Weekly Knowledge #55
Canadian Ashram
26 Jun 1996
Canada
JUDGEMENTS AND GOOD COMPANY
Though you have heard "don't judge," judgement comes unavoidably in day-to-day life. By the actions and behaviors of people, you either approve or disapprove. But always remember that everything is changing, and do not hold onto the judgement. Otherwise your judgement gets solidified like a rock. It brings misery for you and for others.
If judgements are lighter like air, like a breeze, they bring in fragrance, then move away. They could bring a foul smell, then move away. They should not stay there forever.
Judgements are so subtle that you are not even aware of their existence. Judging or labeling someone as judgmental is also a judgement. Only in the state of Being when you are full of love and compassion can you ever be free from all judgements.
Yet the world cannot move without judgements. Until you judge something as good or bad, you cannot do any actions. If you see rotten apples in the market, you say, "No good." Good ones you buy. If someone lies to you ten times, you think next time it also could be a lie. A judgment happens automatically.
See the possibility that people and things can change at any time and don't hold onto the judgements.
You need to judge your company. Your company can pull you up or pull you down. The company that drags you towards doubt, dejection, blame, complaints, anger, delusion, and desires is bad company. The company that pulls you up towards joy, enthusiasm, service, love, trust, and Knowledge is good company.
When someone complains, first you listen, then you nod, then you sympathize, then you complain.
Robert says, "Join the party." Denise says, "I confess, you are absolutely right." (Laughter)
Your company can create Hell for you in Heaven -- or Heaven for you in Hell. Judge for yourself . . . !
🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸
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Sunday, February 28, 2016
GOD IS A THOROUGH BUSINESSMAN
Weekly Knowledge #56
Canadian Ashram
03 Jul 1996
Canada
GOD IS A THOROUGH BUSINESSMAN
The Divine has given you all the small pleasures in the world, but has kept the bliss to Himself. To get the highest bliss you have to go to Him and Him alone.
Don't be too smart with the Divine and try to fool Him. Most of your prayers and rituals are just attempts to trick the Divine. You try to give the least and get the maximum out of the Divine and He knows. He's a businessman; He will trick you even more. If you go underneath the carpet, He will go underneath the floor.
Be sincere in your attempts. Do not try to outsmart the Divine. Once you get the bliss, then everything else is joyful. Without the bliss, joy in anything in the world will not stay.
🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸
Canadian Ashram
03 Jul 1996
Canada
GOD IS A THOROUGH BUSINESSMAN
The Divine has given you all the small pleasures in the world, but has kept the bliss to Himself. To get the highest bliss you have to go to Him and Him alone.
Don't be too smart with the Divine and try to fool Him. Most of your prayers and rituals are just attempts to trick the Divine. You try to give the least and get the maximum out of the Divine and He knows. He's a businessman; He will trick you even more. If you go underneath the carpet, He will go underneath the floor.
Be sincere in your attempts. Do not try to outsmart the Divine. Once you get the bliss, then everything else is joyful. Without the bliss, joy in anything in the world will not stay.
🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸
RESPECT EVERYBODY AS YOU RESPECT ME
Weekly Knowledge #58
Bad Antogast
17 Jul 1996
Germany
RESPECT EVERYBODY AS YOU RESPECT ME
Respect everybody as you respect Me, but don't expect from everyone what you expect from Me.
You do it the other way. You don't respect everybody as you respect Me, but you expect them to give you joy and behave ideally. When they don't live up to your expectations, you get frustrated and you blame or curse them. By cursing, you lose your spiritual energy. Blessing brings your spiritual energy up.
The world is full of differences and arguments are inevitable. With forbearance or patience and wisdom, skillfully make your way up.
If you find fools around you, they are going to make you wiser. The number of fools around you indicates the strength of your centeredness. Don't try to get rid of them! (Laughter)
If you are not centered you will have no patience to put up with them. When you are totally established, you find the fools come up with wisdom. They are your own reflection, there is no other. Fools offer you frustration and wisdom. Be choosy and make your life juicy.
Hmm . . . What do you say? I think this is something very timely.
Question: How can you stop thinking others are fools?
Answer: You don't have to. You can see the whole world as fools. The advantage is you don't get attached to anyone. (Laughter) No one likes to associate with fools. If you think people are sane, you want to join them.
You can think everybody is a fool and be cool.
🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸
Bad Antogast
17 Jul 1996
Germany
RESPECT EVERYBODY AS YOU RESPECT ME
Respect everybody as you respect Me, but don't expect from everyone what you expect from Me.
You do it the other way. You don't respect everybody as you respect Me, but you expect them to give you joy and behave ideally. When they don't live up to your expectations, you get frustrated and you blame or curse them. By cursing, you lose your spiritual energy. Blessing brings your spiritual energy up.
