Question: When the grace of Guru and God is there, why is the mind still not controlled?
Swami Sivananda: Only when you do Purushartha [determined effort and pursuit], the grace will come. A professor will not answer the questions for you and make you pass. The Gita says, "Uddharet Atmanatmanam". One should raise oneself. Grace only helps one to raise oneself. Everybody should work out his own salvation. What is grace then? If an aspirant gets letters from his preceptor, clearing his doubts, that is grace. If an aspirant comes here, takes Ganges bath and hears the lectures here, that is grace. Many people are thirsting, even croropathis are thirsting to come and bathe in the Ganges, but all do not get a chance. If good books are available for Svadhyaya [study], it is grace. If one enjoys good health for doing Sadhana, that is grace. If God so wishes, He can give Mukti to the whole world in an instant; but He does not do so. Grace descends only when there is Purushartha.
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Swami Sivananda: Only when you do Purushartha [determined effort and pursuit], the grace will come. A professor will not answer the questions for you and make you pass. The Gita says, "Uddharet Atmanatmanam". One should raise oneself. Grace only helps one to raise oneself. Everybody should work out his own salvation. What is grace then? If an aspirant gets letters from his preceptor, clearing his doubts, that is grace. If an aspirant comes here, takes Ganges bath and hears the lectures here, that is grace. Many people are thirsting, even croropathis are thirsting to come and bathe in the Ganges, but all do not get a chance. If good books are available for Svadhyaya [study], it is grace. If one enjoys good health for doing Sadhana, that is grace. If God so wishes, He can give Mukti to the whole world in an instant; but He does not do so. Grace descends only when there is Purushartha.
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Meditation is simply falling asleep, consciously. It has both, the awareness of the wakefulness and the stillness of the sleep, simultaneously. Go deeper, within, to the root of your thoughts and you reach the stillness of sleep. But you must reach it in the full vigour of awareness. If you can be free from all thoughts [perceptions, ideas, feelings] and yet aware, then that's it, you've made it! Believe it or not, this alone is the essence of whole spirituality.
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The Self [Atman] is beyond concept [Nirvikalpa] and hence the Self is where imagination fails. As Self cannot be found by thoughts, one cannot think about it. The Self is not visible and not felt. It has no form and no color. Then how to "know" that which has no quality? If you cultivate a habit, you acquire it. If you form a habit of thinking, "The Self knows all, but none knows the Self," then you attain Truth. Seek the company of the holy. Live in this world of five elements with awareness. The five elements [space, air, fire, water and earth] are dictating to you that you should slowly separate that elemental world from yourself with Knowledge. This means that the world should be left aside. When I am not the body, then how can this elemental world be mine? You can have either God or the world.
Before the Mahabharata war, Lord Krishna said to the Kauravas, "I am on one side, my army will be on the other. Take whichever you want." The Kauravas took the army, which means that they took the world, and the Pandavas took God on their side. Lord Krishna said, "I am without quality, and without shape, and I shall hold no weapon in my hand." The elemental world should be set aside with the help of Knowledge. The ego, or "Aham," should be allowed to ebb away, yet it does not subside. Those people to whom no good comes, despite listening continuously to the Jnani, are considered as fallen.
If one has understood that the body is of a low caste, yet continues on only with body-consciousness, know that he is a but dead body, a corpse. Consider them as fallen if they have heard words of wisdom, yet feel no devotion. Ego should ebb away, yet it does not vanish, this condition is called the state of the jiva. The notions of "I" and "mine" are the reason that one has become a jiva. These concepts should be removed. Absolute Reality is what it is. The feeling of "I" should vanish, yet it does not leave. "Aham" ["I"] is in the form of a feeling of ignorance. The scriptures have enunciated many methods for effacing the ego. "Aham" is the most crooked of letters in Sanskrit. One who has seen the death of his own ego is very fortunate. "I saw my death with my own eyes, the ritual was indeed without a parallel," says Saint Tukaram.
~Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj
•From: Amrut Laya, Lecture 10
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Before the Mahabharata war, Lord Krishna said to the Kauravas, "I am on one side, my army will be on the other. Take whichever you want." The Kauravas took the army, which means that they took the world, and the Pandavas took God on their side. Lord Krishna said, "I am without quality, and without shape, and I shall hold no weapon in my hand." The elemental world should be set aside with the help of Knowledge. The ego, or "Aham," should be allowed to ebb away, yet it does not subside. Those people to whom no good comes, despite listening continuously to the Jnani, are considered as fallen.
If one has understood that the body is of a low caste, yet continues on only with body-consciousness, know that he is a but dead body, a corpse. Consider them as fallen if they have heard words of wisdom, yet feel no devotion. Ego should ebb away, yet it does not vanish, this condition is called the state of the jiva. The notions of "I" and "mine" are the reason that one has become a jiva. These concepts should be removed. Absolute Reality is what it is. The feeling of "I" should vanish, yet it does not leave. "Aham" ["I"] is in the form of a feeling of ignorance. The scriptures have enunciated many methods for effacing the ego. "Aham" is the most crooked of letters in Sanskrit. One who has seen the death of his own ego is very fortunate. "I saw my death with my own eyes, the ritual was indeed without a parallel," says Saint Tukaram.
~Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj
•From: Amrut Laya, Lecture 10
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CONSEQUENCE OF DAMAGING THE HOLY TEMPLE
🌿Let them beware who transplant [damage] A Linga at a Shrine established; Even before the transplant [damage] is completed, The Kingdom will to disaster fall; And foul leprosy will torture him. Thus did He declare, Nandi, the Divine Protector.
Temples are monuments that require to be preserved intact. Let not a linga that has been established be removed from its original site. Dire harm will fall on the culprit.
DANGERS OF DESTRUCTION TO THE TEMPLE
🌿 As they move away, even a single stone from temple wall, that shall spell the Crowned King’s ruin; Be he a sage; be he one learned in Vedas, Sure the crisis; certain the ruin; — So Ordained the Lord.
DANGERS OF SKIPPING PUJA PERFORMANCE
🌿Rains fail; epidemics spread; The mighty king his prowess loses; All this sure happens, If worship in Lord’s temples falters, —The Lord who spurned the very God of Death.
Let the pujas in the temples be faithfully continued. If worship in Siva’s temple falters, the ruler will be held responsible for the dire consequences that follow. He loses his power; rains fail in the land, epidemics ravage it, and thefts and crimes abound.
🌿When in Siva’s temple worship ceases, Harm befalls the ruler; Scanty become the rains; Theft and robbery abound in the land, Thus did my Holy Nandi declare.
~Saint Tirumular
•Tirumantiram, Tantra 2, Verses 515-518
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🌿Let them beware who transplant [damage] A Linga at a Shrine established; Even before the transplant [damage] is completed, The Kingdom will to disaster fall; And foul leprosy will torture him. Thus did He declare, Nandi, the Divine Protector.
Temples are monuments that require to be preserved intact. Let not a linga that has been established be removed from its original site. Dire harm will fall on the culprit.
DANGERS OF DESTRUCTION TO THE TEMPLE
🌿 As they move away, even a single stone from temple wall, that shall spell the Crowned King’s ruin; Be he a sage; be he one learned in Vedas, Sure the crisis; certain the ruin; — So Ordained the Lord.
DANGERS OF SKIPPING PUJA PERFORMANCE
🌿Rains fail; epidemics spread; The mighty king his prowess loses; All this sure happens, If worship in Lord’s temples falters, —The Lord who spurned the very God of Death.
Let the pujas in the temples be faithfully continued. If worship in Siva’s temple falters, the ruler will be held responsible for the dire consequences that follow. He loses his power; rains fail in the land, epidemics ravage it, and thefts and crimes abound.
🌿When in Siva’s temple worship ceases, Harm befalls the ruler; Scanty become the rains; Theft and robbery abound in the land, Thus did my Holy Nandi declare.
