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Even when we have things going well in our life, the amazing mind very skillfully finds ways to make itself unhappy.
It does not, even for a second think of the possibility, that all the good things they currently have can go away in an instant. There could be death in the family, fortunes and finances can go away health issues etc. The world is full of untold misery.

So my philosophy is – I always think on a bad day -could it be worse? And I calm down. The good lord could easily make it far worse. And what choice do we have but to trod along.

However, be careful of your worst enemy. Your own mind and thoughts. It will give you reasons to be unhappy. It will justify its unhappiness. Even in marriage, you will want more and more from your spouse. You will want more and more money. You will find faults in relations. Find faults at work place. Colleagues.

This is the normal state of being for most minds. In order to be happy, for ordinary circumstances ( not war, huge upheavals etc), we need to change our mind. It is a long tedious process but must be done. Train the mind to look at the positives. Remind the mind, when you want more, you are craving more unhappiness. That is the trick of maya or devil. It tempts you and we fall for it, not realizing that happiness comes with 3 fold pain. Every day we must stop yielding to the unruly mind

1. Constantly reaffirm, I will not yield to unhappiness or unhappy thoughts
2. Be grateful. Things can be a lot worse Don’t wait or invite God to teach you this lesson by having things slip away from life
3. Remind your mind not to want – be afraid of its wants. It is like inviting 3 fold misery. This is a difficult lesson to learn. Your mind can’t see the 3 fold misery you invited till it is there
4. Never let your mind say to you, I will be unhappy until I get this wish fulfilled. Many people do that “in love” promotions, etc. It works itself up, stays unhappy, even when everything else is good because one thing is missing in life.
5. Remember, no one , no one has every wish fulfilled.

I recently read about the tragic life of Judy Garland from Wizard of Oz. She was exploited all her life by family and her work. With all the fame, her life was very challenging. People have no shame – In this cut throat world. (read about her life)

So my lesson is – don’t crave much in this world. Try to learn to remain calm. It is a skill set that only comes with much practice. With calmness, when truly done well, it comes with a few extra ordinary gifts. The gift of getting your wishes fulfilled. But the calm mind wants nothing. It knows that a desire is destruction of calmness. There are more, but you should find it within you

Granted calming the mind is not easy. The technique or pranayama helps. The tiger mudra is another help. Determination not to be in this cycle of life and deaths gives further strength on the path. Bring in the company of the right people is essential. Most people will nudge you to do things but no one will nudge you to some self restraint. Being afraid of the cravings of the mind and giving up all cravings is a big help. This can be done actively.
A word of caution about pranayama. It is better to do it with guidance from a true Guru. I have seen many people talk about pranayama and promote it. I discourage that. There is a secret to teaching pranayama – a secret step.
All grief is directly or indirectly from the mind. Control of the mind is very difficult. But possible. There are steps. You most learn it from a Guru

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Everyone has a concept of prayers. Some think going to temple or church etc is a prayer. Others think doing aarti is a prayer. Or singing and jumping to the name of God. Others feel reading a prescribed book is prayer and connecting to God that way is a prayer. Others believe bowing to God is a prayer. Maybe it is meditation. Talking to God ( without listening) is a prayer.
Everyone has a different definition and concept and they will stick to it

Now in India, there have been countless liberated saints. They left a hint of their liberated states and also how to pray. They gave very accurate descriptions of what happens on the way. These Bhajan are called tattva gyan bhajan. Tattva basically very basic elements of Gods creation. They are far more subtle than subatomic particle. Those elements are more subtle than the string theory. Veda and Upanishads refer to the string theory as indriya or string. In Veda there are 10 plus 1 strings

There are elements that create the strings. A detailed description is given in the Bhajans

When you are on the path to God, these parts become obvious. Yogananda has talked about these things in great detail. How the strings create a very melodious music. But he left it at that. Above that , the levels are the tattvas. The bhajans are a des of that.

In my opinion, that is how one should pray. Just like you ring the door bell, or knock before you enter someone house, this is the way to God. Even the Bible says, knock and you shall receive. I will sup with you and you will sup at me. This again is quite accurate. First the knock and then you drink the nectar. The sup with God.

Now that is the way to pray. Just talk with the dearest of dear

I have read these things and this is my interpretation.

If there are errors, I apologize in advance

Should we give advice? Yes, no or maybe? It is tough to answer it. We can circle back from no to yes or yes to no. Depending on how you answer it
However, before we proceed, we should be clear about a few things.

1. Make sure you are giving the correct advice. The Doctors were treating George Washington – George Washington had a really bad infection. Based on the knowledge they had in those days, they decided to do blood letting, get rid of the poison in the blood – guess what, all they did was cause or hasten his demise. Was this the right advice (based on books, or colleagues) they implemented? In other words, you must be an authority on the subject before you guide someone.
2. Well, then you may argue – in the 1980’s people were treating an acute coronary syndrome with morphine, rest etc. They were acting in the best of interest based on their knowledge. Again same mistake – but that is all they had to offer. There was not enough knowledge about the subject. So remember, knowledge is always evolving. But the information that you get from a physician would be better than information from a lay person.
3. Stay within your role – if you are a physician you can give advice to the patient. Dont try giving the advice to your spouse – definitely it would be the beginning of a fight. Who knows if you try too hard with your spouse, it could be the beginning of a world war. What about your role as a friend? What about your role as a parent? Do you make a decision based on social etiquette? Do you decide based on rules of Karma? Do you decide based Manu smruti?
4. Lets examine based on being a parent. You are only permitted to guide children till they turn 25. Knowing the current generation – you are lucky if they listen to you past the age of 14 or 15. However it is in the best interest of the child to listen to parents till they are 25. Again quite murky. What if the parents are not smart and give bad advice? Do you see the problems? Knowing this is quite tricky and no clear cut right answer – I will drop this question
5. What about friends? Truth be told as a friend, you should not advice unless your friends ask for advice. By the same token do not ask your friends who run a grocery store, advice on how to build a space rocket either. It is your responsibility to make sure you ask the right friend with the right question.
6. Now as far as society is concerned – colleagues, family gatherings etc – there will be millions of suggestions and advice given. You really cant stop them. At that point, dont get into an argument. Take the advice you think is appropriate and get rid of the rest from your mind. Or politely find a reason to get up and walk away.
7. The truth is very few people are qualified to give advice. If there is a God, he is most certainly qualified. Of all the most qualified person, guess who is the most silent?? Sort of silent. His way of telling us is quite practical. He sends awkward situations which are his way of telling us to be weary. Example a near accident while texting and driving. Or pains of life, can be an example to find something better, a higher level of consciousness and a reminder to find more permanent peace
8. The great saints are better than God. They also remain silent. I never saw Gurudev ever advice anyone. He would silently watch. Maybe hint but thats all. Even if someone asked him for guidance, his answer would be a hint, thats all.
9. Thats enough on advice. I should follow my own advice and not advice on advise

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સુમરન કરી લે બાળક,હવે તો સુમરન કરી લે
કાળ વિસરે, જગત ન વિસરે જનમ ગયો એળે
વાતો કરતા નિંદા કરતા હાથમાં કઈ ના આવે દુઃખી દુઃખી થઈ ને ફરે રે પ્રાણી
નવ પહોંચ્યો અમર ધામ! નવ પહોંચ્યો ધામ
સરળ થઈ ને પકડો મહારાજને – સુમરન કરી

ગુપ્ત કદી માં કહ્યું ભાવિન સુમરન કરી લો હાલ
સુમરન હોઈ શ્વાસનું રે, સુમરન હોઈ શ્વાસનું
હરિ છૂપો તેમાં પકડી લો તત્કાળ ને
હવે કરો મઝા થાય તમારું સુ મરણ
ગુરુ પ્રતાપે ભેદ જાણ્યો સુમરન લીધો રે બાળ

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Spirituality is quite rampant. True spirituality is non existent. The seekers are usually conned. Many times they are conned by their own faults and a little external help

We have human and fake values. We believe we seek a Guru. And in our own very limited intelligence, we believe a Guru has to be very famous. After all it is a success story.

A true Guru does not seek anything. Especially he wishes not to be known at all. He is eager to help. But he only wants someone who is truly interested in going within. Someone who seeks a famous teacher is in essence not seeking a true Guru but seeking someone with fame. They want to idol worship, hero worship first.

This establishes the first wrong step. The second wrong step, is they try to fit the Guru into a self imagined box and configure the Guru to match what they think a Guru should be. This is mistake number 2.

There is an interesting story where a man came from Saudi seeking Kabir. He had heard Kabir was perfected. Kabir was perfected. When he intuitively knew the man was coming, he called a few of his disciples and told them to tie pigs in front of his house. Now in Islam pigs are considered inauspicious. Now the seeker from Saudi was confused. Should he go in, and meet Kabir? A man he had rumors to be perfected but has a forbidden animal at the front of his house? The man was earnest in knowing God and the truth and met Kabir. This was his test. Kabir then gave him a very high experience of Savikalpa Samadhi.

A Guru does not conform to our expectations. The higher the Guru, more likely is he to have some eccentric behaviour, a major turn off. He may display it publicly…and you will think in your mind, I know there is brahma gyan, but most certainly this man does not have it ! The gyani, the true Guru laughs

You might argue, then what about Vivekananda or Yogananda. They were quite famous. But they were forced to be famous, against their wishes. Their Guru told them, until you finish this work the highest door will remain sealed. Yogananda was sent by Yukteshwar and Babaji. Vivekananda by Ramkrishna Paramhansa.

The other day, I met someone who asked me if I had experienced Nirvana. Now this of course is an impossible question to answer. A fake can say yes. And an experienced person wont go about announcing it. He hids it. The truth is, is there a limit within infinity? Of course not. What more can I say? I belong no where.

Now on the other hand, Vivekanda asked his Guru, Ramkrishna Paramhansa. He did not ask if you experienced Nirvana. He asked Ramkrishna have you seen God. Ramkrishna said yes. His next question was, Can you show me God. Ramkrishna said, of course, I can. He then kicked Vivekananda – and took him into Samadhi.

This is the power of a Guru and this is the quality of a true disciple. Find such a Guru and learn to be an ideal disciple! Thats all!

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This is a big flaw that everyone has. When you think about it – it is a shame and disgrace. The news media, what’s app etc uses it to manipulate us. The advertising media uses it too

A few examples

1. A person not washing hands after shaking hands with a celebrity or president
2. The advertisement of Pepsi with a famous celebrity ( or anything else)
3. What’s app is particularly vicious. People put in a quote with Vivekananda or Buddha. Now mind you they never said it. But it is misleading people want to sell their agenda with devious things like. Usually a bunch of cowards with no substance do that
4. While talking , they will name drop Einstein or another famous person
5. People quote a famous politician / even a living one – as if they recite the gospel
6. A journalist will ask the presidential candidate how will you the global warming crises. You moron – there are world famous scientists working on it! This is a case of too much power in the hands of politicians in making agendas and decisions about a subject they know nothing of

My friends – being famous is not a criteria for validity of truth.

This is especially true in matters of religion. People go to someone famous. Popular. Because they are popular, they are given by default all signs of being liberated. Stories are made up. These stories are then converted to acceptance by the listener and the listener is trapped in his or her own acceptance of the trap. They are unable to escape and believe the lies , when they try to escape they feel guilty, scared.

In many ways , this is the foundation of cults most religious leaders form a cult of followers.

There are a few who read my blog. It is too many. What I write is the truth but it is not meant for you. It is meant for the extremely rare soul who knows the difficulty of winning over the challenges of the mind Trying to reach the perfect state of peace where there is joy, our own mind absorbed into divinity and no longer tainted by worldly attributes

But who really wants it? It is easier to enjoy the world. Laugh, travel, eat, etc

One of the first steps that you are on the way, you quickly see through religious leaders and their deception

You are only happy with words that have the ring of truth. You simply know it.

When you make more progress, things that are beautiful are no longer beautiful. It is a lie. The other day I was at a wedding. I saw many people dressed up very nicely. But my mind no longer reacts to beauty. Behind the veil of so called beauty, I saw ugly personalities – greedy, self serving arrogant people ! There are many people like this. Life after life that is all they do. No change, like the antiquated furniture in the living room

It is rare to find someone truly interested in the world greatest battle – the victory over your own emotions This battle is called Mahabharat!

