mind, at the philosophical level. What actually psycho analysis does? What actually psycho analysis does? Continuously analyzing, analyzing, analyzing, analyzing; that's all. You will be speaking your problems and the psychoanalyst will be listening to the problem. After a year he becomes a patient you are freed!!

And you should know a strange truth, again a truth actually. They took a survey in which field people become mad – architect, a lawyer or engineer or contractors or doctor or psychoanalyst. They took survey in all the fields. The result says, psychoanalyst doctors are the people only in that profession too many people will become mad. Why? Continuously listening, listening, listening, everybody vomits on their head what will happen? They start eating the others negativities. Not only that, continuously talking, talking, talking, how can you find solution? You will be only analyzing, analyzing, analyzing. Going to a psychoanalyst is a fashion I think. If you go to a bigger psychoanalyst you are a rich man. It is nothing but a fashion; you can never get a solution. Except solution you can get everything. I have not seen a single man who underwent psycho analysis and got healed.

1:09:25

There is a small story: in India to make the kids sleep, they'll put the kid in the cradle and mother will start singing. Once, there was a kid, as soon as he was put in the cradle he will just close his eyes and start sleeping. One day, mother asked, “What is this? All the kids make their mothers sing but you as soon as I put you in the cradle, you start sleeping.” The kid said, “The first day when I listened to your song, immediately I decided, from tomorrow onwards just I am going to the sleep as soon as you put me in the bed. Out of fear of mother singing or being bored, the kid goes to sleep. In that way, in some cases rarely out of fear of going to a psychoanalyst and talking the same thing again and again, you may become all right; you may get well out of the fear of sheer boredom - going to the same person, telling the same problem.

I have seen sometimes and especially the Freudian system they will have a screen between the patient and the doctor. And you know sometimes doctors have to attend two three patients. So they record their voice ‘hmm, yes, tell me’ they just record and keep the tape recorder and go away to attend the next patient; no, really it happens. The patient is sitting other side of the screen and telling same thing and strange thing is patient also knows there is no doctor on the other side. The other side only tape recorder is listening. But just by telling, they feel alright; at least you're able to tell.

Psycho analysis is nothing but a place to catharsis; especially in the modern culture there is no place to speak out, there is nobody to listen. Everybody is busy or everybody wants to speak. Even in your conversation, when you speak with your friends, you listen so that when you speak he will listen. When he speaks, immediately you are ready to reply. You are just preparing for conversation. Why I keep quiet? Out of simple politeness so that he will listen when you speak. It is more or less like a contract – ‘please listen when I speak I will listen when you speak.’ Otherwise nobody wants to listen to the others; everybody wants only to speak. It is more or less like a Catharsis; because so much is there in the head, you do not even know how to switch it off, what to do? You just vomit out, you want somebody on whom you can vomit out. You pay psychoanalysts just to listen to you nothing else; so that you can continuously vomit. Poor fellow has to sit and listen. If any of you are psycho analyst, be very clear, either meditate or mad; that's all, no other way, you have no other option; either meditation... I saw a board on the road - either pick it or ticket; somewhere where the parking things are there pick it or ticket. This is the only choice meditate or mad; nothing else no other way. Because continuously people are vomiting on you. What will you do?

1:13:43

Psycho analysis is the solution given to the levels of the problems of the Beings by the philosophers; but the solution never works. If you are bored totally, if you are tired of going to the same psychoanalyst, if you yourself decide that I have become alright, then you are alright; that's all. There is no other way of solving it.

Enlightenment is the solution for being level problems by the mystics. Philosophers give the solution of psycho analysis, mystics give the solution of Enlightenment. Enlightenment means not analyzing, just throwing away. Analyzing your dustbin - is it going to help you? Analyzing your dustbin - is it going to clear you? Analyzing your dustbin - is not going to solve the issues. If you want to clean your house, if you put everything from the dustbin, start analyzing it, is it going to clear your house? Is your house is going to become clean? No. Only by throwing the things totally away, merging into the aananda, ecstasy, the problems are going to be solved.

