PEOS 216 : Awareness, Ego, Bodhisattva, Signs, Desires

 

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paramjit is asking practicing I am

nothing or am everything is not hard but

when doing practical in real life it is

little harder sometimes please advise

it will be a matter of practice only

just like when you start riding the

bicycle it is not that easy you will

fall sometimes you will take some time

to learn it and it will be very

difficult in the crowded place and on

turns and on uphill but eventually you

will learn it and then the bicycle will

ride itself same way when you learn to

drive the car it is very difficult what

levers to press where are all the

buttons and all and when something comes

from front while you're driving at a

speed it's very hard to control it but

with enough practice you become expert

in that so you have started this

practice since only one or two months

one month probably wait till five or six

yes some weeks so wait for three or four

years at least you will become expert

the more you practice the faster you

will

Master it

so those who are thinking that today I

started the practice no results at all

so hard it is not magic it will take

time and how much time it will take

depends on the interest of the person it

depends on the effort although it does

not take effort but the effort is

initial effort to let go of your

ordinary routine life and remain in this

light of knowledge

this is like breaking the whole old

habit your habitual of living in

darkness now it will take some time keep

doing the practice that is the only

solution the shortcuts were told you

know what can we do to remember it

easily and so on reminders and all so

initially people practice all these

things you can also try those things

yeah I guessing can I ask a question

sure you can ask hello yeah hello

uh guruji uh there was a thought

that let the higher layers

lower layers

uh it just

popped up during meditation

uh

because I'm seeing that a lot of

lower

layers

when manipulated when trying to

make unbalanced sometimes the

ice grow up even more in that so

I've gone through an experience when

I've realized that sometimes because I

was having some difficult times lately

uh my awareness behind all that despite

it was

uh sometimes so powerful but I've

noticed that

my will to stay aware despite all of

that

in the end he liberated me a bit

uh

so

uh simply I am asking if we can just

practice awareness and ignore all the

rest is this essential is this enough

thank you

you can practice being aware but you

cannot ignore your day-to-day life that

will not be possible and that is not

also recommended probably that's what

you are asking if I understood correctly

so the awareness is not going to

interfere in your daily life just do the

same things that you do every day but in

Awareness it is not a job which must be

done after leaving all the jobs after

completing all the jobs no you need to

do all your daily activities in

Awareness knowing fully that I am the

witness and whatever is happening is

happening automatically through this

body and then whatever is the experience

is totally false

simply keeping this Awareness on and

doing your all the activities normally

this is the recommended way and

initially there will be problems like he

was saying that my awareness goes away

when I am doing something important or

some difficult situation is there so

there is nothing to worry just solve the

difficult situation just complete your

difficult work whatever you are doing

and then come back in Awareness this

will be initial issues and then more

practice will enable you to remain aware

in those difficult situations also

it is a step-by-step process or you can

say it is a gradual process it will not

happen overnight

the knowledge happens overnight yes the

knowledge happens in few minutes it is

simply shown that look this is the truth

and then the awareness

takes its time it is matter of habit and

for some people even the knowledge

verification will take time when they

are listening to me or somebody else

they will understand that look this is

like this my Essence is the witness and

whatever it Witnesses is illusion

that day they understand this next there

are doubts and after one week they

forget so for some people it will be a

difficult matter to even verify the

knowledge then they are told that think

about it meditate on it can template

about it spend time on it

why does that happen because they are

very new Seekers newcomers they are not

ripe enough to abide in the knowledge

immediately so not only they go back in

an awareness they go back in ignorance

many times it happens they go back to

their old identification with the body

mind fully forgetting the knowledge so

that is why we have all these activities

like satsang like the program where the

body mind is forced to break this habit

of ignorance and that is why those who

do the program they face very little

problem because for six months they are

involved in Nothing But The Path of

Knowledge so those who are ready they

will face no difficulties they will

complete the step-by-step procedure and

they will abide in Awareness whenever

the ripening happens whenever they write

time arrives it will be continuous and

broken awareness

that is the waking State we are now

making the efforts to bring the

awareness in dreaming in projected

States and sleep State and so on that is

the advanced practice so that will take

time

everybody has their own abilities and

they proceed according to them and they

all take different times knowing is very

simple then implementing it in in your

