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Q&A in Muscat, November 17, 2011

18 Dec 2011 11 Comments

by PK Mohan in Uncategorized

Dear All,

These are the question and answers happened during Satsang on 17 Nov 2011 in Muscat. There are questions on fears, how to handle injustice, early death of child, abortions and also should we convince other people about meditation. Mohanji’s answers are really stark and piercing, which could make a definitive shift in consciousness, if one carefully read it and digest it. Please read as Mohanji’s talking and discussion is building up. He has given explanations in very simple words. It appears too long to read but it is full of examples and sequential understanding with micro details! Feel Mohanji’s voice as you read.

Love and regards,

BTW Oman Team

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Q. How does fear happen? Fear of money, fear of society

Just watch when is fear happening? What time does fear happen? How does it happen? Fear happens when you are awake in certain times, and only when you are awake. There are no fears when you are in dream state or in deep sleep. Of course, there could be some fearsome dreams, but they vanish when you wake up. Some do linger on, nurtured by the conscious mind. There are no fears at all during deep sleep state. So, all fears are temporary. They have a nature of passing through. Understand that fears are also the opposite of love. When love is predominant, no fear happens. It is just like darkness and light- when light is predominant, there is no darkness. Darkness means absence of light. Fear means absence of love. Love is the antidote for fear, so if you increase love, fear disappears. If you bring light, darkness disappears.

Every fear has a weak root. It is temporary and fleeting in nature. Ignorance leads to fear. Not understanding of something leads to fear. Like, for example, if there is sufficient light, you have no fear about the room as everything is visible in the right light, then you switch off all the lights and there is darkness, lack of visibility and fear. Uncertainty and non-understanding leads to fear. Non-understanding leads to insecurity as well as fear. Fear is an offspring of non-understanding. So, if you understand something very clearly, there is no fear, misunderstanding or related insecurity. But, if you do not understand something, all the fears come and anxieties happen.

Darkness means absence of light. Fear means absence of love. ... Mohanji

If you just look at the events of your own life, nothing stays, right? Everything is passing with time. Everything is temporary. A very healthy man becomes very sick! A sick man recovers dramatically! Rich people become poor and poor becomes rich overnight! So there is nothing permanent. But we expect things to be permanent and we try to bind time with events. Time has only value like a milestone which you see while travelling from one place to the other. Time is travelling. Each point of time is also just like a milestone. You cannot stop anywhere. You are pushed forward in time. Something (an event) happens at this particular time, or a particular place or at a particular kilometer. Muscat city is so many kms away and like that. An event happens at a particular time. It can only happen at that particular time; not an hour earlier or an hour late. So, you look at time just like the odometer. When this happens in a simultaneous way, each event has value only at that time. You have value for lunch only at the time of lunch. You have value for a certain thing at that moment only. When you were growing up, your parents bought for you a motorcycle. You have value for that motorcycle at that point in time, now you grew beyond it, and you probably bought a car. Then you look back on the model of the motorcycle, its value is much lesser. May be you use it, because it is there, or maybe you sold it. Time and value have a certain correlation and it changes. It cannot be together forever.

Similarly, fears are transitory in nature. There are certain fears that are formed out of experiences of the past, e.g traumas related to accidents etc. You carry forward trauma until you realize that it was wastage. Sometimes as a child you have fear of ghosts. Ghosts could be something unknown. You do not know them. Then, when you grow up, you feel, what was I worrying about? What was I afraid of? What was I not understanding? Why is this happening? What is this changeover? Oh, ghosts, it is not a problem. So far in my life, none of the ghosts were a problem. Then, through understanding, you come over fear of ghosts. Likewise, fear of altitude, fear of water. Such fears are a part of your karmic baggage which you carried when you took the birth. Human existence is always transitory; one point to the other point, from birth till death. That is it. Beyond that there is no meaning. Then it is another life. We take things too seriously. We believe that certain things are very important for us. Actually they are not. They are also part of the baggage or transit.

You are driving the car and there are passengers with you. They may get off at some point in time. And they may say that “I do not want to travel with you any further”. It is as simple as that. Even if you force them they may not continue the journey. But you may have to go further, because this is your interest, not their interest, and likewise people keep travelling together as long as they have to, and they drop off. Likewise fears travel with you and they do not exist when you are in a different mode, such as sleeping. When you wake up, you may wake up with the fear, and anxieties. Sometimes you may wake up in a different environment and you do not feel any fears, because all the fears are gone. So, look at it from this angle and you would understand fears better.

Q.  Was he asking about fear of job?

Whether fear or job or life, every fear is the same!

Love is the antidote for fear, so if you increase love, fear disappears. If you bring light, darkness disappears... Mohanji

Q. How about materialistic things? Like will I get something or not?

Such thoughts will happen. These are anxieties. Whether I will be able to have the deal or not? Sometimes no, sometimes yes! Many times people judge you on ‘not achieving something’! That is also part of this anxiety as people are hiring you because they have expectations to be fulfilled through you. …. ‘I am hiring you provided you deliver me this’! I will not take you in if you do not perform to this level of my expectation! So – fine, I am not living up to that, because of whatever reason, no problem! That is not the end of life. That is only a juncture, or a transition point. You tried and it did not work well, as expected. NO PROBLEM. That does not mean that you are a failure. It means that at a particular time, in a particular space, at a particular environment, something did not happen. It had happened in another environment in a different time. You may not been able to implant the same thing in another environment. This is not a failure because there are so many factors associated with that. So people consider a person to be failure, judging him based on certain situations, activity and corresponding result. It is like; I am asking a fish to climb a tree. Fish cannot. Then I call the fish a failure. But if I ask the fish to swim, it will swim very well. Can I ask the fish to climb the tree so that I can call the fish is a failure? And can I tell the fish that because it is not able to climb a tree and hence it is a loser?

Q. Identification of resource for a particular assignment is also our responsibility.

To make “sambar curry” (A South Indian Curry/Soup), you need certain ingredients. If those ingredients are not available, you cannot create that curry. It is as simple as that. You need to assemble many things to create certain things. If those things are not present, it will not work. You will have to make something else, with the available material. That does not tell one if you are a success or a failure! It should not. If you start assessing a person based on such events, then the deficiency is with us. We do not know how to assess a person, because our understanding is always limited. It has nothing to do with the other person. Nobody is a failure that way. But we are too judgmental. Most of the times we only look at people two dimensionally. Our vision is so limited and we cannot help it. We miss The Third Dimension, which is the real YOU. When we miss that, we miss the whole stuff. That is the point. This is very much applicable to an HR Manager. What is the wholesome personality; a personality, which not only directly reflect on the effect of job, but also on the background.  What leads a person to a particular place – what is the complete man?

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Q. I am reading your blogs. I have a question. Everything has been decided about our birth and death. Destiny has been written. But, we do not know what happens in the next moment. Next moment also depends on you, if you do a good thing or a bad thing. But, on the other side everything has been written and preplanned. I cannot correlate both together. I find it very confusing.

I have explained this point clearly before. But, it does not matter. I will explain again. I like to explain again and further.

Destiny that you talked about is the prarabdha karma, the karmas that provoked our birth on earth, in a particular place to a particular set of parents in a particular environment to fulfill a particular set of desires. This agenda is your shopping list. This has been decided before you ventured out of the house, which means you took this birth. Before you went to the supermarket, you prepared a list of essentials that you want to buy. You carried sufficient money to buy such things as well. Maybe a little extra cash as well, in terms of life, a few breaths extra! So, breath is your money to continue with the journey and complete the journey. You have the shopping list and you started the journey. This is the road map and this is the destiny. Are you clear about the destiny now? This is from each birth till death.

Now the free will you are talking about is very limited in this bargain. On the way to the car showroom, you decided to buy a Rolls Royce, instead of the ordinary car that you had originally chosen. Do you have sufficient money? You may not have. If you had gone to buy a Rolls Royce in the first place, if you had considered sufficient money for that, you would have taken the money and accomplished the deed. But that was not your original agenda. It was not in the original list. This is the karma which you added today. This new addition or change in the original plan may need postponement; this, you may have to take with you to another life, or another trip. Consider one trip as one life. You have to take another trip to buy such additional things. That is the destiny. Now what is your free will at this point or period of time, in this journey? In a second, in an environment like this place, this space, this time, this moment, you can only lift left hand or the right hand. So if I lift left hand, that moment is gone, the time is expired. It is over. I cannot lift right hand at this time. I can only lift right hand at another time. Your free will is so limited amongst your pre-planned, pre-determined destiny.  

If you had gone to buy a Rolls Royce in the first place, if you had considered sufficient money for that, you would have taken the money and accomplished the deed. But that was not your original agenda. It was not in the original list. This is the karma which you added today... Mohanji

What is the nature of your journey? Simple. What made you come here for meditation today? You could have gone to the pub instead. Such events tell you the nature of your journey. Where you started the travelling; which is the path you are taking; which would be your possible destination? Why you do not understand the whole journey is because your conscious mind – the limited mind cannot understand the master plan. Because this mind – the brain which you are using to understand the world is acquired in this life, just like the place you are living now. Of course, the karma bhoomi, or platform for action did exist before. Your body is new and new body cannot understand in totality the whole agenda of your past lives. But who can understand? Your higher self can understand. But higher self usually has nothing to do with your local karma. This is something which you acquired now. Just like your soul, your Higher Self sees all detached. No interest in your agenda but it helps you. You are not communicating with it enough. So that you know, why you are here, what is your job, what are you going through, and where are you going to? The moment you start mixing with the higher self, you become complete – in 360 degrees. Full! You will know your past, present and future at one time. This is what we call a complete merger, Moksha or Mukti. That point in time your desires are totally wiped out, the complete meaning of the whole existence falls in place, and you are totally complete – sat chit ananda, sachidananda!

Until that, when you are operating in the micro level, you can never fully understand the macro level. A first standard student cannot understand what a tenth standard student is experiencing. He may only know that the 10th class student is also carrying books and attending classes; and may also imagine that they can also sit in the tenth class as well! But he cannot, because his eligibility level is different. His intellect is not developed to the same level as the level of the 10^th class student, so that he can understand the subject matters of that class. Evolution of consciousness happens. Evolution must happen, evolution is required. It has nothing to do with physical age. There could be an eighty year old man with no spiritual evolution and a five year old boy completely evolved. So if you look at a man’s physical age and decide, that this man is indeed evolved but without knowing the truth of his level existence you will be terribly mistaken. Physical age has no meaning in spiritual terms. It only tells how much you have travelled in this karmic life. That’s it. Some people have travelled 50 years, some people have travelled 60 years, and some people have travelled 8 years. It has no meaning in the spiritual level. Understanding level or awareness levels are always different. So you cannot underestimate a small child who is very evolved. Spiritually he could be much more mature than probably his grandfather. Do you understand this?  And feel the differences, because this is the total perspective. All this is in the blog. You can reach the blog. Go through my previous blog or the book, The Power of Purity. I do not give half cooked food; I give either cooked food or no food at all.

