How we impact our World

How we impact our World

(Based on the teachings of Guruji Krishnananda)

Our every thought, every emotion and every act impacts the world. 

Our thought, good or bad, reaches others and triggers a chain reaction. It adds to the misery or the happiness in the world. So, let us be very, very responsible. Let us keep all our thoughts and emotions positive and pleasant.

Let us be calm always. Following just this principle will ensure the welfare of the individual and the whole world.

Do not respond to a situation or a person instantaneously and automatically. Be calm for the briefest moment and pause before responding. There is an ocean of Bliss within us. When we are calm we get connected to this ocean. The peace we experience from it will make a world of difference.

Let us respond from this state of inner peace instead of reacting automatically. If we can do this, our response will always be positive and peaceful.

This is how we live a Spiritual life. This is Sadhana. Sadhana is not just meditating for hours. It is being awake and aware every moment, in our every response to the world.

Knowing this and understanding this is good but it does not help unless we begin applying and practising it in everyday life.

Let us be aware of the impact we have on our world and make conscious efforts to practise being calm as much as possible. May all this help you.

Manifesting Consciously

Manifesting Consciously
(Based on the teachings of Guruji Krishnananda)

We all are concerned about our Spiritual progress. The Rishis (Light Masters) want all of you to rise to their level. They are concerned about your Spiritual progress.

They observe and say that though we are making progress, it is very slow and it is not enough.

How can we grow faster?

The Rishis say, “We are not consciously manifesting love.”

We are not consciously manifesting all that we experience in our Meditation. When we meditate, we experience peace, stillness, bliss and love; we experience the Divine. This is the first part of our Sadhana (Spiritual effort).

The second and the most important part of Sadhana is to manifest all this in our living. Only when we manifest them we get tuned to the Divine.

When we are in tune with the Divine we live in harmony with the world; we do not make mistakes and we will always be positive. We remain in a heightened state all the time.

Spiritual pursuit is not one hour of daily meditation. It is manifesting the Divine 24 hours a day.

In the beginning this may seem very difficult because we get involved in the business of life.

When you begin the day, fill yourself with Love. Throughout the day, be conscious of the Love in you and it will keep flowing out from you even when you are working. Whenever you get a break from work, think of the love flowing from within.

Without manifesting the Divine transformation cannot occur.

Why Should We Meditate

Why Should We Meditate
(Based on the teachings of Guruji Krishnananda)

A student on the Spiritual Path asked me, “Why should we meditate?”

People take up Meditations for different reasons to begin with. They take up Meditations usually to find solutions to their various problems—health issues, financial difficulties, problems with relationships, to overcome stress, to find peace and so on.

Meditation

After they spend some time meditating, they realise that there is a greater purpose in taking up Spiritual Practice. They become aware of higher Truths, higher realities, and their problems either get resolved or they begin to look less important or trivial.

As they spend more time in their Sadhana, their goal shifts from solving their problems to achieving higher Spiritual goals.
Their goal keeps expanding, and ultimately, they set their goal on attaining freedom—to free themselves from all bondages and to become Light, and go back to their Source.

Our Source is Light. Our Source is God. Our ultimate goal is to go back to Him and become Him.

Until we reach the highest goal, Meditations help us live this life sensibly, peacefully and fully.

Living this life in this moment properly is most important. If we live properly in the present, the future is taken care of automatically.

So, we take up Meditations for many reasons in the beginning, and ultimately, to become Light.

Enlightenment

Enlightenment
(Based on the teachings of Guruji Krishnananda)

Samadhi is beginning of our Spiritual jurney

Before we reach the ultimate state of Enlightenment, we go through many stages of awakening.

It begins with the understanding at the intellectual level that we are souls and not these bodies. This understanding may come from reading a book or from some other source.

This understanding may lead to the realisation that we are just visitors to this planet and we are not permanent residents here. We realise that we come from a different Source, which is our true Home, and we have to go back someday. This is another awakening.

When we realise that we are particles of Light, which is God Himself, and that we are here to experience the Creation, it is yet another awakening.
The Creation was brought forth by God with the sole purpose of providing us the opportunities to experience.

The intellectual understanding that we are souls should ultimately lead to the realisation of this Truth by direct experience. We must be able to experience that we are not our body.

That is the beginning of Enlightenment.

Becoming aware of God’s Presence is an important step in Enlightenment. When we become aware of God’s Presence, we love Him and His Creation. We love this earth and everything on it because God created it. This realization is not easy.

When we love God, we should manifest it by loving all of His Creation, which also is not easy for many.

We must realise that life-force is an important factor in Creation and we must manifest it. We bring out life-force when we celebrate life by living life fully. Life-force is what makes us sing, dance and dream. All poetry comes from life-force.

We experience the joy of living when we bring out life-force. This also is a part of the awakening process.

A person on the way to Enlightenment will accept all the imperfections of this world without grumbling, complaining or getting angry. He will always be happy because he lives in Light and is on the way to becoming Light.

Even after Enlightenment (becoming Light), Sadhana continues under the guidance of God Himself. He is the Guru after Enlightenment. We require His guidance forever.

Realising the Spiritual Ultimate

A student asked me, “Can Meditation alone take us to the Spiritual ultimate?”

This is my answer:

Meditation

Meditation is the first step in our Spiritual journey. It is enough to begin with, like choosing a new track or entering a doorway.

Meditation initiates certain processes in us. After beginning the journey, we must make efforts at other times to grow spiritually by positivising.

Meditation begins with silencing our system, which connects us to the ocean of stillness. To experience stillness in Meditation, we must be calm at other times by avoiding negative thoughts, emotions and agitations.

Our true nature is Love, Peace and Joy. When we make efforts to manifest our true nature in our living, we experience stillness during Meditation.

In stillness, our Awareness begins to expand. It rises to higher levels of consciousness.

We experience higher levels of consciousness and come in contact with the Divine Light. We begin to experience the Divine Light and ultimately, we become the Divine Light.

All this happens by Divine Grace. For our part, we just sit for Meditation and offer ourselves in surrender to the Divine.

So, Meditation alone is not enough to reach the ultimate. Meditation can lead us to the ultimate when combined with our sincere efforts during Meditation and at other times, and most importantly, by Divine Grace.

Meditation is a very important step in our Spiritual journey. As we progress, we realise that all life is Sadhana.

Guruji Krishnananda

Realising the Spiritual Ultimate

A student asked me, “Can Meditation alone take us to the Spiritual ultimate?”

This is my answer:

Meditation

Meditation is the first step in our Spiritual journey. It is enough to begin with, like choosing a new track or entering a doorway.

Meditation initiates certain processes in us. After beginning the journey, we must make efforts at other times to grow spiritually by positivising.

Meditation begins with silencing our system, which connects us to the ocean of stillness. To experience stillness in Meditation, we must be calm at other times by avoiding negative thoughts, emotions and agitations.

Our true nature is Love, Peace and Joy. When we make efforts to manifest our true nature in our living, we experience stillness during Meditation.

In stillness, our Awareness begins to expand. It rises to higher levels of consciousness.

We experience higher levels of consciousness and come in contact with the Divine Light. We begin to experience the Divine Light and ultimately, we become the Divine Light.

All this happens by Divine Grace. For our part, we just sit for Meditation and offer ourselves in surrender to the Divine.

So, Meditation alone is not enough to reach the ultimate. Meditation can lead us to the ultimate when combined with our sincere efforts during Meditation and at other times, and most importantly, by Divine Grace.

Meditation is a very important step in our Spiritual journey. As we progress, we realise that all life is Sadhana.

Guruji Krishnananda