The Power of Losing

Many Mouths - Same Truth

Over the years, I have had the privilege of witnessing and participating in many communions – physically and metaphysically. Usually, in planes other than earth, the communions are more like a sharing of consciousness or conscious awareness. This means, one’s  thought becomes everyone’s understanding. There are no questions and answers because there is no intellect to question. Silence carries the awareness. Here are some excerpts. There are much more. Some day, I hope to share more.

The Power of LOSING

We sat under the tree in a state of absolute bliss and overwhelming gratefulness. I prostrated at His feet mentally. He acknowledged by clasping his hands and extending pranaams. Whenever our eyes locked, we offered pranaams and Namaskaars to each other. The bliss of being with a complete renunciate!!!

He smiled internally. It is similar to the smile of very small children during sleep. Nobody can understand the reason behind those smiles and the tears of those tiny babies. He smiled and looked into my eyes again. Then looked away. I was just watching and inhaling the overwhelming presence of a Great Master. About eleven of us sat under the tree, on the banks of Ganges, close to the Avadhoota.

He said: “All of  you have come here from afar. Why have you come searching for me? What can I give you which you already do not have? I have nothing to give anyone. All I have, you have too.  Why did you have to come spending so much money and time? To see a naked, mad man?” and he laughed again. This was all in Hindi.

A Spiritual Emperor

I said: “You called us. We came. Without your calling, we cannot come here. All we need is your blessings”. He looked into my eyes again. Then looked away, into eternity for sometime. He said: “Do you hear the birds singing? How did you hear that? Your mind went there to the tree along with your ears? Mind should not go away from you. It should stay within you. The birds will sing, but, will be within you. There are no birds, outside of you. Everything is within you. Do you understand me?” I nodded. He was not talking. He was commanding. His words were commands which must work within all listeners. I felt His power and depth. The authority was astounding. A man who remains unclothed and unattached expressed the conviction and authority of an Emperor. That was his stature.

The Sound of Silence

Another person asked: “Swami, the forests are vanishing. Where can a seeker find peace?” He answered: “Who needs forests? Who is making them vanish? If you cannot find peace where ever you are, you cannot find peace in forests too. Peace is always inside the man, not outside. You cannot find peace outside, if your inner space is in chaos. Clean up your inner space with good thoughts, words and residue of actions. You will have peace everywhere else. The world outside is just an expression of yourself. There is no outside world apart from you. You make it. You break it. You make everything within you. You break everything within you. So, there is no point in going to forests to find peace. You will be more restless.

Echoes of One Father - SHIVOHAM

He said: “People are teaching about chakras, naadis, aura. People are so stuck with the thoughts of kosas (sheaths) and its accessories. HA HA HA. What is the use? More ego? When will you stop looking at yourself (your accessories) and look at Your Self? People give elaborate lectures about Kundalini moving through Mooladhara, Swaaadhishtaana, Manipura etc. What is the use of meat to a vegetarian? What is the use of knowledge when it is of no real use, and only creates more chaos within? We have to leave off all such knowledge and move higher. We have to shed names and images and move higher. How long will we hold on to such things? And what for? Eventually, everything must dissolve.

The true happiness is in losing. Losing every thing that added to the weight of your existence. The true happiness is that of someone who has nothing. Nothing to defend. Nothing to fear. Nothing to run away from. Nothing to do. Nothing to prove. Nothing to think. Nothing to achieve. Nothing!!! No needs. No requirements. Lose everything. Name, fame, image, thoughts, knowledge. Lose everything. You will experience the causeless joy and wonder of your eternal spirit. You will experience the true state of liberation – Jeevan Mukta.

Temptations Lure Minds. Wisdom Prevents the Fall.

He then took a glass and said: “Man is holding on to his toys, just like a child who cannot let go of his toys. Man is a child and the only difference is in his size, not in his outlook or attitude. Oh Man!!! When will you let go? When will you let go of your toys? Nature always ends up forcefully removing those toys and dispatching you from existence, time and again. No control on his own life and no control on his death too!!! What a misery!!! Oh Man!!! What can I say? What can I give you?

Go away. You can get nothing from me. Many come here to see if I can reduce their baggage of suffering!!! How can I release you from anything, when you hold them so tight to your chest? What do I have? I have nothing, just this piece of cloth (Loin Cloth). What can I give you?