So, is it clear? Do you get the idea? Do you get the idea what is free will and extent of free will that one has during his karmic life?

Now I will give you another dimension of it. You are very much active in the dream state. You know, you are also exhausting your karmas in the dream state because your space is different. In the dream state, you do not have the binding of the physical body. You are operating from a larger dimension, so you can move in different planes. You can change your character, you can change yourself. All that is binding in the physical state is absent in the dream state. You have realities happening there as well. These are also desires getting exhausted in another level. These are also present in your life.

Do you understand the different dimensions of yourself? Each day is different. It is not a one- time affair.

you are also exhausting your karmas in the dream state because your space is different. In the dream state, one does not have the binding of the physical body. .. Mohanji

The third level is the deep sleep state where you visit your home, your hometown. Where is your hometown? It is the Astral plane where you go after your death. That place is very familiar to you because you have been there after every death. This physical place, this city, is not familiar to you because only in this life you have come here and even if you have visited this place before, roads or at least road signs would have changed, if not the city ltself. You may not have come here in another life. But the astral plane is very familiar to you. Hence, you go there every night. This is what people call astral travel.  It is no big deal. It is your nature to visit your hometown and make sure everything is ok there and meet those familiar people there, shake hands with a few of them and come back to your current body, without the awareness attached to it.

If I say I can actually take you to astral plane, I will have to give you a course to travel to the astral plane, right? But, you already know the train to reach there anyway! It is very simple. When the body activities are very quiet, when the mind is inactive, mind has no value,  when you are in perfect deep sleep where you have annihilated all your characteristics, all your qualities, even the gender, space, time plus all identities related to this existence, nothing matters because you do not exist, you do not know that you are sleeping, you do not know whether you are a man or a woman, you do not know about time or space, you have no idea about the quality of your possessions, you have no idea  about your professional position, or about social situations, you become completely detached from everything. At that time, you can get out of the body and go to astral plane and come back – because body is stationery, safe and inactive. This is what you do. Sometimes you come back and have some memories of some meeting with somebody or at least some information that you could use here. You may think it is a dream. But it is not. Many people tells me – “I met you, Mohanji and we discussed this matter and you told me what to do”. That was real, because the answer was clear. You got a clear answer. It is given in another plane. If you are able to bring one answer from astral plane which is crystal clear in mind, back to this physical plane, it is indeed great as it is always relevant. Somebody has actually given you that right answer, right? Was that your imagination? How did you know this relevant answer to a live situation, which you never knew in the physical plane before? The answer is crystal clear. You met somebody, you discussed and you brought it forward as you had to use it here. This knowledge had to be used here. That is why you brought it here. Otherwise, you will not bring it. You need not bring the astral road map here because you cannot use it on these roads. You can only use it there. Like the roadmap of your Indian home town, where you belong to; you cannot use it in Dubai or Muscat-right? Information which you may need in the physical plane here right now, you may carry forward from the other planes, with the permission to go ahead and use it. If it helps you to have clarity, do it. You might forget other information which you cannot use. You may consider those information and experiences as vague dreams as you never needed to remember them. And this is the beauty. We do not carry garbage in the Astral plane. We discard what we do not need. There is no accumulation. It is only here, on earth that we tend to accumulate all things wanted and unwanted. All the garbage happens only here in the gross plane.

If I say I can actually take you to astral plane, but I should give you a course to travel to the astral plane. It will not be right. Astral plane is your hometown... Mohanji

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Q. A 12 year old child asked question to Mohanji. She said, “I read a story of Ramana Maharshi. A family lost their one son in a water fall. The family asked reason for this death of their very young son to Ramana. Ramana Maharshi answered that his karmas are over in this life. He cannot live more” Mohanji what does this mean?

There is nothing further for him to do in this life. Whatever he came to experience is finished. If you are only going to the shop to buy Eclairs, you bought eclairs and finished the desire, right? And perhaps you did not bring money for anything more. That is it. Some people go with a bigger shopping list and fill the cart. There is a special counter for people who buy one or two pieces. This is how our life is. You see in the transit lounge of airports that so many people come together, going to various places, everybody sits for only a very limited time. This is the space between life and death; only so much time in that lounge. Some people may stay for one or two hours and some stay for half an hour, or one hour. Some people go to the smoking chamber, some go to eat something, or some may read the newspaper. Each person expresses his character and disappears. Fresh people keep coming. The whole world is just like the transit lounge of the airport. This is life. Very simple life; not complicated at all.

Q. So when children die young, does it mean that they were a high soul?

Usually if child exits before age of five years, it is usually a higher entity who came to fulfill certain mission and gone. It may not be a karmic birth.

Q. Is it also related to parent’s’ karma?

Not entirely – Higher souls come for a higher purpose, for a higher reason. Of course, the parents also experience happiness and sorrow in the bargain. Usually it is said that the real karma takes root only after the age of five year. Karmic life starts after age 5. If child exits before 5, it is purely a dharmic existence. Existence before five is rarely a karmic existence. You come to achieve a certain dharma, to establish certain dharma, to create certain awareness; not only for parents but for higher things. It may be for a whole family, or a society- it could be anything. It depends on the size of its mission. Having said that, all that the child is supposed to experience within that brief period, can indeed be considered as karmic; even though the karmas are not sufficient for a long life. Hope this is not too confusing. Karma is always complex. It is difficult to decipher because it has multiple dimensions. It is not an action – reaction theory, even though it appears to be so.

Q. Can I ask you about the abortion? When the soul does really enters the body of a baby? Some say it is after the fourth month, so if you have an abortion, it does not affect soul’s travel.

Abortion is violence. Prevention is better. Anyway, coming back to your question, it is not easily definable that way because I do not believe in such definitions. I believe that when the child starts growing in the womb, it is alive and has to be considered as a living baby. When the heart starts beating it has to be considered as alive. Whether the soul enters or not is not the point. It is when the heart starts beating that life has taken place.

The higher purpose is that the child could have taken away a lot of negativities of a community or an individual family or a collective family along with his death. It would have shifted certain dimensions within the family.... Mohanji

Q. But is it important that whether abortion happened before or after the soul enters the baby? Does it make a difference?

No, life has formed, life has happened, when the heart starts beating. As I said, I do not support violence of any kind. I consider abortion as violence. One could always prevent pregnancy. Why kill the baby?

Q. I know someone who had 4 miscarriages. It was revealed to her in past life regression that, those children came again in some other lives because they were affected by this. But these were miscarriages and not abortions.

It does not matter what the reasons were. That is why we were talking about the nagas. You have to be in harmony with nature. Then miscarriages and such things will not happen. If you are not in harmony with nature, when you are self-centered, such things will happen. That is why you can never be self-centered in life. You have to be in tune with nature. You have to work as one with nature, respect and love nature. Things will be fine. The moment you think ‘I Am doing something’ you start falling. We are not the doers. Things are happening through us. Situations are happening. Of course, we chose situations, like we decide to take birth quite before the birth. After birth, the journey is taking you. You chose the destination before the birth happens. But what control do you have after birth? How does your heart beat? How is your circulation happening? How is your digestion happening? How do thought processes happen? Can you control your thought processes? Do you have any idea what you will be thinking in the next moment? We are so helpless. Absolutely.  And, then why this ego? Why do we believe we are doing? Things are happening. The moment surrender happens, divinity takes over. Grace flows. Be grateful. …Are you clear about this?

Q. Replying to that young girl, who told the story of child who died young because he finished the purpose. Now, a child has born, he is 1 or 2 year old. He is bubbly, happy and made everyone happy. Then he dies. What higher purpose that child could have had? 

The higher purpose is that the child could have taken away a lot of negativities of a community or an individual family or a collective family along with his death. It would have shifted certain dimensions within the family. There are certain roadblocks in the karmic life. The child sees that, through its unpolluted, unbiased absoluteness. The soul is full and omnipresent, even though it is within a child’s body. It has come here for a purpose, due to the karmic eligibility of the family, to help them and protect them. At death, through intense sorrow, it shifts the consciousness of the family members.

Everybody has certain protecting angels or guides from above. They decide to give a helping hand, as they see that these persons may not know the course of life, or what are the road blocks, or what the obstructions are, along the way in the path of life. So, this child could be one of the protecting angels as well. From a higher perspective, everything is clear. From birth, till death, the whole thing is clear. We are not aware of it. Then there is a collective levels of obstructions which is acquired by the family over generations. If there were disagreements, if there were problems in the family, fights, all these things that are accumulated in the family, that also becomes partially the karma of individuals living in the family. Such things are clogging the whole family’s movement or obstructing their free movement.

During such time, the higher beings will say, ok, I will come back and take the birth here in this family, just to cleanse the whole thing; just to clear the stale air.

And then they come, and spread this warmth around, and then they collect all garbage and they disappear, in a dharmic way. This could be a guiding angel, a protecting angel, or maybe a higher entity who chose to come there, and then they cleanse the generation from the accumulated karma or the accumulated road blocks. Such things happen many times.

Take a look at an individual. A woman had a desire to have a child. How does karma play a role? For example, one lady had thirteen children in one life. She was living in a particular community where birth control was not accepted. She is not allowed to stop the childbirth in anyway, so she kept having children. After 13 children, she was sick and tired of this whole thing. She was praying to God – “God, please do something; please stop this misery.” It was too late to pray in that life, because she already had all those children. Even though it did not work in that life, it worked in her next life. Because what she asked for, was not possible in that particular life, her prayer bore fruit in her next life. Since that desire was carried forward to the next life, which is this life, she bore no children in this life. Now, she started praying to God to give her at least one child! It is natural for a woman to think of having a child. She does not know what her state was and what she was praying for in her last life. And then, with all this desire, she got a child, but the child survived only about a year or two, because the intensity of the desire was just to have a child. And not have the experience of all the stages of motherhood through time and age of the child. So, the desire to have the experience of motherhood was fulfilled in this life. But the child did not live on to give her the complete experience, because that was not supposed to be in this life. This is how karma works.

When the child came and left it actually removed a lot of roadblocks and burdens and it elevated people to a certain level of awareness. People who were going in a completely materialistic and emotional path were shaken by the death of the child. They started thinking – what is the whole thing about life and death? What am I trying to do here? Suddenly everybody became introspective. Am I doing the right thing? Is it really worth it? What is this whole thing about? Is there a God? Slowly they shifted to the thought of spirituality. Till that time it was impossible because a sudden shock was required in the family to tilt their level of awareness. To bring them to a certain track. The child did that job. It does not matter how long it lived, but lived sufficiently so you had those nice smiles and cries of that baby. These feelings are essential. If the child had died within 10 days you would not remember that way. But, if the child stayed on, for some time, and created its own impression, then you would remember. Then you cannot forget, and that changed the consciousness of the people. They started seeing things differently. We understand the larger purpose. So, every event has a larger meaning. Everything has a deeper purpose.

