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 LOTUS COOL  
Surf Baba wrote on the 26 February 2010
 

Mood. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcJuBtPcm8Y

Do you like it?

  
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 LOTUS COOL  
B responded on the 27 February 2010
 

Mood. It's OK, be nice to see the person!

  
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 Yogini Mata  
Bharat Bhushan wrote on the 12 December 2009
 

Mood. I am preparing some pages on Param Dayal Ji Maharaj and his disciples. Can you give me the present address of Yogini Mata Ji?

  
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 life after death  
fluffy wrote on the 24 February 2009
 

Mood. Just wondered if anyone can tell me there beliefs on life after death. And about the spirits world. Thought I might be enlightened and perhaps reassured on this subject?

  
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 favorite quote  
Apostolos wrote on the 24 February 2009
 

Mood. hi,
this is one of my favorite quotes by Francisco Goya, the famous Spanish painter.

-An advice is as good as the person that gives it.

  
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 Meditation How to Experience Formlessness  
Kip Mazuy wrote on the 07 October 2008
 

Mood. When you learn
to witness thoughts
and stop the action
of identifying with them,

there comes a point
where the individual 'you'
with a memory, personality and a body
temporarily disappears.

It feels freeing
but at the same time
quite strange.

Although there is this incredibly
blissful flow of energy,
there is nothing to hold onto
nothing to define yourself by,
there is just witnessing without form.

The tendency is to always
jump back into identification
with your thinking
where everything is familiar
and known.

Even if you are unhappy,
you are familiar with it,
it feels like home.

So it is a huge jump
to move into witness consciousness
and requires your complete focus,
to give every thought away as it arises.

But once you make the jump,
and you are without form,
let your focus rest
on the flow of energy,
let yourself rest in the bliss that is there.

This will help you remain
in this state for longer periods of time.

Even a few seconds in this state
is incredibly transforming.

It is not that you are
jumping out of yourself
and into something completely different,

but simply you are letting go
of the limited perception you are used to
and experiencing what is always there
behind it.

You can have all the drama of your life
back in an instant if you want it,

but you have to have the courage
to let go and venture beyond
what is comfortable and known
if you want to experience the bliss
that is your true nature.

Blessings,

Kip

  
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 Buddhists  
vibes wrote on the 02 September 2008
 

Mood. Buddha said "be your own man". Why are their buddhists who try to be like Buddha?

  
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 Witnesses to elephant rescues  
Ruth Harries wrote on the 07 August 2008
 

Mood. I am just wondering if anyone knows of any elephant rescues that happened during the tsunami for a Animal Planet programme I am working on. I am also trying to track down Laura Barnett who apparently witnessed the elephant rescues.

Thanks,

Ruth

  
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 How to Be Free From a Busy Mind  
Kip Mazuy wrote on the 10 May 2008
 

Mood. If you can learn
to allow thoughts
to come and go
without identifying with them,
without getting involved with them,
then you see thoughts
come and go
all by themselves.

In this
you are not
engaging the mind.

Be very present
and see the thought arise.

The instant you see
the thought arising,
let go of it.

Don't push it away,
just let go of it.

The tendency
is to "jump" into the thought,
to get involved with it.

But it is possible
to let the thought go
without ever
getting involved with it.

When the television is on,
images and sounds
flash before you.

If you get involved with those images,
they become linear.
You link the images and sounds
together to create a story
and then you are engrossed.

Witnessing would be
to let go of each image and sound
as soon as they flash before you.
Each image and sound
never turn into a story
because you are letting them go
as soon as they arise.

More and more
you will simply experience
the essence of thought,
which is energy.
Energy moving,
as consciousness
and that is blissful.

Over time,
you will be able
to let go of the thought
before it even
fully manifests
in your consciousness.

Then a whole new world
opens up.

Blessings,
Kip

  
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 GOD  
ROY wrote on the 15 December 2007
 

Mood. believe and you will recieve
ritiousness erns good luck
praise be to the ritiouse, for they are wise
only the wicked find their own demise
he who lacks self cntrol will fall
increase in love and beleife, will conquer all
god gives all
ask and you will receive
wisdom, love, knowledge, faith and understanding
one will conceive
search for god, and you will end up finding
no matter what ones dout
belive anyway
and always do a daily pray
for that is the only way to know that god is there
there to always stay
remember that all that appear
is all fake
for god is the creator of all
the only real, is god
the only real we spirits will be
is the closer we get to god
only then, you will see.



use wisdom to understand knowledge
W.
understand, wisdom and knowledge
U.
acknowledge wisdom and understanding
N.

  
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 How to Be free From Cause And Effect  
Kip Mazuy wrote on the 15 November 2007
 

Mood. "Peace, bliss & love
are the very source of life.

In truth, you cannot be separate
from happiness.
It is what you are.

