Vairagya

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I lay on my bed with feeble body thinking of my past. How strong I was

during my young age. Never thought of God. I thought life is for enjoyment.

Earning money for my family was my motive. And at old age I can think of

God. Entering old age, my body is not co-operating with my mind and vice

versa. I have wasted my life. Did God ask me to marry? Did God ask me to

create wealth? He wanted me to come back to him instead of taking birth

after birth. First of all why did I marry? I thought marriage is bliss. I

was in fool’s paradise.

 

Scriptures are telling me to get Vairagya first. What is *Vairagya*? Vairagya

(dispassion) is renunciation from the pains and pleasures in this material

world. Why one should think & crave for Vairagya? Does Vairagya means

taking to sanyas (true renunciation)? Does Vairagya mean leave your spouse,

children and parents? Vairagya means *detachment* from worldly pleasures

(perishable nature of all objects in this world).

 

How to detach from my family? How to detach from the small wealth that I

have created for survival? I know that after death none of them will come

with me. Still I am attached to my family and wealth. Why? Birth, death,

daily problems, sufferings, enmity, depression, worries, etc are few type of

pains one has to go throughout life in this world. This is because of the

attachment one develops. To avoid this one has to develop Vairagya. First

and foremost enemy is Ego. To attain vairagya, one has to remove ego.

 

Whenever a problem creeps up in my life then I think of vairagya and not

looking at solving the problem. And when the problem gets solved, I forget

about vairagya. Vairagya should be of permanent nature and not of temporary.

Purification of mind (Chitta suddhi) is needed. Can vairagya be attained

easily? No, but I heard that through prayers or meditation, one can achieve

it.

 

What is a *prayer*? Prayer is petition to God with a wish. Efficacy of the

prayer depends on motive behind the prayer. When one starts prayer he feels

that God is hearing his prayers and gets relaxed. Prayer without a wish or a

motive is *real prayer*.

 

 

 

Our inability to solve our problems, we seek external help i.e. God with out

ego. It is like Gajendra after fighting for 1000yrs with the crocodile and

seeing that strength is not there then prayed Lord Vishnu to save him. Lord

Vishnu on hearing the prayer of Gajendra without Ego came to his rescue

immediately.

 

 

 

*Meditation* means organizing & channelling one’s thoughts. With the

wavering mind or sequence of thoughts, it is difficult to stay focused in

the beginning. A wavering mind is like turbulent water. It is impossible to

see what is there inside until water settles down. Sometimes the person

gets lost in thoughts. One’s mind has to be blank away from problems,

avocations etc. With wavering mind a person can not concentrate. One should

be able to control the senses or thoughts coming to mind.

 

The breathing exercises, called Pranayama (control/concentration over

breathing), bring about regulation of the breathing, rhythmic action of the

Prana. When the Prana is working rhythmically, everything works properly.

Pranayama is the key to meditation. Through pranayama one can remove

negative thoughts. Sometimes chanting of Lord’s name during meditation helps

control chain of thoughts / wavering mind. It helps control the mind to a

position or blank one’s mind. Yogis control their own body with pranayama.

If there is problem in any part of the body they channelize the prana to

that part until it is rectified.

 

There are seven chakras in our body i.e. Muladhara, Swadhisthana, Manipura,

Vishuddha, Anjna, Sahasrara. Pranayama increases the intake of cosmic/vital

energy and helps energize the chakras, spiritual energy centers. It also

helps balance the ida and pingala nadis, channels, thus bringing the mind

under control. Practice of Meditation with Pranayama transforms the vital

energy into divine love and paves a way for our spiritual passage. It forms

a cosmic energy around the human body.

 

The concentrated mind is like a light which shows the way to know about *

self*. A concentrated mind is instrument to see God and God in all Human

beings. Meditation brings peace to mind. We can experience bliss in

meditation when we speak the language of God (Silence). Meditation helps one

get vairagya. If one develops vairagya like a yogi then happiness and

sufferings are one and the same.

 

Vairagya does not mean torturing our physical body, which is a temple. Body

should be under our control. Yoga thru Meditation helps body and mind to

tune up. So giving little pain to the body for the sadhana is OK.

 

But I am having hard time in controlling my thoughts. I am trying to focus

on an object or chanting Lords name but my mind still wavers. So I let my

mind wander. I have to do something to control this wavering mind. I pray

my* SADGURU Pujya Sri Sri Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji* to help me

to control the chain of thoughts.

 

 

 

Scriptures too say that through human service one can see God. How can I?

Parents have become old. Physical dependence increases during old age.

Service starts at home. I hate doing service at home because of my feeble

body and reduced strength. Am I lazy? Am I neglecting them? No, I love my

parents. But I do service at other places. Am I committing sin at home to

earn punya at other places? *O’Lord Hanuman, I seek Jnana and physical

strength to serve the living Gods (my parents) with compassion*.

 

It does not mean that I will forget you. With a feeble body and mind, I am

praying you to stay in my heart and take me to your shore from this ocean of

miseries. Please give me ocean of kindness and compassion. Please give us

health. Please give me mental strength to develop vairagya and continuously

chant your name at all times. I am praying my* SADGURU the supreme God Pujya

Sri Sri Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji* who is Lord Dattatreya

incarnate to shower his *Grace* upon me and all his devotees to reach his

Lotus Feet. I ask nothing more.

 

" Tvam vismarasi no devah drpyasi tvam natu prabhuh

 

nindasi tvam tvamajnanam satvam premarvatissvayam "

 

 

 

Even if you forget God, He won't forget you. Even if you blame Him due to

your ignorance, He continues to love you. Even if you talk ill of Him due to

your pride and ego, He protects you with love.

 

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*My Pranams to the Lotus feet of SADGURU who* *is the best relative and

friend*.**

 

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*DATTATREYA HARE KRISHNA UNMATANANDA DAYAKA*

 

*DIGAMBARA MUNE BALA PISHACHA JNANA SAGARA*

 

 

 

*I am working and serving for my Sadguru.*

 

*Sadguru is working through me.*

 

*Sadguru alone is working.*

 

*Without Sadguru I am nothing**.*

 

 

 

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భవంతà±

 

* **Sarvejana

Sukhinobhavantu*

* Everyone should be

Happy*

 

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