August 12 2013

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In today's morning Satsang, Paramahamsa Nithyananda explains how humans suffer with a major disease called self-centeredness. One big cause of our suffering is when we constantly think in the wrong, negative cognition about ourselves, feeling we are victims, and shrinking into ourselves. Putting ourselves at the center, continuously thinking, I, I, I, puts us in hell! When we begin to live for others, we enrich their lives, expanding out into the realm of you, you, you - creating heaven in our lives. God is not in some far off place but immediately available in our lives; alive in every thought we have, action we perform, and word we speak that is based on enriching.

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Today, Somavara, all the devotees, disciples, ashramites, followers, I request everyone to live on liquid diet today -- just some juice, or buttermilk, or milk. Every Somavara (Monday), we will take it as a day of completion and enriching. We will start our day, we will start our day, our week, with enriching. So, all the devotees, disciples, even if you are not doing Nirahara Samyama, today you will live in liquid diet till tomorrow morning satsangh. Every Monday, traditionally, once the sun sets, you can eat. I think you can follow the same thing; so, you don't need to wait till tomorrow morning satsangh. Till sunset...! A day is considered from sunrise to sunset in Vedic tradition. So, after the sunset, you can have what you want to. But, whole day you will be having only liquid diet or nothing! May be, all the people from North America, you can do it from Monday morning to Monday evening. That is all! In North America, even in the night if you don't eat, that is fasting! Because, their food habits have become so bad...! J Alright! Today's subject for Nithya Satsangh is "ENRICHING". I will expand on "Enriching". Please understand, one of the main reasons why human-beings suffer - they constantly think about themselves, which is a wrong cognition. Please listen! You create a very wrong, inadequate cognition about yourself like, 'I am the victim in the life; I am gone; everyone is there to destroy me; everyone is my enemy.', some inadequate or wrong cognition you create about yourself and go on thinking about the same whole day-in and day-out. That is the main reason why you suffer. Please understand, the stand you take about you, the inadequate cognition or wrong cognition gets more and more strengthened, please listen, gets more and more strengthened by you thinking more and more based on self-centeredness. You can be self-centered if your self is in the right cognition. If your self is established, if you have a right cognition in yourself, you can be self-centered; nothing wrong. But, unfortunately, you have inadequate and wrong cognition, based on that cognition you go on being self-centered. That is where the problem starts. Please listen! You have a wrong cognition or inadequate cognition about yourself. From that cognition, you go on being self-centered. It is like there is one bad cell, cancerous cell in your body, but you infuse all your energy and growth everything around that cell. What will happen? One cell becomes cancer! Same way, one wrong cognition or inadequate cognition, if you go on thinking about that from that self-centered, you become self-destructive! The way you walk, talk, live, think, everything is corrupted! Please listen, selfishness, self-centeredness is one of the biggest diseases with which Indians, especially Hindus are suffering. Please internalize! Self-centeredness is not wrong if you have adequate cognition, right cognition about yourself. But it is terribly wrong, seriously wrong, if you have inadequate cognition, wrong cognition about yourself. I have a story: There is this good old barber in a city in the U.S. One day, a florist goes to him for a haircut. When he is about to pay the barber, the barber replies, 'I am sorry, I can't accept any money from you. I am doing community service.' The florist is so happy and leaves the shop. Next morning, when the barber goes to open his shop, there is a "Thank You" card and a dozen of roses waiting at his doorstep sent by the florist. This event is repeated a few times. The florist comes, gets a haircut, tries to pay; this guy says, 'No, I won't accept money; I am doing community service.' The next day the florist sends the roses and a "Thank You" note. This event repeated till an Indian software engineer goes for a haircut, may be working in Microsoft. After the haircut, when he tries to pay him, the barber tells him, 'I am sorry, I cannot accept money from you; I am doing community service.' The next morning when the barber opens his shop, what do you think will be on the steps? A dozen Indians waiting for a free haircut! (Laughter) Please understand.....! No, it is true! Come on! Don't try to be offended! Even if you are offended, truth is truth! I will not go, because I don't want a haircut;

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