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The more memory you have the less you will be happy. The more you relive the past the less you will live today. The more you correct the world the less you will see corrections. There are three aspects. Nature, Maya and Money. Nature is composed of five elements. Maya is composed of five विकार vices like anger, lust, greed, etc., Money is the object.  Maya causes corruption in your nature, both within and outside. You blame money.  Can money be the cause of happiness or unhappiness?  Money is the instrument. If you play well you will produce soothing rhythms. If you are anxious you will break strings. Can money influence your feeling? Can money help you with your mental strength? Can money create courage, faith, love?  How you feel is how you think?  Your thoughts are pure, your feelings are pure.  Your thoughts are reckless, you feel chaos.  In reality you are not performing any action. You are dull, lethargic.  Your mind is racing. Your...

Do situations throw you left and right? Do you treat every situation as tsunami? You become and let it overwhelm you. Did you know that contentment leads to stability? Stability builds a protection layer around you. This stability allows you to witness situations as puppet shows. This stability allows you to impart positive assurance in your surroundings. It gives hope and support to your spouse, children, neighbors, colleagues and bosses. Stability is your energy state. If there is noise in your surroundings. If there is dissatisfaction, discontentment you will be engulfed in a tsunami of negative emotions. If your level of energy is lower than your surroundings then you will be swept away, blown apart and become hundred broken glass pieces. Your remaining life will be left for gathering the glass pieces. But if you are protected then you will nullify the chaos. You will bring stability around you. Your contentment will survive. How do I get stabi...

Anger is needed to get work done. You shout on the cook and he makes better food tomorrow. You show aggression to the pizza delivery boy and he waives off the cost of pizza. You honk madly at the car in front of you and he moves aside. You shout at your kid and he starts to study. You express dissatisfaction at your staff and their future delivery improves. You have seen it since childhood. You have responded to it. When people are angry around you only then you do work. You have achieved the honor of glorying anger as a tool to get work done. Now, Can you change your belief system to "Love is needed to get work done." You will be smashed with withdrawal symptoms. You will feel an irresistible desire to scream. This is not how it is done. People around you will not care about your soft manners. They can ignore you. They will not accept you as their boss, spouse,father,child. You will lose your relationship. Do you feel the grip of fear yet? If I change my belief ...

I am this body. I need a stimulant to create sensation. The sensations through my sensory system create feelings. These feelings make me feel good or bad. This view is outside in. Stimulants are like drugs. Initially small grams of drug powder make you feel high. Then with time your body gets used to that quantity of dose. You are forced to increase the amount of intake. The cycle is kicked in. Stimulants generated feelings take you away from reality. They deceive you into a state which is unreal. A world where you are not creative, where you only react to external world. Your mind is not working but your body is reacting. This body reaction becomes your reality. Take example of movie. You are connected to the anger in movie. You are connected with the emotions of the actor. What you feel is his/her enaction? They are not your feeling. They are sad, you are sad. They are happy, you are happy. Take TV serial. You are addicted to watching them. If you dont get to see them, yo...

Who is responsible for your misery? Who is to blame for your pain? How has been your journey of life? Are you holding on to something you know for sure will leave you? It was never yours to begin with. Do you have the knowledge that the things you hold tight is in reality loose sand? If you knew there was so much pain would you have liked to be a bird instead. Fly and be free. A whale. Swim and simply drift. As humans why do we get attached to something superior or inferior to us. Ego is always higher and lower than you really are. It is never in your line of sight. What is your identity? Your name. Your parents have given to you. A acquired assets. Your married status. Your spouse. Your degree. Your school/college. Your designation. Your profession. Your neighbors. Your society. What will you do to clean this mess people call stress? Is it something that can be easily swept away? Is it something acquired? Is it something that belongs to you? Is it a foreign object tha...

We get stuck in positions. I am father and therefore I have to be strict, always discipling and If I fumble then my child will learn from it. I have to be very careful in my interactions with my child. I am manager and therefore I have to maintain a distance from my subordinates so that they will learn to respect and obey me. I have to be strict and disciplined in my approach otherwise I will not meet project deadlines. There is an element of fear. You do not want to be a bad father. You do not want to be bad manager. So you behave in certain way. The way that you have seen and been told. You dwell in a fixed belief system. The only loss is flexibility in your responses. You simply lose your creativity. Not a big loss compared to the grumpy and grudgy father/manager/spouse that you have become. Where is the fun? Fun is born out of creativity . Every moment you create a role. Every moment you play that role. Your role is not scripted by luck, God, society, peers, company c...

