Nothing just nothing, Relax. I was going through one very interesting story by Guruji. During his wandering days Guruji used to rest at some forest destinations and he happened to see a trick which hunters use to catch birds. They used to take a stick, tie one end of the rope to the middle of the stick, and the other end to a branch of the tree. Birds which cross that way would sit on the stick to rest, and obviously the moment it sits the stick turns upside down becoz of the weight and the bird will also be hanging upside down, like the simple illustration below.
The bird will not leave the stick fearing once if it let loose it might crash to the ground and die. But the fact is once it let loose its surely going to fly. The bird keeps struggling to sit straight till the hunter comes relaxed picks up the bird put it into the bag and walks off. Guruji has also seen some birds which comes and pricks the hanging bird signaling it to leave the stick. These are some of the very few birds which had experienced a similar situation, let go the stick and it started flying.
So..let go the inhibitions and meaningless fears, JUST LET GO!
What are you going to write for Logical people? Most of us belong to this category only..
Oh! Thats right! I was one of those very logical people as well. Always we want to know the cause and the effect. Most of the time we want to question anything and everything before we
believe or get on to something. I have few points to share particularly for very logical people.
Most of the scientists who discovered great things, towards the end of their lives, believed in GOD or believed of an external divine energy. One incident from Isaac Newton's Life, Mr.Newton had a friend who was always very logical, never believed the creation factor and said everything got created by its own etc etc. One day knowing his friend is going to visit his home, Newton created a complete model of Solar system as it is and kept it in one corner of his house. His friend who came, got very curious looking at the model and asked newton, "hey Who made this". Newton replied, "I get up today morning and it was there already, It got created on its own". His friend laughed sarcastic and said "Come on Newton how can this get created on its own, This a absolute model of our solar system, don't joke". This time Newton laughed at him and said, "dear friend, you are ready to believe that the whole solar system of our universe was created on its own, u always argue on the divine, but you are not able to believe this simple model came on its own". His friend got just silent and something hit him very strongly.
Logical people get hit and that one second transforms them completely. Logical Mind can never understand or come to a conclusion about Spirituality and Divine Energy, That's why most of the great saints are called "Mystics", they can never be understood by logical people.
But still we can explore some factors that can hit logical people also, like
1. Whatever we have today including our body, we cannot hold them tight or try to posses them permanently. We came in with empty hands, we search, we live with unfulfilled desires all the time, we try to posses as much as possible, finally death conquers and we go back empty hands. I remember reading somewhere, when a saint saw few people crying around a dead body, he went on & commented, "Tomorrow's dead bodies are crying around today's dead body".
2. The so called Mystics or Masters decide and conquer death completely. They decide the time and place of their death. They leave the body peacefully. (This factor is a proved factor, Guru Raghavendra, Paramahamsa Yogananda, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, etc etc they all conquered death. Be clear, What Iam speaking about is not about jumping from one body to another). We are afraid of death, all we can do is to speak about somebody's death. We can neither think nor speak about our death. Lets agree!
3.Lets think of a kid (till 3 years) in a bungalow, with all facilities, good food, costly clothes etc, Keep the same child in a badly damaged hut, feed it with porridge, give torn clothes, broken toys but the place doesn't change state of the kid, it is always in a state of BLISS. The same joy exists for the kid in both the places. THIS IS THE VERY NATURE OF HUMAN BEINGS, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT WE GET WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AT BLISS ALL THE TIME. But are we like that today? We know ("no") the answer.
So..What are you blaberring, are you trying to say we should wear torn clothes and live like saint?
Hahhhaaaaa..Lets be practical, I know u are going to misunderstand. Be with whatever you have, whatever you get! Live this present moment, Keep your body and mind in the same place, in the same thing of what you are doing present. Never let your mind wander in the past or the future. LIVE YOUR LIFE, LIVE YOUR LIFE & LIVE YOUR LIFE, Live in the present with whatever u have, with whatever you get. Never try to hold them tight, the more you hold them tight, more tightly you are holding the pain also. Really so easy to type, but when it comes to practice???? - I type all these to say it to myself more stronger, more better.
