Radio, television and newspapers all make such a fuss over material success! But why give so much importance to the successful, the wealthy, the business tycoons? I’m not suggesting they are not interesting, but such an emphasis on their success makes others who are less fortunate feel inferior and unworthy of attention. This inevitably leads to their jealousy, resentment and hostility, and what problems for society!
Nor is this good for those who have been placed on a pedestal. They are convinced they have made it to the top and are invincible, when a fall is always possible. If humans were shown that it is more important for them to exploit their inner riches, society would be much better off.
-Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
The greater problem is how to live like a hero
It is not a big problem or a laudable achievement to feed the little stomach and find a few feet of space to sleep. One can manage to live until the call of death releases one from bondage to the body; the greater problem is how to live like a hero, as master of the inner enemies - lust, anger, greed, attachment, pride and hate; how to train the mind, how to listen to the dictates of the Intelligence rather than the senses, and accept Dharma and Brahman (Righteousness and the Absolute Reality) as the two guide-lines of life.
-Sai Baba
-Sai Baba
With love there is no painful reaction
With love there is no painful reaction; love only brings a reaction of bliss; if it does not, it is not love; it is mistaking something else for love.
When you have succeeded in loving your husband, your wife, your children, the whole world, the universe, in such a manner that there is no reaction of pain or jealousy, no selfish feeling, then you are in a fit state to be unattached.
-Swami Vivekananda
When you have succeeded in loving your husband, your wife, your children, the whole world, the universe, in such a manner that there is no reaction of pain or jealousy, no selfish feeling, then you are in a fit state to be unattached.
-Swami Vivekananda
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
The supreme poet
The Lord is the supreme poet, the first cause, the sovereign ruler, subtler than the tiniest particle, the support of all, inconceivable, bright as the sun, beyond darkness. Remembering him in this way at the time of death, through devotion and the power of meditation, with your mind completely stilled and your concentration fixed in the center of the spiritual awareness between the eyebrows, you will realize the supreme Lord.
-Bhagavad Gita 8:9-10
-Bhagavad Gita 8:9-10
How to use the gift of a beautiful voice
Those who have received the gift of a beautiful voice should know they possess a great treasure, thanks to which they can work wonders. But singers are often like spoilt children; they don't consider how valuable their talent is, and, most importantly, they don't reflect on the best way to use it. 'Which is what?' you will ask. To wrest humans from their mediocre, petty preoccupations, and inspire in them the wish to embrace a new life, dedicated to beauty and light. And then the names of these singers will be recorded in the book of life. It will be noted: they have opened hearts, enlightened minds and saved souls from tribulation and death.
All activity born of a disinterested idea and placed in the service of a divine cause possesses the seed of immortality. Those who are conscious of this law acquire true wealth, for winning a soul to the light is higher than anything else.
-Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
All activity born of a disinterested idea and placed in the service of a divine cause possesses the seed of immortality. Those who are conscious of this law acquire true wealth, for winning a soul to the light is higher than anything else.
-Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
Monday, July 06, 2009
The importance of regular meditation
The disciple must do regular meditation. Meditation is accumulative. Through meditation, you create a sphere of magnetic light around your head and around the place where you are sitting for meditation. This magnetic sphere attracts higher inspiration and devas who bring spiritual impressions to you from greater centers. The sphere of energy in the room attracts benevolent devas and this sphere turns into a source of energy, peace, and inspiration.
If you do not keep your meditation regular, this sphere of light around your head and in the room dissipates and vanishes. Then you must build it again when you restart your regular meditation. Also, Higher Beings may lose interest in you because of your instability and lack of persistence.
-Torkom Saraydarian
If you do not keep your meditation regular, this sphere of light around your head and in the room dissipates and vanishes. Then you must build it again when you restart your regular meditation. Also, Higher Beings may lose interest in you because of your instability and lack of persistence.
-Torkom Saraydarian
A method to overcome anger
How should you react when a gesture, a word or a glance triggers agitation, anger or some other negative state in you? First of all, stop for a moment. For if you allow your instinctive reactions free rein, you risk doing more harm than was done to you. Anger is the irruption of a brute force, which is not necessarily a bad thing. It can be quite the opposite even, but only if you know how to master it and direct it. How? By taking a deep breath and making a few harmonious, rhythmical movements with your legs, your arms or your head.
Even if you are bound hand and foot, just one free finger is all you need to regain equilibrium, peace and harmony within yourself. You can also imagine that you are writing magical words in the air in letters of light: peace, wisdom, love, beauty. These very simple methods produce great results, but you must remain sufficiently lucid and in control of yourself to think of using them.
-Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
Even if you are bound hand and foot, just one free finger is all you need to regain equilibrium, peace and harmony within yourself. You can also imagine that you are writing magical words in the air in letters of light: peace, wisdom, love, beauty. These very simple methods produce great results, but you must remain sufficiently lucid and in control of yourself to think of using them.
-Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Cracking the shells, exposing problems
There are some kinds of fruits in which the kernel grows but the shell does not grow. The shell prevents the growth of the core (the soul). The shell is the physical body, the emotional body, and the mental body. It is traditions, your knowledge, your philosophy, your psychology. It is your money, your dollars, your possessions, your car. These are the shell. The shell is so hard that it does not allow the core to radiate out or to bloom. And because the core is strong and eventually breaks the shell, it causes lots of trouble in the shell. It cracks it. And this cracking is your problems, your emotional problems, physical problems and mental problems.
What we see, what we are observing perhaps within ourselves or with others, is that once we have gone through the first rush of enthusiasm, then accordingly the psychic energy, which radiates from the "source" of the Teaching, evokes a call from your core (kernel) (human soul) which responds and cracks the shell, exposing the problems. Why? "There is something in you that is trying to grow, but the contents of your shell have been preventing it." Once the gate opens, the floods of resistance pour through, resistances fond in the personality. So, it is not the mundane work life that makes us too exhausted to go any further, it is the resistances of the personality life!
-Torkom Saraydarian
Dynamics of the Soul
What we see, what we are observing perhaps within ourselves or with others, is that once we have gone through the first rush of enthusiasm, then accordingly the psychic energy, which radiates from the "source" of the Teaching, evokes a call from your core (kernel) (human soul) which responds and cracks the shell, exposing the problems. Why? "There is something in you that is trying to grow, but the contents of your shell have been preventing it." Once the gate opens, the floods of resistance pour through, resistances fond in the personality. So, it is not the mundane work life that makes us too exhausted to go any further, it is the resistances of the personality life!
-Torkom Saraydarian
Dynamics of the Soul
When suffering comes in waves, be glad that the shore is near
Suffering entitles you more to the Grace of the Lord. When suffering comes in waves, one behind the other, be glad that the shore is near: bear them bravely; do not like cowards throw the blame on some outside Power or develop dislike for the Lord. Welcome the test because thereafter you are awarded the certificate. It is to measure your progress that tests are imposed. So do not flinch in the face of grief.