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to any situation, Respond with the intellect; Reaction is always from the emotions! Mohanji

Q. When there is some injustice happening, e.g to your colleague in the office, should you do something about it or one should keep quiet?

The best medicine to counter all negativity is love. It is not easy. But it is the best medicine. Eventually people become helpless in front of love, unconditional love. When you start expressing love unconditionally, and express benevolence all the time, not only to the person who is trying to harm you, but everyone will shower you with love. If you are steadfast in love, and your path is that of love towards all beings, birds, animals, trees, people, it disarms and diffuses all negativities and elevates your consciousness to great heights. It also removes and destroys all kinds of psycho-somatic blockages too.

This is the best. Usually when, somebody does an injustice to us, our ego is hurt, and we feel hurt. This discriminating factor makes us react. Reaction always harms. But the moment you shift it to the intellect- what is he doing? What is this person doing? Why is he doing? Ok, he is doing this for me; there is some kind of an education happening in this whole thing and you start understanding the wholesomeness of an event and you start responding instead of reacting. Responding is with the intellect; Reaction is with the emotions. Try to discard emotions and start responding with the intellect. It disarms the other person (opponent) because it is not what he expected from you. The moment you react, the other person will be happy “this is what I am expecting”, an emotional outburst, crying or whatever. This is why the non-violence movement of Mahatma Gandhiji became so effective. It disarmed the opponent.

Q. But, when the opponent is your own colleague?

Yes, so in such situations, what you would do is let there be peace or those kinds of chanting or mantras. You can dilute the situation that way. But one thing you must understand- everybody gets what they deserve. So there is a certain deserving level playing inside all events. Everybody does not get what they desire, but what they deserve, they do get. There is the inevitable deserving factor. You cannot really contradict that; but with awareness you can overcome it. Each person is playing only his or her role. Nothing more or nothing less he or she can do. They come together to get a thing done, and then they disappear, go in separate ways. You cannot do much about that. Yet, you could keep responding with kindness. The most disarming weapon in the whole universe is LOVE. The other person will become helpless eventually and come to terms with himself. “Life” starts to blossom within him too. Real life is a life totally based on selflessness and unconditional love, not in-sensitiveness, competition, accumulation and greed.

Q. There is always a thought that, I need to do something about this injustice.

This is our usual response level. But use your intellect, respond, not react. That itself is a big war won. If emotion is coming forward, it will suck all your energy away and you will be exhausted. If you are responding, using your intellect, you will be much better as energy will not drain away. Even if you feel that somebody is using you or abusing you for some reason. Do you know what you are doing? You do have control over your actions. Right?

Awareness is the best way to overcome all sorts of things, but awareness must happen to all the people for perfect peace to land, and if a person is not evolved to that level of awareness, he will never understand, and he will continue with his reactions. But, you could certainly get back to your own inner peace and let the world happen as it would. Do not try to change others. Change yourself and lead by example. That is much more powerful than a million words. This is why Gandhiji is honored and respected even today. He lived his teachings.

That is why I had explained the predominant characteristics of people in 4 ways; Aggressive good, aggressive bad, passive good and passive bad.

Aggressive Good is a very intelligent man and is also selfless. He uses al his intellect, all his power, for the general well- being of the society. An example is Krishna, Jesus, Budha. They did feel, but never operated from the realm of emotions.

Aggressive Bad is a person who is extremely intelligent like Krishna, Budha or Jesus but using everything for selfish means. They are also very, very powerful, and you can see such people in our own society. They are politicians. They are very powerful people, yet mostly cunning, and are primarily only looking after their own life. They even harm the society for selfish ends. Society sometimes stands helpless because Aggressive Bad are intelligent and they play their cards very well. They also get away with their treachery. How many politicians get punished by law?

The third level is Passive Good. By nature they are good. They like to go home, be with the wife and children and take them to the shops. But they are passive. They cannot respond. They use emotion more than intellect. They are controlled by Aggressive Good or Aggressive Bad. If aggressive good is controlling them, they will be highly beneficial for the society. If aggressive bad is controlling them, these people’s goodness is used against them. You can see these people in society.

Last is Passive Bad. They are bad and negative by nature. What do they do? They abuse people. Sometimes they are a part of the mafia too. If their boss, the aggressive bad tells them, go and kill that man! They will  just go and kill that man. They will not feel anything. They do not think. They do not even ask – why should I kill that man? By nature they are negative. Such people are plenty. But these people can also be influenced by Aggressive Good and Aggressive Bad. If Aggressive Good is influencing them, they will slowly turn towards goodness and selflessness. Most of the times; Aggressive Bad influence them and they get used as tools to achieve their selfish ends. If you look at the society, you can see this classification working. These are broad classifications. There are mixtures of these too.

"The most disarming weapon in the whole universe is LOVE." Mohanji

It is like a pyramid- Aggressive Good is in scarcity, but they are powerful enough to change the course of the history. Aggressive Bad is slightly bigger group. Since they are heavily selfish they could also sow negativities and create wars, agony and hatred in the society. Just draw a pyramid and then start putting the lines. Then Passive Good is slightly more than the Aggressive Bad. That is why we have armies. They are passive, but they are good. They take care of the country, but they obey rules. They are good natured. Like Yudhishthira from Mahabharata is a great example of Passive Good. He is a very good man, but if you follow a passive good leader, you could even be lead to the jungle! You know why; because, that his nature of goodness was not useful for himself. He was manipulated by the aggressive bad Sakuni, the maternal uncle of Duryodhana of Mahabharata. Yudhishtira was good by nature, honest, truthful, but that is not used in an intelligent way. He should know that, if he played the dice, he could not win his opponent. Yet, dice was his weakness. (Likewise, even today, how many people lose their entire wealth through gambling? They cannot control their weaknesses. Emotion is driving them.) That intellect was missing, instead he upheld the truth that I am a Kshatria (warrior); if someone challenges me, I should accept the challenge and fight. There you should use the Bernard Shaw Principle. “I will not stand in front of the gun. If you want, you stand. I know that if they shoot, I will die. It is foolishness to show bravery by standing in front of the Gun!” It would rather be more sensible to be alive and tackle matters rather than die and become a statue on the wall for the birds to poop on. So this is the intellect’s capacity of discrimination. Like passive bad Dusshasana of Mahabharata. Duryodhana will just tell him to go and kill a man and he will go and kill and come back and drink his tea. He would not even think twice. The Dushasana will never ask a question of why he should kill somebody at all. He likes to break people’s bones because that is his nature, his hobby. He goes around and does that. All the contract killers are of this kind. They do not care. They like to inflict pain and misery and rejoice at their handiwork.

(Dear Readers, you can also read Mohanji’s blog on this subject for further understanding- http://pkmohan.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/terrestrial-expressions/)

Q. The Creator or the Existence is benevolent. But if you look at the entire world, it seems that it is ruled by aggressive bad. So much that one tends to conclude that bad prevails. How does creation let these happen?

You see, creation happens in various levels. The first level of creation, when the Parabramha decided to experience himself, the first form, the form of an egg happened. There was only purity. There was no division. Then the relativity made room for hundreds and thousands and trillions of creations possibilities. So, there are creators from the level of the Almighty and then creators at our level. That is, we are creating our destiny in our own way with our available materials. So, when creators are of various levels, their creations also should have difference and variety. That is why the universe is full of variety.

Q. Is this controlled by the Almighty?

No, Almighty just energizes the creation. It is just like the petrol of the car, that never tells you where to go.  The soul never tells you what to do, what to create. You use your clay, which is your intellect, Budhi, Ahankar and Chitta. You create within your understanding levels, with your education, with your knowledge and all other available materials, if you could.

The almighty certainly has a much higher awareness or complete awareness, as you very well know, and he may not even get involved in the creation. As an investor would create the first company, appointed people to run it and develop it, and then his staff made further companies out of the profits from the first company, creation happened through many hands and continues to happen so. Each staff may not possess the total view or macro view of the owner, and hence, creation also will be of at his level of consciousness.  The owner will allow you to create. I will tell you one prominent example. Look at the consciousness level of animals. It is almost like a one, two or three year old human child. They feel, they respond to love, just like a small human child. That is it. So, the highest IQ or intelligence level in an animal is the same that of a human child. So, where do we stand in consciousness? And there are “animals” and “God” in men too,  that is why we create many realities such as hatred, anger, jealousy and fear, as well as Love. So, who put the clay together for the animals?  Who created those? There are entities that designed such things. Some entities were extremely artistic. They created those beautiful birds, colorful fishes and wonderful flowers.

You use your clay, which is your intellect, Budhi, Ahankar and Chitta to create. You create within your knowledge and resources. The almighty certainly has complete awareness, and he may not get involved in the creation. ... Mohanji

There are so many creation levels in the universe. It is not created by one person. We can call it as Bramha. Bramha has various dimensions. Bramha has four faces, so four dimensions of creation, isn’t it? Four represents all angles, all sides or total dimension. All the dimensions of creation are expressed in the universe, projected into the space, and it is not only on earth but also in very different and diverse location or positions, unimaginable to human mind. So when the creator created the creators, or, when the creator – that is Parabramha The Supreme Almighty created the original creators, there was some kind of uniformity, or, same IQ level, because they were original expressions of the original creator. Further creations of were of different levels of consciousness. Still further creations were of various levels of consciousness. It also mattered with the location, time, space and available material. Like this, world has hundreds of different levels of consciousness. They have no uniformity; but they have one destination – eventually to merge with the supreme father – Parabramha. The clays are of different colors and flavors. So you cannot really look at it as – okay, at the end of the day, behind every creation, is the one Supreme Entity who individually created it all! Definitely, there is no doubt about the Supreme Entity. But that entity is just watching the show. Perfect witnesshood! He likes to see the show. They are all His projections. One day he could withdraw everything and says – ok the show is over – get back home.  Finished!!! And this is certainly possible. Since time has no existence in the supreme, because time needs relativity to exist, we cannot predict on which date the Almighty will wind up the show. It could be in the next trillion years, from the angle of time and relativity. Why bother? We have only today to play with. So, play on…

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Q. What message can we tell to people with different belief systems e.g. – people believing in different religions have their fixed ideas and ways of salvation. They think that, their way is the only way of salvation and they are fixed about it. What message can we give to those people? I feel they are in delusion.

This could be your understanding. They might be quite evolved. We should not judge or criticize another. Anyways, have you thought why do they think so? It is because of their understanding level or level of consciousness. That consciousness could be of the first standard or second standard or third standard. They can only understand things in that way. Allow them to be. In the absolute sense there is no Hindu, Muslim or Christian; NOTHING. There are only human beings. Just another species. And GOD? There is only one entity. All are expressions of that entity. It is only in the waking state that you think, ‘Oh you are a Christian, you are a Hindu or you are a Muslim’. But when you are sleeping, where is the Christian, Hindu or Muslim?.  All gone!  So there is no deep meaning for any of the religions except that it is just another path leading to God. Whichever path you follow, is fine because it is up to you. Whichever religion you may want to follow, be good and do good. Be kind, generous and compassionate. End of the day, only that matters. End of the day, only your inner peace and cleanliness of your inner space matters. Inner Peace matters a lot, because it becomes the outer peace.

