When the thoughts are subtle, it’s hard to stop them. And they are capable to snatch the peace of the mind, as a thought is not just a thought but also drives the emotions, energy, heart beats … and what not, you know?

But the grosser thoughts can be stopped, as they are more visible. The way to stop them is to catch each grosser thought at a time and put them aside … keep on doing it until no thought remains.

And way to turn the subtle thoughts into the grosser thoughts is by giving each of them ‘shape and color.’ That’s it!

A man when ascended to the Godhood is called “enlightened,” or “self-realized” person, and sometimes with much appreciation of the disciples cum devotees, that person is also called an “avatar.”

But the real meaning of “avatara” is not ascension but the descension. As it says: “av means ‘down’ or ‘descent,’ and tri means ‘to pass.’” It means when the divine takes the human form it is called an “avatar.” With this sense everyone is an avatar, as each one comes from the God and is part of the God, it is true in this sense. But the social connotations are not this, they only refer to the enlightened beings such as Rama, Krishna, Jesus, Buddha, Mahavatar Babaji and other masters.

However, the meaning of avatar is much more of the beyond. It means a Godhood which has the control over life and death, on the human body and whenever necessary he can materialize himself in the human body and dematerialize also when the need is fulfilled.

Nothing lasts forever
No one lives forever
Keep that in mind, and love

Our life is not the same old burden
Our path is not the same long journey
The flower fades and dies
We must pause to weave perfection into music
Keep that in mind, and love

Love droops towards its sunset
To be drowned in the golden shadows
Love must be called from its play
And love must be born again to be free
Keep that in mind, and love

Let us hurry to gather our flowers
Before they are plundered by the passing winds
It quickens our blood and brightens our eyes
To snatch kisses that would vanish
If we delayed

Our life is eager
Our desires are keen
For time rolls by
Keep that in mind, and love

Beauty is sweet for a short time
And then it is gone
Knowledge is precious
But we will never have time to complete it
All is done and finished
In eternal heaven
But our life here is eternally fresh
Keep that in mind, and love

- Rabindranath Tagore

Just love this, wonderfully created and beautifully sung.

This song of mine will wind its music around you,
my child, like the fond arms of love.

The song of mine will touch your forehead
like a kiss of blessing.

When you are alone it will sit by your side and
whisper in your ear, when you are in the crowd
it will fence you about with aloofness.

My song will be like a pair of wings to your dreams,
it will transport your heart to the verge of the unknown.

It will be like the faithful star overhead
when dark night is over your road.

My song will sit in the pupils of your eyes,
and will carry your sight into the heart of things.

And when my voice is silenced in death,
my song will speak in your living heart.

- Rabindranath Tagore

So deep and touching, an absorbing expression deep in the heart and soul like: “you in me and I in you, forever!”

Somewhat stunned with the science of sound!

Mentioned in the ‘autobiography of a yogi’ (2011 reprint, page 402, last para) — these bombs are the sounds of some seed mantras aimed at target by the mental concentration. Somewhat like occult, where people can create havoc in other person  life sitting across the miles of distance.

Though mantric bombs are referred to astral world in that book, but this science which is called ‘occult’ is well developed in itself, in the physical plane, where people use energy to destruct or to construct something. It was heavily used in Ramayana and Mahabharata where chanting something created something to happen, instantly.

Not only what we utter but what we think is also a sound — though it is subtler but it is potent. That’s why mantras can be chanted in a thought form.

It is said, the sound of AUM doesn’t suit to who wants to live in a family tying the knot with everyone — because it is the sound of liberation, as its chanting frequency with a person increases, it will liberate him from everything.

The science of sound is an immense technology in itself. The ‘shakti mantras,’ or say the Goddess mantras are too powerful in sound, if you get some scientist (guru) which can guide you about this technology, you can know lot of things and can make significant difference is some matters of life.

It is said until spine remains flexible a person remains young. The vitality, energy level and vibrancy of a person is directly related to the spine. Though there are various yogas for spine but this Bhujangasana is effective to maintain the spine flexible.

And Mula-Bandha also helps to awaken Kundalini, as the Mula-Bandha stimulates the Muladhara chakra.

Though some of our Yoga Gurus just tell to do some Kriyas and never tell the science behind them. But this video tells lot of things about Mula-Bandha. They use some technical terms but in my plain words: the end part of intestine stores emotions, if emotions are sick that part is going to suffer as emotions are stored in energy it manifests something, maybe some disease. Another thing is, the end part of intestine which touches the anus, that place is also for Muladhara Chakra — when the Aswani Mudra (contraction and expansion of anus, as a horse does) is done few times, let’s say 20-30 times and after it the Mula Bandha (contraction of anus) is used, let’s say for a minute or two. It helps releasing tension and haemorrhoids problem … along with stimulating Kundalini.

Update:

Also listen “HH Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Sri Swami Maheshwaranandaji” on Jalandhar Bandha, if you are suffering from Thyroid problem, it may be a cure for you. And also listen on Uddyan Bandha. The three of them altogether Mula-Bandha + Jalandhar Bandha + Uddyan Banda — make Maha-Bandha.

Early morning when one wants to get up and the body says “just sleep a bit,” anyone can feel the difference between the pull of the consciousness and the  pull of the body (unconsciousness), where it is intense that wins. The lazy person often is pulled by the body.

Not only body, when a person is pulled by the senses — like some people can’t control their food habits, I’m not talking about being hungry, I’m taking about eating excessively, something like a dog which can’t stop itself when finds a piece of bone. Or,  some can’t control the sex habits even they sometimes don’t leave indulging in the child abuses.

Anyway,

The thing is when one flows and goes according to the senses and the body, that person loses his consciousness (as he doesn’t use it) and he keeps on programming himself in the unconscious patterns of the mind, and later on this pulling becomes so strong,  it takes lot of work to leave those habits.

The ascetic life:

It raises consciousness, as a person when isn’t pulled away by the body and senses — feels far more in awareness. In fact, he isn’t torturing himself,  he is just controlling and pushing aside the unconscious aspects of the life, though he uses them but isn’t lost in them. The path of Hatha Yoga is also like that to live in the awareness without being lost in the body and mind.

What does make a friend good or bad? The quickest conclusion, however, the bad friends are like the ghosts, they are glued with you by their desires, want to control you and drive you the way they want. Though, their faces are friendly but their intentions are selfish.

The neutral friend: he can’t say neither “no” nor “yes” as he doesn’t have an atom of courage but shifts himself in a snap of a finger where things look profitable to him.

The good friend: he goes by with you on the depth of trust and love. Since when he meets you and till when he leaves you, you are ever free with him. He makes no contracts and no promises, but he can pull you by your nose and can kick on your butt. And on the level of trust and love, you do not feel offended by him.

It may be the reason that there are less number of enlightened people and it also discloses the fact why some enlightened beings left their physical body in the young age. Well, this is science beyond the science, the mastery of the energy system. I think, not the everyone knows about this fact.