“Q: Except during darshan, when I get close to you, or even think of…”

Q: Except during darshan, when I get close to you, or even think of you, I become very emotional and begin crying. Why is this (..) break? During the break an Ashamah asked me how I was doing? I explain for going and she said I have known you in the past life. Is this true? Who told you?

Swamiji answer:

There is ahh (..) I'll tell you just this incident. See, ahh (..) there is a great Paramahamsa master incarnation in Bharat, in Bengal. Shree Rama Krishna. Have you heard of him? Ramakrishna, a very great incarnation. His disciple is Vivekananda. So, one of his disciples started recording all the teachings of Rama Krishna. That book is called Gospel, Gospel of Ramakrishna. So, ahhh (..) this disciple, when he started recording, he asked Ramakrishna; that disciple was not Vivekananda. Another one disciple. He asked Ramakrishna: “ Bhagawan, people may not be able to read all the pages. Some people may not be able to read all, some people may not be able to read the whole book. Some,maybe not able, ahh (..) even seventy percent. Some may not be even be able to read one full paragraph (..) the (..) ahhh (..) chapter. Some may not be able to read one full page.

So give me something, tell me something, which is I have to put it first. So that even if they read that two three lines; they get the essence of your whole teaching. Then Ramakrishna just sits in Samadhi for half an hour and says : put this as a first essence of my all the teachings. “When you remember, Guru or God, if your eyes become watery and if your heart melts, this is last birth for you”. That's the first teaching. He says; “this is the essence of whatever I want to tell. You put this as first. If people don’t read the fourth line it's ok. They got the essence of what I want to say. Leave it. If you read the book this would be the first caption. First thing. So understand this is your last birth (..). So don’t bother about whether you were connected to me in past life or not, in present life you are connected. That's enough.

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Swamiji: Hum (..) hum (..) hum (..) no, no, no, Unless you have Vidarka, It’s not, it’s not that anything can happen. Vidarka is required.

Swamiji read and answer Delegate question:

How to develop Vedic mind. so you (..) Vedic mind you can not develop ma, just drop your mind you will have vedic mind. (Laughs). So, vedic mind can’t be cultivated. How to drop you’ll learn, day after tomorrow. Day after tomorrow I’ll give the initiation and the Nirvikalpa state (..) and you’ll have a technique of developing a (..) means; having vedic mind. Bread cereal and all, it is good to avoid. I would not, I will not promote or accept the bread cereal and all that.

I'll really promote; cook every day three times. Morning cook separately, eat; wash the vessels. Noon cook; and wash the vessels. Night cook and eat. In Bharatn villages, still we cook three times a day Ma? Only the cities, lazy fellows. If you don’t know how to cook then don't eat. That’s all. Where do you want to eat? (Laughs) And still in Bharat there is a tradition, if you are a seeker, you have to do svayambh ga. You can’t eat cook (..) food cooked by somebody else. You have to cook and eat. Then naturally you eat less. Because your food you will put in mouth. (Laughs) And not only that, if you cook and eat, you can’t eat 3 times. You will naturally reduce twice. That is different.

But I really support cook. You see, I'll come to the habit of one person working; one person taking care of home. Taking care of home, taking care of kids is a full time job. Otherwise don’t give birth. Why are you giving birth? Who asks you to create a family. If you can’t maintain. Don’t give birth. If you give birth then spend time with them. Have this habit.

I'll tell; if you are interested in listening to me, I tell you all. I’m not saying a husband only should only work or a wife should only work. You decide. But one person should dedicate full time taking care of kids; if you have. If you have kids, if you don’t have kids then no problem. If you have kids, one person should dedicate full time. Taking care of them, spending time with them, bringing them up and seeing that they flower completely. They flower. So if one person is dedicated to home, then naturally the habit of three times cooking and all that will happen.

I think (..) Humm (..)?

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Swamiji: I don’t want anything which is preserved. Gita says very clearly, after cook within three hours it should be consumed. Anything after three hours is equivalent to madhu alcohol in vedic tradition. If it is beyond three hours don’t consume; it is equivalent to alcohol. So you guys also have (..) develop the habit. If you are working and all then Ahhh (..) develop the habit of twice eating. Eating morning and in the night. Have the habit of twice. And the noon, if you are; if you really feel like; have juice. But after cooking, if it is cooked, the food it has to be taken within three hours. And try always to eat the fresh food. Noon if you are in the office, you can’t have fresh cooked food than go for fruits. That kind of thing.