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Ego is a force within Maya, that has permeated all the different universes created by God

It is present every where . It is within Maya itself. And being present in Maya, we are under the illusion that Maya or the devil is real.

There is no Maya or the Devil.

It gets more tricky to understand. But we will stop here

Since Ego is in Maya , it is also in the soul. And if in soul it trickles down to Karana body, subtle body and then in physical body

From the physical body, it then becomes evident/ permeates outward as emotions and sense of doership

As doership, we feel we are smart doctors, good singers, very intelligent and practical in our work and decisions etc. With that ego, we now are associated with sense of doing and this leads to binding karma

As a result of ego, we become sensitive to things people tell us and carry the burden of I like this but can’t get it or I like this, I smart so I got it – the duality of pain and pleasure. A person with heavy ego, can’t bear the slightest thing someone tells them. Even a general comment is taken personally

Ego causes pain in many different ways.

Ego is the reason why, although you are very powerful you lose all your powers.

Any thought that is from the depths of meditation materializes. But due to ego of wanting you become weak and deprived of getting wishes fulfilled.

Oh the wonderful Atman ! So majestic. So powerful. So sublime. Can do anything with a thought. That is known as Sankalp shakti. Yet with ego we have wants and we lose that power

Ego has given us unhappiness. That ego is known as Ravana. Cannot be slayed except by Rama

In Mahabharata he is known as Bhishma. Bhishma means terrible. He was given a wish, you cannot die unless you wish it This ego is invincible.

Those who are advanced can see ego in meditation. It is an object. Not something abstract or just product of physiology of the body. It is an actual entity that goes with the soul from body to body. With practice one learns to see IT and then eliminate it

But there is more to it. There are specific steps to remove it.

There is a story of Yogananda. He invited a high court chief justice to give a lecture at one of his ashrams opening. The chief justice humiliated him for 30 min. Insulting what Yogananda was doing. A disgrace to society. Depending on others for the functioning of the ashram etc

Yogananda did not say a word for 30 min. Then he left saying if you feel it wise please attend the ceremony

Then on the day of the function the chief justice did arrive. And talked about the greatness of Yogananda – a trust Saint. Yogananda did not budge or get upset for even a second.

That is a sign of ego being vanquished

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Many things

Every process in progression is a repetition

Repetition is of 3 or 5 or 8 ( elements )

Example is of eating. I will not explain further. It is self explanatory

Since the repetition is from lowest level it has advantage and disadvantage

Advantage – analogy to the highest can be given

Disadvantage – people erroneously believe the lower level experience they had is the highest

Safe guard against this by following a few rules

1. Be assured you not reached the highest. Literally a million more steps are still pending
2. Divine experiences occur as you learn to go within. Stopping the rain, knowing the future, knowing what other people do are some examples. Gurudev made sure that his disciplines had a few examples like this so they can develop faith in Yoga. Of course it was a temporary gift.
3. You will know things far better than any textbook including the Veda
4. You can quickly find the mistakes others make. For example recently I read something so foolish – a person said the mind is consciousness ! Absurd. Shows he has no experience of consciousness at all
5. It is true the mind is not restricted to the body but that does not make it consciousness

There are seven types of soul – each trying to go to a higher level

Sakala – those fully engrossed in the body

Pralaykala and Vidyankala are next 2

Those who have awakening are called

Mantra, mantra mahesh and mantra Maheshwar.

Above that is Swatantraya

None of them are ready for liberation

They have a variety of divine experiences such as hearing music, talking with shakti,a variety of siddhi etc

Above that is shiv level experiences. They get liberated in a few hundred years. Only them

Above that is Avatar.

Above them are eternal Siddhas

How do you know where you are ? Well, there are 5 spheres. Depending on what sphere is disclosed to you – you can figure out your progress

Long progress. Takes time

What about enjoying life? Here you can grossly understand the type of soul.

Sakala soul – after one enjoyment seems another enjoyment

Pralaykala – after enjoyment wonder what is this life about but don’t know what to do. There is depression often since the inner doors are not open

Vigyan Kala – know the way within, but are not adept about going within

Generally people are in different stages at different times of life

If you remain persistent, the lower stages vanishes

Since falling is part of the sequence, never have ego

Ego is a joy ride in which you side down effortlessly

Learn to recognize your ego

Hurt feelings and sensitivity are a reflection of your ego

Ego gets cut when you go above anahat chakra

The chakras are not located where you think they are

There are no kamal or lotus – but they are lotus since water does not stick to it Easy to peel

I write cryptic – do not take it at face value

The process is complicated. The complexity must be fully experienced and cleaned

Without that liberation is not possible

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So far I have not started much about it

A few more points –

• Kundalini although present in all , it is sleeping
• It is awakened by the grace of a Guru
• There are 9 levels of awakening
• It has 2 purposes. One ascend the pathway in Brahmanadi ask the way in the back ( it is present both inside And outside body simultaneously ) And secondly purify all habits, personalities, desire’s and at a higher level destroys all karma
• Without purification ascension is temporary and liberation is not possible
• One cannot even recognize the love of God
• In the true full awakening, those who are very lucky to have it , their body should be in the air while meditation. There are a few more conditions to it.
• Variety of powers come with it. They are not aspired for. Just happens
• This is hard to believe
• Nevertheless is true
• I saw it happen once to another disciple
• The true yogi knows the details of purification and ascension
• For that to happen the place where karma is stored should be located
• Then purified
• Reading and knowing theory is but a small step
• I write this so you don’t get scammed
• You can verify a genuine person by comparing with my other blogs which has this in more details
• Yogananda said full awakening is not possible right away. The body would burn up in flames. Hence gradual graded opening
• There are no kamal / lotus. It is a nice description of the Kala of shakti
• Hope these two blogs help with details of Shakti

Like Yogananda said, due to certain spiritual injunctions, details of this is not written very clearly in any book.  Moreover, even it was clearly written, it would be of no use, since it is an experience. Having said that, with extensive reading, I have come to the following conclusions

– Liberation is not possible without awakening of the Kundalini

– Only a liberated Guru has control over the Kundalini and can awaken it

– Kundal means coiled and kund means to burn. People give a meaning based on which word they believe in 

– To understand awakening, one must know the structure of the 3 bodies. Just knowing the physical body is hopeless. 

– This is divine energy more connected to us within

– Location as base of spine or to say swadhisthan chakra is a rough approximation in the physical body. It lies much deeper more subtly than anyone can know

– It remains bound and keeps the soul ignorant due to past karma 

– Signs of awakening are in three categories – physical, subtle and karana ( casual) 

– The awakening in the causal body is the highest

– Awakening in physical body with body movement is the latest

– There are other signs described in Mukta shastra

– MAHA yoga and Devatma shakti has a long list of signs

– But these are signs or effects

– Sudden faith in Shankar Bhagwan is a big sign

– The technique of awakening is touch , sight, or words plus one more hidden step. This hidden step is only known to the Guru

– Without worshiping Guru an awakened shakti closes

– The Guru will be one who does not awaken masses

– He does not charge for it 

– He has siddhi

– He knows the deeper secrets in all Vedas, upanishads, all religious books   

– Online stuff on kundalini is a joke. Just mere claims hoping to trap unsuspecting victims

– A guru may test the disciple for a year or longer before awakening. This invariably happens. The shakti is very powerful – how could it be given without proper vetting

– A great Guru will be impossible to recognize 

– Hope this helps. Using these basic principle s you should be able to weed out most of the fakes.  

– It is worthless to be with a person who does not have Kundalini fully awakened. Many of my friends have gone to someone who does not believe in it not does that person have shakti awakened. Oh what a tragedy!

My journey is at an end

My journey has begun

A far away screen

Now a myopic vision

The fabric of my mind

Where all things happen

Where is the past

Where is the future

Now all is at will within

The body shall fall

I will remain

My offering to all

No one to take

In the silence of time

There is peace

Give up ignorance

Of higher self

Anchor within

Of higher self

I say the truth with Gurus grace

Atman in reach

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My journey is at an end

My journey has began

A far away screen

Now a myopic vision

The fabric of my mind

Where all things happen

Where is the past

Where is the future

Now is at will within

The body shall fall

I will remain

My offering to all

No one to take

In the silence of time

There is peace

Give up ignorance

Of higher self

Anchor within

Of higher self

I say the truth with Gurus grace

Atman in reach

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The basis of Yoga is Yama and Niyama. There are 4 pillars that are a must (besides yama and niyama)

1. Shat Sampatti (6 wealths)Shama – ability to keep the mind calm
   1. Dama – ability to control senses
   2. Titiksha – silently enduring all hardships without being impatient
   3. Uparati – Ability to focus within and above, without collapsing to lower levels
   4. Shraddha – Full faith in ones Guru – no matter what
   5. Samadhana – not going into the relentless dialogue the mind presents,
2. Viveka – ability to realize the transient nature of the world and not getting attached to it and knowing that God / self / consciousness is the only truth.
3. Vairagya -Not getting pulled into the world. The force of Maya is powerful and pulls you outward constantly
4. Mumukshatva – Truly wanting God / Self/ Consciousness and not willing to settle for anything less

Without all of these things one cannot be liberated. However one can start the journey with anyone of them extremely firmly and the rest will come slowly. That part of the journey, while you are perfecting these attributes will be difficult and trying. One must persevere. Without that perseverance, the journy will end prematurely

These things must be practiced relentlessly, even outside of meditation.

These attributes I have presented above, are inter connected. Hence getting one perfect, others get perfected automaticaly or on the way to getting one perfect, the support of the other things is needed.

For example – lets say someone does you wrong. It bothers you, does it not? How do you get rid of that pain? We tend to use logic saying this is life, this happens or have spiteful thoughts and actions. Yoga tells us to deal with it differently

First you try to not get pulled into all those thoughts. How? First remember that the world is transient and the pains are not long lasting and refuse to be pulled out into the world (Vivek and Vairagya).

Along with that you attempt to keep the mind calm (Shama) having faith (shraddha) that God will only give you things that will help your path of going to God (Mumukshatva).

You endure the pain of someone doing you wrong (titiksha) and refuses to go into the wavering thoughts of this is bad and this is good or this is right or wrong ( Samadhana)

In order to remain stable in this process, keep your attention at Agna chakra (between eyebrows) and use Lion Mudra as needed. (Uparati)

Not having excessive sex, food, music etc is needed to keep the mind stable (too much carb, caffeine activitity makes it difficult) (dama)

Hope this makes sense.

These things when done well, makes it easier for the shakti to ascend upwards from Manipur chakra (umbilicus) to Sahastrar

As you get more and more established in the self you go through stages of Tapasvin, Muni, Gyani, Raj yogi etc

NO YOGA IS SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT THESE PILLARS

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Omar Khayyam was a philosopher, mathematician and poet sometime during 11th century. He was in Persia. I have selected his verses from the translation by Fitzgerald. Translation has an inherent deficiency of some ineffectiveness

Please enjoy these verses – even if there is no value to it, it should be a fun endeavor to “decode” it

My next message post is with the meaning and my interpretation. Please skip it so you can enjoy your own fun trip of solving a mystery

I write this once a year. It is said that it is a sin not to reveal some secrets

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,

Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit

Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,

Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

And this reviving Herb whose tender Green

Fledges the River-Lip on which we lean

Ah, lean upon it lightly!

for who knows From what once lovely Lip

it springs unseen!

Ah, my Beloved, fill the Cup

that clears TO-DAY of past Regrets and Future Fears: To-morrow!

That ev’n my buried Ashes such a Snare

Of Perfume shall fling up into the Air

As not a True Believer passing by

But shall be overtaken unaware.

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,

Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit

Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,

Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

The moving finger – karma

Having writ – once done

Piety not wit – being religious or wit (dahpan)

All thy tears – begging pleading – remorse

Half a line or word – the effects of karma

A warning – be careful of your karma. Once done, the effects cannot be undone. No matter what ( Patanjali says even a thought of bad karma has the same effect as doing the karma )

And this reviving Herb whose tender Green

Fledges the River-Lip on which we lean

Ah, lean upon it lightly!

for who knows From what once lovely Lip

it springs unseen!

