Awakening the Genius within – Words of Wisdom

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Awakening the Genius within – Words of Wisdom

 

"Om shanti" means to have attention on the self, and so the entire time that

we are here, have that attention on the self. And like the sweet brother

said that we should give some time to the self for self reflection; I say

"No" we should give full time for self reflection, because otherwise time

goes wastefully. Each one of us need to ask ourselves where is my time being

used? Yes, the hand will go to the mouth to feed myself, the eyes will

automatically see, the mouth will automatically eat, ears will automatically

hear, but what I need to do is that have that attention on the self, so that

what I do is good deeds, and for that I need to give myself time.

Spirituality means to see yourself within, to know who you are, and to know

truly who you are. So, if I have seen something but I have not understood

what it is, then I don't know what it is. Human nature is that they want to

know about everything. So, whether it's a small child or an older person,

they all want to know what everything is. So if they see something, but they

don't understand it, it's of no use. Yes, then if you know it, but there was no

need to know it, then what is the point of that? So just like I know this

brother of mine, and he knows

me too, and we know each other, and through this there has been benefit for

both of us then there is a purpose there is a reason. So I say, that there

are 3 things that we should definitely know. One is to see the self. I'll be

able to see myself when I know myself. It is also written in the scripture,

the Bhagwad Gita, that in order to know yourself, in order to see God,

you need a divine intellect. You require a divine insight too. The eyes and

the intellect work together. So the eyes will see, and so whatever I see

that's what I'll think, and whatever I think about, that's how I'll see it.

When I say I will see God, who is that seeing God. Is it this eyes that who

is seeing God? These eyes actually look at the world. It knows the different

aspects of the world. God doesn't say close these eyes, because even if you

close these

eyes your thoughts will still go outside. Yes, they may pray to God, they

may have a rosary in their hands yet their mind wanders. So it doesn't

matter whether my eyes are open or shut but my mind is linked with God my

love is with God, then that's where my intellect is. And it is a law of

nature that wherever the person is or whatever that person may be doing, but

that person's mind will be either where there is love where there is

animosity or hatred. Is it like this? Yes, you may be at the office, you may

be at home, but inside where is your mind, who are you remembering? Even

though that person may be thousand miles away but yet when you are

remembering the one who has given you sorrow, you keep on remembering them

again and again. Or it is the one that you have lot of love for, that is the

one that you will remember. Nowadays I go out less but when I'm in London

previously when I use to go out, you go to the

reception area, the receptionist is sitting at the reception desk they are

holding the telephone and talking to someone else miles away. So, whom do

humans talk to inside themselves? And who are they thinking about? Why are

they thinking about? Either they worry too much, or think wastefully quite a

lot. And there is no energy within that, in fact the energy is drained.

Neither do they think of bringing benefit to themselves, nor do they think

about bringing benefit to others. So today I want to talk about the things

which brings benefit to the self, and benefit for others too. So firstly how

will I bring benefit for myself?

 

 

 

When I was five years old I always used to ask God," God how will I see

you?" So inside I was singing songs of praise;bhajans- , that let my

eyes open, let me see you within myself. These eyes cannot see you. These

eyes are very devious. Yes, these eyes are drowned to attachment, to greed,

but yes I didn't have the attachment or greed but I do couldn't see God. So

think about all of these things very well and think about the eyes of a

person who is very lustful be like. How will be the eyes of a person who is

angry what will he be like? I'm not going to act it out, but you can

understand that what the eyes of a lustful one or the eyes of an angry

person like. What will be the eyes of a greedy person be like and what will

be the eyes of the one who has attachment will be like. Whatever is in the

heart is visible through the eyes. How will be the eyes of one who is

egoistic. And so God says kill these 5 vices, they are your enemies. Not

just enemies, but great enemies. So these

enemies which are killing my life, which are taking over my life, should I

remain in their control? So inside of myself I should have that strength

from the supreme being so that I can kill these enemies. And how will I kill

them? I don't need any weapons. So in the Bhagwad Gita God is telling

Arjuna to kill the enemies with the sword, but it's not a fight with weapons

but it's a fight in the mind. Whether in Bharath or whether throughout the

whole world why do people meditate? So that their attention goes towards the

Supreme being. People are tired of their mind wandering here and there. The

mind needs rest. So it's very easy, this body is my chariot and I the soul

I'm the master. what I need to do is to hold the reins and guide the horse.