Established Gratitude is Inherent Blessing

Oh Man!!! You keep creating your sand castles!!! You keep building highly perishable empires, even using treachery and deceit, and cry when they perish. When will you leave the temporary and hold on to the permanent? Remember, you have to hold on to your mother (The Lord Almighty) like a monkey’s baby clings on to its mother, until He (The Almighty) takes over and holds you like a cat handling its kitten. If the baby monkey loosens its grip, it falls to death. Nobody can help that fall. You yourself are responsible. Remember that clearly.You are building and re building perishable empires life after life. Still you cannot understand its futility!!! Alas, Man, get out of here. I can give you nothing. You can take nothing from me.”

He closed his eyes and whispered “All are running. Running for what? Who is waiting for whom? If at all, what are they waiting for? Just to fulfill some selfish ends!!! Every meeting has a selfish purpose. Nobody meets anybody for the sake of unconditional love. Everything is conditional. Who created all these appointments that you are struggling to cope with? YOU. You made everything and now you are suffering. You cannot cope. HA HA HA. Oh MAN!!! RUN RUN….Run as much as you want. One day you have to fall. Fall from your pretensions. Fall into the real truth. When will you realize this? With or without you, the same stars will decorate the sky and the same Ganga will feed the grass. Do you feel that you are so important? Think again. Life was going on before you were born. Life will go on without any problem, even after you leave the earth. What appointment are you going to keep? What are you clinging on to? Be grateful for the present moment. Be Grateful. That’s all you can do.You can gain nothing from me. You are wasting your time here. Go, go to your entertainments and continue the life of pretensions and make-believe. GO AWAY!!! You are wasting your time here. YOU WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND ME!!!

One man said “Swamiji, let me sit close to you and be benefited from your presence. Let me also gain something.” He snapped “You will gain nothing. You come here with a filled up mind. Swollen with ego, calculating your gains. You cannot gain anything. What can you gain permanently when you have to lose everything? All are here to gain something, take something. None can give, until nature forcefully snatches things away. Poor Man!!! How ignorant he is!!! Go, Go to your markets and play your commercial games – the game of gaining and losing. You are wasting your time here. GO”.

Liberation is in Losing

Man is Flesh. From Flesh, more Flesh are produced. Meat based ego. HA HA HA. Man’s ego develops and swells based on this meat. Flesh and Bones. See the flesh and bones of the past terrestrials, all over the earth. Once they were also moving just like you. You will also be that one day. Do not be too proud. Understand your reality. Accept your reality. Be Grateful.

Oh Man!!! Do not be too proud about yourself. When the perfume that you wear fades off, you stink too. You are just flesh and blood. Temporary formation of flesh and bones!!! This structure of yours. Look at the organs of animals that you killed. You have packed them neatly for sale in your super markets. Oh Hygienic flesh eaters, your body contains the same organs too. Minus soul, you and those dead animals are the same. You killed them because you like to eat their carcass. Time likes to eat your carcass too. Time will annihilate you totally and completely. So, while living, live with awareness of these facts. Practice Non-Violence in thought, word and action.

When Will You Know Me? In How Many Life Times?

Life is the difference. For everything that is born, death is an inevitability. One life breeds many lives, just like meat breeds more meat. The first existence was causeless, as a reason, for the demonstration of relativity. The rest are all karmic, until the final unity. Life breeds karma. One karma breeds more karma. The soul suffers births and deaths. Beware Man, you are no better off than those pigs living in filth. Look at your own inner space. What is there? What JUNK have you stored and nurtured there? No. Do not tell me. I do not want to know. Now, you tell me, what am I supposed to do? What will I do with you? Go away. You will gain nothing from me. You will not even understand me.

Look at those covered in saffron and ornaments of power!!! Poor Men. They are hiding inside the saffron. They are hiding their insecurities!!! Poor Men. Leave them alone. They are also like you, calculating gains and losses. Just leave them alone. They are doing all these for the sake of survival. Those priests also are waiting for their preys – insecure victims. Let them also live. Those religious fanatics, going after converting people who are nothing but unsteady minds and meat and bones; are trying to increase the head counts of their community. Ignorant people. Let them also live. Just now you said that there is no jungle anymore. Animals are certainly there. Jungle should be there. The real jungle has shifted to the city now. Your mind itself is an impregnable jungle, Oh Man!!! How many poisonous snakes and dangerous emotions roam there, uncontrolled!!! What can I give you? You created everything. You nurtured everything!!! Thank You. I want nothing from you too.”