Ah, my Beloved, fill the Cup

that clears TO-DAY of past Regrets and Future Fears: To-morrow!

Reviving herb , tender green – intuitive knowledge / perception that is fresh

Fledges the river lip – a reminder that there is constant ever green flood of divine perception ( or Brahma nadi )

Which we lean – a person of purity leans on this divine perception

Lean lightly – without ego ( ego is a dead weight)

It springs unseen – God

My beloved – God

Fill the cup – nectar of intuitive perception of God

Clears today of past regrets – washes karma that we don’t suffer today and the future is fearless

This is a bold verse. We suffer the effects of karma. We live in fear of tomorrow and what future may bring us How do we wash karma ? One should make decisions guided by intuitive divine perception. This divine guidance is always there. Rely on it by abolishing ego. This intuitive guidance comes from God. If you can go beyond just the perception, in time you will connect with God. Once connected, karma is washed and you become fearless. If there is fear, we have yet to connect to God. This is a simple test. Hence Abhay is divine status

That ev’n my buried Ashes such a Snare

Of Perfume shall fling up into the Air

As not a True Believer passing by

But shall be overtaken unaware.

Ashes buried – ego permanently destroyed. It is ashes because it is visible outwardly only for purpose of communication. Otherwise it is destroyed

Ego is a trap / snare – it captures

When ego is destroyed – the pure consciousness declares itself as something very attractive / alluring like perfume

Overtaken unaware – Anyone without any experience will get some benefit without their knowledge. This is satsang

Once ego is permanently destroyed, one can remain established in divine consciousness ( stith pragna ). This status has an inherent fragrance that has the power to affect changes in all who are near them – subtle but profoundly

In short, I have selected three verses. The first verse talks about the effects of karma which is meted out to all

The next verse is a guidance on how to live and how to abolish karma

The last verse is a solution – to quickly get connected to divine consciousness. The company of those who have reached that status – will change us without our knowledge even if they do not give one word of advise or lecture. After all the fragrance of divine consciousness is incomparable in its beauty, power, effectiveness, ever flowing joy, depth, vastness, love

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Some people are born actors! In real life. Some are not.

Ok, so what is my point?

When we see people or we see their photos, people seem so happy. And we often wish to be happy like them. You go to a party. They seem to be enjoying the party. The people. The food. The dancing. We think wow they must have a wonderful life. Nice married life, money, job stability etc.

And this is what I mean acting! We don’t know the pain they have in their life. Or they may merely have forgotten their pain and enjoying the party. Everyone has their share of pain. If not now, it is a dark shadow waiting for them. This is the truth. Everyone has their own day.

So look behind the masks. Don’t look at others. Focus on your connection to God. The world with all is shadows is place for us to wake up and connect to God.

Michael Jackson with all his money and fame had a very challenging life.

Michael Jordan – during his peak was considered best player of all time. And now, Scottie Pippen now it’s talking about how terrible Jordan was as a player! One day you have fame and later the exact opposite

Everyone comes to this world to pay their dues. Don’t become egotistic with good days and don’t lose hope during rough times. It will change. Undoubtedly. This world and everything in it is temporary. Don’t going to it. Cling to something ever lasting. That is God. And something that is forever is called Truth. In Hinduism they use the word Satya.

In other words for for something forever. That can only be God. Every human or object you love will leave you. You will also leave anyone who loves you. Such is the tragedy of life. Learn this. Go within

Now going within is not so easy. It takes effort. We are used to clinging to the material world. We can only see happiness measured by the yardstick of the world. Remember, the “actors” I talked about? Well, they are oblivious to the harsh reality of the temporary nature of the world. Even with all the parties, they will get tired of the party itself.

Be aware of this. Go within.

Within is joy! Within is God. Within is something permanent.

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There are steps to meditation

Pranayama

Pratyahar

Dharna

Dhyana

Savikalp samadhi

Nirvikalpa samadhi

People talk about going to Samadhi without even reaching step zero. That is not possible

Aurobindo never reached a state where body consciousness is lost. A state that yogananda applauded. That is not to say Aurobindo contribution was nothing significant but just a reminder going within is difficult

The core of Samadhi is breath is lost and heart stops Lost for hours. However this involves knowing secret techniques. It does not have to be done constantly but even once in life is great

Any significant meditation involves breath lost for 5 min at a stretch. There are more details but at the appropriate time it can be shared

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We know the ideals. I can list them in brief

• Silence the mind
• Not to get upset no matter what the difficulty in life is ( in fact if it can not get upset, the problem resolves)
• Not to crave things in the world including food, sex, money, travel, company, want respect or appreciation, etc
• Be equal to friend or foe
• Be equal in wealth and poverty
• Stop imagining the future
• Be equal in failure And positive results
• Have infinite patience during difficult times
• Looking forward to meditation
• Ability to forget body
• The list goes on

Now these ideals are not easy to reach. We may imagine we can do it, but practically very difficult. The mind is not under our control. It controls us and gives a lot of misery

So the goal is to tame the mind. Just to make your life easier also, tame the mind. Forget about God. And this is the brilliance of God. Don’t believe in me, he says, just tame your mind and you will be joyous. When you can do that, whether you believe in God or not, the end result is the same – you realize your divinity!

So what is to be done? We can’t tame the mind with sheer will. It takes a special power. It takes power of prana to control the mind. Hence the yoga techniques. Or do the Lion mudra

Now you see why yoga and learning it from an accomplished Guru is needed. Or from a person who has advanced

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A simple question. Who am I?

To answer the question – one will quickly realize that whatever you think you are, there is another thought / observer behind it

If you can keep going further back, in seconds you can realize you are pure consciousness

If that is the case, why is it not practical reality? It is because when ever you have a thought, there are other things that crop up. You may be aware of some and not aware of others such as emotions, ego, imaginative power etc. And very quickly trapped in that murky waters to forget to go behind And notice the observer

That’s why, meditation And specifically yoga is the only way to be merged as observer

As such all techniques require silencing the emotions And thoughts and imagination

If you can do it, the game of illusion is over instantly.

It is not so easy. Your will is weak and it gets stronger with many life experiences. This process is slow and has up and downs. This is where a Guru helps by shortening the entire process to a paltry few years.

What does a Guru do? I believe it is an inappropriate question. That is his business. Your business is to develop. I do have to say such a Guru is rare, hardly a few every century. In the 21st century ( 2000 onwards) there has not been one that I know of or endorse. This of course is my opinion. My opinion is a freedom of mine – you do not have to accept or believe it

My criteria of a Guru is lofty.

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Have you ever thought, do the liberated people see the world the same way we do?

The answer is NO

Now being in a bound state, we really cannot know it, can we?

No matter what they say – I see God everywhere – what is the most we can think ?

Oh they must have a thought process -that this table is God. Or they must see krishna as the face or krishna in their right side of chest ! This is the most a bound person can imagine – what a liberated person sees !

Truth is – it is beyond our comprehension! Of course! God is beyond any logic ! So that perception is beyond us

Such divine person – all we can do or should do is bow to them!

So the more important thing is how do we get there?

All that you know And all that you understand is the necessary basic steps

The next step is to put it in practice by meditation. Layer by layer , peel off the 6 bodies. Three in self and three virat, hiranyagarbh, etc

Then obtain mastery over all of them

Yet this is a minor step. Further must obtain mastery over samadhi ! Forget the body in a second. Forget Maya , time in a second

And after this , your path begins

Many many deep steps. As long as you remain in the world of thought process, you are still preparing. Meditation is yet to begin. Every thought is an inference not experience

Once you go within, there is peace , joy. Peace so powerful, that anyone who touches you loses all thoughts too.

I recently did chaar dhaam yatra. It is an arduous journey. Even with helicopter. Always a risk of death. The time you get to be at the temple is 5 seconds or less. It leaves empty feeling – especially if you are a sponge – thirsty – want to suc spend hours

I hope sometime these shrines are left for the sincere And rest of the world can go to glamorous places.

Yet if you are genuine, they say you will not leave empty handed Great saints. Greater than we can imagine, perhaps are there

They love us bless us. Inspite of our foolishness of worldly thoughts.

My question is – do you want their love and blessings? Their true love is in waking us up! In order to wake up – are you ready to see the ugly side of the world full of pain and misery And experience that? Or do you want the blessing which grant your wishes but you remain in ignorance, only to come back again to this miserable world?

In reality the pain in the world is not needed to wake up. Just hold on to the sleeve of an awake person – peacefully you will have the spontaneous wish to be liberated.

Few hold on to such great people.

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Yesterday was Hanuman Jayanti

Today is Good Friday

Why would anyone call the day where Jesus Christ was crucified good?

If you trace back the origin of the word Good , you will find it to come from the word Gede

Gede means to ascend

Now it should make sense that the day Jesus was crucified was the day he ascended to heaven.

In time the word changed to Good with a change in meaning from ascend to meaning nice ( good )

It is an auspicious day to meditate

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There are phases in your life where you will get bored. There is nothing much going on in life. You are off from work. No events coming up. Your home responsibilities fulfilled. No good show. No sports

And your mind will wonder what can I do?

At that point the mind is still looking for something fun. Something to do. This is where you realize why it is called ananadatva – the pleasure principle. It constantly seeks pleasure. Physical, mental and even makes fun of God by taking religion and spiritual talks as fun

The outside world cannot give either fun or pleasure. It is mere darkness until you are within. However by habit you will only think of the world – not the joy within

What is to be done?

Go within! Once you go within – go in a state where the mind is not active, the ego sublimated then suddenly you will find true joy. A joy that was always there in this world and within – even in all the pain in life and it was always there within you. It was there when you tried to meditate and found it boring! That’s why yoga is the art of meditation. Learning the skill to find the joy. Forget about God. Just find this joy

Meditate with closed physical eyes and open eyes within! Be vigilant. Search within but not with thoughts! Search by intensely looking within. If you think then meditation is over. You wont find it. In this intense vigilant meditative search – first you will see where thoughts and emotions arise, then see karma, your past habits and the true reason of desire!

Then suddenly, suddenly you are within! The mystery is over! There is intense joy, immense joy. The search is over. In time, you will learn to find that joy even when going in crises! You can actively help others! They won’t know it ! I say these things based on what I have read

Now the path of Yoga finally starts. Miracles become the norm rather than exception. You crave being in that state. Alas that is not to be yet! There is much more to be done! The world will seem different! You see people differently. Spirtual help is what is needed! Spirit means breath! Only a Guru can give that. That power is not ordinary. It gives you the ability to be in that state. If not always, a glimpse is enough to be a traveler on this divine road – Raj yoga

Boredom – the day where you can change your life forever. Go within. Destroy boredom forever by the joy within

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In darkness the soul roams

The illusion of light, his chain of prison

Illusion of knowledge, a fools tools

Be vigilant

Be vigilant

For I am always there

You see me not

Ignore the thoughts, emotions and ego

My eternal love always there

Joy unbound, you will know

Your problems solved

They were never there

You ego and illusion was your enemy

That little black speck

Created all this misery

That speck is not an allegory

Deep within you shall see

Give up turning to the world

That I am Soham shall rule

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I have had an ongoing battle with God.

1. Why do you hide?
2. Why do you hide how to reach you (God)

His answer – I don’t hide. I am everywhere. Within you and outside you. The pure in heart will see me (Bible). That is the one thing people don’t do – want purity. They know not what purity is (everyone has a concept and definition of what purity is but that is not true. To be pure you must first discover yourself, disengage from the false belief you are the body) Not do they want to become pure.

It is easier to say I am the soul, identify as body and waste an entire life only seeking body pleasures.

My second question is tougher. In the past I wrote a blog about God’s answer to the way paths to God. Oh there are so many different concepts! Everyone thinks their concept is correct! The concept could be self devised or learnt from reading, hearing things on internet or the million odd self assumed Guru title. God answer to it is – they all lead to him. He has permitted the indirect paths to stay. That is his divine will

And that is where I have a problem. Why allow indirect paths to continue??

