“See-- The Free Will is the Divine Grace.”

See-- The Free Will is the Divine Grace. If you use it towards the Divine, you become more free. The Effort and the grace is one and the same. The Effort and Grace is one and the same. Understand - a small example: a cow if it is tied with a 5 meter rope to a pole-- inside the 5 meter the cow can sit, stand or eat the grass, sleep. It has got free Will. But more than 5 meter, she has no Free Will. But if the cow behaves properly inside the 5 meter, the rope can be extended or totally she can be set free. Same way, the Free Will which you have in your hand, the small amount of free Will, if you put towards the effort through the spiritual practice, the free will be increased. Naturally you will have more effort. The Divine will grace you through the free Will which can in turn increase as the more effort. The more effort, more grace - the more grace, more effort. It just becomes a circle to reach to take you towards the enlightenment. So, if you have the will to do practice, understand, the first grace of the Divine has descended on you. The first ray of Grace of Divine has descended on you. Put your Effort and start doing, you will see, you will be more showered by the Divine Grace. The very feeling, very idea, and very clarity to start travelling the Spiritual Path comes to you only when the Divine Grace has descended on you, not before that. (2:20)

(Questioner speaking? - 2:20 - 2:44)

(2:44) Now, you experience the whole world just like a matter. Only as a matter. But, not only the mystiques, now after Einstein - he was a physics scientist - has very clearly declared- there is no such thing as matter exists on the universe. Every thing is energy. The first batch of scientists- they declared- in atom, there is one particle is matter, another one is energy. After the next batch, they declared - no no, no - same particle is matter at a particular time, energy the next moment. Next now - they say in the quantum physics, it is matter and energy at the same time. There is not even time-space gap. It is simply energy. It is simply energy. Understand, the idea of matter enters into you as long as you think you are matter. As long as you identify yourself with the body, you think the existence is also matter. Once you experience the gifts of the energy in you, you will understand the whole thing is energy. For example, when you look at a rose early in the morning, you stop the moment you look at the rose. Immediately the word rose appears in your mind, next will be all the roses which you have given to somebody, presented to somebody or those who presented to you - that memory. Third, how you behaved or how she behaved. Fourth, whether love or hatred related to the incident. Slowly, slowly slowly the thinking will go on. You will forget the real rose. Yes, this is what usually happens in our minds. The moment you start verbalizing, you miss what is reality. Your mind goes somewhere, you are somewhere else.

(5:08) Try a simple experiment - sit with some tree, or some plant, or some thing. Don’t use the name - if it’s a rose plant, don’t use the word “rose bush”, “it is beautiful” - don’t use all those words. Drop all the words- “it’s very nice”, “it’s colorful”- don’t use all those words. Drop all the words. Just see as If a child sees - how he looks! Only after three years, your verbalization starts. Below three you don’t have verbalization. If a child sees - how he or she will see. When a child sees, he looks through his whole being. That is why you can see their eyes so bubbling! so alive! there's no words inside. Now for us, all our mind is creating words. In Patanjali there is a beautiful word called “Ojas”- means: you need to understand: many people ask me - “Swamiji, how can we listen to your discourse? We forget the time. How does it happen? You are just sitting, sitting, sitting - how our mind is so concentrated? Only point you should understand - when I speak, if I have inner chattering, when you hear, you will also have inner chattering. When I speak, if I don’t have two minds, if I am total - you will also have to listen totally. Automatically your right mind becomes one. If I am double, if I am two persons, you will also be two persons. If I am single, naturally, you will become single. When you are single without having two things - seeing and verbalizing - the rose also will start looking in a different way. Now, because you are double - one is seeing, another is verbalizing. With kids two things never happens. They don’t verbalize - they just see. Just like a child - look freshly, directly, without words. Don’t use all your knowledge about rose bush, don’t use all the analysis about rose, don’t use all those things. Just look directly, simply, without knowing about the words, about the brand, about the color - all those things are just foolishness.

