“Here is one more question: How we can select our God and Goddess?”

Here is one more question: How we can select our God and Goddess? We are confused because more deities in our tradition. I always tell people, … towards some parts some god some techniques suddenly will feel a very deep connection. That is what I call falling in tune, feeling connected. If you feel connected to some path, choose that, that path, that God, that Deity. If you don’t feel connected to anyone thing particularly, do not choose anything, continue your seeking. Continue your.. seeking. Let the seeking become.. your God. Seeking can become your God. Let the seeking become your Ishta Devata. No need for particular Devata.

[00:01:46] …..She is asking, I always have longing for chanting Sahasranamas , but my concentration is scattered. How can I concentrate in all the shlokas This another one big problem, sometimes you will enjoy some Stotras and chanting, then you start deciding: Oh such an ecstasy, and bliss and joy; I should have this always, let me start chanting everyday. No! you missed the whole thing. The moment you decide: Let me chant every day, you created a routine, understand?, Bliss happens to you when you are in choicelessness. The moment you choose the bliss, you have chosen suffering, because all choice, including choosing bliss, is choosing suffering. Because choice is suffering, choicelessness is bliss. The moment you chose, now I am going to do everyday this, you made that as a routine. I have seen people chanting sahasranama. They start with the full speed vishvam vishnur-vashatkaro bhuta-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuh After two pages, [00:Swamiji makes a noise] speed will increase, after three pages I have seen they have just seen the numbers continuously. Oh! still 700 is there, still 300 is there, still 400 is there, still 100 is there. I always tell people: Do not bother about completing these thousand names and all, take up the book, God is not sitting there and counting like a bank balance all thousand names, forget about this, no! Just sit with the real beautiful mood, with a very loving way, if you can chant even five, six names, perfectly alright, ok, that’s enough. The moment you feel bored, close the book and stop it, and say Namaskar and move. Do not do chanting or Puja when you don’t feel connected, when you don’t feel the joy. If you are doing it without feeling the joy, you are abusing it. Chanting some mantra, chanting some sloka without feeling joyful, without being in ecstasy, is naturally abusing. Here you are saying: your concentration is scattered….this means what? You are not enjoying. The moment you feel you don’t enjoy, relax, stop, no need, no need, do not do it for the sake of accounts. [00:04:56] [Swamiji is reading another question]

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Could you please explain what exactly, intensity, the meaning, intensity of what? Intensity how?

And people ask me about intensity, I tell them ‘Feel intensely that you are not having intensity’. That’s all. Just feel. See, usually we feel the terrible restlessness towards the outer world: I have not done this, I have not done that; that same restlessness if it is directed towards the inner world, it is called intensity. You do not know what is happening, you do not know what should be done, but a deep dissatisfaction about , what is there in your inner space, that is what I call intensity. You may be thinking, I am supposed to teach satisfaction, why am I teaching dissatisfaction? I tell you..first thing.. your dissatisfaction functioning towards outer world has to turn towards the inner world, then it will lead to satisfaction, first thing which needs to happen is not satisfaction, the direction turning, the psychological revolution, restlessness should became intensity. If it is towards the outer world, your consciousness, if it is constantly moving towards outer world it’s called restlessness. If it’s moving towards the inner world it’s called intensity. The meaning of the intensity is: feeling that’s something needs to be done immediately to break free from the clutches, or to break free in a inner world.

Intensity of what? Do not bother about what, It should become quality, anything you do, if you touch something, or somebody, or some object, let the intensity be there, even that touch. If you are talking, let the intensity be there. In everything, in your relationships, in your decisions, in your memory, in your thinking, in your desires, even in your fears, let it be intense, without escaping from this moment. That is what I call “INTENSITY”.

You are saying : How? If I give the method ‘How?’, the whole intensity will be lost. Intensity will increase when you have the desire, but not technique. That’s the right way to develop intensity. The moment the technique is given, your mind will start working around the technique. Technique … sometime gives an escape, gives a method to escape for your mind. Your mind will start saying:”Oh! I have done the technique, that’s all, that’s one only maximum can be done. Nothing else needs to be done”. That’s why in Ayurveda, when we give medicines, we say: “This medicine is not enough, whole day you need to work with this medicine”. Means whole day you need to be intense, telling your body and mind to heal itself. Technique is not like allopathy medicine, you will swallow and forget about everything. You said this what is much only can be done, what else to do, that’s all I have done, what I can do. No! Sometime the desire should be awakened, the desire of seeking should be awakened towards the inner world, and the person should not use any technique. Only then that seeking will start radiating in every action. The technique should not contain or stop your seeking, reduce your seeking, it should deepen your seeking.

[00:09:51] [Swamiji is reading another question]

I am already doing meditation taught by some other Master. Can I do the one given by You here?

You are welcome, you can do. I always tell people: ”Try to collect the best flowers from all Gods and make a beautiful bouquet for you”. Do not have the thing: if I learn from one source, I should not learn from the other source. No, it is not like a shop. If you come to this shop, don’t go to that shop. No, go to all possible sources and learn all the best things. Pluck all the best flowers and make a beautiful garland for you. I always tell people “Your ego is such, he can not be broken by one Master” Now you need so many blows from so many different directions, and so many methods from so many different sources. So do not think: if I learn from one source, I shouldn’t learn from other sources. No, learn from all possible sources and raise yourself.

[00:11:00] [Swamiji is reading another question]

Should we focused on ourselves while we are doing an action or merge completely inaction? Which one leads to meditation?

