May 19 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 30, Paramahamsa Nithyananda (Swamiji) continues his instruction on self-remembrance. When we offer all our actions to prana – to the ability to recall what we are –we gain immense benefit even from very small effort. At first we may find it difficult to maintain this conscious recollection and still engage in the activities of daily life, but with repetition we can strengthen our skills and ultimately we are successful. Keeping a journal of each activity – driving to work, taking a meeting – allows us to gauge our progress. During the twenty minute drive, did we remember the self for each of those twenty minutes? By tracking our focus throughout the day, we polish and perfect our practice.

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Today’s satsang, 4th chapter in Bhagavad geeta – Jnana Karma Sanyasa yoga 30th verse.

Apare Niyataa-haaraha praanaan-praaneshu juhvathi

Sarvep-yete yagna-bidaha yagnya-kshapita-kalmashaaha

Having restrained taking food, others who know the power of sacrifice offer their life breath into the vital air Praana and have the sins thrown out by this sacrifice.

See, yesterday I made it very clear. If you practice the Praana Samyama: the 3 things En-Chanting, Feeling connection, Unclutching. I will be able to easily lead you in to the hunger free samyama. Today Bhagwan is exactly describing the second samyama. “Having restrained taking food others who know the power of sacrifice, offer their life breath in to the vital air and have the sins thrown out by this sacrifice.” Please understand, some of the basic truths. The basic sacred secrets you need to know from this life, from this verse is – constantly offering all your actions into your Praana. What it means? Means – during all your activities, how much ever it may be demanding – without losing your self, completely centered. Being centered in eN-Chanting, feeling connection and unclutching. That is what Krishna means “offering all your actions in to Praana”. Please understand, here Praana means the ability of self-remembrance; ability of being spiritual centered, enlightenment centered, atma centric, Higher self centered. That is exactly what is meant by the word Praana. All you need to do let the whole day your routine, your life be centered on this self-remembrance – these 3 actions: eN-Chanting, feeling connection and unclutching. Whole day. Unfortunately some of your actions demand your complete attention, emotion, complete involvement. Even during those actions start empowering the moments of remembrance. Please understand – start empowering. Many of your actions may demand your whole attention. In the beginning it may not be that easily possible for you to be centered on unclutching and eN-chanting and feeling connection. But I tell you – any activity, any action is possible being centered on Praana just by little practice. That is why Krishna says in another one Bhagawad Geeta verse “even little bit of practice of this great science brings huge benefit. It’s like a billions of rupees worth diamonds and gold is there in one room. You are doing only one small action – opening the room. You’d have never imagined just that small action of opening the room will make you rich in one minute. You’d have never imagined such huge benefit will come by such a small action of opening the room. It was there in that room for ages, just now you got the key, you opened it, suddenly you saw – Wow. It is all yours. Many time small actions you do does not bring big benefits. So you don’t trust the small actions can bring big benefits. But rarely small actions do bring big benefits. This action – the action of being Praana centered, even if it is small, practiced very little – it brings huge benefits, great benefits. And I tell you, you will become so alive and productive. If you take 4 days of vacation and not being productive constantly, you are equivalent to dead. Now all we need to do is just put little more mud on your head and cover it. You already have clay in your brain – you just need little more mud to cover your body. Just 4 days in your life continuously if you fall in to the laziness pattern, after that even you cannot help yourself. When you can’t help yourself, neither God nor Guru can help you. Please understand whether Guru or God, even if they want to help you, they can’t help you if you can’t help yourself. See the Daksha story – Daksha is God. Vishnu wants to help Daksha so much. It is so unfortunate he does not want to help himself. So even his God, Vishnu could not help him. Daksha had Saptarishis as his gurus. Neither his Gurus, Saptarishis were able to help him nor his own father Brahma is able to help him or his Aradhya devata, God, Vishnu is able to help him. Why – because he does not want to help himself.