Your spouse makes a mistake, could be in business/relationships with kids. You knew all along that it was not the right decision but your spouse persisted and failed. How will you feel? How will your spouse feel? You decide to analyse the failure. How will you approach analysis/post-mortem? What intentions will you bring on the table of discussions? Will your intentions be pure? Will they be muddled with your personal victory of your assumptions? Will it be to prove that you were right? Will the conclusions be driven by your feeling better about their failure? Or, Will it be purely on learning's coming out of a failed decision? Mistakes happen. Actors change. When you make mistake you pray that world is turning a blind eye. When others fail you want to glide in with eagle's ferocity and rupture their flesh with your sheer momentum? What is the best way to empower failed people? Empower means to give power to a sulking soul. Poor thing has already lost the game...

Who is closest to you? Do you know someone whose every breath passes you by? Do you feel every body movement of this person? Do you notice every thought that walks past itself? How much do you know your self? How close are you with your Self? What is the relationship that you share? Do you converse enough? Do you easily communicate with the self? How do you get along with self? Have you ever considered befriending the self? Is she a distant relative whom you kind of remember, there are some glimpses from memory, i dont really recall the name but I will know it when I see it type? Once you develop a deep relationship with the self, you have created the roots of all relationships that branch out from it, as the self grows and expands so do the relationships with it. The easy way to know is energy flow from your self to you. From your soul to your body and back. The pathways are within. Have you noticed any traffic within? Relationships are like painting. Every stroke of ...

We are sitting opposite each other. This scenario could be in office,@home,@dining table,@playground,@coffee shop or in bus/train or plane. You could be a stranger, boss, subordinate, buddy, spouse or kid. If I feel easy and comfortable, I would also notice that there is free flow of energy. If I feel nervous, threatened, I would notice energy blockage, some spasm in some part of body, mostly around heart or stomach. You would also realize that first exchange of energy is healthy/natural and second one is depleting/exhausting/unnatural. Why did the energy block occur? I formed an opinion about you. I passed a judgement on you. Something like you are fat, ugly, ill-dressed, brown colored, stunted, too thin, sarcastic, silly persistent smile. Why did I form the judgement? You could have hurt me in a similar way as someone did in past, your current behaviour might be offensive to my likes/dislikes or you could be a perceived threat to me in my future. Something like subordinate ta...

The definition of success is very elusive. It means different things in different phases of life to different people. When I was in school and college it was to pass somehow. When I was in 12th it was to get into engineering somehow. When I was in job it was to make more money anyhow. When you were in marriage it was to demand happiness and feel proud in pronouncing to yourself that every act of a frustrating job was for the sake of family and their well being. I was focusing on doing. I was focusing on achievement. So whenever I reflected back in life I always felt less. I could have been an IITian, I could not crack CAT. I could not join an organization during their early stock offer days. I could not go to US and earn in dollars. I simply missed doing too many things.  Now I feel lack of achievement. Now I feel lack of doing. Did I miss out on something while I was undergoing all this doing? Why was I nervous all this while? Why did one achievement led to other? Why...

A point made by Shivani hit me and I am sure it may hit you too. So heres the shootout. There are two gardens. One on left of your house and other one on right of your house. You expect both gardens to be be green. But you only nourish one and ignore other. What is the natural consequence of your ignorance? The one ignored will be dry patch of land. Similarly, you have aspiration for comfort in your life and as well as being happy. These are two different things. Two different gardens in vicinity of your house. You strive for comfort. You target comfort. You achieve comfort. You lose sleep. You lose freedom. You lose interaction. You lose a relaxed stomach. You miss the smile on your baby's face. You gain washing machine, refrigerator, vacuum cleaner, a car, an apartment, a choice to travel by aeroplane. Its a different thing that you still desire to have everything for free. You have moved from sitting in front of Hercules cycle front seat. You have moved i...

