Gayatri is the Sources of Occult Power

A devotee who attains the harmonized and transformed currents of  Sat, Raj and Tam of Adya Shakti Gayatri can easily get spiritual, mental and worldly happiness. The powers of  Saraswati, Lakshmi and Kali are different (1) Yogis, spirituals  seekers, philosophers, devotees, philanthropists and those who have realized the self adore the 'hreem' aspect of the Divine Mother Saraswati; (2) Intellectuals, religious preachers, social reformers, businessman, laborers, industrialists, socialists, communists etc. are all engaged in search of 'Shreem' power of Lakshmi; (3) Physical scientists are engaged in the investigation and worship of 'Kleem' of Kali . All these three categories of seekers are worshippers of one single emanation of Adya Shakti Gayatri. This triveni fulfils all the three aspirations, namely; spiritual mental and physical. Mother does all the work of her child. She discharges the functions of a sweeper, cook, servant, tailor, washer-women, and watch-women as and when necessary. Those who are able to establish spiritual communion with Adya Shakti receive celestial boons from the Omnipotent Divine Mother and are her ideal children.

The root cause of all human suffering in the world is ignorance, infirmity and lack. These three kinds of suffering can be removed by invoking the triple currents of the occult powers of Gayatri. Hreem removes ignorance, Shreem removes lack and Kleem removes infirmity. This super science of acquiring the most coveted bliss which was discovered by the Nepalese mystics and Yogis, is their greatest gift to humanity. This discovery is known as Sadhana. Sadhana leads to Siddis (Devine Powers). Gayatri dadhana is the fount of miraculous divine powers.

Mental Balance

 Brain is the centre of man's power. Its strength is limitless. If it is possible to make the proper use of this strength, then the man goes on progressing and progressing along the desired path. The waves produced in the mind are so powerful that one can achieve plenty of material prosperity with their help.

As much as the brain is powerful, so also it is extremely delicate. To protect it and maintain its activity, it is very essential to save it from unrequited heat. If we wish to take proper work from it, it is essential to create balanced conditions for it. The brain is subjected to severe heat from the sun, as well as by over hot water and chemicals, but it is also subjected to heat produced by excitement, and the damage to unorganized mind is in direct proportion to the extent of such excitement.

When excitement increases, man lapses into semi-madness and his imagination, decisions and activity all appear strange. If the actions and activities of a person ridden by anger are carefully observed, one can conclude that very little is now remaining for him to become mad. If the mind possessed by boiling anger is not cooled in time, then a situation can occur in which a person may commit murder, suicide and other cruel acts.

A face full of anger looks like demon's face and signs of excitement become clearly visible on the eyes, lips, nose etc. The person uses abusive language, the body-temperature rises because of increased blood-circulation, the hands and legs start trembling and the hair stands on end.

Blood pressure is of two types, high and low blood pressure and hence a change in blood-pressure may affect either. In the condition of high blood pressure, there is a feeling of increased discomfort and suffocation. The symptoms of low blood pressure are different, but there is discomfort all the same due to other types of effects on the body.

Increased blood-pressure can be linked to anger and low blood-pressure to sad feelings. Feelings and actions full of malice, contempt, aggression, destruction and cruelty come within the ambit of anger whereas feeling and actions of despair, worry, sorrow, fear and shyness come within th sphere of sadness. They can be considered similar to high and low tide, capable of creating instability and disorganization. Everyone knows how difficult it is to swim in a sea full of high waves.

The mental condition of sorrowing, fearful and despairing individual ruins even a strong health in no time. The face looks devoid of life. The voice becomes weak. It appears as if the body is half-dead. One does not feel like doing any work, appetite and thirst vanish and one finds it very difficult to get sleep.

Almost the same situation occurs in anger. The difference is only this much, that when the feeling of sadness dominates the conditions is like the freezing and melting of ice whereas in the state of anger, it is like scorching and burning. As it is, in either situation, the ordinary situation gets destroyed and not only the mind or the brain but also the body becomes incapable of day-to-day routine.

