Gurujis knowledge 24th Dec + observe negative thoughts

 
Wishing everyone a Happy 2008 ( hope the year of the Rat brings you lots of peace, harmony and goodwill )
 
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Pass the message to all and lets have a wonderful start of the new year.

Jai Gurudev,
Rajesh (Moscow, Russian Federation)
 
 
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*24th December 2007***
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*Bangalore** Ashram*

Guruji conducted moonlight meditation… followed by the question and answer
session.

*Question:* Guruji logically there is no reason to be happy. But happy state
of mind doesn't follow any logic. Is happiness related to logic?

*Guruji:* (laughter) The whole exercise in life is to balance the head and
the heart. When you are too much into head, u should just let go, and relax,
sing and dance. You know your sleep is a gift to you. Do you know that?
During sleep the mind gets so much of rest! But meditation is the ultimate
rest to your mind.

*Question:* Guruji, life was becoming weaker and weaker everyday. Then one
day you came. You charged up with so much of love and blessings. What is the
guarantee that it is going to stay for ever?

*Guruji:* (laughter) It's a life time guarantee. For many life times. Here u
know, the charge never finishes. Its not a disposable cell, what u call
it?!!? The sun the moon the starts don't finish. Do they finish? When Lord
Krishna said, "I am the sun the moon, the light in the sun… ", people did
not understand! The mind is like the rays of the moon. The whole world is
made up of one energy. I recently heard something; someone was telling that
Einstein had said that, "If u have not studied physics u loose out
something, but if you have not studied spirituality you loose out on
everything". I totally agree with that. Many are surprised to hear that, but
I was not!

*Question:* Guruji, often I don't realize how seva is happening and
sometimes I think I am doing it. Who is it actually who does?

*Guruji:* Who is the one who is observing? When you focus on that you will
know that, First the eyes are seeing, then the mind, then the intellect, go
on with this … and you will see that there is nothing! That's why Lord
Buddha said "Anaatma". He said, "I could not find the self anywhere, though
I searched and searched". Then Lord Shankaracharya came and said, "Its all
Maya" temporary". Then he said, "Who is the one who could not find? That is
the one"!! He totally turned around the whole picture to a new dimension
with a new sentence! You are the one and you are never away from the self!
That's why we do, "I am".. Have you done the "I am"process today? Advance
course…
During the process you must had several pleasant and unpleasant experience.
Its ok.. huh…they come and go, what remains is the self.

*Question:* Guruji how can I eliminate conflict with my wife. I want to make
her happy at the same time cannot agree to everything she says. Can you
help?

*Guruji: *Why do you want a bland life? (laughter) Life should be spicy,
interesting. Its absolutely ok to fight! You just tell yourself, today let
her scream, I am not going to get angry on her!! You stand like a rock and
keep smiling!! See how things turn around! Just one day you do that, and you
will see you are so potent to end a conflict or may be begin a new one!!
(laughter)!!

*Question:* Guruji why are there so many spiritual institutions? Do we need
so many? Why cannot people follow one institution?

*Guruji:* No come on… You never ask why are there so many cinema halls? You
never ask why are there so many shops, so many restaurants, so many
parties?!!? Why do we wear so many different types of cloths!??!?! This
question is not relevant at all. There are so many avenues to bring the
knowledge. So many different methods to are there to get to the knowledge.
Only the Zihadis say such things. We want only one thing! Only one way! Well
things may not be the way you want it, but let me tell you they all have
their own importance. Rigveda said something beautiful. It said for those
who don't believe in him, he is there for them also!! Swami Vivekananda
came, he found an institution. Then Rishi Aurobindo came he formed another
institution…. We have take up a different way through yoga and
meditation…There is no conflict with one another! There is one common thing
I think in all and that is meditation.

*Question:* Guruji I got your blessings today, how long will the blessings
last?

*Guruji:* (Laughter) depends on what you are going to use it for. I am ready
to give you a blank cheque. But what will you use it for!??!

*Question:* Guruji give me bhahma gyan?

*Guruji:* I am ready to give you and that's what is what you are doing here.
Relax and let go. Become hollow and empty. And only when you are hollow and
empty you are ready to take it.

*Question:* How different are you from mother and father?

*Guruji:* I don't want to get into this conflict. How different am I or how
similar am I! You find out all that! Some people find both… so you figure
that out.

*Question: *Guruji what is the best way to serve the society as a future
doctor?