(8:14) Just yesterday, we had been to a (facility)(8:18), to see all those animals. Some of the devotees who have been there, continuously they are arising at the notion - “what is the name”, “from which country” and all those things. Of course, I was just seeing - just seeing itself is so much, I never feel like, I never felt like asking their name or which country - all those-this-that details. When you intensely feel, that itself is more than enough. If you don’t know the name, alright, okay. Even if you know the name, what are you going to do or are you going to do - nothing! If you enjoy the scene- that’s all, over! It is for the people who do research for them to know the name, age and all those things. From which country, this - that details. For us, just the scene - how beautiful! Over. When you look at the rose plants, instead of making words out of the (-- 9:21) of your mind, just look, if a child looks - how he will look? how she will look? In the same way - look. Don’t tell her any thoughts. Look deeply, you will see - the rose is a living energy just like you. You will feel the same energy that you feel inside you into that rose. If you master this technique only once, only once if you master this technique with the rose, you can relate with anything and feel its energy - it is not matter. You can relate with a stone, you can relate with a tree and relate with moon, you can relate with Sun, you can relate with Idols and feel they are Gods, they are energies - not matter.

(10:13) So, only once if you know the knack of technique to relate with the existence without words, you will dissolve matter into energy. You will experience matter into energy. You will start feeling these are living beings. Ramakrishna says - when you do the Kali Puja, sometimes if you get a doubt whether it is a vigraha or whether it is a just idol or deity - I will take a (-----)(10:45) and keep her under my nose to see if she is breathing or not. Always try her to move, because of our inhale and exhaling. He says - because of our inhaling and exhaling (tries) it to move. Anyhow, know simple technique of having a glimpse. One glimpse of relating with the Divine without words, then you will know how to dissolve the matter into energy. Then, your whole life is just Energy. There is nothing called matter on the planet Earth or on the Universe because, Universe is Energy, Existence is Energy.

(11:34) That is why we say in our Upanishads (Sanskrit -” Prajyan Bramhand” 11:38-11:42) - “Intelligence is existence”. The whole Existence is Intelligence. It is not a dead matter. It is a “Prajna”, it is a living Existence. When you realize the whole thing is Energy - you understand it is a Living Existence. (Sanskrit:“ ------”12:04-12:0 6)

Questioner: The question is about sublime, something you know that, there are mental sublime, there is physical sublime - is there unity in sublime? As today you said that, if you are capable of your ego like a dense that you are sublime. But for some of us, we have a lot of physical sublime. How areabout your own comments? (12:34) Its a wonderfull question. What Swamy do? Be truthful, sometimes truth hurts. It is our ego which invites eronisicle sublime. Let you understand little deeply - Raman Maharshi was asked a question by one of his disciples. Raman Maharshi had a cancer in his last phase of his life. Somebody questioned him - Bhagvan, why are you suffering? He says there's a pain but not suffering. There is a pain but no suffering. It is a little intricating to understand. When you have the attitude to attract the pain, attract the suffering, you create more and more sufferings in you. More and more pain in you. The mental setup which attracts the pain, which attracts us the pain - is what I call ego. If there is somebody with a mental setup which you may call as Karma, but I don’t want to use that big word - I call it “mental setup”. That mental setup is one of the important reasons for all our even physical sufferings. Every pain has got its own emotional root.

(14:17) According to the Puranas, even the accidents are your own guests. You invite them. Even the accidents. One important thing you should understand, when I say look at the story, you may look at the day. When you look little deeply to analyze, when you look little deeply into the mind, you will be able to understand that there is nothing (-----14:52) which is not having any cause. That there is no coincidence in the bargain. Can you say anything happens without cause? Everything happens only with a cause and effect. Only with a cause there is a effect. When you don’t understand the link between cause and the effect - you say it is a coincidence or (----- 15:19) when you don’t understand the link. When you understand the link between cause and the effect you say it is logical. When you are not able to understand the cause and the effect, if it happens in some higher plane or lower plane - if it happens in lower plane you say coincident. If it happens in a higher plane you say a miracle. But, on the planet Earth there can be nothing, there can’t be anything, there can’t be anything on the planet Earth which has no cause. Anything has to have cause. Unless there is a cause, effect can never happen. Can you say something can happen without cause? No!

