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Guruji satsang - attachment vs mother love

Gurudev, what is the difference between Moha (attachment) and Mamtaa (a mother’s love)?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

See, a mother’s love is permanent, it never goes away. What is attachment? When (a mother’s) love makes us blind, then that is attachment.

Suppose a mother’s son is not qualified to become the Chief Minister of a state, and the son also does not want to become the Chief Minister, but the mother forces the son to become the Chief Minister because she is unable to recognize that he is not the right person for the job, then this is attachment.

What King Dhritarashtra felt towards his son Duryodhana was attachment. On the other hand, the love of Mother Yashoda towards Lord Krishna was nothing but purely a mother’s love for her child.

Attachment gives you misery because it blinds you. When you get entangled in attachment, you overlook the person’s true capability and what they deserve. Mamtaa means having the feeling of 'Mine'. So, your motherly love should expand and it should be for everyone else.

Lord Krishna says in the Gita, 'Yes, I do have attachment also, but it is equal towards all beings'. Samo 'ham sarva-bhuteshu na me dveshyo 'sti na priyah. Ye bhajanti tu mam bhaktya mayi te teshu cha-api aham'. (9.29)

This is a very unique quality and only Lord Krishna can speak like this. A normal person can get very attached to one person. But when a person says, 'I have that same strong attachment towards all beings', then that is unique. So Lord Krishna presents attachment also in a positive way.

Guruji satsang - emotions

Free yourself from the storm of emotions ~ Sri Sri 

Life is found to be caught up in storms so very often. And you are not yourself when you are in a storm. You don’t know what to do. At those moments all your spiritual practices, concepts, ideas and ideals fall apart. Your devotion, your love and all the beautiful things you cherish in your life, simply don’t seem to be there or mean anything. You are under the influence of a big storm. A whirlwind rises in you and throws you off balance.

What do you do? Nothing is helpful. You sit, close your eyes and try to meditate. But the mind is all over the place. You feel as though you are in a burning furnace, and you don’t know how to put the fire out. And the more effort you make to cool it down, and put it out, the more the fire burns, the more the restlessness and agitation increase. You are yourself only between the storms. How many storms rise in your life, and how frequently do they rise?

The less frequent they are, the more you are yourself. At those moments you are happy; you are settled. You are calm. Just think of those moments of intense restlessness, agitation and feverishness. The breath becomes heavier. The body becomes unbearable. You are not at all aware of the mind. But that is not what you are. You get a glimpse of the clearness of yourself between two storms. But life seems to be like the ocean – wave after wave lashing at you, one after another.

This is the only problem. This is the only basic problem in the universe. There is no other problem. You can attach it to one thousand causes or reasons, but the problem is how to free your life from this storm which has gripped it.

The first thing to do is to become aware of this. At that moment, the storm will subside. First, stop regretting things. For no reason, there is turmoil in the mind. When your mind cools down and you experience that inner cool, soft and delicate aspect of yourself, there is a big relief.

No one storm can be there all the time. It is impossible. It comes and subsides.

Your mind is like a wind – a whirlwind, subsiding and cooling down. That is your true nature. That is love. You have been resisting, restless, all this time. Now you see it is there. Okay, so let it be there. It is a part of nature. The storm is also a part of nature. Stop resisting the storm. Take it, gulp it in its totality; go deep into it and you will see it is nothing. It is just created out of yourself, your mind and your consciousness. In that aspect of you, you are your Self.

Know that there is a power, some power, someone, who is really caring for you.

Not just someone there is only One in the whole universe. That One in the universe is caring and taking care of you. You can relax, rest and be peaceful.

There cannot be an ocean without waves. Every event touches life somewhere on its surface. It creates movement. Take all that comes with both your hands. Don’t say that it is impossible or not possible for you. This thought of something being not possible means that you are resisting. This is making the storms stay for long periods. Stand there with your arms open. Say, ‘Whatever storms come, let them, I’m here.’ You grow out of them. You become bigger.

Tell yourself:

“Come what may, there is nothing that can destroy me. It may be excruciatingly painful, but it doesn’t matter. It still cannot destroy or kill me. I am here. I am much, much bigger than all these emotions, commotions or waves. They all rise inside me, in me, and in no way can they destroy me. I will let them be.”

So when a storm arises, just be with it. Do not try to get rid of the storm. Be with it; go into it. And, of course, you have your meditation and spiritual practices to help purify your whole system. It’s such a blessing.