The world is full of differences and arguments are inevitable. With forbearance or patience and wisdom, skillfully make your way up.
If you find fools around you, they are going to make you wiser. The number of fools around you indicates the strength of your centeredness. Don't try to get rid of them! (Laughter)
If you are not centered you will have no patience to put up with them. When you are totally established, you find the fools come up with wisdom. They are your own reflection, there is no other. Fools offer you frustration and wisdom. Be choosy and make your life juicy.
Hmm . . . What do you say? I think this is something very timely.
Question: How can you stop thinking others are fools?
Answer: You don't have to. You can see the whole world as fools. The advantage is you don't get attached to anyone. (Laughter) No one likes to associate with fools. If you think people are sane, you want to join them.
You can think everybody is a fool and be cool.
🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸
DOING VERSUS HAPPENING
Weekly Knowledge #59
Bad Antogast
24 Jul 1996
Germany
DOING VERSUS HAPPENING
Only one who is 100 percent in doing can recognize the happening.
The healthiest way to apply this knowledge is to see the whole past as happening and the present as doing. If you see the past as doing, then ego and regret come along. And when you see the present as happening, then laziness and unawareness set in. If you apply the doing for the future, it brings tension and worry. If you apply the happening for the future, it might bring some confidence and also lethargy.
Let the happening be for the past. Let the doing be for the present. And the future is a mix of both.
The wise will see the doing in happening and the happening in doing simultaneously. Are you confused now? (Laughter)
One who does a lot of work will never say he did a lot. When someone says he did a lot of work, that means he can do more. He has not done enough.
Work does not tire you as much as the doership does. All the talents you have are for others. If you have good voice, it is for others. If you are a good cook, it is for others. If you write a good book, it is for others. What do you do? You don't sit and read your own book! If you are a good carpenter, it is for others. So all of your talents are useful for others. If you are a good surgeon, it is for others. You cannot do your own surgery. This is interesting. If you are school teacher, it is for others. You cannot teach your own children; they don't listen to you anyway. So all your work and talents are for others.
If you don't make use of your talents, they will not be given to you again.
🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸
Bad Antogast
24 Jul 1996
Germany
DOING VERSUS HAPPENING
Only one who is 100 percent in doing can recognize the happening.
The healthiest way to apply this knowledge is to see the whole past as happening and the present as doing. If you see the past as doing, then ego and regret come along. And when you see the present as happening, then laziness and unawareness set in. If you apply the doing for the future, it brings tension and worry. If you apply the happening for the future, it might bring some confidence and also lethargy.
Let the happening be for the past. Let the doing be for the present. And the future is a mix of both.
The wise will see the doing in happening and the happening in doing simultaneously. Are you confused now? (Laughter)
One who does a lot of work will never say he did a lot. When someone says he did a lot of work, that means he can do more. He has not done enough.
Work does not tire you as much as the doership does. All the talents you have are for others. If you have good voice, it is for others. If you are a good cook, it is for others. If you write a good book, it is for others. What do you do? You don't sit and read your own book! If you are a good carpenter, it is for others. So all of your talents are useful for others. If you are a good surgeon, it is for others. You cannot do your own surgery. This is interesting. If you are school teacher, it is for others. You cannot teach your own children; they don't listen to you anyway. So all your work and talents are for others.
If you don't make use of your talents, they will not be given to you again.
🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸
Saturday, February 27, 2016
BREATH - THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE
BREATH - THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE
We have ignored our breath. We attend to our feelings & we say, "Oh! I feel like this....." We attend to our thoughts or concepts, to our memory or to our mind. We attend to our body - trying to lose or gain weight.
But there is something, which is connecting all these, that we have completely ignored - and that is our breath.
OUR BREATH PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN MANAGING THE BODY & THE MIND.
BREATH - THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE
There is a rhythm in the breath......and this rhythm is connected to the rhythm in the world, the rhythm in nature, the rhythm in the body, the rhythm of one's thoughts & the rhythm of one's emotions.
Don't think only people in hospitals are sick! Anyone who is not happy is sick! Anyone who is not calm & stable is sick. Anyone who does not know how to handle his or her own mind or thoughts or storms of emotions is in some way sick.
We have ignored our breath. We attend to our feelings & we say, "Oh! I feel like this....." We attend to our thoughts or concepts, to our memory or to our mind. We attend to our body - trying to lose or gain weight.
But there is something, which is connecting all these, that we have completely ignored - and that is our breath.
OUR BREATH PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN MANAGING THE BODY & THE MIND.