(16:10) One important theory now they are coming up - with this theory in the physics field - if the atom is moving here, in some other part of the world the same atom is happening in a different - if it is moving here - from here to here- there - there to here. If it is from East to West here, there - it is from West to East. No moment is just a silent independent moment on the planet Earth. They are coming up with a new theory in physics - no moment, no effect is without cause, or no cause goes without effect. If you look little deeply, all our physical, not only physical diseases, even the accidents - we invite, the properties - it is so unconscious, the mental thinking - the 90% of our thinking happens so unconsciously, we are not able to find or connect the cause and the effect. Just understand one thing - you are here now because of all your past decisions. You decided to hear about becoming and then you decide to get some more information. Then you decide to take your car and drive, then you decide to stop your car here, then you decide to come in and sit, then you decide to continue to sit. The totality of all your decisions only is making you to sit here. Totality of all your past decisions are your present moment. That's it! That is your present moment. The present totality of present decisions will be your future. That is what is all Karma theory. Totality of all your past is present. Totality of your present will be your future. The problem is, most of your decisions will be made unconsciously. There are so many thousands of decisions we make unconsciously. That is the reason, you are not able to connect the cause and the effect. Flag more awareness, more intelligence into your thinking system. Flag more awareness, more consciousness into your decision making system.

(19:03) People ask me Swamiji, how do we take birth? Who decides our lives? I tell you it is you who decides even your life, it is you who decides even your body. You may think - what are you talking Swamiji? Whether you believe or not, whether you accept or not, whether you understand or not - there are few truths - they are truths. They may not have the facts by scientific research, but they are truths. Even before Newton discovered Gravitation Theory, gravity was there. Am I right? Before Newton also apples were falling down. Do you think before Newton, apples were going up? No! Before Newton also apples were falling down. Before Newton gravitation was the truth, after Newton gravitation became a fact. He made just clear facts and figures. Same way, there are few truths - they have not yet become facts. They are truths - but they have yet to become facts. These are the few things- they are truths yet to become facts. Important things - including your body you create with your mind, with your ego, with your structure. Krishna says: the last moment of your demise, what is your thought - that is only going to decide what is your next birth. It is a very important thing to understand - last moment what you think, that only is going to decide what is your next birth. Actually when you die, when you leave the body, your whole life will become a small phosphoric form - a condensed form. You will see your whole life in a condensed way - in a very short - just in a few minutes the whole thing will come. So all your peak experiences will come up, all your peak experiences in the life will pop up. You will see all the peak experiences.

(21:35) If you have lived throughout your life just by eating, eating, eating, naturally what will you think?- anyhow even if I take one more body, I am going to eat. Let us take a body which is very comfortable by eating. Which is the best body if I am eating? Pig, naturally - pig. No really! This is the way you decide. This is the logic you use and decide. You see the totality of your peak experiences, based on that you decide your own body. If you spend all your life just in eating, you take pig birth. Next birth, next birth. If you spend all your life just by sleeping - lethargic way, you take buffalo birth. That is the best way to be lethargic - no responsibility. Have you seen a single buffalo ever going for a job? They don’t have to pay bills, they don’t have to bring their kids up, they don’t have to bother at anything else. And, they don’t even have the depression problems, they don’t go to psychiatrists. Have you seen a single buffalo visiting a psychiatrist? No! Nothing is necessary. There is no responsibility. When you don’t have responsibility, you can sleep totally (----- 22:59). So, when you don’t take any responsibility, when you don’t create, if you spend your whole life just in lethargic way. If your father is a wealthy guy, if he hands over all the wealth to you , there is a good chance for you to take next Janma as a buffalo. Because when your father creates and leaves it you, you do not want to value it. You do not want to value. I always tell people - never give property to your son. If you inherit it then you (--- 23:35). You want it to.. If you want that this should be destroyed, then give property. Otherwise, give courage, responsibility, intelligence and help him to stand on his own. Only then he will know the value. He will know the value. Even if you are going to give your property, don’t give as long as you are alive. Never give, because, you see - when you are alive, even if something wrong happens, even if he does something wrong, you will be there to protect him. So let him learn how to stand up - how to stand up on his own feet. Let him understand, let him become responsible when you are alive. If you give, naturally, he will never learn the intricacies.