Thus over time many other methods came into play. People believe in so many things – mantra, Maha mantra, worshiping idol / stone, going to temple, churches etc, jumping up and down reciting a variety of God name, Bhajan / recital / Kiran,, meditation, the inquiry method, just focus on good deeds, yoga, many sects, cults etc

So when you see so much, you will be impressed by one method, maybe difficulties in life make you desperate and you settle for one !

However all those methods promise you God sometimes after you leave the body, or a sell you an excited state of mind as joy of God ( which is not true), prayer ( is sold as talking to God when it is just monologue, and imagination of the mind is thought of as an answer)

This is what the world does For some reason it just does not settle well with me – I am childish and foolish. I am more of a here and now person. Hence my method is Yoga with Shakti awakening. It gives direct and instant contact with God ( not in the fullest form but in a minor way ). It is said that if the full form of God / full awakening is given the body would not sustain it. Only the pure in heart can sustain the full manifestation of God. For this you need a Guru who has realized God

Such Guru behave very differently They do not announce or display. I do not think there is any Guru like this right now I see motivational speakers, money hoarders, charlatans, etc

God does not cost money He is free, up for grabs However, he is exacting in demand for inner purity, a tasking Master when looking at our karma ( actions) and greedy for our pure love. Do not follow any path that does not demand inner purity. Love for all regardless of religion or sect. First find your inner self. When you hear the inner sound of Aum, you will be amazed! All your doubts go away. Your search for a teacher goes away. The Guru who gave you aum is enough ! You no longer need books or scriptures You will laugh at your own past stupidity You will find peace and joy within You will have finally started your journey!

There was a thief. He had taken an interest in stealing Gold. That’s all he wanted

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Here is a compilation of how to deal with life struggles. I hope it helps. It is full of things that are true

1. Life is full of struggles
2. Everyone struggles, you just dont know the struggles of others
3. There are periods of happiness. But even then there are minor nuances always
4. Bigger struggles are inevitable
5. Everyone goes through financial issues for 8-10 years of their lifes, often much more
6. God is kind and loving. The struggles are not to hurt you or cause any pain.
7. The struggles are there so you can shake yourself awake and break the mud around you. You are the divine, you are the diamond, you are the jewel.
8. The mud is your mind (desires and emotions) and your past bad karma
9. Be nice to everyone, caring and genuine and you can stop bad karma from accumulating.
10. Never think of hurting anyone, even if they do you bad
11. One of our biggest pain is emotional pain in life. Aurobindo called it an uncontrolled vital. Part of it from desires not being fulfilled and other part if from hurt feelings
12. Hurt feelings are from ego.
13. It is better to be a total nothing and surrendered to God presence rather than being or feeling you are something in this world. Thinking you are something in the world is another way of inviting pain in life
14. So focus on being and remaining nothing in Gods presence, and not having ego.,
15. Do not crave to be something to the world or have a self assumed feeling of importance
16. Do not want or depend on others emotionally. This will always cause immense pain. This includes not wanting to be appreciated for anything you do. People may think you are stupid, so what? The only thing important is your connection to God
17. People will hurt you many times over. Ignore it
18. You are the diamond, the jewel. You are priceless. Again and again remind yourself about it. The hurt feelings prevent you from knowing it.
19. Refuse to be taken over by those hurt feelings.
20. Just say no to the hurt feelings. And your thoughts. Your thoughts are all geared to support your hurt feelings. Dont fall trap to it
21. The pain in this world, gives you an occasion to go within, shake the dirt off and know your divinity. Be thankful to all those situations and people who give you the reason to go within
22. It takes a decades to shake off the mud successfully. Be brave and continue
23. The trick is as follows. You have hurt feelings or desires. Step back. Say a strong no and refuse to be not affected by it. You may have to say no..a lot of times. Do the Sinh (lion mudra) and remain unmoved. In time, you will learn not to be shaken by the emotions. This is a significant victory
24. Next step is to look within and above, and you will realize a higher self and also see where the emotions come from. In time you will see how your own ego created the emotions.
25. After that you will see other factors that lead to ego.
26. These smaller steps where you see many small parts of you…is called Tanumansa
27. There are many such small steps
28. Each step has to be successfully dealt with. After a few initial victories, it becomes easier.
29. Those small elements or steps like emotions, ego, will seem like they are outside you. Which is true. Since you are the divine covered in the mud of ego and emotions
30. When you reach the highest and most subtle part of ego, you will see it comes from the 3 gunas
31. After you can negotiate the three gunas, Patanjali says, all powers come to you in steps.
32. That step describes vibhuti pada, the victory over all personal hinderances
33. Initial steps can be done without a Guru.
34. Higher steps require a Guru at all levels
35. Shakti awakening is the ability to do this with ease
36. It gives permanent peace

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I just heard about this recently. It stands for Sudarshan Kriya yoga.

Sudarshan – vaguely means good vision

Kriya yoga – loosely refers to a yoga technique of breathing

Yoga – means unite with God. In USA people think of Yoga as some body exercise, breathing , meditation, chanting aum and something that will give you peace

I intentionally do not reveal all the full meaning here. It is easier and more secure to learn from a true Guru

My hospital has periodic courses offered to the employee – free of charge. This is to help people relax. I am sure many people rave about it

From what I understand, they were taught 3 out of the 9 breathing techniques. Book’s and online media only know of 8 pranayama. The most valuable is kept a secret. That is what I am lead to believe. Moreover it is impossible to do it without a Guru giving you permission. Besides that I don’t know much

The three they are taught locally are

1. Bhastrika
2. Ujjayi
3. Surya bhedan.

The reader is welcome to look them up on the you tube videos or join SKY breathing courses. There are many number of qualified people who can teach these things

The punch line

I am not talking about any of those things in my blog. What I refer to is the traditional yoga. Traditional Yoga – means unite such God.

On the way there should be divine experiences such as tasting nectar, hearing aum, music, etc. Peace is part of it but there is much much more.

So I write about those things Please don’t mistake me to be saying that I experience them.

There is a big difference between western psychology and traditional yoga. Western psychology relies on accepting emotion, using calming medication, anti depressants, discussing feelings, resolving them Here I make peace with emotions and accept that you are the body and this is how we are.

In traditional yoga, the goal is to separate out from emotions. You step back, disassociate from the emotions, learn your divine self, and realize that your inner self is always at peace and has love and emotions are a grotesque graft to the soul causing pain and anguish. You learn to defeat it, realize your divinity and remain at peace. This is of course difficult and you will be forced to accept a difficult transition with anger, anguish, etc. those thoughts are a battle from the inner ego. But once you succeed it becomes easier as time goes by. Finally there is much joy, inducible joy

My way is much more powerful but for a while you may suffer the pain of perceived unhappiness. Soon, you will realize, that all the unhappy situations in life were strategically placed so you can realize your divinity After all , in there is no thinking, no imagination and no emotions what is left is divine self, then joy !

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There are many idiots in the world

1. A person who thinks there is happiness in the world. It is full of struggles
2. A person who thinks that life will always be painful
3. A person who thinks that life will always be good
4. A person who thinks his wealth is forever
5. A person who is not willing to look for a Guru
6. A person who picks a fool as a Guru
7. A person who after finding a perfect Guru keeps looking
8. A person who thinks Gyana is about hearing things and understanding. It is about experience
9. A person who uses theory in Yoga and has no experience
10. A person who wants to come back again to this world. Go through all the pain of learning, having money, working hard, enduring pain and humiliation, alway searching for happiness
11. A person who after hearing that joy is within, keeps looking out at the world
12. A person who cannot give all to his or her true Guru
13. A person who does not know what a true Guru does and is not even willing to learn about a true Guru
14. A person who thinks he he will not die. There is death everywhere. Be prepared. It could be any minute
15. A person who cannot attend to Satsang
16. A person who thinks who thinks a true Guru can have thousands of disciples. A true Guru will have very limited disciples.
17. A Guru is he who awakens your Shakti
18. A disciple who accepts a Guru but does not see signs of awakening and sticks with the Guru. One sign is a must
19. A person who has a trivial experience and thinks he is a Siddha
20. A person who does Yoga but does not become kind or loving or make any attempts to conquer anger, greed, personality of deception, has thoughts of hurting others etc

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1. Wear saffron clothes
2. Long beard preferable
3. Speak in a wise tone
4. Throw in words that others won’t understand. ( advaita, Panch tattva, Panchikaran etc)
5. Say blessings ( a way to show superiority)
6. It’s all in the delivery
7. And the stupidity of listeners
8. They are interested in money. They will show And talk about charity, serving others etc this is true in all religions, churches And temples. That’s how many of the Guru are very rich. They take money in name of charity And helping others. There are some better than others though.

There you have done it!

Well I recently heard a short talk like that. It was quite meaningless

A smart person who knows would only talk like

1. At the level of the listener.
2. If he uses certain words he would explain
3. He gives blessings without saying blessing ( there is a secret technique that a Yogi knows)
4. He remains in Advaita but shows dvait ( duality to explain to others)
5. He has his own style. Not a copy of a Stereotype
6. He does not want to impress he wants the listeners to progress
7. He understands the fault of others. Loves them
8. Such people who insult you , you may not by upset but Shakti is not forgiving
9. Recently I had a conversation. The person was quite accusatory – you are wrong, you are contradictory, talking advaita And acting dvait, you are in ways don’t have the right to mention Shankaracharya because I am married etc. Quite hilarious.
10. I encouraged him to continue to educate me ! It is a golden opportunity for me to prescribe patience, kindness And love
11. Progress is in going within not by any lecture
12. Critics help you practice titiksha. Be grateful

Other general things

1. A person who has more than one Guru has no Guru.
2. This is because he does not understand a Guru
3. You may steal from others. But you must be ready. However such great people from whom you can steal are far and few.
4. If you have a true Guru , you will not even think of finding another Guru
5. One should give a Guru money – if he is a gruhasthi or Sanyasi. They don’t need much. And never ask. If you wonder why, then ask Shakti or an accomplished disciple
6. The road is far far more complicated than you can imagine. Just in muladhar, one has to go through reach prithvi tattva , recognize the 56 petals in the tattva ( the chakra has 4) and conquer each one.
7. Muladhar is not where you think
8. Not are the chakras
9. Hence a Guru is needed
10. Each step needs a Guru.
11. Only a Guru can explain the steps.
12. Those who have gone within, can tell you what is within. Rest live in fantasy Writing things on speculation And reading books
13. Read my blog on how do I know I have gone within?
14. Signs of awakened kundalini is also a most read
15. Only an enlightened person can explain panchikaran. There are only 5 tattvas how can 5 things mix with a copy of the same 5 to make 25? That means there are 10 tattvas
16. Some people call atma as tattva. It shows ignorance. Atma is beyond tattva

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There are two days which should be a holiday

One is Mahashivratri.

The other is Guru purnima

Tomorrow is Maha shivratri. On this day, people who are Bhakta of Shankar Bhagwan fast but eat only Falahar. In general they eat things from potatoes or sweet potatoes or moraiyo

Light food is essential and the goal is to meditate

The story is there was a hunter ( Suswar ) who sat on top of a tree looking to hunt. Under the tree there was a Shivling. The tree was a bili patra and Shankar Bhagwan loves Bili patra. The Hunter kept dropping the leaves on the Shivling and Shankar Bhagwan was pleased

Some use a Brahmin in the story with the name Lubdhaka who coined the tree in fear

Simple enough story.

A Hunter is someone who kills animals. The senses are animals , merely interested in external world and life. A Hunter meaning someone who wants to kill animal tendencies / being imprisoned by the senses. Suswar means music. He listened to the divine music of Aum. He dropped bili patra. A thousand – this is the secret technique of liberation. One has to learn it from a Guru. Then Shankar Bhagwan is pleased.

This is Maha Shivratri meaning samadhi. Nirvikalpa Samadhi.

