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Dear All,

Ekam Nityam Vimalamachalam Sarvadheesakshhibootham Bhaavatheetham Trigunarahitham Sad-gurum Tham Namami ||

Nityam Shudham Niraabhaasam Niraakaaram Niranjanam Nityam Bodham Chidaanandam Sadgurum Tham Namamyaham||

GURU POURNAMI is sacred for many reasons: this day; the seeker who suffers from identification with the false objective world is initiated into the reality of the 'unseen motivator' within him; this day; those who have no urge to tread the spiritual path are inspired to seek the bliss which that path will confer; this day, aspirants are helped to achieve the consciousness of

the One, which is known by many Names and through many Forms, in various languages and lands. With the rise of the Sun, the world is bathed in light and heat.

So too, with the oncoming of Guru pournami the human heart is bathed in peace and security.

Guru pournami is not just one day in the year, marked out in the calendar. It is all days when the Mind of Man (whose

presiding deity is the Moon) becomes full of pleasant coolness, fully illumined with the light from the Sun, (intelligence, discrimination).

The contemplation of death is the very foundation of spiritual discipline.

Without it, man is certain to fall into falsehood, pursuing the objects of sense-pleasure, and trying to accumulate material, worldly riches.

Death is no ominous calamity; it is a step into the auspicious brightness beyond. It is inescapable; it cannot be bribed away, adjourned by certificates of good conduct, or

testimonials from the great.

 

Once born, death is the inevitable end. But, it is possible to escape birth and thereby, escape death.

For, birth is the consequence of karma. Do Karma which breeds no consequence, no after-effects which have to be lived through---and you need not be born again. Engage in activity, as duty; or engage in activity, as 'offering of worship to God'---then, such activity will breed no after-effects. This problem of escaping death, achieving immortality, Amrithathwam, is the very core of inquiry.

Guru scatters darkness through lightWhen acts are done as offering to God, one will not be elated at success or disheartened by failure, for, He prompts, He helps, He grants joy or grief as He wills, as He cares.

The

doer will have no attachment to the fruit of the deed; so, he will not be bound to its consequence; it will leave no trace on his personality which will shape him beyond death. Gu means darkness and ru means light. Guru scatters darkness through light; he imparts wisdom which roots out ignorance. Render unto him as much homage as he deserves, but, not more.

You repeat

the shloka Guru Brahma gurur Vishnuh,

Gurur dhevo Maheswarah Gurussaakshaath Parabrahma Thasmai Shri Gurave namah

which is usually interpreted as indicating that the Guru is Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara and that he is the visible Parabrahma. But, it is capable of a nobler interpretation: " Brahma is the

Guru, Vishnu is the Guru, Maheshwara is the Guru, really Parabrahma is the Guru. "

Subordinate the mind to the pure intelligence which is Gurtwam.

God is Mahaashakthi (supreme energy) and Jeeva (individual being) is Maayaashakthi (deluding power); He is the genuine, the Jeeva is but the shadow, the appearance, the delusion.

Even If Guru has to put on Maayaashakthi to come into your midst, like the policeman who is compelled to wear the dress of the thief so that he can get entry into the gang of thieves to apprehend them and bring them to book! The Lord cannot come down with His Mahaashakthi unimpaired; He has to come with diminished splendour and limited effulgence, so that He can become the object of Bhakthi and dedicated service.

 

In this world which is impermanent and ever transforming, the immanent power of the Lord is the only permanent and fixed entity. In order to realise the eternal and the true, one has perforce to attach oneself to that source and sustenance. There is no escape form this path. It is the destiny of one and all, irrespective of age or scholarship, clime or caste, sex or status.

While proceeding along the road, you can watch your shadow falling on mud or dirt, hollow or mound, thorn or sand, wet or dry patches of land. You are unaffected by the fate of your shadow, is it not?

 

Nor is the shadow made dirty thereby. It does not worry in the least where it falls or what it wades through. We know that the shadow and its experiences are not eternal or true.