The three things – For physical problem they make the energy to come from inside, For mental problem they teach you how to switch it off For the Being level problem they put you in the ecstasy or the bliss.

The solution from the mystics is total, solutions from philosophers is intellectual. But for the logical mind, if you look superficially, the healing system born out of logical things feels like good. The education system born out of logical mind feels like good. The solution for the Being level problems - psycho analysis feels like good; because they are the established systems. Mediocre things always flourish because mass is always mediocre. The mystical things are never for mass; it is only for very few intelligent people. For mystical things you need to have a little patience you need to go through it, you need to allow the process to happen. You cannot just jump. But mind is monkey, mind is totally restless, it wants instant.

1:17:07

A small story: 3 monkeys, they got one mango. All the three wants to share the mango. How can one mango be shared by three monkeys? They went to a Master for solution. Master said, “alright all the three of you plant this mango. Once the mango tree comes, you will have a lot of mangoes, you can satisfy your whole life by eating the mangoes.” This three monkeys thought, “Allright.” They planted. One monkey took the responsibility of pouring water. The Other monkey putting the manure, third monkey - security. Six months they did their job religiously; but unfortunately the seed has never sprouted. The tree has never happened. They went to the Master to complaint. ‘What did you teach? What has happened? You have lost even that one mango. Why did you give such an idea for us?’ The Master called all the three of them, started inquiring what has happened. First monkey said, “Everyday religiously I poured water morning 6 o clock. I stopped even going for morning walk, but I poured water religiously.” Second monkey – “Everyday evening 4 o'clock I put the manure. I stopped even going to the gym doing this. Religiously I did I do not know what has happened.” Third monkey – “24 hours I was standing there as a security. I never even went for my dating. I was there as a security. Not only I was standing there as a security; every day at least once I dig out and saw whether it has sprouted or not.” You need to give little space for the mango to sprout. Not only water or the manure a little bit of space for the mango to sprout. Your very urgency, your very restlessness, will not let the mango to sprout. With mystics you need to give little bit of space, little bit of time, to let the meditation work in you, to let their Presence work in you.

If you want the plastic rose it will be available readymade, but if you want the original rose you need to wait for few days, so that it can flower. If you get from the market cut rose, don't think it is original rose. When I say original rose, I say the rose with the plant; you need to wait for few days. So you need to wait, but mind is such, we are not ready to wait. The restlessness, that is why, we take the solutions given by philosophers, we take the solutions given by logic mind. When you take the solutions of the logic mind, the philosophy, you solve it only superficially. When you take the solutions given by the mystics, not only you solve it, you dissolve it. Your very personality transforms, your very being undergoes a new Alchemy. Man becomes divine. Man just reaches the ultimate flowering; just you become enlightened. Your consciousness takes a new dimension. You reach a different space. With philosophy, you will be solving your problems every day. With mysticism you will be solving your problems once for all. So it is up to us to decide philosophy or mysticism. Let you understand this, let this understanding lead you to be in, become one with the eternal bliss. Let your Being be in one with the eternal bliss, Nithyananda. Thank you.

1:22:16

Few questions can be answered or your answers can be questioned because with the philosophers your questions will be answered, with the Mystic your answers will be questioned. Your basic answers will be questioned. [A box with questions] ohhh we have so much of questions nice. It means people are shy to ask.

[Reads the question] We have so many deities and rituals. Is it necessary to follow all this?

In the starting time, you don't feel confident on one deity, you don’t feel confident on one ritual, you don't feel confident on one technique. You think, if he is on leave, he may come and help. If Ganesha is on vacation at least Kartikeya will come and help. If Karthikeyan has gone for dating at least Shiva will come and help. That is why you have so many deities and so many forms. I tell you, if you trust one form, one technique is more than enough. One form and one technique is more than enough. But you need little bit of maturity to understand one form and one technique. So, if you really want to grow spiritually, if you really want to have the fruit, I tell you, one form and one technique is the right method. If you want to dig a well, 10 feet 10 feet 10 feet in 10 places if you dig a well will you get water? In one place if you dig 20 feet, you will see water. So, it is always good to hold on to one form, to hold on to one technique.

