PEOS 221 : Schools, Paths, Awareness, Benefits, Evidence

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hello and welcome to Pure experiences

online session our satsang is a very

good opportunity for every Seeker to

meet and discuss the spiritual matters

regarding The Path of Knowledge and this

is specially useful for newcomers so if

there are any questions most welcome to

us

saying can we ask something about the

guru person yes if it is related to The

Path of Knowledge you are most welcome

to ask vandita is asking we would love

to hear from you about

your school years how they made or verbs

you as a person

there is hardly anything that is worth

remembering I am trying to recall

something but the school was more like a

jail it was not like a school so I went

there without much interest but I

learned many things obviously if you go

to school there will be some good effect

but most of the school time was very

boring stressful and suffering

so when I passed the school that was

like freedom and probably that is why

there was this deep desire to be free

because there was this dependency on the

family and there was dependency on the

society we need to behave as per their

demands

and on top of it there was this strict

discipline of the school so till I

passed out of the school into the

college it was very very limited life

very very constrained life hardly any

freedom hardly any choice hardly any

happiness

College time was better because there is

more freedom in colleges and then the

job time was exactly same as school time

no Freedom so whenever a Seeker finds

lack of Freedom where is this intense

desire to be liberated this is more in a

Seeker compared to Ordinary People

Ordinary People are happy to be slaves

they are happy to be dependent and we

are happy to be happy to take orders

like Many religious people but a Seeker

wants to be free the Seeker does not

want to be told this is right this is

wrong this is true this is false Seeker

will not tolerate these things

spiritual person does not like

confinement of any kind physical mental

and spiritual so hopefully that will

encourage many people

vandita is asking wasn't there any

teacher in line spiritually no even if

they were they were not allowed to teach

students because you see as soon as you

say spiritual words the people from

other communities they feel offended you

know who what communities they are and

that is why these topics were not

allowed in the school so in the school

you will never get any spiritual

knowledge in the college you'll never

get in your job you will never get it so

that is why when you become free from

all these social presence you will get

knowledge then The Liberation happens

you will gain nothing from school or any

other such social setup not even in your

family

the same as Path of Knowledge I never

heard about the path of inquiry whatever

we know is Path of Knowledge this is

also called the Gan Mark or Gan yog

there is no official path of inquiry

probably somebody called it like this

but the inquiry is just a small part of

The Path of Knowledge you listen then

you contemplate that is inquiry try to

find questions and answers and then

abiding

so whatever we call a self-inquiry is a

simple method on The Path of Knowledge

The Path of Knowledge is much bigger you

can say inquiry is a method on The Path

of Knowledge

so sometimes some gurus they invent

something new and they call it their own

path they like to name it differently so

unless you go and study that you will

never come to know what it is so as you

know there are like 50 kinds of yogas

nowadays why is that because originally

there was only one which is the

patanjali is ashtang Yoga what happened

is different teachers they customized it

they added Things They removed something

and they named it differently but so

from the name you will never come to

know what it is you will need to join

the path you will need to meet the

teacher and only then you will come to

know what it is

and that also when you know the original

also when you have studied the original

when you practiced in the original path

then only you will come to know how this

is same or different from the original

so path of inquiry whoever created that

path will be able to tell you still you

will not know because listening about

the path is very different from walking

on the path

the spiritual lifestyle is very much

practical

you will go to any website on the

internet and they will there will be

description like this that we provide

you mental peace we provide you

prosperity and fast Evolution and

Enlightenment and so on and when you pay

the money when you enter the ashram you

will find 10 years of hard work then

postures and meditations of different

kinds and after 20 years

still you'll find that you are simply

working there is nothing that was

promised so from the description of

these things we will never come to know

so my suggestion is always that what do

you want tell me what do you want what

do you want to achieve any proper method

will be told if you are asking about

this path tell me about this path tell

me about that path what happens here

that means you don't know what do you

want

you are scanning these things to find

out something which you can do the hobby

project which book can I buy today let

me search but spirituality is not like

this there must be a deep desire in you

to seek and then you go to the guru and

then you put your wish before the guru