But in duality,
you believe things outside
of yourself
are the source of happiness.

You believe money
is the source of happiness,
your girlfriend is the source of love,
wine is the source of your bliss.

And on the opposite end
you believe
that person is the cause of your suffering,
that incident is the cause of your pain.

In this constant projecting
outside of yourself,
you become dependent on the outer.

And as the outer is always changing,
arising and disappearing,
you suffer.

Nothing wrong with loving another,
but if you make them the source
of your happiness,
then you suffer.

You eat an ice cream
and there is the bliss
that you get from eating the ice cream.

But in truth,
you are eating the ice cream
and there is bliss.

That bliss simply is,
it is what you are.

But because you believe
it only comes from ice cream,
you only get it from the ice cream.

Meditation
is when you stop
projecting cause and effect
and simply experience what is.

You experience yourself
in this moment,
without the whys and hows and wheres.

In this,
your attachment to your beliefs
about cause and effect
are burned away
and the unconditional peace, love and bliss
that you are
underneath it all
is revealed.

Blessings,

Kip

  
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 How to Be free From Cause And Effect  
ROY wrote on the 09 December 2007
 

Mood. what you say is very true. I never thought it like that. but just like yin and yang, you cant feel the other with out understanding the other. you wont know how bliss feels like untill you know what sorrow feels like. If you eat an icecream cone all the time to feel bliss, you will eventually get tired of the ice cream cone and then try something else.

praise be to the ritiouse, for they are wise.
only the wicked, find their own demise.

  
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 Poem  
Tim wrote on the 25 October 2007
 

Mood.
Cross The Dessert


I’ve screamed.
Oh, how I’ve screamed.
I’ve unleashed and been destructive
Tore the sound straight down the seams.

I’ve talked.
My God how I’ve talked.
Everyone knows more than me,
But the scenery’s the same, oh how I’ve walked.

Nothing makes it home.
Oh my friends, I‘ve driven hard.
Been called all the names there are, I think.
No part of me is left unscarred.

And who are you?
Who are you to tell me what?
I follow voices in the maze,
Warm, then cool, then cold, then hot.

I’ve cried.
Oh, for all that I have cried.
For things that you could never bear,
I’ve lived for more than you’ll have died.

But what’s it mean?
Is the depths of it illusion?.
The sand beyond my outstretched toes.
Barely stirs from my intrusion.

I have feared.
You could not know how I’ve feared.
To feel your insides, inside out.
And a mind that’s never cleared.

You cannot imagine.
You look at me and doubt.
I’ve crossed the dessert more than once.
Though not the same, I’ll make it out.

  
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 Poem  
ROY responded on the 09 December 2007
 

Mood. wow!! looks like you've been through alot. but have know fear for. live strong and be strong. live only the right way and not the wronge way. Do not let anything influence you towards the wronge way. Ritiouseness, belief and love for the allmighty god and his wonderfull son jesus christ, will all bring good fortune. the wronge way will lead to more suffering. the right way will lead to everlasting bliss. trust me on this one.

  
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 Poem  
Brenda responded on the 10 December 2007
 

Mood. Roy, right and wrong set up a whole judgement system that can be really unhealthy.

Do no harm, be kind are perhaps the best we can offer, right and wrong on the other hand set up a them and us, the good and the bad, rather than the different but equal.

  
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 Concept of God and Hell  
dattaswami wrote on the 21 July 2007
 

Mood. Concept of God and Hell

People think that Nivrutti (Loving practical serive to Lord in Human form) is different from Pravrutti( Path of Justice). Politicians feel that they are doing the practical service to humanity. They feel that the spiritual preachers are confined to some theoretical concepts like God, hell, heaven etc. This is the climax of their foolishness. Without Nivrutti, the Pravrutti will crumble into pieces. In India, today, if some justice is still remaining, the only reason is the concept of God and hell. Lord Krishna preached Bhagavat Gita in the war, which is a fight to change the bad government (Kauravas) to good government (Pandavas). The main issue is only political administration of the country. The very purpose of Gita is only make Arjuna to fight for Pravrutti only. Gita goes to the deep foundation of Pravrutti, which is Nivrutti only. Similarly, Jesus was always speaking of Kingdom of God every where. People misunderstood that He was planning to change the Roman Government by a new Government. But, His issue was not limited to a particular Government of a country. He was aiming at the total reformation of the Governments of all the countries. The Bible (Nivrutti) thus stands as a deep foundation for the political administration (Pravrutti).

  
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 Creation Entertainment of God  
dattaswami wrote on the 20 July 2007
 

Mood. Creation - Entertainment of God

Was the Lord not satisfied with Himself that He started this dolls-play of creation with animals, plants and humans? For the Lord it is a game to engage souls in deeds and then clear their sins (or good deeds). If He has set the rules of the game and He has predetermined how much sin of each soul to clear in one birth, then does the soul have no independent will and freedom of choice? Should we just do our duty as told in the Gita and not worry about steering our own lives as we see fit?