*Guruji:* You know you should keep this question. This is a very good
question. How best can I contribute to my society!! But don't try to do
something which is not required! (Laughter!!) Have you heard the story of
the scout boys? I think I have told it to you before. Ok…ok I'll repeat!
There were three scout boys. One day they were given a task to do some
service. So they went on the road and were wondering what seva to do?!?!
Meantime one of them saw a old lady who was standing across the road. The
scout boy came upto her ands asked "Would you like to cross the road?" The
old lady said, "No thank you". The scout boy insisted her that she should
cross the road! Finally he forced her to cross the road. Meantime the other
boy who saw that came running and said, "I am going to drop her back from
where she came"> which means the other side of the road. So he forced the
old lady to cross the road again. The third boy came running and said "Well
I cannot loose out of seva". So he got the old lady to cross the road
again!!! (Laughter!!) We have to bring people to knowledge and spirituality
and meditation.

*Question:* Is there a way to handle success without conflict?

*Guruji:* Yes… yes. You can handle success without any conflict. Because the
concept of conflict is there in your own mind. If your mind is free there is
no conflict at all!! That's why in Narada Bhakti Sutra it is said,
"aatmarata virodhite"… Rejoice in the self without conflict, and that's is
real devotion.

In Service,

*Smita Roy (From Ashram)*

 

Observe negative thoughts

Observe negative thoughts
Sri Sri Ravishankar

There is a lot of talk about positive thinking. Positive thinking means - you get a negative thought and you try to think positive.

A thought has already come in us, whether positive or negative. You just observe it. It is already gone. But positive thinking means bringing back that which has
gone. We catch hold of a thought and go on like that. To erase the negative thought, we try to force a positive thought on it. But negative thoughts simply
don't go away. They go somewhere deep inside. They remain there. The more you try to force the positive thought, the more, somewhere deep inside, the negative
thought is growing. A slight fear is happening, you are hitting a duality, a conflict. Observing thoughts as thoughts, emotions as emotions, opens us to our
true Self, the godliness within us.

Do you mean just the observing from some centre is enough, rather than trying to change it?

Yes. The very observation changes it. When you observe, all that is negative falls away. And the nature of positive emotions is - they grow. If you observe when you are angry, the anger will fall away. And if you observe if there is love, love grows. And the attempt to erase simply strengthens the negative? Is that what you are saying? Just observing and letting go is the simplest? That is the best and the only way. Observe. Observe that thoughts come and they pass. A negative thought
comes because of stress. If you are put under great stress, on that day, or the next day, you will get negative thoughts and become frustrated. All negative
thoughts come out of your frustration. Instead of trying to do something with those thoughts that have already arisen, which are of no use, attend to the source from which they bubble up. If the source is clean, only positive thoughts come. And if negative thoughts come, you observe, so what! They come and they vanish in no time.

GENEROSTIY IS QUALITY OF SPIRIT / 3 TYPES OF LOVE

GENEROSITY IS THE QUALITY OF THE SPIRIT

GENEROSITY IS THE QUALITY OF THE SPIRIT

When You Feel Stuck In Life And Not Growing, Bombarded By Desires,
When There Is Dryness, Lack Of enthusiasm, no juice, what do you do?
Here is the solution.... FEEL GENEROUS.... right away, not tomorrow.
Either a princess or a pauper can feel generous. Generosity is the
quality of the spirit. When you feel generous your life becomes
abundant, full of compassion and love.

Question: Is generosity the same as being grateful?

Answer: No. Gratefulness always has self concern. You are grateful
because you have something or you get something. Generosity is an
expression independent of external circumstances. No one can make you
feel generous. That is something that you have to do yourself.
Essentially, generosity is not an act. It is a state of
consciousness, but it cannot but find its expression in an act.

Question: What about passion?

Answer: Passion indicates scarcity. Dispassion is abundance.
Dispassion without generosity makes you self-centered, causes more
dryness.

You dont´ have to think about what you have done in the past. That
only brings doership.

Just feel generous.

Jai Gurudev...!

THREE KINDS OF LOVE

THREE KINDS OF LOVE

There are three kinds of Love. The Love that comes out of Charm, that
which comes out of comfort, and the Divine Love. Do you see what I am
saying?

The love that comes out of charm does not last long. It comes out of
unfamiliarity or out of attraction. In this you lose the attraction
fast, and boredom sets in, like most love marriages. This love may
diminish and bring along with it fear, uncertainty, insecurity, and
sadness.