Guruji satsang - partner jealous

Gurudev, why do people become jealous about their partners or friends whom they love so much?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

Usually when we love something, we want to possess it. If you appreciate a painting, you want to buy it and keep it in your home. You find a beautiful garment, and although you know you will wear it only a couple of times, you buy it and put it in the closet.

You have known only one way of loving — love it, possess it and forget it. When you try to possess love, you rob it of its beauty, and then that same love gives you pain.

Whoever you love, you try to dictate terms to them. In a very subtle way you try to rule them. And whatever you try to control turns ugly.

You have never loved someone and not tried to possess them.

It begins in childhood. When the second baby comes, the first baby wants all the attention. “Why did you bring this baby home? Give it away.” Many children say,”You belong to me and me alone.” It is a deep samskara, a deep impression, this fear of losing our place in the heart of someone we love.

First comes attraction.

Have you noticed this? If you simply get whatever you are attracted to — just like that, quickly — you do not develop love for it. A longing must arise. That leads to love. But love brings the fear of loss. Yet, a love which has the fear of loss does not blossom. It leads you to other ugly sensations and feelings. Jealousy comes. There is someone you love very much — a friend, a boyfriend, a girlfriend — but his or her attention is on someone else.

See what is happening in your stomach — it is churning. You try all sorts of gimmicks to deny what is happening within you. Much ugliness arises because there is fear of loss. You never love something that is big, that is enormous because you have not yet become enormous yourself. And as long as you stay very small, there is no joy, there is no happiness, there is no peace. Joy is expansion, becoming big in your heart. This can only happen in a situation where you are very much in love, but you cannot possess what you love.

भगवान स्वर्णाकर्षण

🔴Remedies🔴

दारिद्र-दहन प्रयोग

ये शिव जी का स्वर्णाकर्षण भैरव स्वरूप है।कालभैरव के तीन स्वरूपों बटुक भैरव, महाकालभैरव एवम स्वर्णाकर्षण भैरव में स्वर्णाकर्षण भैरव सात्विक स्वरूप है। रुद्रयामल तंत्र में इसका वर्णन है इस का ज्ञान स्वयं महादेव द्वारा नंदी जी और फिर नंदी जी द्वारा लोककल्याण हेतु महर्षि मार्कण्डेय को दिया। स्वर्णाकर्षण भैरव मणिद्वीप के कोषाधिकारी कहे जाते हैं। इस चित्र में वर्णन है कि कैसे वर्षों तक चले देवासुर संग्राम के बाद जब कुबेर और माता लक्ष्मी के कोष में धन का अभाव हो जाता है तो नंदी जी के उपदेश के बाद बद्रीविशाल (विशालातीर्थ) धाम में स्वर्णाकर्षण भैरव को प्रसन्न कर धन प्राप्त करते है।

भगवान स्वर्णाकर्षण भैरव  ने उन्हें दर्शन देकर श्री मणिद्वीप लोक से प्रकट होकर 4 भुजाओ से धन की वर्षा की जिससे पुनः सभी देवता "श्री" सम्पन्न हो गए।

ॐ पीतवर्णं चतुर्बाहुं त्रिनेत्रं पीतवाससम्।

अक्षयं स्वर्णमाणिक्य तड़ित-पूरितपात्रकम्॥

अभिलसन् महाशूलं चामरं तोमरोद्वहम्।

सततं चिन्तये देवं भैरवं सर्वसिद्धिदम्॥

मंदारद्रुमकल्पमूलमहिते माणिक्य सिंहासने, संविष्टोदरभिन्न चम्पकरुचा देव्या समालिंगितः।

भक्तेभ्यः कररत्नपात्रभरितं स्वर्णददानो भृशं, स्वर्णाकर्षण भैरवो विजयते स्वर्णाकृति : सर्वदा॥

हिन्दी भावार्थ: श्रीस्वर्णाकर्षण भैरव जी मंदार(सफेद आक) के नीचे माणिक्य के सिंहासन पर बैठे हैं। उनके वाम भाग में देवि उनसे समालिंगित हैं। उनकी देह आभा पीली है तथा उन्होंने पीले ही वस्त्र धारण किये हैं। उनके तीन नेत्र हैं। चार बाहु हैं जिन्में उन्होंने स्वर्ण — माणिक्य से भरे हुए पात्र, महाशूल, चामर तथा तोमर को धारण कर रखा है। वे अपने भक्तों को स्वर्ण देने के लिए तत्पर हैं। ऐसे सर्वसिद्धिप्रदाता श्री स्वर्णाकर्षण भैरव का मैं अपने हृदय में ध्यान व आह्वान करता हूं उनकी शरण ग्रहण करता हूं। आप मेरे दारिद्रय का नाश कर मुझे अक्षय अचल धन समृद्धि और स्वर्ण राशि प्रदान करे और मुझ पर अपनी कृपा दृष्टि करें।