The picture of Shankar Bhagwan or Shivling is perfection ! Every part of it depicts perfection. If anyone ever wants to know all they need to do is ask

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I am writing this in general. But it can be applied to everything

Let’s say you want to find a good surgeon. What do you do? You ask friends. But in reality friends can only go by what they heard or an experience they have. But do they really know what happened in the operating room? They don’t

Or you go by Google ! It is so flawed. Often times people are more likely to complain than praise. Also do the users know what happened in the operating room? They don’t

Or you may say I had a good interview with the doctor. He explained everything. Very nice doctor. Wait a minute – are you looking for a nice doctor or a good surgeon? You really can’t just go by personality.

Truth is you can only know who is good by knowing the OR skills Again that can be biased too but less likely

The other curious thing is once you form an opinion – positive or negative it is very difficult to change it. Like a stupid idiot the mind will continue to repeat its own stupid movement And the person thinks he or she is very wise

Often times this happens in dating where you feel the person is great inspite of a lot of red flags and your friends saying no

But the most serious situation is when you do it with a spiritual Guru. True Gurus are very rare. I have said this repeatedly. Recently I talked with someone who believed an unnamed person was perfected. However the truth is the unqualified Guru had not even started

That’s why in the Hindu scriptures they say, test the Guru And the Guru should test the disciple. If they both qualify then it is a rehash guaranteed for success

How do you test a Guru ? The answer ask the Guru something unusual related to scriptures or about meditation then you will know. The other thing is make sure you have some sign of awakening ! Shakti awakening is real but uncommon.

However the fools who don’t test the guru And have no signs of awakening are truly unfortunate. A life that is wasted. It is said that once you have awakening, then you no longer want to or need to ask questions about spirituality to anyone. Such souls are rare. They don’t go to any one. Why should they? They simply go within And find the answer

Another important question you can ask is – how do I go within? Or ask something which only a person with experience would know. When you hear their answer, you will realize wow only a person who has gone to those heights would know

It is that simple. Why stay in darkness when the answer is within?

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Hinduism has a peculiar concept called Moksha or liberation. Hindus believe that after death, the journey continues – you may go to heaven or hell for a specified duration and then you come back until you learn the life lessons. So what are the life lessons?

1. Recognize all is God. The Good, the bad and the ugly. All creation is God. If that was not the case, then something else must have existed besides God. Who made the other thing that existed besides God? The only solution is God made everthing and since nothing else existed besides God, then God himself became everything
2. Since all is God, one must learn his identity with God
3. Love God and thus love all creation (not in a sexual way) and love God equally
4. The above should be accomplished not in an intellectual way but as an experience
5. The experience should be continuous without any break.
6. This requires that there should be no likes or dislikes or even being neutral. This is often thought of as a witness attitude.
7. This can only be achieved by conquering the three Gunas.
8. The three gunas are Aum
9. It takes a very very very long time to recognize the three Gunas. You may understand the effects but not really experience it. After all, how many hear the Aum in meditation?
10. Hearing aum or its experience is a small step in a long journey
11. That is why in Gita, it is …
12. I have searched, there is no one out there in public view who even remotely knows this Hardly one or two may have an experience.
13. The deeper step is going beyond it
14. Deeper still is conquering it.
15. Without the blessings of a Guru, none of this is possible
16. In that case, who was the first Guru? Shankar bhagwan
17. One may ask who was his Guru ? The answer itself is found in Samadhi. It cannot be put in words
18. The photo of Shankar bhagwan says it all. All parts of liberation are in his photo
19. With the blessings of a Guru, the three gunas are conquered
20. This is the final step of liberation
21. And also the beginning of all sorts of powers / vibhuti as described by Patanjali
22. If those powers are not present, you have not reached anywhere
23. The powers appear in minor steps
24. All powers rarely appear
25. Liberation is when established in this divine status
26. Otherwise rebirth is a certainty
27. When established in this status, a peculiar thing appears
28. Only the Guru knows what this is
29. Or how it is done
30. Mastery is needed
31. This is the path in short
32. Every step may take several decades
33. Or longer
34. Progress must continue uninterrupted
35. There is the fear of getting enmeshed in maya
36. Then only Shakti or a Guru can bring you back on path
37. Thus ends a brief overview of Moksha or liberation
38. Love and blessings

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This is true for everyone. Maya gives people success only to destroy them later. Why? It is a cat and mouse game

What happens is that those who achieve success make the Cardinal mistake that the success was because of their skills and intelligence. There couldn’t be anything further from the truth

As a result of this erroneous thinking, ego develops. This ego trap is hard to destroy for decades or life times. People are unwilling to let go of their ego. This ego often brings them to poverty, bankruptcy and humiliation. Yet the soul is unable you get rid of their vain thinking. They will blame bad luck and others.

Although the downfall cannot be avoided one can minimize the impact by humility. Success was due to incredible luck and blessing from God. Leave it at that. Even if your intelligence was in the play, intelligence was from genetics and you have no control over where your next birth will be

This life is for you to grow. Emotionally. Humility. Surrender to God. Learning to go within. Yet people choose to do the opposite

It is possible and easy to go within. You just need proper guidance. However people have ego which prevents them from going within. I recently encountered someone who felt he know Guru very well. But he had never met the Guru and even refused to hear anything about the Guru from a life long disciple Do you see the strength of ego. This prevents people from making any progress ever

Peter Lynn ( Aka Janakrishi) foremost disciple of Yogananda – was introduced to an aspirant of the path of Yoga. The aspirant had not started. Peter was introduced as an advance disciple. Their conversation started with focus on Aum. The aspirant talked 30 min about aum and Power could not say a word!

A true Yogi has first hand knowledge of Aum. Yogananda said – in the initial part you should hear Aum. It is part of going within. There are beautiful celestial music. Intoxicating music. There is divine light! Much brighter than the sun. Divine taste and an aroma that is overwhelming These divine sensations have to be confirmed lest it is your imagination. Then you can feel secure you are going within

Peter had those experiences. Isn’t it funny how an aspirant could try to teach Peter? Such is the vanity of people. You can read all scriptures but will have made no progress. But once you go within, those same scriptures will be divine – for you will know the true meaning.

People say love God. However you can only understand love as an emotion. Thai is not the pure love for God. Pure love for God is different Just cannot be described. One who is afflicted by it – his body collapses. There are other things too. People can feign love for God by collapsing but that is not love. So I don’t describe all things. These are things not found in scriptures. One has to hear it from a Guru.

This is why reading is not enough. Experience is needed. Grace of Gurudev is needed. Anyone who feels they understand scriptures – Shakti does not go there. Enjoy your ego she says

Enough said.

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Mohangiri Maharaj said it best

This is the sound occurring 21,600 times a day in all humans. It coincides with the breath. All one has to do is observe it.

Paramhansa Yogananda called in Hung – Sau. Gurudev and Mohangiri Maharaj called it soham.

I will describe it – what I can say – in a public forum. There are more details which give more of the heart elsewhere.

There is a sound produced when we take a breath in – the sound is Hung. And as we exhale it is sau. Together, it becomes Hung-sau and if you start with exhalation – it becomes so ham. or so hum. There is a meaning to it – a sound that says That I am. This refers to the experiences within, and when you see a certain light, when you come back, the sound so hum is an reminder that you are the divine light

Many people, those who cannot go within, may resort of the mental chanting of Hung sau or so ham. It is a good starting point, but eventually, you must listen to the sound, and continue to listen to more and more subtle sounds. Ultimately, after you pass through many subtle and beautiful and melodious music, you will hear or experience so hum. What starts off as a more gross sohum or hung sau sound, eventually becomes a more beautiful melody

Yogananda said, that one hour of hung sau is like 24 hours of prayer. However, this is true when you go within.

This subtle vibration in the purest form is called vimala. More about it later.

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Just like humans have karma – which must be endured,similar is the plight of a country.

I believe it was Vivekananda who said, India went through misery since the country did not help others when it could have thousands of years ago

This by itself becomes a warning for ruling countries The karma of the rulers / government will haunt the public and country. Eventually every country fails. Ruling a country benevolently is not so easy. After a while, the public will demand more and become complacent. People in general want to make more money with less work. This of course means you are going to feed on other people or other countries hard work. Eventually, the benefit of other peoples labor will catch up to you in the form of bad karma. People have the responsibility to the nation just as much as to their selves. However, most people are selfish and make selfish decisions ,disregarding the nation itself and this become a bad karma. The sequence of responsibility is very clear.

This was but just one example. The fall of any country then ensues mostly from unexpected and unforeen expenses. In the past it was losing the country to another country in war. (maybe even now). Unexexpected expenses – will come from natural calamties. Disease, storms, flooding etc. It creates economic havoc. A country can only keep up with it for so long.

So if there is a God, why do these natural calamaties happen? How can they be stopped? Jesus was asked this question. Can the course be avoided if there were a few hundred good devout people? He said, I will save the area if there are only 2 devout people. Now of course, his definition of devout is different than our definition or our illusionary definition of devout. That kind of purity is very rare. In truth only one person is enough. A while ago, I met a yogi. He said, if he was permitted to meditate, he could eliminate the debt of the country. He did not elaborate further. Times change and such people disappear.

Vasistha Maharaj, thousands of years ago, was asked, in such calamties, whose karma is responsible for such pain? His answer was – and I dont remember exactly (it is a big book and would have to read it again) – the collective karma of a species is paid back collectively. You can interpret it as you chose.

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So the last part of vyoma, was a teaser. It gives the initial vyoma or space.

Everyone experiences the bhutakash, the space of the universe.

There are other inner spaces I described – those inner spaces are not related to the universe that people know.

However even at the apex of the inner worlds, there are even more spaces which are 5 in number

I am describing this, almost verbatim from Mahayog vigyan. I would strongly recommend you read it from the original book also. Mayayoga vigyan gives credit to Yogaswaroday, an ancient but very accurate text. A word of caution, these are very internal and deep levels. Anyone who has gone to those levels, will be of extra ordinary caliber

Now, Shankar bhagwan now gives the names and the description of the 5 akash / space located within Sushumna.

1. Akash
2. Mahakash
3. Parakash
4. Tattvakash
5. Suryakash. (this is called surya but it is no the sun).

These 5 vyoma are progressively more subtle and higher than one another. (Inner most is surya akash).

First Akash is both inside and outside and is without any shape and always pure. One should try to make the mind free of sankalpa and vikalpa, thought free (sunya), and also no longer dependent (on outward objects). This should be the objective so that way you can make your mind thought free without any effort.

The second parakash is like a dark clouds filled sky and is without light. Here also, one should try to absorb the mind within without thinking of any consequences. The third is Mahakash which is like the light of fire (mahabhoot tattva), which lights up the world at the time of the end of yuga (the four cycles). Once again one should have the mind absorb within this light.

The fourth is tattvakash. Here the light is like countless millions upon millions of lit up lantarns. The mind should get absorbed in this. The last is suryakash. Here the light is like millions of suns gathered together. One should get absorbed in this and merge into that light. This way, a yogi depends on the outside light and the inner light and space. The empty space, depends on the pure inner light. One should focus on that inner most space and the light that supports it, so you can be with Shankar bhagwan and never get entangled with good deeds or sins, and destroy all your karma

Further in Mahayoga vigyan, he quotes Mandal Brahmupanishad. He writes

Yagnavalkalya asks Mandal Surya (the word mandal surya is used to alert us that he is taking about the inner most light and not the sun on the outside), “Please tell us about the 5 vyomas , the names and the characteristics in detail

Mandal Surya says the are five.

1. Akash
2. Parakash
3. Mahakash
4. Suryakash
5. Parmakash.

Both inside and outside is the dark Akash and both inside and outside is the Parakash which is like the fire of death / time (kalanal). The Mahakash is like lightening, both inside and outside, in that great lightening, the tattvas are there. Outside and within is the ever fulfilling Surya (sun). Lastly, is the parmakash. This light is indescribable, gives everlasting, endless joy. One who experiences this light, merges into it and experiences full satisfaction, (without have further quetions. This is what Yajurveda says.

This concludes the translation from Hindi. It will really not make any sense. This is to be experienced. If you dont understand it, that is ok. Find someone who can give an experience to you. It is that simple. If you have to exert your intellect to understand, you will never get there. These states are meant for those who have conquered the mind and intellect and emotions

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I will give the lyrics then explain

Ho saadho! (O wise ones!)

