“Participant: I have been observing ...”

Participant: I have been observing ... and in the morning Ganapati mantra ... 20 minutes This I’ve been doing for the past one year…. Now after this, is this still advisable?

Swamiji: No, actually, uhhh, if the TPS is too much, it can help you to bring down, but uh, just if you sit with Pranamaya kosha, that’s enough. Just sitting with Pranamaya kosha. Those things all can be a good entertainment, instead of sitting with Me, you can sit with that. Good entertainment, bringing down TPS and entertainment, that’s nice; but nothing more. These things can straight away put you into the low TPS.

Participant: [Tamil] [translation scroll] During this process, I feel the body is in motion...

Swamiji: Actually, your body will start moving along with everything. Mmh. In the Vijnanamaya we’ll be doing wonderful technique; we’ll be doing the whirling. The Vijnanamaya, the 4th layer. You can see, your body will be moving so wildly and you will be just centered. You will not be moving. What I do in the energy darshan, that’s what we are going to do today (Swamiji laughing) 😃. Today all of you are going to do, but technically... don’t bother. I’ll, I’ll take you step by step only. It’ll be very step by step and before that I will make you concentrate on the manipuraka and the pitta will be cleansed, all these things will be done. Don’t have fear. Slowly we’ll do. (Swamiji laughs) 😃.ஏன் பாண்டி (பாட்டி) சிரிக்கிறீங்க? Where is the place in the \>\>Tamil\>\>

Participant: [in TAMIL] [translation scroll] I think we may have to clean the floor after the process.

Swamiji: 😃 [TAMIL] [translation scroll] Why do you feel so? Do you think you will vomit during the process? Don’t worry! You will not throw up. See actually if you do it technically, you will not vomit. It’s a balancing of pitta. It’s a balancing of pitta, don’t bother. Even if you vomit, volunteers are there only, I’ll take care.

Participant: Speaking in Tamil

Swamiji: (Wildly laughing) 😃. That is why he is afraid

Participant: \>\>inaudible\>\>

Swamiji: 😃 Don’t bother. But unless, unless you penetrate, even if you vomit once, nothing wrong. Penetrate and cleanse yourself. You see better to throw the pitta out than to keep in. Keeping in will continuously contaminate your thinking system. Do you know one thing, the more pitta, the TPS will increase; pitta is directly related to TPS. Pitta is directly related to TPS. So better to throw it out, than to keep in. With pitta, if you take any decision, it will not be clear. I’ve always seen, the guys who drink tea, their decision making capacity is very low, very, very low. After tea if you decide, any decision, it’ll be, it’ll be too much of TPS. No, the decision making power is always low. If you are addicted to tea, pitta, your decision making power is low.

Participant: Tea or coffee?

Swamiji: Both, tea, coffee; Oh slowly trying to get exemption for coffee 😃. Milk okay. Slowly trying to get exemption for coffee. Tea or coffee, anything, which creates pitta. Straight away you’ll take wrong decision. And if you drink little bit of alcohol, straight (Swamiji laughing) thats all!!

Participant: While doing Pranayama which goes on regularly, in between there is a deep breath. What is the reason for that?

Swamiji: Ah, it means some suppressions is getting, erupting out. You must have kept something suppressed, that like a bubble, it will just come out and break. Then again, \>\>inaudible\>\> (4:34), again you are balanced. Mmh, this will happen.

Participant: I feel a vibration passing from the face... to the body up to the thigh, but I couldn’t feel it on the back... What does that mean?

Swamiji: Means, you are, you are not living with that portions. You are just hating your lower body and the back portion. Mmh. That’s the problem.

Participant: And witnessing \>\>inaudible\>\>

Swamiji: Ah, witnessing, it will be… it will be healed. Mmh.

Participant: Sukumali coffee or ginger tea?

Swamiji: Ah, that is ok. You see anything which is herbal, natural, will never disturb you. Mmh. You see, even in the natural products, there are a few products in which pitta is there. But that pitta will not stay in your body, it will just be washed away. See, any natural products, which has got pitta, if it goes inside you also, the pitta will simply be washed away, it will not stay in your system. But this type of artificial drinks, the tea and all these things. See, the tea and all is created in the early time to keep you awake, first, especially for meditation, Zen people only can even take tea. Not for everyday use. Tamil Nadu only you can see that nonsense. Even the hot sun, surya சூடா ஒரு டீ குடுப்பா... Even in the hot sun, sun is burning on the head and the feet, and they’ll have hot tea. Even the guy who sells tender coconut will have hot tea, he will drink tea only; he will sell tender coconut to others but he will drink hot tea!