The Love that comes out of comfort and familiarity grows. But this
Love has no thrill, no enthusiasm, joy, or fire to it. For example,
you are more comfortable with an old friend who is a familiar person,
rather than with a new person.

The Divine Love supersedes both the above. The Divine Love has ever
newness. The closer you go; there is more charm and depth. The Divine
Love has comfort, enthusiasm, and familiarity. There is never boredom
and it keeps everyone on their toes.

Worldly love can be like an ocean, yet an ocean has a bottom. The
Divine Love is like the sky which is limitless, infinite. From the
bottom of the Ocean, soar into the vast sky.

Jai Gurudev...!

yes+ course in presence of Guruji in Germany

Dear ones, 
 
Can we give some real last, last, last-minute push to this? It's a real wonderful initiative! Guruji is inviting all Youngster to the Ashram!
 
With much love
Jgd
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NEW !!! Questions & Answers with Guruji.......

Questions & Answers with Guruji.......

Questions & Answers with Guruji……

Q: When does a child have the first thought?

A: A child first has feelings. In the first week or within the first month the child has feelings. And it starts to recognize things in the first six months but cannot put a name to them. Also a child has memories of past lives upto the first three years. Sometimes the child will also say something and the parents will just disregard it but if they listen carefully the
child may say things about the memories of the past lives. But only upto three, four years old.

Q: What is the origin of thought?
A: What is the origin of this question? (laughter) Just sit for a while and ask yourself that - then you'll see that this thought also comes from that quiet space.

Q: What is the connection between suicide and rebirth? What happens to the people who commit suicide?
A: Their souls wander for a while and then they are re-born.
Q: That's it?
A: (Laughs) That's it? Suicide is like when you're feeling very cold and you take your jacket off. How are you going to feel then? It does not make sense.

Q: I've been fighting all my life - with my mother, with situations etc. How do I get out?
A: First of all ask yourself have you been fighting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year? Hmm? Is that possible? You know we tend to generalize and eternalize our problems. And so the problems continue. We say everyone in Bangalore is sick. How can that be! Just we happen to know 5 or 10 people are sick and we think everyone in Bangalore is sick. Remember you the center of your consciousness - you can change things.

Just put this thought in your head when you wake up in the morning that today my mother is going to be happy. Maybe the first day it won't work, the second day it won't work but the third day you will see your mother is happy.

Q: My boss told me that if all the CEOs and MDs had done the Art of Living course - they would only be doing positive thinking and they would not have been able to make much progress.
A: Just ask your boss - that if lot of stress and negative emotions causes
creativity and progress - why do you not see it in Afghanistan and Lebanon - where the situation has been so stressful for so long. Do you see any great creativity coming out of these places? Just ask him that.
This is a wrong notion that creativity comes out of stress and negativity.

Q: (Something about dowry and violence related to dowry)

A: The people who commit violence for dowry are doing wrong but it will not help just to condemn such people or just punish them severely. They have to be cured - some understanding of the problem has to be there.
That's why in the olden days each village/town had a purohit. He kept an eye on the people in the town and if he saw some tendencies - he could take action to correct it at an early stage not let it get to the violence. Puro-Hit - Pur means city - `hit' means welfare - the one who cares about the welfare of the city. That tradition needs to be revived where there is someone wise in the town, who is immersed in knowledge and meditation and can attend to these matters.

Q: What is the connection between karma and free will?
A: They are mixed like fat in milk. If you remove the cream from milk - there is still some fat in the milk, so there is still some karma in the free will. If you make milk into curds also there is still some fat in it - only when you churn it and make buttermilk then the fat is taken out - so if you take all karma out - if you are free from karma then there is free will - then the actions can be without karma - that is an enlightened soul.

Q: Something about doing service when you don't feel like it.
A: Yes, you should still do it. Don't think that I am not being true to myself - I don't really feel like doing this seva but I am doing it. It's okay. Sometimes you will not feel like it but still do the seva.

Q: How to develop the ability to work hard?
A: Don't work hard, work smart!

Q: How to work smart?
A: (Laughs) Smart does not mean tigdambaazi (being cunning) Don't get mistaken about that. I'm not saying be cunning. But it is not great achievement to work very hard for a small task. If someone says they have worked very hard then I ask - why you don't have intelligence? (laughs) when you are completely relaxed, the action that
springs from that is intelligent action - when you can do little but achieve a lot that is smart work.

Mind space - Sri Sri

MIND SPACE...... see what Guruji says..