Yeh tan thaat tambure ka (This Body is a Splendid Tambura)

Paanch tatv ka bana hai tambura (Made of the five elements)

Taar laga nau ture ka (strung together wth nine resonances)

Aicat taar marodat khoonti (Tighten the strings, twist the pegs)

Nikasat raag hajoore ka (and it sings the song of the Lord)

Toota taar, bikhar gayi khoonti (The strings snap, the pegs lie scattered)

Ho gaya dhoor madhure ka (the sweetness has turned to dust)

Yaa dehi ka garab na keejai (Don’t cling in vain to this body)

Ud gaya hans tambure ka (Its swan has flown away)

Kahe Kabir, suno baayi sadho (Kabir says, listen seekers –)

agam panth ek soore ka (the path of the brave is pathless)

You can read the translation

Tambure – the body

Is made of 5 elements ( Akash, vaayu, agni, jal, prithvi) And has 9 beautiful tunes.

This is a spiritual experience in mediation. When meditation is deep, the elements make different melodies. There are the guan and karma indriyas that make the sounds. These are the strings in subtle body that makes the physical body alive.

But don’t destroy it by twisting the pegs and strengthening the strings – meaning sever connection with the body by abusing the chakras ( pegs). The indriya are intertwined there

If you do that, the strings break and you reciting gods name will be of no use ( Nikasat meaning useless)

A rare person can tune in to single syllable to reach God. Meaning forego other sounds and merge in AUM

This will be better on a audio blog

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Vyoma means akash. Normally akash means sky but here it means space.

Different people have given either 3 or 5 vyoma. Mahayog vigyan, a traditional treatise on Yoga, written by Yogendra vigyani describes 5

Another great authority Vasistha maharaj or Bhagwan gives 3 vyoma.

Since the entire internet has no concept or understanding and definately no experience of it, they only describe 3. Even their interpretation has been very lacking. I will give a very brief description here and more details elsewhere.

So the three Vyoma are

1. Bhutakasha
2. Chittakasha
3. Chidakasha.

Bhutakasha – refers to the space we experience in this world. This space, does not exist but appear real only to the ignorant. In samadhi / gyan stage, this space is absent.

Chittakash – this refers to chitta akash or space. This is part of chitta. This chitta is not the emotions as described by Yogananda Paramhansa or the vital as described by Aurobindo. It is something that is more real.

Chidakasha – This is chit akasha, not chitta. This is also known as Gagan mandal. Or Bhramar Gufa or the cave. This is where kutastha ends or begins . Ends or begins depend on the status of the yogi. Here, the great saints are. Few ever get there. In this world, in public, there is no one who goes there. In my private blogs on Kutastha, I have described it in great detail

Now, Yogananda has described 5 akasha. Those are sub classes within one of the akasha above. More about it later.

Sadly, everyone out there are not really Gurus. They are motivational speakers. They are incapable of giving any spiritual experience or true explanation. I tried, looking up vyoma. There is nothing there.

Most people are looking for motivational speakers.

Recently, some one sent me a video about takng food to a temple. And when you take it to temple it is food and when you come out , it is called prasad. That is true. Their point was it is change in perspective.

However, if you take the same food to a Yogi, it truly becomes prasad, since it is permeated with divinity and it not a perspective change but a true change of food into something divine.

Lucky are those who receive this.

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Yoga is now a catch all phrase

There are words people use – meditation, I do yoga, and then in desperation and to show they are superior they add words like Raj yoga , karma yog, vyoma yoga, shakti yoga, Bhakti yoga, etc

An unsuspecting victim could get attracted to the phrase And believe they have found the true way to salvation. And also people include words like shakti, shakti pat, , awakening of shakti. Now they have the perfect trap.

I offer nothing like that. So you are better off not reading my blog. Yoga is very simple. But only for those of pure heart, genuine interest. Then you will go within. You will see how God has created this world. The wonderful intricacies. The space within. And within that space are 5 other spaces. So many beautiful sounds. Many miracles.

Far far from this is the grand lover of all. God. This will take decades or longer

Even when you go within, initially you won’t see God hiding there. He is there. Very visible. But he loves a good game of hide And seek. You will feel his presence but his joy is hidden from you. He will hide his powers. He will hide is love. He wants to see if you are willing to give up everything thing for him. Are you able to pass the barrier of space, nothingness, the outward flow trying to wash you away from him?

I have said enough. This should be enough. Don’t get disappointed by the trials of life. They will be there. Use them to demand God appear behind the silence. Go within even more. Force him to speak. He will speak. In music, letters, words. His voice is aum. So wonderful. So overwhelming. But hold on to him. Let him speak. He speaks And you listen. That is prayer. For others , it is a misconceived path of us speaking and he is silent. They think that is prayer. But that is nothing true

When you have Bhakti, you will hear him talk.

When you give all prana and yourself to him, that is karma yoga And you will hear him speak

When this happens to you, that is awakening. That is shakti yog or shakti pat.

Break bread with him! ( this is a very deep pun I have stated).

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Well I lied. There are many many big errors we make

1. Not knowing our divine self. This is the root cause of all our pains. If we knew our divine self we would not be so miserable. Why be a beggar when you are a king?
2. Not making any effort to discover our divine self
3. Thinking we can discover our divine self without help
4. Not recognizing a Guru.

We think a Guru will wear saffron clothes. Almost all those who wear saffron clothes are fakes

A Guru will be famous. It is the exact opposite. A rare Guru becomes famous while in body

They are not householders. In fact many are. The general rule is a householder / person in society ( married or not married) needs a Guru who is in society.

Many people believe they are very wise and enlightened. However if you are wise and enlightened, you will not look up scriptures. All scriptures started from within you. Why read anything? In fact so wonderful use their experience within, when they read the scriptures, instantly the deepest meaning is revealed. Who can compare with an enlightened person?

An enlightened person will accept you as a disciple. Actually no. They look at the inner you. Then if there is sincerity, commitment to meditation even when you say it is impossible too find time and you make time, then they are ready to open all chambers. Without that dedication and commitment even an awakened shakti cannot take you to the highest. That is on you! The tests are subtle. Most people fail it. Can you give up or make 10 min of your time for something incredible? Will you make a slight effort to be with them? A Guru sometimes gets into an incredible spiritual state and so ready to give you all. You don’t know when that will happen. You have to be alert! Thousands of times you will get opportunities and not even one will accept. Sad

So many times did Gurudev and Dineshuncle revealed their high status – but everyone ignored them. Instead of surrendering we remain in our ego. With their grace millions of years of effort can be traversed in a second and we lose that chance

We don’t give the proper respect to such great beings. This displeases Shakti and Shankar Bhagwan.

The whole world lives in a delusional and illusional state. They live in the mental state, imaginary state not realizing the wealth of joy within. Their meditation is also an illusion. They think they have gone within, made progress but still have not even made 1/2 step in the right direction. Such is the power of ego. Ego makes them believe they have made progress, refuse help, believe their wrong concepts are correct, disrespect the truth and so on

So painful to see beautiful treatises by Abhinav Gupta like Vigyana Bhairav translated and then a bogus explanation given! The verses – so beautiful – describing an inner state of awakening. Yet the inner beauty was not grasped and explanation given by many authors ludicrous. Many people follow them. This also is a tremendous error

The road is not easy! But with a right Guru you can travel very quickly

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The dead have a personality

The living are beyond

Solve this riddle

You know the secret of life

The dead walk

The living sit still

Solve this riddle

You know the secret of life

The dead are above the ground

The living are buried

Solve this riddle

You know the secret of life

The dead carry weight

The living carry none

Stove this riddle

You know the secret of life

Eyes open you see nothing

Eyes closed you see it all

Solve this riddle

You know the secret of life

Two eyes and you are blind

One eye sees it all

Solve this riddle

You know the secret of life

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We hear many great statements. Such as

Be content / satisfied.

Don’t get greedy.

If you make a 100,000 dollars don’t crave a million And so on

Save thing in food. We eat something lovely And then want more. Our tummy is full but we still want to eat

We may think we are immune to this but that is very unlikely. We display this greed in many ways. Sometimes it is by not being able to let go of “junk” in the house. This we consider valuable

So why is this thing so universal? ( trust me everyone has it)

The vedas discovered the secret thousands of years ago. They simply said all the windows in the house open outward!

Meaning – the mind and the senses are always looking outward. There is nothing in the outside that can appease the mind or senses !

The mind And senses need the inner love of God. It is the only thing that will satisfy it. But the mind keeps looking outside ! It like am thirsty person who wants water but keeps eating food ! ( this is a pun) or a person who has a lot potassium and we give him sodium it simply won’t work

The mind is stupid. It cannot turn within

When it wants to turn within it does not know how to turn within. It thinks dancing singing And praising God is the way. Or makes up an imaginary God thinks about the imaginary God and says I am pure or now I have turned inward. Or it thinks visiting temple is the way or churches. Or listening to sermon. They are all outside. Unlikely to help you

Or when it learns the secret technique it still does not learn it easily

When it learns it , the old habits of going outward crop up again repeatedly

In short, learn to go within. That is the only place where the mind and the senses will find satisfaction, peace and no longer crave the world. A journey worth taking

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I am currently in India. As soon as I landed, I headed to Mundarda. Where my Gurudev lives. I had incredible Darshan And took many satisfying video and photos. Then I went to Ambaji. I have a close connection to this place. I very much enjoyed the visit there.

The next day I went to Chikhli. It happened accidentally but it was a glorious moment to visit the Samadhi of Kalidas Pundit. Truly one of the greatest person who took samadhi in 1890’s. I have written about him elsewhere

My next two stops were disappointing. Trimbakeshwar – a Jyotirling near Nashik. There was a long line, the gatekeepers ( dwarpaal) were rude. It did not bother me but sad for them. The Darshan is done through a mirror – a new method which started after Covid. I would have liked to sit there for longer.

The next day we went to Shirdi where Sai baba lived. What I observed was disrespect to the principles and the way Sai baba lived. Sai baba was the power of love. He was harassed by the local authority many times. However with love and patience he conquered them all ! His life was simplicity. He was not attracted to praise or gold

Sadly, I saw a lot of Gold surrounding his idol. I am sure such behavior would not speak to him. And this is what I mean by respecting a saint. Respecting a saint or Jesus or Neem Karoli baba – it is done by having a genuine heart

1. Simplicity. That says it all. If there is glitter they run away.
2. Purity in heart. What I mean is being attracted to them for their love And the simplicity of their life. Not one thought of material things
3. Loving them and being there to just be at their feet. Nothing more
4. Reciting the proper surrender mantra

If there is one person in the audience like that , they appear And bless all those who are there, their wishes fulfilled.

That is the proper way to get their attention And love Not gold or praise or glitter or shouting names or raising hands or jumping or playing tapes or doing arti

That’s why some places are empty now. Sad indeed.

One other curious thing

1. The mind keeps thinking it is happy And comment when outside circumstances are good
2. It keeps thinking woe to me when things are bad
3. It worries when outside is unfavorable

The only correct status of the mind is humbly remaining turned towards God , without thought of outside circumstances or thought that it is surrendered

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This is celebrated on full moon in the Hindu month of Magshar

( Magshar Purnima)

Magshar is the month which Krishna Bhawan says – he is that month. Yogananda explains it as – Marg meaning road. shir meaning sahastrar the real word meaning Margshir – road to sahastrar or road in shastrar.

Atri Rishi is a saint who is considered a Chiranjivi – an immortal saint. The others are Marichi, Angiras, Pulaha, Kratu, Pulastya, Vasistha and Atri

Atri rishi is born from the tongue, that is the legend. He is mentioned in Rigveda and use considered the last of the sapta rishi – the 7 immortal Rishis. Gurudev explanation of the Sapta Rishi is perhaps the final word. Dinesh uncle repeatedly told me about it and took me a while to absorb it

There are many stories about how Datyatreya was born.

One story is Atri was married to Ansuya. Ansuya was very pure. She made the wives of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh jealous. They wanted to test her purity. And asked their husbands to prove it. So Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh went to her house and asked for Alms. But told her to give it naked. So Ansuya smiled and brought some Ganga water and sprinkled it on them and they instantly became babies. And then served them food!

