Awareness, Evolution, Temples & Ashrams, Death, Spiritual Paths

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq0EqC13Jck

i cannot hold on to the waking state

that is not good and i don't do that

when i'm doing my work i'm perfectly

awake when i'm driving when i'm outside

i'm like an ordinary person see

this is loss of control this is not this

will not be called being in control so

awareness should give you the control

losing control means there is no

awareness means that the attention is

wandering here and there

to control your attention is the whole

practice concentrate on your work

what is happening here is because you're

waiting or you know doing something

boring like driving or something

and the mind does not want to face this

thing so it wanders off into some some

other state which is not good

when i was talking about intoxication it

is not intoxication of this kind that

the control is lost no it is not lost so

if you don't have any interest in

activity don't do it don't do it let

somebody else do you are earning a lot

isn't it let somebody else do all this

boring job and pay them good money and

you do something interesting which keeps

you awake

by the way i do all my work i do all the

boring works and i do all the

interesting also going into the public

places

going into the cities

they provide a lot of grounding

otherwise you will feel ungrounded which

is loss of control actually so i do all

the work cleaning cooking washing going

to the market going to the village going

to the city everything getting the car

repaired getting the things prepared get

my hands dirty

everything because that is the

indication of good control isn't it

that means the mind is not pushing its

likes and dislikes on this body you know

what happens when your likes and

dislikes start controlling the body

instead of intelligence there is no

balance left in that life

yes there will be likes and dislikes so

what let them be there you become aware

of them and we need to do that which is

necessary this much should be remembered

all the time this life is not to be

governed by emotions and likes and

dislikes and preferences

that which is necessary should be done

whether it is boring

not boring yes it should be done

skillfully artfully beautifully whatever

you are doing tiniest lowliest kind of

job you should do it skillfully and i

have seen there are such people actually

need not be seekers

worldly people and they are most happy

people have seen most happy because

there is a gratification in doing your

work correctly

so some people will go one step ahead

then doing their work nicely but not

only clean their house they decorate

their house so one step ahead i don't do

that i'm lazy kind of so just clean it

that's all clean it only as much as it

is needed that is my definition of

perfection don't do anything which is

not needed

so that is my view although these states

can be enjoyable like you're sitting in

a plane now there's two hours flight now

what can you do in that instead of

messing with your mobile or something

you know reading some useless book

you can sit and relax that that time is

good for you isn't it you relax sleep go

to sleep the unaware sleep is also good

slowly you'll find that everything

becomes aware

it's pervaded with awareness it takes

some time to get used to that kind of

sleep where awareness is present

it looks like i'm not sleeping

after a few months the new state is

accepted

the mind is accustomed to this new state

adapted

so i think these states

these

non-interest

and this passing i mean it should not

last

forever so awareness does not mean you

know

just drifting off in some kind of crazy

state it means doing this for which you

are here experience human life as it is

completely this is awareness

can you talk about our development of

retaining knowledge are you still

maturing

see depends on what do you mean by our

and you the experiencer never develops

you should know this probably already

know this

the experiencer is the perfect thing no

development and this creature will keep

evolving endlessly i think that also you

know already

now

only thing

that needs to be done is don't slide

back don't slide down this is your

development this is your maturing that

you should have a detector installed in

your mind that detects whenever you're

sliding down a little bit is okay you

know sometimes we lose this equality

awareness and whatever blah blah blah

things spiritual stuff it's perfectly

okay but if your overall

direction is downwards

by which i mean towards the ignorance or

darkness then

it is not called development

yes there is no need for change and the

change happens

on its own there is no need to force it

just ensure that you are not sliding

down that's all

so this creature is maturing yes no

doubt about it it will keep evolving for

how much time forever i'm perfectly okay

with that you see evolution means that

there is always something to get always

there is no end to it so you will always

remain dissatisfied with your level of

evolution today i have become only a

human it's too bad isn't it we are on

the lower side now evolve do something

let it happen let the change happen you

enable the change and then you become

enlightened human awakened person too

bad then you become a god i am only only

lower god now i need to become a higher

god

you will find there is a hierarchy there

also hierarchy of angels and gods and

goddesses dissatisfaction the creature

is never satisfied with what it is that

is the driving force for the evolution

otherwise the creature will never evolve

