Our misunderstandings,
our guilt,
all these things, they weigh upon us
and
they work like a man who is thrown in the river,
or in the ocean,
with a ten kilo weight on his feet.
He cannot swim.
So our situation is like that.
You know, moksha (liberation),
what do people understand by moksha?
Moksha means to become free.
‘Moksh hogaya’ means, ‘I have become free.’
But there too, there is a limit, to what extent am I free?
For example, if you take a prisoner,
you must have seen some prisoners carried on by hand,
taken by hand by the police. They are taken by hand.
There are other types of prisoners
where they handcuff them, in the front.
There are other types of prisoners,
they handcuff them in the back.
There are very hardened criminals,
where they are tied on their legs as well as on their hands.
Their legs are tied on chains,
so that they do not run away
and they are also tied, so that they do not do anything
foolish and attack you.
So this is the kind of bandhan (bondage), the trap,
they tie you up.
Now, in our day-to-day life, nobody is tying us up.
No policeman is tying us up.
Only our attachment, our misunderstandings,
our guilt, all these things, they weigh upon us
and they work like a man who is thrown in the river,
or in the ocean,
with a ten kilo weight on his feet.
He cannot swim.
So our situation is like that,
the burden on our heart
because of our preconditioning,
indoctrinations.
Nowadays you hear of terrorism, orthodoxy,
Hindutva (ideology of Hindu rights), you know fanaticism
of Christianity, or fanaticism of Islam,
or fanaticism of Hindu.
Fanaticism is fanaticism.
We do not want a fanatic Hindu.
We do not want a fanatic Muslim.
We do not want a fanatic Christian.
These are all burdens.
They jail you in your own heart.
They trap you in your own heart.
They create hatred in our heart.
When you have hatred in your heart,
do you think that you are hurting the other person?
You are not hurting the other person with hatred in your heart,
or anger in your heart.
So freeing yourself from all these negative emotions - hatred,
anger, discontent, lust - all these trap us.
Freeing ourselves from all these traps,
is Moksha, is Mukti, is liberation, is salvation.
Sahaj Marg system of Yoga,
goes much beyond Moksha and Mukti.
Because Moksha, I will put a question across to you.
What is the difference between Moksha and Mukti?
In English, what is the difference between
salvation and liberation
and can we go beyond liberation or Mukti?
Moksha is a lower state,
theoretically speaking. Let us understand this,
the difference between the three aspects of
our spiritual journey.
Moksha is a very limited state,
where you do some good work
and Nature rewards you for your good work
and says, “Okay,
you will be enjoying a bliss,
or some sort of a happy state after your death.”
But it is time bound, based on your karma (action).
When that reward is completed, you are sent back.
So you take a rebirth again. That is the status of Moksha.
What happens to liberation? Liberation is,
you go beyond Moksha.
All these opposites that we have - desires
versus contentment, restlessness versus peace,
anger versus love,
fear versus courage,
illusion versus clarity,
when we go beyond all these things, we are free.
You have no complaints against anybody, including yourself.
You become very generous in your heart.
Everything in Nature,
everything that surrounds us,
you become loving without any conditions.
That is Mukti. That is liberation.
You have no grimes to cry about or complain about.
And such a state is available to any Sahaj Marg practitioner
who goes beyond this Heart region.
I would wish you all to read at least Complete
Works of Ram Chandra -Volume I
and see the intricate journey that He has described
so brilliantly from His own personal experiences.
This book that is written by Babuji
is not a theoretical book.
He has
poured out His heart
that what is religion, what is spirituality,
what is the goal of life, how to achieve it,
how I should mould my life
to go beyond liberation,
how do I cross various Chakras (plexus),
the Yogic Chakras that we hear in the books.
Is there a state that is beyond
Sahasra dal Kamal (lotus with thousand petals),
can I go beyond liberation?
And what is the state of our soul
when we go beyond liberation?
And He puts it so nicely in the words.
At the same time,
He makes it possible for us. As and when we meditate,
we are able to
witness the changes in us
and we ascertain that, “Yes, what Babuji has written
about Hridaya chakra (Heart plexus) or
Sahasra Dal Kamal, or seventh Chakra,
or Agnya Chakra (third – eye plexus), they match.
The description in the book matches your
personal experiences. So what more do you want here,
you see? Religion talks about many things.
But there is no proof.
Sahaj Marg also talks about many things,
but everything with proof,
everything that we can personally experience ourselves.
So you need not even have a belief,
you need not even have a trust
that “Is this possible?” But yes,
it becomes possible when you close your eyes,
meditate every single day,
morning and evening and see how your life changes.