Satsang transcript 28April2016

Satsang Transcript today 28 April 2016 -
Sri Sri: Some people say, "Don't worry about the world, find your peace first."
Correct. That is the first step. But, once you found your peace, what do you do?
And when your peace is connected to so many people around you, how can you be an island of peace? Can you be?
No!
When you spread peace around you, only then your peace can also be permanent. Going inward is as important as reaching outside and transforming our environment. This has to happen simultaneously.
Someone says, "Just forget about the world. Don't try to bring peace in the world. Don't try to reform the world. Just go within your self and you find your peace."
In Art of living, we have found our peace. Haven't we?
Audience: Yes!
Sri Sri: The very first sitting you do, the very first thing you do, you are already peaceful. You understood to some extent the principles of life.
When we found the peace and joy, it is our duty to spread it across all around.
Art of Living is doing so much work around the World. In Latur, they are rejuvenating the 17th river in the country and 13th in Maharashtra. If everyone is trying to find their own inner peace and why bother about getting into river rejuvenation, even that person who wants to find peace cannot find joy or peace.
So, simultaneously. Because one meditated and finds one's inner joy, inner peace, the next step is you want to bring it to everybody.
Looks like we are one step ahead of those who just want to find peace within themselves. We have already found it. Now, we want to spread it to everybody.
Someone who has seen a good movie, is all enthusiastic. He wants to tell everybody, "Hey! Come, you see this movie. I will also come with you and watch it." Isn't it?

So that is the spirit with which Art of Living is working. You can only spread what you have. And if we are spreading peace and joy, it is because we have it.
Those who do not have peace and joy, let them search for it, find it. We have found it and we want to spread it, isn't it?
When it comes to joy, there is no end for joy and personal comfort. You can go on looking for it. More and more and more joy. But the nature of true joy is to share and care. And that is what Art of Living stands for to share and care. And the basis for this is the spiritual connect, spiritual elevation, spiritual attainment.

Q: Gurudev, how am I responsible for my past, present, and future karma yet I am not the doer?
Sri Sri: One thing is changing inside you and there is something inside you that is not changing. So you are a combination of both the changing and the non-changing. Life is a complex phenomenon of the form and the formless. You are both a doer and a non-doer. When you are getting into meditation, you are non-doer. Whenever you want to meditate, drop all responsibility and you go deep into your Self. When you are in activity, take 100% responsibility.

Unable to smile

Q: When you tell me to smile, I am unable to smile when I have problems. How can you help me?

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You know what obscures your smile? It is your desire. You want something and you are holding onto that thinking, “I want this, I want this.” That is what is making you miserable. Just wake up and say, "I don’t care" for a minute. Drop the desire and say, "I don’t want this", the next second something comes up in you, and that is a smile. Just say “I don’t want this, I’ll get whatever I need. Even if I want to meet Gurudev, I don’t care, I don’t want to meet him!” If that is bothering you, kick that desire too! Then you will see that you are totally relaxed and in total peace. As I said, three things obscure our being:
1. The ego
2. Desires
3. The intellect
So freeze these things for a little while and then see how meditation happens. Even just this intention, “I want to freeze these three things”, immediately makes a difference.

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Q: I have seen so many happy people here chasing you. I feel like I am the only one not connected to you. How do I know that I am connected to you?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You don’t have to emulate what others do, run after my car; you don’t need to do that. You just be yourself.

Jai guru dev

Q. What does  jai guru dev means?
Ans:-
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.

Conversions

What is needed today is conversion from the head to the heart and not from one religion to another. When you convert from one religion to another, you start comparing this is good, that is not good. If you are a spiritual person, you take wisdom from everywhere and honor everybody and walk your path. That is what the ancient tradition is all about -- let knowledge flow to us from every side. That is open mindedness.

This is the cause of terrorism in the world today. People think only their God is true God and every other God is false. They are creating so much havoc.

SENSITIVITY AND STRENGTH

Weekly Knowledge #106 Montreal Ashram 18 Jun 1997 Canada

Those who are sensitive often feel weak. Those who feel strong are often insensitive.

Some people are sensitive to themselves but insensitive to others . They often feel the others are "bad guys."

Those who are sensitive to others but not to themselves often end up feeling Poor me.

Some conclude it's better not to be sensitive ,because sensitivity brings pain. They shut off .But mind you , if you are not sensitive, you will lose all the finer things in life, too--intuition, beauty and ecstasy of love.

Insensitive people usually do not recognize their weakness .And those who are sensitive do not recognize that their sensitivity is their strength .

This path and this Knowledge make you strong and sensitive .

Sensitivity is intuition .Sensitivity is compassion . Sensitivity is love .Sensitivity is real strength: calmness , endurance ,silence ,non-reactiveness ,confidence ,faith --and a smile.

Be both sensitive and strong.

��Jai Guru Dev��

1 liner. What is growth in spiritual part

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Being more aware in life and laughing every moment, we pass through this world. That is growth, that is blossoming in our personality.