Weekly Knowledge #85
Dallas, Texas
22 Jan 1997
USA
ACCEPT THE WORLD AT ITS WORST
Suppose the worst of the world is given to you; what would you do with it now? You cannot complain if you get the worst. You can only complain if you don't get the worst. If the world is at its worst, then it can only get better and you are here to make it better.
Jim: When things are at their very worst, then there is only time and space. (Laughter)
Patty: When you see that life is suffering then you go within.
Paula: It is like running out of breath and you have to inhale.
What happens when you have to do it all by yourself -- no one comes to help? You do everything by yourself?
There are three options:
Frustration and complaining.Take credit that you did it by yourself -- thank others for not helping so that you could take all the credit. (Laughter)Be grateful, pray deeply, and know that you get all the energy needed to do it all alone. There is only one doer.
🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸
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Saturday, March 26, 2016
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
SURRENDER AND SELF-RELIANCE
Weekly Knowledge #81
Lake Lucerne
25 Dec 1996
Switzerland
SURRENDER AND SELF-RELIANCE
Self-reliance needs enormous courage.
Surrender needs less courage.
A person who cannot surrender cannot be self-reliant either.
If you don't have enough courage to surrender, then it is impossible for you to be self-reliant. You simply fool yourself. People who are afraid to surrender fool themselves. Because even a little fear is detrimental to self-reliance.
If you don't have a hundred dollars, you cannot have a thousand dollars.
Self-reliance contains surrender. Fifty dollars contains ten dollars.
Question: Why does self-reliance need so much courage?
When you want to depend on yourself for everything, there is nobody else, then it needs a lot of courage.
Often people think that surrender is a way to escape from responsibility and they end up blaming the Divine for all their problems. In fact, the true surrender is taking total responsibility for everything.
Susannah: How can we do that?
You take responsibility and you pray for help.
Surrender eventually leads you to self-reliance. Because there is nothing other than the Big Self.
🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸
Lake Lucerne
25 Dec 1996
Switzerland
SURRENDER AND SELF-RELIANCE
Self-reliance needs enormous courage.
Surrender needs less courage.
A person who cannot surrender cannot be self-reliant either.
If you don't have enough courage to surrender, then it is impossible for you to be self-reliant. You simply fool yourself. People who are afraid to surrender fool themselves. Because even a little fear is detrimental to self-reliance.
If you don't have a hundred dollars, you cannot have a thousand dollars.
Self-reliance contains surrender. Fifty dollars contains ten dollars.
Question: Why does self-reliance need so much courage?
When you want to depend on yourself for everything, there is nobody else, then it needs a lot of courage.
Often people think that surrender is a way to escape from responsibility and they end up blaming the Divine for all their problems. In fact, the true surrender is taking total responsibility for everything.
Susannah: How can we do that?
You take responsibility and you pray for help.
Surrender eventually leads you to self-reliance. Because there is nothing other than the Big Self.
🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Is it possible to get enlightenment on this path?
Sri Sri....
Q. Is it possible to get enlightenment on this path? How do we know when someone is enlightened?
Guruji:
- when you are completely detached, completely detached from everything around you
- when you feel love for everyone and feel you are love
- when you feel you are space, untouched and pure
- when all that you see here around you does not interest you, does not provoke you, does not disturb you...then another world altogether opens up....even gods, goddesses don't interest you, then another dimension opens up altogether
...this is enlightenment
Q. How to keep trust in people after many disappointments in life?
G: Don't keep trust in people, keep trust in that one divinity who is taking care of you by knowing that only the best will happen to you.
Q. Is it possible to get enlightenment on this path? How do we know when someone is enlightened?
Guruji:
- when you are completely detached, completely detached from everything around you
- when you feel love for everyone and feel you are love
- when you feel you are space, untouched and pure
- when all that you see here around you does not interest you, does not provoke you, does not disturb you...then another world altogether opens up....even gods, goddesses don't interest you, then another dimension opens up altogether
...this is enlightenment
Q. How to keep trust in people after many disappointments in life?
G: Don't keep trust in people, keep trust in that one divinity who is taking care of you by knowing that only the best will happen to you.
Saturday, March 12, 2016
What is pitr lok
After leaving the physical body, the place where soul departs to is Pitr Loka. These lokas are present here only. It is like TV channels. If you change a channel on the television, that does not mean the other channel disappears. It is still there, but you just can't see it. Similarly, we can see only this dimension, but there are other dimensions also that are present here, which we cannot see. The mind is like a television box, and the soul is where we have all the channels. This is so interesting.
You know, it is so mind-boggling, there are so many layers to this creation; one layer is of human life, another layer is of the departed souls, another layer is of the deities (everything happens from this layer). Then there is the layer of the Gandharva (the realm of music). Any renowned musician you meet, they have a Gandharva soul attached to them.
Like this, the creation has many layers.
You know, it is so mind-boggling, there are so many layers to this creation; one layer is of human life, another layer is of the departed souls, another layer is of the deities (everything happens from this layer). Then there is the layer of the Gandharva (the realm of music). Any renowned musician you meet, they have a Gandharva soul attached to them.