On observing the effects of excitement, it is found that excitement produces a severe shock on the capacity for routine work. The eyes, ears, nose and tongue are able to work half-heartedly, that too with great effort. There is no taste in the mouth. The ears hear imaginary sounds. Very little is remembered of the events that have happened be fore the eyes. The body temperature raises hair stand on end, breathing becomes faster and heart beats and blood circulation become faster. These symptoms collectively destroy to a large extent the life-force. It may be all right if such a thing occurs once in a while but if this disorganized situation, like a bad habit, becomes a part of one's mental make-up, then it is useless to expect stability or happy possibilities in an individual.

Mental instability is said to be caused by circumstances and a person offers excuses like, "It is not my fault. The circumstances were such that I became the victim of excitement or sadness." On the face of it, this logic appears both straight and true, but this is not reality. Different people react differently under the same situation. While one person becomes berserk with a slightly unfavorable situation, another person is able to remain calm and stable in a similar or even more unfavorable situation. This second type of person considers it as the routine ups and downs in life and is not at all perturbed or afraid. He reacts by trying to find solutions for the unfavorable conditions and feels that it is foolish to become perturbed just because the situation has gone against expectations.

Normally one does not come across mental disease. Hence the harm caused by mental illness is not visible to the naked eye, but one gradually comes to understand it. Normally a mental patient shows arrogant and supercilious behavior. One cannot make out that, trapped in some perversity; he is losing his basic capacity and getting sucked into the quicksand of more perversities.

There is damage to the society because of mental diseases, which is much more than the loss caused by physical illnesses. Many persons have made significant achievement in various fields despite physical illnesses, but it has never happened that a mentally ill patient has had any achievement to his credit.

The number of totally mad persons is increasing so fast that it appears that all the other illnesses are lagging behind in the race. The society can be saved from the havoc of he mad people only when more space is allotted to the building of mental asylums compared to the space allotted for jails. Half-mind, whimsical, unbalanced, disorganized and shallow people have increased to such an extent in the society that mentally healthy people in th society are now in a minority. More people suffering from mental vicariousness can be seen these days compared to those suffering from physical illnesses. This class of people is an obstacle in the organization and progress of an already fragmented society.

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Hamsa yoga (The elixir of Self Realization)

Among the twenty-four incarnations (avatars) of God Vishnu - as described in the puranas, one is the Hamsavatara. The Hamsa yoga may also be regarded as the upasana of this manifestation of the Almighty. Success of this yoga elevates the sadhaka up to the states of 'Raja Hamsa', and 'Prama Hamsa', which represent the highest realm of spiritual illumination and sainthood.

As mentioned in the earlier article, the hamsa (swan) is regarded as a symbol of sanctity, fairness and discreetness. It is described in the sastras that if a Hamsa is given a mixture of milk and water, it would suck only milk and leave back the water content. That means, it has a natural tendency to recognize and select the noblest, the supreme. When a sadhaka develops a prudent acumen to adopt the righteous tendency in all aspects of life, he is said to have reached the level of a 'hamsa'.

The bird hamsa (swan) is spotless white. The rhetoric representations associated with its name imply that the lives of the sadhakas who attain the title of (that is, who reach the state of) 'hamsa' should also become absolutely clean and sacred in all dimensions of life…. The personality of such a sadhaka fits well in the simple given by saint Kabira; which implies - "A saintly jiva wears the 'sheet' of life with scrupulous care and leaves it as it is (that is, naturally pure) in the end……

It is said in the Sastras about the Rajahamsa (king swan) that it lives in the Manasarovara and selects only real beads from the waters of this holy pond and leaves out the sea-animals and insects. This description symbolizes the character of the Sadhakas who are spiritually enlightened up to the 'Rajahamsa' level. As such, in the world around, we might sometimes find the bird swan eating the insects and rubbish; but we should note that the descriptions in the sastras are rhetoric, so these should be interpreted in the right perspective. The above qualities in fact imply that - an ideal 'hamsa' would prefer to die but he would not eat anything except the pure beads. Similarly, a spiritually refined person, who has reached the status of rajahamsa would always choose the righteous path of absolute truth and stand by the noble ideals of morality even if he has to face challenging difficulties and adversities in his life…..

