in the christian tradition there's a concept of guardian angels do each one of us have one
there are angels for every city similarly wealthy people have yaksha there are angels for musicians
they are called gandharvas i was visited by the essence of somebody who had just passed
away is that my imagination or is that a real phenomenon usually in dream state of consciousness
people who passed away they do visit us do aliens share our planet there may be many planets in
which people are living in ancient scriptures they say 14 world and 14 suns and 14 solar systems
in the christian tradition there's a concept of guardian angels do each one of us have
one or several and if so are they in the subtle realm or are they in a physical form yeah there
are angels for every city they are called yakshas every city has a yaksha and then
there are angels for musicians they are called gandharvas gandarwa souls a very very specific
angel specific energy see they bring lot of fame to them well to them but no happiness you will see
artists in general their personal life is very miserable they are not happy but they bring
happiness to others this is gandarwa souls they do that without gandarwa soul they can't be an
artist who is well known or famous and if they walk the spiritual path if they find a teacher
master and they get into a path then their misery is gone they'll be happy personally too
and similarly um wealthy people have yaksha that's the name of the d archangel for
for people with wealth they often have some issues with their progeny one generation would be okay
but the second generation they will have issues with no peace of mind because of progenies again
when they walk the spiritual path then will be happy then they will get over that karma of pain
similarly politicians they have another so-called kinneras angels so cities and place also have
they're called shaitra palak they take care of the place they have a specific name for so this
chaitra has a chaitrapal a particular angel for that place similarly every family has got one
archangel if you go into this field it is so deep so vast and very fascinating and coming on the
spiritual path then you get over all this karma personal karma family karma karma of the community
time every time has got certain pattern of karma all that can be crossed over sail through is
gurudev is there something we can do to feel the presence of angels and how do we encourage them to be with us
now first of all you don't need to feel their presence because you are one angel
okay second thing is when you are centered when you have a kind heart and a selfless attitude of
service to society they flock around see like iron to magnet the magnet doesn't have to think
what i need to do to pull the iron filings towards me it's just there and human life is
very precious in the sense it brings a lot of good vibration to almost every species
on earth as well as the subtle level of angels your meditation your kind-heartedness
all brings such solace and joy to angels don't think they only give you comfort and joy
they receive a lot of joy from you too it's a two-way communication when you're centered all
the beautiful energies all the angels in the world they love you and they come close to you
all that you need to be centered and not think about all that and what about me what about me
forget about yourself do what you can do to the planet to people when goodness in us
arises godliness dawns by itself when a loved one passes on do they live in alternate universes
and do they become our angels all is possible yeah they do have another dimension definitely
and in that dimension it depends on their cravings and their abortions their impressions of their
life but for first few days the soul is so confused when someone dies for a couple of days
they have left this universe they have not yet used to the other side and so
they are in a confusion it takes a little while for them to get used to the other realm
but once they are there then they send you blessings
so guruji congress recently passed a bill on the existence of unidentified aerial phenomena
previously called ufos so my question is do aliens share our planet and if so can you speak on this
well you cannot say no and you cannot say yes until you have a proof all that you can
say perhaps maybe they do have proof actually they have the proof yeah yeah that that answers
but what is it as i said you know we don't have to believe this is the only planet in
the whole galaxy where human lives are thriving how did he thrive here like that there may be
many planets in which people are living maybe even more advanced than ours
so this possibility nobody can rule out in ancient scriptures they say 14 world
and 14 suns and 14 solar system and so 14 earths they talk about so these are the cognitions that
ancient seers have had when they went deep in meditation but if science is also talking about it
there are multiple universe multiple solar systems present see ants live in their universe bees live
in their universe they know all different species they all live in their own universe
even inside of you there is a whole universe of bacteria your intestine has 150 000
type of microbes there are mites on your forehead they all live in their own different
areas you know there are three different type of mites on our forehead one leave on on the edge
the other leaves very close to your hairline one in the middle they don't cross their
boundaries so if you go deep into the nature there is multiple universe there are universe
which is beyond our comprehension our brain is only a frequency analyzer we can only
experience certain bandwidth of light certain bandwidth of sound but beyond that you can't say
the planet doesn't exist the universe doesn't actually in fact much more exist beyond this
little bandwidth of ours so our perception when it improves we can step into another realm of
our own self Gurudev if there are multiple versions of me living in parallel universes do we all have
the same soul and would there be other versions of me that are more enlightened
possible see it's all your reflection but some mirrors can be such things some mirrors you may
look very fat another mirror you may look much thinner and taller you know you have
seen these mirrors you know it's all you but can be reflected in different manners right
so all that is possible there are five of your reflection is for sure exists there
are five of me five of every one of us exists simultaneously in the universe