If people feel that there is difference between religions or one is better than the other, it only reflects their level of understanding or consciousness. Allow them to be. If they are open and receptive, you can say that, ‘Okay; have a look at this or why don’t you look at it this way?’ What happens to your religion at night when you are sleeping? So, why do we have to worry about religion? If you like to worship in a Muslim way, please do. There is no problem. If you like to worship in the Christian way, please do. If you want to follow the Buddhist principles, please do. These are all fine. This is your journey. Walk with faith and conviction. No true guru will ever say that this is the right way or the right path. Everything is relative. If the path is of liberation, nobody can bind you. If I bind your leg with my leg, I too cannot walk, right?

So a guru who is steadfast on the path of liberation can never bind you. He will never do that. When binding happens understand that there is a lack of awareness, or, consciousness is really low. Those seeming Gurus who are insecure themselves, may put fear in you that if you don’t come to him every week, you will have a big problem. Thus, he put the seed of fear in you. It will grow by itself. When you are not coming for meditation and by chance you fall down; then you will think….. “Oh! I did not go for meditation. Guruji had said that I will fall down, so I fell down!” Automatically fear will create more fear. The Guru need not worry. The seed of fear that he sowed in his disciple will automatically grow. This is totally against the path of liberation. If I say, if you come here, or do not come here, no problem – I am with you. This is your home. This is the path of liberation, and this is the truth. I like to remain fearless and keep you fearless. There are no insecurities and fears in our path. We need not meet even. We are connected with the strong rope of faith.

If the path is of liberation, nobody can bind you. If I bind your leg with my leg, I too cannot walk. .. Mohanji

If you look at all the Great Masters or saints over time, they were always steadfast on the path of liberation; not binding. Binding never happened. In today’s world, why does binding happen? Political interest or money, just money and power! If you do not come here, how can I take money from your pocket? So I make sure you come here. The best method is fear. I create fear in you, so that becomes a chain, and I bind you. If I liberate you, you may go and spend the money elsewhere. So what will I do? Do you understand the problem? Do you see this clearly? Be aware of how the world operates. There are so many traps in the path of spirituality. All that glitters are not GODs! Insecurity of certain people and certain religions are visible all around! People who handle religions often have serious insecurities. That is why fears are created in their subjects; otherwise, when a man is on the path of liberation, fears cannot exist.  In the path of liberation, fears have no value. If fears exist, there is a total lack of awareness and understanding.

But, we need not preach. We should not preach. We should not argue or fight. We need not deliberately educate people or tell people. If they come to us, we answer, we guide with love, affection and objectivity. We should not try to convert either. Nobody can convert another, but can convert only themselves from the accumulated filths of the mind to purity. No other conversions have any permanent value. So, lead by example. Live the truth and peace that you have experienced. Do not sell your mind to other people and allow it to be influenced and utilized. Live your truth and live your understanding. Do not allow others to manipulate you and later complain. .

You express happiness, contentment, desirelessness, higher awareness, love, selflessness, then others will think…. look at this fellow, living in the same terrestrial standards that I live in, How can he be so liberated? They will ask you – What is the trick?  What is the secret? At that time you can say, ‘Try this path, and this path has no binding’.

We never say that if you meditate, you will be ok and if you do not meditate, you will not be ok and will become unacceptable. It is a path of liberation, a path of Pathlessness, where anything becoming a habit is not accepted. We have to eventually shed everything to move on in liberation, including our body, mind and intellect.

Well, you can follow the path of meditation and if it does not take you higher, drop it. Even if this guru is looking good, but he does not take you any higher, drop him. Be on the path of liberation; just like you travel through the classes of the school. Different teachers may come and guide you. Have faith in that side of existence where all the gurus talk the same. Different mouths are giving you the same information. Mohanji may die tomorrow and somebody else will come and guide you. This is ok because it does not matter, as long as you are guided and you are protected, and you have faith. It is your faith that matters. Remember this clearly.

If you cannot hold on to your own experience and grow up from there, if you are completely suffocated with the image of a Guru which you have created and you expect that person to fit into that image and if he changes you discard him; where does the problem lie? In the guru or you? 

If the message is good for you, you should take it, if the message is not good for you, why do you bother? Drop it. Just drop it. This is my sincere advice. Do not come to see me for my sake. Come to see me for your sake. Think what has been your experience and hold on to it. Others can have their own opinions. But, you need not necessarily buy them. Why do you buy things you do not need or will never use? Buy only things that you need. That will leave more walking space in your home and it also means peace of mind.

In the path of liberation, nobody imposes anything on anybody and nobody ever binds anybody to anything. I tell you to meditate. If you meditate, you will reach certain levels. Why are still a lot of people coming together and having experiences with the Power of Purity meditation? This is because of their openness and faith. This meditation is a communion where you are actually communing with your own consciousness and soul. Results have to happen. How can results not happen?

And if somebody tells against something, and you change, how deep is your faith and how shallow is your own experience? Think about it. If you discard your own experience for others words, you could be terribly insecure. Strengthen your mooladhara. Gain more stability.

We have to start walking from where we stand. I can start walking only from this point. I cannot walk from where you are sitting. I can start from there only if I go to that place – correct? So we have to start walking from where we stand, and that is our experience. Start from your own experience and keep progressing. Do not keep shifting your faith based on others words. If you want to leave Mohanji, it is fine. But, this message stays true wherever you are, and which ever path or Guru you are following.

Experience to experience and finally all experiences become one and you become one with the universal experience – this is how it should grow. Others words have no value, you know, it does not really matter.

My Love towards you is eternal.

I like to remain fearless and keep you fearless. There are no insecurities and fears in our path. We need not meet even. We are connected with the strong rope of faith. .. Mohanji

No Flowers – No Sweets – A Happy Birthday

21 Feb 2011 4 Comments

by PK Mohan in Uncategorized

On the occasion of Mohanji’s birthday, it is difficult for us to resist the desire to express our deepest appreciation, gratitude and respect for all that he is. He who has given us so much, never asking for anything in return, never showing off with what he has done. If you are wondering what could possibly satisfy, bring pleasure and happiness to Mohanji, then kindly read on.

Love

BTW Team

Mohanji:

“My Beloveds,

I am overwhelmed at the plans that you are making to mark my birthday. I sincerely thank you and appreciate your true love towards me and your many expressions of it. At this juncture, I would like to share with you a few of my thoughts in this regard.

What makes me happy?

The only thing that makes me truly happy, is your sincere expression of kindness towards the poor, sick and hungry people, the hungry and helpless birds and animals; the truly selfless trees and plants. If you consistently and honestly express deep compassion to your fellow beings, I feel genuinely happy. Your overflowing compassion, kindness and unconditional love from your heart towards the helpless, forgotten and ignored beings of the world, makes me feel RICH inside. It makes me proud of you, my dear family members. Nothing else makes me truly happy.

Who Am I?

I am what you make of me. I am fluid. If you think I am good, I am good. If you think I am bad, I am bad. I am formless. I am a non-entity. I have no birth or death. Birthdays are only milestones in my current physical existence, which has a definite duration. I do not attribute any more value to my birthdays. I am what you think I am, because, like water taking the shape of the container that holds it, I take the shape/reflect your mind, your constitution and your consciousness. I reflect you sincerely and truly like a good mirror. My one and only message for mankind is “Tat Twam Asi” (You Are That). Know it, Experience it, LIVE IT.

What is celebration for me?

As I have expained, if you express non-violence in your daily life, for me this is celebration. Your spontaneous expression of kindness, compassion and love towards all beings, without discrimination, is celebration for me. If you consistantly express love, compassion and kindness to all beings, including nature, it is indeed celebration for me. Then my time on Earth becomes truly worthwhile.

I do not believe in blowing off the flame of candles on cakes, as I believe in bringing light and brightness into the lives of people, or at least remove some amount of  darkness from their minds, if they will allow me to. I always feel it is ironical that we blow out the brightness of candles as part of our celebration (while candles represent complete selflessness – burning themselves while providing light to the world)!!! No cakes attract me. No sweets attract me. No bouquet of flowers attracts me. I love to see flowers in the garden, live in the nature. I look at flowers as the “Bliss of Nature”. I do not like to pluck them from their mother plant. I feel that to be selfishness. I love flowers, especially if they remain in the nature, I like to see birds free and flying and not in cages. I do not like to see any being bound and caged. And, no gifts attract me. What will I do with them?

Don't pick my flowers!!!

Remember the Supreme Lord Krishna’s words: “I will be satisfied if you offer me a flower or a leaf. But, remember, they are all mine anyway.” Whatever we offer to the Lord is legitimately His!!! In the realms of unlimited consciousness, everything exists within you. What can you gain? What can you collect? What can you own? Everything is within you. Everything is already yours. So, please do not send me flowers, cakes or sweets. Even without all these expressions, I LOVE YOU and that is not conditional. It will never change too.

What is Communication for me?

Do not spend money on me. Do not spend time for me. I appreciate your time. I appreciate your kindness. The money or time that you will gladly spend for me, may kindly be spent for the poor and the needy of the world. If you are able to do something for the other beings around you, even buy a hot tea for a poor man feeling cold on a winter morning, you have communicated your love for me. This is what I consider to be a true communication of love. I will not be happier, even if you call me or SMS me or e-mail me. I will be happier, when you feed a hungry dog or a bird which represents detachment because it never hoards or stores anything. Clothes to the poor and needy, food to the hungry, shelter to the homeless. This is the communication that I like. This makes me feel happy and rich within. When you do such good deeds, please inspire others also. Let this become a movement. Let this become spontaneous. Let hearts swell with love and compassion. ‘Me’ and ‘Mine’ should melt, wither away, and become ‘Ours’ and “Everybody’s.’ Selflessness should become your very nature.

Furthermore, do not blame me, nor be offended, if I did not take your call. You must know that I LOVE YOU, truly and sincerely in every situation and time. Our love and relationship should not be conditioned or bound by terrestrial gadgets such as phone or internet. Faith should replace all such needs. It is better expressed or communicated through your actions, which happen anyway within my consciousness. You need not tell me anything. Through positive thoughts, words and actions, when you enrich your consciousness, you get closer to the supreme consciousness, which makes us inseparably ONE.

In summary, please do not send me flowers, sweets or cakes. Please refrain from sending me SMS or emails. Use that day, time and money to stay in my consciousness and enjoy the feast of unlimitedness. Feel we are one. Express Compassion, Love and Gratitude towards existence and fellow beings. Exist in Love. Express it fully. Meditate. Shed your skins of conditionings and for once, be yourself. Be your SELF. Express your SELF. Love everything wholeheartedly, without expectations. Love Unconditionally.