The Lord bestows a favour when He decides to test you, for He is impressed by your achievement and wants to put upon it the seal of His approval. Rise up to the demands of the test, that is the way to please the Lord.
-Sai Baba
Divine Discourse, March 6, 1962
The Lord bestows a favour when He decides to test you, for He is impressed by your achievement and wants to put upon it the seal of His approval. Rise up to the demands of the test, that is the way to please the Lord.
-Sai Baba
Divine Discourse, March 6, 1962
After death
Man lives in his physical body as if in a shell, and it is this shell which prevents him from sensing the reality of the psychic world. But when he leaves his body at the moment of death, he finds himself defenceless on the astral plane. What religions call purgatory or hell are nothing more than states of consciousness fully experienced on the astral plane.
When they die, people who have completely given themselves over to a life of debauchery, injustice, wickedness and cruelty, and who have succeeded in evading human justice, find themselves confronted on the astral plane with all the evil they have committed. During their life they have managed to anaesthetize their conscience, but in death they cannot find refuge anywhere. They no longer have a physical body which protects and desensitizes them, and they experience exactly the same suffering they inflicted on others throughout their life.
-Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
When they die, people who have completely given themselves over to a life of debauchery, injustice, wickedness and cruelty, and who have succeeded in evading human justice, find themselves confronted on the astral plane with all the evil they have committed. During their life they have managed to anaesthetize their conscience, but in death they cannot find refuge anywhere. They no longer have a physical body which protects and desensitizes them, and they experience exactly the same suffering they inflicted on others throughout their life.
-Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
Challenge evokes hidden sources of strength
Jesus was compassion come in human form. He spread the spirit of compassion and conferred solace on the distressed and the suffering. Noticing the torture of birds and beasts at the Temple in Jerusalem, he reprimanded the vendors and drove them out of the precincts. He drew upon himself the anger of the priests. Good works always provoke the wicked. But one should not falter or fear when opposition obstructs. The challenge gives joy; it evokes hidden sources of strength; it brings down Grace to reinforce the effort. Pleasure springs during the interval between two pains.
-Sai Baba
Divine Discourse, December 25, 1981
-Sai Baba
Divine Discourse, December 25, 1981
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
How to ask for the help of Angels
The first requisite for help is a pure, sincere heart. As long as there are hypocrisy, self-interest, thoughts of exploitation, lies, and deception in your heart, angels are repelled by you.
First of all, we must know that angels see us as we are. We cannot ask for their help if we are trying to hide our motives or if we want to continue to live the way we were living in the past. We often need their help because we face difficulties which were the result of causes we put into action. We must not continue to create the same causes if we expect their help. This is why a self-confession is necessary before we ask for their help.
The second requisite for their help is not to have doubt in your mind - doubt about their existence or doubt that you are doing wrong by praying to them instead of praying to God. Remember that often you ask for the help of your friends, and you do not think you are doing wrong. You ask for the assistance of the police and other governmental officials instead of going to the President. The Angelic Hierarchy is designated to help people, like all the officials of the government. There is nothing wrong in going to an official whose duty it is to meet your special needs.
Angels like to communicate with you and help you if you create the right approach. But the amount of help they can give you is conditioned by your karma, by your ability to recognize the mistakes you made in the past, and by the attitude you hold in the present. If you are able to face yourself clearly and decide to walk the path of Beauty, Goodness, Righteousness, Joy and Freedom, you can minimize the effect of your past karma and open the door of possibility wider to receive greater help from the angelic kingdom.
A similar prerequisite applies to other kinds of help. For example, you may need light and wisdom to solve certain problems. Or you may need deeper inspirations to create great artworks or to invent things that will help humanity. In all such needs for angelic help, you have to purify your motives, detach yourself from past failures, and decide not to follow the path which leads you toward self-defeat. When your motive is really pure, it shines like a magnetic light and attracts help.
You must also remember that if your needs are not answered, it does not mean that angels have rejected you. They cannot act against your karma, but they can help you to be strong and to understand the real issues. Also, for example, in having a disease it is well to remember that not all diseases are the result of your own karma; they may be the result of the karma of the world, whose debt you may be helping to pay.
Not all the difficulties and sicknesses on your path are the result of your mistakes. They can also be the result of your love, labor, and dedication carried out beyond the capacity of your bodies. There are also cases in which a person pays for the karma of others, in order to save a group or a nation. But in all these cases, angels can help you in various ways. The important thing is not really healing or solving problems or making discoveries; the important thing is the process of perfection and unfoldment that you go through during your sickness, problems, and difficulties because through them you gain the resources of your knowledge of light, not otherwise available.
-Torkom Saraydarian
Angels and Devas
First of all, we must know that angels see us as we are. We cannot ask for their help if we are trying to hide our motives or if we want to continue to live the way we were living in the past. We often need their help because we face difficulties which were the result of causes we put into action. We must not continue to create the same causes if we expect their help. This is why a self-confession is necessary before we ask for their help.
The second requisite for their help is not to have doubt in your mind - doubt about their existence or doubt that you are doing wrong by praying to them instead of praying to God. Remember that often you ask for the help of your friends, and you do not think you are doing wrong. You ask for the assistance of the police and other governmental officials instead of going to the President. The Angelic Hierarchy is designated to help people, like all the officials of the government. There is nothing wrong in going to an official whose duty it is to meet your special needs.
Angels like to communicate with you and help you if you create the right approach. But the amount of help they can give you is conditioned by your karma, by your ability to recognize the mistakes you made in the past, and by the attitude you hold in the present. If you are able to face yourself clearly and decide to walk the path of Beauty, Goodness, Righteousness, Joy and Freedom, you can minimize the effect of your past karma and open the door of possibility wider to receive greater help from the angelic kingdom.
A similar prerequisite applies to other kinds of help. For example, you may need light and wisdom to solve certain problems. Or you may need deeper inspirations to create great artworks or to invent things that will help humanity. In all such needs for angelic help, you have to purify your motives, detach yourself from past failures, and decide not to follow the path which leads you toward self-defeat. When your motive is really pure, it shines like a magnetic light and attracts help.
You must also remember that if your needs are not answered, it does not mean that angels have rejected you. They cannot act against your karma, but they can help you to be strong and to understand the real issues. Also, for example, in having a disease it is well to remember that not all diseases are the result of your own karma; they may be the result of the karma of the world, whose debt you may be helping to pay.
