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subject... transcend through meditation... Patanjali Yoga Sutra Chapter 2, sutra 11.

Before entering into the sutra, few things- transcendence can happen only through meditation. Growth can happen through morality, through various practices. But transcending will happen only through meditation. Meditation is the only way where transcendence can happen, where the things can become totally different. That quantum breakthrough, the quantum leap happens only through meditation.

Patanjali .. ‘till last sutra, was speaking about different process. Now he is giving a direct solution. Let us enter into the sutra.

dhyana heyahastad brudaya.

Very beautiful sutra, small, crisp, very beautiful. Dhyana heyahastad brudaya. Dhyana heyahastad brudaya.

Swami Vivekananda translates this as: by meditation their modifications are to be rejected.

Swami Prabhavananda translates as: in their fully developed form they can be overcome through meditation.

Dwivedi translates as: Their transformations have to be suppressed by meditation.

There is no doubt... the samskaras can be transcended only by meditation. Meditation is the only way to transcend the samskaras. No doubt. But let us understand the word meditation – dhyana. What is exactly the word ‘dhyana’ means? thousands of interpretations, thousands of ways, thousands of methods, thousands of understandings about dhyana exist. Let me give you exactly what I mean by the word dhyana.

Means being in the state of nirvikalpa, through unclutching. Being in the state of nirvikalpa through unclutching...That is what I call dhyana. Getting back to that state again and again and again. So being in dhyana is the only way transcendence will start happening. All these engrams will leave your system. The transcendence can start happening. See, till the transcendence happens, there is no guarantee that you are free, the engrams will have its own power. It will go on giving you the constant torture, suffering.

It will go on be adding constant suffering. Only when the transcendence happens, the engrams will free you and you will be free from the engrams… In zen they call it taming of the mind. But here what I am saying is not even taming of the mind, just dropping the mind. Going beyond the mind. Just being in the unclutched space. Again and again and again I go on speaking about unclutching. There is one subject which I never get bored, that’s unclutching.

I may speak thousand things finally I come and land in that. I may give thousand introduction, finally I come and land in that. I may do one thousand things, finally I come and land in that. Again and again and again, the unclutching, that is the only solution how much ever your mind avoids that solution, avoids that process, that is the only solution. That is the only way for the ultimate. That is the only way you can transcend the expansion and expression of samskaras – engraved memory.

Constantly being in dhyana, being in the unclutched mode, whole day – walking, talking, sitting, doing everything in unclutched mode. If you observed from yesterday night, suddenly you will see the whole ashram has slowed down. How many of you observed? Whole ashram has slowed down. I put them into a special practice, radiating enlightenment. So from tonight, you guys are all going to practice. From tonight I’m going to put you in the process. It’s preparation for vyana, vyana and udana.

Anything you do has to be done with awareness. Dhyana. What Patanjali says as, transcendence can happen only through dhyana. If you are walking, walk with awareness. How the earth feels? What all the muscles moving in your body? How it feels near where your thigh bone and the hip bone are connecting? That’s the spot where that walking movement happens. How it feels?

Feel continuously, how things happens... inside you. Understand, there are 3 moments constantly happening in you. One - breathing, another one - the belly movement, third one - the body movements. Be aware of all these three. Be aware of all these three. That is the only way, that is the only way transcendence can happen. So walking, talking, standing, eating, whole day be aware. I am describing the exact technique. Morning when you wake up, don’t jump from the bed, if you jump, then lie down again, slowly wake up, slowly come out with awareness.

Buddha, once there was a fly was on his nose, he is... killed it. Then suddenly he remembered and again he did the whole motion slowly with the awareness. People asked him, “What are you doing?” He said, “No, first I did without unaw... without awareness, unaware way. Now I am learning the awareness.”

Everything you do, let it be filled with awareness. Awareness is the only way of transcendence. Walking or talking, sitting, anything. So from this moment, be in dhyana – zen… Suddenly the whole thing will get slowed down, whole thing will get slowed down. It is okay. Perfect. Nothing wrong. You are not in a hurry to achieve anything, to do anything. If things gets slowed down. It is ok. But awareness. Infuse awareness. Watch your breath, watch your belly movements, watch your thoughts, watch whatever is happening. Whatever is happening around you, in you, continuously be aware.

Float in awareness. Be in awareness. Live in awareness. Move in awareness. What is happening inside your system and outside your system, have the tremendous awareness. Even now while you are sitting be aware. How your muscles feel, how your mind feels, how your body is feeling, listen to these words with deep awareness. Suddenly you will see these words are just encompassing you. My presence is just penetrating you, filling you. Something is overflowing in you. Please understand, just ordinary sitting, the process starts happening in you. That is what is Living Enlightenment process.

If your body movements are happening without awareness, stop! Then do it with awareness. Any movement, infuse awareness. Just one process. Within one day the whole ashram has slowed down, can you understand? I don’t think any other organization, this size organization, has so much of restful awareness people. I can be pride from this moment. Why this moment? From yesterday I can say. Restful awareness -It is such an important thing in your life- start living, start radiating. Let your walking, talking, sitting, let everything be with restful awareness. Let everything have restful awareness. With restful awareness the earth will feel your blessing. You will feel your very body is your blessing, understand. When the restful awareness happens in you, you will feel like your body is not filled with blood, it is filled with honey. So much of sweetness will be there in every muscle.

When you move any muscle, first thing you will feel is a deep sweetness in the throat …that sweetness radiates grace. Grace happens through the deep sweetness in your system. It is the sweetness which is responsible for the grace. So understand, infuse dhyana into all the movements. Walking, talking, sitting, standing, living, breathing, in all movements, infuse prana… Dhyana, zen, consciousness, all are different words for the same phenomena.

