“Maybe I will just explain how we collect the samskaras.”

Maybe I will just explain how we collect the samskaras. For the newcomers, if you have already done ASP - you might have been introduced to this idea, to this truth. How many of you coming first time without doing any ASP? Wow, big group - then Iet Me introduce - there I am trying to present it through a simple diagram - how you collect engrams.

First, you see something through the eyes and the file - actually, eyes are dead mechanism - the energy which sees through the eyes is different from eyes. The file goes to the energy through which you see through the eye. That is what we call 'chakshu'. Please understand. Eyes are, by themself, have no intelligence to see, have no energy to see. There is something else seeing through the eyes. That is why sometimes even if the eyes are open - if you are intensely listening to music, you will not be able to see or even if the ears are open - if you are intensely doing something else, you will not hear. Because the senses are different and the energy which - with which you are seeing is different.

The energy with which we see is called chakshu. The whole file goes to chakshu - chakshu sends the - chakshu does the important process - chakshu does the job of 'digital signal processor', like a computers - how the signals are converted into digital file. Any data is converted to digital file. Same way, all the things you see is converted into a kind of a file, with which you can do the inner process. The file is converted and it goes to memory, the file goes to memory - where all your memories are stored. There the identification starts happening, “Oh, this is not, this is not, this...” For example if you are seeing Me now - eyes are seeing, through eyes you are seeing, the file goes to DSP - Digital Signal Processor - there the file is converted into a signals, then it goes to memory. The memory starts analyzing, “Oh, this is not a tree, this is not an animal, this is not a stone, this is not this, this is not that.” The analyzing goes on.

Then the file goes to 'manas' - mind, where the identification is done. Identification means, “This is it. Oh, he is a man. He is teaching meditation. He is wearing saffron robe." All these identification starts happening. Then the file goes to the ego - where the decision making happens - that is where the samskaras come into play. Please understand. Ego starts thinking, “What is there for me at this situation?" In this moment, your ego starts deciding, “Should I sit here or not?” If you already had some good idea, opinion or experience - with whatever way you classify Me - if you classify Me as yoga teacher - if you already have a good experience earlier yoga teachers - you will say, “Let me sit!”

If you classify Me as a spiritual leader, if you already have a good experience with spiritual leader - you will say, “Oh, let me sit!” If you - whatever way you classify Me - with your past experience you will decide. If you did not have a good past experience, then naturally what you will say, “Oh, this is not for me. Let me get up and go! This is not a place for me, this is not the thing for me.” You will just say, “Let me get up and go!” You will decide based on how you classify Me. That decision making - the problem is - problem to sit has gone. I think all samskaras are disappeared.

Anyhow better let me explain with this. This is the area where samskaras stay. The file comes here after the identification and goes to ego. Ego responds how it wants to respond - whether to sit and continue or to move out. When you take the decision, if it is slightest straight simple process, there won’t be a problem. But the samskaras, engrams which sits here, perverts your decision making process. For example, if you are hurt by somebody who was wearing saffron clothe or white clothe, then immediately for no reason without logic the same fear or the same suffering will come out. You can see many time, if you are hurt by somebody in beach - whenever you cross that beach, the same suffering will come up. That is what I call 'samskaras' - unnecessary interference, which perverts your decision making. Unnecessary interference which perverts your decision making is what I call 'samskaras'.

Continuously every decision you make is perverted, disturbed, interfered by the unnecessary samskaras - the samskaras which are not needed. This is the way continuously you are struggling with yourself, you are struggling with your samskaras. Let’s start working on the first layer - the physical layer. One more thing I just want to tell you all - If you have any questions, if you are not able to understand some concept or if you are not able to understand some word. Usually all the Sanskrit words which I use I give a translation. If you are not able to understand some word, some technical term or some concept, you can write as a question and put it. Surely I will answer, I will try to respond.

Questions are mainly for the sake of in which plane you wanted to relate with Me. See, the programs which I conduct are not the same - don’t think that the same thing I am repeating. There is no such thing as same thing I am - I repeat. Maybe the meditation techniques will be same, but the way in which I present or the way in which the work happens will be dependent on the way in which you are able to relate. The amount of things you are able to receive. So your questions will clearly show Me how you want to relate and how you are relating. It will be - it will add a lot more to the classes and sessions. So any question you have, about the subjects I am talking, please write them, drop in the question box.

Better to avoid the questions which are not related to this subject. Otherwise you will be wasting time. I have seen people asking, “Is Jyotisha true? Is Vastu true? Is there something called 'black magic’? Wasting time - I always tell people, people asked Me, “Is the stones have power?” I tell them, "If you are just believing some stone for your life, then your life is nothing more than a stone." Anyhow, there are some truths in Vastu because it’s a great science. But the problem is - in the modern day it has become a business and it has lost its sanctity and truth. That’s the reason usually tell people, “Bother about the vastu - forget about Vastu - bother about vastu" and we don’t have to waist the time in unnecessary questions.

And one more thing people asked just to show that they know - that’s another one big problem. Some big, big technical terms and big, big words they use just to show that they know - how to get the attention, please avoid that too. Anything directly related to the subject we are handling - I will surely respond.

This diagram will explain how the samskaras pervert your decision making - how the samskaras misguide your handling your mind; you handling your mind. Because every decision, if it is perverted and disturbed, naturally your life will be going - moving towards more and more pain and suffering.

