Samarpan
Ashram, Dandi, Gujarat – 7,8,9 November 2017
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| His Holiness in thoughtful mode |
I left for
Dandi on 7th morning at 5.30am. As is the norm every year two sadhaks dropped
out and three last minute additions joined us on the trip. I picked up Ruchitaji
and Toneyji from Andheri West and then Harish from Sai Motors at Andheri on the
highway. He had carried the marathon-shirts for distribution from the
Madhuchaitanya counter at the Ashram. We had to pick up Malvikaji from Andheri
and our navigator Ruchitaji told me she is waiting after Jogeshwari flyover. I
stopped after crossing the Jogeshwari flyover and Malivkaji was not there. Just
then we called and she said that she is at Andheri near the metro. As it was
not possible to go back Malavji came with her on the scooty. It was good fun as
we pulled Ruchitaji’s legs saying that she would make an amazing navigator for
car rallies – we would probably end up at the starting point itself after
driving around following her instructions…lolz….. just kidding. 😊 We then picked up Deepaliji at
Borivali and reached Fountain at around 6.45am. Ramnath was waiting for us and
we transferred two bags full of t-shirts and Harish and Toneyji went with
Ramnath. We stopped at Datta’s for breakfast before continuing our journey to
Dandi. I reached Dandi Ashram at 10.45 in the morning followed by Ramnath’s car
half an hour later. We completed the registration formalities which were really
smoothened because of the digitization of systems by Anuragji. There were no
long lines as used to be the norm earlier. Everything worked like clockwork.
We had time
up till 2pm for having a look around and settling in before the opening
ceremony of the event. We assembled in the main mandap at around 2.15pm and
waited for the arrival of His Holiness and Her Holiness. Pujya Guruma entered
the mandap at 2.38pm to the blowing of conches followed by Pujya Gurudev at
2.40pm. As Swamiji lit the lamp we chanted the ‘deep prajolan mantra’ after
which Swamiji took His seat. Rambhai then led us through the Guru Ahavan Mantra
(the invocation of the Guru-Energies). Dr. Paras Bhatt and Dr Vandana Mehta
were the mediums for anchoring this divine event. Both of them were full of
information, many a times bursting into prose to explain or stress on some spiritual
aspect – both were excellent!
The programme commenced with the lighting of
the lamp by representatives of various religions which included Shri
Vasudevanandji of Junglee Maharaj Ashram, Shirdi, Shri Gianiji of Grid Navsari
Gurudwara, Mohammed Rampurwala of Mazare-Mai Saheba, Dandi, Parsee
Dastur Cyrusji, Muslim
Dharmaguru Shri Mohamedkari Salmanshah Saheb,
Yogacharya Shri Chandarkantbbai of Sadguru Bhattaval Ashram,
representative of Gayatri Parivar, Surat- Shri Rameshbhai Patel, Shri
Thakorbhai and Ahamben of Gayatri Parivar, Navsari. Thereafter, all the saints
and invited guests were felicitated with a shawl, flowers and coconut by the
Trustees of Shree Shivkrupanand Swami Ashram
Trust,
Yoga Prabha Bharati (Seva Sanstha) Trust and the President of the event. Additional
Charity Commissioner, Navsari, Shri Navnitbhai Patel specially attended the
celebration and gave his best wishes to all the sadhaks. On this occasion, a
201 Kund Yagna (fire ceremony) was also organised for the attending sadhaks.
The Mahayagna Ceremony was conducted by Shri Rambhai Patel and Shri Sampat
Ahir.
After the felicitations inauguration of various
items of literature took place at the hands of Pujya Guruma. The following
items were inaugurated: 1) GP 2017 – Lok Dayro audio CD, 2) Samarpan Wall
Calendar, 3) Samarpan Table Calendar, 4) HKSY-5 in Marathi and 5) HKSY-6 in
Hindi. Guruma said about the sahitya that this is like a cake of mud and the
potter is Swamiji, everybody should be balanced just as the water ions are
balanced by a clay water pot. Thereafter was a special announcement on the
felicitation of Ideal Sadhika – Ms. Ujwala Gadre with a beautifully framed
citation hand written by Swamiji for the first life-time sevadhari!
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| Letter issued to Ms. Ujjwala Gadre by Swamiji for selfless service |
Thereafter Pankajbhai Patel, the President of
the event gave his welcome address after which at 3.30pm shanti paath
took place concluding the first session of Day 1. Thereafter Pujya Swamiji
followed by Pujya Guruma left the mandap to the blowing of conches.
After that there was a break upto 8.30pm during
which I visited the exhibitions briefly. Hemanginiji told me to come later as
there was a heavy rush saying that she would prefer giving us a detailed
explanation separately. The Nature and Spirituality exhibition, exhibition on
the Samarpan Administration Network and exhibition on Pujya Guruma were both
very well received. We were told that Pujya Guruma took one and half hours to
go through the exhibition based on her and at a certain point was in tears as
it took her down memory lane – none of the sadhaks had ever seen Maa in tears
before – just speaks volumes for the efforts taken by the sadhaks to prepare
such a touching exhibition. After tea we were caught up in meetings which
continued post dinner late into the night, as a result I missed watching the
cultural programme. After the meetings we retired for the night at around
10.30pm.
8-11-2017
The day we were waiting for dawned with all
sadhaks getting ready with enthusiasm to celebrate the appearance day of our
beloved Satguru – who in my opinion (which I am sure you all will share) is
nothing less than God incarnate! I woke up at 3am, completed morning
formalities, meditated and got ready by 5.15am and we all went for tea. After
tea we took our place in the pandal at 5.30am ready for the silent meditation
session to be conducted by Rambhai. Meditation commenced exactly at 6am with
Guru Ahavan. The meditation was beautiful with cold energy bathing me from
within and an active crown chakra sending cool vibrations down the entire
length of the body. The meditation concluded at 6.35am and we then eagerly
awaited the arrival of Pujya Swamiji and Pujya Guruma for Swamiji’s discourse.
Her Holiness Guruma entered the pandal at 6.50am to the sound of blowing
conches followed by His Holiness Swamiji at exactly 7am. Minutes before
Swamiji’s arrival the insides of my skin had started tingling and I could feel
the consciousness flowing and an inner voice saying that Paramatma is about to
take His place on stage! After Swamiji lit the lamp and took His seat, we
chanted the Guru Ahavan mantra after which Rambhai requested Swamiji thrice to
shower His nectar upon us.