Where ever you look, there is only the glory of Brahman (Supreme Soul)

“Foolish man, so concerned about “the right path”, does not even know which is his right path and follows  someone else’s !!! He cannot allow the soul to guide because he is not aware of its existence – even once a day. Then he repeats the same mistakes of life times, again and again. What a pity!!! Man, liberation is in abandonment, not in ownership. Understand this very clearly. What will you gain by seeing me? What you see is just flesh and blood. That’s not me. Then what do you see? Can you see my soul? In order to see my soul, you should see your soul. Thats the right path!”

Anyway, this will not be understood by many. This food will not be enjoyed by many. This is celestial nectar (amrut).Those who could digest this food, will be liberated. This will be heard only by those who are eligible. The rest will continue to intellectually fathom infinity. This is a futile exercise. Eventually, they will drop it and reach the truth. Every path leads to liberation. Time and space are the difference. Good BYE ( God Buy You)

My friends, In 2006, I communicated with an astral master through an old medium. I was asking mundane questions, which the master replied patiently. After an hour or so, the master decided to depart. The master asked me “What can I do for you? “I said “I need to be always connected with Astral Masters like you.” He said “I will arrange that” and left. That experience was beautiful. A part of the above text is taken from our communion with the avadhootha whom we met in Haridwar during Maha Kumbha Mela. The rest are excerpts from my constant astral communions with many Avadhootas or Masters, mostly travelling with them and listening to their communions with others. Many of them do not have physical bodies.  There is no language for thoughts. I am trying to narrate it with the same intensity with which they transfered this to many minds, time after time, which I witnessed. My job as a man of flesh and blood is to convey it sincerely. It is not my job to convert you. I have no agenda. You may have, I believe, at least that of liberation – Jeevan Mukti?. If this suits your agenda, take it. If not, leave it. In any case, I LOVE YOU.

God Bless You

M

KNOW Your SELF You will KNOW ME

The Avadhoota Awareness

Perfection in Renunciation

Q: What is an Avadhoota? What is the avadhoota awareness?

A: A man who always exists in super conscious state and is a perfect and complete renunciate can be called an avadhoota. He has no interest in any worldly emotions, achievements, name, fame or  possessions. He usually possesses all the siddhis (spiritual powers) that happen automatically with spiritual evolution, but, does not express them unless extreme necessity happens. He usually has no transactions or give and take with the world and exists on earth only to guide people to liberation. The world of an avadhoota is perfect because He usually exists in His inner world, basking in the glory of supreme consciousness. An avadhoota never gives lectures nor writes books. His life itself is His teaching. The consciousness level of an Avadhoota can be compared only to that of the supreme almighty. We cannot fathom it or explain it. If I may borrow the lines of Adi Shankaraacharya, we could possibly get a glimpse of the awareness level of an Avadhoota. Mind you, the following lines are not expressions based on intellectual understanding from the mind of an Avadhoota, but His living reality.

Great Master Shankaraachaarya

Mano budhya ahankara chithaa ninaham,
Na cha srothra jihwe na cha graana nethrer,
Na cha vyoma bhoomir  na thejo na vayu,
Chidananada Roopa Shivoham, Shivoham

Neither am I the mind, nor intelligence ,
Nor ego, nor thought,
Nor am I  ears  or the tongue  or the nose or the eyes,
Nor am I earth or sky or air or the light,
But I am Shiva, the all pervading happiness,
Yes, I am definitely Shiva.

Na cha praana samgno na vai pancha vaayur,

Na vaa saptha dhathur na va pancha kosa,
Na vaak pani padam  na chopa stha payu,
Chidananada Roopa Shivoham, Shivoham

Neither am I the  movement due to life,
Nor am I the five airs, nor am I the seven  elements,
Nor am I the five internal organs,
Nor am I voice or hands or feet or other organs,
But I am Shiva the all pervading happiness,
Yes, I am definitely Shiva

Na me dwesha raghou na me lobha mohou,

Madho naiva  me naiva matsarya bhava,
Na dharmo na cha artha na kamo na moksha,
Chidananada Roopa Shivoham, Shivoham

I never do  have  enmity  or  friendship,
Neither do I have vigour nor feeling of competition,
Neither do I have assets, or money or  passion or  salvation,
But I am Shiva the all pervading happiness,
Yes, I am definitely Shiva

