Now he is saying the consequence of
such chanting,
such
meditation upon the name
of God will be
that our
mind, consciousness
will turn inwards.
The problem is
the Kathopanishad states,
the creator Brahma has
created our senses such that
they are outwardly directed.
The eyes want to see, the ears
want to hear.
the nose wants to smell.
so all these senses
are outwardly oriented.
and they are tugging away at the mind.
Hence our mind is
searching for happiness on the outside.
This search for happiness on the outside
is the whole
problem.
Have you got happiness? No. Then?
I will get it.
I have not got it today
because I am only a deputy director.
If I become CEO, I will
definitely be happy.
Has the CEO got happiness? No, no. I am
CEO of Samsung. If I become CEO of Apple, I will
be happy. So this
running is going on and all of us
are spending our whole life
in this pursuit.
So we are looking on the outside.
Naturally, we are forgetting the inside,
to cultivate the inner life.
When the inner life is bankrupt,
no matter what we get on the outside,
the peace of mind that we seek
will not be achieved.
If we really want
the peace and happiness,
we have to decide,
I do not need to run for
happiness to get it tomorrow.
Let me look inside me
and when my mind becomes
peaceful, I will
find that joy right now
inside.
not on the outside.
That will happen
when we turn inwards.
So
our
saints have said
that just like the kasturi deer,
the
katsuri deer, I believe in English is
the musk deer.
It has the fragrance inside it.
But it is so aromatic that it
appears to have spread around in
the forest. So
this kasturi deer runs,
where is this wonderful aroma coming from?
It does not realize, it's coming from within itself.
similarly
Saint Kabir said,
...hindi verse...
everybody is running.
You ask them
what are you running for?
"For happiness."
So just stop a moment, and decide
where is the happiness?
I do not have time, I am busy running.
Now if only we could stop,
become little introverted, we will find
that all this running is
all a waste of time and energy.
This endeavour that
happiness is in the future, is our
mistake. Because when the future comes,
again we will look for it in the future.
Again when the future comes, we will look for it in the future.
And lifetime passed by.
The way to be happy
is to be joyous in the present.
And that requires us turning our sight
from the outside to the inside.
If you want to be successful on the
outside,
rather than struggling so much
just turn your focus inside.
Become successful on the inside,
in managing your mind,
in controlling your sentiments
and emotions. When we
purify our mind,
external success will automatically
come.
That's the way God's creation works.
And if you run for external success,
and do not bother about
internal purification,
that external success will be ephemeral.
But unfortunately, the design of our senses,
which tug at the mind, is such
they are always looking
on the outside.
So Maharshi Patanjali
says, keep chanting the name
of God.
The first benefit you will get,
will be your consciousness will
go inside.
And there in the
purifying mind, in the stilled mind,
you will find the presence of the
Soul and of God.
And you will start relishing the
bliss of connecting with them.
And when that connection is established,
then all the waves and the turmoil
outside will be
unable to disturb
your inner peace.
And the second he says,
is the impediments to devotion
will be destroyed.
The impediments to the highest
realization.
This is an interesting point.
The impediments.
What are the impediments?
Again we think of them as on the outside.
My husband is like this, my wife is
like this, my neighbour is the cause
of my problems, and kalyug is the cause
of all problems. It is all because of the
republicans or the democrats.
All the impediments are inside us.
Vaman Bhagvan had said,
why do you search for demons on the outside?
The biggest demons are inside you -
Lust, Greed, Anger
Hatred, Envy.
Battle these demons on the inside.
That is the real brave person.
...hindi verse...
The real
brave person is the one who
can defeat the demons inside.