Understand, the same form only is all the form. It is not that holding on to one form you will disrespect the other forms. Somebody asked me, “Swamiji can I keep your photograph with all the gurus.” I tell them there is no need, your Guru is more than enough. That form is more than enough. Just because you are seeing me today, it is not necessary you should worship my form. You should bring my form into your picture, your life. There is no need. The very form which your worshipping already is more than enough. The very form on which you’re meditating already is more than enough. Just have clarity in your mind. Don’t have a conflict in your mind. Same energy is helping us through so many forms. Any one form, if you worship even a stone with trust it will become God.

If you read the life of Ramakrishna, he says he used to keep a small thread near the nose of the Kalis statue. He was worshipping a Kali statue. He used to keep a small thread near the nose of that Kali to feel whether she is alive or not. He says that thread used to move. She used to breathe. She used to breathe. With trust even the stone becomes God. Somebody was coming and telling me, “Swamiji, when I used to meditate on the Venkatachalapathys form, Balajis form, I used to feel a white light; but I am frightened. I stopped doing it.” Actually it is a great experience. The God shows you he is an energy. He is not only in one form. So any one form which you are worshipping or towards which your heart is pulled, that one form is more than enough, that one thing is more than enough, just worship it with more love and more dedication; you will see you grow spiritually. That one form, one technique is more than enough. There is no need to have a conflict or there is no need to have so many forms, so many deities, so many rituals; one is more than enough. Thank you.

Are people close to you physically more blessed and more lored by you. Can we feel close to you by being physically away?

A beautiful question. I tell you, mark my words. This is a statement I have put in my ashram. Whenever you come and serve me in my room, whenever you take care of me physically, you are near me. Whenever you clean the bathroom of the ashram, whenever you do the ashram work, my mission, I am near you. What you want, you decide. When you serve me physically, you are near me. When you take care of my mission or when you meditate, when you do your spiritual practices, I am near you. What you want you can decide; whether you want to be near me or whether I should be near you.

A small example: (speaks in Tamil) (1:28:25) the bee or the fly will go and sit in the cow udder but it will drink only the blood, never the milk. 24 hour the bee will be sitting in the cow udder. It will drink only the blood. But the calf will go near the cow only 10 minutes, but the calf will drink the milk. So physically being near me or being away is no way related to the spirituality or being loved by me. You should understand, the Chariot, somebody has to be the wheel somebody has to be the flag. If the flag thinks I am not given the opportunity of being a wheel, then flag did not understand a small thing.

You should understand this. Once Vishnu he went to Vaikuntha. Before entering his room he left the sandals, his shoes, outside the room and went inside the room. Then the conch and the, the Shanka and Chakra, the conch and the disc both of them laughed at the Paduka, the sandals, telling, “ehh how much you serve the lord, how much you put your energy to hold the lords feet, you see when he goes to his room, you are left outside, you are away, you are not taken inside. Only we can go to his room, only we can be with him in his bed. You see, you are there; we are only going with him. You cannot be physically near him.” Then the paduka, he asked the Lord, “Ohh lord is it true? Then Vishnu says, “By touching the Paduka, people can become enlightened but never touching the sankha or Chakra.” Not only that, Vishnu says, “ohhh this conch and the discus told like that? First thing, they did not understand the importance and next thing they did not understand the truth. So, just for the sake let them take birth as Bharat and Shatrugna and worship you for 14 years.” He cursed them. Shanka and Chakra only took birth as Bharata and Shatrughana. 14 years they have to worship that paduka for this one word. In the Ramavatar. In the Vaikunta it happened, Vishnu says both of you take, in the next incarnation, let you both take the form of Bharat and Shatrughan and worship the Paduka and not only that, that is why in Ramavatara, Bharata and shatrugna has to be away from Rama for 14 years. Only Lakshmana was with him. So never the physical nearness means I accept you. You see, understand, one more thing, I have only one body, how many can serve me?