BREATH - THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE
There is a rhythm in the breath......and this rhythm is connected to the rhythm in the world, the rhythm in nature, the rhythm in the body, the rhythm of one's thoughts & the rhythm of one's emotions.
Don't think only people in hospitals are sick! Anyone who is not happy is sick! Anyone who is not calm & stable is sick. Anyone who does not know how to handle his or her own mind or thoughts or storms of emotions is in some way sick.
Friday, February 26, 2016
Struggling with Tough People?
Struggling with Tough People? (Sri Sri Ravishankar)
People who are tough to handle, whether at office or at home, only help you to develop your skills. You should really thank them. They make you more skillful, more refined, more compassionate and all your good qualities can start manifesting. Instead your ugly face starts manifesting.
See, this is the difference. If you have knowledge, in tough situations, wisdom manifests and good things manifest out of it. If you lack skills, the worst things come out of it. So this one thing we need to master. What? Master the skill of expressing and communication, and grab this as an opportunity to do that.
People who are tough to handle, whether at office or at home, only help you to develop your skills. You should really thank them. They make you more skillful, more refined, more compassionate and all your good qualities can start manifesting. Instead your ugly face starts manifesting.
See, this is the difference. If you have knowledge, in tough situations, wisdom manifests and good things manifest out of it. If you lack skills, the worst things come out of it. So this one thing we need to master. What? Master the skill of expressing and communication, and grab this as an opportunity to do that.
SURRENDER AND RESPONSIBILITY
Weekly Knowledge #57
San Jose, California
11 Jul 1996
USA
SURRENDER AND RESPONSIBILITY
Setting up a time-bound goal gives direction to the life force. Imagination is essential for this. Most people have a small imagination and are stuck with that, and that causes frustration. But if you are a devotee, you say "Let Thy Will be done" and then you will step lightly to the goal. You will take it easy. We have to make a distinction. Some people say "Let God do everything and surrender" and others say "I have to be responsible."
Surrender is saying "Let Thy Will be done" and "Thy Will" for you is to take responsibility for the whole world.
It appears to be opposing and conflicting in nature -- in fact they are two sides of the same coin. The more you surrender, the more responsive you become. One who is irresponsible cannot surrender either. Why is someone irresponsible? They are lazy or fearful or both. If you are lazy or fearful, you cannot be in love.
Total responsibility is total surrender. It's a little hard to chew, but this is the truth. People usually say either I take responsibility or surrender, but I tell you they go hand in hand. Suppose you are surrendered to the Knowledge. That means you are committed to sharing it with others. You take responsibility to see that it flourishes.
Question: The confusion comes with the doership?
Answer: When you are taking responsibility and you find blocks, remember "surrender." That gives you strength to move ahead. It releases you from the weight of the doership. Responsibility is the dynamic expression of life in the present moment. When you are shaken, remember the basis of responsibility as surrender.
Taking responsibility or surrendering without doership is the skill of the wise. Total irresponsibility is impossible for you. Limited responsibility makes you weak. A little water in the sun will evaporate but the ocean never dries up. Limited responsibility tires you out. Unlimited responsibility empowers you and brings you joy.
🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸
San Jose, California
11 Jul 1996
USA
SURRENDER AND RESPONSIBILITY
Setting up a time-bound goal gives direction to the life force. Imagination is essential for this. Most people have a small imagination and are stuck with that, and that causes frustration. But if you are a devotee, you say "Let Thy Will be done" and then you will step lightly to the goal. You will take it easy. We have to make a distinction. Some people say "Let God do everything and surrender" and others say "I have to be responsible."
Surrender is saying "Let Thy Will be done" and "Thy Will" for you is to take responsibility for the whole world.
It appears to be opposing and conflicting in nature -- in fact they are two sides of the same coin. The more you surrender, the more responsive you become. One who is irresponsible cannot surrender either. Why is someone irresponsible? They are lazy or fearful or both. If you are lazy or fearful, you cannot be in love.
Total responsibility is total surrender. It's a little hard to chew, but this is the truth. People usually say either I take responsibility or surrender, but I tell you they go hand in hand. Suppose you are surrendered to the Knowledge. That means you are committed to sharing it with others. You take responsibility to see that it flourishes.
Question: The confusion comes with the doership?
Answer: When you are taking responsibility and you find blocks, remember "surrender." That gives you strength to move ahead. It releases you from the weight of the doership. Responsibility is the dynamic expression of life in the present moment. When you are shaken, remember the basis of responsibility as surrender.
Taking responsibility or surrendering without doership is the skill of the wise. Total irresponsibility is impossible for you. Limited responsibility makes you weak. A little water in the sun will evaporate but the ocean never dries up. Limited responsibility tires you out. Unlimited responsibility empowers you and brings you joy.
🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸
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