Participant: But tea is herbal only

Swamiji: No, no, no, no. This herb has been processed already. It can’t be anymore herbal, and moreover, it is created for different purpose, not for a regular tea. It is created to keep you awake in the night for meditation; not for regular use. Mmh.

Participant: Swamiji, when meditating, you talked about the heaviness …. falling

Swamiji: No, no, no, no. It was because of sleeping, not because of heaviness. Then keep awake, keep awake, witness.

Participant: Swamiji, from the childhood, I am not taking tea and coffee. The same in my office, I banned tea and coffee, both.25 people are not taking tae or coffee.

Swamiji: Mmh. That’s good. Mmh. That’s good. Less toxin, more healthy. Less toxin, less TPS. The more the toxins inside your system, and even the other things, try to avoid using the toothpaste. And, I don’t say don’t brush your teeth. Brush them with herbal products. Try to avoid more and more things which is, which has got acid, and the artificial things. Try to use more natural products. Now we launched Nithya herbs, I am advertising for that only 😃. We have launched Nithya herbals. Use only Nithya herbals 😃 For less TPS, only 😃Nithya herbals.

Try to avoid more, ah, chemical things. Try to avoid maximum chemical things from your life. Whether it is a soap or, \>\>participant question inaudible\>\> I am implementing in the ashram, slowly, slowly. First thing I am implementing on myself. The tooth powder and the, ahh, snan powder, everything. Let us, you see the more you live with nature, less toxins inside the system. The less toxins, life will be always happy. You will be more blissful, and especially the sensitivity, you’ll have a tremendous sensitivity. Use the natural products, whole day you will feel that fresh. You will feel that you are very, uh, sensitive and graceful. Whole day you can feel the grace. Mmh.

Participant: Could Chinese green tea be an exemption?

Swamiji: I don’t know, I have not used it.

Participant: Is it… it has healing properties and antioxidants in it.

Swamiji: Ahh, maybe, maybe then ok, I have not used it. Yes.

Participant: \>\>inaudible\>\> But off late when I start, within a few minutes, I keep losing the line I go back to the beginning. \>\>inaudible\>\> I struggle to complete...

Swamiji: See, as long as you feel happy, you see, the memory of mother, till how many mantras you were able to cherish the emotional memory of mother, do that much.

Participant: By then I would’ve fallen into Ananda Gandha within a few minutes

Swamiji: Then enjoy, that’s all, that’s all, enough.

Participant: No need to go back?

Swamiji: No need to go back. No need to go back, it means you achieved the mantra siddhi. Ramakrishna says, “I am not able to finish Gayatri, the moment I say Bhur, Bhuva, Svaha, I am already into the deeper mood. No question of Tat Savitur Varenyam, because I am in that ecstasy, that’s all. See, when you are with Swami, you don’t have to chant, ‘Swamiji Swamiji, Swamiji.’ When you are away from Me, you need to chant, ‘Swamiji, Swamiji, Swamiji.’ When you are away from Ananda Gandha, you need to chant, “Oh Matha, Sri Matha, Sri Maharajni Srimad Simhasaneshwari” When you are in the Anandha Ganda, you are with Mother. Then why should you chant Sri Matha, Sri Maharajni.

Participant: ... the Dakshina Murti mangalam... sounded more powerful than the Gayatri

Swamiji: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No mantra is more powerful than any mantra. All mantras are equal, one and the same. If you are in tune, in tune with that Deity, it...it...it works too much, that’s all.

Participant: Because I know Dakshinamurti, I don’t know Gayatri.

Swamiji: Ahh, that is the thing, that’s all. Nothing else. You see, if you’re, if your’re devotee of Ganapati, Ganapati mantra will look very powerful. If you are a devotee of Vishnu, Vishnu mantra will look very powerful, that’s all. With whom you can relate, that mantra will look very powerful. So many of our people come and tell Me, “Swamiji your Gayatri is so powerful.” Because they know Me, that’s all, nothing else. They know Me, that...that is the only reason, our Gayatri will exactly resonate in Ananda Gandha. The moment you hear that mantra, you’ll see that Ananda Gandha starts resonating and it’s done in the Western standard. Western music.

Participant: But effects of all the mantras are the same?

Swamiji: It’s one and the same. Effects of all the mantra is one and the same. If you are devoted to one Devata, you will see that Devata more. Straight, that’s all.

Participant: Swamiji, when I am doing the meditation, whirling, sometimes when I start, I’ll tune my breathing to my ability to be aware...

Swamiji: No, no that shouldn’t be done, eh, you’re doing the other way, 😃 Your ability to awareness should increase. You can’t do the other way. 😃 He’s very intelligent, nah.

Participant: inaudible ... what happens

Swamiji: Uh, no, no, no that shouldn’t happen. Then your unconscious is playing the role, no.

