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MOOJI MOMENT: THERE IS NOTHING IN LIFE THAT I CAN CALL "ME" - This five minute moment from Mooji was taken from one of his walks as he expresses that there is nothing of himself that he can call “Me” and that everything belongs to the “One”. Let’s enjoy his wisdom…

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From Brahmana Swami to Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi 🕉️🙏

Wave after wave of ecstasy flooded through him for hours in the presence of the ascetic. At last, when he opened his eyes, he asked the attendant, Palani Swami, for the ascetic's name. Though he was then called Brahmana Swami, Kavyakantha learnt that his real name was Venkataraman. 

Kavyakantha took „Ramana‟ from his name and since he had seen God in this ascetic, he named him „Bhagavan‟. Bhagavan in Sanskrit means God. 

As he had also given a revelation about tapas which no scripture had ever explained so clearly before, to Kavyakantha, Bhagavan was also a Vedic rishi. 

(Rishi means sage and is derived from drashta, which means seer - one who has seen with the inner eye.  A rishi is he who is ever connected to the original, inexhaustible source of wisdom.) 

But, to Kavyakantha, Bhagavan was not only a rishi but a maharshi - a great rishi .Therefore, he named the ascetic Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. This name, Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, the chanting of which has guided countless people to the silent, still truth, was given by this man of rare genius, Kavyakantha Ganapati Muni. 

From the Inner Journey of 75 old devotees by Sri V. Ganesan.

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CONSCIOUS IMMORTALITY

Joy and pain are the attributes of the ego. When, by atma vichara, you realize that you are not that sheath (the ego), where is the pleasure or pain for you? 

Your real nature transcends all such feelings. So the benefit of atma vichara is tangible in the shape of escape from all the ills and sorrows of life. What more could one want? 

One who is always stationed in the Atman will not be disturbed, even in the midst of a crowd. Such a one has no need or desire for solitude.

One who knows the Self has nothing more to do, nor has he any more thoughts. From then on, the infinite power will carry out all further actions that may be necessary for him.

Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.

The peace that you discovered in your temporary spiritual experiences was found in your Self. It was not imposed upon you. A time will come when we shall have to laugh at our own efforts to realize, for we shall find that what we were before and after is the same.

- p 156

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When a devotee complained that his mind always wandered and that he could not control it, Bhagavan immediately replied, "It is the nature of the mind to wander. You are not the mind." Bhagavan continued, "The mind springs up and sinks down. It is impermanent, transitory, whereas you are eternal." (Talk 97).

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In this birth we have to move from the outer world of manifestations to the inner world of silence and beatitude. As such world is not outside, it is a projection of our consciousness. Meditation, prayerfulness, gratitude, devotion, they transform our lower mind to higher mind where only unity in diversity prevails. Let not this one single goal of self transformation go out of your sight. Let every day every act every thought take you to the evolved state of pure consciousness that is God. 

~~ Bodhi Shuddhaanandaa

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In this birth we have to move from the outer world of manifestations to the inner world of silence and beatitude. As such world is not outside, it is a projection of our consciousness. Meditation, prayerfulness, gratitude, devotion, they transform our lower mind to higher mind where only unity in diversity prevails. Let not this one single goal of self transformation go out of your sight. Let every day every act every thought take you to the evolved state of pure consciousness that is God. 

~~ Shuddhaanandaa ~~

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Why does there seem to be so few awakened beings?

On our planet at the moment it is said we are at our highest population count:

7.5 billion human beings. 

Where are the buddhas? Where are the Christs, the Shivas?

Where are the Ananda Mayi Mas of today?

It is you, waiting for it to come through or in the form of another. 

It is your Self all along. All is in You, the Self.

Then why, you may say, is it so hard to know and be this?

It is not hard. It is not hard. It is neither easy nor hard. 

It simply is.

It is just your mind that is divided 

and makes all these excuses and postponements. 

Mind seems to have a great influence in matters of identity; 

But over who? For whom does the mind work? 

To whom does it say, 'You’re not good enough?’

Is it not to the 'person'? 

Who is none other than the Self disguised as a person. 

You are the indivisible Self.

You are the absolute Self in its mode as conscious presence, 

its earliest and purest manifestation as beingness,

in its purest sense as presence. 

It is the sense of presence that has the capacity 

to be transformed into the sense of personhood. 

It is the sense of the person that is easily misled 

by the voice of the psychological mind, or the ego. 

You must understand these things thoroughly. 

In ignorance, it can appear we are multi-layered;

possessing three kinds of 'I': 

the Self, the presence—'I am', and the ego person.

As person, we are ever changeful and unstable 

unlike the state of presence.

But you are this one, single Self—timelessly perfect 

and unchanging, behind the illusion of personhood.

It is only a question of being totally aware of it.

~ Mooji

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“The wind blows through the sky and flies over continents without settling anywhere. It traverses space and leaves no trace. Thus should thoughts pass through our minds, leaving no karmic residues and not altering our realization of fundamental simplicity.” 