First thing: you cannot completely merge yourself inaction, in inaction, because once the tamas, lethargic energy in you, is exhausted, you see, your body is made out of rajas, tamas and sattva, 33% peace, silence, intelligent energy; 33% restless, very aggressive energy; 33% lethargic, very sleepy, low, kind of resting energy. After the 33% of lethargy is exhausted, you will not be able to be in inaction. People come and ask me: “If I start meditating, will I just leave my job and just rest?”, No! you cannot, you cannot. I tell them, if you have that fear, just take vacation, lay down for ten days, you will understand, eleventh day you will run for your job, you will run for your job. That is not going to be the end, that is not going to be the..solution. No need to completely merge in inaction, I can tell you, neither you need to bother about action nor you need to bother in inaction, all you need to bother about the psychological revolution, what goes on inside you whole day. That is what you need to attend, you need to put your awareness only on that. When you can drive your car, in the dream state, that is what ..you do.. usually. Why can’t you drive your car from the Turya state. Even though you think you are doing your actions in the wakening state, 80% of your actions are done by the dream state overtaking the wakening state. Instead of that, let the 80% of your actions be done by the Turya state or taking the .. waking state, that’s all you need. There is nothing else!

(...) These are the questions, which happens before even you enter. These are questions like a..hypothetical questions, somebody came and asked me: “If everybody becomes Swami, how will the world run?”. I asked him: “If everybody dies, how will the world run?”. He said: “No, everybody won't die”. It is the same thing, No, everybody won't become; that’s all. Hypothetical questions cannot be answered. I told him: Do not bother, God is not depending on you, to run the world; is not depending on you to create and maintain the world

[00:14:31] [Swamiji is reading another question]

Can we really experience the blissful state after learning?

Then, what for you think I am conducting the program? [Swamiji Laughing] ..He is asking: Can we really experience the blissful state after learning this meditation techniques? Then, what do you think I am sitting and doing here?

Understand...person who creates the formula to reproduce the experiences of the outer world, is a scientist. Person who creates the formula to reproduce the experiences of the inner world is a mystic, He is the Master. These methods, the technique which you are going to learn these three days, are time tested, full proved, created after great research and development by thousand of masters in thousand of years, of research and developments, and verified and experienced in my own personal life, so be rest assured, be intense, that’s all I am asking you. That’s all you need to do, nothing else, just be intense. You will see, you will experience, but this happen in my very inner space, in your inner space.

[00:16:16] [Swamiji is reading another question]

Is the psychological revolution you refer to is Sankhya Yoga? Sankhya knowledge of self? Yoga renunciation of the fruits of action?

See, the word Sankhya, the word Yoga, both are like a two different expressions. Maybe I can say the psychological revolution word, I mean Sankhya, Yoga and something more..and something more. When you understand these few ideas about the dream and waking state and the superconscious state, everytime when low mood or depressions or disturbance comes to your inner space because of the waking state, bring this understanding into you, use this like a key and allow that psychological revolution to happen, you will see not only you will come out of the problem, even two three times if you come out of your sufferings, you will have so much of courage and energy to apply this techniques again and again to evolve yourself again and again. Beautifully Krisna says: uddhared atmanatmanam natanam avasadayet - Let you raise yourself by yourself. If you raise yourself by yourself, you are the best friend for you; if you don’t raise yourself by yourself you are the worst enemy for you. So, I can say the world psychological revolution which I am uttering is Sankhya, Yoga and ..Something More.

[00:18:27] [Swamiji is reading another question]

I have learnt Vipassana, but I am unable to practice it effectively. Not sure why? Is it that I am doing it wrong, Is it wrong technique for me?

Neither you are doing it wrong, nor it is wrong technique for you. The “when” means the time you learnt it, is wrong. First you should have learnt the psychological revolution clarity about You, World and God, then the technique should have been added to you. Without the clarity, if the technique is directly added, it leads to boredom, dullness and naturally you drop the technique. I always tell people: any study, any journey you undertake, any book you start reading, even if you don’t understand a single word, do not skip! If you don’t understand a single word and skip, slowly you’ll see that.. words which you did not understand, will become more and more like a load and your very interest in further reading will disappear. Same way in the inner journey without going through the psychological revolution means without going through the understanding. If you just jump, skip the understandings and entering into the meditation technique this is the problem. Even when I speak and I explain the concepts, I have seen many people thinking and sitting: “It is ok, what all you are telling, it’s ok, yes Swamiji, let’s go to the technique Swamji”. I’ve seen people telling me: “I understand Swamiji, let’s go to the technique”. They think they are very intelligent, they think straight away technique and.. help. Technique is not allopathy pill. You need an understanding before, because the understanding starts the journey. Understandings start the journey, then technique is like .. addition for the alchemy process.

[00:21:04] [Swamiji is reading another question]

When meditating lots of negative thought arouse, whether it will come to reality.

Don’t bother about, it’s coming to the reality, you are not that powerful, fortunately. Fortunately we are not that powerful to project our thoughts into reality. :Then we would have created long before worst hell.

Then what we are having now (...) Fortunately God is not giving us so much of energy to ask, to project our thoughts into reality..

If sometimes your thoughts have become reality, if you are seeing your dreams, your thoughts becoming reality, do not use that power, try to divert that energy into your consciousness, means thoughtless state.

[00:22:02] [Swamiji is reading another question]

Can we practice different types of yogas?

According to me, surely authentic yoga methods do not contradict each other, they only complement each other. So you can practice different yoga methods, only thing do not mix and make masala and create your own technique. Practice it independently, 20 minutes means finish that, then go to the next, then go to the next. If you mix everything and you start thinking “I know all this things, now I know the core thread I think I can make my own”, that is where you will miss

[00:23:02] [Swamiji is reading another question]

(...) Somebody is asking a personal question about their sickness..after the meditation you can come here for the darshan, that time you can ask me, I will be able to heal or help or answer, whatever I can, I surely try to ..to