Time passed by and their husbands did not return. The wives got concerned. They took human form and came down to check out what happened and Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh were babies! Ansuya asked the wives to pick out their husbands! They then realized the purity of Ansuya. Ansuya sprinkled holy water again and they returned back to normal. In return, she was given a boon. ( Vardaan) She asked for all three of be born to her. Datyatreya was born there with 3 heads representing all 3

The other version is the there children of Ansuya see Dattatreya ( Vishnu incarnation, Durvasa ( Shiv representation) Chandra represented by Brahma

Another version is Dattatreya was born to an unwed Ansuya

Another version is Atri was quite aged and Ansuya young and Dattatreya was born. He was the oldest of the three. Dattatreya, then Durvasa and then Chandra

Chandra ( moon ) had 27 wives. He played favorites with his wives. His father in law Daksha cursed him he will lose his lustre and dwindle away. Chandra then prayed intensely to Shankar Bhagwan and Shanka bhagwan appeared and saved him. The place where Shankar Bhagwan appeared is the Jyotirlinga in Somnath. A very divine place

Of course these stories have a divine Yoga value that reveals important steps in meditation. You can find the yogic interpretation elsewhere.

Dattatreya was very spiritually inclined from childhood. He had 24 Gurus.

My 24 gurus are: 1. Earth, 2. Water, 3. Air, 4. Fire, 5. Sky, 6. Moon, 7. Sun, 8. Pigeon, 9. Python, 10. Ocean, 11. Moth, 12. Bee, 13. Honey-gatherer, 14. Elephant, 15. Deer, 16. Fish, 17. Dancing-girl Pingala, 18. Raven, 19. Child, 20. Maiden, 21.Serpent, 22. An arrow-maker, 23. Spider and 24. Beetle.”

These Gurus have a divine yogic interpretation Since he had 24 Gurus, this does not mean we can have more then one Guru. There cannot be more than one Guru. The bond between a Guru and disciple is unbreakable. If a disciple looks for more than one Guru, then it means the Guru was not perfect or the disciple was weak and did not have sufficient faith in Guru to progress. This creates a dilemma. Is my Guru inadequate or is my faith inadequate. How do you resolve this?

Datyatreya explains this in Tripura Rahasya. A perfect Guru has a deep understanding of the essence of everything in all scriptures. You can ask him anything from any scripture, he will have a clear explanation of the Yoga and meditation secret in the scriptures.

This would include the meaning of the stories above, seemingly absurd stories in all religions like Goliath, Jonah and the whale, all Hindu stories of multiple Goddesses, the story of Atri etc

Dattatreya is one of the immortals. Legend has it that he is still there. He was in Girnar during his young age. One can find signs of him being there. There are 5 peaks in Girnar. He is on the 5 the peak. Where he is now is anyone guess.

Dattatreya started the nath sampraday. ( Sampraday – tradition) Every person in the nath sampraday are immortal. I believe this started 12,000 years ago. The famous people in nath sampraday include, Gorakhnath, Nivrittinath, Gebinath, Gyaneshwar, Matsyendranath It is interesting to note that Nivrittinath and Gyaneshwar reached perfection at 5 and 7 years of age

So today is Dattatreya Jayanti – his birthday

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One of the prays I was asked about

Guna tara neet gaiye thai amara kaam

het lavi hasav tu, sada raakh dil salad

Bhul Kadi kariye aame, to prabhu karajo maaf

It is a vaishnav prayer

It says we will praise you , please let our wishes get fulfilled

Keep our hearts clean, if sometimes we make a mistake, forgive us

This prayer has many flaws

First God is not a cheap egotistic entity that seeks you praise him. He is love regardless of your attitude

Secondly, God likes those who love him and not beggars who seek him for material wealth

Third,we have to make the effort to clean our heart.

Fourth we don’t make mistakes sometimes, we make mistakes all the time. Biggest is to not know our divine self

The Sanskrit prayer is

Kayen vacha manasendriya va budhyatma va prakruti svabhavat

Karomi yadyat sakal parasmaii

Narayaneti samarpayami

कायेन वाचा मनसेन्द्रियैर्वा ।

बुद्ध्यात्मना वा प्रकृतिस्वभावात् ।

करोमि यद्यत्सकलं परस्मै ।

नारायणयेति समर्पयामि ॥

Meaning everything I do , with Speech, with mind, with my senses, intellect, or from nature or past habits, all those things I offer to you Narayan

Meaning I do those things as a service to you ( so don’t let me incur karma)

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One other big hurdle in progress is consistency. The lack of consistency is many ways

1. Inability to sit daily
2. In ability to sit at a consistent hour
3. Inability to have consistent interest and enthusiasm
4. When either of them wanes, the soul quickly relaxes and gets immersed into Maya
5. Once immersed into Maya – in the form of enjoying a new given situation, it takes effort to get out of that situation and mess
6. A yogi is very susceptible to outside waves. He catches on to it and unless sufficiently strong he gets influenced.
7. For an advanced yogi , he changes the outside circumstances and people
8. Changing the Anu – particle is of paramount importance. Then the yogi is no longer required to come back

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It was the year 1972, sometime in April or May. I was about 10 years old. It was a wonderful spring morning.

At that time I was living in India. I was not very happy. I was in that house for 3 years and often wished I was back in USA. The house had a 10 feet by 10 feet long porch in the front. I would often sit there.

One of my neighbors, worked in Alembic. He had a cousin who had gone mad, had left home. No one knew about his whereabouts. He no longer conformed to social behavior. I was told he was quite dangerous

So one fine morning I was sitting on the porch, enjoying the weather. This lunatic shows up. No one had seen him in many many years. I was not afraid. Amused. He started talking. I don’t remember much of the conversation. However he asked me a question. How many Vedas are there! I am surprised I knew there answer. I was only 10. I knew it because I recently had my yagnopavit. 4 I said. He said no. There are 5 !! He said the fifth one is secret! I was surprised and it only proved one point this guy is crazy. He left after a few more statements.

Later people asked me – they had seen me talk with him. What did he say etc ? Not Much I said. Apparently he did not visit anyone else including his relatives

Another 15 years passed. I told Dineshuncle about him! I said he was crazy. He said, no no he was the only sane person ! There is a fifth Veda that is secret – it is the Brahma nadi

Today, in one of the WhatsApp chat group someone posted the Gita. Chapter 15, verse 15

Here it is

_sarvasya chaaham hridi sannivishto mattaha smritirjnyaanamapohanam cha |

vedaishcha sarvairahameva vedyo vedaantakridvedavideva chaaham || 15 ||_

And I am seated in the hearts of all beings. From me arise memory, knowledge and their loss. It is only I who am to be known through the Vedas. Only I am the author of Vedanta, and the knower of the Vedas.

sarvasya : all beings

cha : and

aham : I

hridi : in hearts

sannivishtaha : seated

mattaha : from me

smritihi : memory

jnyaanam : knowledge

apohanam : loss of memory

vedaihi : through Vedas

cha : and

sarvaihi : all

aham : I

eva : only

vedyaha : to be known

vedaantakrit : author of Vedanta

vedavit : knower of Vedas

eva : only

cha : and

aham : I

From – https://gitajourney.com/2013/03/20/bhagavad-gita-verse-15-chapter-15/

Reading this I remembered my crazy friend! Gita says , I am to be known through the Vedas

The Vedas here refers to the Brahma nadi – the only way to know God. The Royal path taking us within to Sahastrar

This crazy person, told me the secret 50 years ago. I am sure he was liberated. He had come to bless me. A little late , but I bow to him with all my heart

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People believe they can wake up one fine morning, start meditating and say Shivohum or Sohum, or say God is I and you are a yogi. There can be nothing farther in truth than this. It is not so easy to be liberated. You are fighting with a mental inertia that refuses to believe, emotions that are rampant, a struggle to go beyond logic , an ego that will simply not die and past karma and desires. Each part has to be overcome.

The problem is our consciousness is strongly interwoven with the body, it cannot relinquish it. Yogi can relinquish it during meditation but not always.

So what do we do?

Quite simple. You reverse the life consciousness, prana from the body and bring it to the center of the forehead. Now that reversal has to go through a channel. The subtle body has 72,000 such channels. There are 10 main ones and even amongst them 3 are the most important. They care called ida, pingla and shushumna. Or called surya, chandra and fire. The prana or life consciousness reverses its flow with the help of ida and pingla and then ascends up through the center nadi or channel called shushumna. For those unfamiliar

1. Ida is chandra : When flow is through the left nostril it is ida or chandra. The channel is however on the right side below agna chakra
2. Pingla is surya : when flow is through the right nostril. The channel however is on the left side below agna chakra.
3. Sushumna : When flow is equal through both nostrils or alternates. This is the central nadi and also known as fire

Now within the Sushumna, there are 2 more finer nadis, called chitra and vajra. And in the center of chitra and vajra is Brahmanadi. Yogananda has said this about Brahmanadi : It is simultaneously inside and outside at the same time.

A yogi, reverses flow by reverses flow of life consciousness through the brahmanadi.

Now a word of caution : Please do not be misled by the fools who talk about brahmanadi and say it is the Spinal cord. It is true that the spine is where the reversal occurs. Thats why in yoga, we are told to sit in a particular posture – with spine erect. The erect spine makes it easier for the prana to ascend.

So what are the nadis? Only a very very advanced Yogi will know. Nadis or channels are strings which merge in Agna chakra?. It has very little to do with the nervous system or senses. They are not seen or dissected. No medical equipment can visualize it. Not CT not MRI. Since only an advanced Yogi can experience the Nadi, very little is written about it. It takes significant force, awakening, and vritti (attention) to experience them. Such powerful are seldom found.

In short, the Brahmanadi is the channel, through which there is reversal of flow from the lower legs to body and arms and we return to our pure self. The nadi can only be experienced in deep meditation. The effects are a different matter.

I hope this helps. One more thing. There are many different combinations that can be found betwen these nadis. Based on that, the future of self, family and mankind is slowly revealed. Like I said, such people are rare.

Since, this path is only experienced in deep meditation, they call it the secret path. Or the royal and secret path or royal path. Only those who meditate, can reverse the flow and know the blazing fiery light of self. This is not a matter of intellectual debate or discussion but for the lucky few, a matter of direct perception. This is the secret veda.

Anyway, this is my belief. I am not the right person to approach or even ask about for more details. There are many references to this in other religions too. An adept yogi can quickly spot the reference. Lastly, there are many secrets in these books and hinduism, which they have only discussed indirectly. When you can experience it, the meaning is suddenly revealed and you are thankful to the great Saints for revealing these secrets in a slanted way. It becomes a true joy, having the solved the riddle of life and the experience of joy that accompanies it.

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The most important versus from Patanjali on Yoga come from Chapter

तस्मिन्सति श्वासप्रश्वासयोर्गतिविच्छेदः प्राणायामः ॥ २.४९॥

tasminsati śvāsapraśvāsayorgativicchedaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ .. 2.49..

• tasmin = upon that (perfection of meditation posture)
• asti = being accomplished
• shvasa = inhalation
• prashvsayoh = exhalation
• gati = of the uncontrolled movements
• vichchhedah = slowing, softening or braking of the force behind
• pranayamah = expansion of prana, regulation of breath

After that ( doing asana or correct posture), (next step is) pranayama (which is) interrupting the flow of inhalation (and) exhalation.

बाह्याभ्यन्तरस्तम्भवृत्तिर्देशकालसंख्याभिः

परिदृष्टो दीर्घसूक्ष्मः ॥ २.५०॥

bāhyābhyantarastambhavṛttirdeśakālasaṃkhyābhiḥ

paridṛṣṭo dīrghasūkṣmaḥ .. 2.50..