~Saint Tirumular
•Tirumantiram, Tantra 2, Verses 515-518
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The divine festival of Navaratri is observed twice a year, once in the month of Chaitra and then in Aswayuja. It lasts for nine days in honour of the nine manifestations of Durga. The beginning of summer and the beginning of winter are two very important junctions of climatic and solar influence. These two periods are taken as sacred opportunities for the worship of the Divine Mother. The bodies and minds of people undergo a considerable change on account of the changes in Nature.
The Durga Puja is celebrated in various parts of India in different styles. But the one basic aim of this celebration is to propitiate Shakti, the Goddess in Her aspect as Power, to bestow upon us all wealth, auspiciousness, prosperity, knowledge and all other potent powers. Whatever be the particular or special request that everyone may put before the Goddess, whatever boon may be asked of Her, the main aim behind all these is propitiation, worship and linking oneself with Her.
Durga Puja is one of the greatest Hindu festival in which God is adored as Mother. Hinduism is the only religion in the world which has emphasised to such an extent the motherhood of God. One’s relationship with one’s mother is the dearest and the sweetest of all human relations. Hence, it is proper to look upon God as mother. Durga represents the Divine Mother. She is the energy of the Lord. Without Durga, Shiva has no expression and without Shiva, Durga has no existence. Shiva is the soul of Durga; Durga is identical with Shiva. Lord Shiva is only the silent witness. He is motionless, absolutely changeless. He is not affected by the cosmic play. It is Durga who does everything.
Shakti is the omnipotent power of the Lord, or the Cosmic Energy. The Divine Mother is represented as having ten different weapons in Her hands. She sits on a lion. She keeps up the play of Maya through the three attributes of Nature, namely, Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas. Knowledge, peace, lust, anger, greed, egoism and pride, are all Her forms. You will find in the Devi Suktam of the Rig Veda Samhita that Vak, symbolising speech, the daughter of the sage Anbhirna, realised her identity with the Divine Mother, the Power of the Supreme Lord, which manifests throughout the universe among the gods, among men and beasts and among the creatures of the deep ocean. In the Kena Upanishad, you will find that the Divine Mother shed wisdom on Indra and the gods. The worship of Devi, the universal Mother, leads to the attainment of knowledge of the Self. Goddess Shakti thus sheds wisdom on Her devotees.
Navaratri is the most suitable occasion for doing intense spiritual practices. These 9 days are very sacred to the Divine Mother. Plunge yourself in Her worship. Practise intense repetition of Her Divine Name. Approach Her with an open heart. Lay bare your heart to Her with frankness and humility. Be as simple as a child. Make a total, unreserved, and ungrudging self-surrender to Her. Sing Her praise. Repeat Her Name. Worship Her with faith and unflinching devotion.
The Mother’s Grace is boundless. Her mercy is illimitable; Her knowledge infinite; Her power immeasurable; Her glory ineffable; and Her splendour indescribable. She gives you material prosperity as well as spiritual freedom. Devote yourself to Her and you will soon bring yourself up to that perfection which will culminate in identity with the Self which is your goal. Then all knowledge will be yours: you will be omniscient, omnipotent and you will feel your omnipresence. You will see your Self in all. You will have achieved eternal victory over the wheel of births and deaths, over the demon of worldliness. No more pain, no more misery, no more birth, no more death! Victory, victory be yours!
~Swami Sivananda
May this new year, with the grace and will of Maa Durga, bring the health, wealth, joy, love, peace and wisdom to all of us. May She bless us so that we continue to grow spiritually and attain the highest good. 🙏😇
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Even if one feels oneself too advanced to need such puja, still it must be performed for the sake of others. Such action will be an example to one’s children and other dependents.
~Excerpt from: Talk 564
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Maharshi: Daily puja [worship] as prescribed in the Dharma Shastras [scriptures] is always good. It is for the purification of the mind. Even if one feels oneself too advanced to need such puja, still it must be performed for the sake of others. Such action will be an example to one’s children and other dependents.
~Excerpt from: Talk 564
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🌿Having heard a lot of explanations one becomes knowledgeable and may even speak clearly about the "Knowledge of Brahman." However, if he holds on to pride and groundless hopes he is called a learned fool.