If there is a horse and carriage and I'm sitting there, but I don't know

how to control the horse, then what use am I? In the same way if you want to

learn how to drive what would you do? You will practice, won’t you? So I

definitely want to learn how to drive. I do not want to become dependent. And so

within that once you've learnt how to drive then you become very carefree, and

say yes now I

can drive myself. So the driver will sits in the car and he is completely

aware that there are two lights of the front two lights at the back, where

all the instruments are, and the right time to break, they are aware of all

of this. So in the west it's very easy because everyone drives in their own

lines and if they want to go forward then they signal and give the way to

others also and they come back in their line again. And it's not as if ,

why are you doing this, why are you doing that when others overtake. A good

driver moves along very peacefully. I want to reach there on time, don't I?

So, wherever I go I always feel that the driver should drive very

peacefully, should drive quiet, but yet I should arrive there on time, and

it's o/k if we don't have a conversation in between. So my attention should

be on those who are moving forward well. And I also should have my lights on.

Even those people who is following me behind they need the lights as well. so

they can see the red light and the people behind also can break. So in my light

what do I need. I

need to be aware that I'm on a pilgrimage. I definitely want to reach God's

place. What else that I need to do in this world, I just need to move

forward keep on moving forward. I don't want to sit inside four walls, do I?

If I say that all I want to do is to sit at home, I don't want to do

anything then I'll become lazy. And then if anybody asks me to do something

then I'll start giving excuses. Then I'll be also wasting my time doing

wasteful things. No, but I'm the driver I want to reach the door of God. If

something comes in between, yes I need to break too so that there is no

accidents. So whether you are a businessmen or whatever you are in life when

there is an accident there is the experience of so much sorrow. So the car

must be destroyed but even the

passengers who are around, they also experience sorrow. So even in Mt.Abu

there is a driver who was very good but there was an accident, and the

person who was sitting next to the driver was very good but he got hurt very

badly that even a year afterwards there is still some problems. So the

driver also feels the pain and sorrow inside that because of me this one is

suffering. So I tell the driver that whatever has happened has happened,

don't worry about it now. But the driver still feels, but it happened

because of me this person is suffering because of me.

 

 

I learn is that yes they are seeing mistakes and weaknesses in others but

I learn that let me not do that towards others. Because if I look at the

negativity within others then I'm the one who becomes negative. Yes, you

invite me here, you call me here and the reason you are doing this is

because throughout my life I've looked at goodness and positivity all

around, this is why you invited and made me sit here. I want to become good,

doesn't mean that I want to get a good position. I don't want to become a

Guru either. Neither will I become a follower of anyone neither will I

create followers. I don't want this position. I don't want to become a

politician, I don't want to become a clever person neither do I want to

become a person who just talks. Whilst living in this world what I want to

be is an honest person, a trustworthy person, a child of God. And so if a

person thinks about that what it is that they want to become, they will

definitely become that. So whatever they want to become, they will have thought

about that, they will have studies about it, and then they will become that.

Yes, they go to school, they go to college, they go to university, they do a

three years in university and then they say they even want to study further,

that they are wasting all their time in

studying. And today I'm telling you to get a Master degree. The master

degree will be finishing by being a subservient person. Let go of being a

sub servant to the mind. Don't go along the orders of the mind. What does

the mind do? Either it's stuck somewhere or it's pulled somewhere. Otherwise

it's hanging somewhere. Just like it's hanging in the gallows. They got the

rope of the gallows around them they cannot free themselves or they'll

stuck in the middle somewhere. They cannot cross a certain situation. So

firstly I need to put my mind right. When the mind is right the intellect

will be right. Then my intellect's yoga will be with God. So we use to say

that break all other companies and connect with the One. But how can I break and

how can I connect with the One. And so it's something that I do within myself,

whatever are the wrong things and negative things, let go of them. Break all

those bitter Karmic

Accounts. Even if you don't want to build those bad negative Karma, they are

performed automatically. I don't want to stay in a jail, I want to be free

from those Karmic accounts. I'm the King who stays within a port. Even the

walls within the jail are very high, so that the prisoner cannot escape. The

prisoner has to stay within the four walls and be according to what he is

taught too. So staying in the world I don't want to stay in a prison. Not

that I want to keep on committing sin and experience the suffering of that.