So, understand about samskaras. Here I am just trying to present kind of a - how you have your seven bodies - it’s like a layer by layer. The more you go deeper and deeper, it will subtle and subtle. First the outermost layer is this physical layer - the physical body which you are carrying. The second layer is prana - the breathing you do. Third layer is inner chattering; mind. The fourth layer is emotions and the fifth layer is deep sleep - 'karana sarira' - where all your engrams are silent but not dead. They are - they don’t - they are not active, the deep sleep engrams are not active but they are not dead. They are called - it is called in a seed-form - causal layer - they are in the causal form, seed-form - but they are not active. They call it 'karana sarira' in Sanskrit - they are in causal form. And the sixth body is, 'anma sarira', Cosmic body and the seventh body is 'nirvana sarira' - the Enlightenment body; Enlightenment layer - we can say that the ultimate layer.

So this is the way you are structured - actually we have put the circles because every layer you go inside, you go to the core of your being - you reach towards your being. The first layer - let’s understand few things about the first layer. Physical body, the body which you are carrying with flesh and bones is the first layer. The main engram which you store in this physical body is chronic fatigue - a deep tiredness. Understand. Whether it is outer world or inner world, in both you will not be able to do anything if this deep tiredness continues - chronic fatigue. People ask me many time, “Swamiji, should I give up outer world to achieve the inner world?” I tell them, “It is idiotic, just because of your deep dramas, your chronic fatigue, you are asking this question." There is no such thing as giving up or need to give up. To tell you honestly the person who does proper exploration in the inner journey will gather so much of wealth around him because he knows from which plane to work.

Understand. Not gathering wealth is not spirituality - relax from that idea. Poverty is not spirituality, then whole Bharat would have been wrong before Enlightened. No, it’s a idiotic idea associating poverty with spirituality. Associate poverty with your nonsensical foolishness and laziness. See, some religions have started making poverty as a spirituality. These guys wanted to give some consolation for the poor guys - it’s actually political. The person who is having has to keep the person who does not have in silence without revolt - doing the revolution or revolting. So he created priests - who will go around and constantly preach, “Blessed are the poor.” What kind of blessing is there - poverty; I don’t understand.

No, I tell you I lived in poverty. I lived in utter poverty and still I live in poverty. My whole monthly expense is 45 rupee. That’s all is My monthly expense - My blade and the soap, nothing else. The same food which is given to everybody I eat. Of course, this whole set - dress is three dollar; three dollar means what? Maybe 150 rupees - that’s all, nothing else. And my whole life the average per month expense is 45 rupee it comes. Every day some 2-3 cent and one chappal is 45 rupee - over. I lived in poverty - I tell you - poverty has nothing to do with spirituality. Of course, I lived in poverty as my option, not as anything else. I lived in poverty. I have seen, poverty has nothing - poverty has something to do with your deep laziness. It has something to do with your deep laziness.

People who can’t achieve anything, who are caught in this laziness - the chronic fatigue, they will live in poverty. Not only that, they will live in deep inner poverty also. They will have poverty in the inner world and the outer world - both. To remove the tamas only tapas is given. Tapas means doing something which you feel you can’t do. Understand. In Sanskrit we have a word 'aśakya sadhaka'. If you think you cannot walk 100 mile, try at least once and finish walking 100 miles. Take 20 days off from your routine. I tell you if you do something which you feel you can never do - the respect towards you, the respect which you have towards you will just develop; explode. Self-respect is the first important thing for life. Doing something which you think you can’t do.

Chronic fatigue is the first samskara - first layer you are carrying. You can see in your life, if you just work for 5-6 hours, you feel you have done something great. And the idea 'you have to become tired after this time', comes because of this chronic fatigue. Understand. One important truth: chronic fatigue comes the moment you take your life for granted. When you don’t celebrate your life fatigue happens - boredom happens; boredom is the root cause for fatigue. You think the same routine you are following. One king, who had this boredom, always kings fall into boredom. See, kings are the idiots who have wealth and doesn’t know how to enjoy, No, really. Let me tell you, without the knowledge or the inspiration to enjoy - if you gather wealth around you and will become like king.

You will have depression. Wealth brings depression many time. Whether it is poverty or wealth. The knowledge is the basic thing. Just one - few minutes ago I was telling, “Poverty is nonsense.” Now I am saying, “Wealth is nonsense!” Then what to do? Whether poverty or wealth, have the intelligence. Without intelligence, when the wealth gathers it brings depression or boredom. One guy who is depressed like this, filled with boredom. When the boredom comes, naturally the chronic fatigue - you will not feel like moving out of the bed. I have seen people get out of the bed only when the sun reaches them through the window - not through east side - west side. They will get out their bed only when the sun touches the - them through the window.

Chronic fatigue - tired of taking rest. No, you can see in your life many time, “Why are you so tired?” “Noo, I took long rest”. Human being is the only animal who is not fresh after rest. No, really. See the calf, see the cat - that’s why I live with animals. Near my quarters no - no human beings are there. I don’t want to see them in early morning. Who want to see them in early morning? I want to see the calf and cats. I want to see the animals because they are so alive. The moment they get up, they will stretch the whole body - jump around. Even if they are tied with a rope, with that rope they will just jump wherever they are - so fresh. And these fellows, the moment they get up early morning, what they do? Roll and lie down! Just roll in the bed - turn this side and pull the blanket.

The chronic fatigue - chronic fatigue comes because you don’t have - you take the life for granted. Remembering death is a very powerful method - going through the death is a very powerful method to remove the chronic fatigue - to remove that feeling of boredom. Then you won’t take your life for granted. Then you know what all you will miss if you will die - what all you were given by the life.