Infact the Lord is satisfied by Himself as said in the Brahma Sutra (Lokavattu Leela Kaivalyam). The Lord gets satisfaction when His devotee gets satisfied. The essential aim of this creation for the God is only the sweetness of love. The Lord enjoys the sweetness in the love of His devotees to Him. The Devotees enjoy the same sweetness of love of God to them. Therefore, the devotees who are satisfied with such sweet love will not put this question. Only the devotees who could not get such love which flows to both sides are subjected to this question. Such devotees love these unreal bonds in this world.

They do not get satisfaction because when such love is analyzed, the inner selfishness comes out. When the essence of such love is realized, this question comes to the mind and the creation looks waste. They have seen only the false love of the world but have not seen the true love of God.

  
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 Creation Entertainment of God  
dattaswami responded on the 20 July 2007
 

Mood. If they enter the spiritual line and experience the true love of the Lord, they will certainly find the necessity of this wonderful creation. Without this creation the existence of such divine love is not possible. Therefore, on realizing the false love in this world one has to turn towards God to experience the real love. When they experience the divine love they will appreciate the Creator, the Creation and the aim of the Creation. Thus the game, which is the aim of the Creation, is not just for the selfish satisfaction of the Lord. In fact the divine love is more enjoyed by the soul than the Lord. The reason is that the Lord Himself is an infinite ocean of bliss and does not require any more enjoyment.

  
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 Creation Entertainment of God  
ROY responded on the 09 December 2007
 

Mood. you cannot be so sure of yourself. there will always be something you dont know. god created us for a reason. theres probably more then one reason. we are not supposed to care of what the reason is, as long as we have an eternity of bliss. we are created with the power to love. god created us to love who created us and why we were created. we are meant to love everything. And remember that there is only two ways. the right way and the wrong way. there is no your way, my way or any other way. How do i know this? simple, everybody always does things they regret. we are only human, we allways makes. men are sinners, as the bible states. so how are you living the way you want if you do things that you regret. the only decision we have is to choose the right way or the wrong way. Gods way or lucifers way. so dont be a fool and choose the way of suffering.

  
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 Creation Entertainment of God  
ROY responded on the 10 December 2007
 

Mood. wow, your really smart. you must often use wisdom, knowledge and understanding. but a person cannot be all knowledgable in one life time. look at my 15 year old self. i bet by the time im 40, i will still be far from being all knowledgable.
i dont even know why im posting here. this is all months ago.

  
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 It is said that God sees every body with equa  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. It is said that God sees every body with equal attitude, then what about the punishment of sinners?

A) When ever you ask a doubt it should be supported by scripture. If you say “it is said”, that has no authority. If what said is true, then in Gita how Krishna told He will destroy sinners.

  
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 It is said that God sees every body with equa  
ROY responded on the 10 December 2007
 

Mood. UR SERIOUSLY GETTING THE WHOLE CONCEPT ALL WRONGE. GOD SEES EVERYBODY WITH EQUAL ATTITUDE. HE LOVES EVERYBODY THE SAME AND SEES EVERYBODY THE SAME NO MATTER HOW THEY LOOK. HE PUNISHES SINNERS DEPENDING ON THERE SINS. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THERES ALWAYS SOMETHING U DONT KNOW. YOU CANNOT BE ALL KNOWLEDGABLE IN ONE LIFE TIME. NO MATTER WHAT, I DONT KNOW ABOUT SOLOMEN THOUGH.

  
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 People of which state can see God  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. People of which state can see God?

A) When the egoism and jealousy are removed, which are the layers covering your eyes, you can see God through Satguru.

  
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 If Satguru is God how can he show God  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. If Satguru is God, how can he show God?

A) When you attain such maturity, Satguru will show Himself as God. Krishna told like that. Really the Satguru is showing the medium only in which God exists, because God is invisible as He is unimaginable. Such medium should be taken as God. The alive wire can be only taken as the current. If the Guru is liberated soul, who accompanied the Lord in this earth, he will show the Satguru whenever you deserve.

  
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 What should be known form Satguru  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. What should be known form Satguru?

A) It depends on your state. If egoism and jealousy are in climax, He will say that you must search for human incarnation. This is also stated by Guru. The reason is that Guru is not human incarnation. If those two exist in lower level, He will say that the power and grace of God exists in Himself. This is also stated by Guru because it is true in his case also. Such Guru is the incarnation of power of God (Amsavatara). If those two are completely absent in you, Satguru says that He is the human incarnation. Therefore, Satguru preaches according your state.

  
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 How to reach God and how to recognize Him  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. How to reach God and how to recognize Him?

