The Whispers Of My Heart

 The Almighty bestows upon every being with three different forms of energy - 𝙎𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮, 𝙋𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮, 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮 - though in varying quantities.  All the three forms of energy are however perfectly interchangeable.  One is free to transform one form of energy to other form(s) according to one's craving.  For instance, a wrestler converts spiritual and sexual energies into physical energy. That's why the wrestlers are usually dimwits, have very less sexual urge.  Likewise I have observed that hypersexuals lack physical energy, remain perennially jaded.  Ascetics, meditators use their energies most optimally.  By practising celibacy (ब्रह्मचर्य) and refraining from all kinds of sexual practices, an ascetic successfully transforms the sexual energy into spiritual energy.  With this transformation, an ascetic gains :  (𝙖) 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙥𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮.  (𝙗) 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙩?...

 𝙄𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡?  While walking at the Sukhna lake, my friend asked out of the blue, "Sanjay, Is Sukhna lake real or fake?" Astonished by his inquisitiveness, I responded, "What's your opinion?"  "Of course this lake is real! But I want your view?" he said.  "The lake's water is evaporating, changing it's form incessantly - becoming vapours. How can anything that is ever in a state of flux be real? Not only things, according to His Holiness Adi Shankaracharya ji, the entire world is only an illusion (माया)" I said playfully.  "You mean that all the beings including my wife, my children, my job are also unreal?" he asked sarcastically.  "Well, has your wife, your children, your job ever crossed your mind whenever you are in deep sleep?" I asked.  "No. But what all this conveys? Kindly elucidate." he asked curiously.   "You see, at any given point of time o...

Of all the things, I have found that desires are main obstacles in the way of God realization.  As long as one is obsessed with desires for material things & beings, salvation is not possible.  Our sacred scriptures (शास्र) explicitly state that one can safely satisfy the following four desires:  (a) Hunger.  (b) Thirst.  (c) Sleep.  (d) Calls of nature.  If one tries to satisfy desires apart from the four mentioned above, then one would indubitably be in grief, in bondage!  People nowadays are trying to find happiness in fulfilling their superfluous desires. But the fact is that fulfilment of a desire gives only fleeting pleasure, not lasting joy.  So it's only by reducing one's desires that one can enjoy infinite bliss.  Is there any way to reduce one's desires?  Well, there are three methods to eliminate superfluous desires.  I have named them as:  (a) Filling The Void Method.  (b) Overlook Method.  (c) Al...

  Mentors play critical role in one's life. They guide and mould the character, personality of their students.  And yes, a guide need not be in a human form.  Lord Dattatreya had twenty four gurus like snake, honey bee, earth, air.  Broadly speaking, there are two kinds of mentors : (𝙖) 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 : They impart knowledge about the material world, society. They equip their pupils with necessary social etiquettes, qualifications and skills so that they can earn their living.  (𝙗) 𝙂𝙪𝙧𝙪𝙨 : They take their students (शिष्य) out of delusions, make them see the real nature of material world. They help them in their pursuit of attaining Supreme Being so that they can remain perpetually blissful.  I personally believe that as compared to a teacher, a guru is more venerable, has much important role to play.  Goswami Tulsidas ji has explicitly written in Sri Ramcharitamanas :  "गुरु बिन भव निधि तरइ न कोई."  (Without the help of a guru, no on...

Last week I received an email from a spiritual aspirant.  He requested me to share some valuable tips for progress on the spiritual path.  Well, let me make it clear that spiritual path is not an easy one. Also it is not for everyone.  In the contemporary world one can find umpteen persons claiming themselves to be the messengers of God. But most of them are plain fraudsters.  These very scoundrels have brought disrepute to the ochre robes.  I firmly believe that it is only due to the tendencies and impressions (संस्कार) from the present and past lifetimes that a person gets genuinely attracted towards spirituality.  Such an individual feels intense craving for the Lord.  This craving or pull is also referred to as "The Call Of The Lord" in our scriptures.  So strong is "The Call Of The Lord" that those who experience it renounce their wealth, family despite the counsels of their friends and relatives.  Prince Siddhartha (Gautam Buddha) renou...

 संसार से हमारे ताल्लुक़ात तीन ज़रियों से हो सकते है :  (क) हम संसार को पकड़े रखें.  (ख) हम संसार को छोड़ दें. (ग) या फिर संसार हमसे छूट जाए.  अक़्सर यह वहम हो जाता है कि संसार हमें पकड़ता है, पर हकीकत यह है कि हम ही सांसारिक चीज़ों की ओर आकर्षित होते हैं, इनके पीछे भागते हैं.  बिजली की तार हमारी ओर चलकर नहीं आती, हम ही उससे उलझते हैं और फिर हमें नुक़सान पहुँचता है!   कुछ लोग बगैर किसी सोच समझ के संसार को छोड़ कर वीरान जगहों में डेरा डाल लेते हैं.  पर यक़ीन मानिये, संसार इनके ज़हन में ही रहता है.  ऐसे ही फ़रेबी अपने आलीशान डेरों में हरम रखते हैं, नापाक तरीकों से दौलत जमा करते हैं.  मुनासिब यही है कि संसार हमसे अपने आप ही छूट जाए.  संसार तभी छूटता है जब यह इल्म हो जाए कि सांसारिक रिश्तों, वस्तुओं से मिलने वाला सुख क्षणिक है, फ़रेब है.  आम जब पक जाता है तो वह ख़ुद ब ख़ुद टहनी से जुदा हो जाता है.  ठीक ऐसे ही जब श्री हरि कृपा से यह एहसास हो जाए कि संसार में सुख कम लेकिन दुख, धोखे़ और परेशानियाँ ज़्यादा है, तो संसार स्वत: ही छू...

  I have observed that achieving material objectives require less efforts than attaining spiritual goals.  It is no child's play to withdraw one's senses from sense objects.  In deep sleep, senses are withdrawn from sense objects automatically and one enjoys bliss, albeit for a brief period.  As soon as one awakens, one's senses again start running after the sense objects.  A wise monk understands that the happiness provided by sense objects is fleeting but ultimately they inflict much more sorrows, diseases.  Through continuous practice and wisdom, a monk is able to withdraw his senses from the sense objects, consciously.  He then channelizes all his thoughts in the direction of  Absolute Reality, who is the fountainhead of everlasting joy.  That's why a yogi remains perennially ecstatic, experiences unpolluted joy continually.  A monk has to meditate deeply, introspect a lot so as to mould his mind in such a way that it remains balance...