One more secret to remain in the SPOT needs

A strong backup base and this path has to be mapped and charted

It is said mastering and minding 9 stages in the process of bhakti

Lord becomes a servant and protects him at every moment..
 

Putting the words of masters as it is, it becomes unbelievable

To know the stages are so simple but counting the deviation

                                          Is what we can do?                                                                                               

   STAGE 1: ENCOUNTER WITH TRUTH

 
     The first form of bhakti is encounter with truth

     We all wear different kinds of masks, which we put for

          self- identity, hiding our true nature.

     The discovery of truth is learning to live without a mask to  

         discover who you are, what your real nature is, after dropping

         all the masks.

     This is the first attainment of bhakti

 
STAGE 2: IDENTIFICATION WITH GODLY QUALITIES

 
     Identify with godly and the uplifting qualities of godhood are the

        second form of bhakti

     In India people have defined qualities that must exist in a realized

        being

     For e.g. Jainism has very clear definition of how to know when a

        person has become Arihant, the enlightened, what conditions

        have to be fulfilled.

    After all, if people tell us that god is within you and can be

       realized then upon realization that would make us identify with

       godly nature and we would have the same potential at a

       microscopic level.

   We identify with the qualities of godly nature and they take a

       place in our daily life.

    In order to impress some body, even the most crooked person can

       behave in a very diplomatic and refined manner.

    Through identification with that quality there will be

       identification with and understanding of the nature of God and a

       transformation of the whole personality takes place.
 
STAGE 3: ADHERENCE TO THE TEACHINGS

 
    The third form of bhakti is adhering to teachings given by guru,

        the enlightened master.

 
    With innocence and simplicity, follow in his footsteps sincerely

         without superimposing your own ideas and beliefs upon the

         teachings you have received.


    Teachings have to be taken in the spirit of learning, in order to

        improve the quality of life.

 
    Then it becomes relevant personal philosophy, a way of life.

 
STAGE 4: ACCEPTANCE OF REALITY
 

    The fourth form of bhakti is being aware of miracle of the

         glory of god without manipulation or deviousness.

 
    By this, we learn to accept reality as it exists.

 
    Our normal tendency is to try to adjust reality to suit

        ourselves, just as in summer we like to have cool and in

        winter preferring warm, even though suffering a little

        heat in summer and cold in winter makes the body

        strong.


    Every step of life is some kind of miracle.
 

    The fact that you get up every morning is a miracle
 

    The fact that you can analyze things is another miracle

        and that you can be aware of every moment as it goes by

        is another miracle.

 
    There is also a way to respond directly to the miraculous

        Expressions of every dimension of life

 
    We learn about them and accept that reality.

 

STAGE 5: REMEMBERING OF GOD WITH FAITH THROUGH MANTRA
 

    The fifth form of bhakti if remembering God’s name, God’s

           nature and God’s wisdom, with absolute faith.

    Faith is natural outcome of acceptance.

    Once there is faith, then remembrance will follow, which is the

        key to opening your connection with the cosmic self.

    Gold is taken out of earth, refined and made into a necklace,

        which you wear. Although the original appearance has changed

        the essence is still gold. If it falls into lavatory, you value it

        enough to put your hand in, to retrieve it, wash it, and wear it

        again.

    In the same manner, you have to value the remembrance of the

       god and be ready to retrieve that remembrance from any pit into

       which it falls.

    Remembrance is the link between the lower self and higher self in

        the form of mantra.

    Mantra is that force which liberates the mind without identifying

        with it, normally there is some association with every word.

    If somebody says you are good, you associate with word good and

       feel happy. If somebody says you are bad, you associate with

       word bad and feel bad.

    Self-image and Self-esteem are affected because we tend to see

       ourselves through the eyes of others and do not know our real

       nature.

    Mantras are sounds produced from vibrations with particular

        frequencies that activate a part of the brain, the energy and

        chakras and the consciousness.

    The body is full of vibrations and identification with the inherent

        vibrations leads one to realization of godly nature.

    Matter is nothing but compressed energy.

    If we are able to look into molecular structure of any object, we would find atoms, electrons and neutrons all moving in a pre-

     determined way. In the center we would find the nucleus

     vibrating.