So I want to be so good that I don't feel negativity, I don't speak

negative, I don't hear negative, neither do I think negatively. Then God

says that you are my Kingly child. Raja Yoga means that they are Kings, Self

savouring. Many people ask

what is Raja Yoga. Shall I tell you? So God says that, yes this is Raja

Yoga that makes you the King amongst kings. I related earlier that whatever

you do, you are your own friend, you are your enemy. And secondly whatever

kind of action or deeds I do, others will see me and follow me. So, we live

in a world, and so if I do wrong things others will copy that. Others will

see as I see. If I do good deeds others will do good deeds. And if someone

copies anything bad that I do then I also get the return of that negative

thing and if I do good and they follow that then I will also get their

blessings. So whilst living in this world I need to be aware of the good

deeds and the bad deeds, because whatever kind of seeds I saw that is what I

will reap. The gardener plants the seeds but the fruits are received by

everyone. And so whatever actions that we do that also has an effect on

everyone around us. If I commit a sin then because of me the others also

have to bear that burden. If I do good then others will also receive power

through that. So when I do good deeds everyone receives that strength from God,

the power from God. So how can I perform good actions, good deeds. When I have

courage, and do it with

honesty then God helps a lot. Then that the strength that God gives will

work. Everyone in the world, even those who stay with me those who are

around me, asks me where do you get all these energy from. I say, well you

can see where I'm getting it from. Because those who perform good deeds he

gives the energy for that. And if I become even a little lazy or careless,

then he will stop giving that energy. So if I become careless, then God will

say that or they can become careless and do whatever they like. If I become

lazy and I go to sleep what will he do. He has said that you remain awake

and awaken others. This is your job. And if I say No I'm tired now I'm going

to sleep, and so since the beginning I have had this determine thought that,

God whatever happens I don't want to be tired. When there is tiredness it makes

me do three wrong things. They will lie, they will avoid, they will say, oh I

can't do it

leave me alone. In their words there will be irritation. They will say, Oh

how do you know how much work I have to do? And it's a Zip inside they have

become disheartened and in the future they cannot do good things. And so if

they cannot do good deeds and instead of that they will certainly do wrong

deeds. So there was this person, he removed his eyes that he wouldn't see

wrong things. Is it that we going to remove our eyes and make our ears deaf?

Let the eyes be there, let the ears be there but let them be in my control.

Let me not see any negativity or evil. There's nothing to be tired within

this. In fact one who gets tired is the one who sees evil negativity, or

either they are thinking negativity. Mostly I would say that it is the ones

that thinks a lot are tired a lot. And so I have stopped thinking, and so

there is no need for me to

be tired. Yes, it is my courage, but it is God's help. If the heart is

honest then God is pleased. So if there is that cleanliness within my

motivation is clean then it gets fulfilled. There is selflessness and so I

get the return of that. If my intentions, my feelings are pure then I'll

definitely get the good return of that. And if there is that firm trust then

there will definitely be success. When I have that trust, then I don't think

how will I do it, yes, because it definitely happened. So these two words, "