Nothing else will make me more happy. I do not need anything else from you. This is my sincere request.

I Love YOU,

M.”

My Love for you is NEVER Conditional. It will stay through Lifetimes!

Expressions and Understandings

19 Feb 2011 2 Comments

by PK Mohan in Uncategorized

From limited to limitless awareness

Topic: Gurus and followers. In recent years, there has been a lot of controversy regarding certain spiritual organizations and the actions of both their leaders and followers. This has lead to a lot of doubt, confusion and even disillusionment. Mohanji has received many mails pertaining to the subject of Gurus and followers. This post addresses some of the issues raised. Hope it gives you clarity.

Caroline

BTW Team

Mohanji:

“A student threw a stone at his teacher. The teacher was hurt and hospitalised. The head of the institution asked the student’s parents to present themselves for a discussion on disciplinary actions to be taken against the student. The parents appeared on time. The first thing the principal asked the student’s father was “Do you throw stones at your superiors?” The perplexed father said “Well, of course not”. The principal asked again “If you have that much wisdom, then why is your son behaving in this way?”

The point here is, all of us are individuals. Every being is Unique. We all have our own expressions and personal style. We are inimitable in that way. But, society is often two dimensional. When we do something seemingly wrong, irrespective of our reasons for these actions, society will blame our upbringing for that. They will blame our parents, grandparents and even our clan, on some occasions.

Likewise, we have seen or heard many spiritual masters in our life time, both alive and departed. We have also seen or witnessed their followers. Some of them are extremely fanatic and some are moderate, considerate or more tolerant. Yet, we, as society look at their expressions and judge their alive or departed Guru. Am I right? Do we not judge a Guru based on the expressions of his disciples? Are we right in doing so?

The Guru could well be enlightened and might be a total renunciate. His disciple might be a pretender or just another seeker of knowledge carrying a big baggage of sundry desires, dreams and aspirations of making it big in life. He may choose to use the name of a famous guru in order to satisfy his personal desires. Do you think the Guru asked him to do that? Do you think he is reflecting the Guru’s teaching? Do you think that we can blame the Guru for all the actions of his followers? The answer is a BIG and categorical “NO”.

Just like the father of the student was helpless in that given situation, every Guru is helpless in the case of his or her followers. What can a Guru do, if his disciple chooses to mis-interpret or deliberately twist the Guru’s teachings for his personal advantage? This is especially so when the mission grows and the Guru becomes a public figure. He is even more vulnerable. People approach him with multiple interests. Some come in search of guidance and to seek liberation. They are sincere seekers and a big rarity. Some come to obtain a mantra to achieve instant success, which is more common. Some come to see how he operates, which will help them set up their own shop at some point in time. There are many like this. They are collectors. They are after transferable knowledge and not non-transferable experience from the Guru. Some come to test the Guru. Some to compare one Guru with another, and to judge, criticize or ridicule. Some come because of simple things such as they like the food in the ashram or because their spouse cannot cook well. Some come to escape from their nagging realities. Some come because the girl or boy they love visits this Guru. Likewise, different reasons for different folks!!!

Seeking different nectars from different flowers!!!

As one famous model or actress said to a famous Guru “Your Holiness, I want to sleep with you.” The saint smiled and said, “Why sleep, my darling? I am trying to wake the sleeping people up!!!”. On this occasion, for the model, it is another feather in her cap, “I have also slept with a holy man!!!”. This could possibly give a morale boost for her public standing and her socio-commercial positioning. She may gain more space in the gossip columns and may attain more press coverage. For the Guru, it is usually scandalizing. He may get ruined. His reputation may get tarnished. This is especially so, if the Guru has worked hard to maintain uniformity in his image or cultivated an image of invincibility!!! For those who do not care about their public image, nothing matters.

How can the Guru help all the reasons of his disciples? He can only stay neutral at all times. Terrestrial entanglements are not worth it. Great saints may have become involved from time to time, but for specific reasons and purposes. For example Vyasa, Vishwamitra etc.

Whatever rises, must fall. This is the way earth’s gravitational forces work. Nothing can stay in the air for more than a reasonable time. No bird can stay in the air forever. It must rest its wings some time. So, if we expect happiness and upliftment all the time, it cannot happen. We have to go through the dualities of existence until we die. Or, until we are not worried about or bound by terrestrial sensory objects in order to find our fulfillment. If we are self- sufficient, that means, sufficiently established in self, we will be established in perpetual happiness.

Do not judge or criticise anyone – let alone a Guru or a spiritual teacher, because we do not or cannot know and understand anyone fully, nor do we know their karmic configuration which provokes their thoughts, words and actions. Ahimsa is the best path. Perfect Non Violence in thoughts, words and action. Do not judge a father by looking at his son. Do not judge any Guru by looking at his or her disciples. Guru can give only as much as a disciple can carry with him. If Guru is a flowing river and disciple has the capacity to carry only one glass of water, can we judge the guru’s capacity as one glass of water? Here, the disciple can publicly express his Guru’s stature only within his capacity and understanding, which is only one glass!!.

Awakening and Reflecting Divine Grace

Please understand this clearly. Guru is often limitless. Followers usually have tremendous limitations. Guru will indeed try to strengthen them to enhance their capacity. It is like body building. You cannot lift the weight beyond your initial or actual capacity, even if your instructor asks you to take or try more weight. Your instructor may lift the weight easily because of his experience. You have to work everyday and slowly increase your capacity. You need faith, tenacity, consistency, application and dedication. Same with spirituality. You cannot understand the consciousness of a Guru, overnight. It takes time and it definitely takes patience. Gurus exist in a much higher realm and the higher they go, the less street-smart they become. Their operational medium becomes unconditional love. When they cross over to spiritual realms and establish there, they stop depending on their body, mind and intellect. I am talking about sadgurus, the great masters. Acharyas are doing it for money. That is a different story.

So, do not judge a Guru based on the expressions of a disciple who operates with his limited body, mind and intellect. Live and Let Live.

The presence of a True Master is like the fire keeping the Tamas of cold away.

Q: Living in the presence of enlightened masters have been given so much importance in the Dattatreya, Kriya as well as Siddha tradition. In fact, all the tradition recommends living near a master. What is your opinion?

Ans: I have split your question into two. Both are good questions and most relevant in today’s time. It is true that the presence of a living master has a purgating, purifying effect in a receptive disciple. If the disciple is not receptive, even if the highest master is near him, it will not benefit him. Individual receptivity and eligibility or capacity for absorption is the key to gain maximum benefit from the proximity of a Guru.

The presence of a true Master is like the fire keeping the tamas of cold away, when you sit near the fire. The tejus of a true master will keep the Tamas away, the most detrimental factor in the spiritual progress. This helps the disciple to evolve faster. The proximity of the master is also a constant reminder to a worthy disciple. In his energy field, situations melt and the events flow through life, effortlessly. A true master can see and understand the constitution of a disciple and delivers only what he can consume. Wastage never happens. The same medicine cannot cure all diseases. A true guru will only prescribe the medicine the disciple actually needs, irrespective of whether it is sweet or bitter. When the intention is pure, then, the medicine works. Unshakeable Faith of the disciple in his guru is the key here. Shaking, wavering or shifting faith cannot bring clear results, just like if you keep shaking the glass, milk cannot be poured without spillage into it. So, living with a saint has its unique value. But, do not imitate the saint who has already attained enlightenment. Allow him to be himself and follow only his directions and teachings, without judging his attitude and behavior. Leave him alone and be yourself. Live and let live.

Q: I would like to know the most effective method of Shaktipat? Who can give saktipat? What is the criteria and I have read that one of the sign of a true Datta master is his ability to change one’s consciousness through delivering saktipat. Am I right?

Ans: You are right. The most effective Shaktipat happens in the presence of a real Guru. Many spiritual paths and masters use the technique of direct transfer of consciousness or at least energy. This is not only pertaining to the Datta tradition. Great Shaktipat happens in the presence and energy field of a true master. Introversion, silence of mind and surrender is a must, in a disciple, to attain it. An agitated and questioning mind, ego, analysis etc will close the doors of your receptivity. Just the master’s presence, look, eye contact let alone touch, will deliver what the disciple needs. It is like water flowing spontaneously from a hill to a lower land. In the presence of a true master, saktipat constantly happens. There is no need to get stuck with the word “Shaktipat”. Call it merger of consciousness, energy transfer, or cleansing energy or whatever you like. Words have lesser meaning in this context and effect is more important. Indeed, Datta tradition believes in Shaktipat or purification by a Master. A True Master can deliver Shaaktipat and all those whom he has empowered can also deliver saktipat. When those initiated take it lightly, or lose their purity, or mis-use it let alone scandalize it, the Siddhi comes back to the Master. Initiation into Shaktipat is just like re producing oneself in another. The initated has to become the initiator to perform, while delivering it. As I said, purity is very important and mixing and experimenting it with other methods, does not help. It even takes away the effect of Shaktipat.

A true master can deliver Shaktipat where ever the disciple is, irrespective of their physical proximity. Shaktipat can be delivered by a True Master through his third eye, look or touch. There are many occasions, in some paths, where Shaktipat, energy transfers, or initiations are done in waist-deep water, near fire, or even naked in burial grounds. In some method, depending on the level of blockage of a disciple, Masters deliver shaktipat straight at the Mooladhara chakra, or the space between the scrotum and anus, to jump start the dormant energy. These can be done only by True Masters who know exactly what they are doing. Otherwise, the blockage will get transfered to the one who performs it, which could be quite traumatic and binding.There are many methods. This is only for the academic interest that I have mentioned here. Mis-using of such powers will take it away from the user. It needs extreme internal purity, to deliver with perfection. In Datta tradition, the compassionate Masters remove many karmic blockages of all those who approach them through even a glance, applying vibhooti on their third eye, or by aashirvaad or through touch. It does change the consciousness of the receiver. It removes blockages existing in their system since life times.

Mohanji while giving Shaktipat. ... the brightness and shine at the Third Eye is unmistakable.

Q: People hesitate to feed the poor and hungry, but they shower their riches at the feet of Gurus and in some temples. I cannot understand this. Why is God so cruel?

Ans: You are talking about people and why do you drag God into this arguement? Leave God alone. He is truth. He is compassion. He is benevolence. But, He allows you to choose your character, habits and constitution, and allows you to be natural. Has He ever interfered with your ugliest of thoughts? So, God is objective and impartial.

Now, people give money only for purposes that will benefit them in some way. Every investment has an expectation behind it. They want salvation, redemption from their sins, marriage of their daughter, removal of a damaging partner, so on and so forth. They approach Gurus and temples for this purpose. They give money there. True Gurus and Gods need no money. This is ideally recycled back into the society for the benefit of the poor and the hungry. This is the grand collaboration. Gurus and Gods collect the money offered at their feet and they deliver it back to the ailing mass, and use it for the betterment of the poor, needy and hungry, for the birds and animals etc. If this works this way, it is beautiful. Sometimes, greed interferes and the Gurus use it for expressing personal pomposity. They fall. When selfishness takes root, people fall, irrespective of their social standing. We have seen it happening all around us, many times over. Hope you understood this concept clearly.

