Swami teaches... Seeking wisdom from present and past

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Sai Ram Light and Love Swami teaches.... (19 - 20 May 2005)

Seeking Wisdom from Present and Past A human body, "a temporary rest-house

for the spirit" by Swami, is the divine product of Creation in the process of

evolution by the Divine laws of Nature. Not only the Earth's culture and

religion but all phenomena in the Universe and on the Earth (physical,

biological, spiritual, technical, etc.) are the results of Creation. Swami's

Teaching is the guide and the reflector of this Truth. Human

consciousness has a special position. Carrying the active form of the Divine

spark and having chance to reflect, it gives to a human being the possibility

to various auto-regulation processes. (In the residual Nature, carrying the

latent form of the Divine spark, auto-regulation processes are widely known too

- water waves, for example). The development of human society is possible thanks

to the auto-regulation processes, what have programmed by Absolute (God). The

quality of these processes depends on the level of spirituality and human’s

skill to understand the universal unity - Brahman (Atma). Pictorially

consciousness is a huge labyrinth, where all vibrations are interconnected into

the grid of Oneness - Atma. When a person likes to act as an independent

'crown' of Nature and has no patient to notice own blindness, the result is the

splinted 'parts' of labyrinth where a consciousness dwells and leads human's

actions to chaos and disasters. Classical physics is inadequate to explain

consciousness of the human brain. Consciousness is an attribute of Nature;

however it cannot be explained only by physics of quantum fields. What

are quantum fields? They discovered by modern science and partly serve as an

expression of Atma, Brahman by scientific approach. By quantum fields

consciousness is related to Brahman. More exactly quantum fields are as

spiritual 'device' for humans in purpose to fuse into the unity of Atma and to

discover the Higher Harmony in it. Such are also the roots of Swami's Messages

through Vedic wisdom. It seems that the core of universal quantum fields is

hidden in Upanishads and great epics Ramayana and Bhagavad-Gita. Throughout

the entire history of humanity God teaches how to develop oneself, seeking the

Divine perfection and aspiring to merge with Him. Love as the main quality of

Swami's Messages brings everyone closer to God, to one's own happiness and to

the participation in His Evolution. Nature is a great store where all things

which help a person to grasp the truth are found. The truth is first cognized

as 'Sarvam Brahma Mayam' - all this is imbued with Brahman, directed by

Brahman, composed of Brahman. Then the seeker rises to a greater awareness, the

awareness of 'Sarvam Brahman' - all this is Brahmam; only it appears as

something else for a time to the unopened eyes. The final state is one where

there is not even a Sarvam to be posited as Brahman; there is just Brahman; the

one and only. Modern physics has given us the insight that the kind of

experiment we perform to find out the nature of interaction of subatomic

particles is what determines the form in which these particles reveal

themselves. The kind of observation determines how the observed phenomena or

object reveals itself. There is no absolute reality at all. The act of

observation influences to the result of observation. These fundamental laws of

modern physics are in accord of spiritual laws that Brahman (Atma) is beyond of

existence and non-existence. His 'nature' reveals and depends on the intellect

and spiritual wisdom of a seeker. Swami's Teaching leads humanity towards

the light of Brahman, and teaches to use the capacity of humans' auto-regulation

power in harmony with laws of Creation and Being. During the last 20-30 years

by modern physics and mathematics the theory of fractals and chaos is

discovered. Many points of this theory is in accordance with Swami's Teaching

based on the Vedas, His Divine directions and vibrations. What can we do,

that Swami's Teaching would find the way to the orbit of interests the more and

more people? One of the ways is to generate to the interest to Swami's Works.

His Works are not collection of ancient and modern wisdom, but also carriers of

the Divine vibrations. The path towards Self-transformation, pictorially,

is searching a coast in a stormy sea. Swami's Teaching and the experiences of

His devotees are as only beacons indicating road on a coast. From a person

depends, he/she wants to reach to the coast or not. From ancient times

until today the Vedas teach to live in balance with eternal laws of

Nature,Creation and the Universe. Through Swami's interpretation Vedic stories

dedicated to the sacrificial rites resound as modern and leading the readers

closer to Brahman, Peace and Ananda what is the innate nature of human. It is

not something lifeless and inactive but in other words a purposeful living.