स्वर्ण-राशि ददात्येव, तत्क्षणान्नास्ति संशयः ।

सर्वदा यः पठेत् स्तोत्रं, भैरवस्य महात्मनः ।।

लोक-त्रयं वशी कुर्यात्, अचलां श्रियं चाप्नुयात् ।

न भयं लभते क्वापि, विघ्न-भूतादि-सम्भव ।।

म्रियन्ते शत्रवोऽवश्यम लक्ष्मी-नाशमाप्नुयात् ।

अक्षयं लभते सौख्यं, सर्वदा मानवोत्तमः ।।

अष्ट-पञ्चाशताणढ्यो, मन्त्र-राजः प्रकीर्तितः ।

दारिद्र्य-दुःख-शमनं, स्वर्णाकर्षण-कारकः ।।

य येन संजपेत् धीमान्, स्तोत्र वा प्रपठेत् सदा ।

महा-भैरव-सायुज्यं, स्वान्त-काले भवेद् ध्रुवं ।।

कठिन आराधना है पर कहा जाता है जिस प्रकार महामृत्युंजय मंत्र आयुवर्धन व रोग नाश के लिए अचूक वरदान है उसी प्रकार स्वर्णाकर्षण भैरव साधना कुंडली मे महादरिद्र योग व आर्थिक समस्याओं के योग को समाप्त करती है।

 इस साधना में चैतन्य किये गए स्वर्णाकर्षण यंत्र को पूजा स्थान मे स्थापित कर दें और नित्य यंत्र का दर्शन करे।

Guruji satsang - I am blessed

*24. Feel That "I Am Blessed"*

There is so much talk about success. Have you ever thought what success is? Success is simply ignorance about one's capabilities. Success is ignorance about the power of the self because you assume you can do only this much. If there are obstacles, you are clear about your objective. 

With a calm and serene mind, think of many possibilities. Know that failures are stepping stones for greater success. Actually, there are no failures in life. All the seeming failures are only stepping stones for greater success. If you feel the obstacle is too much, deep prayer can work miracles. 

The feeling that I am blessed can help you overcome any failure. Once you realise that you are blessed, than all the complaints disappear, all the grumbling disappears, all the insecurities disappears, a sense of not being loved disappears, wanting love disappears. 

Ego is always ambitious and wants to do tough jobs like climbing Mount Everest whereas in a simple act like watching a butterfly, watering a garden, watching the birds or the sky, can bring deep relaxation and relaxation connects you with your source. 

Seemingly trivial actions open a new dimension and bring in immense peace and rest. Just come out of your little shell and feel free. There is a saying - Behind every successful man is a women. I will modify this - Behind every success there is the divine saying, I am behind you.

Guruji satsang - stress

🌷5 Things You Need to Know About Stress 🌷 

(From Wisdom post of Sri Sri)

There is a beautiful human being inside everyone. What makes one different is the stress that covers the beauty. When the stress is gone, we become our original selves. In this article, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar speaks on the 5 things we need to know about stress.

1.Too much to do, too little time, and no energy – that’s what the definition of stress is. When you want to do too much and you have neither energy nor time, you get stressed.

2. Secondly, remember you have faced many challenges in the past and you have overcome them all. So, have this confidence that I can handle this challenge as well.

3. Then you must also know that there’s nothing more important in life than life itself. If you are alive, then everything else is. If you are alive, then there is business. If you are alive, then relationships. If you are alive, then there is fame or whatever you wish for. Don’t put life at risk to get these other things. You must give more importance to life itself.

4. Why do you do anything that you do? It is because you want to be happy. And if you achieve something at the cost of happiness, it is worth nothing at all. You achieved what you wanted but you lost happiness, then that achievement is null and void. So you must keep this in mind.

5. Things happen through a different law in the Universe. You might have noticed that you had been very good to people and still there were people who suddenly became your enemies. Your friends became your enemies. And the opposite happens too: someone whom you have not done any big favor for, they help you when you really need it. So friendship or animosity happens through some special law of the Universe, and it is called karma.

When your times are good, your worst enemy behaves as a friend, and when your time is bad, then your best friend behaves like an enemy. So, understand things from a bigger dimension.