Wish You the highest awareness.

Wish You Peace and Love,

M.

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Live Today, Love Today!

06 Feb 2011 2 Comments

by PK Mohan in Uncategorized

Topics: Living fully in the present; Understanding Success and Failure. This week, Mohanji gave clarity to many aspects of our everyday life. He just held up a mirror to ourselves, for us to see who we are, what are we doing and where we stand in life!!!…Kindly read on.

Caroline

BTW Team

Q. It feels like time is rushing past, like I’m always on the go. I have too much to do and so much on my mind. I am also witnessing a wide array of emotions - up, down, up, down, like a rollercoaster. What does it mean really to live fully in the present?

Mohanji:

“A: Today. This moment. That is all we have. This moment is our property. We are custodians of this moment. We cannot own anything. We can only use this moment. We can live this moment using our intellect or our emotions. If we use our intellect, we save ourselves from further agonies. If we use this moment emotionally, we invite further agonies associated with emotions. We do not know our tomorrows. What will happen? Who knows? We assume that everything will be fine. We assume that all the people whom we love will be with us. We assume everything. Does our assumption become right all the time?

So, Live today. Love today. Live this moment to the fullest. Live this moment without Guilt, fear or anxiety. Live this moment fully, with the clear understanding that we do not own our morrows. The sun is shining today. The dew drops are glittering. Nature is beautiful. Enjoy it today. Do not sit inside the walls of your own mind, nurturing your fears, anxieties and sad thoughts. Get out of your cage and enjoy the nature today, just like an innocent child. Inhale the fragrance of the flowers in the garden. Sing with the birds. Relish the love and protection of the mighty trees. Feel the grandeur of the mountains. Adopt the persistence of the waves of the oceans. Enjoy the soothing love of the caressing moonlight. Be blissful with Nature and feel your blessings. Divinity is in its full regalia, all around you. Look around. FEEL. So, Live today and Love today.

Maybe what we did today hurt someone unintentionally. We are humans. We make mistakes. Correct it, apologise and move on. Whether the other person accepted your apology at that point in time or not, does not matter. You apologised sincerely and you move on. Others will understand you and follow your sincere love sooner or later. Expectation leads to sorrows. Never expect. Never mind. Do not postpone a word or an action. Live today and Love today.

Maybe my moves were all wrong today. I could not perform well today. It does not matter. When you understand and recognize the wrong moves you made, you also recognize what is right. Understanding is important. Corrective steps are spontaneous. Remember, life is all about the experiences. Everything is about experiences. Nothing else but experiences. Enjoy each experience without guilt. Never blame yourself. You are a human being. Human beings tend to err. A child falls many times before it learns to walk. It must keep trying, ignoring the falls, otherwise, it will never walk. A child is ignorant that the society considers falls as failures. It is blissfully unaware of that. A small child fortunately remains unconditioned by the society till it reaches a few years on earth. If we ignore consciously, or if we are unconsciously ignorant that failures of life are unacceptable to the society, life is smooth. Ignoring failures with full awareness is a beautiful state indeed.

Success and failure are part of our existence. Accept your mistakes gracefully and walk boldly towards the next opportunity to test your mettle once again. Nobody is ever a failure. The other side of success is failure. Failure leads to success, just like pride over success, and the associated ego, definitely leads to failure. So, live your failure and success with ease today, love it today.

Maybe I feel sick today. I will be fine tomorrow. Maybe I indulged in food today. No problem, be careful tomorrow. Accept today as it is. Do not judge or criticise.

Live today, Love today.

We never know about our tomorrows.”

Q.  How can I bounce back from failure without harming myself?

Mohanji:

“A: Remember that Ego brings you to an artificial world. For example, you fought hard, you did so many things and it all became successful. You became successful, and so you naturally developed an ego. Yes, you are reasonably successful, you are a successful person, you have made money, you have riches. These were all events or situations that rapidly enhanced your ego.  Ego then leads to expectations. It leads to firm conditioning. You start telling yourself that you have to be continuously successful, that you cannot be anything but continuously successful, and that you cannot even afford one drop of failure. Failure refers here to the social state, according to the social criteria. You cannot afford the failure, you do not allow it, and if that should happen, then your self esteem goes down. You will start calling yourself a loser. A small loss can mean a lot in that situation. It sometimes even leads to suicide. This is the fall. When your self esteem goes down, fears and anxieties creep in. So, again, you fall back and then you have to climb up. You may need assistance to climb up too.  This pulls you down. Sometimes people really fall hard; and sometimes they fall out of the game of life too. Success and Failure should be handled with equanimity. Both are part of the same existence.

Do you see how the chronology of existence works? Success leads to ego, ego leads to expectations and expectations narrow the “walking space” of your path. This means, first of all, the failure side is not acceptable, so you only have the “success” possibility. Life, however, is not like that. Life has both sides. So you cut off all the failure sides, and walk the narrow path of success. If you happen to switch to failure, you have not found permission for that, and you fall out. Sometimes you pull yourself down completely with that. Sometimes, you will even pull your relatives down with this. So, please, accept failure gracefully, and gratefully that it lead you to some new awareness. Tell yourself that this is fine, and this is part of our very existence. No problem. That way you can move on. Otherwise, your self esteem will fall so much and you get very hurt inside. That situation is totally unnecessary. You can counter your failures with awareness that “even this will pass away”.

Don’t narrow your walking space

Secondly, realize that success and failure are determined by … ourselves! Society has nothing to do with it. We judge, criticize and censor ourselves much more than society does and we do not accept failure at all. We think “What will they say? What will “four people” say?” We are worried about “four people”! We then try to modify ourselves to fit inside such limitations, we become bound by the four people (four people being society of course). Oh! What will society think if I am like this? Or, if I have long hair, they will think I’m crazy, so I cut my hair. In this way, we are bound and controlled by “four people”. This is our fundamental cage. We created this cage, with our fears of what others think!!! Do we have the guts to live our life? Do we have the guts to be ourselves? If Yes, That is the fundamental shift that will lead you to subsequent liberation.

Indeed, we create several cages, or walls, around ourselves. One is “four people” (Fear related to social standing), one is our own expectations about ourselves and others, one is our non-acceptance of our own reality as it is (we want to accept our reality as we’d like it to be, which is not possible as primarily we have to accept ourselves as we are and before that we should know who and what WE ARE and why we came here.) and the fourth is resistance to changes (resistance to changes always leads to elimination of various kinds from our life and that leads to calamities inside). These essentially make up the walls of our cages. Then of course there are others, such as desires, education, all the conditionings, etc. They are also part of our cage. Everything adds to that “reality”, and finally we end up with no walking space. Sometimes, we pretend we know. This is silly. We do not know and it is better if we accept that. Most easiest way is to pretend. Most of us are living a pretentious life. We fake happiness, we fake love, we fake everything. Finally, we forget the difference between reality and make believe, because we are so used to faking!!! Look at your own daily life. You will know what I mean. Do not kill me for telling the truth…

We become a victim of the cages that we ourselves created, with the help of our society that believes in cages, so that everyone becomes predictable. We love predictions and predictability. We are used to killing those who were unpredictable, eg: Jesus, Socrates. Our society is rule oriented. Rules that ensure predictability, which in turn restricts our walking space. This is not a joke. Look around. Our society is not creating men. We are only creating BRICKS which are identical!!!

Unfortunately for the society, people are unique, even if they look alike. That is why you sometimes see people behaving in a strange way. They may consume alcohol, drugs or seek strange sexual experiences. They think that this will help liberate them. This is actually escapism. They are feeling so suffocated here, in their current reality. They want to do something else. That is why, unconsciously, people are doing it and you can’t blame them for it. You have to blame the cages they have made for themselves. Otherwise, if you are going to have a drink because you love to have that drink – that’s a different thing. But is that the way people are resorting to alcohol these days? For many, an innocent habit has become an addiction. They are helplessly victims of addictions. Addictions created by ennui and boredom. Addictions created by vacuum. So, are people happy? Mostly not. They are drinking because they want to escape from something else. But, it does not happen. Reality always re-surfaces, in an uglier way than before. People waste a lot of money on dancing girls and such things. What is the benefit? It’s a momentary pleasure. You give money to the dancing girl, she smiles at you and you feel very good. What is the big deal? Some kind of ego satisfaction!!! What are they trying to do here? We are jumping from one cage to another. One habit to another, trying to fill the emptiness within us. The new habit fascinates us for sometime, just like some people marry many times. The new wife fascinates them for sometimes, then they become bored. The quest continues. They never reach anywhere, let alone liberation. Simple Logic. How can you be liberated if you are too bound by hundreds of materials that you continue to fancy? When we try to swap from one habit to another, temporarily we feel fine. This is especially so, when we start on hyper ventilation (Pranayaama) or Yoga. Then, it becomes a habit. It is like buying a new car from the showroom. For a few days, it will be thrilling to drive it. Then it becomes monotonous. Too much dependency on external objects for our internal fulfillment!!!! Food, Films, Wine, Women…Life has got to be more liberating.  Right? We are just trying to fill the vacuum due to the absence of a sense object with another. We are afraid of the vacuum within. When we start falling in love with the vacuum, emptiness becomes deep pregnant silence; the silence of the Divine, which leads to detachment and eventual bliss within; and most importantly, we will not be pressured for pleasure anymore. We will not be afraid to be alone. Aloneness will be in beingness. Beingness in bliss. The pressure for doing-ness will change. Doing-ness will become purpose bound. Action for the sake of necessity, not for the quest of external pleasure.

Escaping from their routines, their own cages, people are trying to do something else, and they do not understand that this other thing is merely another trap. All they are doing is jumping from one trap to the other. They are just flying from trap to trap. Liberation is very difficult. Liberation is conscious awareness. There is no conscious awareness here. There are only traps, traps and more traps. You jump from this trap to another, from this habit to another. Even if it is a spiritual habit, it is still a trap. For example “I cannot live without my meditation.” This is a trap. You should be perpetually fine. This is the liberation that we are talking about. Whether you meditate today or not, you feel good. Whether you do yoga today or not, this is fine. Can you be in that mood? That is where you attain your liberation.”

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With loving regards,

Caroline

BTW Family

You Are What You EAT!

01 Feb 2011 5 Comments

by PK Mohan in Uncategorized

The individual journey called Spirituality!!!

My dearest Family Members,

Here is another spiritual message from Mohanji, in Q&A format, grounding us in love and possibility. These are random communications. You may find it useful.

With loving regards,

Caroline

BTW Team

Topic: The spiritual quest in an “information overloaded world”

Q. There is so much information available today on just about every topic imaginable. Sometimes my “analysis”of it all, leads to “paralysis”. How do I know what I need for my spiritual quest?

