Gurudev they say that to attain Liberation
one has to find the Shaktipat
what is the Shaktipat? and where is it?
you have done Sudarshan Kriya?
you feel the tingling? you feel the experience? that is it
you have taken Sahaj Samadhi meditation?
and you find the inner tranquility? and that is it
yeah there are three types of Shaktipat
actually only two
one is little Rajasik which is a little dramatic
where your body shakes and you feel suddenly something
another is a very gentle the Satvik Shaktipat
you don't even realize but you already feel the serenity tranquility feel the peace
we opted for the second one yeah
actually that is the first one
Gurudev even though the Devi could have destroyed all the Demons by herself
she multiplies herself into so many forms and fights the asuras together
what is the lesson to be learned from this?
in a play diversity is always a joy
you know? and that's what diversity is what nature loves
see you can have just one chopper in the kitchen but you don't you have grater
you have a chopper you have the different type of blades to chop vegetables don't you?
you chop potato differently you chop um ladies fingers differently
sometimes you chop your own finger too
and so even in the chopper grater you find some small holes and big holes some
different even varieties right? when you grate Amla it is different when you grate
cucumber it is different carrots you grate it differently so we love diversity don't we?
and see how not everybody is in a uniform everybody is wearing their different dresses
and Devi with so many forms simply showing how diversity is the language of divinity yeah
Gurudev there is one attitude which says just focus on the good things
other says we have to have a reality check and not be naive
which of these is the right attitude?
both somewhere in between
you can't be naive at the same time you can't be too rigid also we keep doubting everything
somewhere in the middle path
that's where you listen to your intuition I'd say
you know sometimes your your own mind your own intellect can be very deceptive
but if you're intuitive
intuition can not be defective or deceptive
if it's deceptive it was never an intuition got it?
Gurudev I don't like being told I am wrong and it shakes me up completely
please help me out of this
do one thing tell a few of your friends to tell you that you are wrong
for one week not even one week three days
they should tell everything you do is wrong
then see what happens
it will be like a vaccine for you
Gurudev I did kitchen seva while I was peeling two potatoes someone next to me
finished peeling 10. I felt I didn't do as much seva as the other person
what is the right attitude to have?
never mind you didn't chop your fingers that is good enough
don't have to compare with others
you peeled two potatoes today and tomorrow you do it four
just compete with your own self okay
and you can learn from others see how skillfully others are doing yeah sure
Gurudev every individual is born under one of the 27 nakshatras
which is light years away what is the connection between these stars and us?
see macrocosm and microcosm are very closely linked
in fact there's it's one continuum
and so then everything is linked to everything else yeah
and they're all cyclic
a particular star and moon coincides on a particular day and then you call that is my star
it's a movement of star and the particular the movement of moon
with a particular star that determines what is your star
Gurudev I am just it is shocking that a decent person like me is
having such terrible thoughts of sex um I have never acted on them and never will
what is the origin of these thoughts? and how can I come out of it?
no no don't be scared about the thoughts
different thoughts come at different time
and sometimes you feel it's completely wrong thought that's coming to my head
I have seen many people
go through this sort of turbulence
now I say just don't be shaken by a thought a thought is a thought
you know and the more you resist the more they come back to you
the more you are scared the more you are allowing it to multiply
just welcome it it's just a thought never mind
yeah good
Gurudev how to tackle a relationship when I am being judged all the time?
why you think you're being judged all the time?
if someone is judging let them do
you be centered you do what you want to do got it?
you can't change someone's thinking
but you can express yourself better
you can win over everyone with your love and with your sacrifice
you know in any relationship you need the spirit of sacrifice spirit of letting go
you always say only my way my way or highway it's not going to work
Gurudev I thought the spiritual path was about killing the ego
but you speak of belongingness and expanding the ego
which is the right way?
what do you think?
you kill your ego then I kill my ego is the biggest ego got it?
don't go into that trip nobody has been successful in trying to kill their ego
just be natural
include everybody in the I that you feel yeah the move from I to We
is the answer got it?
do I have to go through the debit and credit of past Karma even after I have the Guru?
well well to some extent may be
to some extent not to a great extent no
Gurudev I've started meditating now but how do I know that I have experienced samadhi?
well do you know that your meditation is neither sleep nor waking nor dreaming?
and a restful alertness?
it's a wakeful restness or restful alertness that is good enough that's how you begin
see in the first few meditation it you only recover the lost energy in the system
your system is so tired your mind is tired your body is tired your nervous system is worn out
with so much stimuli and so many outgoing experiences
so first few sessions of meditation is
like making the needle come away come out of the reserve
see when your car the needle has the petrol has gone down below the zero or below Reserve
what it does the moment you fill?
it first shows reserve and then comes up right?
like that first few sessions of meditation maybe even few months
is needed even to recuperate your physical energy
and then you know it it leads to the mental arena
so continue don't stop
how to handle the feeling of not having achieved anything big in life?
so what? you achieve very big then what?
it's all gone the curtain is going to come down one day
look at all the big achievers what all they have done
they're all gone
nobody remembers
do you see what I am saying? yeah
the merits one accumulates in this lifetime how does it help me once I leave the body?
don't hold on to merits if you're hold on holding on to merits it doesn't stay as Merit
just let go of everything merits are they'll just be with you
why? because it is your nature to do good do you see what I'm saying? by Nature
you are a wonderful person and good things you do is just the reflection of who you are
and it's nothing great
if sugar is sweet it's because it's nature is sweet
if Sandalwood is fragrant is spreading fragrance its because it is in its nature
so like that if you think you are doing some act good act just to gain Merit
it's not there but just be natural and do what is needed
then you have risen even above the merits and demerits
that's the spiritual path lifting you up from all this duality
yeah that's good enough today no? a lot to think about