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Meditation is NOT the shortcut to supernatural powers…

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I would like to hereby quash this common myth that meditation helps you to gain phenomenal powers like foreseeing the future / visualizing the past.
 
I would clarify this with- first in the pursuit of “Who Am I ?” while in deep meditation , we finally come to realize ourselves [our introduction] and also this is the name with which people around us address / identify us daily. Thereafter our quest changes to the realization of previous birth or afterlife which is again as much fake as the current introduction that we have come to identify ourselves with. Our current introduction is not our own but has been lent to us by our parents,family and the society we associate ourselves with. We are living a temporary life in this world with an identity that has been lent to us just for our worldly journey. All such introductions are fake and we are forever stuck in this identity crisis .We keep running around somewhat in an eccentric manner always searching for the unknown ; one of them being our unending curiosity towards – previous birth / afterlife.
 
It seems funny as such,because even though we humans are incapable of decoding the mysteries of current life but still we are hell bent to unravel the mysteries of previous birth thereby complicating our current lives further. Just imagine, playing two movies at the same time on a single screen,how disturbing and confusing it would look like. I understand that and would mention it because -as and when humans start to drift towards meditation and spirituality,they start to seek something extraordinary / magical and they begin as well to belittle rest of the folks as commoners,downtrodden and sinful. Since, we are the kind of people who once we have started meditation- come to think of ourselves that we are definitely spiritual, thereby closer to the Creator.Hence some remarkable powers should surely come down on us or atleast we should be able to visualize correctly the past / future.We also start behaving according to other people’s opinions about meditation; that it should definitely give us amazing powers and if it doesn’t, it’s not worthwhile to be a regular practitioner of yogic / meditation techniques.
 
The interesting fact to remind ourselves is that some sensational powers like visualizing light,to be able to foresee future or visit the past should not be our only focus when we start practicing meditation. I would like to assert here that the factual end result of meditation is always “YOU_YOURSELF”. The outcome of it all is the event when you reach the stage of “YOU_the OBSERVER” that we have been emphasizing all along in our discourses and that is the most amazing thing to actually happen. So, i would humbly again request that we should all come out of these confusing paths and always ask the pertinent question “WHO AM I ?” and fully enjoy the journey with the answer received and events that happen along the way. Because after all that has been said and done,truth cannot be denied that whoever has come; has to go one day and when everything else gets diminished,the one who should remain is “the_OBSERVER”…

Women power- Second to None…

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Are women weaker than men?? The answer to this question is an emphatic NO.
 
Especially in India, we should never think like that since girls have shown greater mettle and won accolades for the country even in Olympics which were previously male dominated. And the boys are lagging behind in winning medals …I think the girls have actually and literally done the face saving act for the country. I would like to mention that girls/women are the sheer embodiment of SHAKTI and in India, since time immemorial, we have addressed them as POWER [Shakti]. And it is said that the word-SHAKTI  has come out of Lord SHIVA and both are inter-twined becoming one SUPERPOWER.
 
If we come to think of it just for a moment that if the world did not have females,how unsystematic it would have been. I imagine, maybe we males would have been wandering with no sense of dressing,cooking and we would have a lot of trouble managing anything and our lives as well. Even today, it would not be an overstatement if i say that the females lend purpose to the males  who are otherwise very disorderly .
The world has been given the systematic order by females,the focal and central point of all the love and strength in our homes are females. She is omnipresent in all the forms of a mother,a sister,a wife,a daughter. Hence, females should never ever think that they are in any way lesser than males. Sometimes they may be physically weaker than males,weaker in muscles but GOD has created females with innumerable special gifts that can help them easily surpass many such physically stronger males. Females are a boon to the creation.
 
Once , one of my male student came upto to me with the logic that males are far superior to females and he vehemently put forth many facts from internet as well that males have higher IQ levels and I should change my opinion that females are better. But i mentioned to him that his information was incomplete and he missed to take into account a factor of LQ- Love Quotient which is very high/strong point for females and very weak in males. The world is definitely run with female LQ and not with male IQ. 
Hence, all the boys and girls should keep this in mind when I reiterate that without females, the entire world would be in chaos and would never be as beautiful as it is today. Girls are forever the source and embodiment of POWER and my big salute to all the females of this world…

Child counselling on vices like stealing…

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It is noteworthy here to mention for all the children that the vices like stealing is not at all a sin.
 
I would state that everybody at some or the other time is a thief, say for example you stole someone’s idea / thought , presented it before an audience and took applause for the same.But the fact remains that there are several other forms of arts/activities instead of stealing that are more interesting and enjoyable. I would also add that everybody in his/her lifetime has felt like stealing / has stolen some or other thing intentionally / unintentionally.
 