Shanthi is the authority under which the rule of Ananda prevails. It lays down

the limits and laws for all activities. It can only be experienced, personally,

through the natural state of Jnana. One who grasps that which is deathless, that

which can not be destroyed, that which is not modified, he/she is the enjoyer of

Shanti. Shanti is a shoreless ocean: It is the Light that illumines the

world. It confers knowledge of both this world and that. It leads to the

understanding of Brahman what can only be described as what it is not, not by

what it is. The Brahman cannot be communicated by words; it is impossible to

describe. Reaching to the state of Shanti requires intense self-discipline by

performing Vedic sacrifice. The melody of chanting, special aroma of plants,

dancing flames in smoky air, etc., help to transcend the mind and obtain the

wisdom to become the Knower of Brahman. By Ramayana Emperor Janaka

performed a great Yajna (sacrificial rite) to make known to the world the value

of yajnas and yagas, japa and tapas. He invited many sages, seers, yogis and

scholars to attend the yajna. The yajnas performed by rulers like Janaka were

intended to promote general welfare and direct the people's minds towards God.

The yajna was performed successfully. Janaka had arranged for a thousand

richly caparisoned cows to be presented to the Knower ofBrahman. On the last

day, Janaka organized a grand assemblage of sages and savants and asked to come

forward the Knower of Brahman. Among the sages and scholars Yajnavalkya alone

came forward without any doubt or hesitation. At that stage, the high priest

of the sacrifice, Aswala, got up and said: “Yajnavalkya! It is only after

demonstrating that you are Knower of the Brahman will you be entitled to take

the cows to your ashram." Responding to this challenge, Yajnavalkya started

putting questions to the assembled sages and scholars. None of them could give

proper answers to his questions. When the assembly was plunged in silence,

Aswala got up and asked Yajnavalkya: "What is the way to conquer death?"

Yajnavalkya replied: "Agni (fire). With the help of this fire, death can be

conquered." He also said that this is mukti (liberation), Athimukti (supreme

liberation). Aswala asked him to explain his answer. Yajnavalkya replied: "When

a person is born, his mother's womb is an Agni-Kunda (fire-place). All his limbs

are formed within the womb. This is the Garbha-Agni (womb of fire). When a

person dies, the body is cremated in the chitagni (funeral pyre) and is reduced

to ashes. Fire is the cause of the body and fire is the destroyer of the body.

There is no greater power in the world than Agni." Many others present in

the assembly put questions to Yajnavalkya to justify his claim to be a Knower

of Brahman. Uddalaka got up and asked him whether he could give the number of

the planets. Today we call the planets by the names Rahu, Kethu, etc. In those

days these names did not: exist. Yajnavalkya said there were the following

eight planets: Prana (life-breath), Vaak (speech), Jihva (the tongue), the eye,

the ear, the hands, the mind, the skin. Another sage got up and put a series

of questions: “Yajnavalkya! Can you say how many deities are there?"

Unhesitatingly, the sage answered: 33013. The next question was: "Can you

reduce the number to 33?" Yajnavalkya said there were 8 Vasus, 11 Rudras, 12

Adityas, Indra and Prajapathi, making up in all 33. Yajnavalkya was asked

further whether he could bring down the number to six. The sage said: "Agni

(the fire God), Vayu (the wind-God), Aditya (the Sun-God), Adityamandala (the

solar system) and the trilokas (three worlds)." Not content with this answer,

the questioner asked the sage further, "Can you reduce this number further to

three?" Yajnavalkya replied' "The three worlds are embodiments of the Trinity."

The three worlds are' Devaloka (the realm of the gods), Maanavaloka (the world

of human beings) and Daithyaloka (the world of Asuras and Demons). For Devaloka

the deity is Dama (self-control). For the world of people, it is Dharma

(Righteousness) and for the world of demons, it is Daya (compassion).

The sage went on to ask whether the number could be reduced to two.

Yajnavalkya replied' Prana (the Life-Principle) and Annam (food). He then put

an intriguing question. "Can you reduce this to one and a half? "Yajnavalkya

replied: "It is Vayu" (the wind-god). The sage asked how Vayu, who is a single

deity, and be regarded as one-and-a-half God? Yajnavalkya said: Vayu is present

in all substances and has got the name Adhyaardham, which also means

one-and-a-half. He then asked, "Can you reduce it to one?" Yajnavalkya replied'

"That is Prana (the Life-Principle)." Yajnavalkya's answers showed that he

was a knower of the Brahman and was entitled to be an honoured member of

Emperor Janaka's assembly of sages.

