December 18 2010

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Ashtanga Yoga: Taming Mind: Patanjali Yoga Sutras 85 - Nithyananda Morning Satsang 18 Dec 2010

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"Pratipaksa Bhavanam" is the keyword from yesterday's aphorism of Patanjali Yoga Sutra 85, chapter 2, verse 34 - "Vitarkah Himsadayah Krta Karita Anumoditah Lobha Krodha Moha Purvakah Mrdu Madhya Adhimatrah Dukha Ajnana Anantaphalah iti Pratipaksa bhavanam". Continuing on this sutra, Enlightened Master and Rare Avatar, Paramahamsa Nithyananda, the spiritual guiding force for millions, dealt deeply into the topic of "Straight Way Out of Ignorance".

Talking about the human mind and its limitations, Swamiji gave a breakthrough understanding of 'the mind'. The human mind oscillates between fear and greed. This movement from fear and greed and vice verse, the extremes, is called 'the mind'. Just like how a web camera moves continuously from one corner to the other corner. As long as this movement is there, highest possible coherence does not happen in you. This coherence is only possible when the consciousness stays without oscillation, without jumping between those extremes, when it stays in RESTFUL AWARENESS!

Describing the keyword of this sutra- 'Pratipaksa Bhavanam' and giving us the solution, Nithyananda says, "When you are slapped by your unconscious with fear, push yourself with greed, then you will come to the center. When you are slapped by your unconscious with greed, push yourself with fear and you will come to the center. This is "Pratipaksa Bhavanam".

"Constantly be in the center - the middle path, you will be blessed with the highest possible coherence, being in Yama and Niyama." This is what Buddha calls the Madhya Pantha, the middle path.

Illustrating the examples of some of the key decisions in our lives and how we fail in them, Swamiji revealed a subtle but very important truth, "If you take Sannyas or marriage or any decision about life-based on extremes, you will fall into depression. When you make the decision based on being centered, you are taking it from the highest possible coherence. Only such a decision should be executed. That is your life. But any other decision taken may give you success, but you will miss something vital in life. Any decision comes out of the highest possible coherence will fulfill you and fulfill the world because you are the world"

Sharing a beautiful sutra, "Tasmin Sushte Jagat Sushtihi Preenite Preenitam Jagatihi -- If you are happy the world is happy. If your decisions are from the highest coherence you will be fulfilled, means the whole world is fulfilled. Because the world is you and you are the world. The best way to put you into the highest possible coherence -- niyama is by taking life lightly."

Glorifying the greatness of Patanjali, Nithyananda spoke, "Patanjali is not an impractical master". When we consciously enter into anything, even death, suddenly we will realize, it is such a simple thing! Swamiji explained the importance of the Master in life, "Take life lightly, life is not worthy of suffering. When you take life lightly, casually, joyfully suddenly you will fall into the highest possible coherence -- things become more alive, practical, happening. Understand, as on now many of your spiritual knowledge is not happening. It is just there like a godown. When a Master comes down to live, all of it becomes a happening. It then becomes a day-to-day thing."