I would hereby like to quote the famous example of Gandhi ji; you must have all gone through his autobiography where he has mentioned that he did steal once and how his father reacted thereafter to , which seems to me as a bad precedent. Many people do appreciate the fact that how Gandhiji’s father punished himself saying that since I did not inculcate good values in you ; hence you stooped down to stealing. This incident taught Gandhiji that violence should not be perpetrated on others but only on oneself and he continued to punish himself for the rest of his life.I personally believe that this mode / example on kids should not be used.
 
I would like to suggest a better example with my experience that whenever some kid comes upto me and says that he /she has stolen something, then i would clarify to them that although there is no harm in stealing but there are many more interestingly enjoyable activities. We should make the child understand in detail that if we steal , then our conscious & sub-conscious mind would remain disturbed , nobody would like to befriend us, we may face many troubles and humiliations, we may even be jailed. Hence, punishing / beating them on knowing that they have stolen- should not be in my opinion an ideal solution to the concern.As a matter of fact-when the child becomes no longer afraid of / gets immune to the repeated beatings,they would then do bigger robberies / crimes.
 
Hence,I would again request that we as parents / guardians should firstly give a patient ear to the child’s concerns ; then make them understand that you yourselves have gone through worst phases during your growing up years and only then the child feels comfortable to open up their hearts / becomes familiar.

Why bad things happen to Good People…

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There is a general perception with everyone that he/she does good to people but they face bad things in lives.
In the current times- there is a lot of strain within personal relationships [families], The thing I am going to mention here should be taken into account with both pros and cons if we want to bring balance into our relationships and lives.
 
This question may often cross our minds that we say and do good to people but bad things have happened in our life :- I would like to share a story to answer the same
 
There were two well known sages- 1-Sage Vashisht and 2- Sage Vishwamitra
 
The people of the times had given Sage Vishwamitra the title of Raj Rishi and Sage Vashisht was given a higher up title of Brahma Rishi.
It pained Sage Vishwamitra that he was bestowed with a lower title than Sage Vashisht and why he was not given the title of Brahma Rishi.
This thought kept on troubling him for long and took the form of jealousy. A time came such that he pondered on finishing off Sage Vashisht and thereby upgrading himself with the title of Bramha Rishi. He concluded in his mind that this seemed to be the most simple and obvious solution to his concern. 
Sage Vishwamitra also started to bad mouth and criticize Sage Vashisht in front of their followers and people in general. Then one night Sage Vishwamitra took a sword , went and hid himself behind the bushes around Sage Vashisht’s ashram with an intent to behead him at the first available opportunity.
 
While behind the bushes, Sage Vishwamitra overheard Sage Vashisht speaking to his pupils. One of the pupils asked Sage Vashisht a question that “What was his opinion on the Raj Rishi-Sage Vishwamitra ? ” 
To this Sage Vashisht became speechless and tears started rolling down his eyes. Controlling his emotions he replied to his pupils – “If you want to learn what the embodiment of true love and compassion in human form looks like, you should look upto Sage Vishwamitra. Sage Vishwamitra is so full of love and empathy towards me and people around him that he is like the moonlight spreading across the sky on a dark night.”
 
The sword fell from the hands of Sage Vishwamitra when he overheard the words of praise coming out of the mouth of Sage Vashisht. Sage Vishwamitra then came out of the bushes and fell onto the feet of Sage Vashisht. Sage Vashisht was taken aback with this gesture , but Sage Vishwamitra disclosed that he was hiding in the bushes with the intent of beheading him. However,when he overheard the faith , the love and praise for him that Sage Vashisht had in his heart , it melted him. On hearing his confession , Sage Vashisht picked Sage Vishwamitra up by his shoulder and hugged him tight.
Sage Vashisht proclaimed to Sage Vishwamitra ” You are the Brahma Rishi from now on”. Because the heart that is full of love , repentance , forgiveness and compassion , the owner of such a heart is the true –Brahma Rishi.
 
Coming back to the initial question- whenever there is strain in families, please make it a point that you do not bad mouth about him / her in their absence. But from what has been generally observed in families nowadays, if there are 4 members in a family, as soon as 1 member goes out, the remaining 3 start criticizing the absent member. And if 2 go out, the remaining 2 members start making unkind remarks about the absent members and this vicious cycle is repeated often.
 
But when you start to value the member not only in their presence but most importantly during their absence, you never bad mouth about them; then and only then the statement that “I say and do good for others” holds true meaning. In such a scenario it would never happen that bad should come upon you.
Once again we need to thoroughly introspect if any such thought of jealousy, belittling, doubting , complaining crosses our minds and are expressed in our actions in front of our near and dear ones.
 