(24:30) See, Lakshmi will stay only when you create. Never, if it simply comes. There are thousands of survey reports which says, research reports which says - nobody maintains the money which they get through lottery. Nobody maintains the money which they get through lottery. There are several reports Which proves it really. More than 90% of the people lose the money within a year. Within a year. Because to maintain Lakshmi is not a joke. You need (-- 25:09) intelligence to maintain Lakshmi.

(25:09) So it is the intelligence based on which you decide your body. If you live just for eating then know your possibility of your Janama. If you lived just sleeping, know what is going to be your next Janma. It is your set up, it is your mental decision, which decides you and your body. According to me, your disease is also nothing but your own investments. Please forgive me if I hurt you. But, sometimes, truth hurts. Truth hurts. Every disease you have some investment. Go deep into that mental setup and analize - you may need.. see even the attention need makes you fall sick. Especially in this country nobody gets attention disorders. Everybody is busy. Everybody is busy. (--- 26:14). So, if you want attention, what kids do? - they put the blanket and says - “Mom, I am not feeling well! Immediately you attend it. Immediately you attend it. That is why you create your own disease for so many other reasons. Even the attention need creates the diseases. There is a new thing coming up - Monday Blow-ups. In Europe that Monday blow ups - people get cardiac arrest. People get heart attacks on Monday mornings. Anyhow, so all these things, look, you can directly relate them to your mind, to your mental setup. And, 90% of the psychosomatic diseases are from your mental setup.

(27:19) So, if you look little deep, you invite your guest, not only you simply invite - you give a phone call. You leave a voice mail - voice message. Then, you send the mail. Finally, you send the traps and then finally you send somebody to fly ticket and get him. The moment he enters your house, you say - oh! I told you to bring somebody else, you brought him! Only the moment he enters your house you understand - it's the wrong person. You did not call the right person. You say - ooh! I have not called you! Same way, all your diseases are your guests. You invite him. You do everything to get him. But, finally you say- ooh! I have not done anything! I have not called! Swamiji, what is this?- you say I have called my disease. How will I call? Small story - a guy enters into a(-- 28:23). I have enough of stuff. Take all the possible things. I am surprised to see such big coca cola bottles! If you take (--- 28:38-28:39). I am surprised! Such big coca cola bottles (--- 28:46-28:51). Oh baba! In burgers they build like - houses! Anyhow, after finishing everything, he received the bill. He said I didn’t order for it. You see you don’t owe him a bill but always comes to you. It is the effect of the cause which you created. So can you say, no - I have not ordered, the bill has come. No! You may not invite a disease, but you created all the causes. So naturally, effect has to happen. If you look a little deep and analyze - you can understand, every disease, every physical pain, every emotional pain is related to some part of your mental setup.

(29:48) The Chakras; every emotion is related to some Chakra. For example: some of it is related to - the naval Chakra is related to worry and depression. You can always see any news that you got bad arthritis, if it comes to you - the first worry is in your stomach. Either you have stomach upset or diarrhea. Am I right? How many of you have experienced? You see anything, which gives you shock, the first blow will be on your stomach, because naval chakra is related to worrying and depression. Every Chakra is related to some emotion. Of course, this is what we are going to deal in the Ananand Sphuran program - this two day meditation workshop. The emotions related to every chakra will be analyzed and a particular meditation to cleanse and effect on the chakra. You will undergo the seven different meditation techniques to cleanse all the seven chakras. It is a 36 hours program. Every chakra is related to some emotion. If you use the emotion that chakra opens, you get the benefit, help from it. If you abuse that emotion, that gets locked and you suffer from it. You abuse your emotions, you abuse your being, you abuse your mind without knowing - unconsciously. That starts the whole trouble. If you know how to use, you will not only escape from the disease, you will have a positive well being - which is beyond the word health. Health is just a word - no disease-ness. But, there is something more - positive well being, bubbling latent energy. So, you look a little deep - the whole thing is just your own creation. You attract, you invite just like a dish attracting the satellite signals, satellite signals, your pain body attracts more pain. Your ego attracts more suffering - truth itself, because, in the planet Earth every being has got his own instinct to survive. Just like that your ego also has got its own instinct to survive. The instinct to survive creates more pain, more suffering so that it can live more strongly on your being. Let you understand this and come out of it. Experience the bliss - eternal bliss. Nithyananda. Thank you.