Posts Tagged ‘Spiritual Gurus & Masters’
Most Gurus and disciples have changed names. Actually, there is no ritual or religious importance to changed names. But, it helps psychologically: when you think an ordinary name, suppose your friend name, you think all about his history, his past, his behavior, attitudes and so on, and when you think about the name such as "Buddha," "Shiva," "Ganga," etc, you start having some enlightening image in your mind.
Changed name helps to a person and others, who call him. The basic idea is, the name should not touch the "past," and with a new name, the new life should start, as fresh and enliven as the new name is.
You refuse or believe, but the reality won’t change – yes, the outer world is the projection of your inner world. But, you can’t turn an elephant into a rat or a sun into moon by your inner projection. When it is said "refuse to believe," it is said to your "negative, wasteful and incomplete thoughts" which eat away "you" out of your life. Reality doesn’t change, illusions can be modified.
Guru says, to know "the incomplete and wasteful thought" is the first step, before refusing to believe on them – otherwise, things won’t work. Negative thoughts have negative energies, and the wasteful thoughts have the energies of confusion, chaos and complexities.
The advantages of refusing to believe on negative and wasteful thoughts will be:
“I have not come to preach any new dogmas or religion, nor to establish a new order, nor be proclaimed a new Messiah or Pontiff. I have only brought before my people the light of the Vedic wisdom which had been hidden during the centuries of India’s thralldom.” — Maharishi Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Guru says, The Satyartha Prakash, or in English: The Light of Truth, written by Maharishi Swami Dayanand Saraswati is a mater piece for the people of Arya Smaj.
What can Guru say further, if this book is available online to read for free, you just go through it, and find out the advantageous teachings of Swami Ji. Here are two links, one for Html and one for Pdf. Guru is uncertain if links work in future, so better to save a Pdf copy for yourself (please make sure, if it is not protected in some or other ways). If your internet speed is down, you can look for html version.
Sadhu is a person who follows the path of God realization thru self realization. A Sadhu can be called as Sanyasi, Baba, or Mahatma – these are spiritual words, the word Baba can be used in spiritual or in normal course of life. If, Guru says, Deepak Chopra is a Sadhu, you might get shocked that he doesn’t live in cave and doesn’t have long beard and red dress.
A Sadhu can have red dress & long beard, but this is not the main requirement to call as a Sadhu, this is exterior. A Sadhu can be with or without a particular dress; the path, where Sadhu moves on and on, belongs to self-transformation thru the practice of Yoga, Meditation (Dhyan), Mantra, Ritual, Scriptures and various things.
Sadhus and Begging
Guru has met to some Sadhus (who wear red clothes and live in secluded places), and finds: due to lack of money they remain hungry for several days – unless somebody gives them something to eat. Generally, Sadhus don’t beg money, but due to lack of it, they go through excruciating physical sufferings.
Sadhus and Money
When someone says you that you might get enlightenment in 1 year, 2 years or within 7 years; actually, it is understood in wrong way, they don’t forecast the enlightenment but they forecast about how much time it might take to remove the dust from the soul. Enlightenment is also possible just in now! Because, it is already there, just the veil of ignorance is in between.
- Enlightenment doesn’t depend on time.
- Enlightenment doesn’t depend on thoughts.
- Enlightenment doesn’t depend on memory.
We can’t fix the time of enlightenment, it is beyond the time – if it is time-bounded then it is not enlightenment. It is just the game, or, say, projection of the mind. We cannot have it using our thoughts, because they are limited, then how can we approach to "unlimited" with limited, we can gain certain mental power by practicing with thoughts but enlightenment never. Like thoughts memory is also limited, no one can fix the theory of enlightenment into the memory.
Spirituality doesn’t come in any definition and meaning but when some of our spiritual gurus put the word like Avadhoota, Avatar and Paramhamsa before their names. A curiosity arises, what does it mean?
For Avadhoota, there are two definitions:
- Naked ascetic.
- The person who has transformed himself from human to God like qualities.
For Avatar, there is only one definition:
- A God who takes birth in human form.
Whether it is guided mediation or un-guided meditation, or whether it is life without meditation (sadhana in Hindi) and spirituality. The importance of breath is awesome, most of the meditation techniques are based on it, breath is the source, it is the seed of existence when it is changed everything is changed.
Your emotions…your thoughts…your present, past and future – all are connected with breath. When you feel sad your breath is changed; when you feel happy, your breath is changed; when you are in lust, your breath is changed; when you are in gratitude, your breath is changed; and when you feel connected with God, your breath is changed; when you feel greedy, your breath is changed; when you think positive your breath is changed, and when you think negative, your breath is changed. With every minute changes within our emotions, feelings and thoughts – it changes. If you can control, regulate and can witness the breath — your life can change.
One thing I missed in above paragraph that whenever we are influenced by someone, our breath is changed with the influence (and the hypnotism is to be influenced by someone), and whenever we feel great, breath is also changed. Some people may wonder: breath just comes and goes in what ways it can change…
How can it change?
It changes in the following ways, do check out:
The word "Guru" itself is the source of inspirations, guidance, teachings, knowledge and experiences; it is one of the most powerful words both in materialistic and spiritual life. And, it looks more flexible and loving than the word "Master," it shows some dominance, whereas the word "Guru" can be felt as a "friend," "father," and nearby "God" for some people.
Why we need a Guru?
We need a Guru, when we believe someone knows better than us, and can help us to achieve what we are looking for.
Types of Gurus
I put Gurus in three categories: first is, when we start learning a,b,c… and finished with some degree in hand; second is, when start looking for materialistic things like a good career, a good job, life-partner, a car, home, good business, property…all kinds of money and honey and xyz; third is, when we start looking "Who am I?" and "Who is God?" and other meanings of life.
It doesn’t happen all the time; Jesus (who has the biggest numbers of followers) was crucified. Mansoor was given poison. Socrates also suffered in his life time. You can say, these people took others’ bad Karmas over their head…whatever (I don’t believe this, bad karmas can’t be shifted from one head to another, it’s God’ justice, no one can interfere). And a mad dog doesn’t know who is spiritual or not.
But, it happens most of the time, animal and evil person don’t attack on spiritual people (Gurus); the reasons are the followings:
We know, nature is uncontrolled; animals, birds, humans (talking about body), trees, rivers, mountains, etc., all come in nature. And, this nature is none, but the composition of five elements, i.e., earth, water, fire, air and ether. And, there are three stages of every element: 1. Pure (Satoguna), 2. Semi-pure (Rajoguna), and 3. Impure (Tamoguna). Satoguna, Rajoguna and Tamoguna are words in Hindi. The nature is uncontrolled because its elements are impure.
The first one is “Silence” and second is “Unity,” both are needed. Silence helps in individual progress and Unity helps in collective progress. Read More »