Not all the difficulties and sicknesses on your path are the result of your mistakes. They can also be the result of your love, labor, and dedication carried out beyond the capacity of your bodies. There are also cases in which a person pays for the karma of others, in order to save a group or a nation. But in all these cases, angels can help you in various ways. The important thing is not really healing or solving problems or making discoveries; the important thing is the process of perfection and unfoldment that you go through during your sickness, problems, and difficulties because through them you gain the resources of your knowledge of light, not otherwise available.
-Torkom Saraydarian
Angels and Devas
Those who think only of giving grow rich
If people feel poor and destitute, it is because they are always afraid of losing something. They curl up in themselves and close themselves off, unaware that, entrenched in this attitude, they will become all the poorer. In order to become rich, we must give.
Yes, those who want to take become poor, whereas those who think only of giving grow rich, because in giving they awaken unknown forces slumbering somewhere in the depths of their soul. When these forces spring to life and begin to circulate, people are amazed at how wealthy they feel. They say to themselves: 'But how can this be? I have given and given, and yet I'm richer!'
Well, this is what the new life is. Everywhere you hear people saying: 'We have to change our lives. We have to create a new society.' But they will never succeed if they hold on to the same old mentality, inspired by the need to take rather than to give.
-Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
Yes, those who want to take become poor, whereas those who think only of giving grow rich, because in giving they awaken unknown forces slumbering somewhere in the depths of their soul. When these forces spring to life and begin to circulate, people are amazed at how wealthy they feel. They say to themselves: 'But how can this be? I have given and given, and yet I'm richer!'
Well, this is what the new life is. Everywhere you hear people saying: 'We have to change our lives. We have to create a new society.' But they will never succeed if they hold on to the same old mentality, inspired by the need to take rather than to give.
-Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
Earn the Bliss
Man has in him all the Bliss, as well as all the equipment needed to unravel it; but, he is caught in dire ignorance of his own inner resources. He can have supreme peace but, he does not strive to earn it; his attempts are weakened by doubt and indecision, and so, they are doomed to failure.
Of course, there is the flow of water underneath the ground. But, how can we benefit by it unless efforts are made to dig down into that source? A good deal of 'desire-for-sense-satisfaction' has to be removed before that inner spring of peace and joy can be tapped.
-Sai Baba
Divine Discourse, February 21, 1974
Of course, there is the flow of water underneath the ground. But, how can we benefit by it unless efforts are made to dig down into that source? A good deal of 'desire-for-sense-satisfaction' has to be removed before that inner spring of peace and joy can be tapped.
-Sai Baba
Divine Discourse, February 21, 1974
'I have the courage of my convictions'
Some people proudly state: 'I have the courage of my convictions.' And it is true; we see them battling courageously against those who hold different opinions. We cannot reproach people for having convictions, but occasionally they should ask themselves how valid they are and whether they would do well to revise them. From wisdom's perspective, the attitude of certain people with 'conviction' is rather one of pride or foolishness. The consequences - fanaticism and cruelty, for example - can be terrible.
We can be convinced of something and yet make the worst mistakes. The fact that we are convinced does not turn an erroneous opinion into the truth. 'Well then,' you will say, 'how can we know whether our convictions are valid?' If they make you a better person, more generous, more lucid and more understanding of others, keep them. But if this is not the case, you have nothing to be proud of, and you should undertake some serious revisions.
-Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
We can be convinced of something and yet make the worst mistakes. The fact that we are convinced does not turn an erroneous opinion into the truth. 'Well then,' you will say, 'how can we know whether our convictions are valid?' If they make you a better person, more generous, more lucid and more understanding of others, keep them. But if this is not the case, you have nothing to be proud of, and you should undertake some serious revisions.
-Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Glossary of spiritual terms
Ageless Wisdom: The sum total of the Teachings given by great Spiritual Teachers throughout time. Also referred to as the Ancient Wisdom, the Teaching, the Ancient Teaching.
Akashic Records: Existing in the Higher Cosmic Ethers, the Akashic Records are living records of all experiences and activities that have ocurred in the past, present, and future of this planet and everything in it.
Angelic Kingdom: Refers to beings following different line of evolution than the human family.
Antahkarana: The path, or bridge, between the higher and lower mind, serving as a medium of communication between the two. It is built by the aspirant himself. It is threefold: the consciousness thread, anchored in the brain; the life thread, anchored in the heart; and the creative thread anchored in the throat. More commonly called the Rainbow Bridge.
Arhats: Ancient term designating Fourth Degree Initiates.
Aryan: Refers to the present period of the development of the human race. The Ageless Wisdom divides human development into seven sections, called Root Races. From ancient times to the present, They have been called: Polarian Race, Hyperborian Race, Lemurian Race, Atlantean Race, Aryan Race, Sixth Root Race, and Seventh Rooth Race. The latter two are the future states of human development. (For more information, see Psyche and Psychism by Torkom Saraydarian.)
Ashram: Sanskrit word. Refers to the gather of disciples and aspirants which the Master collects for instruction. There are seven major Ashrams, each corresponsing to one of the Rays, each forming groups or foci of energy.
Astral body: The vehicle composed of astral substance, that in which the emotional aspect of humanity expresses itself. Also known as the subtle body and the emotional body.
Astral plane: The sixth plane of the Cosmic Physical Plane, in which the emotional processes are carried on. Sometimes called the astral or emotional world. Also known as the Subtle World or the Astral Realm or the Emotional Realm.
Atlantis: (Atlantean Epoch). The continent that was submerged in the Atlantis Ocean, according to the occult teaching and Plato. Atlantis was the home of the Fourth Root Race, whom we now call the Atlanteans.
Aura: The sum-total of all emanations from all the vehicles of any living thing.
Black Lodge: See Dark Forces.
Chakra: Energy vortex found in each vehicle, relating to a particular part of the human body. There are seven primary chakras starting from the top of the head: (1) crown, (2) brow, (3) throat, (4) heart, (5) navel, (6) generative organs, (7) base of spine.
Chalice: See Lotus.
Clairaudience: The ability to hear beyond the audible range of vibrations, and also the power to hear astrally, mentally, and intuitively.
Clairvoyance: The ability to see beyond the visible range of vibrations, and also the power to see astrally, mentally, and intuitively.
Core: The essence or spark of God within each being; the Monad.
Cosmic Ethers: The highest four levels of the human constitution are called (from 4 to 1) the Intuitional Plane (Forth Cosmic Ether), the Atmic Plane (Third Cosmic Ether), the Monadic Plane (Second Cosmic Ether), and the Divine Plane (First Cosmic Ether).
Cosmic Heart: See Cosmic Magnet.
Cosmic Magnet: The invisible center of the Universe.
Cosmic Physical Plane: Refers to the totality of the seven subplanes of manifestation, from highest to lowest: Divine, Monadic, Atmic, Intuitive or Buddhic, Mental, Emotional or Astral, and Physical. Each with seven subdivisions, totaling 49 planes of manifestation.