~ H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

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क्रोध आणि हिंसेची शिक्षा

सामान्य माणसालाही नैतिक मूल्ये काय आहेत, अनैतिक काय आहे, पाप आणि पुण्य काय आहे हे सोप्या-सरळ भाषेत रामायण, महाभारतात सांगितले आहे. त्यातलीच एक गोष्ट अश्वत्थामा या द्रोणपुत्राची. क्रोध, क्रोधातून हिंसा याची परिणिती अखेर काय होते व त्याचे गांभीर्य किती आहे, हे त्यातून लगेच समजते.

अश्वत्थामा जन्माला आला तेव्हा द्रोणाचार्यांनी शंकराचे तप केले होते आणि अजर व अमर असे शूर बालक मला मिळू दे, त्याला ब्रह्मास्त्र मिळू देत, त्याचे सर्व मानवजातीवर वर्चस्व राहू दे, त्याच्यावर कोणत्याही शस्त्राचा किंवा रोगाचा प्रभाव पडू नये, अशी ती बहुमुखी विनंती होती आणि शिवाने ती पुरी केली होती.

कौरव-पांडव युद्धात पिता द्रोणाचार्यांचा मृत्यू झाल्याची बातमी ऐकल्यावर अश्वत्थामा अत्यंत क्रोधित झाला. सर्व पांडवांना ठार मारावे, असे त्याने ठरविले. त्यावेळी त्याने एक दृश्य पाहिले. घुबडाला रात्री दिसत असल्याने घुबड कावळ्यावर हल्ला करीत होते. कावळ्याला रात्री दिसत नाही. दिवस उगवल्यावर घुबडाला काही दिसत नाही आणि मग कावळे त्याच्यावर हल्ला करतात. यावरून पांडवांना रात्री मारणे श्रेयस्कर वाटले म्हणून त्याने रात्री हल्ला केला. त्याला पांडव सापडले नाहीत. पांडवांचे पाच पुत्र झोपले होते. त्याने त्यांची हत्या केली.

एवढेच नव्हे तर त्याने अर्जुनपुत्र अभिमन्यूची पत्नी उत्तरा गरोदर असताना, तिच्या गर्भावर ब्रह्मास्त्र सोडले. एका जन्माला न आलेल्या बाळावर त्याने क्रोधाग्निमुळे ब्रह्मास्त्र सोडले. अर्थात, कृष्णाने ते ब्रह्मास्त्र सुदर्शनचक्राने रोखले व तो गर्भ सुरक्षित ठेवला. यानंतर अश्वत्थाम्याची खरी गोष्ट सुरू होते. कृष्णाने संतप्त होऊन त्याच्या कपाळावरील नीलमणी काढून घेतला आणि त्याला शाप दिला. ''तू कलियुग संपेपर्यंत एकटाच भुतासारखा भटकत राहशील. मानवजातीत तुला मिसळता येणार नाही. तुला घर असणार नाही. तुला एकाकी भटकंती करावी लागेल. तुझे रक्षण करणारा नीलमणी मी काढला आहे. तेथील जखम बरी होणार नाही. तुला वेदना होत राहतील.'' अशा शापाने तो आजही पश्चातापदग्ध अवस्थेत भटकत आहे. याबाबत आख्यायिका सांगितल्या जातात.

तो गुजरातमध्ये नर्मदा नदीच्या आसपास भटकतो. तो कर्नाटकात गेला होता. त्याला तेथील विद्वानाने ओळखले व त्याचे पाय धरले. अश्वत्थाम्याने विचारले, 'तुला काय पाहिजे?' 'मला कानडीत महाभारत लिहायचे आहे. ते तुझ्या कृपेने पूर्ण होऊ दे.' मग कन्नड महाभारत लिहून झाले. महंमद घोरीला तीनदा पराभूत करणारा पृथ्वीराज चौहान जंगलात फिरत असताना त्याला खूप उंच माणूस दिसला. तो १२ फूट उंच होता. त्याच्या कपाळावर जखम होती. पृथ्वीराजाकडे वैद्यविद्येचे ज्ञानही होते. त्याने ती जखम व्हावी म्हणून आठ दिवस उपचार केले. मात्र, ती जखम बरी झाली नाही. तेव्हा पृथ्वीराजाच्या लक्षात आले की तो अश्वत्थामा आहे. मग अश्वत्थामा लगेच अदृश्य झाला. अशा एक ना अनेक आख्यायिका आहेत. त्यावर विश्वास ठेवा अथवा न ठेवा. पण कृष्णाने सांगितलेल्या गीतेतील क्रोध आणि हिंसा याची परिणती किती भयंकर असते, याची प्रचीती मात्र अश्वत्थाम्याच्या कथेतून येतेच.

~ विलास मोहिते (महाराष्ट्र टाईम्स, ०५ नोव्हेंबर २०१४)

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"You must come to that place where there remains nothing more to say. 

Where Silence is your last word."

~ Master Mooji