life it takes a little bit of time and

effort those who are made for this they

don't do any practice they know what I

am and they know what is illusion and

they are simply happy with whatever they

are they are not trying to be aware in

waking and they are not trying to mess

with their sleep and and death and

whatever in the vocal practices they are

happy with that state also it is

Perfectly Natural

so there are many kinds of seekers and

in this setup of your experiences in

bodhyavarta and all that we are helping

all kinds of seekers all kinds starting

from the simplest possible to the most

advanced possible Seeker all get

directions

totally depends on the interest of the

Seeker how interested you are I've seen

so many many people there they are so

interested that they want to come here

and practice they want to stay with me

here and practice and I say okay you are

very much interested but that is not

really required so totally depends on

the intensity that will determine your

success and that is true for many people

many in many situations not only in

spirituality in science in arts in your

business in your job in your day to day

life so everything depends on how badly

you want it

okay he's saying my other question is

about the ego sure you can ask it

I've come to realize that

uh

a lot of things are just built on

beliefs Inc and that including

uh the self itself or a sense of

identity

so when in extreme cases of awareness

it's like even the thought processes

even the all the assumptions all what's

going on in the mind is based on the

assumption that you are liberated there

is no person there is no person

whatsoever there is no identity

whatsoever but in other cases I don't

know even how I switch from

that to

to another and

my question basically is is

the that

self

uh real or not how what can we do about

it I know sometimes it looks like it's

it's an illusion already it's uh even

the idea of ego is just in my day it's

just a concept but

uh

I don't know

uh

there are people who looks like they

they have

more egoic Tendencies than others I mean

what can you complain

contemplate about this guruji please I

I don't know even have a specific

question uh sorry for thank you for your

time

some people have more egoic Tendencies

some have less it is Perfectly Natural

and when you are practicing awareness

the ego is also seen in the light of

awareness and that should not be

suppressed if it is more simply watch it

more if it if the egoic activities are

more you need to pay more attention now

you need to become immediately aware and

should not suppress these activities

you will find that they will reduce the

egoic tendency will reduce like this

because you are watching it and the ego

should not be killed it should be

controlled control means that is a very

important activity of the mind and it

should be utilized wherever it is needed

but it should not be encouraged when it

is not really needed so simply sit and

watch when it is not needed watch the

play of the ego and when it is

absolutely necessary that that action

must be taken that action must also

happen in pure awareness

so many people think that the ego is a

problem in Awareness no it is not a

problem the awareness is above the ego

it does not replace the ego it

illuminates the ego

and the person need not disappear and

the body mind did not disappear this

illusion should continue as it is or

probably even better and it will become

better once it is illuminated by the

awareness and you will know this with

time you will know this with systematic

practice hopefully that answers your

question

so we'll go to the next question now

paramjit is asking may I ask you to

explain some of the Tendencies of Bodhi

satwa

although we do not know it directly but

we can guess logically a little bit what

is the bodhisattva tendency the first

important tendency is to help others

they do not have their own desires or

they have very little desires and the

main desire is simply to serve serve

others and the next tendency is that

they do not want to disappear no

dissolution is expected or is desired

they have known that this play is the

best play and they like to play it

can there be no worldly desire can there

be no intellectual desire there that is

not true according to me they can have

worldly desires it is a play for them

they can have intellectual artistic

desires even spiritual desires they want

to know the scriptures and so on it is

possible and they take on these desires

simply to sustain in a body or in a

lower layer they create these activities

for themselves so that they can manifest

there

remember the layers of Mind are simply

activity of mind there is no actual

structure there besides the activity the

layers will perceived as activity only

so we start these activities and

depending on where they want to serve

they take on the activities now a good

example is Amitabh or a lokiteshwar in

Buddhism because

the concept comes from Buddhism or

manjushri look at manjushri looks like a

prince and why are they so much involved

in physicality when they are

bodhisattvas so there are many wrong

Notions about bodhisattvas that they are

like totally like Beggars on the street

and monks and they live in Himalayas and

all no anybody who has exhausted their

own Tendencies and is now holding only

one desire to serve they are and title

to be called as bodhisattvasi

now the rest of the stuff about

bodhisattvas does not really matter this

one quality overpowers the other

qualities and they will assume any form

they will assume any shape any world

anybody in order to carry out their

