The Master Magic @Yogi Sabhagraha
Gurudev entered the lovely
yogi sabhagraha at 8 45 am. Started with “Om” chanting and “Satyam Param Dimahi”
chanting and then led us through a beautiful long meditation. He also slipped
deep into meditation (I peekedJ). There was so much
peace in the atmosphere, so much love, all barriers if any would have dissolved
then only.
It was a smart move by
Gurudev, made us and our minds extremely quiet, then he said “Ask questions”!!
It took the audience a long time to warm up to ask questions. J But we did get the ball rolling. Here is a list of the Q&A
that I remember. Please forgive me mistakes or lapses in memory. Ive also mixed
English and Hindi almost as Gurudev spoke. Don’t have the heart to translate
his words J
Many people were asking questions
without the mike from the balcony etc. but could be easily heard as there was
such a loving silence from the audience, keen to hear every word, the “amrit
vaani”.
As soon as the compair
started asking questions from behind the curtain he said – “arre zameen par kyou baithe ho?” And started
removing the rug from underneath his feet. The compair said “No No Guruji, Im
fine”. Yet Gurudev wasn’t happy, while she was reading questions, he called
Devang and personally helped him remove
the 2 gaddas from below his feet to give for the people sitting on the other
side of the stage on the floor. And he added, “Volunteerism starts from here only”.
Such concern for every soul, such style, such panache, such humility, such
love, grace, beauty, knowledge, devotion – only Sri Sri can have.
Q – Guruji, when did you decide that you were going to be “Guruji” ?
A –
You really want to go back so much in history?? Many thousands of years? (laughter)
Q – How do we strengthen faith and keep our faith strong in these
difficult times?
A – Faith ko strong karne ke chakkar mein mat
pado. Doubt karo. Itna doubt karo ki doubt mein doob jao. Phir dekho jo na hila
– voh faith hai. Phir voh faith Mumbai ki Imarato ki tarah strong hoga.
Dekho, doubt kab aata hai – jab prana Shakti
kam ho jaati hai.
Sabse pehle kya hota hai jab prana kam hota
hai? Doubt, shanshay aata hai. Jab prana
aur bhi kam ho jata hai – tab kuch acha
nahi lagta,
jab aur bhi kam ho jata hai to suicidal
tendencies aa jaati hai.
To itna chakkar hone mat do. Saddhana seva
aur satsang se prana badhta hai. When
your prana is high you never get doubt. Some mornings you just wake up bubbling
with energy that is when your prana is high.
Q – Guruji it is said that bad things happen to bad people, but I have
seen that it is not true. Only good things happen to bad people.
A –
No that theory is completely wrong. Wait a little. You will see that bad things
will only happen to bad people. If good things are happening to them, it is because
they are enjoying the fruits of some previous good karma. But they will finally
come down. Girne ke liye bhi to thoda
uthna padta hai, varna girenge kaise?? Karma ka niyam atal hai. If the sun
rises over the Arabian see and sets in Chennai, I will accept your theory, but
that won’t happen anytime soon.
Q – How much do planetary positions affect us – one jyotish has
told me that I might have an accident because of some planetary position?
A – Dekho jyotish ek guideline hai. Ek marg
darshak hai, uska exact prediction nahi hota. Agar kuch hona hota hai to uska
upay bhi hota hai. Aur sab planetary positions ke effect ko nullify karta hai “Om
namah shivaya” chanting.
Q – Guruji patrata kaise badhaye?
A – Hmmm, dekho ek to yeh awareness hai ki
patrata badhani hai. Aur baaki to seva, satsang, sadhana se patrata badhti hai.
Q – Gurudev, I work in Marketing, and I have been told that you should
stay away from these Guru’s and all as they influence you a lot.
A –
What you are saying is an old paradigm. The new paradigm is that Marketing
people say, GO and learn marketing from Guru’s. They can teach you. Learn how they
reach 153 countries with no capital. How so many people get motivated?
Q - Someone in my family has schizophrenia – people with schizophrenia
cannot do kriya – is schizophrenia hereditary?
A – Hmmmm. Heriditary, ho bhi sakta hai aur nahi bhi.
Pehle maine nahi suna tha itne logo ko schizophrenia hote. Ab jyaada ho gaya
hai. Jinko schizophrenia hai unke mind par koi pressure nahi hona chaiye..koi
performance pressure nahi hona chaiye. Thoda
Meditation karao. Kriya to nahi kar
sakte, par thoda meditation kar sakte hai. Par davai to deni padegi
Q – Gurudev, can we please keep organic sugar in our divine shops? It
is not available.