    Whenever there is vibration and movement, there is bound to be a

         frequency and therefore, sound.

    Mantras represent that vibration, that sound.

    So the fifth form of bhakti is using mantras to go deep inside one’s

       mind and consciousness, without any identification with the

       intellectual mind or the inner experience, and remain connected

       with faith.

 

 
STAGE 6: RESTRAINED AND GRACEFUL ACTION

 

    The sixth form of bhakti is modesty and gracefulness, which is an

        outer expression of where you are living and expressing human

        dharma.

 
    Yoga is known as restrained expression
 

    Idea of restraint means to give purpose, direction, motivation and

       Clarity to whatever we do.
 

    Knowledgeable considered action if where you restrain the usual

       tendencies of the mind, focus upon one thing and fulfill it.
 

    Dharma is generally defined in English as duty, commitment

        Obligation
 

    But real meaning of dharma are an attitude, a mentality, a

       lifestyle, which you are able to maintain, and which helps to

       uplift your life.
 

    There are 3 components of dharma: appropriate thinking,

        appropriate behavior, appropriate action.

 
     Dharma means doing what is appropriate guided by wisdom.

 
    So the sixth form of bhakti is giving yourself a focus and fulfilling

     your human dharma by performing the appropriate action in

     graceful manner.

 
STAGE 7: SEEING DIVINITY IN EVERYTHING                  

 
  The seventh form of bhakti is the ability to see divinity in every

        thing by realizing that divine spark exists in every aspect of

        creation.

    The life in this body is an expression of God.

    The motion of the mind is an expression of God.

    The greenness in a leaf or a blade of grass, the liquidity of water,

       the warmth of fire is all expressions of god.

    Insects, inanimate objects, the elements, every thing has its

       function and fulfilling role in the scheme of creation, which is

       being guided by the cosmic will.

    Reality that the entire creation is an expression of divine will and

       being able to perceive the transcendental nature in every thing is

       the seventh aspect of bhakti.

 
STAGE 8: CONTENTMENT

    Contentment is the eighth form of bhakti.  

    When you are content, you are fulfilled and do not see the

         faults or mistakes of others.

 

    When Contentment becomes the dominant factor in one’s

        life, the nature is pure, complete, and needs nothing

        further added to it.

    When you are content, there is an inner stability, no desire

        for gain, no fear of loss; you are just being yourself.

    The desire for gain comes when there is arrogance.

    Depression comes with loss when you are not self-willed

        and lack confidence.

    When you are the natural you, at that time there is

        contentment. Externally, you are centered and balanced

        in both victory and defeat.

    At the psychological level the mind is properly harmonized

       and there is no ill will towards anyone or anything. You

       don’t see the shortcomings or the negativity.

    Everyone is expressing according to his or her level of

        education. In a school the children behave and act

        according to the class they are in. It is the same with the

        world.

    Each one of us is in a different class and our maturity is     

        according to the class they are in.

    Finding an inner balance in the expressions of the mind,

       generating a feeling of inner contentment and

       experiencing completeness is the eighth form of bhakti
 
STAGE 9: LET THY WILL BE DONE


    The ninth form of bhakti is ‘ Let Thy Will be Done ‘, the final

        letting go of individuality, where you become an instrument that

        god plays upon.

 
    You have to become empty.

 

    Radha once asked Krishna, why’d you love your flute more than

        me?  Krishna replied,” The whole world knows that I love you.

        Why do you ask?” Because you hold the flute to your lips all the

         time, said Radha. ‘ That’ replied Krishna is because the

         bamboo of flute is totally hollow inside, and when people empty

         themselves then I love them very dearly.

 

    So just allow yourself to become hollow inside, without any

       conflict, problems or difficulties, let go and become totally free.

 

    When you become totally free from self-centered barriers you

         become the darling of god.
 

    And you live according to the divine will and feeling that comes is

       ‘ make me an instrument of thy love’.

 

For one with an open heart,

The whole world is one neighborhood.

This is a divine certificate for a devotee,
Taking life as true “Spirit of Devotion”

 
Energizing to the SPOT gives the direction

To land of destiny USA

Just applying and waiting for the VISA

Is all that we can do?