Cosmic Self: That great Entity which pervades and sustains all things on all levels of existence.
Dark Forces: Conscious agents of evil or materialism operating through the elements of disunity, hate, and separativeness.
Deva: See Angelic Kingdom.
Disciple: A person who tries to discipline and master his threefold personality, and manifests efficiency in the field where he works and serves.
Divine Plan: See Plan.
Divine Self: See Monad.
Ectoplasm: The combined emanations of the lymph glands and the human aura. It functions as the communication line between the physical body and the subtle body.
Ego: The human soul identified with the lower vehicles (physical, emotional, and mental) and their false values.
Emotional Body: See also Emotional Plane.
Etheric Body: The counterpart of the dense physical body, pervading and sustaining it. Formed by matter of the four etheric subplanes. The blueprint on which the physical body is based.
Fiery World: Refers to the Mental Plane or above. See Higher Worlds.
Great Ones: Beings who have taken the Fifth Initiation or beyond.
Guardian Angel: See Solar Angel.
Hierarchy: The spiritual Hierarchy, whoso members have triumphed over matter and have comple control of the personality, or lower self. Its members are known as Masters of Wisdom Who are custodians of the Plan for humanity and al kingdoms evolving within the sphere of Earth. It is the Hierarchy that translates the Purpose of the Planetary Logos into a Plan for all kingdoms of the planet.
Higher Centers: Refers to the crown, brow, throat and heart centers or chakras, as well as to the centers in the higher bodies.
Higher Realms: See Higher Worlds.
Higher Self: Refers to the Solar Angel or Transpersonal Self. See also Self.
Higher Spheres: See Higher Worlds.
Higher Worlds: Those planes of existence that are of a finer vibration of matter than the physical plane. Generally refers to the higher mental plane and above.
Initiate: A person who has taken an initiation. See also Initiation.
Initiation: The result of the steady progress of a person toward his life’s goal, achieved through service and sacrifice, and manifested as an expansion of one’s consciousness. It represents a point of achievement marked by a level of enlightenment and awareness. There are total of nine Initiations that the developing human soul must experience in order to reach the Cosmic Heart.
Inner Guide: See Soul.
Inner Presence: The Solar Angel. See Soul.
Karma, Law of : The Law of Cause and Effect or attraction and repulsion. “As you sow, so shall you reap.”
Lemurian Epoch: A modern term first used by some naturalists and now adopted by Theosophists to indicate an era dealing with the period of the continent Lemuria, which preceded Atlantis. The Third Root Race.
Logos, Solar: The Core of the whole Solar System and all that exists in the Solar System. His purpose is to integrate, correlate and synchronize all Centers using His Light, Love, Power – like an electrical energy – to circulate within each atom through all Centers, thus revealing the Purpose for existence and challenging all forms to strive toward the highest form of cooperation.
Logos, Planetary: The Soul of the planet. The planet is His dense physical body to provide nourishment for all living forms.
Lotus: Also known as the Chalice. Found in the second and third mental plane (from the top). Formed by twelve different petals of energy: three love petals, three knowledge petals, three sacrifice petals. The innermost three petals remain folded over ages. They are the dynamic sources of these outer petals. The Lotus contains the essence of all of a person’s achievements, true knowledge, and service. It is the dwelling place of the Solar Angel.
Lower Psychism: The ability to perceive subtle aspects of existence with the aid of the lower centers in the human body. Mediums, channels, etc are considered lower psychics.
Lower self: The personality vehicles of the human soul. See also the self.
Masters: Individuals Who had the privilege to master their physical, emotional, mental, and Intuitional bodies.
Maya: A counterpart of illusions and glamors on the etheric plane. It results in the inability of the physical, emotional and mental bodies to respond clearly to incoming impressions.
Meditation: Techniques to penetrate the mind of the planet and develop creative abilities to manifest that mind in the life of humanity.
Mediumistic: A tendency of certain individuals to astral phenomena and its perception thereof. Mediumistic people can, without guidance, fall into various dangers and traps associated with the astral plane.
Mental Body: The vehicle composed of the substance of the mental plane in which humanity expresses itself through thought.
Mental Plane: There are seven planes through which a human being travels and which make up human consciousness. From the lowest level upward, they are called: Physical, Emotional or Astral, Mental, Intuitional or Buddhic, Atmic, Monadic, Divine. The Mental Plane itself is divided into seven levels. The first three from the bottom are numbers seven, six and five, which form the Lower Mental Plane. Number four is the middle mind or link. Numbers three, two, and one form the Higher Mental Plane.
Mental Unit: A mental mechanism in the 4th level of the mental plane which is formed of four kinds of forces, and relates man to the sources of these four sources through its four spirillae.
Monad: See Self.
Nirvana: The plane of consciousness known as the Atmic Plane.
Occultism: Term used to designate the Ageless Wisdom and its study. See Ageless Wisdom.
One Self: The universal Life Soul pervading all existence.
Permanent Atoms: Each body of a human being has one permanent atom which is the archetype for the construction and constitution of that vehicle.
Personality: Totality of physical, emotional, and mental bodies of man.
Petals: See Lotus.
Plan: The formulation of the Purpose of the Planetary Logos into a workable program – a Plan – by the Planetary Hierarchy for all kingdoms of nature.
Purpose: That which the Solar Logos is intended to achieve at the end of the evolution of the Solar System. The Plan is the formulation of this Purpose for our planet only.
Race: The Ageless Wisdom divides human development into seven sections, called Root Races. From ancient times to the present, they have been called: Polarian Race, Hyperborean Race, Lemurian Race, Atlantean Race, Aryan Race, Sixth Root Race, Seventh Root Race. The latter two are the future states of human development.
self: The small “s” self is the sumtotal of the physical, emotional, and mental bodies of man. Commonly called the ‘lower self’ or personality.
Self: The capital “S” Self is another term used to refer to the Core of the human being. The true Self is the developing, unfolding human soul who is trying to liberate himself, go back to his Father, and become his true Self.
Seven Fields of Human Endeavor: The expression of the Seven Rays in human evolution, each corresponding to a specific Ray. They are: Politics, Education and Psychology, Philosophy, Arts, Science, Religion, Economics and Finance.
Seven Rays: These are the seven primary Rays through which everything exists. They are pure energy, vibrating to a specific frequency and condensing from plane to plane, from manifestation to manifestation. The three primary Rays or Rays of Aspect are: The First Ray of Power, Will and Purpose; The Second Ray of Love-Wisdom; The Third Ray of Active, Creative Intelligence. There are four Rays of Attribute: The Fourth Ray of Harmony through Conflict; The Fifth Ray of Concrete Science or Knowledge; The Sixth Ray of Idealism or Devotion; The Seventh Ray of Synthesis or Ceremonial Order. These Rays indicate qualities that pertain to the seven fields of human endeavor or expression.