My Salutations to all pious souls who have come
here! Bin mange moti mile, mange mile na bheek (without asking you get a
pearl, but by asking no one gives alms even). Today, at the time of entering my
64th year when I review my life I experience that on this journey,
the journey so far – while commencing it, I knew in the beginning itself that
Paramatma was with me in the form of my soul – all activities have taken place
serially and in harmony only with its guidance. I was small – maybe 4-5 years
old – from that time the Paramatma resident within me used to tell me about the
purpose of my life, only I have taken this birth, and in reality, you are not
an ordinary person, you are a holy soul a pure soul; and with this continuous
telling a close bond formed with it (the soul). Sometimes, I fell that man from
the time of his birth looks for two things outside – 1) Paramatma – he looks in
temples, Gurus, Swamis, etc and spends his entire life looking for this, but
like this his search never ends and he keeps searching here and there, but in
reality Paramatma is not outside, he is within - but till your external search
does not end your search within does not begin. This process is similar to
needing a mirror to look at oneself; similarly, to look at Paramatma within you
need a mirror in the form of a Satguru. When you meet such a Satguru he
introduces you to yourself – he cannot do anything – he just makes us meet our
self, and when we meet our self, know our self, we bow down to our own soul and
then suddenly an event takes place and the Paramatma that we are looking for
outside we experience that Paramatma within and our external search ends and we
experience Paramatma within. After this experience we obtain complete
satisfaction that we have attained Paramatma and then there is nothing else to
look for and inner satisfaction gets established within. 2) Similarly, we look
for peace/happiness outside – we look for happiness in things which can only
give facilities but not happiness. Lifeless things cannot give happiness, after
that we look for happiness in children, wife, friends etc – search is in
others/outside. Our permanent search is external! We are dependent on others to
attain Paramatma – Guru, temple, sadhu, samadhi, etc and similarly, for
attaining peace we look outside in family, friends, things! You cannot find
Paramatma and peace outside! When you look for Paramatma you expect peace in
Swami, temple, friends, wife, children, etc. Meaning we depend on others for
attaining Paramatma and peace and at the root of all their problems is
expectations. So today, I can say based on my life that I have worked all my
life without any expectations. I will tell you the difference between working
with and without expectations. When you work with expectations it is at the
physical level, connection of one is with one only and in the other connection
of one is with many. When you work without expectation work happens with His
Grace. Next, we do not have to leave our societal life – if you are a student,
study without expectation, if you are in a business or profession work without
expectation. Some Gurus say sacrifice this that and the other and give it to me
– it is not like that. Perform without expectation and you will achieve far
more! Results of working without expectations are astounding. Old sadhaks ask
how has this become global in just 22 years. I replied that it is so because I
did Guru-karya without any expectations. My job was only to tell and not to see
whether they meditated or not. You all do it – meaning sitting for 30 minutes
for meditation while chanting name, whether you get a meditative state or not,
your job is to sit – sit for 30 minutes in the name of that soul with which
lakhs of holy and pure souls are connected – sit without expectations – as you
sit without expectation you will start getting close to your soul – expectation
is a barrier between you and your soul. Once you start sitting, change will
take place slowly in your life. Whatever you do in life, do it without
expectations – your job is to work and not expect. The purpose of my Gurus
sending me to society was to inspire you to see that it is not necessary to be
a Sadhu, Saint, Sanyasi to become pure and holy. Our ideal should be the lotus
flower, it is always connected to much but the flower itself is pure. Observe
the lotus petals during rains, you will see rain drops accumulate on the petal,
and once more than four drops accumulate the petal bends and the water falls
down. In your life make one place where only you and your soul are there and no
one else – I am not saying a room, but your aura – a 15, 20 feet aura – you can
do it and once you do that you will feel that you are alone. Sit in a place and
practice when no one is there within 15 feet of you. Once your aura develops
you find peace and satisfaction within, and then you will start hearing the
Brahma naad (cosmic sound) within you – hmmmmmmmm; and once someone comes near
you it will stop because that is a different body. So, such a room everyone
should create then maybe there will be peace in the world one day. This is an
effort for world peace – world means your world, your aura – we cannot bring
peace in the world, if we say that then it is dishonesty, but if each person
creates one’s own peaceful world then world peace could be possible in the
future. You can go anywhere in the world and carry your peace with you. It is
not our purpose to leave the family, go to the jungle, go to the Himalayas,
etc. We have to stay in society and make place for the Gurus to come. These are
values which are inculcated from on pure soul to another. This meditation
technique is not like any other. There are three types of meditation techniques
– 1) based on breathing, 2) Bhrastika pranayama and 3) which is older – tratak
– focusing on a lamp and becoming thoughtless. Meditation is largely practiced
using these three methods – but none of this is there in Samarpan Meditation –
you are not doing anything – there is no place for ‘I’ in Samarpan Meditation,
you have not done anything, you have just sat down and values have go
inculcated. Guru does not tell you not to do anything, only values get inculcated
and once that happens you will not do anything bad. These are values given by
one pure soul to another. However bad a person he gets experience for a few
moments and becomes a pure soul – he obtains Guru’s Grace for a few moments, so
if this happens permanently then what? When you click photos you smile, also
all the time you have a fear of crying. For a short period of time we become a
holy and pure soul and those values get instilled in us. Guru’s Grace is
flowing and when you come under the waterfall you get drenched. You cannot stay
at distance from the waterfall and expect to get drenched, unless you go
beneath the waterfall you will not get drenched as the waterfall flows in its
place and it cannot come to you, you have to go to it; similarly, Guru’s Grace
is continuously showering – the Guru’s proximity is not important, what you do
with it is important. I got proximity for 3 days only (Shiv Baba’s proximity)
and I get the experience of my Guru in Guru-karya, so there is no necessity of
Guru’s proximity. You have been receiving for years! A Patel is making a film
on me (loud applause). I told him not to make a film on me per se but to make a
film on the concept of Guru. Guru loves unconditionally and the sadhak falls in
the trap of illusion and then his ego develops. The Guru’s nature is to flow,
so whenever you get Guru’s proximity, accumulate every moment within as you are
spending every moment in his proximity because of your good deeds. One day good
deeds will end and so will proximity, your attention should be on what is
within the Guru and not on the physical body. Use the proximity to go within,
meaning if you start seeing your faults you have become inward looking. One day
I was walking in a village and I saw Ramu Bhil walking ahead. I called out to
him, but he did not look back and started walking faster. I too started walking
faster all the while calling out to him, but he did not stop and he went away.
Next morning, I met him and asked him why he ran away when I was calling out to
him. He said Swamiji I was drunk and how could I come in front of you in that
state, hence I did not stop and ran away. So even Ramu Bhil in his drunk state
was inward looking and his conscience did not allow him to come in front of me
in that state, so can you not do this when you are in a state of awareness??
Can you see your own faults in the Guru’s proximity? Do you remember your
mistakes, faults? Some people start feeling afraid – am I scary? They feel
scared because they have fear within. Do you become inward looking in this
manner? Once you become inward looking you will start seeing your faults. To
make your faults go you need to see your faults. Next, like I have found my
Guru in Guru-karya, even after so many years I find my Guru to be next to me.