तुम्हारी दृष्टी से तुम्हारी सृष्टि बनती है,  तुम्हारी स्मृति तुम्हे विचार देती है. वह विचार तुम्हारे संकल्प बनेंगे. संकल्पों से दृष्टि कोण बनेगा. कर्म कुछ भी हो, उसके नतीजे कुछ भी निकलें, उससे तुम्हे कुछ फर्क नहीं पड़ेगा. तुम्हारी स्मृति मैं वही बात जाएगी जो निष्कर्ष तुम पहले बना चुके हो. जैसे किसी को तुम बूरा मान चुके हो और वह अच्छी  बातें करेगा तो तुम शक करोगे की आज यह अच्छी बातें क्यूं कर रहा है, इसके मन मैं कोई खोट है. तुम परेशान हो जाओगे की आखिर यह मुझ से क्या चाहता है.  If you entertain only positive thoughts in your morning hour of meditation then you will fill your memory with matters of soul. No matter how the day proceed, you will be reminded and be in continuous touch with your pure consciousness. "Your soul is pure" is not a plain sentence. Its a powerful belief that can create a perception in your mind that you are pure as well as your neighborhood is clean. Then, when you deal with souls around and you have real...

An important step towards self realization is to go inwards. As long as the focus is outwards and on other person you will not be able to attain inner peace. The peace comes from self , within not without. A software engineer doubts his spouse and appeals to a spiritual organization to call and correct his spouse. A person who doubts is a person who is weak, who is low on self-esteem and who is already hurt and suffering. On top of that if you add the weight of your anger, what will happen to your partner/friend/relative. Do you think your destructive approach, driven by your selfish ego will benefit the relationship. Are you sure you care enough to restore the dignity and peace in relationship? You need a positive and peaceful environment for healthy relationships to flourish. If you have toxic thoughts what will happen to the organic life in spillage. Why is it easy to accept people with physical handicap as they are? Is it easy for your ego to see the handicap and fee...

Your soul is an actor. You body is the costume. You have come to play many roles in this world. तुम्हारी आत्मा एक अभिनेता है. तुम इस अभिनेता का आवरण हो, तुम्हारा शरीर एक पौशाक है, तुम इस दुनिया मैं कई भूमिका अदा करने आये हो. तुम इस अभिनय मैं आत्मा से दूर चले गए हो. तुमने अभिनय को अपनी पहचान बना लिया है. तुन न तो अभिनय हो और न ही अशांति तुम्हारी प्रकृति है. तुम एक पवित्र, संपूर्ण, सूखी, शांत आत्मा हो. सिर्फ एक संकल्प चाहिए. मन से कहो संकल्प, बुद्धि से कहो मन को समझाओ, सांस से कहो इस संकल्प को अपने कण कण मैं पहुचाये. फिर अनुभव करो और खुश रहो. Most of the times you get lost in the act and forget the actor. You are actor. You are not the act. Act are transient in nature. They are like sequence of steps in dance. लेकिन तुम्हे तो धुन गुनगुनाना है. You do not get lost in sequence. You are attuned to the rhythm. A rhythm of love, peace and happiness. You are drifting away from your rhythm. You feel unhappiness, hatred, disturbances are natural. You have drifted from the actor to th...

Life will always present situations. You can call them problems. You can call them hurdles. It all depends on your english/native  vocabulary. A divorce, bad boss, job loss, change of place, relationship breakdown, spoilt kids, demanding parents, forceful spouse, the list is endless. Name them and you have them. But what to do with them? The only thing common amongst all three is CHANGE. We are cuddled in our comfort zone. It may smell of sweat and snores but you learn to adjust. Change is demon that must be avoided at all cost. Thus we choose to forego all learning from newer challenges. You will only move when the earth below moves and your feet have nothing to hold on to. But you do move, A loss of any kind cannot stop you from living. You simply cannot waste the life force within. You cannot create a rule of denying yourself of happiness, just for a loss. A loss is part of game as much as gain is. The change mostly comes from external circumstance, external person and some...