gurudev you teach us that 99% of what's going on is taking place on the subtle
can you give us an idea of what's going on in that 99% everything else is going on there
all that is happening is happening in the subtle first the hydrogen and oxygen both are combustible
oxygen is needed for fire to exist and hydrogen is combustible but together they make water which
puts out the fire isn't it so in the subtle it's happening when these two gases have come together
and they form water and similarly so many cells in your body are dying every day and so many are
being born every day so your body is a maternity home as well as a burial ground a body is so
every day there is a funeral happening in our body and every day there is new cells being born
they know before a thought arises something else is happening inside us where the self
and the intellect the mind is all involved and it's a beautiful verse in in sanskrit it
talks about how a thought arises inside of it when you speak a word what is the mechanic say says
when the being shakes hands with the intellect and then it allows a little bit of wind to pass
through the focal cord when there is warmth and heat produced and that stimulates the brain
and then a word comes out of your mouth and there are four levels of speech the words we speak
is gross it's called vicry is in the gross level of speech but before that it arises as a faint
idea deep within and be and beyond that there are two more levels of feeling and vibrations which
the animals speak animals can feel and there is a silent layer from which all these thoughts
ideas feelings they all get generated that is part of our very self or consciousness which
the entire universe can communicate with it is no language but it is just from the silent level
a herd of wild elephants they rampaged the whole banana plantation but they left one tree untouched
they uprooted all the trees except one tree in that one tree there was a nest a small
birds were there and the elephants did not touch that
the herd of wild elephants did no harm to those birds on the nest you know all these animals
they are from very different species but they are communicating amongst themselves i mean
it's something that opens the door to to this other universe that exists out here
so you find that intelligence in creation and there is a level of communication which is
non-verbal gurudev when i was a little kid and also as an adult i was visited by the essence
of somebody who had just passed away is that my imagination or is that a real phenomenon usually
in dream state of consciousness people who passed away they do visit us and it's very common people
they visit you in dreams but we don't have to take it too seriously because our own minds
impressions sometimes interfere there so our own feelings of guilt or gratitude love or hate
or whatever emotions we have been having hook to them can manifest little strongly there
this is most possible scenario but there are instances where they come and express their
wish their desires they communicate in dreams and then also in meditation many times in people
when they meditate go deep in samadhi meditation they can experience
sense of fragrance or the presence and on the third scenario is when you intentionally
invite them invoke them then they do make their presence felt but there is no criteria
whether it is true or whether it is your own imagination that's why you say take it easy
hi gurji uh so various cultures have used psychedelic substances to
explore different dimensions and energies do the vedas talk about these substances at all
and is it a legitimate way to explore different dimensions or does it have a negative impact on
humans a human's karma well the substances or drugs have opened up those ways because
they could alter the chemical in the brain so you could perceive differently you get a peep
into another dimensions but the thing is with all these recreational drugs they cause huge
damage to our nervous system and then it makes you get addicted to them that's not desirable
that's not something that helps you in your revolution yeah the in the ancient scriptures
they do say there are certain medicines and that can bring you an elevated state of
consciousness yes but i would say that when you can do it with your own breath and meditation
why would anybody go for drugs to alter one's consciousness when it's right under your nose
you don't have to go looking for something that would make you sad and miserable later
because the swing is very big uh with the recreational truck maybe for a few minutes it
keeps someone elevated but then the crash is too big but whereas with meditation with pranayama and
breathing exercise there is no crash are there extraordinary abilities or powers that we can
access and so how do we do that you know you call some power extraordinary if you are not used to it
or if it's new to you i think and you find that trades almost everywhere there are people who can
do many things people who can just bend the spoon looking at it and there are people who can predict
there are all psychic abilities that comes down it's not a big deal you know they're all different
training if you get those trainings then you can do that in our kids in art of
living we have this intuition process totally blindfolded the kids are able to read write
ride bicycles play video games all blindfolded and it appears to be an extraordinary feat but
if you go into it scientifically yeah it's possible because they are using
another cognitive aspect of brain which we have not been using it see if you are
not used to sitting on the floor then you find it very difficult you cannot sit in vajrasana
or in padmasana if you want to sit in lotus posture you have to train yourself a little bit
like that these different faculties can be trained and which may appear to be a
somewhat extraordinary but when you get used to it it becomes an ordinary stuff
usual stuff gurudev what is the spirit of the consciousness of the enlightened masters of the
past present and future see you cannot comprehend the nature of enlightened consciousness you cannot
it's like your nose cannot see eyes cannot smell nothing else can really know
you so the ancient scripture said one thing knowing that you become that
and only when you become that you can know that
and so there is no other description whether it's waking dreaming sleeping
or something higher than that knowing that you become that
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