agenda which is liberation of all living

beings

why did I say any form or any shape

because they cannot do that they can

appear as animals or objects also this

is very funny but we cannot provide a

proof of that but in order to facilitate

their play it is play to liberate all

people all organisms All Creatures is

simply play because that will never be

completed you see so they know these

things and they come up with very

creative ideas and very funny ideas they

do not make it serious that is one more

quality that when they play like this

they are never serious about it they

will make some twists they will make it

like a

suspense movie

so many of the gurus are heading towards

bodhisattvas

so I know when who had a lot of

qualities of bodhisatta and he is the

Osho rajneesh because I could study him

more I know what qualities he had so

that will be very very shocking to many

people who have very you can say pure

image of bodhisattva no they have no

limitations you can identify them like

these

there is one more person that I heard

about recently who resembles like this

and that is the guru of ishwar purji I

forgot his name right now I can't recall

but he had all these Tendencies yes

so thank you to vandita for reminding so

if you listen to and the story is told

by ishwaraji you will see how playful

this character was he lied so many times

and

and he uplifted so many people and he

lived a normal life probably he earned

the money and so on he was very

practical about money and things but he

could appear in the battlefield and

rescue the soldiers his own disciples

from the battle and so on you see

so for the bodhisattva no work is a

burden if it is helping a student if it

is helping their disciples they do it

they will never say I am such a big Guru

why should I do this they will also come

and clean your house if you want them

they will arrange for your food they

will they will fulfill any of your

desires if they can in the limits of the

illusion you know because what puts

limits on the bodhisattva the Devi

illusion the laws of the that world the

limit

they will break the laws now and then

when required because they are so

powerful but normally they do not use

any powers so I can go on like this you

know even one whole book can be written

about this thing probably there are

already books those who are interested

go and study it's a very interesting

topic

and you will see whether I am heading

towards this kind of bodhisatta position

if you do a self-evaluation use our

latest app for evaluating there are some

questions about bodhisattoo tendencies

and I've seen that few people are

already showing those Tendencies they

have started the play they are letting

go of their human nature little bit

little by little sometimes it is very

wild

Tendencies will be seen early in your

seeking whether you want the whole

knowledge for yourself do not even want

to talk to somebody else about the

knowledge somebody is asking you help

and you say give me money or I don't

have time to help you and now the

chances of becoming the bodhisattvas are

less but if spirituality is your top

priority in life and the earning eating

drinking you're doing it in your spare

time and that means there is a lot of

potential so I can identify these

Tendencies and I guide these people to

sharpen them to cultivate these

Tendencies it is not very difficult to

find it

vandita is asking Whenever there is a

notification in the phone one or the

other digit is seen repeating three or

four times on the screen this is

happening a lot it's very good there are

signs from the universe

so why do they happen that when you take

an important decision here in your life

usually there are signs if you have a

old Guru past life Guru which many of

you must be having and they have this

method of communicating using

coincidences a coincidence is created it

is very easy to create in this illusion

that is why they use this method a lot a

coincidence is created which is not your

normal everyday random life it has a

special meaning which your mind can

recognize

you pay attention and you can see from

the numbers that you can guess from the

numbers that what are they trying to

communicate what is the message and

everybody interprets the message very

differently usually this will happen

only when you have taken the right

decision in your life let us say you're

chosen a guru and these numbers they

start appearing that means your decision

was right you have chosen a path or you

have chosen a new job a new partner and

all this important decisions are taken

and sometimes these people are then

notified that you have done a good job

what if you make a mistake there are

notifications for that also but they are

not so obvious usually they do not

interfere when you've already made the

decision then the guru will not

interfere the guru wants you to make the

mistake and learn from it unless it is a

very very bad kind of mistake

Graham is asking can you talk about the

role of love for the seeker and in the

existence the Seeker should know that I

am the existence and then love becomes

this knowledge of Oneness very easy

swapna is asking how and why desires

arise desires rise in the mind which is

a storehouse of impressions what are

these Impressions they are your past

experiences past actions past likes and

dislikes they are all stored in the

memory and if the the creature wants to

work this body mind wants to do an

action there must be a force there must

be motivation to start that action that

motivation is called the desire

so the desire starts from the memory and

ends in an action and then the actions