Transcription

Saturday, December 18, 2010 Welcome. Prayer. Today’s subject for morning satsang is Ahimsa door to Global peace! Before entering into today’s sutras, I will share few more understandings about yesterdays sutra. Pratipaksha bhavanam is the keyword of yesterday’s aphorism. Human mind basically oscillates between fear and greed. It continuously moves from this to that and that to this extreme. The oscillation between fear & greed is mind. Please understand, take example of web camera. This end and that end that camera continuously moved from this end to that end looking from this corner to that corner. The camera is consciousness & the movement from this end to that end is called mind. Your consciousness is attention. When it moves from fear & greed and vice versa the extremes, that movement only is called mind. As long as that movement is there, the highest possible coherence does not happen in you. it can happen only when the consciousness stays without oscillation, when it stays in restful awareness. How the consciousness can stay without jumping between those extremes. Whenever your unconsciousness pulls you to the fear extreme, consciousness slap it with greed then it will come to the center. When your unconsciousness pulls you to greed extreme, slap it consciousness with fear. That is what patanjali means by pratipaksha bhavana. Whenever you are in fear, you cannot be in greed. When you are in greed, you cannot have fear. If you have a fear, it makes you forget about greed of future and you do more & more messy things to come out of the fear! Instead of 1 crime, you will do 100s of crimes. That is the unconsciousness flow of the mind. Same way when you get caught in greed, you forget the fear and you forget the side effects and after effects of your act. So when greed takes over, consciousness slap it with fear, your consciousness will come to the center and vice versa. Being in the center will suddenly raise you to highest possible coherence – this is what I call niyamaha. Whether it is non-violence, non-stealign, truthfulness, living with minimal things or living like God – any vow, whatever it may be, when fear takes over slap it with greed, when greed takes over slap it with fear and come to the center and experience the highest coherence. What Buddha calls middle path is this only. Constantly be in the centre. If you take Sanyas or marriage or any decision about life based on extremes, you will fall into depression. When you take the decision based on being centred, you are taking it from the highest possible coherence. Only such a decision should be executed. That is your life. But any other decision taken may give you success but you will miss something vital in the life. Any decision comes out of highest possible coherence will fulfill you and fulfill the world because you are the world. There is a very beautiful sutra – tasmin sushte jagat sushtihi, preenite preenitam jagatihi – if you are happy the world is happy. If your decisions are from the highest coherence you will be fulfilled means whole world is fulfilled. Because world is you and you are the world. The best way to put you into the highest possible coherence – niyama is by taking life lightly. Take the whole world lightly and go on being in joy. What is there, come one live it. Same way death also, only because you have not entered into it consciously so much fear. When it comes naturally consciously enter into it. Don’t create death then it is suicide. When it naturally comes, consciously prepare yourself for it. And you will feel oh god for this I went through so much. Same way, when you enter into death consciously suddenly you will realize oh God it such a simple thing, just for this so many fellows have exploited me – society and everyone. Take life lightly, life is not worthy of suffering. When you take life lightly, casually, joyfully suddenly you will fall into the highest possible coherence – things become more alive, practical, happening. Understand, as on now many of your spiritual knowledge is not a happening. It is just there like a godown. When a master comes down to live all of it becomes a happening. It then becomes a day to day thing. Yesterday, a devotee asked me – from young age I follow Narasimha. Can I have you and him both. I said don’t bother about having him and me, some % him, some % me and I said Just look! I don’t know what happened to her then ☺ When the highest possible coherence happens, the conflict disappears. There will not be any conflict between the Narasimha and the master. I know what she experienced immediately! Till now Narasimha was a knowledge for her, when master happens in your life, it is now become a living experience. Whenever a happening happens, conflicts disappear. When a master happens in your life all your spiritual experience, knowledge, thoughts all of your life becomes a happening in your life. So now the iyama, niyama you read, heard enough, read enough. Try to practice it enough. So suddenly when the master happens, it becomes a happening. The highest possible coherence becomes happening in you when you are in the middle path – Madhya panthaha – neither beaten by extreme fear no caught in extreme greed. Decisions taken in the highest possible coherence keeps you in iyama and niyama. Understand iyama and niyama are not set of rules. It is being in the highest possible coherence. Because those set of rules you start practicing you will never be successful. As rules they will be utter failure. Patanjali is not an impractical master. There was a quack doctor in my village. Means he was assistant to some doctor and by few years he knows what colour tablet you can start treating! So this quack doctor, whenever you go to him, if cannot diagnose and understand what it is, he will give some impractical medicine. It is something what a tamil verse says – there is a plant which you have to pull from the roots, clean it and swallow it without it touching your small tongue! Is it possible? That is what this quack doctor would advice. You must die with your disease. But patanjali is not an impractical master. Iyama and niyama are not laws and rules. It is the process of putting you into the highest possible coherence! highest possible coherence. So understand the essence is when you are slapped by your unconscious with fear, push yourself with greed then you will come to the center. When you are slapped by your unconscious with greed, push yourself with fear and you will come to the center. When you are in the center, you will be blessed with the highest possible coherence! Blessings!