The 'sound' of soaham is said to have originated from the combination of prakriti (the eternal power of creation) and Purusa (the Supreme Creator). The puranas describe that the inspiration - to become many from the lonely state of being just one, generated within the Brahm, gave rise to the existence of the prakriti and purusa. The prakriti was jada and the purusa was cetan.  Combination of the two resulted in the creation of the universe, the Nature and the manifestation of life…. The commingling of the prakriti and purusa resulted in the expression of Sabda Brahm. The nada produced by this cosmic impulse was reflected in the Nada Brahm as the eternal sublime vibration of Omkara.

When the unity of the prakriti and purusa generated the sentient cetan components - the jivas, then its jada component (the prakriti) disappeared. Only the 'Sah' - the Para Brahm, the purusa, the eternal source of cetan, and the 'Ham' - the jiva, an expression of the Para brahm in thy creation, remained there after… The 'sah' and the 'aham' are recognized separately under the dvaita philosophy. The advaita theory defines their conjugation as eternal because, according to this philosophy, the jiva is nothing but a reflection of the multiple manifestations of the Para Brahm. This absolute unity is represented in 'soaham' (sah + aham). Thus, the soaham has originated and eternally exists along with the omnipresent nada of Omkara.

God is Everywhere

According to the Yajurveda 32/8 "The learned people come to know through their knowledge, thinking, contemplation and experience that God is present in every matter. HE astounds everyone. The entire creation has manifested through HIM. All living beings are produced by HIM and go into oblivion (merge into HIM)"

Message: This world has both believers in God and non-believers in God. Those who do not believe in God, they also believe that there is some "power" which runs this entire creation and millions of universes with a definite rhythm. Whether tested on the basis of intelligence and logic or whether you believe on the basis of faith and trust, there cannot be any doubt in the presence everywhere of God. HE is not actually seen, but we can experience Him in every situation. The only condition for that is that we do not make an effort to prove this wrong by rigidly or dogmatically trapping ourselves in a particular line of thought i.e. by keeping an open mind. God Supreme is present in the entire universe. This entire universe is His form 'Purusha eveda ngum sarvam'

Man's strength of soul increases by accepting in this manner the presence of God everywhere. By constantly remaining in the presence of a powerful, capable friend and helper, one's own talent, capability and manliness or valor is awakened and mind's activity for good deeds increases. Man himself is saved due to protection by the divine light of God's authority. He is constantly aware that he is not away from God's sight and he will certainly get the result of his good or bad deeds. In this manner when man gets engaged in good deeds, he saves himself from bad or wicked deeds as well as progresses on the road to becoming a devata (deity) i.e. on the road to achieving divinity.

Everything in this world has the support of something else. If this support is small and brittle, then the condition of that thing will be wobbly. If this support is strong then that thing will be long-lasting and stable. One, who makes the Omnipresent God as his support, is always free from worries. The storms of the universe around him, of attachment, greed, arrogance etc will not be capable of shaking him. He always gets the vision of God in his heart. Our soul is an infinitesimal part of that Supreme Father. The stream of the vital force of life in the body is due to Him only. The never-diminishing treasure of power is within us only, but we are not able to know this fact because of ignorance and always go on crying about our own badluck. When we think by the knowledge, experience and discretion which are all within us, then we are able to experience God's boundless powers within us. This power increases the strength of the soul and the road to the conquest of troubles in our life becomes easy. The protecting hand of the kind Father is always on our head and protects us.

Only the shelter of the all powerful God is capable of liberating us from the world's troublenece.

First step to Soaham Sadhana

The soaham sadhana provides as answer to the natural quest of the jiva - "what am I?", as - "I am Para Brahm. I am thee, I exist in everything…." The in-depth understanding and insightful analysis of this fact by the risis had given rise to the philosophies of 'Brahm Darsana', etc and hence to the gamut of the ancient scriptures of Nepalese Philosophy and Culture.

Without self- recognition, a human being does not really understand the origin and purpose of his life, its dignity and duties. Like a child gets attracted towards every toy and every new scene and remains engrossed in unnecessary activities, a grow-up person also, throughout his life, remains involved in the aspirations and actions which are triggered by the agile mind and the passions of the other sense organs. Life of a human largely remains confined to his body, physical comforts and the affections of people associated (as relatives and friends) with it. His thoughts and emotions also emanate from and move around within the domains of - these limited aspects of life and the knowledge of the world within the peripheries of his gross perceptions and illusive imaginations in general.