If its really difficult, how does one get help to practice it in a day to day life?
(For reading this answer, there is a prerequisite, want to know what it is? JUST KEEP YOUR LOGICAL MIND AWAY BEFORE READING THIS!)
Thats where Guru's role come into play! The touch of a Guru will transform and rejuvenate us completely. Let me be honest! Its an experience that can hardly be described by words. Its like somebody trying to explain you the taste of a delicious menu, you can never understand, unless and until you taste it yourself.
GURU! First of all they are not human beings! Be clear! There is no difference between them and the cosmic energy that makes the universe function. They are enlightened beings. They have descended as a light that removes darkness from inside. They are here to give us techniques that will put us to the path of Bliss. This is the first video of this blog, by PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA, a LIVING MASTER.
What are you going to write for Logical people? Most of us belong to this category only..
Oh! Thats right! I was one of those very logical people as well. Always we want to know the cause and the effect. Most of the time we want to question anything and everything before we
believe or get on to something. I have few points to share particularly for very logical people.
Most of the scientists who discovered great things, towards the end of their lives, believed in GOD or believed of an external divine energy. One incident from Isaac Newton's Life, Mr.Newton had a friend who was always very logical, never believed the creation factor and said everything got created by its own etc etc. One day knowing his friend is going to visit his home, Newton created a complete model of Solar system as it is and kept it in one corner of his house. His friend who came, got very curious looking at the model and asked newton, "hey Who made this". Newton replied, "I get up today morning and it was there already, It got created on its own". His friend laughed sarcastic and said "Come on Newton how can this get created on its own, This a absolute model of our solar system, don't joke". This time Newton laughed at him and said, "dear friend, you are ready to believe that the whole solar system of our universe was created on its own, u always argue on the divine, but you are not able to believe this simple model came on its own". His friend got just silent and something hit him very strongly.
Logical people get hit and that one second transforms them completely. Logical Mind can never understand or come to a conclusion about Spirituality and Divine Energy, That's why most of the great saints are called "Mystics", they can never be understood by logical people.
But still we can explore some factors that can hit logical people also, like
1. Whatever we have today including our body, we cannot hold them tight or try to posses them permanently. We came in with empty hands, we search, we live with unfulfilled desires all the time, we try to posses as much as possible, finally death conquers and we go back empty hands. I remember reading somewhere, when a saint saw few people crying around a dead body, he went on & commented, "Tomorrow's dead bodies are crying around today's dead body".
2. The so called Mystics or Masters decide and conquer death completely. They decide the time and place of their death. They leave the body peacefully. (This factor is a proved factor, Guru Raghavendra, Paramahamsa Yogananda, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, etc etc they all conquered death. Be clear, What Iam speaking about is not about jumping from one body to another). We are afraid of death, all we can do is to speak about somebody's death. We can neither think nor speak about our death. Lets agree!
3.Lets think of a kid (till 3 years) in a bungalow, with all facilities, good food, costly clothes etc, Keep the same child in a badly damaged hut, feed it with porridge, give torn clothes, broken toys but the place doesn't change state of the kid, it is always in a state of BLISS. The same joy exists for the kid in both the places. THIS IS THE VERY NATURE OF HUMAN BEINGS, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT WE GET WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AT BLISS ALL THE TIME. But are we like that today? We know ("no") the answer.
So..What are you blaberring, are you trying to say we should wear torn clothes and live like saint?
Hahhhaaaaa..Lets be practical, I know u are going to misunderstand. Be with whatever you have, whatever you get! Live this present moment, Keep your body and mind in the same place, in the same thing of what you are doing present. Never let your mind wander in the past or the future. LIVE YOUR LIFE, LIVE YOUR LIFE & LIVE YOUR LIFE, Live in the present with whatever u have, with whatever you get. Never try to hold them tight, the more you hold them tight, more tightly you are holding the pain also. Really so easy to type, but when it comes to practice???? - I type all these to say it to myself more stronger, more better.