Whatever is happening in you, be aware of that. Let that awareness penetrate into all your actions, talking, walking, sitting, inside whatever is happening, even the digestion.. be aware. What is going on inside your heart, inside your intestines, inside your liver, inside your system. Be aware... You will see…

You will see very clearly that being aware will awaken one of the most powerful energy in you – Kundalini. That is the only way to transcend ordinary disturbances. To transcend all the distortions which happens inside your inner space.

Let us enter into the next sutra.

Klesha moola karma aashayaha drushta adrushta janma vedaaniyaha Klesha moola karma aashayaha drushta adrushta janma.. vedaaniyaha

Swami Vivekananda translates as: the receptacle of works has its root in the aforesaid painbearing obstructions and their experience is in this visible life or in the unseen, next lives.

Prabhananda translates as: a man's latent tendencies have been created by his past thoughts and actions. These tendencies will bear fruits both in this life and in lifes to come.

Klesha moola karma aashayaha... drushta adrushta janma vedaaniyaha Means, the root cause of... all these problems... is rooted... in Karmashya where all the samskaras are recorded and stored. And it has to be experienced, it will be experienced in this or unseen lifes. You need to understand many technical terms, Karmashya – where all the engrams are stored. Today morning I was describing the folded tent – our deep sleep state. That is what is the karana sarira, what I call karmashya where all our engrams are stored. Its effects are experienced either in this life or the unseen life.

It means… Patanjali is first time introducing great truth to us saying that create your strategy planning for whole life, not this scene life. Person who creates strategy planning for seen life is materialistic. Person who creates strategy planning for the whole life is enlightened, that’s all. There are only two kinds of people in the world. One who has strategy planning for this so-called hundred years. The other one, who has strategy planning for the whole life.

Of course there are some who don’t have strategy planning for even the same life. You cannot call them as human beings. So strategy planning for the whole, for the whole life... not just this 60 years. Not just this hundred years. For the whole life. Patanjali is introducing this great truth now. He is saying if they are in the Karmashya. Means, even if they are unexperienced, if they are lying in the Karmashya -in the deep down in the causal layer- it will be experienced in some life. The word unseen life has two meaning – one the future lives to come or even in this life, the unconscious part which you live, is unseen life.

In this two part, it has to be experienced. It is very technical sutra. That’s why it’s little boring, because it’s not like a story-telling, it’s like a warning. This sutra is more like a statutory warning. That’s why it’s little boring. But warning has to be displayed. It has to be told. Why he gives this warning? Do not allow the samskaras to stay in you, even in the seed level. The only solution, not to let the samskara to stay in you, even in the seed level, is infuse awareness whole day. Whole day. Morning till night, from the moment you wake up till the moment you fall asleep, just be intensely aware. Aware of walking, talking, sitting, standing, everything. Be aware. That is the only way. Even in the latent potential level, the engrams will not be staying in you.

Our engrams are so powerful they cheat us in a very easy way. With a different different names and forms. One great Rishi, Jada Bharatha. He was a great tapasvi. He was meditating in the banks of a river, in forest. One day one small deer...baby deer… mother gave birth to the baby and died. So he saw that baby and his compassion…. He adopted that baby, starting take care of that baby. Slowly, slowly, slowly got attached to the baby. The deer started growing, growing and the attachment, his attachment also started growing, growing.

After some time, almost his whole life is centered around the deer. Like a whole day, he eats only after the deer eats. He sleeps only after the deer sleeps.

That deer becomes center of life for him… Then by-and-by-and-by whole day his whole life is centered on the deer. And slowly, very slowly, his whole mind got centered on the deer. One day he was about to die, instead of remembering God and consciousness are centering himself into the awareness, he was remembering about the deer. What will happen to this deer, who will take care, what will happen? With that memory he died and took birth as a deer. Came back and lived with that deer as a companion. And when he was living with that deer as a companion, suddenly one rishi touched him and gave him the initiation and gave him the memory of past life.

And he recollected, “Oh God what happened to me... I wanted to become enlightened. I started my tapas and slowly, slowly, slowly, see what has happened to me, finally where I landed. And here I am as a deer, instead of living enlightened life, here I am living as a deer life…”

So... engrams, even if it comes up with a different names like compassion, this, that are very dangerous. Can be really, really, really dangerous. Even one engram allowed, can destroy the whole life. Fire, loan, enmity, engram – these 4 you should not leave it even little, thinking, “Oh it’s little, tomorrow I will take care.” No. It can grow before you open your eyes. Fire, enmity, loan, and engrams. All these 4 should not be left even a little bit. There should not be even little bit left. All 4 should be destroyed completely.

So get into the process of destroying all the four completely. Inhaling, exhaling, belly movement, body movement. Infuse awareness into everything... If you have moved unconsciously, now get back. Do it again consciously. That is what is called prayashchit. If you moved your hands unconsciously. Don’t allow, get back. Move that same way, consciously. Prayaschita. Don’t feel shy to do prayashchitas. Don’t think somebody will laugh. No, it is your life.

Only when you do prayashchita for the next 3-4 days, you will get the habit of being aware of everything. Being in awareness about everything. Any movement happens, should be done with awareness. Now, as of now, if you move your muscles, you may feel bitterness in your throat. But if you infuse it with awareness, when you move your muscles, it will create a deep taste, sweetness in your muscles... in your throat.

Whole body should feel sweet. Then you will feel happy to carry your body. You will feel grateful for life. Life itself is such an ecstasy, blessing. You will feel grateful for it. You will be happy for it, you will be happy that life happened in you. You will be happy that life is radiating in you.

Again... the moment it becomes evening, again and again I get into the mood of doing. The Sandhya is very powerful. Sandhya is really very powerful. Evening’s power to put yourself into the meditation by its very nature is amazing and unimaginable.

Understand the process. Awareness. That’s all.

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