The mind has two abilities – one is to focus, the other is to expand
and relax. When you put a thread through a needle, the mind is
focusing. When you are looking at the empty sky, the mind is expanding.
This ability to focus and expand should come simultaneously in the
consciousness – all the confusion is between this focus and
expansion.

Continue doing whatever you are doing. Be at peace in your mind. Let
go of everything. Put away all your worries; they are nothing. When you
let go, you will realize you are peace. What is stopping you from
knowing that you are at peace? You are not letting go; so let go. You
know when you watch the sky and move at the same time, it appears as
though the sun is moving. It looks as if the moon is moving, but
actually it's the clouds that move. Have you experienced this
illusion?

You are the background of all the phenomena, like a movie screen.
Whatever happens on it, the screen is untouched in the background. So
you are the background on which different phenomena move – they
happen and vanish!

Tomorrow is another day – another morning, afternoon, evening,
midnight, and then tomorrow's gone. Some days you have highs, some
days you have lows. But where are they all? All gone! Till this
moment, all is gone. Right now, right now, right now. This is
awareness; this is knowledge.

What's happening now? There is some `yes' and `no'
going on is your mind, with awareness of thought like, "Oh! I feel
good!" and other such things, you are lifted to a completely
different level of existence. Much higher than thinking, "Oh! So
and so said this, so and so said that". "That person is jealous
of me" – all garbage. The whole game is happening inside you.
In that space, time rolls.

The mind is part of Time; a reflection of Time. One is born out of the
other. That's why, when you are happy, time moves quickly. If you
don't know how time passes, then you are happy. Somebody is in the
hospital; then even half an hour seems so long. You are waiting for a
train, or there is delay in your flight. You are all alone and you have
read the entire newspaper and still you don't feel time passing.

You can see this on the railway platforms in India. People lean over to
see whether the train is moving. I once saw an old lady doing this and
told her, "Mother, the train is very big! If it moves you can't
miss it; but if you lean over, you will fall down. Sit in the train and
relax. It makes a big sound, it's not an ant."

