“Somebody asked Me, “Swamiji, why should I chant god's name?”

Somebody asked Me, “Swamiji, why should I chant god's name? Why should I surrender myself to the god”? If you don’t want to chant Ram’s name what you will be doing? You will be chanting your wife’s name. If you don’t surrender to your god you will be surrendering to your mind. Nothing else. What else you will do? People ask Me, “If I surrender everything to god what will happen to my freedom”? But understand you have no such thing as freedom. As on now your ego, your mind is ruling you. Just your mind is ruling you. When you say, “Yes” to god, you say, “No” to mind. Mind and the meditation, mind and the energy they are like mother in laws, daughter in laws. How much you try you cannot make them live together. Just you cannot make. It is a clear, simple truth. I have seen many times just because she loves something this person will hate. Just because she loves no other reason. Just because she loves, she will hate. I have seen, always if the mother in law first comes to Me, daughter in law will never come. If daughter is gets attached with Me mother in law will never come. Because always the other is wrong.

If you have a clear cut idea she is wrong. Anything she does you know, you know for sure. You don’t have the argument and pass judgement. You know for sure if she does it is wrong. And she knows if you do it is wrong. They both don’t go hand in hand. They both don’t stay together. Because both try to possess the same son. The same man is possessed by both. Same person mother also try to possess, wife also try to possess. Sameway your Self, your Being will be possessed by the mind and the consciousness. Meditation and the mind both will try to possess your Being. If you say, “Yes” to someone you have to say, “No” to someone. If you say, “No” to someone you have to say, “Yes” to someone. So, understand you can say yes to only one person not to two person. If you know the technique please teach Me. Because thousands are asking. If you know the technique to say yes to both please teach Me.

You can’t say, “Yes” to both. You need to say, “Yes” to only one. You can say only to one. Somebody asked, they asked one Swami, a great spiritual person, “Swamiji, please teach me the mantra to convert my wife into spirituality.” He said, “If I would have known that mantra why I become Swami.” So, if you know the mantra to say, “Yes” to both teach Me because so many are asking Me. You can’t say no to… say yes to both the persons. Either if you say yes to daughter in law you have to say wife or or say no to mother in law. Sameway if you say, “Yes” to the mind you will say, “No” to the meditation. If you say, “Yes” to the meditation no other way you have to say, “No” to the mind. Either you can surrender to Rama or Kama that’s all. That’s a beautiful verse by Tulsi - where Rama is there Kama cannot be; where Kama is there Rama cannot be. Anybody knows the verse, Hindi verse? Tulsi’s beautiful verse in Tulsi Ramayana before starting the Ramayana they used to chant this. This is the introductory verse of the Tulsi Ramayana.

Where there is Kama there cannot be Rama; where there is Rama there cannot be Kama. So, when you say, “No” to your mind you get solidified, you get integrated, you get centered, you get strengthened. when you say, “Yes” to your mind you let go your life in the way as it goes; in the way as it goes. You reach nowhere; you .. simple you reach nowhere. whenever you say, “No” to your mind your whole energy gets collected, whole energy gets solidified, your whole energy gets strengthened, whole Being gets centered. This iyama, iyama means the rules and the regulations or the techniques and the methods to say, “No” to your mind; to say, “No” to your ego; to say, “No” to the senses which pulls you down to the earth which does not allow you to fly and the height of the consciousness. The first step iyama has got five separate branches. Satyam, brahmacharya, ahimsa, aparigraha, asteya.

Satya: First go to the satya. It’s a beautiful thing. We understand satya means not telling the lies. Am I right? Satya means you understand as a truth. That’s is big problem. The satya word don’t have a equivalent word is sanskrit in.. in english. Truth does not mean satya. Please understand. Truth word is not an equivalent term for satya. Satya has got three dimension. Truth conveys only one dimension of it. Satya means being truthful in word, mouth and deed; in mind, in word and deed. In Tamil there is beautiful three words; meimai (மெய்ம்மை), vaimai (வாய்மை), unmai (உண்மை). If you understand Tamil you understand these three words. Otherwise I will translate. Meimai (மெய்ம்மை) means the satya practice in the body, the body level the mei (மெய்). Vaimai (வாய்மை) means the satya practiced in the level of mouth, vaimai not the lipstick. Unmai (உண்மை) means the satya practiced in the level of mind. When you practice the satya in all three levels manasa, vasa, karma he said beautifully; the mind, and the word, and the deed only then it is called truth.