so seeing this

we neither demand that nor we

reject that

in buddhism you will find very definite

steps of evolution they have given it

very nicely the arahat stage and the

rahan stage i don't even remember the

names we are not really concerned about

that what are we concerned about drop

the human form i am concerned only with

this much drop the human form

you have taken this form since a long

time now those who need this form they

should continue actually and they they

need more experience more learning they

should not drop it so your guru will be

able to tell what you need to do and for

most of the people i see who are on the

path of knowledge they will drop their

human form coming

births few lifetimes this is natural

need not be done just keep your

preferences on the higher side be more

human be more more than human have this

will intention to be more than human and

it will happen as it should happen

that's why i said you know effortless

we should not prevent it we should not

demand it the both things are there so

let it happen as it is

why did i say don't slide back because

there is a danger that you will drop in

ignorance you are doing this

job of evolving which simply means that

you be in knowledge nothing else to do

so

evolution cannot be done by somebody

like she said experiencer does not do

anything obviously it is whole and

perfect complete so and the creature

cannot do anything because creature is

only puppet

so who does it it happens automatically

so let it happen there is no practice

that will make you evolve it is

happening automatically the thing is

there is a desire in this creature to

evolve which is natural isn't it as soon

as it sees an opening as soon as the

creature perceives that there is more to

be achieved it goes there

the old is seen

like a prisoner it is like a cage and as

soon as the door is open it escapes

wants to escape so you are happy as a

human isn't it no problem at all but as

soon as a higher possibility is shown to

you that there is a possibility of

dropping the human form then this will

comes to progress

develop evolve whatever you want to call

it

in some of the masters they recommend it

because you know end of suffering

forever

right now also there there is no

suffering that much you know but this

thing does not know it this thing the

creature will never know it so it must

be ended this is the view of some people

there are some more people like you know

in spirituality everything is okay after

one stage you will find that everything

is okay there are all viewpoints are

actually right so there is no coral

between these viewpoints so some will

prefer to come back as humans because

the real work is here the work is needed

here you see they will say like this

there is nothing in the clouds nothing

to do in the clouds come back on the

ground that's what they recommend

bottom line is you should have a control

over this

business of incarnation that's all i

think that is my viewpoint that

once we

evolve to the higher side it does not

mean that we lose our ability to

become human again no it is like

when you

learn to drive a car you don't lose your

ability to drive a bike and when you

learn to drive a bike you don't lose

your ability to

ride the cycle the bicycle and obviously

you don't lose your ability to walk so

the evolution is inclusive actually it

includes the lower always

if you look at the human body it has

everything from a single cell to the

human everything in between is present

it has not actually left the lower it

has accumulated over it this is

evolution

what do i suggest is you know keep this

option of coming back as human because

who knows you will need it someday who

knows your guru someday your guru will

ask you to go and do some service

there are stories of some masters and

they came back as animals also animal

form half animal half man who knows what

is possible what is possible here so

need basis

do that which is needed

can you tell a consecutive temple to

visit in north

there is nothing in north and nothing is

south the temple is within the real

deity is within you visit that that

place often if you still have this

will to go here and there then you see

the vritti's are still strong then you

choose any temple and go you know

explore

there's no

no harm in exploring it's a lot of fun

actually but the real temple is within

you and once you reach there the other

temples are like fake cardboard sets

fake nothing in temple they're like a

curiosity toys so i also do that

sometimes you see but

it's becoming less and less

see if you are open to knowledge or you

are open to the guru field for

inspiration then you will get it in your

bathroom also bathroom is a very good

place to contemplate nobody disturbs you

there you don't need a temple

i'm not joking

if you are open then

everything is a temple everything is

sacred everything is consecrated if you

have no opening in you if you are not in

a receiving posture then even the

biggest temple in the world will do

nothing for you it is just stones

bricks and the statue is just beautiful

stone sculpture that's all nothing in

the statue i don't worship

so this tendency to visit places if it

is strong then it needs to be exhausted

visit a few places and you'll find

totally useless waste of time you could

have done something better in that time

you see you could have done something

better with that money that you are

spending but yes it needs to be

exhausted sometimes like all tendencies

their desires must be fulfilled and they

go away they are not going to stay there