I remember an incident in school. A classmate had difficulty in walking
and I would accompany him home. His house was situated before mine.
About a hundred feet away from his house, he would run. I would say,
"You will fall down, don't run," but he would not listen.
He would eventually fall on his doorstep. There was no use in my going
with him all the way. Time appears to be very long when the house is so
near. It would hardly have taken him three or four minutes more if he
walked normally. Time appears to be very long when the mind is not
here.

~~~ Sri Sri

Jai Gurudev

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Knowledge Sheet 134

Knowledge Sheet 134 - A Wise Man Is Happy Even In Bad Times
And
The Stupid One Is Unhappy Even In Good Times
Dec 31, 1997
German Akademie Bad Antogast, Germany

People who are willing to serve will have good times even in the bad times. when there are problems such as famine or war-torn countries, the Red Cross people will be fine as they are serving. The more relief they bring, the happier they feel. And people who are selfish and who just want to enjoy themselves will be miserable even in good times. Often the organizers of a party do not enjoy the party because some little thing is missing, they forgot to invite somebody, somebody did not come or some little thing went wrong.

A wise one is happy even in bad times. And the stupid one is unhappy even in good times.

You make the time good or bad. People usually blame the bad time and wait for the good time. Even if an astrologer says that you have a hopeless time, you can make it a good time!

Like weather, time has its own impact on you. But your Satsangs and Sadhana are your shield, your protection! So realize that you are more than time and that you can move the time by your connection to the Divine.

Don't feel shy to speak about human and spiritual values. Time has come now to call the whole world!

THE ALL is calling,

The Ball is rolling!

Time is milling,

The Soul is willing...

Riddle : The next year is three times the same and yet only one. What is it? Figure that out.

BE EVER NEW, HAPPY YOU !!!!
Jai Gurudev

Sacred space - cyber wisdom

Looking Within by 'SRI SRI'

Looking Within by SRI SRI

When someone is anxious, they are unaware of time. They are not
aware of the moment that is passing. This is because their focus is
on the event, on the happening, rather than on the moment. When
someone is waiting for a train to arrive, they wait and wait and
wait. Next time, try and be aware of the moment.

When the mind is lost in the moment, then that is yoga. When you
wait for nothing, yet you wait. It adds a different quality to the
conscious mind. This aspect sharpens the mind, the intellect and the
heart. This is the yoga of action.

This is the next sutra in Patanjali's second chapter known as
Sadhana Pada. Sadhana pada is a `practice on the path'. Tapaha
swadhyayeshwarapran idhanani kriyayogaha is the sutra and it
means "Endurance, self-study, devotion to the divine constitutes the
yoga of action."

Kriya yoga is the yoga of action. Action is a part of creation.
There is activity in everything in creation. Right from a little
atom, to the sun, to the moon, and stars, there is activity. There
is nothing that is stable or static in this world. Everything is
busy, active. The Brahman, the infinity, is filled with infinite
activity. There is absolutely no silence at all!

Even in sleep there is activity. You think you are sleeping, but in
sleep, there appears to be more activity. The body grows more in
sleep than when you are awake. Do you know that? In the child, every
cell is multiplying as he sleeps. That is why a growing child sleeps
longer. The young sleep longer than the elderly because there is a
lot of activity, mostly metabolic, going on in the body. The body is
built when you are young. If you deprive somebody of sleep, their
growth is stunted.

Even in silence, there is activity. At the same time, in every
activity there is a corner which is silent. Krishna tells
Arjuna, "Arjuna, do you know who is really intelligent and clever?
One, who sees silence in activity and activity in silence. That is a
truly intelligent person."

Now, how does one see silence in activity and activity in silence?
It needs sharpness of awareness, alertness of the mind and keenness
of the senses. That keenness can come when there is skill in your
activity. That skill in activity is Kriya yoga or the yoga of
action.

What is Kriya Yoga? It comprises of three parts. First, there is
Tapas, which means endurance or acceptance. Say for example, you are
traveling in a plane on a long distance flight. You have been
sitting for long and you find your legs are getting numb. You are
tired, yet you keep sitting. You feel heavy, yet you keep sitting.
You cannot say. "Oh! I cannot sit any longer; I am going to get out
of the plane." No way! If the plane is delayed or held up in the
air, you still have to sit there. There is no choice. Now, if you
had a choice, you would not sit for eight hours like that in one
place. But in a plane you sit, accepting it, willingly, without
grumbling. That is tapas! In the same way, if you are hungry, you
say, "No, I am fasting. I want to have a cleansing diet. I want to
cleanse my body. So I am just going to fast on juice or water." You
decide on your own to do some action, which is not usual. and you do
it, without grumbling. Tapas is really experiencing the opposite
values without grumbling.

You know that it is beneficial and the result of this action is very
good, and therefore you go ahead with it however difficult it is.
People go to the gymnasium. It is difficult and gives no pleasure
yet one does it. Why? They know that it is good for their system.
This endurance is called tapas.

Second is Swadhyaya or self-study or introspection. This means
observing your own thoughts and emotions. Where do these emotions
come from? Where do the thoughts come from? What is happening inside
you? Studying yourself is swadhyaya.

Third is Eashwara pranidhana, which means devotion to the divine or
love for the divine.

These three things make up Kriya Yoga.
~ SRI SRI

Q and A Part 2 Nov 23-25 (GURUJI)

Subject: Q and A Part 2 Nov 23-25

(On the previous day Guruji had asked for 'intelligent' questions)
Q: Guruji when we see you we get very feverish. Please don't call this an
unintelligent question.
A: That is not even a question, is it? It's a statement! Yes, it is apparent
(laughing) that there is feverishness. I have come to accept it now.