Swamiji read and answer Delegate question:

Very important question. Who and how is it determined in terms of what are qualities to have? Actually there is no determination. Don’t bother. There is no such thing as a scale. You become more and more aware of what is happening in you. Out of that awareness, whatever grows, encourages. Otherwise there is no such thing you should have this quality, you should not have these qualities. It is just a way of exploiting you. I completely liberate you from the all so the called social, legal, moral conducts. It’s all changing. Only one thing: Eternal. Infuse more and more awareness into your body and mind. In that awareness whatever grows, encourage it.

When you are completely aware of what is happening in your mind witnessing. If love grows encourage it. If compassion grows, encourage it. If hatress disappears, encourage it. But you don’t do it. You understand what I am saying? You are supposed to do only one thing, growing consciousness. Your body should be a greenhouse for consciousness. Nursery for a new man. Other things should happen by itself. Don’t bother about anything else.

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Humm (..) Ah? (..) No, in awareness fear never comes. Its unconsciousness. In awareness fear will never come. Humm?

Swamiji read and answer Delegate question:

A spiritual name? See, basically I look into your identity. Exactly what is you and give you a word; which will be a technique for your enlightenment. That word will signify three things. For example: If you are an intellectual type, I usually give the name a (..) words related to intellect, like a Nithyajnana. Means: That intellectual Jnana, knowledge is the path for you. It’s like three things; one that is your path, that is your goal, that my blessing. You will become that. All the three is given as a spiritual name. That’s a way; I have a huge dictionary. I usually classified people. You can use that name as a mantra that is enough for you. Nothing else is required.

For example, if I have given you a name Jnana Ananda, just meditate on that word. Whole day chant that very word, your own name: Jnana Ananda, Jnana Ananda, Jnana Ananda, just the chanting that remembrance you will become enlightened. That concept alone is enough to liberate you. It's like a single gift. If you ask me, whatever you want to give, can you consolidate in one thing? and give me the whole thing? I can say name, name is like that. Whole day you can chant continuously, you don’t need any other mantra.That one concept is enough for you.

That's the way the names, spiritual name; I pick up and give. For example I gave you the name Priya; love is your path, constantly feel love; priya, priya that is my life. So if you are sitting in the bed, radiate love to that bed. Don’t sit in a dead way. Don’t think that bed is ahhh (..) Ahmm (..) indebted to carry you. No. It's carrying you out of its greatness. So feel, tell the bed, thank you for carrying me. You are alive. Sit with a lot of love. When you touch even a paper, touch it with a lot of love. And when you look at anything, touch anything, do it with a lot of love and awareness.

See, my car which I’m using it for last eight years, every time I sit I'll touch it with a lot of love. Once fellow Ahmm (..) no fuel, completely stopped in the forest when I was driving ahhh (..) interior Tamil Nadu village, completely stopped.Total dry. I just touched: “Hey Nandi, nothing can be done now. I don’t know what you will do, till the next petrol bomb, bunk, run: 32 kilometer that fellow runs without oil. Without any fuel, 32 kilometer, that car.

It’s not that you will treat him like a car and then tell; when the problem comes do it. No. You have to have that love forever. The relationship; and he did it. I don’t know how you understand. Eight years. At least 2 lakh kilometers and no vehicle in Bharat runs for 2 lakh kilometers, 200 thousand kilometers is already run (..) and still (..) best vehicle in our Ashram is that vehicle only. I’m just giving you an example, anything you do priya, love. That's a; that should become a mantra in you. Mantra. So that should be a mantra in you. Constantly repeat that as a mantra. That concept is; should get completely. No, no, no. I (..) I can say I am the pure reflection of the source whether you look at me or look at the source inside you will reach the same.

Delegate: So, I'm trying to practice what you said in the morning, so when I look at you I don’t see you.

Swamiji: yes

Delegate: Is that ok?

Swamiji: When you look at me, you will see the seat is empty. Because I’m empty.

Delegate: So I’m doing right?

Swamiji: Ahhh?

Delegate: So I guess that technique I’m doing (..)?

Swamiji: Is right. Your right. When you look at the seat and if you see emptiness, you are right. If you are seeing somebody, you are wrong.

Delegate: Ok.

Swamiji: See, I am not present as you think. As I always tell that. Dead masters are not absent as you think, living masters are not present as you think. Unable to understand? it's Ok. (Laughs)

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Yes? Ahh (..) yes, looking at the source is what I call self remembrance. Even the remembrance word is (..) small, self awareness, restful awareness.