While performing Guru-karya Guru is with you. Whether Guru is close or not,
whether relation is established or not, one does not need to acknowledge, you
can experience it though consciousness. Our path is not in renunciation, our
path is to stay in family, in society, listen to the family doing all this
while all the time staying connected with the soul, this is the practice I do
daily – wake up at 3.30am, wake up Guruma, spoke with them and then I stayed
with myself from 3.30 to 4.30. All problems do not end after becoming a Saint,
it is another matter in the Himalayas or in the jungles, but in society its
effect will fall on you. In the Himalayas there are no such problems, there are
no thoughts hence it does not matter. My sister used to ask me am I not afraid
in the Himalayas. I used to tell her that fear also is a thought, if there are
no thoughts whatsoever then there is no fear. But in society there are
problems, but he does not tell you about his problems because he is telling you
to be free of your problems. An old saint told me that he cannot get rid of his
feelings of lust. A muni wrote to me that he has no control over this feeling.
I studied about this problem in great depth. No meditation is possible in such
a state. I wrote to him – you walk a lot and eat a lot of food and spend its
entire energy in walking then there is no energy left for having sexual
desires. You eat very little and then expend that energy in walking and then
you will not get any feelings of lust. Become empty and then you will have no
energy for sexual desires. But if you stop at a place for 3-4 days, eat good
food and not exercise then this feeling could rise again. This is within
control over it but it is there within you. Your chitta is on it so you are
focused on it. Some old people have no control over their urine and stools,
some munis have control till the age of 50, but after 50 there is no control as
this is physical. Some events keep taking place in the environment and you get
to know about it. All such people were above the age of 50. It is not that this
problem relates only to munis, this problem exists in society. Definitely if
your body is in control of your soul you will face this problem. I wrote an
article on this and Guruma took it away – it will come in Madhuchaitanya.
Meditate without expectations then that state
which is called moksh (liberation) can be obtained. In Samarpan Meditation
everything is different, it is similar to new models of cars coming modern
changes – in Samarpan Meditation it happens through the inculcation of values,
it happens through photos, through videos. There was a video conference with
sadhaks in USA where during the question and answer session 45 questions were
asked, after that there was conference with sadhaks in Peru where I have never gone.
Those people do not know English nor Hindi and have been meditating for 7 years
– they had no questions they just said say what you want to. No Guru has
performed pran pratishthan in their own idol. A bigger experiment took
place in Aradka. When a Guru takes samadhi, his aura gets developed after 30
years and after the development of the aura the place becomes famous because
the subtle body becomes active – 30 years! First time he has activated the
place in 36 hours, connecting that place with his aura, and then coming back
into the body is a unique experience of Guru-energies. This was the Vishwachakra
anushthan. Now see how fast the development takes place. I keep on telling
you that while staying with your family be like the lotus, etc. You must be
getting the question – how is this possible? Your family is small but my family
consists of lakhs of people. You stay with me for 24 hours you will realise how
many problems I face, in spite of that development is taking place. Also aura
development – I am staying at home and still my aura is developing, so when
mine is developing why not yours?! You are not connecting to me – just connect
with me and in 6 minutes you will see a change. Check with the aura machine. I
have one advise to offer you – meditate without expectation. I signed a
contract for making a red stone structure for Ajmer Guru Shakti Dham. The Sankalp patra (commitment
form) is just a motive, you help in connecting people, if you connect people
through donation of Rs 100 x 12 (every month), he may not find time to come
immediately, but after 6 months he will come and the event will take place.
Observe yourself – what change comes about in you, look for such change.
Changes keep occurring. After Ganesh darshan I met a sadhak who used to sell
socks on the footpath and he now owns a factory. Material progress is the
easiest which will happen due to good collectivity. Most progress is easy,
don’t walk with others’ support, become independent as Paramatma is with you –
look for peace within, become independent, self-reliant then you will never
lose this. Experiment and see for yourself. Anusthan will commence on
30/12/2017 and after 45 days of anushthan Mahashivratri is on February 13. You
will not keep any expectation- live without any expectations for 45 days,
because when you meditate with expectations you put limits on yourself.
Meditate for 45 days without any expectations and you will receive far beyond
your expectations. Sit for 30 minutes of meditation without any expectations –
it will be a great experiment – try this for 45 days during the anushthan.
Next, some saint comes to your house and stays
for his needs and on the other hand you invite some saint – there is a huge
difference. Such an event is about to take place. Shirdi Mahashibir is to take
place from 18/9/2018 – no efforts of trustee for this shibirs, this is a direct
invitation from Sai Baba. I was asked what honorarium I would take, I told them
I have never taken so far so how can I take now. The date for Shirdi shibirs
will change and it would be some time in April or May 2018. I have told sadhaks
working in the Ashrams to shut the Ashrams and come for the shibirs. This
shibirs will be operated by Sai Baba – never before and never after will such
an event take place. Overseas sadhaks come for just one day and narrate such
beautiful experiences, but the sevadharis get no experience because they are
continuously working for 45 days. I feel bad for them – just come and sit for
the Shirdi shibirs – no trustee, no sevadhari – nothing to do. I myself will
not be doing anything so what will you do!! I will come on stage and sit down.
This is the centenary celebration and ours is the biggest programme. Just come
quietly, sit down and enjoy. My tour of Nepal has been postponed till
September. Press reporters from Nepal have come and will publish in their
newspapers/magazines.
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| Press reporters from Nepal in a Session with His Holiness |
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| Press reporters from Nepal in a Session with His Holiness - video recording on |
Samarpan Meditation started in Nepal and is now going back. What impact takes
place you will realised during this Deep Meditation Practicum – experiment
during the Anushthan. Ujwalaben’s felicitation and honour was not of the
individual but of the Guru-karya performed through her medium. I want to say
two things. She performed Guru-karya by hurting some people, but it was not
personal. What she did was for the benefit of the Trusts. I have never fallen
sick ever, but she keeps taking proof of my good health by ensuring that I
undergo medical examination every 6 months. She keeps a very strict control on
my diet – I eat anything which is given to me – it could be a box of sweets,
kachoris, puris, etc. Once I was given so much food that I ate everything which
was placed in front of me – this happens because of the bhav of the
sadhaks, I cannot say no! Young sadhaks did not eat but I ate the entire food
placed before me. Ujwalaben is there for everything – whether it is a dentist,
a doctor, looking for a boy for my daughter or a girl for my son – for everything
Ujwalaben is there. One day I had gone to Goa and while I looked out from the balcony, I saw a school girl getting down from her school bus. I knew then that she was the girl to whom Anurag would get married. Though I did not share the same with Guruma, I told Guruma
that I had found a girl for Anurag when returned home to Ahmednagar. She questioned me as to whether I was looking forward to child marriage. I laughed and said no, but a few years later they after completing their education they got married! I
have problems she solves them, she has problems I solve them – we solve each
other’s problems.