You wanting to help yourself is a first major criteria for your growth. If you push yourself in to the laziness pattern just 4 days – enough. Over. Bhagawan uses a very beautiful word here “praanaan-praaneshu juhvathi Sarvep-yete yagna-bidaha”. It means let all your actions be offered into the praana. Please understand, you should do this like a Tapas. How you know - whole day continuously, whenever you are performing your actions, keep a separate notebook and during each action. For example you are going to the office from the house. It is half an hour action – driving. During the driving, try constantly to be centered on Praana. End of the driving when you reach your office, note down in your book “Today during the driving, half an hour, was I established in Praana? Praana Samyama?”. Sometimes it maybe half an hour, sometimes it may be 10 minutes. Sometimes it maybe a few minutes. Write down your opinion. Then next action. “Sitting in the Office and seeing through the files” – That maybe next 2 hours. If it’s Government office then it’s only 20 minutes. See through. End of that action note down in your notebook – “Did I establish myself in Praana in the 2nd action?”. Then next action, your lunch. During this lunchtime establish yourself into the Praana. When I say establishing in to the Praana, 3 things – eN-Chanting, Feeling connection and Unclutching. In these 3 if even one you are established, that is ok. But try to be established in all 3. You have capacity. You are capable. Again in the evening session try to be established in to the Praana. End of the session, pen down “Did I establish myself in Praana?”. Note down. Try. Only in this straightforward constant training you will be able to establish yourself in Praana. Don’t miss. Understand every action should be offered in to the Praana. Means during every action you should be established in Praana. It may be little difficult in the beginning but little bit of practice, it is possible. Achieve it. Achieve it. You will be completely purified.

I tell you the purification with which you live, the purification you radiate will make you so joyful and make others in bliss. Please understand always have God and Guru both in your life for feeling connection. You may ask why – Is Guru not enough? is God not enough? Please understand however strong you may be, at sometimes you will not be able to have complete trust over guru. Your feeling connection towards Guru will shake, may get shaken little bit. At those time, those moments you need God to hang on. You need God to hold on. You need God to keep your spiritual practice and spiritual life alive. You may ask why God is not enough, why Guru? Sometimes your feeling connection with God may not be practically useful in your day to day life to solve many of your issues. At those moments, feeling connection with Guru will be handy and directly practically useful. At one point feeling connection with God and Guru will merge in to each other. You will not have difference between two. You will just experience God and Guru is one and the same. That is ok. When that happens, it happens but now, please understand, when you begin your practices, when you begin your spiritual life. When I say when you begin, till you are enlightened – means everybody. Always have God and Guru – both so that you are safe. I have seen people who had only God - never progressed. Who had only Guru – sometime dropped out. If you have both at least even if you have little shaking, even if your faith and trust, feeling connection towards a master is shaken, your feeling connection towards God will keep you alive, will keep your spiritual path alive, will keep your spiritual enlightenment alive!

“Apare Niyata aahaaraha, praanaan-praaneshu juhvathi

Sarvep-yete yagna-bidaha yagnya-kshapita-kalmashaaha”

Very beautifully, Bhagawan is describing how to be established in Praana. Try this simple process. Process of maintaining the report in book of heart, whether you are able to retain establish yourself in praana whole day. Try this. It will help you and make you established in Praana.

Spot Notes: Saturday, May 19th, 2012

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07:45 am

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4th chapter in Bhagavad Gita Jnaana Karma Sanyaasa Yoga, 30th verse –

apare niyataahaaraaha praanaan-praaneshu juhvathi |

sarve-apyete yagnyavido yagnya-kshapita-kalmashaaha ||

Translation - “Having restrained taking food, others who know (the power) of sacrifice, offer their life breath into the vital air (prana) and have the sins thrown (out) by this sacrifice.”

If you practice enchanting, feeling connection, unclutching ……power of ….

Enchanting, feeling connection, unclutching that is what Krishna means offering all your actions into praana. Please understand, here praana means the ability of self-remembrance, ability of being spiritually centred, enlightenment centred, atma-centric. Higher self-centred. That is what is exactly meant by the word praana. All you need to do let the whole day your routine, your life be centred on this self-remembrance. These three things enchanting, feeling connection, unclutching. Whole day. Unfortunately some of your actions demand your complete attention, emotion, complete involvement. Even during those actions start empowering the moments of remembrance. Please understand start empowering. Many of your actions may demand your whole attention. In the beginning it may not be that easily possible for you to be centred on unclutching and enchanting and feeling connection. But I tell you any activity, any action is possible being centred on praana just by little practice. That is why Krishna says in another one Bhagavad Gita verse even little bit of practice of this great verse bringing huge benefits. It is like billions of diamonds and money is there in one room. You are doing only one small action opening that room. You would have never imagined such huge benefit will come by one small action of opening the room. It would have been there for ages, just now you got the key and opened it. Now you saw – wow! You have opened it. It is all yours.