But ordinarily the word truth is understood only as a verbal truth. Verbal truth is only one dimension of truth. It does not mean all the three layers of truth. See, most of us we speak only the truth and we have to speak the truth. Now lie detector machines have come. Lie detector machines have come. Most of us, we speak only truths. We speak only truth in the verbal way. But please understand we speak truth in words in thousands of ways we don’t live in the body. We don’t live the truth in the body language. You need to understand. A small story. Albert Einstein the great scientist of last century, the greatest truth discovered in last century is discovered by Einstein. Einstein is the person who turn.. who turned the whole scientists, the whole perspective of the west, whole perspective of the science towards the eastern spirituality. The last word of Einstein is, “Everything exists is energy. Whatever exists is energy.” That is the last word of Einstein. Somebody asked Einstein, “You say whatever exists is energy. How matter becomes energy and energy becomes matter? How can whatever exists becomes energy?

Einstein says, “Here ends science and starts spirituality.” He says, “This question cannot be answered logically.” Finally, in his last books if you read he speaks more like a Rishi than like a scientist. He has got a .. he send a beautiful work in his last days of life. Only one thing I will quote from him. His last word… still now I think still now the up.. still not updated his theory, still now people could not update. I don't know tomorrow or day after tomorrow they will update or not, Because the speed in which it is going but till today we were not able to update Einstein. Almost he holds good or he holds the truth. He says whatever exists is energy. That’s the last word as on now from the science. The first word of the first upanishad is Esha vasyam idam sarvam. Whatever exists is energy. The last word of the science and the first word of the upanishad; the first veda is rig veda; the first upanishad is Esa vasya upanishad. The first statement of the Esa vasya upanishad is Esha vasyam idam sarvam - whatever exists is energy. The last word of the science and the first word of the upanishads; last word of the science and first word of the spirituality is one and the same.

So, Einstein says where science ends where spirituality starts. Somebody asked him at the time of death, “ If god gives you one more birth how he want to take birth? What form, what way you want to live”? Everybody was expecting that Einstein will say, “I will become a atomic scientist.” Everybody thought he will say that a I want to become a atomic scientist or I want to become this or that. But he gave a beautiful reply, “ If god gives me one more birth I want to become a plumber.” Just a plumber. Nobody could understand. Then he says, “Throughout my life from the young age I had the deep desire to live like a plumber, to live the life of the plumber. In the young age I took up only that job. Somehow by situation I ended up in the hands of scientist. By comparing, comparing and running with them, learning this way and that way my mind is also brainwashed. Finally I become a great scientist. Today I have all the wealth, popularity, name and fame, power everything science can provide, everything a man can have. I have everything but I feel that I have missed my life. I feel I missed my life.” He makes one more beautiful statement, “The greatest truth discovered by me but my life has become a lie.” When.. you need to understand this one more thing when you don’t live your life, when you don’t live your choice you make your whole life as a lie. You may not tell a lie verbally but in body, in the level of deed, in the level of karma, in the level of action you make your whole life as lie.

Look at the world everything just mess. What for we are born we don’t fulfill that life. What for we are grown up we don’t fulfill that life. We just see here, there and just get attracted by the colors of the life. In the ancient Bharat there was a tradition called varnashrama dharma heavily criticized by these modern psychologists and the great modern social revolutionist. They just criticized the varnashrama dharma. I tell you we are the only society, the one and only society who survived five thousand years. No society have survived more than three hundred years. In three hundred years all the other social structures have just stumbled down. They’ve broken to pieces. They are no more but till today a man who created the varnashrama dharma Manu if he suddenly comes down to the earth and goes in the streets of Bharat he will never feel he has come to a new place. He will feel “Oh I am in my home.” Still now the culture, the heritage, the social structure is preserved just because of the one idea the varnashrama dharma. The son learns the profession of the master… professor of the father. The grandson learns from the father. Just by tradition, tradition, tradition the knowledge is imported.