If we can train our minds to be full of love and compassion for all, then the question of good / bad would never arise in your life. The thoughts and advice I am sharing here is not just for the sake of speaking but it is the outcome of my life experiences. I would suggest if we can introspect and can spend only 20 minutes with ourselves at our homes / any place of worship in utter silence then the seeds of compassion ,empathy and love towards all would germinate and fructify in your hearts.
If this can be achieved through meditation, the question of good / bad in our lives can be put to rest.

How to be an effective ORATOR,PRESENTER…

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This make believe world that we today live in is forever evolving and as rightly said -“Change is the only thing permanent in this Universe.” The best time to change is before we are asked / forced to change by the unpredictable circumstances.
Everybody from all walks of life wants to be successful in professional and personal spheres of their lives.
The mantra to achieve this has below mentioned 3 focal points and the blend of these can make you a performance driven individual and the owner of a magnetic personality.
 
1-INVOLVEMENT– This quality of getting physically, emotionally and mentally involved in the assignments / tasks at hand can be cultivated by thorough discipline of avoiding distractions. The person who does not procrastinate meaning does not keep things pending to be done on a later date has higher chances of being successful at whatever they attempt in LIFE.
 
2-VITALITY– We all want to be like that person in our group / the mentor we look up whose core is energetic and who is always raring to go at the drop of a hat. Such a person is always excited about life,is ready to handle any challenge with his never say die attitude. The secret to being energetic is that even though there can be dull days as well when we do not want to do / attend to things that are necessary and cannot be delayed. But through sheer discipline which should be an integral part of our personalities,we would be able to bounce back on our bad days ; be a live wire [always energetic] and our achievements would be the source of inspiration to the family & society at large.
 
3-LISTENING– It is said that the best form of flattery is our enthusiastically listening to a person without interrupting him/her.This subtle quality is the anchor to the entire data analytics and output mechanism as every situation / task requires a two way communication. Every great leader / successful personality of his times has been a avid listener.
This trait is of absolute importance in the current age as everybody is highly impatient to put forth his / her point of view irrespective of the fact that the same may be right / wrong.
 
On a lighter vein – just like students start answering a question before reading it entirely / understanding the crux of it for reaching to the solution. Hence, our emphasis should always be to give a patient ear to the speaker [input], give time to our mind [processor] to analyze and then communicate back with a befitting reply.
Hence, the amalgamation of the above qualities with persistent and patient practice can make you a go-getter and enable you to lead a contended LIFE. 

How to become Powerful through SILENCE

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Through my personal experience i would like to share that the the best way to succeed / to accumulate strength is through the route of  “Silence”. Whatever i have achieved in LIFE has been by walking on this path of being silent. Silence… because as soon as you become silent,close to 80% of your energy stops going outside.
 
There is a general misconception that most of our energy loss is due to intercourse and now science has also proven this that comparatively more energy is consumed during talking than during intercourse. If we want to follow celibacy [Brahmacharya] to control our self then i suggest it’s better to control our conversing. Speak less, limit your conversations to bare minimum[telegraphic]…reach the stage of “Partial Silence” and then gradually reach “Complete Silence”[temporary].
 
At Genius Temple,we do a seminar from morning 7am to evening 7pm of 12 hrs with around approx 50 people with me. So,during the course of the day the entire team practices to not speak anything and i as the facilitator speak only the instructions / techniques of how to proceed.Hence,at the end of the seminar the attendees feel bloated with energy . I say to them that it is not me but they themselves who have generated the energy and accumulated it throughout the day. I assist them with the realization that they had started the day as empty vessels,generated energy internally,were with themselves meditating in silence the whole day. All were doing this with full consciousness without connecting with others in the room and eventually in the evening their inside became full of overbearing energy.
 
 I would like to suggest you to come and join us for such seminars maybe of 1 or 3 or 5 days as per your convenience. During the seminar of 5 days,all the 50 of us together remain in utmost silence .Its better to attempt this with a group for better enjoyment and for training our minds. I would also intentionally mention here that the best possible place for mediation is inside our homes and not any of the ashrams / gurusthaan / caves of Himalayas / pilgrim centers of this world.
 
Choose any convenient corner of your home and start practicing. So take training here like a school to go deeper into meditation at your home, i have only facilitated the know-how / procedure to do the same. So,from now on start towards finding yourself , finding “Silence” in chaos. Because the Creator himself is the best example of Silence as nobody ever has been able to listen to the Almighty’s voice. We have to be one with the Creator and for that the medium is “SILENCE”…