Shamballa: Known as the White Island, it exists in etheric matter and is located in the Gobi desert. Shamballa is the dwelling place of the Lord of the World, Sanat Kumara, and is the place where “the Will of God is known”.
Solar Angels: Very advanced beings who sacrificed their life, descending from Higher Worlds to help the evolution of humanity, and guide its steps toward initiation. This happened on our planet at the middle of the Lemurian period. They are also called Guardian Angels, or Flames.
soul: The small “s” soul is the human psyche, the Spark, traveling on the path of evolution having three powers: will-power, attraction, and intelligence to guide its development. Also known as the evolving human soul.
Soul: Also known as the Solar Angel.
Soul Awareness: The human soul’s awareness of the Solar Angel or the awareness of the human soul in the Intuitional Plane.
Spark: Human Monad fallen into matter.
Spiritual Triad: The field of awareness of the human soul. This field comes into being when the magnetic fields of the Mental Permanent Atom, the Buddhic Permanent Atom, and the Atmic Permanent Atom fuse and blend.
Subtle World: Refers to the Astral or Emotional plane.
Three-fold personality: The three vehicles of man. The combined forces and vehicles in which the evolving human soul expresses himself and gains experience during incarnation. These vehicles are the physical body, the emotional or astral body, and the mental body.
Transpersonal Self: The Solar Angel, the Inner Guide.
Treasure House: Symbolic term for the Chalice. Also called the Treasury.
Upanishads: Mystical treatises forming the Veda, said to date approximately from the Sixth Century, B.C. The Upanishads are said to be the source of all six systems of Hindu philosophy.
Vedas: Consists of four collections of writings: the Rig-Veda, the Sama-Veda, the Yajur-Veda, and the Atharva-Veda. The Vedas are the Divine Revelation of the scriptures of the Hindus, from the root viv, “to know” or “divine knowledge”.
-Torkom Saraydarian
Akashic Records: Existing in the Higher Cosmic Ethers, the Akashic Records are living records of all experiences and activities that have ocurred in the past, present, and future of this planet and everything in it.
Angelic Kingdom: Refers to beings following different line of evolution than the human family.
Antahkarana: The path, or bridge, between the higher and lower mind, serving as a medium of communication between the two. It is built by the aspirant himself. It is threefold: the consciousness thread, anchored in the brain; the life thread, anchored in the heart; and the creative thread anchored in the throat. More commonly called the Rainbow Bridge.
Arhats: Ancient term designating Fourth Degree Initiates.
Aryan: Refers to the present period of the development of the human race. The Ageless Wisdom divides human development into seven sections, called Root Races. From ancient times to the present, They have been called: Polarian Race, Hyperborian Race, Lemurian Race, Atlantean Race, Aryan Race, Sixth Root Race, and Seventh Rooth Race. The latter two are the future states of human development. (For more information, see Psyche and Psychism by Torkom Saraydarian.)
Ashram: Sanskrit word. Refers to the gather of disciples and aspirants which the Master collects for instruction. There are seven major Ashrams, each corresponsing to one of the Rays, each forming groups or foci of energy.
Astral body: The vehicle composed of astral substance, that in which the emotional aspect of humanity expresses itself. Also known as the subtle body and the emotional body.
Astral plane: The sixth plane of the Cosmic Physical Plane, in which the emotional processes are carried on. Sometimes called the astral or emotional world. Also known as the Subtle World or the Astral Realm or the Emotional Realm.
Atlantis: (Atlantean Epoch). The continent that was submerged in the Atlantis Ocean, according to the occult teaching and Plato. Atlantis was the home of the Fourth Root Race, whom we now call the Atlanteans.
Aura: The sum-total of all emanations from all the vehicles of any living thing.
Black Lodge: See Dark Forces.
Chakra: Energy vortex found in each vehicle, relating to a particular part of the human body. There are seven primary chakras starting from the top of the head: (1) crown, (2) brow, (3) throat, (4) heart, (5) navel, (6) generative organs, (7) base of spine.
Chalice: See Lotus.
Clairaudience: The ability to hear beyond the audible range of vibrations, and also the power to hear astrally, mentally, and intuitively.
Clairvoyance: The ability to see beyond the visible range of vibrations, and also the power to see astrally, mentally, and intuitively.
Core: The essence or spark of God within each being; the Monad.
Cosmic Ethers: The highest four levels of the human constitution are called (from 4 to 1) the Intuitional Plane (Forth Cosmic Ether), the Atmic Plane (Third Cosmic Ether), the Monadic Plane (Second Cosmic Ether), and the Divine Plane (First Cosmic Ether).
Cosmic Heart: See Cosmic Magnet.
Cosmic Magnet: The invisible center of the Universe.
Cosmic Physical Plane: Refers to the totality of the seven subplanes of manifestation, from highest to lowest: Divine, Monadic, Atmic, Intuitive or Buddhic, Mental, Emotional or Astral, and Physical. Each with seven subdivisions, totaling 49 planes of manifestation.
Cosmic Self: That great Entity which pervades and sustains all things on all levels of existence.
Dark Forces: Conscious agents of evil or materialism operating through the elements of disunity, hate, and separativeness.
Deva: See Angelic Kingdom.
Disciple: A person who tries to discipline and master his threefold personality, and manifests efficiency in the field where he works and serves.
Divine Plan: See Plan.
Divine Self: See Monad.
Ectoplasm: The combined emanations of the lymph glands and the human aura. It functions as the communication line between the physical body and the subtle body.
Ego: The human soul identified with the lower vehicles (physical, emotional, and mental) and their false values.
Emotional Body: See also Emotional Plane.
Etheric Body: The counterpart of the dense physical body, pervading and sustaining it. Formed by matter of the four etheric subplanes. The blueprint on which the physical body is based.
Fiery World: Refers to the Mental Plane or above. See Higher Worlds.
Great Ones: Beings who have taken the Fifth Initiation or beyond.
Guardian Angel: See Solar Angel.
Hierarchy: The spiritual Hierarchy, whoso members have triumphed over matter and have comple control of the personality, or lower self. Its members are known as Masters of Wisdom Who are custodians of the Plan for humanity and al kingdoms evolving within the sphere of Earth. It is the Hierarchy that translates the Purpose of the Planetary Logos into a Plan for all kingdoms of the planet.
Higher Centers: Refers to the crown, brow, throat and heart centers or chakras, as well as to the centers in the higher bodies.
Higher Realms: See Higher Worlds.
Higher Self: Refers to the Solar Angel or Transpersonal Self. See also Self.
Higher Spheres: See Higher Worlds.