Similarly, you must get convinced that 'you' are but the shadow of the absolute and your are essentially not this 'you' but the absolute itself. That is the remedy for sorrow, travail and pain.

Of course, it is only at the end of a long and systematic process of Saadhana that you will get fixed in the truth; until then, you are apt to identify yourself with this body and forget that the body which casts a shadow is itself a shadow. The first step in Saadhana is the adherence to Dharma in every individual and social act.

The Dharma (righteousness) which is followed in relation to Prakrithi (objective world) will automatically lead on to Dharma in the spiritual field also; only you must stick to it through thick and thin.

When Aswathaama in the blindness of his fury slaughtered the children of the Paandavas, Arjuna who

caught him prisoner threatened to cut off his head; but Dhroupadhi the bereaved mother interceded to save him! She said it was not Dharma to return murder for murder, to slay the son of one's own Guru.

Such steadfastness is needed in the path of Dharma (virtue); that alone is the sign of true surrender: " Let the Will of the Lord prevail; one's duty is but to connect oneself with the current of His grace. " While in jail the prisoner cannot call even his clothes his own; so too, while in this jail serving your term, wat can you call your own? He gives you food and clothing. He lets you go when the sentence ends, or perhaps sooner if He is pleased by your behaviour while in prison.

Keep the Faith in the Lord undiminished The greatest obstacle on the path of surrender is Ahamkaara (egoism) and Mamakaara (mineness or possessiveness). It is something that has been inhering to your personality since ages, sending its tentacles deeper and deeper with the experience of every succeeding life.

It can be removed only by the twin detergents of discrimination and renunciation. Bhakthi is the water to wash away this dirt of ages and the soap of Japam, Dhyaanam and Yoga (repetition of God's name, meditation and

communion) will help to remove it quicker and more effectively.

The slow and the steady will surely win this race; walking is the safest method of travel, though it may condemned as slow. Quicker means of travel mean disaster; the quicker the means, the greater the risk of disaster. You should eat only as much as you feel hunger, for, more will cause disorder. So proceed step by step in Saadhana (spiritual effort); making sure of one step before you take another. Do not slide back two paces when you go one pace forward. But even the first step will be

unsteady, if you have no faith. So cultivate faith.

Sathyabhaama once asked Krishna, " Why are you doing things like ordinary men? Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Paandavas is the best of the brothers but you hobnob always with Arjuna, whose reputation is not above board. " Her faith was not steady! What do people know of the motives that prompt the Lord and His actions? Some found fault with Naaradha for repeating the name of the Lord, always, without intermission. But until Saayujyam (merging in the absolute), the name has to be used; the idea of separation will end only with mergence, not before that. Do not waver or doubt when once you are convinced. Seek to understand and satisfy yourself. After that, do not be misled. When

the sun is over your head there will be no shadow; similarly when faith is steady in your head it should not cast any shadow of doubt.

When man loses his way and strays into the wilderness, believing that he is the body or Gunas (qualities) or the object, then the Avathaar comes to warn and guide. Keep the faith in the Lord undiminished; you can then safely move about in the world.

No harm can come to you! Be like the village women with pots over their heads, one over the other, keeping balance even while talking and walking along the winding lane. They do not forget or ignore the burden or the goal.

They are vigilant, conscious of the hardships on the way, the stones and pits; it is the inner concentration that pays dividends.

One should depart the World with

a Smile Every one has to make his exit some day; hat moment should not be moment of anguish; one should depart gracefully, with a smile and a bow. In order to do that, a lot of preparation is necessary.

To depart, leaving all that has been accumulated during a long lifetime, is a hard task; so prepare for it by discarding attachment to one thing after another from now on.

You see many things in dreams and many things are acquired by you during dreams: power, pelf, status, reputation.

 

But when you awake, you do not weep over the loss, even though for the duration of the dream, all that was very real and gave you real satisfaction and joy.

That was a 'dream', you tell yourself; what prevents you from treating with similar nonchalance the possessions gathered during the waking stage of your life?