Meditate regularly and don’t come under the
threat of collectivity. A lamp had the desire of getting lit, he saw a lamp
burning at a place and saw lots of lamps lit over there; and then the unlit
lamp went close to that big lit lamp and felt I have also got lit up and when
the lamp went home it found out that it was not lit. In collectivity you feel
you are lit, but in reality, this is not so. Realise that your chitta should be
on the wick of that big lamp. You have to make your own progress, practice
daily, your material progress has no meaning – meditation should happen as soon
as you shut your eyes. Tomorrow come with a pure chitta, I will make you
meditate. Now, I realised through my chitta that a lot of people have health
related problems, we will experiment tomorrow on this problem. If one has
health issues then the mind does not remain stable and with unstable mind
meditation does not take place. Tomorrow we will meditate on health. Namaskar!
At 8.45 am there was a break and we were told
to reconvene at 10am for the main birthday celebrations. We got back into the
mandap at 9.45am and took our seats. Pujya Guruma entered at 10.13am followed
by Pujya Gurudev at 10.15am to the sound of blowing conches. A huge cake had
been laid out and a grand book opening entrance of Swamiji was organised as
Swamiji came onto the stage. Pujya Guruma and all the three children were also
present with big smiles and a very happy atmosphere prevailed. The entire stage
was bedecked with flowers of varying colours. Then as the celebrations began
with sparklers being lit on and above the stage and also in the aisles of the
mandap – all the sadhaks were waving heart shaped balloons which had earlier
been distributed by volunteers to each person present in the mandap. Bhajans
were playing – ‘Guruji shukar karo’. After that Swamiji vibrated cakes
which had been kept as prasad while the floral décor was removed from the
stage. The packets given to the sadhaks contained a chocolate, candle and two
heart shaped balloons. ‘Happy Birthday to You’ song was played - the entire
mandap was a sea of balloons and as Swamiji cut the cake the sadhaks burst the
balloons and sounds of balloons popping reverberated for about 5 minutes with
huge applause and shouts of Jai Baba Swami.
After the fun the more serious ‘namaskar
vidhi’ commenced. In the meanwhile, Swamiji gave one good news – that all
the donations received towards Gurudakshina would be utilised for construction
of Guru Shakti Dham, Ajmer. He said, today on my birthday the work which is
progressing at great pace needs one resident Trustee for each Ashram is being
selected. For Navsari – Mr. Pankajbhai Patel who is a medium who is already
connected with all the construction work going on at Dandi. Dr. Limbani for
Kutch Ashram for development of Guru Shakti Dham. Ms. Jigna Gohel for
Saurashtra Ashram and Mr. Girish Borkar. (When my name was announced by HIM my ears and brain blanked out and I did not hear a word HE said. Am adding this portion through inputs from Ramaniji). Borkarji will be the one who will coordinate the Trust affairs. He has always been the most promot. He always responds when others are failing to do so.
After this the chanting of the Gayatri mantra
began followed by purification of the ‘ballikas’ mantra. Rambhai then
requested Ambareeshji to do the Guru puja on behalf of all the sadhaks.
Chanting of various mantras took place followed by deep pragatya mantra
and aarti. Gayatri mantra was chanted again and the last lamp was lit by
surrendering it to Swamiji, followed by Mahamryutyunjaya mantra ahuti and
finally Guru mantra ahuti. Everybody then stood up for the aarti and lit the
candles for the aarti. The entire mandap was lit up with 3000+ plus flickering
candles for the aarti.
At 11.40am the namaskar vidhi started with all
the volunteers being requested to first finish their prostrations followed by
the participants, so that the volunteers could go back to their Guru-karya. As
the namaskar vidhi commenced Ramkaka and his team started singing bhajans – the
bhajan programme was recorded live and will mostly be available in the form of
an audio CD in the near future.
After the celebrations there was a long break
to see the exhibitions and to generally relax and mix around. The Baba Dham
tiles filled with energy were being given free to all those donors who
contributed Rs. 5000 and above. These tiles were cut from into three inch by
three inch squares from the original floor tiles of the cottage in the Ashram
in which Swamiji had completed 9 Anushthans. There were large lines for
donations both at the cash donation counter as well as the credit/debit card
counter. We had meetings lined up before and after bhojan prasad. We reconvened
at the mandap at 3.45pm for the afternoon session.
At 4pm Anuragji started his session explaining
the technological advances being made in the Samarpan IT sector. He explained
the use of Telegram app for delivering Swamiji’s messages in broadcast format –
he encouraged all sadhaks to join the group and explained the simple manner in
which one could join. He spoke about development of the Samarpan App which is
under development and as of now contained all the centers worldwide and his
plan of GPS mapping so that the app could guide any sadhak anywhere to the
nearest meditation centre. He spoke about the cash deposit machine which would
accept anonymous cash donations as well as cheque deposits and deposits through
credit/debit cards. He spoke about having developed a technobox with HDMI and
4K technology having 2 USB ports which could be used for shibirs as acharyas
have complained that currently CDs fail during the shibirs. This technobox will
have shibirs preloaded and will have wifi compatibility, it will be integrated
with YouTube and internet radio where Swamiji’s discourses will be broadcast
through a Samarpan channel. Similarly, a Babaswami Multimedia app is being
created for online sahitya.
At 5pm Pujya Guruma’s session was to commence.
She arrived at 4.55pm to the sound of conches being blown. After chanting of the
Guru Ahavan mantra Rambhai requested Pujya Guruma to shower nectar through her
discourse. It was 5.10pm.
Welcome to all pure souls to this Chaitanya
Mahotsav and Jai Baba Swami! I will start this programme by narrating an
incident from my childhood. My sister and I were studying in school and we must
have been 10-12 years old. Once my father invited someone – a friend – home for
lunch. I did not know how good their friendship was – but we knew that the
person was very knowledgeable and a scholar on the Gita. Mom prepared food and
told us to be ready to serve – we helped mom to the extent we could. He started
eating and he appeared to be in a good mood and he was making light
conversation. As he was speaking we did not react, neither me nor my sister. He
said you appear to be very quiet and our mom laughed and then he asked us
whether we were scared. We replied saying that we were quiet because we had
heard that you a great scholar on the Gita. He said the Gita is very simple,
for example, your father invited me for dinner, your mother prepared the food.
