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October 8, 2009 at 6:26 am · Filed under Life without conflict : ) ·Tagged autobiography of a yogi, conflict, confusion, dadashri, drink, eat, family life, fight, life, Life without conflict : ), live together, meals, necessities, old ladies, PEACE : ), sleeping pills, unnecessary, way to live life
We have to live together all the time. We fight
with each other and yet we live together.
This is not the way to live life. It is not considered a
family life. If you ask our old ladies how to live life, they
will tell you, ‘Eat and drink in peace, why do you rush
through your meals?’ First you must ascertain your necessities and then all the rest is unnecessary. You must also realize it is the unnecessary things that confuses people and makes them take sleeping pills.
—– Dadashri : )
Balance
Do not confuse understanding with a larger vocabulary. Sacred writings are beneficial in stimulating desire for inward realization, if one stanza at a time is slowly assimilated. Otherwise, continual intellectual study may result in vanity, false satisfaction, and undigested knowledge.
—Sri Sri Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, in “Autobiography of a Yogi”
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From: Vishal – a pure soul like You.
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October 1, 2009 at 6:07 am · Filed under GOOD STORY : " A GOOD MONK " : ) ·Tagged arid hearts, autobiography of a yogi, balance, balanced life, compassion, complaining, crime, divine hope, encumbered, excommunicated, family ties, forbidden, GOOD STORY : " A GOOD MONK " : ), heavy wordly duties, help, horrified, householder, inner renunciation, lady, liberation, mind, mistake, monastery, monk, MORAL, priest, renunciation, sri sri lahiri mahasaya, STORY, sweet new breath, woman, wordly men
Once a monk was traveling, and with him there were other monks and there was a river flowing. That monk saw that a lady was standing on the other side. She wanted to cross the river, but she couldn’t because the water was very deep. So, out of compassion that monk went to the lady and said, “Can I help you?” The lady said, “Yes, I want to cross the river. Please lift me up.”
The monk knew that it was forbidden for a monk to touch a woman but out of compassion he lifted the lady, he picked her up, he crossed the river and he put her on the other side. All the other brothers were watching. They were horrified that this monk had touched a lady. They went to the monastery and started complaining. They told their head priest that this man must be excommunicated because what he has done has broken the law. The law was that a monk should not touch a woman.
So, the head priest called everybody. He summoned all the priests. He told the monk, “There is a complaint against you. I have heard that you have touched a woman.” He said, “Yes, I have made a mistake, but these people have also made a mistake and that is greater than my mistake.” The head priest said, “Okay, I understand about your mistake, but what is the greater mistake that these people have committed?”
And that monk said, “I made a mistake. I only lifted that woman and put her on the other side. That was my mistake. But greater than my mistake is these people’s mistake because they have still lifted that lady in their mind and have brought her here.”
Moral: We have to understand that many people commit more crimes in their mind than they commit in reality. And we have so many; we do so many crimes in our mind with the result that the mind is very, very unhappy.
Balance
Mahavatar Babaji to Lahiri Mahasaya: “The millions who are encumbered by family ties and heavy worldly duties will take new heart from you, a householder like themselves….A sweet new breath of divine hope will penetrate the arid hearts of worldly men. From your balanced life, they will understand that liberation is dependent on inner, rather than outer, renunciations.”
—Sri Sri Mahavatar Babaji, in “Autobiography of a Yogi”
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September 30, 2009 at 6:14 am · Filed under Answers from Swami Anubhavananda : ) ·Tagged answers, Answers from Swami Anubhavananda : ), autobiography of a yogi, BE HAPPY, birthday, blessing, cosmic home, daughters, FAITH : ), full picture, future, ignorance, KRISHNA, kriya yoga, life, luckily, miserable, parents, perfection, prarabdh, rama, responsibilities, sanchit karma, seeker, sincere, something worthwhile, son, spiritual, spiritual perceptions, sri sri lahiri mahasaya, struggle, swami anubhavananda, terrible events, two for the price of one, uncertainties, unmarried, will pass away
Q: I have absolutely no LIFE in me as I feel pulled in various directions. Both my husband and I seemed to be layered with more and more responsibilities . Our 25 yr old son is a constant challenge for us. Luckily he is not married, otherwise the challenge would be doubled ( two for the price of one as you would put it).