they have fruits there are some

consequences of these actions that is

your karma and that gets stored back in

the memory the new desires arise suppose

the action was fruitful it was positive

then the Mind wants to do it more

it was negative then the mind says I'll

do something else not this one that is

also a desire to not do this action as I

also desire so because this is a force

this is what is called life without this

kind of activity the creature will

simply sit there will not do anything

will not eat will not drink and

obviously you can guess there won't be

any life so the this activity of

Desiring enables life it is the most

important action to stay alive

you do not know how many desires are

there try to stop breathing for a second

and you will see that there is a big

desire to breathe although it that

action is happening automatically we do

not pay any attention do not eat for a

day and you will see there is a big

desire to eat as long as the life

processes continue without any problem

we do not even see the desires

when do we start seeing the desires as

problems when they are not fulfilled

now suppose you get a desire because of

your past Impressions or you have seen

somebody doing that action and the mind

says I'll also do it these kind of

desires which are not your own they are

very difficult to fulfill and then this

unfulfilled desires they cause suffering

suffering is simply a thought that I

could not do this

this the mind is punishing itself the

mind is saying the desire was generated

but it was not fulfilled so it produces

punishment and when the desire is

fulfilled it produces a reward which is

what you call happiness ordinary person

thinks that is happiness but it is

simply the reward produced by the body

or the mind because in desire was

fulfilled

and as soon as that reward is taken it

is experienced more desires come now I

want something more why is that why it

never stops because the life never stops

the creatures who do not desire anything

they disappear they die out in the

natural selection selects only the

structures or the creatures or the mind

that produce continuous desires so that

this life can be sustained continuously

so that is why we say the desire is the

main force it is the energy behind life

now you can choose your desires remember

some desires are coming from outside you

saw your neighbor driving a new car and

then the desire comes in you I should

also buy a new car remember this is not

your desire it is not coming from your

own experiences or your own actions it

is coming from somewhere else it is a

fake desire it's imposed on this mind

there is expectation of Happiness there

but normally it's totally unnecessary

your life is running very nicely without

this new car so you can choose you can

desire not to act on that

and how is it possible to have only the

correct desires it is possible when you

are aware that this is simply mental

activity of some kind when will you

become aware

when you have the knowledge of who you

are you are the one who is desireless

you are the one who is witnessing this

play of desires fulfillment and

fulfillment happiness reward punishment

suffering you are the one once you know

this you can separate the desire from

yourself you can either stop it or you

can continue fulfilling it then it

becomes like a play how many desires I

want to fulfill today and like this now

the arising of Desire is not a problem

because it is simply entertainment and

you will slowly see that in the light of

awareness it is as the burn away only

those will remain that are absolutely

necessary for the life and in the end

they will also disappear which means

this creature will disappear it will die

and it will never be born at least not

as a human why because the desire is the

cause of birth also

so awareness looks like a small practice

easy practice but it is the most

powerful practice in this universe how

will you be become aware start by

self-knowledge self-realization know who

you are this is the beginning

is asking sometimes when I pray to Guru

Fields start with Guru brah and I say my

Guru is tarun pradhanji please help I

feel connection at my crown chakra and

feel very different kind of Joy piece

and questions answered thanks for being

therefore you are most welcome and those

who pray sincerely lovingly to the group

field they will be given this kind of

science but you should not become

habitual of these things should not

become addicted to the guru field live

your life normally in complete awareness

those who are expecting that why don't I

get all these Sensations and strange

experiences like numbers and all there

is nothing wrong you need not get them

everybody has different requirements so

they are given different experiences

you got the knowledge probably that was

your requirement isn't it so all the

coincidences were arranged for you to

come here and get the knowledge and that

is the bigger Miracle than feeling

something tingling on the crown chakra

or this Checker or that chakra

that is boring compared to what has

happened to your life so if you get

these kind of Sensations simply enjoy

and forget about them they are not the

big thing you see the numbers simply say

thank you and then continue with your

life do something better which is

fulfilling your prelocation service so

on

so do not make these Sensations and

whatever you are smells and taste you

are getting as your goal nothing to do

with spirituality

okay so we'll end today's satsang here

hopefully everybody got their questions

answered and thank you everybody for

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