And then we remembered that he was praising the food, the salad, and he kept
enquiring minutely about the food. He said, “Your mother prepared the food –
that is karma yoga, for you that means your studies is your karma yoga, you
help your mother that is karma yoga. Your mother learnt to cook from someone or
the other earlier, she must have then cooked something – all that is Gyan Yoga,
homework is Gyan Yoga. The food that she served with so much love is Bhakti
Yoga.” I remembered this because Samarpan Meditation is just as simple. When we
perform Guru-karya it is our karma-yoga, the knowledge that we obtain during
meditation that is Gyan Yoga. It is different for each individual, it is unique
– the feelings for Swamiji is Bhakti Yoga. Gita is not a religious book and nor
is Samarpan Meditation – it is only about the soul, consciousness, energy, it
is about accepting the soul as the Guru. Once you accept the soul as the Guru,
then become one with the soul and progress towards moksha (liberation) as a
soul – it is very simple. Do not connect rituals to meditation – keep it
simple. As long as Swamiji is there, the form of Samarpan – keep it simple,
don’t add anything to it. Meditate in collectivity, but don’t forget that your
lamp is not lit after leaving the collectivity. Meditate every morning in the
Guru’s proximity alone. He has explained the meaning of ‘alone’ – as far as
possible – alone means when you sit, don’t sit listening to discourse. You are
then sitting with thousands of souls, connect to Swamiji through your chitta –
Swamiji and I, both have said listen to CD, but do not become addicted to it.
Listen to the meditation CD – sound of birds, sound of the sea – sit for half
an hour without any support. It does not matter whether you put on a lamp or
not, light the lamp within with your chitta – the more your chitta goes within
that much easier it will be for you to meditate. When you meditate while
listening to a discourse, your eyes close, the same happens when you are
watching a video shibirs, after sometime your eyes close and the video shibirs
becomes an audio shibirs. If you want to meditate with CD then that is also in
collectivity – collectivity of the Guru-energies. We can connect with that at
any time and that is possible only with your chitta – sit quietly – your eyes
close and you go into meditation. I am a holy soul, I am a pure soul – say this
thrice and sit, you will definitely meditate. Why did I ask you to leave these
supports? I am saying that now to clear the atmosphere, do not keep in mind
that if I don’t do this meditation will not happen. Light a lamp in a temple,
room, kitchen, all these lamps are for purification of the atmosphere at home.
Last time I had said don’t wear scarf, because even after wearing a scarf your
think, we made that into a custom and when meditation itself is subtle then why
should we hold on to such scarves? Earlier the scarves used to be vibrated by
Swamiji. Whether you wear a scarf or light a lamp or not, both are fine.
Whatever you do physically do with your chitta, then your chitta will help you
become thoughtless slowly. Remove all fears from your mind. I travel with so
many people and their faults come to me, someone came and left his thoughts in
me – remove such thoughts from your mind. It is possible only if you invite
those faults. Gurudev is always with us – I never have fear of crowds in the
train, I travel by Flying Ranee so often, I travel with others chatting with
non-sadhaks is a lot of fun. I get to talk freely because they don’t know me.
The trains are so crowded, first class itself is so crowded – it is totally
packed – I have never been troubled and I have travelled hundreds of times.
Gurudev is with me and nothing will happen to me. Whenever I leave home, I pray
internally and ask Gurudev to accompany me. You do that too. Nothing wrong will
happen to me or you. Take him along with you. Some days back I was reading
messages on social media. I don’t know whether the story is true or false? It
is the story of conqueror Alexander the Great who was out to conquer the world.
He had a desire to rule the whole world. During his conquests he had heard of a
waterfall which was said to give anyone drinking its water would get
immortality. During his conquests he ultimately found that waterfall in a cave
and went near the waterfall; he thought I will give it to my soldiers to drink
and whether the soldiers drink or not, I will definitely drink. He was about to
drink when he heard a harsh voice, “stop”! It was a crow – old and withered
with no feathers, it could barely manage to sit – Alexander asked – what is it?
The crow said you are happy because you found the nectar, and I too had drunk
it. As I grew older I withered but, but I cannot die and am completely useless
but I cannot die. Alexander thought about what the crow had said and left. The
lesson from this is not how long we live, but how healthily we live. To enjoy
life, one needs a long life. I need to live to eat, make food, eat – the first
choice is food, then play and study. I love eating, and one wants to live long
to enjoy this. But you enjoy only till you have this body, because the body is
the vehicle of the soul. As long as the vehicle is good it helps the soul to
meditate. Pay attention to your body, it is as important as your soul – because
without body moksha is not possible. It is necessary to have a body till you
attain moksha, and then in the state of moksha – death! As it is the death of
the body and not the soul, hence our tradition calls the soul as jivatma.
The body is the cloth and it is our duty to keep our clothes clean and healthy.
When we know that we need the body to do the work of the body to enjoy all the
enjoyments – so take care of your body, diet, exercise and pay attention to
your meditation – this is our Gyan Yoga and our Bhakti Yoga. Swamiji is with me
– you will feel this only when you have that devotion. To stay balanced you
need a healthy body – Gurudev never misses his exercise, 30 minutes of
meditation and eating on time. The more we take care the greater the intensity
while meditating, the better the health – why? Because your soul tells you to
eat, exercise, meditate on time. When we treat life as a training session, or
soul teaches us to face all of life’s challenges. It enables us to face – the
soul enables you to face. If you face then it is at the physical level, if you
become a witness then you face the challenges as a soul. When you actually try
to do something, you face music – do you become angry – no! However angry you
become – suppose the maid does not come for four days – this the ladies will
understand – you curse her mentally, but when she comes to work on day 5 you do
not become angry and you politely tell her that you should have told us and
gone. Like this you get proof that you do not become angry, you do not lie –
then realise that the soul is becoming strong. It is necessary for the soul to
become strong. It does not allow you to do anything wrong, that means your
state is improving – I am telling you this to inspire you. Go at least once to
the centre to meditate. The inspiration that we get is from within – it is
good, it means we are under soul’s control. As the soul establishes control
over our body then we start getting guided by the soul, and as we progress in
this manner slowly we attain the state of moksha.
Science
accepts that we can change our DNA through meditation – an article had appeared
in Madhuchaitanya 2-3 years ago – this was an article on research carried out
by Russian scientists on the effect of meditation in the positive alteration of
the DNA structure. Some people have interest in medicine, some have interest in
farming, there are thousands of fields in which one can have interest. If one
has an interest in a particular field since birth then one can say that such a
person has a genetic aptitude in that field. When such a person starts
meditating he obtains knowledge suddenly in a different field and also moves in
applying it. Once I was at home and wanted flour, but the flour was over and hence
I needed to grind the grain into flour with the help of the grinding machine.