The only problem in varnashrama dharma happened is the lower and higher consciousness, the inferiority, superiority ego. That’s the only small mistake. But I tell you if you get a small tumor in the knee you should cut the tumor not the leg itself or you should not kill the person himself. But in the name of social revolution we have given such a strong chemo the person has died. That’s what we did in the name of…. you see everywhere criticizes the brahmins and sanyasis is a modern tradition. Especially in Tamil Nadu criticizing the brahmins and the sanyasis is the modern trend. If you are fashion, if you are not criticizing them you are not updated. You are not fashion enough. The fools does not know just because of these few handful of sanyasis and the brahmins they preserved whatever you call in the name of culture. It is they who preserved it. If the Chidambaram brahmins are not there where is your thevaram and thiruvasakam? Where is your culture? Where is your temples? If few sanyasis are not there where is your all culture? Not not only the spiritual culture the very basic things your medicines, siddha, ayurveda, your art bharatanatyam, culture, dance, your music, carnatic, whatever you call, whatever your makeup on your face to show your face to the world today these are the only two-three makeups you have.

If this is also is not there even dog won’t care. If we people are running around today in the world showing our face these are the few things our dance, our music, our temple culture, our spirituality these are the few things which we boast. And these few things are preserved just only by these handful of sanyasis and brahmins. We have a great tradition continuously criticizing them. In Tamil movies joker means the this cloth only. You can see tamil movies joker means either this cloth or the janyopawetha. These two only is the trade mark of joker. Understand it is these few handful of people who preserved the whole culture; who preserved the whole tradition; who kept the whole thing alive. Even today if Manu comes down on this earth in Bharat he will not feel social structure is disturbed. Because five thousand years the structure has survived, structure is alive. Why? This one concept satya each one fulfills the hereditary duties. The man who is supposed to become engineer never becomes a doctor. Man who supposed to become engineer if he becomes doctor what will happen?

A man who is supposed to the business he never enters in the field of spirituality. A man who is supposed to become a worker, he never enters into a field of business. The confusion of changing the attitude never existed. So, as long as you never lived that system the truth prevailed, satya prevailed that’s why they called satya yuga means where the varnashrama dharma was alive. When the varnashrama dharma was alive. Today the whole thing was topsy turvy. The man who is supposed to be a worker he sits in the seat of preacher. The man who is supposed to be a doctor, he is in the seat of architect. The man who is supposed to be in the seat of architect becomes a lawyer. What will happen? The whole confusion, mess and not only the social confusion even individually they feel the dissatisfaction in the life. People don’t feel satisfied. I tell you at least from now onwards, give importance to the satya in your body language. Not only in verbal language, verbal language is very easy. You can cheat yourself very easily.

[19:55] Verbal language is only thirty three percent, body language is the major portion of your life. I have seen many people they are totally.. they just need meditation. They love meditation just for the sake of their husband; they won’t go to the Master. Just for the sake of wife he will not go to the Master. Then you make your whole life as a lie. Please don’t compromise anything for others sake. If you compromise you will make your life as a lie. As long as you live your life with a clear understanding as long as you carry on your life you will see you will be following the satya in your body language. When you live your life for the sake of somebody else for the sake of others you start lying for your whole life. Your whole body language just becomes a lie. Even the fashion, have your own fashion. Why should you imitate somebody else’s fashion? As long as you have your own fashion you have your own style, you follow satya in your lifestyle. Have satya in everything.

In Zen, in Zen buddhism when they bring a cup, tea cup from the market they bring it to the house and first they will break it. First thing they do is they break the cup and paste as they want. It will be the same cup but totally different. Their rubber stamp will be there. They will have their own say on it. There is nothing similar. Everything is unique. Even in the tea cup they will have their way. So, have your own way in everything, have your understanding in everything, have your clear cut freedom, clear cut understanding, clear cut way of thinking and way of living and way of speaking. Having your own way in thinking, speaking and doing is what is called satya. Satya does not mean speaking only the truth. Satya means living the truth, speaking the truth, thinking the truth. What for you are born express that. Express the life of yours otherwise in the time of deathbed you will be talking like a Einstein. I tell you, if you express your life even if you don’t make money, even if you die in a platform you will die in a tremendous satisfaction that you lived your life.