🌿One who advocates unrestrained actions, does not believe in the worship of God with attributes (saguna upasana), and criticizes one's own inherent duty (swadharma) and spiritual practice (sadhana), is a learned fool.
🌿Considering himself to be knowledgeable, he criticizes others and sees defects in all living beings. He is a learned fool.
~Swami Samartha Ramdas
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🌿One who advocates unrestrained actions, does not believe in the worship of God with attributes (saguna upasana), and criticizes one's own inherent duty (swadharma) and spiritual practice (sadhana), is a learned fool.
🌿Considering himself to be knowledgeable, he criticizes others and sees defects in all living beings. He is a learned fool.
~Swami Samartha Ramdas
•Dasbodh, Chapter 2, Sub-Chapter 10, Verses 3-5
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🍃🌸Significance of Rama Navami🌸🍃
Ramnavami or the birthday of Lord Rama falls on the 9th day of the bright fortnight of the month of Chaitra (March-April). Rama was the Lord Hari Himself, incarnate on earth for the destruction of Ravana.
He was well accomplished, beautiful and endowed with royal marks. His glory and prowess were unlimited. He was peerless on earth. He was free from malice. He was gentle. He was the protector of all His people. He always addressed them in gentle words. He never used any harsh words even when somebody provoked Him. He held sway over the whole world.
Salutations to Lord Rama, who is measureless, who is of the nature of pure Consciousness and bliss, who is the consort of Sita, Master of Sri Hanuman, and the Lord of the three worlds, who took His birth at His own will in order to establish righteousness, destroy the wicked and protect His devotees.
Let Sri Rama be your ideal. Ideals are remembered and adored for the purpose of adopting them in your own life. The Ramnavami celebration or the Vasanta Navaratri every year is an opportune period for us to saturate ourselves with the spirit of Lord Rama. We love and adore our ideals because we express thereby our yearning to unite with them.
In our worship of God it is implied that we should be virtuous, good and perfect even as God is. Hence the wise instruction: "One should become divine in order to be able to worship God". One cannot be a real worshipper of Lord Rama unless one makes an honest attempt to grow in the virtues that the Lord represents. On the other hand, worship of Lord Rama is itself the surest means to develop such virtues.
One who approaches Sri Rama with love and worshipfulness becomes large-hearted, pure in spirit, good-natured and dispassionate in thought, word and deed. A true devotee of Lord Rama is His representative, with His power and His knowledge.
Righteousness is the spiritual spark of life. Cultivation of righteousness is the process of unfoldment of the latent divinity in man. The glorious incarnation of the Supreme Being in the form of Lord Rama has exemplified the path of righteousness. Let mankind follow His footsteps and practise the ideals cherished by Him, for it is only thus that there can be everlasting peace, prosperity and welfare in this world.
None but the righteous can be truly happy. None but he who has the correct sense of duty and the will for its implementation can be said to live worthily. One must be imbued with a definite conviction about the supremacy of moral principles, ethical values and spiritual ideals. That is the purpose of life. That is the way to Self-realisation. That is the message and the mission of Lord Rama's Life on earth.
To a devotee, Sri Rama is not simply a good and a great person, but God Himself. Rama was the son of King Dasaratha of Ayodhya, but He is also the divine omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient God. The destruction of the ten-headed Ravana signifies the annihilation of the mind or the ten senses.
The Name of Lord Rama is the greatest purifier of the heart. Not only this, but it wipes away the sinful tendencies as well. It is the purifier of all purifying agencies. It quenches the consuming fire of worldly desires. It awakens the knowledge of God. It bathes the aspirant in the, ocean of divine bliss.
Blessed is the pious soul who uninterruptedly drinks the nectar of Sri Rama's Name which has been churned out of the ocean of the Vedas, which removes the impurities of the Kali Yuga or the iron age, which is a sovereign remedy or unfailing specific to cure the disease of worldly existence. Sri Rama is Brahman who takes one across the ocean of worldly existence. Rama is one in across whom the Yogis sport, that is, the Self within.