Cultivate that attitude and you can depart with a smile whenever the curtain falls on this dreamland stage.

Pray to the Lord to show you the Way

In order to bring conviction to you in all this, it is best you approach a Guru (spiritual preceptor) who knows the truth by experience and whose daily activities, words and thoughts reflect this realisation. The Guru is called so because the letter GU signifies Gunaatheetha - one who has transcended the three Gunas (qualities) - the Thaamasik, the Raajasik and even the Saathwik (ignorant, passionate and virtuous); and the letter RU signifies one who is Roopa Varjitha (one who has grasped the

formless aspect of God-head). Of course, he could come to that stage only through the sublimation of the lower into the higher qualities and the steady and conscious ignoring of the part played by mere name and form.

In the preliminary stages of spiritual Saadhana, name, form and quality all have their part to play in the moulding of the spirit. The Guru destroys the illusion and sheds light; his presence is cool and comforting. That is why this day, a Pournami (full moon day), is allotted for paying due honour to the Guru. Moreover, the moon is the presiding deity of the mind and Pournami is the day on which the mind has become fully beneficent. Of course, you must know what you have lost, so that you may start on the search to recover it! The Guru has very often to tell you that you have forgotten your

real name or that you have lost the most precious part of yourself and yet are unaware of the loss. The Guru is the physician for the illness which brings about the suffering of alternate birth and death. He is an adept at the treatment needed for the cure. If you do not get such a Guru, pray to the Lord Himself to show you the way and He will surely come to your rescue.

Nothing is mine, Everything is Yours,

Oh! Merciful Lord Dattatreya!

Yours Yogically, Shreeram Balijepalli

 

Nithyananda

 

 

 

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HARI OM TATSAT JAI GURU DATTATHANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS MESSAGe. IT IS OUR FORTUNE TO FEEL THE gGREAT UNITY UNDER YOUR INSPIRING MESSAGE.HARI OM,.WITH PRANAMS,sadhujagGroup Owner <para_anuloma"dattagroup smarthrugaami-dattavaibhavam " <smarthrugaami-dattavaibhavam >; rajarajeshwari_kalpataru ; para_anulomaSent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 11:06:24 PMSubject:

[Rajarajeshwari_Kalpataru] Guru Pournami Vishaya--Message for Guru Pournami.

 

Dear All, Ekam Nityam Vimalamachalam Sarvadheesakshhiboo tham Bhaavatheetham Trigunarahitham Sad-gurum Tham Namami || Nityam Shudham Niraabhaasam Niraakaaram Niranjanam Nityam Bodham Chidaanandam Sadgurum Tham Namamyaham||

GURU POURNAMI is sacred for many reasons: this day; the seeker who suffers from identification with the false objective world is initiated into the reality of the 'unseen motivator' within him; this day; those who have no urge to tread the spiritual path are inspired to seek the bliss which that path will confer; this day, aspirants are helped to achieve the consciousness ofthe One, which is known by many Names and through many Forms, in various languages and lands. With the rise of the Sun, the world is bathed in light and heat. So too, with the oncoming of Guru pournami the human heart is bathed in peace and security. Guru pournami is not just one day in the year, marked out in the calendar. It is all days when the Mind

of Man (whose presiding deity is the Moon) becomes full of pleasant coolness, fully illumined with the light from the Sun, (intelligence, discrimination) . The contemplation of death is the very foundation of spiritual discipline. Without it, man is certain to fall into falsehood, pursuing the objects of sense-pleasure, and trying to accumulate material, worldly riches. Death is no ominous calamity; it is a step into the auspicious brightness beyond. It is inescapable; it cannot be bribed away, adjourned by certificates of good conduct, or testimonials from the great. Once born, death is the inevitable end. But, it is possible to escape birth and thereby, escape death. For, birth is the consequence of karma. Do Karma which breeds no consequence, no after-effects which have to be lived through---and you need not be born again. Engage in activity, as duty; or engage in activity, as 'offering of