So I pressed the button to start the machine but it would not start – I like
words, poems, etc but I don’t know anything about machines – I can fix a fuse
and wire a plug, but nothing beyond that. I was thinking about what I should
do. No flour – but I will make one final attempt to repair it. I opened the
machine and remembered Anurag, I thought to myself that I have the genes which
have gone to Anurag, I remembered him and opened the machine, took a brush and
cleaned the insides in a few places, tapped the machine once or twice and then
put the screws back on and started the machine. It worked! Anurag is a soul, I
connected to him and his knowledge was transferred. I learn from everyone
because I surrender to everyone, but that does not mean I touch someone’s feet.
One should be like the honey bee – that means one should not bite, but should
gather honey – you all are flowers in Swamiji’s garden and I gather honey from
you. You also must be doing the same. Learn from your children – today’s
children are adept at using gadgets – they explore and learn, so should you.
Ladies are adept at learning how to cook, if they learn anything new they try
it at home. At the soul level, look for what is good in that other person, then
that knowledge gets transferred to you – that is Gyan Yog. Books provide you
with material knowledge. The knowledge you gain through love and surrender
(samarpan) is infinite. If you do that you will get it and that knowledge is
meant for distribution. Have a feeling of samarpan and distribute
without any hesitation. Today, children do not share notes in school – when you
share your knowledge expands. Whenever anyone comes to you for help, please
help, their feeling/emotion (bhav) helps your progress. I am talking
about students – nothing depends on marks. In school I too did not get good
marks, but I never stopped sharing my knowledge. Once I gave my notes to
someone but they were never returned. I studied in a different manner and
topped the subject. If you are true disciples of Gurudev – share and spread
love, do good and leave – this is your last birth. The feeling should be that
it is so good I met him, he helped me – with such feelings the blessings remain
with you. You must understand that you are leaving your fragrance behind. We
light incense, keep flowers at home. Wherever we go we spread love energy,
share knowledge with others and leave that fragrance. Help others in any way
you can, if someone is in hospital, help in some way, if not possible then
though prayer. The more you share the more you get. The path to become empty is
to share, the more you share the emptier you become. The emptier you become you
make room for consciousness to enter, once consciousness enters you become a
soul that is on the way to liberation (moksha). The physical body is like your
clothes, it will remain behind, give it just so much importance – more
important is the driver, that is the soul. To become a soul become empty, share
joy, share knowledge, do Guru-karya and attain the state of moksha. Offer
prayer to Gurudev. Jai Baba Swami!
With
this Guruma ended her discourse. This discourse was given at a very high energy
level – nowadays there is not difference between Gurudev and Guruma it is as if
they are one when it comes to distribution of energy through their discourses.
Pujya Guruma then requested sadhaks to ask any questions which they may have. A
brief question and answer session commenced thereafter.
Q1.
Swamiji says that you should take half an hour for yourself on the morning and
in the evening at the centre for about an hour, so total one and a half hours.
Why is this?
Ans:
The morning meditation is personal to be done during sunrise. If you have time,
then do it daily for collective good, else once a week in collectivity is
compulsory.
Q2.
There are bhajans for elders and for disciples – request you to sing a song for
new born babies.
Ans: I
will pray to Gurudev for inspiration to do so. I don’t feel I am special – I
will pray to Gurudev to inspire me to write a ‘lori’, ‘hatorda’. When I was in
the 6th-7th I used to think that I sang well. I still
remember I had sung – chanda hai tu – I sang one para and then the
second para with my eyes shut, I then opened my eyes and say a huge crowd in
the auditorium and got scared and ran from the stage!
Q3.
What is the difference between shuddha bhav (pure feeling) and
expectation?
Ans:
The answer lies in the question itself – expectation is physical and shuddha
is though the soul – this is because pure desire is always meant for others. Us
means our family, my son, my daughter, etc – it is my wish, it is your
expectation. If you pray for others – poor student, not economically strong –
when you pray for such a student that is shuddha iccha.
Q4. A
request – I have to ask Swamiji, but I am asking you. Audio book of
Autobiography of a Yogi is filled with so much consciousness. Can Swamiji do
audition in his own voice.
Ans:
Don’t know whether such a thing is possible. There will be an energy mismatch –
words will belong to Swamiji and voice will be that of someone else.
Q5: Why
do we suppress our emotions?
Ans:
Forgive them, your progress has stopped because you have got tenants in your
Agya chakra. Vacate it – are they your Guru? Learn to express your feelings –
if something is wrong say it, once you do that your mind becomes light. There
should be absolutely no weight on the Agya chakra.
Q6:
Whenever a lady used to become pregnant, whatever I received during meditation
I used to write and give. Now I am with Samarpan Meditation, and I give them to
read abstracts which I take from HKSY 1 to 5. Can a book on this be published?
Ans: It
is possible to do this. You can select and mail it to the Edit Board of
Madhuchaitanya for scrutiny. A book on garbhdaan sanskaar (values to be
inculcated during pregnancy) – training on this is required – for mother and
father definitely, but also for other family members. If the mother is stressed
then the child will be disturbed. Do you know why I am like this – I used to
live in Poonch in Kashmir, near the border. I was born a girl but I had the
nature of a man. My father-in-law used to say I do not have a single quality of
a girl. I used to do all the work that my father-in-law did – I used tell him
why are you doing the work I will do it. I was born in Kashmir and brought up
in Gujarat. I do all kinds of work – when I was in the womb, my mother was in
Poonch. If my mother had been fearful, then it would have been different, but
my mother was very strong and fearless and hence I got these values from her
and hence I too am fearless. The effect of family members also falls on the
child. Books give values, but do send this to Madhuchaitanya.
Q7: In
your discourse you mentioned about health, I was in administration, people who
sit continuously their knees hurt – I provide therapy, lumbar therapy helps in
curing spinal problems.
Ans:
Give your information to Dhaivatbhai.
It was
6.45pm and as it was the last question, Parasbhai announced the break for
dinner and sadhaks were requested to reconvene at 8.30pm for the cultural
session. I missed the cultural session today also due to meetings.
9/11/2017
On the
last day of the event we assembled in the mandap at 5.30am. I went into a
meditative state still in the centre of my being as the chants played far in
the background. The conches started blowing and I noticed it was 6am and Pujya
Guruma had arrived, and a few minutes later the level of consciousness rose and
I could feel energy enveloping my being from inside with cool vibrations just
as His Holiness Swamiji came on to the stage with conches announcing his
arrival. But for me, the energy play itself had already announced His arrival a
couple of minutes prior to His physical appearance on stage. After lighting the
lamp Rambhai requested His Holiness to shower us with His nectar filled
discourse.