that I want to know this thing or I want

to become like this then a suitable path

will be told to you

Rahul is asking I have observed that

when I am alone

it is peaceful in layer activity reduces

naturally but when people are around and

I have to respond to them for worldly

matters activity slowly increases and I

find myself longing for awareness

how to deal with this this is natural

people are the cause of disturbance

especially those who are not very useful

for you you have nothing to do with them

and they simply take your time if you if

you have something to do that means it

is important for you to talk to somebody

to meet somebody then there won't be any

stressful situation so first you should

minimize the interaction first thing we

tell people that do not meet people when

when it is not needed do not go in

crowded places and so on

but if it is extremely important then

you must meet and then the activity

should not be problem there has to be

activity otherwise your work will not be

done the unimportant part should be

avoided not the important you should

welcome the activity there you should

not say that look again my peace is

Disturbed this machine of the Mind Is

Made to work if you do not put it to

work it will rot you will become like a

stone dummy so you must encourage the

activity that is beneficial

if you have this kind of assumption that

I must keep all the activity minimum all

the time then you will become rock that

is not the goal in The Path of Knowledge

now he has mentioned awareness

awareness is not a substitute of

activity awareness is above the activity

awareness means whatever is happening

you pay attention you let it happen in

knowledge that I am the witness of this

activity I am the witness of this event

it is not that when there is nothing

there is awareness there can be

awareness when there is no activity but

that is useless what is the use of that

the real use of awareness is when you

are in the world

when you are interacting with people

doing your job working traveling there

their awareness is most important and

probably you're thinking that probably

if nobody meets me I'll be more aware no

that means you understood the practice

wrongly awareness is simply whatever is

happening I am the witness there's

knowledge this much is awareness

so there is no problem if there is

something going on you need to be

completely aware of it awareness does

not mean silencing the activity it means

witnessing the activity

on this path we do not silence the mind

but yes if it becomes too noisy and the

factor is external to you some person

some situation some place then you do

your job and get out of there it is

intelligent to not stay there if your

room is hard it is intelligent to turn

on the AC or fan there is no need to

tolerate because the factors are

external to you

if you are stuck with something which

must be done then it should be done in

Awareness awareness will never be a

problem in action actions it actually

makes the actions better you will be

more confident you will be more peaceful

sweet and you can also do some acting if

you don't like that person if you don't

like those people

just act nicely the acting is lying but

the lying is happening in Awareness so

what happens is you do not do

accidentally that action which can have

some kind of consequence in future we

need to avoid that kind of action so

acting causes some good actions avoids

impulsive actions simply act as if you

like that person act as if every

everything is normal even though your

mind is saying I need to get out of here

when your work is finished get out of

there there is no need to go there again

but saying that activity is causing loss

of awareness is wrong understanding of

awareness so hopefully that will clear

your doubt

so for the benefit of everybody else

I'll just add that why do we tell you to

do sitting practices focus on this close

your eyes focus on breathing it is like

weight lifting practice you cannot lift

50 kg on the first day if you have never

lifted any weight you cannot lift 50 kg

in the same way you just start on the

awareness practice it will be impossible

to remain aware in the daily life so we

isolate you just like the newcomer gets

only 5 kg or 10 kg to lift or sometimes

sometimes only warm up exercise to warm

up the muscles and so on same way B make

you sit without any distraction so that

you get a glimpse of what is awareness

you lift only 5 kg first day

then after one month you will see that

there is a little bit of awareness when

you are doing your daily activity when

you are living your life little bit that

is equal to you lifting 10 kgs or 15 kgs

in the gym because little bit practices

happened but you still do the warm-up

you still start start with 5 kg or 10 kg

do it for 15 minutes same way when you

start your day sit for 5 minutes 10

minutes taste the awareness bring it

that is like warm up then the whole day

you must lift the big weight the burden

of the life it must be done in awareness

so what happens is sometimes people

think that oh I am aware when I am

sitting alone in my room and I am not

aware when the life is happening so they

try to avoid that activity actions or

people and that is their fault that is

called the faulty exercise faulty

practice so those who think that I need

to be aware only when I am alone they

are missing something that means that

for your whole life you will keep

lifting only 5 kgs when will you become