worship to God'---then, such activity will breed no after-effects. This problem of escaping death, achieving immortality, Amrithathwam, is the very core of inquiry. Guru scatters darkness through lightWhen acts are done as offering to God, one will not be elated at success or disheartened by failure, for, He prompts, He helps, He grants joy or grief as He wills, as He cares. The

doer will have no attachment to the fruit of the deed; so, he will not be bound to its consequence; it will leave no trace on his personality which will shape him beyond death. Gu means darkness and ru means light. Guru scatters darkness through light; he imparts wisdom which roots out ignorance. Render unto him as much homage as he deserves, but, not more. You repeat

the shloka Guru Brahma gurur Vishnuh, Gurur dhevo Maheswarah Gurussaakshaath Parabrahma Thasmai Shri Gurave namah which is usually interpreted as indicating that the Guru is Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara and that he is the visible Parabrahma. But, it is capable of a nobler interpretation: "Brahma is

the Guru, Vishnu is the Guru, Maheshwara is the Guru, really Parabrahma is the Guru." Subordinate the mind to the pure intelligence which is Gurtwam. God is Mahaashakthi (supreme energy) and Jeeva (individual being) is Maayaashakthi (deluding power); He is the genuine, the

Jeeva is but the shadow, the appearance, the delusion. Even If Guru has to put on Maayaashakthi to come into your midst, like the policeman who is compelled to wear the dress of the thief so that he can get entry into the gang of thieves to apprehend them and bring them to book! The Lord cannot come

down with His Mahaashakthi unimpaired; He has to come with diminished splendour and limited effulgence, so that He can become the object of Bhakthi and dedicated service. In this world which is impermanent and ever transforming, the immanent power of the Lord is the only permanent and fixed entity. In order to realise the eternal and the true, one has perforce to attach oneself to that source and sustenance. There is no escape form this path. It is the destiny of one and all, irrespective of age or scholarship, clime or caste, sex or status. While proceeding along the road, you can watch your shadow falling on mud or dirt, hollow or mound, thorn or sand, wet or dry patches of land. You are unaffected by the fate of your shadow, is it not? Nor is the shadow made dirty thereby. It does not worry in the least where it falls or what it wades through. We know that the shadow and its experiences are not eternal or true. Similarly, you must get convinced that 'you' are but the shadow of the absolute and your are essentially not this 'you' but the absolute itself. That is the remedy for sorrow, travail and pain. Of

course, it is only at the end of a long and systematic process of Saadhana that you will get fixed in the truth; until then, you are apt to identify yourself with this body and forget that the body which casts a shadow is itself a shadow. The first step in Saadhana is the adherence to Dharma in every individual and social act. The Dharma (righteousness) which is followed in relation to Prakrithi (objective world) will automatically lead on to Dharma in the spiritual field also; only you must stick to it through thick and thin.

When Aswathaama in the blindness of his fury slaughtered the children of the Paandavas, Arjuna who

caught him prisoner threatened to cut off his head; but Dhroupadhi the bereaved mother interceded to save him! She said it was not Dharma to return murder for murder, to slay the son of one's own Guru. Such steadfastness is needed in the path of Dharma (virtue); that alone is the sign of true surrender: "Let the Will of the Lord prevail; one's duty is but to connect oneself with the current of His grace." While in jail the prisoner cannot call even his clothes his own; so too, while in this jail serving your term, wat can you call your own? He gives you food and clothing. He lets you go when the sentence ends, or perhaps sooner if He is pleased by your behaviour while in prison. Keep the Faith in the Lord undiminished The greatest obstacle on the path of surrender is Ahamkaara (egoism) and Mamakaara (mineness or possessiveness) . It is something that has been inhering to your personality since ages, sending its tentacles deeper and deeper with the experience of every succeeding life. It can be removed only by the twin detergents of discrimination and renunciation. Bhakthi is the water to wash away this dirt of ages and the soap of Japam, Dhyaanam and