Na punyam na paapam na soukhyam na dukham,

Na manthro na theertham na veda na yagna,
Aham bhojanam naiva bhojyam na bhoktha,
Chidananada Roopa Shivoham, Shivoham

Never do I have  good deeds or sins or pleasure or sorrow,
Neither do I have holy chants or holy water or holy books or fire sacrifice,
I am neither food or the consumer who consumes food,
As I am Shiva the all pervading happiness,
Yes, I am definitely Shiva

Na mruthyur na sankha na me jathi bhedha,

Pitha naiva me naiva  matha na janma,
Na bhandhur na mithram gurur naiva sishya,
Chidananada Roopa Shivoham, Shivoham

I do not have death or doubts  or distinction of caste,
I do not have either father or mother or even birth,
And I do not have relations  or friends or teacher or students,
As I am Shiva the all pervading happiness,
Yes, I am definitely Shiva

Aham nirvi kalpi nirakara roopi,

Vibhuthwascha  sarvathra sarvendriyanaam,
Na cha sangatham naiva mukthir na meya
Chidananada Roopa Shivoham, Shivoham

I am one without doubts , I am without form,
Due to knowledge I do not have any relation with my organs,
And I am always redeemed,
And I am Shiva the all pervading happiness,
Yes, I am definitely Shiva

One Soul - We are SHIVA - Shivoham

If we can digest this properly and live it fully, we attain the awareness level of an avadhoota. We attain Shiva. This is the essence of all Upanishads and all scriptures. Deepest and humblest Pranaams to the Great teacher Shankaraacharya for this garland of precious jewels.

Q: Ashtanga Yoga

A: Yama – Niyama – Asana – Praanaayama – Pratyahaara – Dhaarana – Dhyaana – Samadhi.

• Yama = Ahimsa (moral codes or non violence in thought, words and action), Satya(truth), Asteya(non-covetousness, theft or entering into debts), Aparigraha (non possessiveness, absence of avarice), Brahmacharya (Appropriate use of vital essence. Celibate when single – faithful when married, Divine conduct, Continence), Kshama (Patience, responsive and not reactionary, always in the present.), Dhriti (Steadfastness, completion of all tasks to possible perfection, overcoming non-perseverance, fear or indecision.) Daya (Compassion, Natural expression of love, kindness and compassion towards all beings. Never harm or injure any being) Arjava (Honesty, straight-forwardness, renounce deception, dishonesty or wrong doing of any kind). Mitahara (Control in consumption. No emotional consumption. Never eat too much or too little. Average appetite. Never consume any dead organisms or organisms without any praana – like fish, seafood, meat or eggs.) Shaucha (Cleanliness of body and mind)
• Niyama = Saucha (Clean body and mind ) Santosha(Happiness), Tapas (discipline & thereby mental control), Svadhyaya (which means becoming close to oneself, through meditation and self-exploration) Isvarapranidhana is to lay all your actions at the feet of God).
• Asana = Postural Perfection, while mind kept steady over Self.
• Praanayaama – Perfection through breath. Touching the subtler plane of our existence. Concentration through breath control. Health through proper breathing.
• Pratyaahaara – Sense control. Detaching senses from sense objects through consistent practice. This does not amount to suppression of desires.
• Dhaarana – Concentration on the sub straatum – the seat of  desires and observing them like a witness. Desires reduces systematically and awareness increases gradually.
• Dhyaana – Meditation. Awareness on the self or what ever is the object of meditation.
• Samaadhi – One with the self and from there to the supreme self or one with the object of meditation. Existing in one consciousness level. One awareness level. Unity. Oneness.

Q: Ashta Siddhi
A: They are:

1. Anima (capability of making the body minute)
2. Mahima (increasing body size),
3. Laghima (ability to become light),
4. Garima (power to make the body heavy),
5. Ishitva (possess divine powers – lordship),
6. Vashitwam (power to attract others ),
7. Prapti (power to secure anything),
8. Prakamya (ablity to become invisible).

Siddhis are automatic, as we evolve. Preserving them as sacred keeps our potential intact. Mis -using them degenerates our spirituality. The equation is simple. If Moksha is the purpose of our existence, we have to go beyond the temptations of siddhis and stay steadfast in the path of liberation. Siddhis could pull a saadhak down to the quagmire of karma.

