“Next chakra is Ajna.”

Next chakra is Ajna. Ajna, Agya...Ajna in Bengali, Bangla pronunciation. What happened, because I read Bengali, so Ajna, Bangla pronunciation. So how to...how this chakra gets locked. This chakra gets locked, because of the seriousness. And how to open this chakra?- what I did just now do it always - just laugh. Laughter is the key to open this chakra. Have you observed, all of you are writing seriously to lock this chakra. Have you observed, whenever you think seriously, this place gets simply it is a…. some changes happen. Either this way or this way, but this place is having a change. Whenever you think seriously, you get headache and there are few people who only gives headache, never gets and there are few people that is exemption, but generally whenever you think seriously anything, whenever you take anything seriously, whenever you analyse anything seriously, you get a headache, you get this ajna chakra affected. Situated in the eyebrows, that is what is called “Varanasi”.

Varanasi means not that it is in Uttar Pradesh. Many people used to tell that,” If you die in Varanasi you will get mukthi.” I don’t think it is a logic, simply whomsoever dies in the Varanasi it will get mukthi - what is the logic?! Then why for tapasya! Then let us all go to live in Varanasi and one day after we die, then we will get mukthi, that cannot be the logic. Varanasi means, the place between the “Varana” and “Nasi”, between the eyebrows and nose - ajna chakra. If you die in Varanasi, if you die in Varanasi, you will be enlightened. Please be very clear. If you die in Varanasi you will be enlightened, not if you die in UP Varanasi. Triputi, Triputi is a different word they use. They use the ‘Triputi’ word to explain Vedantic techniques. Yes you can use any word, you can use any word, but the same thing, the place which is centred between the eyebrows and the nose.

Participant - “If you die in happiness you attain mukthi.”

Swamiji -

That is what! If you are living in the…. the key to open this chakra is happiness, (inaudible…) laughter happiness. If you are happy, this chakra will be opened. If you die in Varanasi, if you die in happiness you will be enlightened, you will be in mukthi, you will be attaining the mukthi. Not that if you die in Varanasi you will get mukthi. Of course Ramakrishna says authoritatively that he has seen that when the people die in UP Varanasi they get enlightened, they get mukthi. So according to the authority of Ramakrishna, I accept and bow down to his words, but logically I think, this can be much more developed, interpretation of that word, because if you simply keep this type of (inaudible…..), this type of lazy keys, these people will all go and stay in Varanasi and be lazy and do what they want. (inaudible conversations)

So how this chakra gets locked, by seriousness. All our seriousness is just about sand castles, sand castles, is it not? Sand castles…. sand castles. Our whole life, do you think is there anywhere any more value than sand castles? I think even sand castle has got some value. If I compare our whole life with sand castle, sand castles may go to court and make Me condemnation. Nothing is left out. If we compare our life with……… They may go to God’s court and tell,” These human beings, they are blaming their life into me, equal to me, how can they be equal to me.” All our life, all our worries, all our seriousness is, nothing but about sand castle. And one more key word you please write down, the key to unlock this chakra, whenever you, remember just use this key - all seriousness is sickness. Write down, all seriousness, when I say all - I mean all.

All our life we are working, we are dreaming, we are seriously thinking, doing so many things - what for?! Finally where we end, where we land, what happens? What is the final conclusion, result? What is... what is the result? Can anyone tell, anyone want to tell? Nothing but sand castles. All our life finally we have acquired through sand castles. That is the result. Whenever you take anything serious, just remember, through seriousness nothing can be solved. Yesterday itself, I told you one small incident, that when you two play chess - somebody who is a witnesser, somebody who is from outside, when you play chess somebody who is witnessing can give a right solution. Why? Because you are serious, when you are serious you are sick. So, all your sickness originates from seriousness.

Participant - “Without seriousness how can we achieve anything?”

Swamiji -

Man who thinks seriously he never achieves, man who thinks sincerely only achieves. There is a big difference between seriousness and sincerity. Sincerity, if you’ve planned sincerely, even if you fail as I told you, even if he fails, he will not feel that you have cheated, you will not feel you are reject, feel rejected. You will feel you have done your best.

Participant - “Won’t there be seriousness and sincerity also?”

Swamiji -

I think, not I think, I say from My experience - seriousness never gets associated with sincerity, seriousness always gets associated with worries. Worry and planning - there are two things - psychological planning and real planning. There are two things. If you plan something very clearly, you have to plan for what you have to do, in reality what you have to do, where you have to go, everything you have to plan. Planning, there is nothing, that is nothing wrong. Chronological plan, according to the chronological dates, you will be planning. There is nothing wrong in it, that is called sincerity. But something inside if you see, postponing the happiness, if I get one house then I will be happy. When you get the house, you will not be happy as you, immediately. If I get tomorrow one refrigerator, I will be happy. When you get the fridge, if I get tomorrow such and such a thing I will be happy.

Just postponing you time, postponing your happiness, postponing your life, just at present I will be worrying and work, be serious. When I get all these things I will be simple relaxed, I’ll be happy. This psychological postponing, this psychological worry, this psychological plan, that is what is always associated with seriousness. And sincerity, never sincerity means, when even when you are working you will be happy, when that thing comes you will be more happy, when something else comes you will be more happy. From ananda to ananda to ananda is what called sincerity. From tukka to tukka to tukka is what called seriousness. Seriousness generates from sickness, sickness generates from seriousness, both are father of each other. Seriousness begets sickness, sickness begets seriousness.................... yes, ah yes, silence is understood as seriousness.

So, all seriousness is sickness, how to open, how to open the chakra? Just laugh whenever you feel even in the............. Don’t be afraid you’ll be put in the asylum. No there is no need to be afraid at all. Asylum may give good treatment than society. Ah yes, the laughter, the laughing, taking the things lightly, taking the things happily, will open this chakra. Whenever you remember just be in a blissful mood. You can, you can think yourself “uddhared atmanatmanam natmanam avasadayet.” You have to bring yourself up by yourself only, nobody else can do it. Gita says you have to bring yourself up. It is you to decide whether I will become enemy of myself or whether I will become friend of myself. Gita says - “uddhared atmanatmanam natmanam avasadayet.”