A: answer….
If you remember mom I had mentioned in one of talks that even if our son is Rama or Krishna they have made the lives of their respective parents miserable. Sons are made for that purpose so that we focus our attention to some thing worthwhile. this is a blessing that you have every reason to go spiritual. in fact daughters are the best who take care of the parents all through the life. Any way take life as it comes and Be happy.
Q: I am trying to be a sincere seeker at best of my ability and even analyse on day today basis. But constant struggle shakes my faith at times. Initially i accepted it as prarabdh and sanchit karma but it seems to be lasting hurdle.I want to establish in total faith inspite of anything.
A: answer…
Faith is the inner strenght in the field of uncertainties and ignorance. We know nothing about our future. hence let us belive that all that is happening is for our ultimate good. Let us not look at the life too closely. Let us take the full picture of our life and see how the past so called terrible events have passed and this present will also pass away.
—- Swami Anubhavananda : )
Perfection
Birthday of Sri Sri Lahiri Mahasaya
I am ever with those who practice Kriya. I will guide you to the Cosmic Home through your ever enlarging spiritual perceptions.
—Sri Sri Lahiri Mahasaya, in “Autobiography of a Yogi”
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September 29, 2009 at 5:50 am · Filed under *Kings don’t want anyone else to take their throne.... ·Tagged autobiography of a yogi, bad thoughts, boon, burden on earth, discourse, divine love, escape into spirit, excerpt, free from misery, gateway to liberation, GOD, good thoughts, human beings, human body, infinite essence, influential person, Kings don’t want anyone else to take their throne..... kings, labours, man, mankind, meditate, misery, nirvana, office workers, opportunities, perfection, politicians, poor people, prisoner of the body, problem, resourses, rich, rich person, saint tulsidas, saints, school, share with others, shri hans ji maharaj, society, spiritual endeavours, spiritual people, spirituality, sri sri lahiri mahasaya, strong, throne, weak
Kings don’t want anyone else to take their throne. Politicians don’t want anyone to take their place. A rich person doesn’t want poor people to become as rich and influential as he is.
Once, when I was traveling in India by foot to a program, I noticed a huge sugar mill. The local people told me that the owner of the mill had been approached to open a high school for that area, and he had replied, “If I do that and my employees’ children get educated, then where will I find labour for my mills? They’ll all want to be office workers”.
So people don’t want others to have the same opportunities as they have. They want to suppress others. Society is like that. The strong oppresses the weak. A poor man’s voice is not heard. You see this and will continue to see it. But this doesn’t apply to spirituality and spiritual people.
The uniqueness of spirituality is that God is the shelter of the weak. Contrary to the materialistic outlook of most people, spiritual people say that human beings are the temple of the divine energy. After all whatever we have achieved in this world has been due to our human energy.
Man in himself is not a problem. Realized souls say that the power to solve the world’s problems lies with man himself. Saints have never considered mankind to be a burden on earth. Saint Tulsidas described the human life form as being ‘just right for spiritual endeavours and the gateway to liberation’. God has granted us the boon of the human body so that we can achieve the state of Nirvana.
If we wish, we can use it for our own good. We can experience divine love in ourselves and share it with others. We have been given all the resources. For example, we have here a microphone and loudspeakers. It is up to us whether good or bad thoughts are transmitted through them.
( —- An excerpt from the discourse of Shri Hans Ji Maharaj : )
Perfection
Meditate unceasingly, that you quickly behold yourself as the Infinite Essence, free from every form of misery. Cease being a prisoner of the body; using the secret key of Kriya, learn to escape into Spirit.
—Sri Sri Lahiri Mahasaya, in “Autobiography of a Yogi”
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