My
salutations to all the pious souls present here. Nowadays I am working in the
construction line, hence I will explain to you in that language. In the
Samarpan family a strong foundation has been laid through bhajans, programmes,
etc – all sadhaks have understood that meditation is a technique for all
mankind and it is beyond race, religions, gender, colour, country, language,
etc. Its foundation cannot be strong unless you know what Paramatma is – and
that is universal consciousness. Second, dharma – not external but humanity –
that is our dharma; it is not the external manner of worship. One of the
objectives of the external religion is to awaken the inner religion. Thirdly,
Satguru – He is a medium though which consciousness flows, a medium through
whom consciousness flows. Fourth, Meditation – not doing anything is
meditation. Not thoughts, etc. This is the foundation for meditation. You have
reached the foundation, where you are stuck. You cannot go into meditation. An
experiment was conducted in Aradka, 36 hours of cumulative meditation over 8
days was done so that if you go there now you go into a meditative state
immediately. Go there, you will get meditation immediately. Your confidence
will increase. Go once in your life and get this experience – but go with full
feeling (bhav). Meditate and then preserve this experience, and later
remember it and meditate. You have to stay in family and society. We have
problems – how can we meditate. We have to go beyond and become a witness. I
play cricket with my grandson. I make him play, I listen to whatever he says, he
says 4, 6, I say yes! The only objective is to make him play, keep your
existence separate. This morning there was a lot of hullaballoo in the house as
there was no water, family members were all running around. Amidst that chaos
within 5 minutes I went into meditation – the moment my eyes closed, I went
into meditation! Keep your existence separate. Be a witness. To meditate you
need to become a witness. All material progress is because of the effect of
collectivity. Your progress can be measured by how much time you take to go
into meditation. If you feel scarf is necessary, bath is necessary, then you
are depending on things – do not depend on things – the more you depend on
external factors the further you go from meditation. The Guru Shakti Dham is also
a motive – if you sit in front of the idol and don’t see it then you have gone
from the form to the formless. If you are getting thoughts in front of the
idol, if your chitta is on problems then you are gone, it is a waste of time.
When you are supposed to receive, you miss the energy; you should not get
thoughts, the moment your eyes close you should go into meditation, you should
place your chitta on what you experience within, on which chakra the energy is
felt, which nadi is active, which nadi you are experiencing, which you are not.
Observe where the energy is going – experience that. Only in front of the
mirror you can experience going within – the deeper you go you will connect
with your soul. As you go inside your soul will become strong and your aura
will develop and become strong. He will remain ordinary and the soul will
become strong, then his existence becomes separate and he goes close to the
soul. Obstacles come, physical problems also are there- according to WHO,
health problems are not only physical but also mental – mental health is also
important. Today in meditation we will pray for good health, you will affirm
that my health is improving, it is becoming better. The more you increase this
feeling of good health the faster your physical and mental health will improve.
We will pray thus, our health is becoming an obstacle, we are healthy and we
are becoming better.
We then
sat for meditation affirming that our health is good and it is improving –
saying it three time. The meditation was divine and went on for about 40
minutes. Swamiji then said, “Namaskar! Try this prayer on health and see.”
His
Holiness Swamiji leaves the stage to the sound of conches at 7am followed by
Pujya Guruma.
At 8am
everybody reconvened for distribution of gifts by drawing of lots. 63 lots were
drawn and gifts distributed at the hands of Guruma and Shashwatiji. I could not
attend as we had been called for a meeting with Swamiji.
At 9am
it was Ambareeshji’s session on SAN. He explained the entire concept very
beautifully with examples and narrated his experience on the pilot projects
which had been going on for the last one year.
At
9.30am both the managing trustees of both the Trusts came on stage and
explained the various developmental activities and future planning of the
Trusts.
At 10.10 am Rambhai requested Swamiji to shower
us with his consciousness filled words.
My salutations to all pious souls present here.
First ask questions, then flow of consciousness and we will conclude
thereafter. I am not going to give a discourse, I have come to answer your
questions.
Q1. I
meditate, my fianc̩ meditates, my whole family meditates Рcan we get married
through Samarpan Vivaha.
Ans: Submit your application, we will see.
Q2. We
have an aura machine for checking the aura, I have read that there is a machine
for clearing the aura also. Please comment.
Ans: I do not know about any machine. Become
independent, meditate and cleanse your own aura; stay in nature, go to river
banks, the sea side, hills and you feel good. When you stop getting thoughts
means your aura is getting cleansed. Do not look at complex solutions. Meditate
– I have given simple solutions. When I was in Germany I was asked a question
on listening to a CD and meditating. By doing so you become thoughtless. Guru
inculcates values, whereas CD does not. I wish that all of you should become
independent, do not depend even on your Guru.
Q3. I go
to do yoga, I read a book about (Swamiji cut him short)
Ans: I have no knowledge of books so I cannot
answer.
Q4.
Inner experience and feeling it are different. So, what is this?
Ans: The first experience you get is – feeling
good. Ehsaas (feeling) has a different meaning here. Just as I do not
know the difference between glass and diamond. Ehsaas means that even
after obtaining inner experience you do not realise it. When you go to attend
big programmes, then write about it and later read it again to feel the
experience. Do not miss the big events. Something good happening is mental. You
feel good when you go there, you feel cool vibrations. When I was in Ajmer
there was a long line at the Gadhisthan, passersby also stopped out of
curiosity and took darshan. They felt good during the first visit
because of which they returned later. You will get spiritual experience based
on your state. Physical experience is different and spiritual experience is
different.
Q5. Thoughtlessness to meditation – I find this
rare, how does one go into a thoughtless state, how is it possible to be
inspired to get soul consciousness?
Ans: What is your experience? Sadhak: I focus
on the lamp and try to concentrate. Swamiji: These are values which have been
transferred into you. You meditate just before sunrise – I am a holy soul, I am
a pure soul. Try this for 45 days and let me know! This is a simple solution.
Do it – I have done this for the past 60 years, it has got a lot of
collectivity. Meditation – learn to try and sit for 30 minutes peacefully
without moving, letting of gas, coughing, sneezing, sniveling, scratching. Tell
yourself that you have donated 30 minutes to me – give me those 30 minutes
without having any expectations. Sit without expectations. Is meditation your
dad’s servant that it will just happen?! You do not do anything and ask
questions! Whenever you get the proximity of a Satguru you should focus on what
is inside you and not on the Satguru – focus on chakras, nadis, vibrations. Use
every moment to go within. I had got only three days and I made the most of it.
Practice going within in collectivity – you can try this during the Saurashtra
Ashram Darshan shibirs on 10.12.2017.
Q6. There are 3 genders – male, female and
transgender, these are all souls. I have not seen any spiritual institution
take on such third gender.
Ans: This just shows that you have not
understood Samarpan Meditation. It is open for all, let such people come and
meditate in collectivity. These people should come to attend general shibirs
and connect.