 

Thereafter, Yajnavalkya addressed the assembly thus to give them an insight

into spiritual truths: The mother loves the child; the child loves the mother.

The wife loves the husband and the husband loves the wife. Some love wealth,

others love possessions and some others love knowledge. For whose sake do they

love them? Whom do they love? The husband loves the wife not for her sake. The

mother loves the child not for its sake. Each loves the other for his or her

own sake and not for the sake of the other. All these expressions of love are

associated with self-love and not associated with the body. One loves an

object. Does a person love object for its sake? If people love various objects

in the world, it is not for the sake of the objects that they love them but for

their own sake. Thus the love is primarily self-motivated. What is this self?

The self is a composite of Vaak (speech), Manas (mind) and Prana (the

life-principle).Wherefrom has prana emerged? Wherefrom has the mind come?

Yajnavalkya explained that out of the food consumed by human, the gross part

comes out as excreta and the subtle part the subtle part becomes prana

(life-force). Speech, mind and the life-force together constitute the Atma

(Self). On hearing this, Gargi, scholar and supremely virtuous lady, asked

how the Atma, which is one, could be made up of three constituents. Yajnavalkya

replied that three colors are inherent: in Agni (fire): White, red and black.

They are not different: Fire appears reddish, assumes the form of whiteness and

when it subsides, it appears black. Black is the sign of night. Red is the sign

of day. The sun is the one common factor in all the three. Likewise, the Atma,

which is one and the same, assumes at different times differentforms.

Yajnavalkya affirmed that no one can determine the specific characteristics of

Atma. Not satisfied with this answer, Gargi asked the sage how many types of

people there were in the world. Yajnavalkya replied that there were four types:

One, human-Divine; two, human-human; three, human-demon; four, human-animal.

The world contained these four types of human beings. 1. Human Divine -

they are Brahmajnas or Knowers of the Brahman, they are immersed in the

contemplation of the Supreme, are free from selfishness and are conscious of

the presence of the Divine in everyone. 2. Human-human - they are the ones

who are wedded to Sathya and Dharma. They are ones who adhere to Truth and

Righteousness, respect human values, lead a sacred life, perform their duties,

indulge in charitable acts and live in harmony with fellow beings, causing no

harm to others and bearing love towards all. 3. Human-demon - they are

addicted to alcoholic drinks, forgetting their true nature, having no

self-control, talking ill of others and causing harm to them, and always

immersed in selfish pursuits. They are demons in human form. 4.

Human-animal - they are lacking in wisdom, who are concerned only with eating,

drinking andsleeping, having no interest in the affairs of the world, lacks the

power of discrimination and are immersed in sensuous pleasures. The yagas and

yajnas of ancient times were performed to lead human to divinity and not for any

inferior purposes. Any sacred act should be performed in a selfless spirit.

Render service in a spirit of sacrifice. That itself is a great yajna. It is

Karma Yajna. What is done internally is Brahma Yajna. Karma Yajna is a

reflection of Brahma Yajna. Every action of the Divine is for promoting the

welfare of the world. In modern world people are not practicing the Vedic

life. Divergence between thought, speech and action signifies that one is worse

than a demon. Thousands years have passed. The Vedic rites have performed

today as in ancient times. Brahman is eternal there is no past, present,

future... The sacred ritual, performed by Swami's directions some days ago was

as a mighty fire of purification from diseases, evil deeds, thoughts, from

demonic qualities... (Reet's compilation from, Sathya Sai Speaks. Vol. 22.

"Knower of the Brahman," Chapter 33; Sathya Sai Baba. Prashanthi Vahini. Page

4; Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Divine Discourse: "Welcome to the Tests" 6

March 1962, Prasanthi Nilayam). Namaste - Reet

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om sai ram

These articles are showing us path,giving

direction,giving light.With swami's grace we are able

to understand the deep meaning.

sai ram

 

 

 

--- Reet <reet.priiman wrote:

 

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