Participant: Is there a limit to how much time we should do?

Swamiji: No, till you become Enlightened, you should do. 😃. You are supposed to do till you become Enlightened.

Participant: [TAMIL] [Translation scroll] When I inhale, I feel my heart chakra is tightening. When I exhale, I feel my manipuraka chakra (navel center) is getting tightened. Similarly, even when I was in the sleeping state, I could feel myself being ‘aware’ and witnessing, what is happening.

Swamiji: Ah, that’s the beauty. He says that even in his sleep, I could see very clearly that the witnessing is happening. That’s the beauty, that means you have achieved…you’ve achieved, you’re really going deep.

Participant: The Atma Spurana depresses you...

Swamiji: 😃 No, no, no, no. No question of, ah, wait, wait. Don’t decide now, witness that thought. See when you dig, dig you see, it’s like uh, intense work, intense work. You see the, uh, in NSP, you learn how to die peacefully. Here I’m teaching you how to live peacefully. Ok, it’s not depressing. Don’t, uh, just witness that thought. You see, you’re always habituated living 100 TPS, living, bubbling, just continuously in rajas.

So that is what you understand as life. You missed one of your major dimensions, sitting with yourself. Can you sit with yourself? No! You can sit with anybody, but you can’t sit with your Self. Even if you have free time, you switch on the TV. Or you take the old newspaper, read the same line, from first line to last line. I have seen the old people who are retired, who got married, their son would have been married, their daughter would have been married, their grandson would have been married, their even granddaughter would have been married, everyone would have been married in their family, but they’ll be sitting and reading the matrimonial column in newspaper. With the big glass, they’ll be reading the matrimonial column in the newspaper, because they can’t sit with themself. They can’t sit alone, they can’t sit with themself.

So not sitting with yourself is a disease, please be very clear. When you are dis-ease with yourself, only then you are not able to sit with yourself. If you are ease with yourself, you’ll be able to just sit with yourself. If you don’t know how to sit with yourself, you are missing one of the major dimensions of your Being. For example, you have 4, 5 dimensions: artist, a writer, or poet and great administrator. In this 4 dimension, if you have not explored one dimension at all, let Me put it this way, you have 5 senses: seeing, hearing, smelling, taste and the touch, somehow by birth you start believing, that you have only 3, the other will not be used. How much you are missing. Will you understand how much you are missing? You will never understand how much you are missing. Not only you are missing, you will not even understand you are missing. That’s the same way, you are missing one of your major dimension, sitting relaxed easy with yourself. I am trying to create that space for you.

So naturally when I put the drill drrrrr (Swamiji making sound) little bit sound will come. Little bit of sound will be there in initial level, bare with it. You will see, once you cross that 60 TPS, then problem will not be there. Once you cross the Manomaya, then problem will be there. Till then I will only do little bit of drilling. So don’t bother, if you’ve suppressed the depression, you will have the thought. That thought, it’s called ‘depression’ and not only that, always you have a idea, society has taught you, if you are silent, you are depressed. Your silence is never respected by society. If you are silent, so many will come around you, “oh why are you silent”, “what happened to you”, Arey leave me alone let me have little bit of time. But when you marry, “Let you have that space, why are you, what happened, why do you bother so much? Even without \<inaudible\>they will make you bother, about something they’ll make you bother.

Silence means, you are trained to understand, it’s a depression. That is why you say it is a depression. Just witness it, this silence will be rejuvenating silence. If it’s a depression, it will be a very disturbing silence. This is a rejuvenating silence. You always misunderstand, the depression and the rejuvenating silence. I’ve seen many guys in Tiruvannamalai sitting, thinking that they are, ah, in silence, depressed. I’ve seen, many, many people; in Tiruvannamalai I’ve seen many people. Because Ramana Maharshi was so silent, these guys also started imitating the silence. The imitating silence will lead only to depression. But here what I’m doing is not depression, here real silence is happening. But you think, it’s a depression, because of the social conditioning.

The misunderstanding between tamas and sattva, is the whole trouble. Now sattva is happening, you think it is a tamas. There tamas is happening, they think it is a sattva.

Participant: Ah, what was [..]

Swamiji: And you have your idea about me now. After the ASP and NSP, now you have created imagination about Me, fantasy. Your Mooladhara is blocked now. Mooladhara is blocked now, because you have your own fantasy about Me. So many things like this only. ‘Swami’ means, jumping around and shouting, enjoying, that is the thing you understood. But now I’m working in a different dimension, that’s what I’m telling you. Everyone wants only My Krishna dimension, nobody wants the Shiva dimension. Nobody wants the Shiva dimension, everybody wants only the Krishna dimension. If you just run around, “ah then ok, Nithyananda Swami. Swami is great.”