Higher Worlds: Those planes of existence that are of a finer vibration of matter than the physical plane. Generally refers to the higher mental plane and above.
Initiate: A person who has taken an initiation. See also Initiation.
Initiation: The result of the steady progress of a person toward his life’s goal, achieved through service and sacrifice, and manifested as an expansion of one’s consciousness. It represents a point of achievement marked by a level of enlightenment and awareness. There are total of nine Initiations that the developing human soul must experience in order to reach the Cosmic Heart.
Inner Guide: See Soul.
Inner Presence: The Solar Angel. See Soul.
Karma, Law of : The Law of Cause and Effect or attraction and repulsion. “As you sow, so shall you reap.”
Lemurian Epoch: A modern term first used by some naturalists and now adopted by Theosophists to indicate an era dealing with the period of the continent Lemuria, which preceded Atlantis. The Third Root Race.
Logos, Solar: The Core of the whole Solar System and all that exists in the Solar System. His purpose is to integrate, correlate and synchronize all Centers using His Light, Love, Power – like an electrical energy – to circulate within each atom through all Centers, thus revealing the Purpose for existence and challenging all forms to strive toward the highest form of cooperation.
Logos, Planetary: The Soul of the planet. The planet is His dense physical body to provide nourishment for all living forms.
Lotus: Also known as the Chalice. Found in the second and third mental plane (from the top). Formed by twelve different petals of energy: three love petals, three knowledge petals, three sacrifice petals. The innermost three petals remain folded over ages. They are the dynamic sources of these outer petals. The Lotus contains the essence of all of a person’s achievements, true knowledge, and service. It is the dwelling place of the Solar Angel.
Lower Psychism: The ability to perceive subtle aspects of existence with the aid of the lower centers in the human body. Mediums, channels, etc are considered lower psychics.
Lower self: The personality vehicles of the human soul. See also the self.
Masters: Individuals Who had the privilege to master their physical, emotional, mental, and Intuitional bodies.
Maya: A counterpart of illusions and glamors on the etheric plane. It results in the inability of the physical, emotional and mental bodies to respond clearly to incoming impressions.
Meditation: Techniques to penetrate the mind of the planet and develop creative abilities to manifest that mind in the life of humanity.
Mediumistic: A tendency of certain individuals to astral phenomena and its perception thereof. Mediumistic people can, without guidance, fall into various dangers and traps associated with the astral plane.
Mental Body: The vehicle composed of the substance of the mental plane in which humanity expresses itself through thought.
Mental Plane: There are seven planes through which a human being travels and which make up human consciousness. From the lowest level upward, they are called: Physical, Emotional or Astral, Mental, Intuitional or Buddhic, Atmic, Monadic, Divine. The Mental Plane itself is divided into seven levels. The first three from the bottom are numbers seven, six and five, which form the Lower Mental Plane. Number four is the middle mind or link. Numbers three, two, and one form the Higher Mental Plane.
Mental Unit: A mental mechanism in the 4th level of the mental plane which is formed of four kinds of forces, and relates man to the sources of these four sources through its four spirillae.
Monad: See Self.
Nirvana: The plane of consciousness known as the Atmic Plane.
Occultism: Term used to designate the Ageless Wisdom and its study. See Ageless Wisdom.
One Self: The universal Life Soul pervading all existence.
Permanent Atoms: Each body of a human being has one permanent atom which is the archetype for the construction and constitution of that vehicle.
Personality: Totality of physical, emotional, and mental bodies of man.
Petals: See Lotus.
Plan: The formulation of the Purpose of the Planetary Logos into a workable program – a Plan – by the Planetary Hierarchy for all kingdoms of nature.
Purpose: That which the Solar Logos is intended to achieve at the end of the evolution of the Solar System. The Plan is the formulation of this Purpose for our planet only.
Race: The Ageless Wisdom divides human development into seven sections, called Root Races. From ancient times to the present, they have been called: Polarian Race, Hyperborean Race, Lemurian Race, Atlantean Race, Aryan Race, Sixth Root Race, Seventh Root Race. The latter two are the future states of human development.
self: The small “s” self is the sumtotal of the physical, emotional, and mental bodies of man. Commonly called the ‘lower self’ or personality.
Self: The capital “S” Self is another term used to refer to the Core of the human being. The true Self is the developing, unfolding human soul who is trying to liberate himself, go back to his Father, and become his true Self.
Seven Fields of Human Endeavor: The expression of the Seven Rays in human evolution, each corresponding to a specific Ray. They are: Politics, Education and Psychology, Philosophy, Arts, Science, Religion, Economics and Finance.
Seven Rays: These are the seven primary Rays through which everything exists. They are pure energy, vibrating to a specific frequency and condensing from plane to plane, from manifestation to manifestation. The three primary Rays or Rays of Aspect are: The First Ray of Power, Will and Purpose; The Second Ray of Love-Wisdom; The Third Ray of Active, Creative Intelligence. There are four Rays of Attribute: The Fourth Ray of Harmony through Conflict; The Fifth Ray of Concrete Science or Knowledge; The Sixth Ray of Idealism or Devotion; The Seventh Ray of Synthesis or Ceremonial Order. These Rays indicate qualities that pertain to the seven fields of human endeavor or expression.
Shamballa: Known as the White Island, it exists in etheric matter and is located in the Gobi desert. Shamballa is the dwelling place of the Lord of the World, Sanat Kumara, and is the place where “the Will of God is known”.
Solar Angels: Very advanced beings who sacrificed their life, descending from Higher Worlds to help the evolution of humanity, and guide its steps toward initiation. This happened on our planet at the middle of the Lemurian period. They are also called Guardian Angels, or Flames.
soul: The small “s” soul is the human psyche, the Spark, traveling on the path of evolution having three powers: will-power, attraction, and intelligence to guide its development. Also known as the evolving human soul.
Soul: Also known as the Solar Angel.
Soul Awareness: The human soul’s awareness of the Solar Angel or the awareness of the human soul in the Intuitional Plane.
Spark: Human Monad fallen into matter.
Spiritual Triad: The field of awareness of the human soul. This field comes into being when the magnetic fields of the Mental Permanent Atom, the Buddhic Permanent Atom, and the Atmic Permanent Atom fuse and blend.
Subtle World: Refers to the Astral or Emotional plane.
Three-fold personality: The three vehicles of man. The combined forces and vehicles in which the evolving human soul expresses himself and gains experience during incarnation. These vehicles are the physical body, the emotional or astral body, and the mental body.
Transpersonal Self: The Solar Angel, the Inner Guide.
Treasure House: Symbolic term for the Chalice. Also called the Treasury.
Upanishads: Mystical treatises forming the Veda, said to date approximately from the Sixth Century, B.C. The Upanishads are said to be the source of all six systems of Hindu philosophy.