And people don't realize that when you bend down to touch my feet - the person
behind thinks there is no one in front and bends down also and soon we have a
pile of people (laughter) Sometimes when I am walking very fast and devotees
are trying to touch my feet - it gets very tricky - a few times I have escaped
tripping. It's been very close.

Q: Something about thoughts during meditation
A: Don't be dissappointed if you have thoughts during meditation. Just embrace
the thoughts - don't resist them. Don't feel 'Oh I didn't meditate well today'
- just embrace the thoughts. Accept them.

Q: All that you have achieved - do you look at it as your achievement, a gift
of God, part of nature?
A: I would say - it is a gift of God. Everyone has a role to play, that's all.
Everything in this universe has a role to play - that is actually the essence
of advaita. There is One Consciousness and everything in it is part of That.
See, to make something important you need many things that are unimportant. So
you can say that the unimportant things are important to make the important
things important! Got it? (laughter)

Q: What do you find challenging or something that you don't like?
A: When people who are not intelligent but think they are intelligent ask
questions that they think are intelligent but are not really intelligent.
Unfortunately in today's world such people have a lot of influence - it's sad.

Q: Have you ever committed a mistake?
A: (Smiles) Have I ever committed a mistake? (Chuckles) Sometimes I wonder why
I started all this (puts head back and laughs)

Q: How come some negative actions have a positive result
A: Yes, it is possible. Each negative action can have some positive associated
with it - depending on the way you look at it. Karma is not knowable - in the
Geeta Krishna tells Arjuna this - that Karma is so deep that it cannot be known
- see if you plant a coconut tree - it may take fruit in three years - with
mango trees - it can be a different number of years - if you plant moon - it
will sprout overnight and if you put your hand in the fire - when you will feel
the pain - immediately, no? So karma can be immediate or take some time - it is
very deep and it is unknowable.

Q: What was before the Big Bang?
A: Read this book called "The Parallel Universe" by Michael Kokoc. He talks
about the dark energy - e.g. look at the two stars in the sky - they are
separated by space - so he says that there is a great energy that is keeping
the two stars apart. This is dark energy - and we are aware of only 0.03
percent of the actual universe. It's there in his book - read it. I have only
read 3-4 pages (laughs) but you can read more...

Q: Guruji, I have dreams that come true at times. A few days ago I dreamt that
my mom had died and when I called home - I found that my pet had died. This
disturbs me a lot. What should I do?
A: See, dreams are a mix of our fears, desires, some events or impressions of
the past, some premonitions of the future - so don't be too involved in them.
Just move on.

Q: Guruji, People are very worried at my home that something is wrong. They
asked me to consult you.
A: Haan, don't worry. Just ask the people in the house to change Om Namah
Shivaya - don't worry. Ok?

Q: What is Maya? What is reality?
A: Anything that can be measured is Maya. So whatever you see can be measured,
right? You can say two kilo grams of rice, one litre of water and so on. But
can you measure love? Can you say two units of love? Three pounds of Truth? No?


Q: (the following day there is a follow-up) But even negative emotions cannot
be measured - like misery, frustration.
A: Haan. Yes. But if you look at it. Darkness cannot be measured but darkness
is just the absence of light. Unhappiness is not truth. Your true nature is
love, joy, bliss. That's why I say "fake it till you make it" - it's not wrong
to say that. Because you are faking it right now. Your true nature IS joy, is
bliss. Your problems are not true, your misery is not your true nature - so in
fact when you are sad you are faking it!

Q: We are with you in 2007? Where will you be in 2107? I want to play with you
even then.
A: You are asking in front of all these people. Everyone may get the same idea
(laughs) Where will I be in 2107? I am not so foolish as to make plans for 2107
now. All my plans are made done spontaneously in the present moment.

Q: I am confused? Should I pray to God for what I want or let God decide what
is good for me? What is the right thing?
A: No, it's fine to pray for what you want but also say that if there is
something better than this for me, please let me have that. (laughter) You can
do both!

 

Big Mind - Jai Gurudev + The only thing you must remember

BIG MIND......JAI GURUDEV

BIG MIND

You know there is a Big Mind and a small mind. Sometimes the Big Mind
wins over the small mind and sometimes it is the other way around.

When the small mind wins over, it is misery and when the Big Mind
wins, it is joy.

Small mind promises joy and leaves your hand empty. Big Mind may
bring resistance in the beginning but fills you with joy.

The word Guru means great. Jaya means victory. Deva means one who is
fun-loving, playful, light. One who is playful is often not dignified
and when one is dignified, he is often not playful.

Jai Guru Dev is victory to the Big Mind in you that is both dignified
and playful. That is what Jai Guru Dev means: "Victory to the
Greatness in you."

You do not say victory or hail to the Master as he has won over
already. You say victory to your own Self, your own Mind, which is
being veiled by the small mind.

Jai Guru Dev

THE ONLY THING YOU MUST REMEMBER.............

The only thing you must remember is

how fortunate you are.

When you forget this you become sad. Sorrow indicates

(I) your negative qualities, and
(ii) your attachment to your positive qualities.

When you think you are too good, you blame the world; then you become
sad. The purpose of sorrow is to bring you back to the self. And self
is all Joy. But this is possible only through Knowledge -- awareness.

Knowledge or awareness leads sorrow towards the self. With lack of
Knowledge, the same sorrow multiplies and does not get completed.
Knowledge completes sorrow.

With the power of Knowledge you transcend sorrow. In this path you
have everything. We have this beautiful Knowledge which has all the
flavors in it -- wisdom, laughter, seva, silence, singing, dancing,
humor, celebration, yagyas, caring, complaints, problems,
complications, and chaos to add color.

Life is so colorful!

Jai Guru Dev