• bahya = external
• abhyantara = internal
• stambha = holding, restraint, suspension, stationary, retention, cessation,

transition

• vrittih = operations, activities, fluctuations, modifications, changes, or various

forms of the mind-field

• desha = place, spot, space, location
• kala = time, period, duration
• sankhyabhih = count
• paridrishtah = observe the landscape
• dirgha = made long, prolonged, slow
• sukshmah = and subtle, fine

Cessation of vritti (thought waves) (both) internal and external (of) space, time and count, observe the subtle (prana) (which is now) slow

बाह्याभ्यन्तरविषयाक्षेपी चतुर्थः ॥ २.५१॥

bāhyābhyantaraviṣayākṣepī caturthaḥ .. 2.51..

• bahya = external
• abhyantara = internal
• vishaya = region, spheres, realms, fields
• akshepi = going beyond, surpassing, setting aside
• chaturthah = the fourth

(then with practice),( both) internal and external objects of desires, (vishaya) are given up, (this is the) fourth (pranayama)

ततः क्षीयते प्रकाशावरणम् ॥ २.५२॥

tataḥ kṣīyate prakāśāvaraṇam .. 2.52..

• tatah = then, thereby, thence, from that
• kshiyate = is destroyed, thinned, diminishes, vanishes
• prakasha = light, illumination
• avaranam = veil, covering

The covering of light is thereby thinned

धारणासु च योग्यता मनसः ॥ २.५३॥

dhāraṇāsu ca yogyatā manasaḥ .. 2.53..

• dharanasu = for concentration, for dharana
• cha = and
• yogyata = fitness, preparedness, qualification, capability
• manasah = mind

(after this), the mind is ready for dharana ( a step of before dhayana)

स्वविषयासंप्रयोगे चित्तस्वरूपानुकार इवेन्द्रियाणां प्रत्याहारः ॥ २.५४॥

svaviṣayāsaṃprayoge cittasvarūpānukāra ivendriyāṇāṃ pratyāhāraḥ .. 2.54..

• sva = their own
• vishaya = objects, region, spheres, realms, fields
• asamprayoge = not coming into contact with, non-conjunction, cessation of

engagement

• chitta = of the mind field
• svarupe = own form, own nature (sva = own; rupe = form, nature)
• anukarah = imitate, resemble, follow, be engaged with
• iva = like, as though, as it were
• indriyanam = mental organs of actions and senses (indriyas)
• pratyaharah = withdrawal of the indriyas (the senses), bringing inward

Disconnecting the self from the objects of pleasure, the senses (5 motor and 5 sensory) return back to pure mind, (this is) pratyahar.

ततः परमा वश्यतेन्द्रियाणाम् ॥ २.५५॥

॥ इति पतञ्जलि-विरचिते योग-सूत्रे द्वितीयः साधन-पादः ॥

tataḥ paramā vaśyatendriyāṇām .. 2.55..

.. iti patañjali-viracite yoga-sūtre dvitīyaḥ sādhana-pādaḥ ..

Then, supreme mastery of senses (10 senses 5 motor and 5 sensory) is achieved

This concludes the second chapter of Yoga sutra Sadhan Pada, written by Patanjali

• tatah = then, thereby, thence, from that
• parama = highest, supreme, ultimate, perfected
• vashyata = mastery, control, being willed
• indriyanam = of the mental organs of actions and senses (indriyas)

So, how can we control the mind?. It is very very difficult. How can one go into samadhi, merging into God or pure self? There are certain steps to be followed. One has to break the constant habit of identifying with the three bodies. Merely thinking you are God or pure consciousness is quite laughable. Reading wont help you. One must undertake a specific method.

However, knowing the steps is not enough. One has to do it properly. How do you know you are doing it properly. So Patanjali explains if you do it properly these are the things that will happen. He has described the steps in sequence. This is not the sequence which we read in texts. His sequence is as follows

1. Asana (not listed by me here it is shloka 48
2. Breath control (shloka 49)
3. Pranayama (shloka 50)
4. Kevali pranayama (shloka 51)
5. Now the light of self slowly becomes more evident (shloka 52)
6. In time, the mind will be able to remain sustained in pure light (shloka 53)
7. Pratyahar – the senses will turn inward (shloka 54)
8. Finally you have mastery over the senses. (shloka 55)

This is the method of Raj Yoga. I believe it to be the safest way.

I have written about this in greater detail elsewhere.

I have re written the translated steps here

After that ( doing asana or correct posture), (next step is) pranayama (which is) interrupting the flow of inhalation (and) exhalation.

Cessation of vritti (thought waves) (both) internal and external (of) space, time and count, observe the subtle (prana) (which is now) slow

(then with practice),( both) internal and external objects of desires, (vishaya) are given up, (this is the) fourth (pranayama)

The covering of light is thereby thinned

(after this), the mind is ready for dharana ( a step of before dhayana)

Disconnecting the self from the objects of pleasure, the senses (5 motor and 5 sensory) return back to pure mind, (this is) pratyahar.

Then, supreme mastery of senses (10 senses 5 motor and 5 sensory) is achieved

This concludes the second chapter of Yoga sutra Sadhan Pada, written by Patanjali

Link to Original Document

The most important versus from Patanjali on Yoga come from Chapter

तस्मिन्सति श्वासप्रश्वासयोर्गतिविच्छेदः प्राणायामः ॥ २.४९॥

tasminsati śvāsapraśvāsayorgativicchedaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ .. 2.49..

• tasmin = upon that (perfection of meditation posture)
• asti = being accomplished
• shvasa = inhalation
• prashvsayoh = exhalation
• gati = of the uncontrolled movements
• vichchhedah = slowing, softening or braking of the force behind
• pranayamah = expansion of prana, regulation of breath

After that ( doing asana or correct posture), (next step is) pranayama (which is) interrupting the flow of inhalation (and) exhalation.

बाह्याभ्यन्तरस्तम्भवृत्तिर्देशकालसंख्याभिः

परिदृष्टो दीर्घसूक्ष्मः ॥ २.५०॥

bāhyābhyantarastambhavṛttirdeśakālasaṃkhyābhiḥ

paridṛṣṭo dīrghasūkṣmaḥ .. 2.50..

• bahya = external
• abhyantara = internal
• stambha = holding, restraint, suspension, stationary, retention, cessation,

transition

• vrittih = operations, activities, fluctuations, modifications, changes, or various

forms of the mind-field

• desha = place, spot, space, location
• kala = time, period, duration
• sankhyabhih = count
• paridrishtah = observe the landscape
• dirgha = made long, prolonged, slow
• sukshmah = and subtle, fine

Cessation of vritti (thought waves) (both) internal and external (of) space, time and count, observe the subtle (prana) (which is now) slow

बाह्याभ्यन्तरविषयाक्षेपी चतुर्थः ॥ २.५१॥

bāhyābhyantaraviṣayākṣepī caturthaḥ .. 2.51..

• bahya = external
• abhyantara = internal
• vishaya = region, spheres, realms, fields
• akshepi = going beyond, surpassing, setting aside
• chaturthah = the fourth

(then with practice),( both) internal and external objects of desires, (vishaya) are given up, (this is the) fourth (pranayama)

ततः क्षीयते प्रकाशावरणम् ॥ २.५२॥

tataḥ kṣīyate prakāśāvaraṇam .. 2.52..

• tatah = then, thereby, thence, from that
• kshiyate = is destroyed, thinned, diminishes, vanishes
• prakasha = light, illumination
• avaranam = veil, covering

The covering of light is thereby thinned

धारणासु च योग्यता मनसः ॥ २.५३॥

dhāraṇāsu ca yogyatā manasaḥ .. 2.53..

• dharanasu = for concentration, for dharana
• cha = and
• yogyata = fitness, preparedness, qualification, capability
• manasah = mind

(after this), the mind is ready for dharana ( a step of before dhayana)

स्वविषयासंप्रयोगे चित्तस्वरूपानुकार इवेन्द्रियाणां प्रत्याहारः ॥ २.५४॥

svaviṣayāsaṃprayoge cittasvarūpānukāra ivendriyāṇāṃ pratyāhāraḥ .. 2.54..

• sva = their own
• vishaya = objects, region, spheres, realms, fields
• asamprayoge = not coming into contact with, non-conjunction, cessation of

engagement

• chitta = of the mind field
• svarupe = own form, own nature (sva = own; rupe = form, nature)
• anukarah = imitate, resemble, follow, be engaged with
• iva = like, as though, as it were
• indriyanam = mental organs of actions and senses (indriyas)
• pratyaharah = withdrawal of the indriyas (the senses), bringing inward

Disconnecting the self from the objects of pleasure, the senses (5 motor and 5 sensory) return back to pure mind, (this is) pratyahar.

ततः परमा वश्यतेन्द्रियाणाम् ॥ २.५५॥

॥ इति पतञ्जलि-विरचिते योग-सूत्रे द्वितीयः साधन-पादः ॥

tataḥ paramā vaśyatendriyāṇām .. 2.55..

.. iti patañjali-viracite yoga-sūtre dvitīyaḥ sādhana-pādaḥ ..

Then, supreme mastery of senses (10 senses 5 motor and 5 sensory) is achieved

This concludes the second chapter of Yoga sutra Sadhan Pada, written by Patanjali

• tatah = then, thereby, thence, from that
• parama = highest, supreme, ultimate, perfected
• vashyata = mastery, control, being willed
• indriyanam = of the mental organs of actions and senses (indriyas)

So, how can we control the mind?. It is very very difficult. How can one go into samadhi, merging into God or pure self? There are certain steps to be followed. One has to break the constant habit of identifying with the three bodies. Merely thinking you are God or pure consciousness is quite laughable. Reading wont help you. One must undertake a specific method.

However, knowing the steps is not enough. One has to do it properly. How do you know you are doing it properly. So Patanjali explains if you do it properly these are the things that will happen. He has described the steps in sequence. This is not the sequence which we read in texts. His sequence is as follows

1. Asana (not listed by me here it is shloka 48
2. Breath control (shloka 49)
3. Pranayama (shloka 50)
4. Kevali pranayama (shloka 51)
5. Now the light of self slowly becomes more evident (shloka 52)
6. In time, the mind will be able to remain sustained in pure light (shloka 53)
7. Pratyahar – the senses will turn inward (shloka 54)
8. Finally you have mastery over the senses. (shloka 55)

This is the method of Raj Yoga. I believe it to be the safest way.

I have written about this in greater detail elsewhere.

I have re written the translated steps here

After that ( doing asana or correct posture), (next step is) pranayama (which is) interrupting the flow of inhalation (and) exhalation.

Cessation of vritti (thought waves) (both) internal and external (of) space, time and count, observe the subtle (prana) (which is now) slow

(then with practice),( both) internal and external objects of desires, (vishaya) are given up, (this is the) fourth (pranayama)

The covering of light is thereby thinned

(after this), the mind is ready for dharana ( a step of before dhayana)

Disconnecting the self from the objects of pleasure, the senses (5 motor and 5 sensory) return back to pure mind, (this is) pratyahar.

Then, supreme mastery of senses (10 senses 5 motor and 5 sensory) is achieved

This concludes the second chapter of Yoga sutra Sadhan Pada, written by Patanjali

Link to Original Document

DId Socrates say?

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing!

Socrates was being in judged in the court. He was given a choice exile or to die. He chose to Die.

We really dont know what he said, but Plato, his disciple of sort wrote about Socrates. In the Chapter of Apology, Verse 29 b and c, Plato writes Socrates said,

Latin (“ipse se nihil scire id unum sciat”),[4]** is a possible paraphrase from a** Greektext (see below). It was later back-translated** to** Katharevousa Greek** as “[ἓν οἶδα ὅτι] οὐδὲν οἶδα”, [hèn oîda hóti] oudèn oîda).**[6]

Ipse se means : He himself

Nihil : nothing

scire : to know

id unum : that one thing

sciat : let him know

This literally translates to

to know that one thing he knows he himself is nothing”.

Thus, the true meaning, in my opinion : He himself is nothing : a sign of humility. in ref, I am nothing, I will drink the poison is one interpretation

The other possibilty is Scire could have been a poor translation of schyre : meaning light. The one thing, I know, I am light

Maybe I am being far fetched.

To me, it makes more sense, that he knew he was the light or he knew he was insigificant in the grand scheme

Everyone knows, they know nothing compared to the infinite knowledge – where is the wisdom in it?