Many time small actions you do does not bring big benefits. So you don’t trust the small actions can bring big benefits. But rarely, small actions do bring big benefits. This action - the action of being praana-centred even if it is small, practiced very little it brings huge benefits, great benefits. And I tell you – you become so alive and productive. I know hundreds of my Ashramites especially who are sitting outside India Ashramites sitting in US, Canada whole day how they waste their time. I can see from their action list. Unfortunately they are caught in the laziness rut. See in Bidadi I am there physically to jolt them, shake them up completely wake them up. At least once in two months I create a strong system to shake them. But this strong process I not available for fellows sitting outside India. Very unfortunate. Please understand not only my Ashramites I am talking. Even my devotees I am talking. Understand this great truth. If you take four days of vacation and not being productive constantly, you are equivalent to dead. Now all you need to do is put little more mud and cover your brain. It already has mud in it. Just put more mud and cover it up. Just four days in your life continuously if you fall into the laziness pattern, after that even you cannot help yourself. When you cannot help yourself neither God, nor Guru can help you. Whether a Guru or God cannot help you if you cannot help you. Don’t miss Devon Ke Dev Mahadev …so beautifully they are presenting many spiritual truths visually. I sincerely thank the team for doing such wonderful contribution to Vedic Tradition. I am already working on making Meenakshi Sundareshwara’s leelas. Anyhow see Daksha’s God Vishnu wants to help Daksha so much. It is so unfortunate, he does not want to help himself. So even God, Vishnu could not help him! Daksha had Sapta rishis as his Gurus. Neither his Gurus Sapta rishis were able to help him, nor his own father Brahma is able to help him or his Aaraadhya Devata Vishnu is able to help him. Why because he does not want to help himself. You wanting to help yourself is the first criteria for spiritual growth. If you push yourself into the laziness pattern just four days enough! Over!

Bhagavan uses a very beautiful word here –

apare niyataahaaraaha praanaan-praaneshu juhvathi |

Let all your actions be offered into the praana. Please understand you should do this like a tapas. How you know? Whole day continuously whenever you are performing your actions, keep a separate notebook. And during each action – for example, you are going from your home to office. It is half hour action – driving. During driving be constantly centred on praana. When you reach your office note down in your book today during was I established in praana samyama? Sometimes it may be 10 minutes, few mints write down. Next sitting in office and seeing through the files. See through. End of action note down in your note book. Did I establish myself in praana in 2nd action? Next action. In lunch. During this lunch time establish yourself into the praana. When I say establish yourself into praana in 3 things – enchanting, feeling connection, unclutching. In this three even one if you do is ok, but you are capable of doing all three. Again in eve session try to establish into the praana. End of the session pen down did I establish myself in praana? Note down. Try. Only in this straight forward, constant training you will be able to establish yourself in praana. Don’t miss.

Understand every action should be offered into the praana means during every action you should be established in praana. It may be little difficult in the beginning. But little bit of practice it is possible. Achieve it. You will be completely purified. I tell you the purification with which you live, the purification which you radiate will make you so joyful and make others in bliss. Please understand, always have God and Guru both in your life for feeling connection. You may ask why is Guru not enough. Is God not enough? Please understand however strong you may be, at sometimes you will not be able to have complete trust over Guru. Your feeling connection towards guru may get shaken a little bit. At those times, those moments you need God to hang on, you need God to hold on, you need God to keep your spiritual practice and spiritual life alive. ..Sometimes your feeling connection with God may not be practically enchanting, feeling connection, unclutching in your day to day life to solve many issues. At those times feeling connection with Guru will help …at one time feeling connection between god and guru will merge into each other and you will just experience god and guru as one. That is okay. When it happens it happens.

But now, please understand, when you begin your practices, when you begin your spiritual life when I say when you begin, I mean till you get enlightened. Means everybody. Always have god and guru both. So that you are saved. I have seen people who had only god never progressed, who had only guru sometimes dropped out. If you have both, even if your trust and fc towards the master is shaken. Your fc will keep you alive, will keep your spiritual enlightenment alive!

apare niyataahaaraaha praanaan-praaneshu juhvathi |

sarve-apyete yagnyavido yagnya-kshapita-kalmashaaha ||

Very beautifully Bhagavan is describing how to be established in praana. Try this simple process. Process of maintaining the reporting book of heart. Whether you are able to retain, establish yourself in praana whole day try this. It will help you and make you established in praana. I bless you all to be established in praana.

Now I move to the next segment of the morn satsang Dial the avatar.

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