If one pays little attention to what happens to a dead body one would definitely feel that there is some thing else - the prana without which, the body cannot survive even for a tiny part of a second. The biodegradation of the body begins soon after death. The same 'body' which was so dear to the people around when it was recognized as 'so and so person', becomes 'untouchable' moments after death. Unless processed chemically, buried or cremated, this body starts stinking and deteriorates fact. If left open, it would be eaten away in a short while by the germs within it or by the vultures, jackals, kites etc from the outside….

What is that which exists as the prana, the source of consciousness, which keeps the body alive and gives it the identity of a person? Few of us really pay serious attention to this question. Most of the time we remain occupied in the activities associated with the worldly pleasures, cravings and worries and the fulfillment of the emotional, mental and sensual desires generated by materialistic attachments and ego. Those inclined towards religion and spirituality although know that they are souls and not just the physical body…., their knowledge often remains a bookish one or as an abstract concept or theory unless it is co tempted thoroughly, inscribed in the deeper domains of faith and realized in practice….

The religious and spiritual scriptures always preach that - "know your-self", Do what  is your real duty towards the soul" ……. etc. Without adept understanding of the answers and their implementation in conduct, one can not recognize the path of his own welfare and the true goal of his life. For a practical implementation of the teachings of the sastras, one has to bear in mind and thoroughly comprehend that the soul and the body are two different entities of a living being. The relation between the two is that of - a rider and a vehicle, or a craftsman and his tools. The body is only a medium for the expression and activities of the soul.

 The requirements of the body and the soul are quite different. The body needs comforts, luxuries…, and respectful attention of others. Its pleasures tend towards the self-obsessive activities. But the soul is neither affected by any material or worldly possessions and com forts, nor by scarcity and hardship…. It is the body and the mind attached with the desires and passions that experience the pleasures or pains.

First step to Soaham Sadhana 1

The feelings of content of the sense organs and the mind are momentary. Once the desired things or pleasures are attained, the charm of the same disappears soon; the enthusiasm ceases and the thirst for novel taste, newer achievements…, begin to grow-up….; and so on….; the vicious cycle continues throughout the life…., and eventually the life ends in a 'yet to be satisfies state'

Most people do not realize that human life is the best creation of the God and it is bestowed on a jiva with very specific purpose. Even those who are attracted towards evolution of the inner self often do it at a superficial level. Some people think reading or listening to the religious scriptures and performing some rituals of worshiping is sufficient for spiritual elevation. They should note that such actions are only symbolic and supportive and do not lead to the 'visualization' of the existence of the soul as different from the body and the mind.

The process of spiritual awakening and inner contentment of the soul begins only when the piety, generous attitude, compassion and altruist activities of social welfare become natural part of one's thinking and routine cores. The door of the ecstatic beatitude of our soul opens only when our life, rather than being confined to the material attainments, comforts and sentient pleasures…., enjoys - helping others, sharing love and compassion with everybody around, and working for a noble cause of enlightening the society by the righteous knowledge and excelled expansion of moral ideals.

The science of spirituality and the yoga sadhanas cannot be understood or employed just by some physical actions or oral recitations. The incorporation of the associated principles in one's deeds and corresponding changes in one's intrinsic tendencies, emotions and thoughts is essential. Without the latter, the so-called spiritual and religious activities will be nothing more than engrossment of the mind and the body in a novel 'play' or activity….

The natural interests of the soul are rooted in compassion, generosity and altruist deeds of selfless service for the betterment of all. These cannot be fulfilled without sacrificing the selfish interests of the body. One has to learn limited and restrain the needs and desires of the body before proceeding towards the evolution of his true "self". One could attempt it in gradual steps so that the body could easily adopt the new life style. The training of the mind to face the 'hardships' of austerity and asceticism is the most difficult task. This could be achieved only if one has sincere faith, aspirations and strong will to become a better human, an ideal child of divinity… One's convictions and samskaras conditioning of mind or, suppressing and diverting it from self-restrain and altruist way of life.

