Swami's Discourse on July 15, 2015

Aum Sri Sairam

Just as the oil is hidden unseen in the till seeds, the fragrance is hidden unseen in a flower, the sweetness is hidden unseen in a fruit, the fire is hidden unseen in wood, God is there every where in the universe. The subtle world unseen is the foundation for this gross world which we can see with our eyes. We can see the flower but we can’t see the fragrance. We can see the fruit but we can’t see the sweetness in the fruit. 

When we look at a pieces of wood, we can’t see the fire, but only by following a procedure, we can make the fire manifest. Similarly if we want to manifest ghee which is hidden in the milk, we need to follow a procedure. Therefore if we want to experience God who is every where in this universe, we need to put an effort called Sadhana.

                 

  Sadhana is the effort and attempt that we make to experience God who is within ourselves. Ghee is already there in the milk, it is not that comes from somewhere else. Similarly oil is already there in the till seeds, it does not come from outside. So also, the fire is already there in the wood, it is not coming from somewhere else. Similarly Divinity is already there in the human beings. It does not come from somewhere else.

The Body is the temple of the God. The individual being in this body is itself God. In this gross body, God is there in the subtle form is the Divine form. Divinity will emerge in us only when we give up that which is not divine in our personality. When a sculptor sculpts a stone in order to bring out a statue, he removes all the part of the stone which is not statue and then only statue remains. The body made up of five elements is like a stone. The Divinity within this body is the sacred statue. Through sadhana, when we remove all that, which is not idol or statue, then we can see that statue. Only when we remove the negative qualities desire, anger, greed, pride, infatuation and jealousy, then God manifests in us as Sathya, Dhrama, Shanthi and Prema.

The four things food, sleep, procuration and fear are common for both humans and animals. Only Dharma differentiates man from animals. If man does not practice Dharma, he is worse than an animal. Coolness is the quality of water. Heat is the quality of fire. When fire becomes cold and water becomes hot, we can’t distinguish which is water and which is fire.

Out of the four goals of human life: Dhrama, Artha, Kama and Moksha, Dharma is the first and foremost goal to be achieved. The life of a human being is to earn the wealth through Dharma and to utilize the wealth for Dharma and also to fulfill the desire for liberation or Moksha. Depending on this, our scriptures declared desire for liberation is very important out of the 6 types of spiritual wealth. Dharma is that which gives us desire for liberation. All other rituals, which we practice, are only worldly activities. We can’t call them as true Dharma. But today’s men are misunderstanding real Dharma. They think that the Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism or Islam as a Dharma. They think they are different. But fundamental Dharma is the Dharma of our heart.

         

If we want to practice Hrudaya Dharma, we have to listen to our heart and practise what it tells us. But the inner voice of heart is very subtle. When you are in a market, your wife calls you up and you pick up your phone and listen to your wife but because of the noise around, if she requests you to purchase potato, you misunderstands it as  tomato. Similarly in this market of world, due to the noise from outside, we are not able to hear the inner voice which is coming from inside.

Therefore at that time, we have to move out of the market place and go to a calm place and then we have to try to listen what the wife says. Similarly, we have to try to listen what our heart says from inside. That is constant integrated awareness. That is Sat-Chit-Ananda. It is always there in us. As we are not listening to it, we are not able to practice it.

             

As the mind is thinking all the time of I and mine, all kinds of noises are growing in the mind. Suppose we are sitting in our home and watching a program in the television, if there is lot of noise outside, we will not be able to listen that program. First thing we have to do at that point of time is to close the windows and doors of our home so that the external noise does not come inside and the second thing we have to do is to raise the volume of television. The human body is like a house. Body is called Dasaratha because of five senses of perception and five senses of action. Eyes, ears and nose are like windows through which noise can enter. So, we have to look at things which are good, we have to listen to things which are good and we have to go to places which are good. Therefore we have to develop self control in this way.

              

  Sadhana is to control our mind, which always goes outwards and to make it go inward. When we make our mind move inward, we can see 

SAI- See Always Inside.

When you See Always Inside, we have BABA

B-Being

A-Awareness

B-Bliss

A-Atman

Being, Awareness, and Bliss is Sat-Chit-Ananda. When we turn our mind inwards, we can experience BABA. This is true Sadhana.

               

First and foremost we have to control our body. The body is like a vessel. When the vessel in moving, the material inside the vessel also moves. So, yoga and dhyana are very necessary. Yoga is related to the body and meditation is related to the mind. Apart from the body, we also have to control our 10 senses. This is called as sama, dama.

Our mind is a bundle of thoughts. When we have sacred thoughts, we will have sacred mind. If we want to have sacred thoughts, sacred company is required. Through good company we can control our mind and body and this good company leads us to detachment. This is called Uparathi. Uparathi means to attach to good things only and to detach from bad things. When we are always in good company, we will get only good thoughts but not bad thoughts and we develop faith that God will look after us and He is always with us. This is Thithiksha. Thitiksha means knowing that God is giving just that much trouble which we can bear and tolerate. For getting Thitiksha, Shradda is required. Shradda in not just faith, it is a kind of bondage of love with God. When we think that God is our everything, then we develop Shradda. When we develop Shradda, we can gain Samaadhana. Continuous contentment is Samadhana.

So, we have to achieve these 5 kinds of spiritual wealth: sama dhama, Uparathi, Thitiksha, Shradda and Samadhana. Without these, we cannot develop desire for liberation (Moksha).

                 Good company is God's company.

See no evil, See what is good,

Hear no evil, Hear what is good.

Seek no evil, Seek what is good,

Think no evil, Think what is good

Do no evil, Do what is good,

This is the way to God.

Practice makes perfect. If we want to reach me, practice what I tell you.