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Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself...... ~Paramahansa Yogananda

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परमात्मा का होना अगर सबसे बड़ा सच है, तो मेरा होना सबसे बड़ा झूठ है। क्योंकि यहां दो मैं तो हो ही नहीं सकते। अस्तित्व तो एक है। एक ही मैं हो सकता है। पूरा अस्तित्व अगर एक है तो इसका एक ही केंद्र हो सकता है। लेकिन हर व्यक्ति, हर बूंद घोषणा करती है अपने मैं की।

ज्ञानी को यही शर्म आती है। वह लज्जा से भर जाता है। कितनी अतिशयोक्ति की! कितनी अपनी घोषणा की, जहां कुछ भी न था। पानी का बबूला था, जरा सा छुआ कि टूट गया। कागज की नाव थी, बही नहीं कि डूब गयी। ताश के पत्तों का घर था, हवा आयी नहीं कि गिर गया। पर कितने-कितने दावे किए! कितनी घोषणाएं कीं!

तुम्हारा होना सिर्फ नुकसान पहुंचाने का दावा है। वह हिंसा की एक घोषणा है। तुम उसी वक्त कहते हो--कि मैं कौन हूं जानते हो--जब तुम दावा करना चाहते हो कि मैं चाहूं तो विध्वंस कर सकता हूं।

तुम्हारी सारी अकड़ हिंसा है। अहंकार हिंसा का सूत्र है। जानने वाला तो कहता है, मैं कहां हूं! पता ही नहीं चलता। मैं कौन हूं! कुछ पता नहीं चलता। जानने वाला तो खो जाता है। अज्ञानी अकड़ा रहता है। जो नहीं है वह तो कहता है, मैं हूं। और जो हो जाता है, वह यह भाषा बोलना बंद कर देता है।

ओशो❤

🌹एक ओंकार सतनाम-18 (नानक)🌹

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From ~~~ Day by Day with Bhagavan, 31-1-46.

Sri Ramana Maharshi :

That which is, is peace.

All that we need do is to keep quiet.

Peace is our real nature.

We spoil it.

What is required is that we cease to spoil it.

For instance, there is space in a hall (room).

We are not going to create space anew.

We fill up the place with various articles.

If we want space, all that we need do

is to remove all those articles and we get space.

Similarly,

if we remove all the rubbish from the mind

the peace will become manifest.

That which is obstructing the peace

must be removed.

Peace is the only Reality.

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The one who follows the thought is also a thought! The one who follows the thought IS in thought. When you know that both are thoughts, you are home. You are not at home, you ARE home. Then allow thoughts to arise and allow them to be followed. You remain as That unmoved and unconcerned Being. This is the highest understanding.

~ Papaji

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Is God personal?

Maharshi. Yes, He is always the first person, the I, ever standing before you. Because you give precedence to worldly things, God appears to have receded to the background. If you give up all else and seek Him alone, He alone will remain as the I, the Self.

(The Maharshi's Gospel)

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Three types of aspirants

Synopsis

There are three types of aspirants: Uttama, Madhyama, and Adhama Adhikaris. To three classes of aspirants, Raja Yoga prescribes three kinds of Sadhana. To the Uttama Adhikari (first-class aspirant), Raja Yoga prescribes Abhyasa and Vairagya. He practices meditation on the Self; he practices Chitta-Vritti-Nirodha (restraining the modification of the mind-stuff) and soon enters into Samadhi. This is practice (Abhyasa) sustained by Vairagya.

By Swami Sivananda, ET

Raja Yoga is the royal road to freedom from misery.... Practice from today. Never miss a day. Remember, each day brings you nearer to the end of earthly existence as human being. The cause of this misery is Avidya. When the sun of discrimination arises within, the Purusha realises that He is distinct from Prakriti, that He is independent and unaffected. Raja Yoga gives you a most practical method of bringing about this exalted state.

According to Raja Yoga, there are three types of aspirants: Uttama, Madhyama, and Adhama Adhikaris. To three classes of aspirants, Raja Yoga prescribes three kinds of Sadhana. To the Uttama Adhikari (first-class aspirant), Raja Yoga prescribes Abhyasa and Vairagya. He practices meditation on the Self; he practices Chitta-Vritti-Nirodha (restraining the modification of the mind-stuff) and soon enters into Samadhi. This is practice (Abhyasa) sustained by Vairagya.

To the Madhyama Adhikari (middling aspirant), Raja Yoga prescribes the Kriya Yoga: Tapas, Svadhyaya and Ishvarapranidhana. Tapas is austerity. Egolessness and selfless service are the greatest forms of Tapas. Humility and desirelessness are the greatest forms of austerity. Practice these through ceaseless, untiring, selfless service.

To the Adhama Adhikari, lowest kind of aspirant, Raja Yoga prescribes Ashtanga Yog, or the eightfold Sadhana: Yam, Niyam, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharana, Dhyan, and Samadhi.

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ENLIGHTENMENT (3 stages of)
Osho in I say unto you, vol.1

Mini-Satori: This is when the first glimpse happens. When, for the first time, for a single moment mind is not functioning, there is a gap -- no thought between you and existence---and the meeting, merging, the communion... but for a moment. And from that moment the seed will be in your heart and growing.

Satori is what I call the second stage. It is when you have become capable of retaining this gap as long as you want. For hours together, days, you can remain in this interval, in this utter aloneness, in God, with God, as God. But a little effort is still needed on your part. Whenever you want you can create that milieu in you which brings it. You can relax, if it comes in relaxation; you can dance if it comes in dance. You can go under the sky if it comes there. You can watch a rose flower if it happens there. You can go and float in a river if it happens there. That's how all the methods have been discovered. They have been discovered by people when they found out that in a certain situation it happens. It is almost like your radio or like your TV: it is always there, sounds are always passing; you just have to tune the radio to a certain station -- and the song, and the news. But still, effort is needed to tune. You are not continuously tuned on your own, you have to work it out. Some days it is easy, some days it is hard. If you are in a negative mood it is hard, if you are angry, it is hard. If you are loving it is easier. In the early morning it is easier, in the evening it is more difficult. Alone on a mountain it is easier, in the market-place it is more difficult.

Samadhi: When you become so capable of finding it that any moment, whenever you want it -- not a single moment is lost -- you immediately can pinpoint it, then the third thing happens. It becomes a natural quality.