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Gurudev I've been blessed with so much but I have not even used them but the mind is
constantly after what I don't have why does the Mind always run after what we don't have?
well you are aware that the mind is running after what it doesn't have then it's a half is half
the problem is solved already right there
it's when we don't even know where the mind is running
and knowing that this running after something which doesn't exist is futile
then the more problem
now you have already found a solution you became aware of it and that's it
it's already in its way out
yeah nature of mind is to go for the highest to go for more joy more
fun more you know something more and more and more
and the moment it turns inside and it says that more is not out there
but it is here then that is called samadhi
when the mind gets into such tranquility serenity
and contentment so contentment is a sort of practice you need to do
again and again remind yourself
hey look contentment is the way it's a practice I need to do
and then you will start seeing that happening in life effortlessly
it's so it's like cleanliness that's why Maharshi Patanjali said among the Niyamas the rules that
one has to follow in life first is cleanliness cleanliness doesn't happen to you all by itself
by nature you get dirty but as a practice you do to
to be clean isn't it?
yeah does cleanliness happen to you naturally? no you have to practice it
you have to take shower suppose you don't take shower at all how dirty you will be
nobody can sit next to you come even near anywhere close to you right?
you have to brush your teeth you have to clean your body or to clean like that
cleanliness is a practice contentment Santosha is also a practice
that you need to do remind yourself again and again oh I am going to be content
suppose the world ends today how do you want to exit from the world?
discontented? grumbling?
keeping all the desires in your head? it only makes you weak isn't it?
one who has
contentment walks like a king one who has fewer desires or no desires is a master yeah
Gurudev my mind is fairly okay when I'm in the ashram but in the outside world I get
into lustful thoughts and action despite 15 years of being on the
path I'm feeling that I have not made much progress please guide
no no no no no don't
don't be too hard on yourself
lustful thoughts come due to old habit number one
second food
and the activity that you engage in
these are the things if you are engaging watching all the pornography and all that things
which are which instigate lust it will come
you see? but if you are keeping yourself busy
in activities which are much bigger
then you will see those things don't bother you so much
and even if it comes so what? never mind those thoughts come they go
don't act on it then you'll be in trouble
yeah
sadhana is very essential through sadhana you can control otherwise you know as you age
then your body no longer can respond to it it will go away from
see lust is only in between some ages that's all right?
it is never there in your very young it's never there when you are very old
so in in this period you you keep have a break
Gurudev I am single on Valentine's Day it makes me feel lonely and bitter towards other couples
how do I overcome it?
come on there is nothing idealistic about it okay one day
they exchange roses and say oh honey I love you you love me and you will see that it doesn't last
every day like that yeah if you want to have a companion that's a different thing don't
compare with others and think they are having a great time that's just an illusion that you have
yeah you ask many of them would so many times feel oh better I was all by myself like a bird
and so free do whatever I can now
everything I have to consult everything I have to get approval
this is the thing that goes on in many people's mind so remember this is a secret I'm telling you
many couples envy people who are single and having great time
and freedom they say oh look at that person is so free yeah
there is a saying the other what the other bank is always greener right?
huh grass is always greener on the other bank yeah that's it
but that I am not discouraging you to have a relationship you can have no problem but
don't have to feel down only on one day if you're feeling down on every day it's a different thing
Gurudev in many depictions of the of the Kali Devi she is shown as standing on Shiva
is there any underlying message here for husbands or boyfriends?
when you cannot control somebody standing up you lie down then you can control somebody
that's the message Shiva is giving Shiva could not control Kali standing up and so he laid down
he laid down in front of her and she stepped on him then she felt very shy and she became calm
and that is the story Kali became Shant Shant Kali
I mean the deeper significance is that Kali is symbol of knowledge and Shiva is the one
who represents infinity and transcendence
beyond this material world
so the true knowledge dawns to you
when you go beyond the five senses when you have the transcendental knowledge
then through when you have transcendental experience true wisdom dawns that is what it is
Gurudev in western countries we uh western countries do not perform rituals
like Shraadh after death in their family does this mean that those souls won't be liberated?
or rituals are not applicable?
see more than ritual it's a feeling there also yeah Memorial services are there
there All Saints Day is a day in the west where people go to the graves of their dear ones
and put flowers there they are there yeah so isn't it John?
huh? all? All Souls Day yeah All Souls Day is a day when people go to the grave of their
near and dear ones and they put the roses and they remember them they pray there
yeah they do
Gurudev it is said that a shivling should not be placed at home
what are the rules I must follow?
no no no no see so many people don't keep shivling
don't keep this don't keep that just don't listen do what you want
you want to keep a shivling you keep why not keep shivling at home?
who says that?
no no nothing like that
in fact a house should have a shivling it's nothing wrong in it
Shiva represents the totality everything