On the auspicious Ramnavmi day take a firm resolve that you will repeat Ram-Nam with every breath and that you will endeavour to lead a righteous life. May Sri Rama's blessings and grace guide you all to your highest good and well-being. 🙏🏻😇
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Ramnavami or the birthday of Lord Rama falls on the 9th day of the bright fortnight of the month of Chaitra (March-April). Rama was the Lord Hari Himself, incarnate on earth for the destruction of Ravana.
He was well accomplished, beautiful and endowed with royal marks. His glory and prowess were unlimited. He was peerless on earth. He was free from malice. He was gentle. He was the protector of all His people. He always addressed them in gentle words. He never used any harsh words even when somebody provoked Him. He held sway over the whole world.
Salutations to Lord Rama, who is measureless, who is of the nature of pure Consciousness and bliss, who is the consort of Sita, Master of Sri Hanuman, and the Lord of the three worlds, who took His birth at His own will in order to establish righteousness, destroy the wicked and protect His devotees.
Let Sri Rama be your ideal. Ideals are remembered and adored for the purpose of adopting them in your own life. The Ramnavami celebration or the Vasanta Navaratri every year is an opportune period for us to saturate ourselves with the spirit of Lord Rama. We love and adore our ideals because we express thereby our yearning to unite with them.
In our worship of God it is implied that we should be virtuous, good and perfect even as God is. Hence the wise instruction: "One should become divine in order to be able to worship God". One cannot be a real worshipper of Lord Rama unless one makes an honest attempt to grow in the virtues that the Lord represents. On the other hand, worship of Lord Rama is itself the surest means to develop such virtues.
One who approaches Sri Rama with love and worshipfulness becomes large-hearted, pure in spirit, good-natured and dispassionate in thought, word and deed. A true devotee of Lord Rama is His representative, with His power and His knowledge.
Righteousness is the spiritual spark of life. Cultivation of righteousness is the process of unfoldment of the latent divinity in man. The glorious incarnation of the Supreme Being in the form of Lord Rama has exemplified the path of righteousness. Let mankind follow His footsteps and practise the ideals cherished by Him, for it is only thus that there can be everlasting peace, prosperity and welfare in this world.
None but the righteous can be truly happy. None but he who has the correct sense of duty and the will for its implementation can be said to live worthily. One must be imbued with a definite conviction about the supremacy of moral principles, ethical values and spiritual ideals. That is the purpose of life. That is the way to Self-realisation. That is the message and the mission of Lord Rama's Life on earth.
To a devotee, Sri Rama is not simply a good and a great person, but God Himself. Rama was the son of King Dasaratha of Ayodhya, but He is also the divine omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient God. The destruction of the ten-headed Ravana signifies the annihilation of the mind or the ten senses.
The Name of Lord Rama is the greatest purifier of the heart. Not only this, but it wipes away the sinful tendencies as well. It is the purifier of all purifying agencies. It quenches the consuming fire of worldly desires. It awakens the knowledge of God. It bathes the aspirant in the, ocean of divine bliss.
Blessed is the pious soul who uninterruptedly drinks the nectar of Sri Rama's Name which has been churned out of the ocean of the Vedas, which removes the impurities of the Kali Yuga or the iron age, which is a sovereign remedy or unfailing specific to cure the disease of worldly existence. Sri Rama is Brahman who takes one across the ocean of worldly existence. Rama is one in across whom the Yogis sport, that is, the Self within.
On the auspicious Ramnavmi day take a firm resolve that you will repeat Ram-Nam with every breath and that you will endeavour to lead a righteous life. May Sri Rama's blessings and grace guide you all to your highest good and well-being. 🙏🏻😇
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On this auspicious occasion of Rama Navami, we decided to share with you all, the divine words of Sri Rama (spoken to Lakshaman) in the form of this divine scripture, Rama Gita. 🙏🏻😇
This is complete collection of sixty-two verses spoken by Lord Rama to his devoted brother Lakshaman are found in Veda Vyasa's Adhyatma Ramayana, in the Uttarakanda as its fifth chapter.
It is conceived in the literary style called Pauranic. The text, popularly known as Sri Rama-Gita, is also often described as sruti- sara- sangraha, a brief summary of the very essence of all the Vedas.