Mohanji:

“A: We are eternal consumers. We consume everything. We keep eating all the time. Most of our discussions are about food of some kind, such as food for the stomach, food for our mind, or food for our intellect. We either fill our stomach with a variety of food, or fill our mind with a variety of emotions, or cram our intellect with a variety of information or ideas.

Most of these “consumables” end up going to waste, since their quantity is usually greater than our capacity to process them. Overeating leads to various types of illnesses. All of us are “crammers” with respect to one or more of these aspects of our existence. Those who do not have any dependency on any of these three aspects are definitely considered as liberated.

Most of the food that the stomach gets to operate on is wasted, or stored as fat for future consumption. Most of the emotions that we carefully, and sometimes even gratefully consume, only tilt the equilibrium of our daily life. We are constantly making webs with our own emotions and we trap ourselves in it. With these emotions, we either get constipated, or we suffer from diarrhea!!!. Most of the food that the intellect consumes is also unused. It is either forgotten or is converted into ego.

Furthermore, we live a self-centered existence as far as food is concerned. We are usually in competition with others. We are in a hurry to cram more. We are proud of our capacities. We are proud of our “vault”.

The choice is indeed yours. Who are you? What is your choice of expression? Is this the life you have been looking for? When you meet your friends or relatives, what do you normally talk about? Is it about the cuisine in various restaurants, tasty food or the best of wines? Is it about the emotions related to soap operas, about the fight that your neighbours are engaging in/enjoying, or is it about the books that you have read recently, the courses that you attended, some intellectual talk or some Guru’s gospel?

Ultimately though, only you could see where you stand. You are your own guru. If you know where you stand and what your destination is, then the journey is easy. However, if you think that you don’t know, that you don’t understand, or if you pretend to be someone or something, then you are feeding your own ego and your journey will not be easy. So, you must see where you stand. That is the exact point (only point) from where you can start walking. You cannot walk from a different point, unless someone else carries you there. Then, it is not your free will, anyhow.

If you are always thinking and talking about food and restaurants, then you are very much on the terrestrial plane. You are relatively gross in nature. Yes, you could become a “connoisseur” of food. No problem. But still, it is obvious that your operating plane is relatively gross.

If you are operating on the emotional plane, even if you are into social service, unless there is detachment, you are still operating in the denser mode. It is relatively better than the physical gross plane of a consumer of food. But, unless there is detachment in emotions, there cannot be liberation. Tears should well in the eyes, but not overflow.

If you are operating in the intellectual plane, it is another story. Usually, you are craving for an opportunity to vomit your knowledge from books or other people. This certainly binds you. You cannot detach from this dire need to talk a lot. Arguments and debates happen. Ego shoots up. Enmity and competition takes shape. Man suffers. Those unfortunate people who are destined to suffer from your verbal diarrhea, will pray to God that this seed of His be removed from earth!!! As the knowledge gets converted into ego, man alienates himself from God.

And then, there is another one. A rare species. He is not bound by any of the above cravings. He is happy if all these types of food are provided. He is also happy in the absence of all these kinds of food. His existence does not depend on Gross food, emotional food or intellectual food. All three faculties are kept relatively empty. He never suffers from indigestion of any kind. He has the capacity to say NO and walk away. He does not suffer fools gladly. He feels and helps without expectations. He is self-sufficient. SELF – sufficient.

He loves unconditionally. He never operates on the plane of gross ego and remains unassuming and many times undemonstrative. His watchdog is conscious awareness. He is objective towards life. He is always aware of who he is and what is he here for. He does not become fascinated by any glitter on this earth. He sees through everything. He has no Do’s and Don’ts. He is never too bound by any habits. Like water, he remains fluid, flexible.

He is liberated. He will have no regrets at the time of death. He craves for nothing. He will leave peacefully, without leaving anything pending. No wishes, No dreams, No desires. Pure and Simple existence.

Just Love All and Serve All.

Wish You Liberation.

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Love Always.

The BTW Team.

Spiritual Journeys, Paths and Guides

12 Jan 2011 2 Comments

by PK Mohan in Uncategorized

A deeply insightful and straightforward message from Mohanji, in a  Q&A format – to enjoy and implement .

Loving regards, BTW Team

Topics: Choosing Gurus and spiritual courses; The seeker’s relationship to the Guru; Fulfilling our own spiritual mission; How many e-mails can you handle a day?

Q. How to choose a Guru?  Which spiritual courses to take?

Mohanji:

“A: All Gurus are one. The Guru that appeared to you is usually the right one for you. But, do not be confused as to whether you are on the right track or not. Just accept the Guru, in front of you, or guiding you, even if you have never met him physically. Start walking the path with faith and confidence. Maybe you will meet more Gurus (road signs) on the path. Wandering in search of a Guru is absolutely unnecessary. This is because, you will be searching for someone whom you think is the right one for you. The reality is your eligibility. Thus, learn to accept the Guru who helps you now. Whoever he is! Take this as your starting point and start walking from there with faith and devotion. Guru will choose you. You need not choose any Guru.

Even if you want to choose a Guru, it is your choice. When you decide to leave this Guru, it is also your choice. If you shift to another Guru, it is also your choice. But, do not take your decision based on the words of others. You decide for yourself. In reality, do not decide anything, just let things flow. If you decide to be with me, or leave me,  it is also your decision. I do not invite anyone, nor do I ask anyone to go. I am all inclusive.

The same is applicable to many spiritual courses. It is an intellectual requirement, not a spiritual requirement. You may like all the foods served at the buffet table and you may want to taste them all. However, you have your own stomach capacity. If you try to cram more, either obesity or indigestion, or both, will result. Take only as much as your stomach is comfortable with. There are 100s of meditation techniques. Try a few and choose what you like or what suits you. Do not follow others. You are unique. You carve your own path with the available materials. The same vegetables can be used to make different curries. Make your own curry with the available vegetables. Use your inner guidance. Just keep walking with faith in yourself and your Guru, whoever it is. Never procrastinate.

If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.

Q. Who are you really Mohanji?

A. I understand your curiosity to know more about me. But tell me, how will that help your spirituality? Do not marry the Guru. Marry his consciousness.

Guru in the physical frame is as perishable as all physical frames are. It is vulnerable to changes. It is affected by time and the seasons. Remember one thing. Every physical being is vulnerable to time and changes. Therefore, do not be too curious about me as a person. If you attach yourself more and more to my physical image, forgetting the simple messages that I deliver from time to time, you will develop expectations. Expectations and realities may not match. Eventually, you will suffer from disillusionment. Everyone can easily create expectations about another. Understand clearly, it cannot work that way. Life may take a different course altogether.

I do not believe that anything is fully right and anything is fully wrong, as long as people are traveling a karmic journey. When the mode shifts to dharmic, it is a different story. So please, kindly refrain from sending me mails pertaining to my personal life. Leave it alone. There is nothing for you to imitate or enjoy in it. It is a life filled with work, work and more work. You want to try? Sure. Most welcome. If you like my messages to the world, if you like my meditations, you are welcome to follow that path. Again, it should not be because you like my physical frame, voice or lifestyle. It should be because you like the message or the truth in the message which applies to your life. Once again, “Marry the consciousness, which is permanent and unshakeable. Never marry any Guru”. They are crazy people. Believe me.

A Lamp can Light a Thousand Lamps

Q. Is it wrong to think only of my own spiritual journey?

A. All of you have come to this mega mall called ‘world’ with your own shopping list. This is fine. There cannot be any other way. So, please go ahead and exhaust the shopping list before the money (your breath) completely leaves your wallet (your body). This journey or shopping list is your own. Even your close relatives have nothing to do with it, because they have their own shopping list.

There are common things to buy, such as household items – tables, chairs, refrigerator, fruits and vegetables etc. Your shopping list will agree with that of your relatives as long as this match exists. There are individual items as well, like your toothbrush. You will not want to share it with anyone. Hence, allow time, space and privacy for everyone.

Do not judge the purchases of others. There is nothing right and nothing wrong, in the absolute sense. You are carving your own destiny. Kill Guilt. Kill Anger, Anxiety, Jealousy, Revenge, Enmity, Distrust, Hatred, Comparison and Desires. They will all make you spend your money faster. They all make you spend emotionally. When you are spent and sick, you will suffer a painful death. Have nothing to do with it. Just love and serve. In this way, when we die, we will die in peace.

Guilt is very powerful. It glues us to the Earth. Have nothing to do with it. Do what is right, according to your conscience. It may not be right for others. Never harm anyone through thoughts, words or action. Otherwise, your right is your own right. It will suit you. Trash Guilt, whatever it may cost. Be relaxed. One thing is guaranteed – you have brought sufficient breaths to complete the original shopping list of this life. Do not add more. You do not have sufficient funds for that. You did not bring them. Time borrowed is pains borrowed. You have to repay it with interest. Be aware of that.

A Unique Journey, with Common Steps along the Way

Q. Mohanji, I have written to you, yet I am still waiting for your reply.

A. I still hope to reply to you individually. At this point in time, just in this email box, I have 6344 mails. It is impossible. I may not be able to continue replying individually in the near future. As more and more people are practicing our meditations in many countries, mails have suddenly multiplied.

Many of you have sent your testimonials and messages of gratitude. I thank all of you for letting me know through your mails that you are happy. I really appreciate your time and input for telling me that you are enjoying it. Your happiness is my happiness. I appreciate all communications. However, I may not be able to reply as before. The mountain of mails in front of me is growing. How will I climb one by one and when will I ever reach the top of the every growing mountain? I request your kind understanding.

I would therefore appreciate it if henceforth you could send your testimonials and questions to mohanjiforyou@gmail.com, to Caroline and Dr. Deepali, who are working relentlessly, along with Biba to cope with the ever-growing demand. They will read and compile your testimonials and post them in blogs as inspiration to others, to build their dare to experience. This is the golden path of purity and faith.

Also, some of you could not trace me on Face Book! I liked that. I am anonymous!!! My FB name is Para Brahma. However, I also suggest you join the FB pages ‘Mohanji’, ‘Bless The World’, and ‘Ammucare’ which have been created/are run by our selfless supporters. All the updates are posted there. The web site is also being revamped and will contain more details, including the new programs and events. All details can be communicated with Caroline, Dr. Deepali and their team. Please send all your suggestions to them.

I wish you Happiness, Peace and most importantly, the perpetual taste of higher consciousness. Love, M.”

In person or not, our Spirits connect.

Q&A Sessions with Mohanji – Dec 2010

29 Dec 2010 7 Comments

by PK Mohan in Uncategorized

Post-BTW Q&A Sessions with Mohanji – Muscat, Dec 2010

Topics: How & why to be spine-oriented? What is the meaning of chakra being open or closed? Should one wear precious stones and why? How to overcome procrastination? What do you mean by binding/bondage?