If its really difficult, how does one get help to practice it in a day to day life?
(For reading this answer, there is a prerequisite, want to know what it is? JUST KEEP YOUR LOGICAL MIND AWAY BEFORE READING THIS!)
Thats where Guru's role come into play! The touch of a Guru will transform and rejuvenate us completely. Let me be honest! Its an experience that can hardly be described by words. Its like somebody trying to explain you the taste of a delicious menu, you can never understand, unless and until you taste it yourself.
GURU! First of all they are not human beings! Be clear! There is no difference between them and the cosmic energy that makes the universe function. They are enlightened beings. They have descended as a light that removes darkness from inside. They are here to give us techniques that will put us to the path of Bliss. This is the first video of this blog, by PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA, a LIVING MASTER.
This video is just a sample from the whole big ocean. All Gurus are so practical in giving solutions for attaining the eternal bliss, may you be a software engineer or a daily coolie it doesn't matter at all.
One thing common in today's world is, people are ready to accept masters who have left their body, (I mean who have attained samadhi) as GODS. We are least bothered or in other words very doubtful about living masters. When the living masters attain samadhi, that is the time we realise their worth, talk about them, do pooja etc etc. Masters who have attained samadhi are equally powerful no doubt about it. We go to saibaba temples, right?? Imagine a situation where we would have got an opportunity to meet saibaba or Ramana Maharishi and take their blessings when they were alive in the body? Oh what a chance that would be?
Overall What we are trying to understand is,
Lets not miss a chance to be with a living master, let us get their blessings, follow their teachings, attain and radiate the eternal bliss Nithyananda.
With my little knowledge some of the enlightened Living Masters are:
1. Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda! (www.dhyanapeetam.org)
2. Sadguru Sri Jaggi Vasudev (www.ishafoundation.org)
3. Mata Amritananda Mayi (www.amritapuri.org)
4. Sri Sri Ravishankar (www.srisri.org)
5. Sri Sathya Sai Baba ( http://www.srisathyasai.org.in/)
Anyways, you have mentioned few Gurus, How do I identify my Guru?
Whoever makes this question vanish from your mind is your guru, You will feel connected, you will have no doubt, you always would want to see him, you would always want to be with him. THE ONE who makes this question vanish, is your Guru. You will have a strong feeling, no doubt at all once you have met. You will know, Yeahhhh, THAT'S MY GURU!
One thing common in today's world is, people are ready to accept masters who have left their body, (I mean who have attained samadhi) as GODS. We are least bothered or in other words very doubtful about living masters. When the living masters attain samadhi, that is the time we realise their worth, talk about them, do pooja etc etc. Masters who have attained samadhi are equally powerful no doubt about it. We go to saibaba temples, right?? Imagine a situation where we would have got an opportunity to meet saibaba or Ramana Maharishi and take their blessings when they were alive in the body? Oh what a chance that would be?
Overall What we are trying to understand is,
Lets not miss a chance to be with a living master, let us get their blessings, follow their teachings, attain and radiate the eternal bliss Nithyananda.
With my little knowledge some of the enlightened Living Masters are:
1. Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda! (www.dhyanapeetam.org)
2. Sadguru Sri Jaggi Vasudev (www.ishafoundation.org)
3. Mata Amritananda Mayi (www.amritapuri.org)
4. Sri Sri Ravishankar (www.srisri.org)
5. Sri Sathya Sai Baba ( http://www.srisathyasai.org.in/)
Anyways, you have mentioned few Gurus, How do I identify my Guru?
Whoever makes this question vanish from your mind is your guru, You will feel connected, you will have no doubt, you always would want to see him, you would always want to be with him. THE ONE who makes this question vanish, is your Guru. You will have a strong feeling, no doubt at all once you have met. You will know, Yeahhhh, THAT'S MY GURU!
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