Q: Nava Nidhi
A:  Nava Nidhi means nine types of wealth. They are:

1. Parakaaya Pravesha – Ability to enter another body – even a dead body.
2. Haadi Vidya – Siddha has no hunger nor thirst. This vidya helps detach from the requirement of food and water.
3. Kaadi Vidya – No seasonal changes affect the man. Seasons cannot touch him. This also means winter and summer cannot affect the Siddha. He does not feel heat or cold.
4. Vaayu Gaman Siddhi – Siddha becomes lighter than air which facilitates His air-travel. He travels from one place to another in a few seconds.
5. Madaalasa Vidya – Siddha increases or decreases the size of His body using this knowledge. Hanumanji has famously done this many times.
6. Kanakadhaara Siddhi – Siddha acquires unlimited wealth through this siddhi – if he chooses to. Avadhootas are hardly bothered about money and wealth. They live in a perfect world of supreme consciousness.
7. Praakya Sadhana – Directing souls to wombs – even to the extent of motherhood to barren women.
8. Soorya Vigyan – Through the power of rays, transformation of materials are achieved. Sun rays are used to nullify and re create materials or transform them to the form they choose. Surya vigyan is an ancient technique used by siddhas.
9. Mrita Sanjeevani Vidya – Rejuvenating the dead. Dead can be brought to life using this siddhi.

Siddhas are not bothered about these powers. They have no necessity to prove to anyone. They exist in bliss state always. Siddhis are based on eligibility. It happens when the seeker is ready. But, siddhis are also double edged swords. They can prevent spiritual growth and essentially  moksha(Salvation). Do not get stuck with siddhis or even the thought of siddhis. Let it come and go, if needed be. Stay always close to your soul and the Brahman.

Understand that the potential of every being is the same, irrespective of whether he is rich or poor. The awakening of it makes the difference. None are empty. None are high or low. All possess the same quality of soul. All souls are children of the supreme soul. All belong to the Supreme Father. Everyone’s ultimate aim is to reach Him. Every body has a duration. Every form, name and identity will dissolve and disappear sooner or later. No one is immune to changes. All are one. ONE SOUL. All are SHIVA. Shivoham!!!

God Bless All

Love
M

The Cycle of Rise and Fall

Never Take Life Seriously - Watch it as a Witness - Laugh Aloud

Dear Friends

Since the last few days, I am bombarded with calls and mails for my comments on the incident related to Swami Nithyananda. I have answered all your questions personally and  in our satsang. I would like to write my thoughts here, so that the raging minds may get some relief. I am objective. I am not involved with Dhyanapeetam. But, I like Nithyananda’s style of teaching, his clarity and the pearls of wisdom that he profusely gave forth all these years. We cannot ignore what he gave to the hungry world of sundry seekers. We cannot shatter his image because of a scandal and ignore his teachings. I am not justifying him not practicing his teachings or our notion of dishonoring the sanctity of saffron. Time will tell the truth. Let’s exercise patience. Please wait and watch by not being judgmental.

I am watching with amusement the human nature or the nature of the mob where 100s of good messages, teachings were ignored and disowned because our mental image about Nithyananda got shattered. Why do we have to disown the Guru tattwa that traveled through the medium called Nithyananda also to the outside world? Why do we have to disown our experiences as well as knowledge? Mental images are bound to get shattered sooner or later. Let us realize this fact, as this body also will perish one day.

The Tragic Flaw

In the Aristotelian teachings, there is heavy accent on a principle called The Tragic Flaw. This means, one flaw or deficiency in one’s character, triggers his downfall. Othello had jealousy. Hamlet’s flaw was delay. Every human being possesses one or a few tragic flaws in him, which eventually cause his downfall. Suppressed sex is such a flaw. Does this change with enlightenment? We shall see that in the following lines.

Guru Tattwa

The Guru principle is like the every flowing Ganges. It keeps flowing, through various cities, nourishing various regions and beings. Guru principle began when life began. Guru Tattwa operates through any being, any mouth and any words that matter to us, time to time. Just like different teachers guided you in different classes, aiding you to reach the higher levels, the Guru Principle works through various beings and helps us climb steps to higher awareness. Guru Tattwa flows eternally. Nobody can deny this. All external teachers are only representing this principle. Our soul also represents this principle. God represents this principle. That is why we say Guru is God. Guru is transitory. Guru changes from class to class, or time to time. The principle never changes.

The Guru principle travels through eternity and takes any mouth to convey the wisdom. The mouth is not important as it is transitory. The message it conveys is important for you. Trust the message. Cherish the message. Experience the message. They are the eternal truths.This will help liberation. Marry the wisdom, not the Guru.