Like this, the creation has many layers.
CELEBRATING THE SILENCE
Weekly Knowledge #71
Bangalore Ashram
16 Oct 1996
India
CELEBRATING THE SILENCE
One who has given everything has also given freedom: Honor the freedom first and make good use of all things given to you.
Your sankalpas (intentions) and desires separate you from God.
Offer all the desires and your sankalpas to the Divine... then you are divine... you are God... you are free... lacking nothing.
Effort is the key in the relative,
Effortlessness is the key to the Absolute.
Your mind does not belong to you. Don't blame it.
Let the BIG SELF embrace it.
🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸
Bangalore Ashram
16 Oct 1996
India
CELEBRATING THE SILENCE
One who has given everything has also given freedom: Honor the freedom first and make good use of all things given to you.
Your sankalpas (intentions) and desires separate you from God.
Offer all the desires and your sankalpas to the Divine... then you are divine... you are God... you are free... lacking nothing.
Effort is the key in the relative,
Effortlessness is the key to the Absolute.
Your mind does not belong to you. Don't blame it.
Let the BIG SELF embrace it.
🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸
Monday, March 7, 2016
THE WELL BAKED POT
Weekly Knowledge #66
Bangalore Ashram
12 Sep 1996
India
THE WELL BAKED POT
If you pour water into a half baked pot, the pot becomes wasted and so does the water. If the pot is well baked and strong, then it does not matter whether you put the water into the pot or the pot into the water.
During Satsang that evening a devotee presents a beautiful hand crafted pot to Guruji. Another devotee presents a bouquet of roses. Placing the bouquet into the pot Guruji says, "If the pot is well baked, then it will hold the flowers."
Yet another gift of sweets is given to Guruji and He adds, "When you blossom the sweets come to you." Then came a box of (Sandesh) Sweets and Guruji concluded, "This is today's sandesh." (Sandesh is the Hindi word for message.)
🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸
Wish you a very Happy Shivratri
Bangalore Ashram
12 Sep 1996
India
THE WELL BAKED POT
If you pour water into a half baked pot, the pot becomes wasted and so does the water. If the pot is well baked and strong, then it does not matter whether you put the water into the pot or the pot into the water.
During Satsang that evening a devotee presents a beautiful hand crafted pot to Guruji. Another devotee presents a bouquet of roses. Placing the bouquet into the pot Guruji says, "If the pot is well baked, then it will hold the flowers."
Yet another gift of sweets is given to Guruji and He adds, "When you blossom the sweets come to you." Then came a box of (Sandesh) Sweets and Guruji concluded, "This is today's sandesh." (Sandesh is the Hindi word for message.)
🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸
Wish you a very Happy Shivratri
Saturday, March 5, 2016
SPECIAL or ORDINARY
Weekly Knowledge #64
Grimstad
28 Aug 1996
Norway
SPECIAL or ORDINARY
Are you special or ordinary?
What makes you special on the path? (Everyone is silent) Your perception, observation, and expressionhave advanced. What makes you ordinary on the path is that you are special! (Laughter) . . . . Because everybody thinks they are very special in some way or another!
Your perception has improved. You see the cause behind every cause, the Divine, and you see the great plan behind every small plan. You don't see the intentions behind others's mistakes and you are not a doubting Thomas.
Kiran: Who was doubting Thomas?
Shirley: Thomas doubted Jesus.
Bhanu: But I think he also got enlightened!
Stefano: Yes, but he was not sure! (Laughter)
Before getting onto the path you never observed your emotions. Now you observe your emotions, positive or negative, love or hatred, anger or compassion, pain or pleasure. Your observation has improved.
Your expression has improved. In the center-core of everyone there are all the good qualities. In the unfortunate and stressed ones it has not found an expression, but you have given an expression to these great qualities.
And soooo . . . . . you are extra . . . ordinary!
🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸
Grimstad
28 Aug 1996
Norway
SPECIAL or ORDINARY
Are you special or ordinary?
What makes you special on the path? (Everyone is silent) Your perception, observation, and expressionhave advanced. What makes you ordinary on the path is that you are special! (Laughter) . . . . Because everybody thinks they are very special in some way or another!
Your perception has improved. You see the cause behind every cause, the Divine, and you see the great plan behind every small plan. You don't see the intentions behind others's mistakes and you are not a doubting Thomas.
Kiran: Who was doubting Thomas?
Shirley: Thomas doubted Jesus.
Bhanu: But I think he also got enlightened!
Stefano: Yes, but he was not sure! (Laughter)
Before getting onto the path you never observed your emotions. Now you observe your emotions, positive or negative, love or hatred, anger or compassion, pain or pleasure. Your observation has improved.
Your expression has improved. In the center-core of everyone there are all the good qualities. In the unfortunate and stressed ones it has not found an expression, but you have given an expression to these great qualities.
And soooo . . . . . you are extra . . . ordinary!
🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸
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