 
 Cont.…S D – 17

 

By

Jc.G.Brahmaji

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELF DISCOVERY – 15

 
Stabilization at SPOT asks to know one more secret that

You may give your love and wisdom to some one, the best you can

But what you receive will depend upon other persons

Level of consciousness, which is lower or higher than yours
 

Art of accepting things as it is, is making love pure

Transcendental and focused by getting rid of fear and guilt

It provides focus and direction for emotions and desires get fulfilled

It also makes people forget their own intuitive nature
 

Emotional balance expects lovely breeze

Bringing your senses experience the pleasure of joy

Extracting the better of every one, tells to master

Channeling of emotions to make love into spontaneous expression
 

Saints said emotions are pure like crystal ball that is transparent

If emotions attach themselves to money, that will be greed

If emotions attach themselves to opposite sex, that will be passion

If emotions attach themselves to enemy, that will be animosity and hatred

 
If emotions attach to someone near and dear, that will be affection and

If emotions attach to higher consciousness, that will be bhakti and

It will manifest as pure love, suddha prem. When our emotions come in contact with different people and objects they take the color of that person or object.
 

 Yoga is a route to have union with you and universal love

Bhakthi yoga is a very powerful tool for generation and expression

 Of love without boundaries, paving way to Spirit of Devotion,

Aim is to identification with pure nature of emotions, love and spirit
 

Process although it sounds simple, is very complex

Because rechanneling all the forces that flow out

Needs reconditioning of existing human nature

Under going through the process is the life to be lived up.

 
CONT….. SD - 16

By Jc.G.Brahmaji

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELF DISCOVERY – 6

 
 
Contemplating with a serene mind, identified
SPOT USA is a land of destination
Owning a fraction of earning experience
Is a wealth for several life times
 
Security, Pleasure, Ordinal power, Treasure land of love
Understanding, Sweetness in action, Awareness with harmony
Are the assets in the land of destiny
 
He says, you have been packed up with these resources
When you are here on earth
Just as the colors of peacock are in egg form
 
Make an identification parade within yourself
And spot the blocks at the places
Where the treasure was stored
 
They say there are seven places
From Tip of toes, to top of head where it is stored
And locked with circular locks called chakras
 
To have an assess to the locks
Have a peep into nature, as in its laws
Of perfect harmony lie the mysterious keys.
 
Graduating to the SPOT gives the eligibility
To have a visa to USA and
Entire education is based on how to graduate.
Cont. S D…7
 
From the words of Swami Sivananda : Never, never say: 'I have helped that man.' Feel and think: 'That man gave me an oppurtunity to serve. This piece of service has helped me to purify my mind. I am extemely grateful to him.'
 
 
By
Jc.G.Brahmaji

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELF DISCOVERY-5

 

It is really a maze

When we try to know ourselves, of what we are

In total confusion what we have to do become a question?

Search begins with an option that, who gives the answer.
 

Enquring different people

We hear different ways to thread

Seeing the different angles, again a question comes

Who will guide for what we have to follow.


Desperate to find a solution

Needs a guide called guru

On whom we can rest assured

How to traverse the route to enlighten the way
 

To identify a guru is like

Search we make for a life partner

Once decided, he is forever yours

And the sacred knot is the initiation you take from him.

 
He says real guide is within you

Called the inner guru

On whose answer only you will be satisfied,

The way that will be shown is just to enroute to him.


As a guideline, he says fine tune your thoughts and

Follow certain discipline that suits you

Which is comfortable to follow regularly

Without causing a concern for others.


Cont. S D…6


By Jc.G.Brahmaji

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELF DISCOVERY-8

 
Being SIMPLE with absence of complexity

Is nice to hear and get appreciated

But to put in practise needs lots of discipline


Knowing the meaning of a word called, VERACITY

This is habitually telling or disposed to tell truth

Gives the clue to discipline systematically
 

To overcome the communication blocks

While performing the activities, that

We have learn ed asks one more detergent

 
Called ABSENCE OF VANITY, that is

Not having undue pride in oneself, which

Cleans the glass to radiate the light within you
 

Problems are inevitable

Even to a mighty personality like USA

EQUANIMITY is the base where you balance out.
 

FIXING you between pros and cons

Demands stability till you finds a solution

Asks to contemplate on Steadiness

By Jc.G.Brahmaji

CONT…..SD - 9