Why" and " How" bring a lot of loss. Why means waste of time. Then I'll have

to say "hai, hai" meaning Cry. No in fact I say "wha" meaning, how great is

my fortune, I praise my fortune. I also don't need to say how, how will this

happen. No, I know it needs to be done in this way. It's not how will I do

it but instead it is like this that I will do it. So to transform it into

positive there is a lot of power through this. So positivity means there is

no waste. And it is through this that energy is created. When there is waste

then energy is lost. Negativity drains all the power away. It's like the soul

becomes completely

empty within. This is why the soul feels a lot of sorrow and anxiety. So

I've heard many times that this one has committed suicide, this one has hurt

someone else, killed someone else, why do they do all these things, because

there is a lot of sorrow within themselves. In today's world whether they

are young or old many are in depression. Because they don't know how to

think well, they are not in good company. And so I need to pay attention to

my company. And now I answered the question what is Raja Yoga. First there

is the realisation of Who am I? I'm a soul. I'm detached from the body and

the bodily relationships. So when I say that I am a soul then the arrogance

that I have for the body has gone. Ego finishes. So it's like the game of

snakes and ladders you move along a little bit then you have arrogance then

you come down again, you do a little bit of effort and climb up and a little

arrogance, then you fall, even if you get to 98 and you have a little arrogance

then you drop

down. Someone becomes a Yogi and knowledgeful, yet they become arrogant and

fall. So I have to be very careful. If I make a little mistake it's like

having ego and arrogance and I fall. When you fall there is a lot of pain to

the mind, to the body, and everyone else. And there is also pain and

suffering in relationships. There is also pain and suffering in wealth. They

cannot earn an income through honesty. And whatever they have earned is also

finishes. Where does this wealth finish? either with the doctors or the

lawyers. The doctors and lawyers are sitting. And since my childhood I have

made it firm that I'm not going to give money either to doctors or to

lawyers. I'm not ever going to do such a thing that I have to go to a

lawyer. So that I have to waste a lot of money and also I have to go there

so many times. Why should I do such business of lieing and stealing. The Supreme

being is the Dharmaraj, He is the judge of all judges. And so he's saying that

in your Dharma in your religion be honest, in your kingdom Raj be honest. In

your business dealings let

there be honesty. You are my Kingly child. And then those who love peace

they will never spread peacelessness in fact, all what they do is spread

peace. So Raja Yoga means first I have the understanding. The knowledge

through which I get the understanding. I get the knowledge of the mind and

the Karma, the sense organs. And then I can have my Yoga very well with God.

Yes, I definitely have to perform actions.

 

or whatever language it is but it is asking, it is begging. So what is

meditation? Meditation is to have attention on yourself. It's not that you

have to ask for peace, it is to remain peaceful. Not that you ask for love

from God, but you become loveful. And yes, it is through that power that I

receive from God that my activity is great. And so it is that connection

with God, it's through that connection that I receive power. So this is easy

Yoga. It's very easy . It's very easy, we stay with everyone else but we

stay very happy. The Karma that we perform is good the relationships that we

have are also very good. There is no arrogance. Yes, we don't have that

desire for praise from others but if someone defames us then I don't feel

any sorrow. And this is because I have given my time and my thoughts for

myself, use my thoughts for myself. Because it is the time to have such

thoughts. And so I don't look at the time but let each moment be used in a

worthwhile way. So then such a soul

will say that it's natural yoga. Just like in science things happen very

automatically nowadays. Previously they had to work hard but now things

happen automatically. So in the same way when I keep on practicing going to

the depth of practicing in silence then things will happen automatically.

And so I do not have any falsehood or violence within myself. Never. And

there is victory to honesty and non-violence. And God's versions, that where

you have faith in your intellect there will definitely be victory.

Definitely the ones who doesn't have any doubts in their intellect, they are

completely faithful in their intellect, the victory will be theirs. Those

are the Raja Yogis. Do you understand? Gyan Yoga, The yoga of understanding

knowledge, The yoga of understanding Karma, and then easy Yoga. It's easy,

It's natural. It's not that I have to make effort to make that connection of

yoga and then it breaks then I make effort again. It's not as if there are

certain circumstances that come

and then I start getting worried, and start worrying about how it happened.

No, you remain patient, and it will sort it out itself. Just remain with

peace, remain with love. Because the One who makes wrong things into right

is sitting up there. Let me pay attention that I don't spoil things of

others. All I need to do is to have attention on the self. Completely

cautious that attention on the self. So cautious that God never has to pull

my ears. I don't know what happens nowadays, but when I was in school the

punishment that we used to have was to hold our ears and do sit ups. That

was our punishment. And so what is that God wants from me, what is that God

is telling me and what is that I'm doing. So what does He wants, He wants

you to stay in a world, but do such things that the whole world gets

improved.