Yoga (repetition of God's name, meditation and

communion) will help to remove it quicker and more effectively. The slow and the steady will surely win this race; walking is the safest method of travel, though it may condemned as slow. Quicker means of travel mean disaster; the quicker the means, the greater the risk of disaster. You should eat only as much as you feel hunger, for, more will cause disorder. So proceed step by step in Saadhana (spiritual effort); making sure of one step before you take another. Do not slide back two paces when you go one pace forward. But

even the first step will be

unsteady, if you have no faith. So cultivate faith. Sathyabhaama once asked Krishna, "Why are you doing things like ordinary men? Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Paandavas is the best of the brothers but you hobnob always with Arjuna, whose reputation is not above board." Her faith was not steady! What do people know of the motives that prompt the Lord and His actions? Some found fault with Naaradha for repeating the name of the Lord, always, without intermission. But until Saayujyam (merging in the absolute), the name has to be used; the idea of separation will end only with mergence, not before that. Do not waver or doubt when once you are convinced. Seek to understand and satisfy yourself. After

that, do not be misled. When

the sun is over your head there will be no shadow; similarly when faith is steady in your head it should not cast any shadow of doubt. When man loses his way and strays into the wilderness, believing that he is the body or Gunas (qualities) or the object, then the Avathaar comes to warn and guide. Keep the faith in the Lord undiminished; you can then safely move about in the world. No harm can come to you! Be like the village women with pots over their heads, one over the other, keeping balance even while talking and walking along the winding lane. They do not forget or ignore the burden or the goal. They are vigilant, conscious of the hardships on the way, the stones and pits; it is the inner concentration that pays dividends. One should depart the World with

a Smile Every one has to make his exit some day; hat moment should not be moment of anguish; one should depart gracefully, with a smile and a bow. In order to do that, a lot of preparation is necessary. To depart, leaving all that has been accumulated during a long lifetime, is a hard task; so prepare for it by discarding attachment to one thing after another from now on. You see many things in dreams and many things are acquired by you during dreams: power, pelf, status, reputation. But when you awake, you do not weep over the loss, even though for the duration of the dream, all that was very real and gave you real satisfaction and joy. That was a 'dream', you tell yourself; what prevents you from treating with similar nonchalance the possessions gathered during the waking stage of your life? Cultivate that attitude and you can depart with a smile whenever the curtain falls on this dreamland stage. Pray to the Lord to show you the Way In order to bring conviction to you in all this, it is best you approach a Guru (spiritual preceptor) who knows the truth by experience and whose daily activities, words and thoughts reflect this realisation. The Guru is called so because the letter GU signifies Gunaatheetha - one who has transcended the three Gunas (qualities) - the Thaamasik, the Raajasik and even the Saathwik (ignorant, passionate and virtuous); and the letter RU signifies one who is Roopa Varjitha

(one who has grasped the

formless aspect of God-head). Of course, he could come to that stage only through the sublimation of the lower into the higher qualities and the steady and conscious ignoring of the part played by mere name and form. In the preliminary stages of spiritual Saadhana, name, form and quality all have their part to play in the moulding of the spirit. The Guru destroys the illusion and sheds light; his presence is cool and comforting. That is why this day, a Pournami (full moon day), is allotted for paying due honour to the Guru. Moreover, the moon is the presiding deity of the mind and Pournami is the day on which the mind has become fully beneficent. Of course, you must know what you have lost, so that you may start on the search to recover it! The Guru has very often to tell you

that you have forgotten your

real name or that you have lost the most precious part of yourself and yet are unaware of the loss. The Guru is the physician for the illness which brings about the suffering of alternate birth and death. He is an adept at the treatment needed for the cure. If you do not get such a Guru, pray to the Lord Himself to show you the way and He will surely come to your rescue. Nothing is mine, Everything is Yours, Oh! Merciful Lord Dattatreya! Yours Yogically,

Shreeram Balijepalli Nithyananda

 

 

 

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