**Swami Sivananda answers**

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Qn:- Why do Sadhaks fail to realize God quickly nowadays?

 

Ans:-After attaining a certain stage of development, they begin to

dissipate their energies in preaching, in making disciples, in

publishing books. They become the slaves of name and fame. That is

the reason why they fail to reach the highest goal of life, viz.,

Brahma Sakshatkar.

 

Qn:- How can Kundalini be awakened? Would Japa alone be successful

in awakening the Kundalini?

 

Ans:-Kundalini can be awakened by the practice of Asan, Pranayam,

Mudras, Japa and by the grace of a Guru. Refer to my book "Kundalini

Yoga".

 

Yes. Japa alone is quite sufficient to awaken the Kundalini. There

is no doubt of this. Sri Samarth Ramdas awakened the Kundalini by

doing Japa of the Mantra Om Sri Ram Jaya Ram, Jaya Jaya Ram thirteen

crores of times by standing in the river Godavari, in Takli Village,

near Nasik.

 

Qn:- What are the three Doshas or faults in the mind? Give a

concrete illustration.

 

Ans:-They are Mala or impurities such as lust, anger and greed,

Vikshepa or tossing of the mind or mental oscillation, and Avarana

or the veil of ignorance.

 

There is a muddy lake covered with moss. The wind is blowing hard.

Now, the lake is the mind. The muddy condition represents Mala. The

agitation of the waters that is set up by the wind corresponds to

the Vikshepa in the mind set up by the vibration of Prana. The moss

that covers the surface of the water represents the veil of

ignorance.

 

Qn:- How to make the mind subtle and pure?

 

Ans:-Do Japa. Do selfless service. Pray to God from the bottom of

your heart (Antarika). Have Satsang. Meditate. Read the Gita and the

Upanishads. Live alone. Live in seclusion for six months. Take

Sattvic food. Give up meat, fish, eggs, liquors, chillies, oil,

black sugar, onions and garlic.

 

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Dear sivan,

 

First thanks for putting valuable sayings by Lord Shri

Shivananda.

 

i agree the below since it has been practically

observed.

 

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Qn:- How can Kundalini be awakened? Would Japa alone

be successful in awakening the Kundalini?

 

 

Yes. Japa alone is quite sufficient to awaken the

Kundalini. There is no doubt of this.

 

 

 

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Qn:-  Is it possible for a soul with a male body to take a female body in the next incarnation?

 

Ans:- O, yes. The soul must undergo various experiences in different bodies.. In the male body, the soul experiences the qualities of boldness, strength, etc., and patience, mercy, kindness, forgiveness, etc. in the female body. Moreover, neither a man is a full man nor a woman a full woman. There is woman in man and man in woman also. There are animal traits also in man. There is the dog in some men, there is the donkey in some, there is the jackal in some and the tiger in others. Whichever quality is predominant, the soul takes a body with that particular quality in the next incarnation. Therefore, develop divine qualities. You will evolve quickly and become divinity itself in the end.

 

Qn:-  What is your conclusive opinion about rebirth? Do you really believe that there is rebirth?

 

Ans:-What! Having been born a Hindu, and having the blood of the great sages coursing through your veins, do you entertain this doubt in your mind? Yes, undoubtedly there is rebirth.

 

First of all, you have several miraculous instances of young boys and girls suddenly exhibiting great knowledge. A young girl, who has never studied any book, recites the Gita. How do you account for it except by the fact that she had mastered the Gita in her previous birth, and that by the grace of the Lord, that knowledge has come to the conscious part of her mind in this birth too?

 

Further, rebirth is a necessity for the soul’s evolution. Perfection cannot be achieved in one birth. Even to develop some cardinal virtues it might take several births. If you wish to attain Self-realization, you have to achieve perfection in all the virtues. You have to achieve perfect self-purification. So, rebirth is a necessity for the Jiva’s evolution.

 

Have you seen the caterpillar moving from one leaf to another? It will reach the edge of one leaf; then project itself; it will catch hold of another leaf, and then only will it entirely leave the first leaf. The Jiva, too, goes about like this. Even before it leaves one body, it has made another (gross or subtle) body according to its Karmas and desires; and it enters this new body with all the Samskaras and Vasanas.

 

Qn:-  What is the interval between death and the next birth? Where does the soul dwell during the period between death and rebirth?

 

Ans:- The interval between death and rebirth varies from person to person. It may be two years or it may be two hundred years, or more. There is no hard and fast rule. If the attachment to the world is very intense, a Jiva may be born again immediately after death. There is a girt in Dehra Dun who has memory of her past life. She took her present birth four years after she died in her previous life. Those who have done a lot of virtuous actions remain in heaven for a long time, for two hundred or three hundred years, before the are reborn on earth.

 

A wicked man will go to another region. You may call it hell. Or it may be a place where he may not get the objects of enjoyment that he wants. A man addicted to drinking may not get liquor there. It may be a place like a jail where one has to break the stones and do such other hard work. But if one has done virtuous deeds, if one is a philanthropist, who has dug public wells, built charitable hospitals, etc., he will go to heaven where he will enjoy for a long time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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