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This is complete collection of sixty-two verses spoken by Lord Rama to his devoted brother Lakshaman are found in Veda Vyasa's Adhyatma Ramayana, in the Uttarakanda as its fifth chapter.
It is conceived in the literary style called Pauranic. The text, popularly known as Sri Rama-Gita, is also often described as sruti- sara- sangraha, a brief summary of the very essence of all the Vedas.
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🌿O you who are most wise! know that the universe is a well-ordered unity of interdependent forms. All things therein, rocks, plants, fish, birds and beasts dwell in harmony with each other and according to My World-Supporting Law [Dharma]. Of all creatures, ignorant men alone act not by My command.
🌿For they are possessed by a vain Ego: not content with what I Myself allotted them, they yearn to be something else. Moreover, they lift themselves in pride above others and give themselves to works that are hateful and wrong.
🌿Possessed by a defective ego they break the sacred bond of oneness and go to the abode of discord where sin is their God and sorrow their lot. Therefore, well do the wise ones know that ego is man's greatest foe.
🌿Thus, through association with the ego, the deluded sense of I, the soul [jiva] who is Pure Spirit [Atman] comes to forget his true identity and succumbs to the conviction that he is non-Spirit.
🌿Having forgotten that he himself is Pure and Perfect, Self-Shining Light, the sou [jiva] deems himself to be as dull and lacklustre as the material substance he identifies with. In this dull condition, having once shined like a great star in the midst of the Infinite vault of Consciousness, he becomes dependent upon outer, physical light.
🌿Having once soared like an eagle in the radiant sky of spiritual reality, he now stands helpless upon the hard ground of physical existence, enveloped in gloom.
🌿Due to this blind darkness that separates them from the light of Spirit [Atman], the heart of unenlightened soul is ever-restless, tormented and suffers all kinds of pain.
🌿The only antidote to Separation is Yoga, for Yoga confers knowledge of the Self [Atma-gyana]. By means of Yoga one knows oneself to be the Self [Atman] eternal, whereas the Mind and its delusions are born and die away.
~Lord Shiva to Sages 🕉
•Shiva Rahasya, Verses from Chapter 2
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🌿For they are possessed by a vain Ego: not content with what I Myself allotted them, they yearn to be something else. Moreover, they lift themselves in pride above others and give themselves to works that are hateful and wrong.
🌿Possessed by a defective ego they break the sacred bond of oneness and go to the abode of discord where sin is their God and sorrow their lot. Therefore, well do the wise ones know that ego is man's greatest foe.
🌿Thus, through association with the ego, the deluded sense of I, the soul [jiva] who is Pure Spirit [Atman] comes to forget his true identity and succumbs to the conviction that he is non-Spirit.
🌿Having forgotten that he himself is Pure and Perfect, Self-Shining Light, the sou [jiva] deems himself to be as dull and lacklustre as the material substance he identifies with. In this dull condition, having once shined like a great star in the midst of the Infinite vault of Consciousness, he becomes dependent upon outer, physical light.
🌿Having once soared like an eagle in the radiant sky of spiritual reality, he now stands helpless upon the hard ground of physical existence, enveloped in gloom.
🌿Due to this blind darkness that separates them from the light of Spirit [Atman], the heart of unenlightened soul is ever-restless, tormented and suffers all kinds of pain.
🌿The only antidote to Separation is Yoga, for Yoga confers knowledge of the Self [Atma-gyana]. By means of Yoga one knows oneself to be the Self [Atman] eternal, whereas the Mind and its delusions are born and die away.
~Lord Shiva to Sages 🕉
•Shiva Rahasya, Verses from Chapter 2
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So long as body is there, action is bound to happen in one form or the other. Only the notion, "I am the doer" needs to be given up. No need to renounce the activities. The activities do not obstruct the spirituality, as work and wisdom have no conflict essentially. Only the attitude, "I did", "I do" is the obstruction. Separate your sense of the Self from what your ego and body are feeling or doing. Cultivate the attitude - "Feelings are going on, the body is acting in so and so manner", but never think, "I feel, I act".
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