Dedicated meditation on the separate existence of the soul and the mind, the prana and the body helps refining the samskaras and righteous conditioning of the mind and body for accepting the guidance of the soul. The soaham sadhana is supposed to be the best for this purpose. It can easily be performed with other kinds of upasanas and sadhanas and essential activities of the normal routine. This special pranayama can be practiced at any free time (of about 20 to 30 minutes at a stretch) during the day. However, it is most fruitful if performed at a neat and quite place, at regular intervals of time every day, in a relaxed and fresh state of the body and the mind. The larger the duration of this practice with through mental concentration, the faster will be its effect.

The gross body, pranik or the subtle body and the soul, each is given due importance in this sadhana. As stated earlier, this sadhana is beneficial for the body, mind and the soul because the oxygen, prana and the mahaprana acquired with each breath in this practice is an ideal food for the gross, subtle and causal bodies respectively. The combination of these sources induces energy and courage, enlightens the intellect with the understanding of the ideals of human life and inspires the inner self with the nectar of sraddha and the spiritual charge of absolute truth.

Causes of Thinking Suicides

 Most people find their lives purposeless, wasted and worthless. That is why with an ordinary illness or some slightly unfavorable situation, the individual prays for an end to his life.

In the opinion of one psychologist, every person thinks of committing suicide more than once in his life. It is a different thing that he does not develop enough courage to end his life. Even then some impulsive persons commit suicide because of petty reason like failing in examination, losing a jog, quarrels in the family or defeat in a court of law. The number of people committing suicide because of such reason is on the increase.

Why do people commit suicide? Psychologists give various answers to this question. Some people say that a man gets so much frightened on seeing disappointing atmosphere everywhere around him that he does not find any solution except this. According to some psychiatrists, people with violent tendencies who are unable to express them, destroys themselves by these tendencies.

Some persons find them selves so much lonely and helpless that they find no benefit in living and they think, 'why not to commit suicide?, after all what is there in life?. some persons think of committing suicides during emotional excitement and prepare a plan for suicide during such a condition.

The main reason for suicides is said to be depression due to any reason, whether due to physical illness or failure in examination, love or competition. A tendency of revenge is also said to be behind suicides. According to this opinion some member of the family commits suicide to teach a lesson to other members.

Some people commit suicide because of a burden of feeling guilty, since they are unable to find a solution to get rid of guilty-feelings. Many others commit suicide because they are fed up of old age, rejection by spouse, unemployment, court cases etc.

The reason for suicide is the experience of worthlessness of this life. It is also true that each person not just once, but many times think of his life worthless and many times a burden. To free himself from this burden, the person thinks of self-destruction.

The question arises, 'Is life so much worthless that by disappointment in small matters, one should think of ending it?' If a self-analysis is made seriously, it will be found that every person finds many times that his life is worthless and a burden.

Whatever the reason, but the worthlessness of life is felt with such intensity that by ending it, no difference is felt. Knowingly or unknowingly, in every person's mind, there is a feeling of disappointment, sadness and lack of worth regarding his life and this is expressed from time to time in various ways - sometimes as sadness because of lack of success, sometimes as irritation due to heavy work, or sometimes as inconsistent conduct with others.

All these negative sentiments are concealed expressions of feeling worthless. There is another kind of life like a flower which keeps on spreading its fragrance all rounds from the time it flowers forth till it falls to the ground.

Happiness on both Body and Spiritual

Meaning: According to the line of Rigved 1/75/1 – if you wish to achieve bodily and spiritual happiness, then be simple in your diet, in your daily routine and deeds and observe celibacy.

Message: Physical capacity is a very important requirement of the human life. No work is possible without good health. The labor for money, learning, status and honor is not possible for an unhealthy man. A man who is healthy can progress in carrying out the necessary works as well as working for the achievement of his ambitions. Proper alertness must be maintained for keeping good health and strength for sustaining physical capacity.

Proper diet, exercise, daily routine and restraint are required for individual health. If this system is disorganized, ill-health results. Bodily and spiritual happiness is achieved only by controlling the organs through restraint. The organs themselves are a means for the soul; they are the servants of the soul. God has provided the organs for fulfilling the soul’s needs and thus making man happy. All the organs are very useful and their activity is for the soul’s uplift and joy. If the organs are put to good use then man can continuously enjoy happiness in life and make it successful.