Look deeper, beyond the obvious

 

Q: This is a preliminary question: you said that we need to concentrate on the spinal cord and at the same we should also concentrate on breathing in and out. I was trying to do that but I could do only one thing at a time. I do not think I am able to give justice to both processes simultaneously.

 A: It is very simple. When you start to learn driving, it is very difficult to remember to keep watch on steering, breaks, gear, clutch and mirror all at the same time. It is difficult to coordinate all at a time. You also have to follow the traffic light, etc. You find it so difficult to achieve this before you actually learn the art of driving and get a driving license. After that, driving becomes automatic. It becomes mechanical. Are you doing all that together consciously? Doesn’t it all just fall into place? Don’t you drive smoothly there after? Of course, your sub-conscious takes over whatever you repeat. There is a difference here – in meditation, since all our other aspects are quiet, our consciousness will shift. It is kind of a partnership with your conscious mind and the subconscious. When, through repeated activity, your awareness shifts to your third eye, you can see everything from above. Then, you will be in perfect synchronicity. Consistency and Patience.

How does it happen? You need to concentrate. This is because we are front oriented. We usually operate only at 120 degrees. We do not see the remaining 240 degrees behind us. Are we fully aware of our back side until something happens at the back? This rest of 240 degrees definitely exists; but we do not notice that. Being ‘SPINE’ oriented is a big shift. It is like playing back-foot in cricket. We are naturally tuned to play the front foot. When we shift to back foot, time and space change and are different for playing the ball.

Life changes when one becomes spine oriented. One needs to catch that thread of being spine oriented. Then elevation is automatic. When you chant AUM, you move to the spine. When you move to the spine, eyes concentrate on the Third Eye automatically. Try to close your eyes and visualize your spine. Automatically your concentration goes on the Third Eye. It is all effortless. System is built like that. Later on it becomes natural.

I suggest people to concentrate on my eyes to receive the energy. Many say, “We do not need any picture! The moment we close the eyes, we see you.” Many people are saying like that. They are so tuned to my energy and physical form that it happens instantaneously. Someone told me the other day that- “when I look at Babaji’s picture, I see you.  When I look at your picture, it shifts to Babaji’s photos”. Understand, Masters play such a game to remove attachment to any physical frame.  All physical frames have a validity, duration and a sure disintegration.

Human nature is such that we like to visit house which receives us with warmth and love. We do not like to visit a place where we are unwanted. When higher source is good and reliable, we automatically get attracted towards it. We get connected with it. You will connect with the source which is good for you. You do not have to consciously think about it. Also, even if you want to, you cannot find it consciously. But you will automatically get connected to the right source. Whatever your elevation level is, you will get lessons of that kind. If you are spine oriented, you will get that kind of connectivity. In third standard, I cannot give the syllabus for the Master’s degree. Even if I do give it, you will not be able to use it.

How do we synchronize so many things? First concentrate at the physical level. Concentrate on mind and body. Mind is active all the time and you know it. Body you can feel. Senses are always active as otherwise you cannot hear or see! Senses with the mind give us the experience. Then you shift to the breath. When you shift to the breath, you are subtler.  From breath, we should shift to Naada, the sound. On reaching Naada, first naada that you will hear is the sound of your own heart. This is a basic rhythm you are born with. Heart beats are like damaru [an instrument used to give rhythm] in the Lord Shiva’s hand. Heart beat signifies waking up in life and also the rhythm of life and the existence. With the damaru, Shiva wakes you up. What is waking up? He wakes you to the reality! Reality of who you are…. Tatwamasi. Dance of Shiva is the rhythm of existence.

So, you have moved from body to mind to breathe to sound. The final sound is ….mmmmm… in the AUM.

A. No need to know. This kind of inquisitiveness is connected with one’s intellect. Intellect never leaves one alone. It binds to earth, dis-allowing free evolution and spiritual elevation, by posing questions. Knowing is a game of the intellect. It is definitely an obstacle and you may get stuck there. Chakras will open at the right time. No need to think or worry about it. No use too.

 

Mother Nature and the Perfect Balance

Q. What is the meaning of chakra being open or close?

A. Chakras are open means your receptivity has increased. Chakras are closed means you are earth-bound. Closed chakra means you are dense, open chakra means you are lighter and you are connected with higher energies. This will automatically happen when you are eligible. Even if I deliberately open your chakras, you cannot make use of it! Even if I open all chakras, you may not be able to take that energy, and chakras will get closed again. When you are actually ready, they will never close as you are operating with them. If I do not use my hand, the muscles will become weak!  Chakras, nadis, kundalini….. forget about it now. It will all happen in its own time. Just walk the path with complete gratitude and surrender to the supreme Lord Almighty, the Father of all.  

Q: I would like to ask about precious stones. People advise to wear stones as they have some favorable effects on us.

A: Please understand, our system or configuration is made up of 5 elements:  earth, water, fire air and space. These five elements have come together to create our body.  When we experience elemental imbalance, or, when some elements are losing powers, i.e. do not have sufficient powers, then you add them through other concentrated source. Stones are concentration of certain aspects of some elements which constitute our body. The idea is, when we wear the right stones, they enhance or boost our system or they balance the missing elemental intensity. All in all, we are made up of elements, and if power or potency of certain elements in our system is lacking, we compensate by wearing the right stones.  Our chakras have certain vibratory level. Stones/gems also have certain vibratory level which may suit the chakras. When you wear the right stones, they enhance the operation of chakra. Chakras are like transformers. They distribute the energy into our system.

 

This is all scientific. But, if the stones/gems are not prescribed well, they can also harm us. For example – if you have excess of the fire element in your constitutions and somebody advises you to wear a stone which will further enhance the fire element, you will become extremely agitated. You may fight with people and do things which are quite detrimental.

But also, please note, from your birth till death, no chakras will ever remain constant. Your energy levels do not remain constant. The levels of prana will go high and low! Constitution will remain the same but the levels will change. Accepting those levels and moving on with faith is the best solution.  

Masters usually do not wear stones. Some masters used to, but then, they would have had their own reason. Usually, regular people who are insecure go for such things – because they think it will help them! If you are inclined to wear a gemstone, make sure it is prescribed by a true authority.  Take it from a person who is genuine and not just interested in selling that to you. It also becomes an addiction. You may feel more insecure when you do not wear it. This creates dependency.

 

There is science behind all this. There is nothing wasted on the earth. Everything is used. But our aim is liberation. Thus, avoid dependency! Stones are from the earth. But because of its vibratory level,  they enhance any related chakra. It could be air, water, fire, space or earth! It is up to you to go for it.

 

In the path of Shiva, dependency on any element is “binding”.  We can understand that this is our constitution. As long as we are on the earth we have to stick to this constitution. When fire leaves the body, we call regard that body as a “dead body”.  When Prana leaves, it is also a dead body. We have to live with the constitution that we came here with. We certainly need this annamayakosha, pranamayakosha, manomaya kosha….. all the koshas [covering layers of body related to food, prana, emotions, etc.] – we need all of them to operate. But everything is a binding in the path of Shiva. Eventually, everything must get eliminated. At one point everything gets automatically eliminated and then you merge.  

Their assistance in this process is required only on earth. Souls are also operating in the other planes, but they do not have dependency on the same systems that we have. E.g, our body cannot stand the heat of 100⁰. This programmed set up is earth bound. There are souls meditating under water in the sea. They have a different vibratory level. I met a gentleman who was taught by a master who lives under the sea! This master does not come out of water much, nor does he have a body like us. He appears on the surface taking some form of body, slightly transparent. If you put a hand through that body, it goes through. You see the body, but it is not concrete or solid enough, like ours. The man whom I met was taught by this master how to align elements within the body so that there is no imbalance and a good health is maintained during earthly life. Stones also align the elements. There are mudras (hand gestures) to align elements. When you do that or wear a stone, it brings some equilibrium. So, it is up to you whether to go for it or not.

Q. What does Rudraksha indicate?

A: Renunciation. Shiva

 

Just looooove to procrastinate

Q. Someone has asked a question on procrastination in one of the blogs. He wants more clarity on procrastination. He is asking if designed postponement is procrastination. E.g I know I have to do this job, and I will do it in the evening because I have some work now…. Is this procrastination?

A: This is not procrastination. Postponement with a purpose cannot be called procrastination. Procrastination is tamas. Expression of tamas is procrastination. Tamas is inertia or laziness. It is also escapism. Tamas induces these qualities of inertia, laziness, escapism  - for nothing!!! Person just does not want to do it. Postponement, not because he has some other work, but because he does not want to do the work. That is procrastination.

Q: How do we overcome procrastination? 

A: There are three gunas- Rajas, Satva and Tamas. Tamas is the densest of all. In order to get out of tamas, one must enter Rajas. You cannot move to Satva. Rajas is action. Tamas must be diluted/conquered with action. Deliberate actions are a must to beat tamas. I would say, just go for jogging,  aerobics, tennis – whatever. Just have a good physical exercize/action. That beats inertia. When you have extreme action, you shed tamas and that leads you to Satva automatically.

Satva means a very subtle state in which awareness will be very high. In Satva, action will be for the sake of action and not for the result the same. Actions will not be out of expectation. You will do an action objectively. You will do actions without any conditions. Operating in Satva plane will always give you tremendous equilibrium. It will give peace of mind because you are not expecting anything. I am not talking about expecting results in the evening. In the office, we have plans, generate revenues and achieve targets. What I mean is…. Our attitude that we will do it only if we get something in return. This is a Rajasic transaction! Transaction in the Satva will be completely from the heart and equanimity. Please do not mis-understand… not the emotional heart, I am talking about higher spiritual heart! These transactions will be completely purpose- bound, like those of Jesus or Krishna. Their every moment was purpose-bound. But, to slip from Satva is very easy. Expectations bring you back to Rajas. Lack of objectivity slips you back into the Rajasic mode.

Avatars always knew, with absolute clarity, exactly what to do and why is something happening. As you move higher, you have more vision and much better clarity. Tamas is the lowest state and is a zone where you are sufficiently lazy not inclined to do anything. To beat that, you have to go into Rajas mode. Do action to beat the inertia. Take my word for it. It will help you tremendously. Tamas, like a weed, will pull people into depression. This is happening in our society more and more. Inertia is dangerous. Without your knowledge, it will suck you in. A week later, you will realize that you have been lazy all the week. So many things pass you by during the times of inertia.

 

A Liberated Existence

 

What do you mean by binding or bondage?

I would say everything is binding. All relationships are binding. Dependency on elements like water and food is also binding. But we need this binding too. We cannot say that we will exist without all that. We have to slowly grow beyond all that. Evolve stage by stage and step by step. Masters will come and guide you. When you are ready to walk the path, guidance is for sure. But when you sit in the drawing room and think, or you are procrastinating… nothing will happen. It is an individual path. No one can carry you on his/her shoulder and walk. You must walk the path yourself.

(This is recorded and transcribed by Dr.Deepali Jaju from various question-answer sessions of Mohanji, after the weekly meditation sessions)

 

 

The Natural Man