माया की सौ बातें, परमात्मा  की एक बात. माया कहती है, कहाँ? कैसे? क्यूं? किसने? कब? ऐसा क्यूं किया? मेरे साथ ठीक नहीं हुआ!, उसने ऐसा क्यूं कहा? परमात्मा कहतें हैं की सिर्फ मेरा नाम लो, मैंने तुम्हे इसलिए ज्ञान दिया और अछा अच्हा कहा की तुम दुनिया के काम आयो, इसलिए नहीं की मुझे तुमसे कोई उम्मीद है, लोग अक्सर अछा अछा बोलतें है जब उन्हें आपसे कोई काम निकलना होता है , लेकिन परमात्मा की मनसा ऐसी नहीं है. जब ज्ञान लिया है, ध्यान  किया है तो परीक्षा तो देने ही पड़ेगी. यह परीक्षा साल के अंत मैं नहीं आएगी, बल्कि हर दिन और हर पल ऐसी परिस्थितियाँ  आएँगी  जो तुम्हारे ज्ञान का  खरा परिक्षण लेंगी. अगर तुम्हे लगता है की अछा सोचने से और इश्वर का ध्यान करने से ज़िन्दगी आसान हो जाएगी , तो ऐसा नहीं होगा. बस तुम्हारा नजरिया बदलेगा और तुम पर क्या असर होता है , वह बदलेगा. बाकि तो तुम्हारा बीता हुआ कल और पराये लोग और उनके विचार तो हमेशा रहेंगे. अपने भूत काल को आज मत बनायो, नहीं तो वह तुम्हारा कल बन जाएगा. भूत को भूत मैं रहने दो, भविष्य को भविष्य मैं, खुद को खुदा मैं. ज...

How do you start clearing your accumalations in the memory, your storage from this and all past janmas? You sort. You open door. You keep outside. You only keep the learning. You only keep the knowledge. Then in your silence, you will have interactions instead of monologues. You tell your children to clean their room and pack their things in order. Do you tell yourself? You know that sorting has to be done. Why don't you begin? There is so much clutter and so many thoughts coming from so many directions. How can you maintain your inner peace when there is so much violence within? There are deeper levels of consciousness within. You can reach them and touch them, only when the roads are clear. How can you expect to appreciate the beauty of a city when you cannot release the tension in your leg tha is holding the clutch for first gear? Your thoughts create a chain reaction. You had a bad day in office. You had chain of thoughts. The thoughts led to a feeling of hopelessness an...

See no evil, Say no evil, Hear no evil. Have you considered "Think no evil". Thoughts build destiny. Do you want to build or drive full blood with empty hopes? Your morning should have a dose of spiritual intellect. Post meditation, it will be your guiding light, north star, for the rest of the day. Thoughts have iron clad gloves to wrench you and squeeze the life out of you if you don't "Let Go", "Forgive". People tell one word and go away to do thousand different things in their lives. You hold on to that word and make thousand versions/evils out of it. This is unhealthy and utter waste of your life-force. We go to ten people to validate our angry thoughts and justification. Is it required? Why don't you let healthy thoughts occupy you instead? The only way is through love. There is no other way. Every other way might look to accomplish something temporarily. Create a purpose in life to "full it" from peace to peace-full from h...

If you are feeling lighter than before. If the problems seems to getting resolved by themselves. Do you feel, sense there is a hidden scheme thats supportive and clearing the ways for you. It could be a sign that God is working hard to strengthen your soul. But, if you feel heavy. There seems to a weight that you are carrying within, it could be a sign that विस्मृति हो गयी है और वक़्त आ गया है की स्मृति हो आत्मा की. Its a simple game of forgetfulness and remembrance of soul consciousness. Your body consciousness leads to heaviness and soul consciousness leads to lightness. The principles are simple. How to reach out to soul is also simplified? Your purpose of coming here is also well defined. God has not pushed you out of your abode nor does he want to enjoy your pain. He has sent you with a specific mission एक विशेष लक्ष्य  and it has three purposes to fulfill Your soul is an actor. It needs a stage to perform. यह सृष्टि वो रंगमंच है जहाँ तुम्हे अपनी ...

Light has got a source. You can turn towards light. Darkness does not have source. If you face your shadows you will be in dark. Light fills darkness. Shadows disappear. Could be fear. Could be mind. Intellect causes visualization. Mind follows visuals. It runs after them. Intellect is like a big brother who is nudging small brother the mind to come out of Mama's protection. Mama is holding the small brother, struggling to keep him in the kitchen and forcing him to sit in one corner. But ignoring the Big brother. Learn to turn intellect towards God during your conversations with Him in Morning Meditation. Rote and repetitive mantras in ancient language may not help. Its simply unidirectional monologue. It is natural for mind to have a steady stream of thoughts flowing. You cannot force it to stop thoughts. Forcing always has destructive consequences. Its like constructing a wall in middle of stream, someday the force of water will tumble the wall and then y...