Q7. Last year during Chaitanya Mahotsav
something happened to me. One year has passed. I got hit on the head, and I
asked the person sitting behind me not to hit; then I realised it was not him –
I saw certain shapes.
Ans: There is the effect of your past life on
you. Your Agya chakra is not clear. Whenever bad people come into your life,
forgive from the bottom of your heart. This problem will get solved.
Q8. Meditation does not happen when I am alone. I
feel fear, feel that someone is standing behind me. Why is this?
Ans: Your
fear is within you. Stop having negative thoughts, your heart chakra is blocked
– meditate and clear your heart chakra.
Q9. I got a
question – who am I and why have I come here?
Ans: Your vishuddhi
chakra is blocked. You have a feeling of being hurt. Look at the Sun and
meditate – your clearance will be fast.
Q10. The objective of all life forms is moksha, then why is there segregation?
Ans: I don’t
know. You ask such scary questions! (Swamiji laughs).
Q11. Swamiji how can one have control over base desires. Could you explain in detail?
Ans: This
question is related to all Munis, secondly all these monks are over 50 years in
age. Earlier I used to give the answer as – meditate, meditate, meditate. As
you meditate, you make the energy within you with practice to rise above and
reach the crown chakra. Our chitta automatically goes up. Practice to take the
energy to the sahastrar. This is a slow process, after meditating
regularly it will get habituated to go up, it will not go to the root chakra (muladhar).
With regular meditative practice our energy will go up and you will get control.
Q12. There are so many new cases of Gurus falling from grace. What do you have to say?
Ans: A Guru
is a normal human being just like you and me. He can have a high meditative
state and be in that state continuously through his spiritual practice; but if
the spiritual practice is stopped then they become like you and me. In earlier days
Brahmins used to be known as Brahma Gyanis – those who had the knowledge of
Brahma – today they have connected money to Brahmin and to religion. Earlier
people used to seek them for their wisdom and because they were unique – but now
that uniqueness is lost and they have lost the respect of the people and have
become ordinary humans. Same thing has happened with Gurus in society, but this
has not affected the Gurus in the Himalayas. In society it is like a coal mine,
so you will be affected. Just as you keep a shining brass pot at home which
through the day gathers dust, you need to polish it to keep it shining;
similarly, the Gurus need to do their sadhana (spiritual practice)
always. For Gurus it is a withdrawal account – so they need to meditate to accumulate
energy. I go for 45 days meditation during the Deep Meditation Practicum – I will
not stop my spiritual practice and if I do stop then I will not show you my
face. If you stop you will also face downfall and so will I, if I stop. You need
to practice meditation to shine. By meditating make your state good and
maintain it – both are necessary. These Gurus who have fallen stopped their
meditation and gave more importance to business and hence they slowly lost
their power and strength. Don’t come to this field without the knowledge of
spiritual experience. During the shibirs for Parliamentarians I had put forward
a proposal to issue licenses for Gurus, give license for 5 years, check their
aura, if the aura is not good then cancel their license and ask them to
meditate and improve their aura, and then the license could be reissued. A
single Gurus downfall affects lakhs of sadhaks who get hurt and are disturbed.
If they do this then this thing can be stopped. You cannot pretend about
spirituality now – no drama about it – now one’s state can be checked with the
help of machines. So many advances have taken place in science, so many
discussions take place on TV but nobody talks about aura because they do not
have any knowledge of it. When you tell them about the aura it comes as a shock
to them – they don’t know anything. You should talk about the aura while doing prachar.
There are 29 lakh saints, one or two fall - do you stop going to see saints?
You don’t! Similarly, there are bad doctors, but do you stop visiting doctors
when you fall sick, Aircrafts crash – do you stop flying? There is a lot of
negative publicity given to saints in the press. In the book – Discovery of
India – read the newspapers of those times. So many good things are happening,
but the press focuses only on the negative.
When I had gone to England once, at the airport a person met me and said there are so many negative things happening, lots of bombings, etc. I said, “Where? I cannot see anything, I can see only good on this side, you are looking at the other side and that is why you can only see negative things, and I see only positive things. Life is like a pendulum, there is always good and bad which is taking place all the time – it is important to see what you are looking at, where your chitta is? If you see bad then your chitta is on bad things will happen to you, but if your chitta is on good and you meditate regularly nothing bad will happen to you. You will give yourself protection. I was travelling in a car and I got a negative thought and I told him to stop the car. Through my chitta I saw that he had had a terrible accident at that spot earlier. So, I told him you either change the car or change your route if you do not want to suffer another accident. There is a poem by a famous Marathi writer – Ekach Pyala. What it says is that it is easy to stop drinking from the first glass, but if you take the first glass then it becomes more and more difficult to stop later, as you get a chain of negative thoughts thus resulting in your fall. Break this chain of negative thoughts and meditate.
Samarpan
Administration Network (SAN) will start shortly. I was explained this by Sundeep
Sharmaji in brief – he said it is like a soldier through his had work and performance
can go on to become a general. Similarly, an ordinary sadhak can progress to
become a trustee. When you come here you should write a diary. When you come
here you should increase your circle, expand your circle, increase your contacts,
then that much better will be your network. Every month keep on checking on
what positive changes take place in your life.
Once I was
sitting for meditation early in the morning at Golden Swan resort in Mumbai
when a couple came jogging and stopped at a respectful distance. When I opened
my eyes I saw them and they said they stopped because they felt good. After
some casual talk they left. Next morning again they came and the husband said
that a miracle took place. He said he worked in the IT industry and he was
vexed by a particular problem for a very long time and after meeting you
yesterday I found the solution miraculously. I told him you did not connect
with me, you connected with lakhs of positive souls through me and hence you
got a positive result. That is the power of collectivity. He got a positive
effect in just half an hour, you are with me for three days – introspect on
what has happened to you in these three days. Next programme will be at Rajkot
in Saurashtra Samarpan Ashram on December 10. Namaskar!
At 11.50 His
Holiness left the stage followed by Her Holiness Guruma to the sound of conches
blowing. Parasbhai announced the end of the event and we left after a few more
announcements. After taking bhojan prasad and attending another meeting, we
left the Ashram at around 2pm for Mumbai.
Our
heartfelt thanks to His Holiness Swamiji, Her Holiness Guruma and the family
members, the organisers and all the volunteers who made this event such a
success that all we had to do was enjoy the shower of consciousness which was
on for three days.
Please excuse me for not getting a totally accurate account of the discourses and QnA sessions. I tried to write down the translation live to the best of my ability with His Blessings; though I am sure I may have missed some sentences and not got the meaning right - but you will get the officially translated discourses in the JF 2018 issue of Madhuchaitanya. _/\_ _/\_ _/\_
|| Jai Baba Swami||