bodybuilder when will you grow the

strength

so challenge yourself

go in their social situations and try to

keep your awareness on challenge

yourself that is called the intention

intention building

today I need to meet my boss and he's

going to fire me I have not done the job

because I was meditating all day so go

in front of your boss complete awareness

and you will see your actions will be so

nice perfect some people ask me what are

the benefits of Path of Knowledge and I

tell them no there is no benefit

you will be reduced to nothing there is

loss but these are the benefits for

those who are practicing correctly they

will reap the benefits but will never

tell these things because the goal of

The Path of Knowledge is knowledge not

benefits there is no advertising here

false promise because the benefit may

not appear who knows depending on the

impurities but knowledge will be there

that much is guaranteed on The Path of

Knowledge

that I'll tell you the evidence now do

whatever you want with it this is the

essence of Path of Knowledge

look what are you seeing this is the

evidence that it is like this and the

guru disappears it is very simple then

depending on the interest of the person

we go in depth as the Seeker the student

grows in his intelligence logical

ability rationality more is given

otherwise we say that look you got

knowledge now you live your life happily

peacefully blissfully enjoy

is saying can you explain about the

Observer is the observed yes that is

right that which is witnessing he is

actually witnessing itself what it is

witnessing its own illusory forms and

then we give it a name it is called the

existence in Sanskrit we call it the

Brahman

the existence is witnessing itself in

illusory forms this is the whole

knowledge this is the complete knowledge

it is the Observer yes what it is

observing itself so the Observer is the

observed these two aspects are of the

one existence they are not two they are

not two different realities one reality

appearing is two

if a lit become like this because I told

you so no you will need to get dividends

how is it possible you will say I am

Brahman it means that but how is it

possible and now you must take up the

path

it is same as learning mathematics you

can go to a teacher in the college and

you draw a circle and ask the teacher

what is the area of the circle and the

teacher will just give you a number

teacher will say like

120.325 something answer is there but

will you be satisfied with the dancer

okay I'll go home now teacher is always

right no

any intelligent person will ask how did

you get that area now some of some

teachers will tell look this is the

formula and some people will go home

okay probably he knows the formula which

I don't know I'll just memorize the

formula is that the Seeker no practical

person isn't it the Seeker will say tell

me how you got the formula and now the

teacher says okay come in join the

school one two three four count one plus

one one plus two two plus two okay after

five years geometry derivation of the

formula

that is the life of a Seeker Ordinary

People they ask one question and the

guru tells them one line and they go

home they are not Seekers there will be

some though I don't believe you tell me

which from which book you read it tell

me the source as if the book is the

valid source dance like this and the

teachers tell them the book this is the

book here it is written in Sanskrit do

you understand Sanskrit no I don't and

that means it is correct because you

don't understand it it is old language

that means it is the ultimate truth and

these people again they go home blindly

believing

I am not saying that it's wrong but they

don't have the intelligence to ask or

they are in their condition so much

their condition to believe that this

book is right that book is wrong

Sanskrit is Right other languages are

wrong so they seek that kind of answer

if they don't get it they say no you are

wrong so many people do not know the

value of evidence they do not know what

is evidence and even when the evidence

is presented they are unable to find it

they are unable to find answers by

themselves so a good student is very

difficult to find

so Observer is the observed yes now

start your journey to validate verify

this knowledge

and it is very easy actually on The Path

of Knowledge it takes two three hours

if you join the program six months it is

same as you know somebody who has little

bit of Education knows little bit of

mathematics and he wants to find the

area of some figure now in 15 minutes

the professor can show how he got the we

say that the student is ready so he can

get it in 15 minutes in the same way if

the student is ready on The Path of

Knowledge has a little bit of

intelligence logical ability

and surrender interest then he can be

shown all the truth in 15 minutes it is

so easy those who are not ready yes 15

years that is why this is the direct

path and it is direct only for those who

are ready

who will tell you you are ready or not

the teacher student cannot tell so those

who has one line questions my

suggestions always like this that you

will understand nothing and even if

truth is told they are only words for

you there is no real experience behind

them so always take systematic paths

so it looks like that today's questions

are over and we can conclude today's

meeting here so thank you everybody for

joining today I'll see you next time