so i also did that now and very soon i

came to know nothing will be found there

so it is better to visit ashrams i tell

people don't go to temples because the

statue will never speak to you go to the

ashram where the guru is sitting the

guru will speak to you

why do you need an artificially

consecrated thing to teach you something

to give you something you have a living

entity which is called guru the ashram

is the best place for

a seeker on the path of knowledge and

i'm not saying go to the ashram

which is concerned with purek go to any

ashram see what you gain from there all

gurus are same you see one guru has all

gurus in them

they change colors like a chameleon all

the time they're like this so

go to

some good ashrams visit some good gurus

that will be better

use of your time

you will be helped by these things

sometimes no doubt but the best place is

to go within

on the part of knowledge there is no

recommendation that you should achieve

this thing you should achieve that this

creature should do this and do that

there is nothing like this it is always

told that you are whole and perfect and

you are the highest ultimate this is

what power of knowledge is teaching

now why do we drop down to this level of

illusion where it is recommended to do

something because the seeker needs it

that's all because the seeker has

not arrived at that state where it can

simply let go there is a lot of energy

in the seeker it wants to do something

something is given to exhaust that

energy that's all it does not mean that

it was necessary it is simply done as a

play

so like you said if it becomes a

millionaire no problem no problem at all

if it is not living an ordinary life

perfectly okay as a concession sometimes

the guru will teach the lower teachings

because

the seeker is expecting something the

expectation must be fulfilled and after

a while the seeker realizes that you

know all i did was participated in the

play which is perfectly okay

it is happening anyway there is no do

where so it should happen

anybody who is dying naturally will

travel from this world to the other

world you know like poetically saying

and

they can be aware of the both states the

waking and the after death state we

don't even want to call it projected

state because you know now the body is

gone

so

it is the post

death state

those who die unnaturally they don't get

this chance

something else happens to them and

those who die

with a lot of chemical soup in their

body like medicines

injections who knows what so and these

people who do die unnaturally they hold

they try to hold on to the body for some

reason attachment or fear they do not

get this opportunity because

you see this body is now blocked so it

is unable to express what is going on at

the higher level so we never come to

know where are they reaching

it's all illusion so one illusion is

replaced by another illusion one dream

is replaced by another dream

one should die natural death fully aware

fully knowing what is going on no fear

should be seen yes death is also an

illusion yes everything is illusion

isn't it

there is no death only state change

state change of the memory structure it

changes it every day you know this time

it's a little bit special that's all and

that that the state will not be changed

back till there is a rebirth then state

changes back to waking but a new body

will i see you at the time of my death

or some other relative

make an intention right now what do you

want if you have the proper intention

the same thing will appear there if you

don't have any intention then the

volunteers on the other side

they will do

the need for they will do whatever is

required if you have specific kind of

intention hold that intention at the

time of your death and you will see me

also

there is no guarantee that it will be

original me or somebody appearing as me

but it hardly matters because

in that state

this substance is so fluid the copy is

same as the original the copy is same as

the original who is original do you

think somebody is original here this

guru that you are listening to is also

an illusion if you want the same

illusion to appear there here sure it

can be done

hold the intention

don't worry about what is original

nothing is original

i am fake and you are fake

it is not a problem to

teach from different parts but if the

student is not mature he is going to get

confused

so it is recommended that initially at

least you should stick to one very

narrow teaching set of teaching once you

are you mastered it then you are free to

do whatever you want

like a

artist you know initially an artist

draws exactly like his master he simply

copies his master

master says don't do any experiments

right now you need to learn how to draw

how to paint once he has mastered he has

become like the master then he's allowed

to do whatever he wants waste a lot of

paint or whatever he wants he will do

same way sometimes i take the liberty

and when i go into other parts like i

said but the newcomer should not get

confused by this you know he should

follow the instructions exactly

follow one thing master it you will see

the

program is like this it goes straight to

the point nothing else is given there

sometimes i mention

words from other parts or the

the ancient words for this thing which

is our tradition so you know people

should not think that i made up all

these things so

it is recommended to stick to one path

and once you have mastered it you can

explore other things very easy

once you know the path of knowledge you

will know everything