Questions & Answers

A seeker is like a half-cooked grain of rice whose ego of “I am this body” is still persisting. After completion of his spiritual practice, a seeker becomes a Siddha, like a fully cooked grain of rice.

A Siddha is like a seedless variety of grapes, full of juice. He is like a lump of jaggery sweet all through. A Siddha is always full of bliss, happiness, enthusiasm, love and peace. He loves everyone and accepts love from all.

To take birth and come in this world everyone requires a mother. Similarly, to have spiritual birth, to understand the true meaning of life, a Guru is necessary.

Fire is already there in the wood, but to bring it out, another burning piece of wood or matchstick or some source of fire or having a live fire is required. Similarly, to bring out the divinity concealed within your body, mind and intellect, a Guru who can give Shaktipat Diksha is absolutely essential.

Actually the real deity for everyone, each family is already within your body. The only true worship of the deity is to make it introvert and awaken it to go towards Sahasrar.

The sea contains all river waters in it. So a bath in the sea is equal to taking a bath in all the holy waters. Similarly all gods and goddesses are included on one Sri Guru. If you can practice devotion to him, you get the credit for doing all other worships.

But until this becomes your knowledge, there is no escape from ritualistic religion. When you realise through meditation that the Guru is the only desired deity, all other worships will stop automatically. You need not try to stop them. You don't give up anything; let things drop out by themselves with the grace of the Guru.

The word Guru means ignorance about the self. Ru means the one who removes the ignorance. Everybody knows and experiences the three stages of waking, dream and deep sleep; but you are not aware of the consciousness that illumines the experiences in these three stages.

A completely realised Guru who possesses a thorough knowledge of Upanishads can point out to you about the Atma in you. Guru makes you listen to him and gives you knowledge of that self-effulgent light, Chaitanya or the God that is residing within you in your heart.

The Guru who gives initiation is an expert in the science of Shaktipat. He can awaken your Kundalini and make you experience through meditation the blue light or the Sadguru residing within you.

A Guru who can give or describe knowledge of Atma is like a lantern who has realised himself and can throw light on the path of another seeker. A Guru who is an expert in Shaktipat can transmit divine energy into another seeker and awaken Kundalini.

In olden days, seekers of truth and those aspiring for God realisation used to leave their houses and go to the jungles in search of a Guru. The state of mental development is quite different today.

Unless meditation camps are conducted from place to place, and Gurubhakti is introduced to people, they may not understand the real aim of human life. Meditation camps also serve the purpose of bringing spiritual guidance to people.

In practical life, the meaning of good behaviour is to take care of oneself and one's affairs, not to interfere with anyone else, and at times, to help others as far as possible.

However, the real meaning of good behaviour is to remember God at every step, with every breath throughout your life. If you do not remember God and only lead a quiet harmless life, or even lead a life useful for other people, it is not good behaviour in the real sense of the word.

A utensil which is meant for keeping milk needs not only to be scrubbed and cleaned, but also to be filled with milk. Similarly, life without love for the Self will be dry and meaningless. There can be no God realisation without meditation.

If you do not go to school or college but are reading and studying at home, that does not go waste; but study carried out under the guidance of a school teacher becomes easier and brings better success.

Similarly, until you come across a Guru, any spiritual practices like Japa, Tapas or other disciplines of behaviour performed with a desire of God realisation do not go waste; but the results come very late.

When Guru gives a Mantra to you, he charges it with his own power and such a Japa fructifies very quickly.

Kundalini Yoga is a perfect and established experimental science. Japa of God's name, if practised for a very long time, does result in increasing heat in the body. This heat or manifestation of fire is due to Kundalini awakening, no doubt, but this is of an inferior quality.

For higher meditation and for Shaktipata in upward or inward direction, it is absolutely necessary to have a Guru who is well-versed in this science of Shaktipata. Awakening of Kundalini is a very precious gain, and the grace and guidance of Guru are emphasised in this path.

चुना किंवा हळदचुना एकत्र आले की तिसराच रंग त्याचप्रमाणे आत्मज्ञान आणि गुरुभक्ती एकत्र आले की श्रीरंग प्रगट होतो.

मी देह ही भावना म्हणजे ego. मी देव आहे ही भावना झाल्याशिवाय देहभावना जात नाही. त्यासाठी व्यक्तिजीवनाचा त्याग करा, समष्टीचे जीवन जगा. गुरुमध्ये विलीन व्हा यासाठी.

गुरुला सर्व श्रेय द्यायचे. आपण instrument व्हायचे गुरुचे. तो सांगेल तसे करायचे. गुरु व्यापक. त्याचे झाले की आपले जीवनही व्यापक बनेल.

Ego जायला सेवाभाव, समर्पणभाव हवा.

गुरुकृपा असली की कोणतीही गोष्ट सहज साध्य होते. स्विचशिवाय करंट नाही तशी माध्यमाशिवाय शक्ती मिळत नाही. गुरुकृपा झाली तरच आपण त्या अपार सामर्थ्याचे धनी होऊ.

गुरु अनुकूल झाल्याशिवाय प्रतिकूल कसे जाईल? गुरुकृपा लाभली की देवदेवतांचीही कृपा मिळतेच.

जो जीवन बदलतो तोच गुरु. तेथेच गुरुत्व प्रगट. जो आत्मज्ञान देतो तोच खरा गुरु. तोच खरा गुरु की ज्याच्याकडे पाहून परमार्थाची आठवण होते.

परमार्थ बोलावासा वाटतो. आपली शक्ती बाहेर काढण्याची युक्ती सांगतो तोच खरा गुरु.

प्रेमच विश्वाचे मूळ आहे. प्रेम हाच परमेश्वर. सर्वांनीच एकमेकांकडे आदराने, प्रेमाने पाहिले पाहिजे. ध्यानाची परिणती प्रेमातच झाली पाहिजे.

प्रेमाशिवाय व्यवहारात अर्थच नाही. मने जुळली पाहिजेत. प्रेम निर्हेतुक असले पाहिजे. योग्याचे प्रेम निर्हेतुक, universal. प्रेमानेच दुसऱ्यांना जिंकता येते. गुरुवरील प्रेमानेच गुरुप्रसन्नता लाभते.