The fact is that the organs are an excellent means for satisfying the hunger of the conscience. Just as the body becomes weak if hunger and thirst are not satisfied with food and water, similarly the balance of the inner field (the heart or the conscience) gets disturbed if the hunger of the sense-organs is not properly satisfied and then many types of mental troubles occur. These days most men have become slaves of unbridled desires for indulging the senses and the uncontrolled desires devour the master himself.

Only self-control is the door to heavenly happiness and its main mantra is self-restraint. With self-restraint man obtains divine knowledge and peace of mind by the development of divine qualities. The person who does not realize the great glory and the extreme need of self-restraint cannot achieve spiritual freedom and spiritual wealth. As a result he becomes a slave of lust, temptations. Most of the material temptations in life are so attractive and intoxicating that they make us indiscreet, short-sighted and restless and we become the victims of desires of the senses, the desires for quick economic benefits, selfishness and similar temptations. We should strive for self-control by tremendous willpower and adopt the ideal of ‘simple living and high thinking’.

Self-control is the first ladder on the good path. With it, one achieves good virtues. This is the first and foremost requirement for real and organized religious life.

No Rain , No life

Living creatures are nourished by food, and food is nourished by rain, rain itself is the water of life, which comes from selfless worship and service.

Full Life-span should be maintain

Meaning: As explained in the line of Rigved 8/67/20 – our life should be such that we should live the full life span. We should live a life of restraint to avoid premature death.

Message: There is a never-ending treasure of powers in man’s body and mind. If these can be saved from destruction and put to good use, then promising success can be achieved in the expected direction. By not understanding this fact, we go on unnecessarily wasting our invaluable powers and with emptied powers, lead a hollow, diseased, weak and unsuccessful life, waiting for death to overtake us.

The body and the mind go on producing their powers constantly through their diet and the store of our powers gets restored. If this production can be used in the proper direction by saving it from worthless spending, then promising progress can be decidedly achieved in any field. Restraint means to avoid worthless depletion of powers. This worthless expenditure is mostly through our organs, the chief among them being the tongue and the organ of sex.

We waste our power through the tongue by absurd talk, slander, back-biting, boasting and gossip. If the tongue is restrained from untruthful and bitter speech, then our speech can be astonishingly influential. It will develop the capacity to bless. ‘Maun’ (observing silence) is considered an austerity. It is not possible for everyone to observe silence like the sages, but absurd talk can be controlled. Let our speech be properly controlled so that it is beneficial for us and others. The other indiscipline of the tongue is because of its desire for new and exotic tastes. As the tongue gets jaded we start eating undesirable foods to tickle the taste-buds. We overeat some very tasty food and because of over-eating, develop indigestion. This leads to fermentation and decay of food in the digestive tract and makes it weak, causing overall weakness. The toxins produced ultimately reach various organs and produce disease. We forget the fact that health is more important than taste and then suffer from the bad effects of this fault.

Discipline of the sex-organs is of utmost importance. Its overindulgence destroys the essence of the body. It is only because of this essence that there is alacrity in the body and luster on the face, authority in the speech shine in the eyes, intelligence in the mind and daring in the nature. Man becomes physically and mentally weak in proportion to the waste of this essence of the body. A man with sexual lust is not able to remain healthy and cannot enjoy along life-span.

The meaning of self-restraint is accumulation of energy. Indiscipline means ruin of one’s capacity. It is a major fact of life that a man becomes bankrupt through such ruin and the man who saves regularly drop by drop, ultimately gains.

Guest is our Deity

Feed the Atithi (guest)

Meaning: As stated on the line of Athervaved  9/6 and 3/7 – O good householder men! You should first feet the ‘atithi’, the guest who comes unannounced and then eat.

Message: Atithi has been considered as the fourth great deity after the mother, the father and the Guru (i.e. the spiritual teacher). As such thieves, cheats and criminals may also pose as ‘atithi’ and ask for food, just as the demon-king Ravan cheated the venerable Sita by coming as a monk. In reality the implied meaning of the word ‘atithi is those generous souls who come to someone’s home, even if they may have to undergo hardship, for doing good and by their cooperation and grace, give benefit to the householder. In the ancient times, generous minded saints similarly used to grace householders by their visits and tried to make them happy and prosperous by their virtuous influence. It is but proper as well as necessary to welcome such excellent human being as one would welcome deities. That is why the scriptures advocate that the ‘atithi’ should be considered as a deity and to honor him properly by the injunction k=- ‘atithi devo bhava’ i.e. consider the atithi as a deity.