Vedas: Consists of four collections of writings: the Rig-Veda, the Sama-Veda, the Yajur-Veda, and the Atharva-Veda. The Vedas are the Divine Revelation of the scriptures of the Hindus, from the root viv, “to know” or “divine knowledge”.
-Torkom Saraydarian
Avoiding the Void
The more you possess, the less you can love. And love is the door. Or, the less you can love, the more you start possessing things. Things become a substitute.
Let us try to understand it. A child is born. If the mother loves him...psychoanalysts have been studying, much research has been done — if the mother loves him, the child never drinks too much milk; never, because he knows, it is a tacit understanding, that the mother is always available and she’s always ready to share. So what is the fear? If the mother loves the child, the child will drink only as much milk as is needed. If the child is loved, you will never see a big belly in the child.
The child will be proportionate. In fact the mother will be constantly worried that the child is not eating or drinking or taking as much food as needed. But the child has understood that whenever the need arises, the mother is there. He can rely on love.
But if the mother does not love the child, then he is afraid for the future. Love is not there, the tacit understanding is not there, so whenever he gets the opportunity he will eat as much as he can, he will drink as much milk as he can. Now he is already becoming a miser; he has already started accumulating things — in the body. He’s afraid. Who knows about tomorrow? This mother is not reliable; he has to accumulate for emergencies. So he will accumulate fat, eat more.
People who have not been loved in their childhood continue to eat more. No dieting can help unless love arises. They will eat; eating has become a substitute for love. If somebody loves them, they will immediately see that their overeating has stopped.
Love and food both come from the mother’s breast. The first experience of love is from the mother’s breast and the first experience of food is also from the mother’s breast. So love and food become associated. If there is less love, it has to be substituted for by more food.
If love is enough, you can afford not to eat much. There is no need. Have you watched it? Whenever you fall in deep love, hunger disappears. You don’t feel hungry. Love fulfills so deeply that you feel full. Then one starts eating less and less.
One woman was talking to me. She was very puzzled. Her husband had died and she told me, “One thing I have been keeping a secret. I have not told it to anybody because nobody will understand. But you may understand, so I’m telling you. And I will be unburdened whether you understand or not. But please don’t tell this to anybody.”
I said, “What has happened?”
She said, “When my husband died, at night I felt so hungry. The corpse was lying in the house. ‘What will people think if I go to eat?’ The whole family was awake, relatives had come and many friends were there together. And I felt such a deep hunger, such as I have never felt.”
So she had to go in her own kitchen like a thief! In the darkness, she ate. And now, since then, she has been feeling guilty. “My husband had died. Was that the time to feel hungry? His corpse was lying there. I was like a thief, eating in darkness in my kitchen.” She asked me, “What happened?”
I said, “It is a simple fact. The person you loved died. Immediately, you felt empty. Now that emptiness had to be filled by something.”
Since then I have been talking to many people and I have come to the conclusion that whenever you are sad, you eat more. Whenever you are in a deep sorrow, you feel more hungry. Whenever you are happy, flowing, cheerful and loving, and love is showering on you, who bothers to eat much? Even a small amount of food is enough nourishment then, because love is giving so much nourishment.
People who can’t love will always become misers: possessive, accumulators of things.
-Osho
http://www.osho.com/magazine/haveataste/emotionalecology.cfm
Let us try to understand it. A child is born. If the mother loves him...psychoanalysts have been studying, much research has been done — if the mother loves him, the child never drinks too much milk; never, because he knows, it is a tacit understanding, that the mother is always available and she’s always ready to share. So what is the fear? If the mother loves the child, the child will drink only as much milk as is needed. If the child is loved, you will never see a big belly in the child.
The child will be proportionate. In fact the mother will be constantly worried that the child is not eating or drinking or taking as much food as needed. But the child has understood that whenever the need arises, the mother is there. He can rely on love.
But if the mother does not love the child, then he is afraid for the future. Love is not there, the tacit understanding is not there, so whenever he gets the opportunity he will eat as much as he can, he will drink as much milk as he can. Now he is already becoming a miser; he has already started accumulating things — in the body. He’s afraid. Who knows about tomorrow? This mother is not reliable; he has to accumulate for emergencies. So he will accumulate fat, eat more.
People who have not been loved in their childhood continue to eat more. No dieting can help unless love arises. They will eat; eating has become a substitute for love. If somebody loves them, they will immediately see that their overeating has stopped.
Love and food both come from the mother’s breast. The first experience of love is from the mother’s breast and the first experience of food is also from the mother’s breast. So love and food become associated. If there is less love, it has to be substituted for by more food.
If love is enough, you can afford not to eat much. There is no need. Have you watched it? Whenever you fall in deep love, hunger disappears. You don’t feel hungry. Love fulfills so deeply that you feel full. Then one starts eating less and less.
One woman was talking to me. She was very puzzled. Her husband had died and she told me, “One thing I have been keeping a secret. I have not told it to anybody because nobody will understand. But you may understand, so I’m telling you. And I will be unburdened whether you understand or not. But please don’t tell this to anybody.”
I said, “What has happened?”
She said, “When my husband died, at night I felt so hungry. The corpse was lying in the house. ‘What will people think if I go to eat?’ The whole family was awake, relatives had come and many friends were there together. And I felt such a deep hunger, such as I have never felt.”
So she had to go in her own kitchen like a thief! In the darkness, she ate. And now, since then, she has been feeling guilty. “My husband had died. Was that the time to feel hungry? His corpse was lying there. I was like a thief, eating in darkness in my kitchen.” She asked me, “What happened?”
I said, “It is a simple fact. The person you loved died. Immediately, you felt empty. Now that emptiness had to be filled by something.”
Since then I have been talking to many people and I have come to the conclusion that whenever you are sad, you eat more. Whenever you are in a deep sorrow, you feel more hungry. Whenever you are happy, flowing, cheerful and loving, and love is showering on you, who bothers to eat much? Even a small amount of food is enough nourishment then, because love is giving so much nourishment.
People who can’t love will always become misers: possessive, accumulators of things.
-Osho
http://www.osho.com/magazine/haveataste/emotionalecology.cfm
The difference between heaven and hell
A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, "Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like." The Lord led the holy man to two doors. He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in. In the middle of the room was a large round table.
In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew which smelled delicious and made the holy man's mouth water. The people sitting round the table were thin and sickly.
They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles that were strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful, but because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths. The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering.
The Lord said, "You have seen Hell."
They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man's mouth water.
The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking.
The holy man said, "I don't understand." "It is simple" said the Lord, "it requires but one skill. You see, they have learned to feed each other, while the greedy think only of themselves."
In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew which smelled delicious and made the holy man's mouth water. The people sitting round the table were thin and sickly.
They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles that were strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful, but because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths. The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering.