Guru Principle Eternally Flows

Equanimity

Our tradition teaches us the path of equanimity as the best path. A perfect balance through happiness and sorrow. If a seeker approaches spirituality with extreme equanimity, he will be well balanced in Guru Tattwa, with supreme gratitude to existence and all the mouths that expound the tattwa. If emotion is driving the seeker, and especially if  ”do-ership” is predominant in him, he will tend to get attached to the image of the Guru. They miss the tattwa and fall for the Guru. They build expectations and mental images. When the images fail to hold, they fall flat too. Many get disillusioned. Many get out of disillusionment, and finally leave their need for the stick and start to walk on their own thereafter.

The Path of Liberation

Our tradition has always accented on the liberation from the birth and death cycle. Our tradition never bound anyone to any system and allowed free choices to everyone.This is the true path. In this path, The Guru, Our Soul and the God are one and the same. Our soul is our primary Guru. The external Guru is only an exponent of the eternal principle called Guru Tattwa. In the path of liberation, sooner or later, the image, name and form must get nullified and the tattwa should shine bright. So, whatever image that we hold on to, for our immediate progress, like our class teacher, will vanish and will be replaced by another and another, until the completion of our journey. Path of liberation is always path or annihilation. Everything, including our body, mind and intellect must perish and dissolve, sooner or later.

The Body

Hunger sustains the body. Sex sustains the species. When one takes the body, he also inherits the relevant urges. Hunger and Sex are essential for sustenance in different levels, all amounting to existence. When the accent on body reduces and man establishes his consciousness on Omni presence, all the requirements of the body will take a back seat. It does not mean that it has vanished from the system. It exists, in a dormant state, in most cases. When that person has to operate continuously through the senses and body, such as teaching or nurturing establishments or people, these urges can come back and bother him. It is possible. This, the primal urge, may also cause the fall.

Enlightenment

Enlightenment establishes one on unity with his own soul. It leaves aside all caution and allows the nature to take its course, like a tree, even if it means cutting it off from its roots. Enlightenment aligns all chakras of the vital system in perfect order and converts the man into a mirror. He will start reflecting what comes in front of him and will usually maintain a fluid state. He will be like the water that attains the flavor and form of its container. This level of being-ness often brings forth personal chaos. Especially when the person consistently operates on the terrestrial plane, his larger awareness takes a back seat. If lust takes over, it gives room for degeneracy. Lust also could be acquired. Like a sponge, he could acquire any feeling from another person.

The Image

Our body, mind and intellect are temporary. When over-dependancy happens on any image, it gets shattered. This is the law of nature. The public image that we consciously or unconsciously create is transitory or temporary. Sooner or later, it will fall. It will definitely fall if we do not conform to the image that we create and do something contrary to it. The image that others build about us is also transitory or temporary. The difference here is, even if we allow changes in ourselves, others will not want to change their image about us at all. Thence, if we are casual about the image, others could crucify us, because we do not conform to their mental image anymore. Society likes to keep images about its people. The larger the image, the tougher it is to maintain it, let alone change it. When such images break, the society becomes cruel.

The Expectation

Expectation is the biggest treason. Expectations are inevitable, as long as we operate from our conscious mind during waking state. Expectation is part of our mind mechanism. The more the expectations are, the more are our sufferings too. Expectations create walls much stronger than ego. Expectations always alienate us from the truth. Expectations thus should be nullified before we realize God. When we build expectations on individuals, they are bound to perish, because almost all people are karmic beings and unless we see the third dimension of the individual, we cannot understand his operating levels. (Enlightened beings operate on Dharmic mode) In order to understand the operating levels, we need to have unity in consciousness. Since each person operates in his own consciousness, and cannot migrate into another, this is very difficult. So, expectations are bound to perish sooner or later. The shock that follows wakes us up and relieves us from our dependency on our expectations to its nullification.

The Gratitude

Gratitude is essential for growth. Every Guru has given us something. Every one has aided our growth. What we are today is with the support of many Gurus. We should be grateful. If a Guru behaves in a way which is contrary to our expectations, we should understand that the problem is with our expectation. We may have failed to understand the third dimension of the Guru, which was not fully obvious. All we need to do is accept and appreciate the teachings.