A – Hah,
you know I was asking our people about it. You know that the sugar lobby in our
country is so strong. TO extract sugar in a more raw form than it currently –
you need a license!!! Currently you can only extract it after adding so much
sulphur to make it that poisonous white sugar. I tell you the sugar lobby has
looted the health and wealth of this country!! Use jiggery instead. It has
zinc, magnesium and iron, all 3 are good for you.
Q – Gurudev, as part of my job come back late in the night and with
the way things are going, I feel very scared as a woman. I feel I should keep a
weapon with me, but I think that is so violent. What should I do?
A – One
option is to change your job. Other option is learn some Karate or something.
These little little girls in the ashram have learnt Taikwando and they have got
national level medal. Learn Martial Arts. And don’t worry, nothing will happen
to you.
Q - Upnayan is going to happen in Mumbai
soon. Can you please share something about that?
A -
Upnayan is taking responsibility. Taking responsibility of your parents,
Society as well as knowledge. It also makes the person realise. "Ishwar
Ansh Jeev Avinashi". That i am part of the infinite. It is also capacity
building and confidence building.
Q – Cant talk to elders because of fear. Ghutan ho rahi hai.
A –
Where there is respect there will be fear. But if there is respect with love,
there is no need to fear. Say whatever is in your heart
Q – Guruji please tell us a story from your childhood?
A – I
think that it is continuing
Q – Guruji aap kehte hai ki hamaari vajah se kisi ko taklif nahi
honi chaaiye. Par agar hamare seva or satsang karne se kisi ko taklif ho to kya
kare?
A – Laughs
– Phir ek shlok hai (Sanskrit shlok)”Koi
kisi ko dukh ya such nahi de sakta. Tum apna sukh dekho aur unhe apne kasht
jhelnne do. Par iska matlab yeh nahi ki agar tumhare ghar mein koi bimar hai,
tum usko na dekho aur seva ke liye nikal pado. Ya tumhara pati ya bacha kuch
chahta ho aur tum nikal jao. Par aisa bhi nahi hai ki tum sirf unki suno. To
tumhe ghutan ho jayegi aur man ki taklif ho jaayegi. Kabhi unki suno, kabhi
apni karo. Aisa nahi ki har waqt apni karo ya har waqt unki suno. Life is
about compromise I tell you.
Q – When I am very anxious to meet you what should I do?
A
(laughs) Close your eyes and relax. Just meditate I am you and you are me. We
are always together. In fact any type of anxiety, just close your eyes and
relax. But don’t follow this while walking on the road or driving a car!! ;)
You
give me all your desires and do my work. It is already in your experience that
your small needs are been taken care of.
Q- I do sadhana, seva, satsang, but I am not able to let go? How do
I let go?
A – (Guruji
was playing with some mogra flowers on the sofa. He picked them and let them
from a distance and said like this. Just let go. At some point you will say na “I
give up”. When you cannot take it anymore? Then why wait to get to that point.
Give up little little as it come. Did you get it?
Stop
worrying about little things and desires. Desire Big, how can we raise a
spiritual revolution in this country. The small worries will dissolve
automatically.
Q – Guruji I do all Art of living practices and seva, sadhana
satsang, but I love watching movies. I watch many of them. Then I feel bad that
I can do something better with that time? Is that ok or am I being too harsh on
myself?
A- Ha
its ok. See you can watch but if you watch too much all your energy will get
drained and plus you will get thick specs. Entertainment should be energising,
not draining. Watch once in 3-4 months. If you want to see more, see half hour
and come out. Keep some suspense in life. See how nature has kept suspense from
you. How you were born is suspense. When you will die is suspense. What happens
after death is suspense, so the interest stays. You also keep suspense in life.
Some other statements – who’s questions I cant remember!!
Laxmi unke paas daud ke aati hai, jo
prayatna karta hai aur jisme sher (lion) jaisa confidence ho.
Prayatna aur prarthna – dono hona zaroori
hai. Aisa nahi ho sakta ki aap sirf prarthna kare aur prayatna na kare – to yeh
kaam nahi hoga. Aisa hota hai ki koi prarthna kare aur kaam ho jata hai – par vaha
tak pahuchne mein bahut waqt lagta hai – phir to siddh ho gaye. Tab hi yeh hota
hai.Aisa bhi nahi hoga ki aap sirf prayatna kare – aur prathna na kare. Dona
saath chalte hai.
After so many questions, he said let’s
do a couple of bhajans and then picked up the mogras showered the audience with
them and emptied some on his own head and threw the bowl to a volunteer. Im
like so charmed by his “adaas”. Jai Gurudeva