 Great importance is attached to five yagyas in the Veds and ‘atithi yagya’ is one of our daily duties. When a man comes to our home, who is learned in the Beds and scriptures and who has dedicated his life to the welfare of the world, then we should be hospitable to him by offering food, clothes etc. In addition if some poor, sorrowful, helpless person or orphan comes at our doorstep or meets us at some place, then we should help him in every way. That too is ‘atithi seva’ or service to the ‘atithi’

In the ancient times, the householders used to take meals only after feeding the ‘atithi’ and used to consider themselves unfortunate when they did not come across any atithi. We too should have such sentiments in our hearts. The meal fed to an atithi never goes waste. If by getting energy from our food someone works for the upliftment of the society or country or someone’s life is protected, that itself is important. An atithi should never be disappointed by us and asked to go, but it is also necessary to be cautious about wicked and bad men.

These days special hospitality is shown only to friends, guests, government servants etc because of the possibility of benefits through them. Under any excuse, whether a child’s birthday, marriage, or if someone has passed an examination people are invited with insistence and lavish arrangements made for food. Not only those but arrangements are also made for liquor and dance. Is this really atithi satkar? Is it not give and take that just because someone had invited us for a feast on his child’s birthday, then we too should go one better? Is it not pure business that by spending something on the guest, the path to earning a much larger amount is cleared? Is it not a means to get one’s work done by bribing the higher executives? We should also remember that the amount spent thus on one person’s food, liquor etc can go towards helping ten-twenty helpless persons who are really needy. This itself is real pious deed.

Experience Evergreen Life

We have the power to think. But are you free to think? We are not free to think because we are in a system, in a frame, in a society, in our small hole, and there we can only think according to the size of our hole. Why? Because according to the present size of our frame, our consciousness is very limited. When we are in a frame, we are limited. We can think when we discover our unlimitedness. In truth, in reality, we belong to the unlimited.

Ignorance always forces you to worry and hurry with the question, "how to be secure?" Self-knowledge is different. it gives you that light to meet life which removes your worry about food and security. It gives you courage, confidence and strength. It connects you with your true self, with your soul and you start feeling protected. As long as we live with ignorance, we are always lonely and worried, confused and frustrated.

Do you want to live the day today with your limitedness or with your unlimitedness? With the use of our consciousness, we can change, we can choose and refuse. But we need to realize it, to become aware of that ability. Our ability and capability is that we have possibilities to change, but if we are not conscious about our abilities, how can we use them. Become aware of them.

The idea is that we should live our life with a new nature, attitude thinking, emotions and new dreams. Then life will be evergreen, flowing and growing with something new. Newness is the secret.... the secret of the river is that new water is being added and that is why it is always flowing and growing. The same process happens to us. Newness comes from our consciousness. Every day, wake up with a new consciousness. Every day, wake up with new ideas, new aspirations and new hopes with something new.

We always say "I can't do it". We are living with such a strong negativity. We are not seeing that we are able to do things. We are slaves to our habits, natures, likes and dislikes; slaves on the mental, emotional, vital and physical levels. This slavery is not allowing us to think and live more. Discover your slavery. If you don't want to live like a slave, then involve yourself with the Divine.

A small secret: Always feel the Divine in you. We feel love, emotions, desires, tastes, flavors..... We feel so many things inside us. When we remember someone, we feel for that person. Feel the Divine living inside you. This is your mantra. If one can practice this for 10 minutes every day, the divine involvement will begin. Practice a little bit to listen to your heartbeat. It is the Divine who is walking in this inner garden. Just grow your ability to feel that, to listen to that.

If you want divine possibilities, then you have to cut your present priorities and give importance to the Divine. Like the tree is waiting inside the seed to come out, all the possibilities of the world are waiting to come out, but we are not aware of that. Become aware of your possibilities, then of your abilities and become capable and make your life useful, meaningful and purposeful - in short, a divine life.