The Lord said, "You have seen Hell."
They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man's mouth water.
The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking.
The holy man said, "I don't understand." "It is simple" said the Lord, "it requires but one skill. You see, they have learned to feed each other, while the greedy think only of themselves."
Saturday, June 27, 2009
"As the food, so the mind; as the mind, so the thought; as the thought, so the act"
Every activity of man is dependent on the energy he derives from the intake of food. The spiritual sadhanas he ventures upon depends on the quantity and quality of the food taken by the sadhak, even during the preliminary preparations recommended by Patanjali. The most external of the five sheaths that enclose the Atmic core, namely the Annamaya Kosa, has impact on all the remaining four - the Pranamaya, the Manomaya, the Vijnanamaya and the Anandamaya. The Annamaya Kosa is the sheath consisting of the material flesh and bone, built by the food that is consumed by the individual.
Food is generally looked down upon by ascetically minded sadhaks and seekers and treated as some thing which does not deserve attention. But since the body and the mind are mightily interdependent, no one can afford to neglect it. As the food, so the mind; as the mind, so the thought; as the thought, so the act. Food is an important factor which determines the alertness and sloth, the worry and calm, the brightness and dullness. The scriptures classify food as sathwic, rajasic and thamasic and relate these three types to the three mental modes (gunas) of the same names.
Man is the only living being who dislikes raw food found in the natural state. All other animals eat things as they are - grain, grass, leaves, shoots, fruits. Man boils, fries, melts, mixes and adopts various methods of cooking in order to satisfy the cravings of the tongue, the eye and the nose. As a consequence, the food value of these articles is either reduced or destroyed. When the seeds are fried, they do not sprout; that is clear proof that the 'life force' is eliminated. Therefore, uncooked raw pulse just sprouting, is to be preferred. Also nuts and fruits. The coconut, offered to the gods, is a sathwic food, having a good percentage of protein besides fat, starch and minerals. Food having too much salt or pepper is rajasic and should be avoided; so also too much fat and starch, which are thamasic in their effects on the body.
An intake of too much food is also harmful. Simply because tasty food is available and is being offered, one is tempted to over-eat. We have air all around us but we do not breathe in more than we need. The lake is full but we drink only as much as the thirst craves for. But overeating has become a social evil, a fashionable habit. The stomach cries out, 'Enough', but the tongue insists on more, and man becomes the helpless target to disease. He suffers from corpulence, high blood pressure and diabetes. Moderate food is the best medicine to avoid bodily ills. Do not rush to the hospital for every little upset. Too much drugging is also bad. Allow nature full scope to fight the disease and set you right. Adopt more and more the principles of naturopathy, and give up running around for doctors.
The type of food that you consume decides the degree of concentration you can command; its quality and quantity decide how much your self-control is lessened or heightened. Polluted air and water are full of maleficent viruses and germs and have to be avoided at all costs. There are four pollutions against which man has to be vigilant - of the body (removable by water); of the mind (removable by truthfulness), of reason (removable by correct knowledge) and of the self (removable by yearning for God). Vaidya Narayano Harih, the Sruthis declare. God is the doctor. Seek Him, rely on Him, you will be free from Dis-ease.
-Sai Baba
Food is generally looked down upon by ascetically minded sadhaks and seekers and treated as some thing which does not deserve attention. But since the body and the mind are mightily interdependent, no one can afford to neglect it. As the food, so the mind; as the mind, so the thought; as the thought, so the act. Food is an important factor which determines the alertness and sloth, the worry and calm, the brightness and dullness. The scriptures classify food as sathwic, rajasic and thamasic and relate these three types to the three mental modes (gunas) of the same names.
Man is the only living being who dislikes raw food found in the natural state. All other animals eat things as they are - grain, grass, leaves, shoots, fruits. Man boils, fries, melts, mixes and adopts various methods of cooking in order to satisfy the cravings of the tongue, the eye and the nose. As a consequence, the food value of these articles is either reduced or destroyed. When the seeds are fried, they do not sprout; that is clear proof that the 'life force' is eliminated. Therefore, uncooked raw pulse just sprouting, is to be preferred. Also nuts and fruits. The coconut, offered to the gods, is a sathwic food, having a good percentage of protein besides fat, starch and minerals. Food having too much salt or pepper is rajasic and should be avoided; so also too much fat and starch, which are thamasic in their effects on the body.
An intake of too much food is also harmful. Simply because tasty food is available and is being offered, one is tempted to over-eat. We have air all around us but we do not breathe in more than we need. The lake is full but we drink only as much as the thirst craves for. But overeating has become a social evil, a fashionable habit. The stomach cries out, 'Enough', but the tongue insists on more, and man becomes the helpless target to disease. He suffers from corpulence, high blood pressure and diabetes. Moderate food is the best medicine to avoid bodily ills. Do not rush to the hospital for every little upset. Too much drugging is also bad. Allow nature full scope to fight the disease and set you right. Adopt more and more the principles of naturopathy, and give up running around for doctors.
The type of food that you consume decides the degree of concentration you can command; its quality and quantity decide how much your self-control is lessened or heightened. Polluted air and water are full of maleficent viruses and germs and have to be avoided at all costs. There are four pollutions against which man has to be vigilant - of the body (removable by water); of the mind (removable by truthfulness), of reason (removable by correct knowledge) and of the self (removable by yearning for God). Vaidya Narayano Harih, the Sruthis declare. God is the doctor. Seek Him, rely on Him, you will be free from Dis-ease.
-Sai Baba
Friday, June 26, 2009
The mourner limits his loved one
When someone close to you dies - a parent or a friend, for example - you naturally feel the need to hold on to certain keepsakes such as objects, letters or photographs. But these cannot preserve your loved one's presence, for it is not to be found in objects but in his spirit. And as long as you focus on a few objects, you are dealing with matter, not spirit.
It is also natural to go and sit quietly at a graveside, but it is the body there in the grave, not the spirit. The spirit needs freedom and strives to detach from the body and travel in limitless space, which is its true homeland. The mourner who suffers and weeps at a grave, as if the person in the coffin must remain there for eternity, limits his loved one and hinders his desire for freedom. And in any case, it will not bring him back.
If you truly want to be reunited with a loved one, make the effort to seek him where he can be found: far away and very high in the light.
-Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
It is also natural to go and sit quietly at a graveside, but it is the body there in the grave, not the spirit. The spirit needs freedom and strives to detach from the body and travel in limitless space, which is its true homeland. The mourner who suffers and weeps at a grave, as if the person in the coffin must remain there for eternity, limits his loved one and hinders his desire for freedom. And in any case, it will not bring him back.
If you truly want to be reunited with a loved one, make the effort to seek him where he can be found: far away and very high in the light.
-Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
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