The Power of Sex

Sex is very powerful. It is powerful because it is inherent in all beings. It is inherent because it is essential for the continuation of species. Sex is used only to maintain the species – by all beings except man. For man, sexual act also amounts to pleasure and recreation. Celibacy is a test. Being a celibate is not easy, because the needs of the body sometimes play havoc, just like hunger can take a person even to the level of murdering another. Being a celibate in a forest is much easier than existing in the market place amongst all kinds of lures.Thus, all these matters can acquire the power of tornadoes at times, unless overcome. To win over elements, which is essentially the basis of our body, we need stillness and being-ness. In extreme doing-ness of social life, even if the person exists in being-ness of his realized state, the needs of the body could always play an important role. The shift from the all pervasive omnipresence to the limited body consciousness can be considered as inevitable, when the interaction is at micro level continuously and consistently. This is the discretion of the saint. He could very well transfer himself into a Grihasthi (Family man’s life), get married, have sexual gratification and even help continue the species, if need be. He could also renounce fully and pursue his spirituality in anonymity, like avadhootas. If he chooses to serve the world and also maintain perfect celibacy, he needs to exercise great restraint. It is not easy.

Sex has lured masters since time began. Sex is the temptation that tilts humans because we are used to suppressing it. Society condemns it. Middle class preserves it. Upper and Lower class has nothing to do with morality, usually. Pardon my bluntness. This is the truth. Morality is the property of the usually deprived Middle class.  We pretend to be immune to it and fall flat at times unable to handle its immensity and weight. This is the way we are, whether we like it or not. Like the Great Master Lahari Mahasaya, who also lead a family life, said “When sexual desire takes place, it takes place.” It is as simple as that. Adi Shankara migrated his soul into another body to experience sexuality. Viswamithra fell to the charms of Menaka. Osho has remarked that without addressing our inherent sexuality, there is no progress in spirituality. Now, the question is about the image that we created and the reality that we experience. If there is big disparity, the fall is inevitable. The equation is in coming into terms with ourselves. Nobody is immune to sexuality. Everyone has fantasies. If someone pretends otherwise, beware. Sex is natural. Accept our sexuality. There is nothing to be ashamed about. Use your discretion while going about it, that’s all. By suppressing something, we cannot solve it. Period.

My Request

My request to all the family members of BTW is, please respect the teachings of Nithyananda. Please respect the Guru Tattwa that he translated into many lives. Please respect the teachings as well as the experiences. Do not despise anyone, let alone Nithyananda. If you criticize and hate any Guru, the Guru principle within you will get affected. Just be grateful for what Nithyananda gave you and the world. Only our expectations were shattered. Our mental images were shattered. A big bubble was burst. They are bound to be shattered today or tomorrow. Nothing stays permanent in life. Be respectful. Never use any violence in thoughts, words or action. Do not judge anyone’s action. There is no need to justify, as it is none of our business. Remember one thing – the truth will remain truth, despite the image of the master. Also, be careful about who is benefited by desecrating and burning the ashram? Why do we become emotional? Why do we become violent? Are we all such pure beings to throw stones at another? Are we all not a mixture of everything? Look within first. Then look outside. True spiritualists should maintain calmness and serenity. Marry the teachings. Do not marry the Guru. But, always have gratitude for the teachings or Guru Tattwa.

One person has insisted on my answering his question about whether I approve it or not. My friend, the world does not operate on my approvals. Your mental processes happen beyond my approval. I have seen shift in favors without any concrete reason in life. People change in moments. Their thought processes change. We never know who will do what tomorrow. Who will be alive tomorrow. What will happen to us tomorrow. We are so fragile and momentary. You and I can rise or fall anytime. Tides can turn anytime. So, let’s not be over enthusiastic in cherishing the fall of somebody. We do not have to approve the sexual preferences of anyone. They will go ahead with it, well without our approvals, if they have to. When we cannot even control our own thoughts, how will we control others? Do we have to at all?

I appreciate your stressing on morality and sainthood. History has seen much of suppression and subsequent liberation. Let’s not argue this fact. I do understand that mental images have been seriously shattered. That is bound to happen, because our path is that of liberation from everything. Just understand one thing. With or without us walking this planet, life will go on. Nothing changes with our protest or concern. Violence within will only affect ourselves. Hence, express gratitude for everything and allow people to walk their path. Let’s not be judgmental. We have no right. Let us take everything as part of our learning process. Hence, marry good teachings which help our spiritual evolution. Never marry any physical Guru.

Love All. Forgive All . Be Kind Within. Do not judge another.

BLESS ALL.

Love

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