A) Reaching God means reaching the medium in which God exists. No body can reach unimaginable God directly. You cannot catch current but you can experience current through the alive wire. The essence of Gita is to recognize and serve the present human incarnation

  
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 In Gita both males and females are given equa  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. In Gita both males and females are given equal importance. This is stated by Swami. Is it true?

A) The soul is neither female nor male but the word Jeeva or Atman is in masculine gender in Sanskrit. In Sanskrit the gender is only for word and not for the meaning. In fact all the human beings are made of the same items externally and internally. The five elements make the external body. The Jeevatman is made of awareness which is in the form of four Antahkaranams (ParaPrakruti and APara Prakruti) or three qualities. In Gita, only Prakruti and Purusha are mentioned. Purusha is God and Prakruti is human being. If you take five elements as Prakruti and jeevatman as Purusha, then also every human being Prakruti and Purusha. When you take like this, God will become Purushottama. Meera exhibited a doubt to Tulasi Das that whether Purusha exists in souls. The basis for this question is that she is in the first type of clarification (Prakruti and Purusha). Accordingly Veda says that only Lord is only Purusha. Veda also says that all the human beings are females and are also the wives of God. The word wife means that is maintained. The word husband means maintainer. In Gita it is said that God is Father who means creator. If all are the children of God, then all the human beings are brothers and sisters only! you should take the meanings in the root sense here and not in your sense. In Gita it is told that even women will get salvation. This does not mean that so far Gita was preached for males only. To deny this misunderstanding that is Gita is so far confined to males only; Lord said like that. This means that whatever is told so far applies both males and females only.

  
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 In Gita both males and females are given equa  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. In Gita both males and females are given equal importance. This is stated by Swami. Is it true?

A) The soul is neither female nor male but the word Jeeva or Atman is in masculine gender in Sanskrit. In Sanskrit the gender is only for word and not for the meaning. In fact all the human beings are made of the same items externally and internally. The five elements make the external body. The Jeevatman is made of awareness which is in the form of four Antahkaranams (ParaPrakruti and APara Prakruti) or three qualities. In Gita, only Prakruti and Purusha are mentioned. Purusha is God and Prakruti is human being. If you take five elements as Prakruti and jeevatman as Purusha, then also every human being Prakruti and Purusha. When you take like this, God will become Purushottama. Meera exhibited a doubt to Tulasi Das that whether Purusha exists in souls. The basis for this question is that she is in the first type of clarification (Prakruti and Purusha). Accordingly Veda says that only Lord is only Purusha. Veda also says that all the human beings are females and are also the wives of God. The word wife means that is maintained. The word husband means maintainer. In Gita it is said that God is Father who means creator. If all are the children of God, then all the human beings are brothers and sisters only! you should take the meanings in the root sense here and not in your sense. In Gita it is told that even women will get salvation. This does not mean that so far Gita was preached for males only. To deny this misunderstanding that is Gita is so far confined to males only; Lord said like that. This means that whatever is told so far applies both males and females only.

  
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 In this time of kali which human incarnation  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. In this time of kali, which human incarnation is to be worshipped?

Suppose you have identified some human forms as incarnations. Now the problem comes; who is the real human incarnation among these? Suppose you have worshipped all so that the risk of missing the real human incarnation is avoided. Suppose you have taken one form and it may not be real human incarnation. Even then, you need not be worried. Such human form may not be God but certainly he must be a very close devotee of God. Since your filtration is to such high level, the other forms must be exceptional devotees of the highest level.

Suppose you have taken such a strong devotee as human incarnation. I assuredly tell you, that you are more lucky than the person who serves the real human incarnation. The reason is that God is more pleased if such strong devotee is worshipped, because God loves such strong devotee more than Himself. Therefore you will receive a better fruit in quicker time. Apart from this there is also the possibility of the same God coming in different forms in the same time. For example, Parasurama and Shri Rama and AkkalKota Maharaj and Shridi Saibaba were simultaneous human incarnations.

  
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 Which form of God should be worshipped  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. Which form of God should be worshipped?

A) Lord Krishna has given the essence of all the Vedas. In Gita He told that He is in the form of human being. In fact, He is in the human form only. In Gita everywhere Krishna asked to worship and serve Him only. Any human being can perfectly serve God in human form only. An offering can be really eaten by Krishna. Therefore, such service is only real. You cannot do real service to formless God or Statue. Only Krishna could preach and clear all the doubts. You can see the response of your service in the form of pleasantness in the face of Krishna. Here again the devotees slipped. Krishna told that He will come again and again. Therefore, the service to the present human incarnation is the perfect spiritual knowledge. If you take statue of Krishna, again the above defects are repeated.

  
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 What is the aim of spiritual institutions  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. What is the aim of spiritual institutions?

A) The propagation of the divine knowledge should be the sole aim of spiritual institutions. If the knowledge is perfect, devotion will be strong and the service will be complete. The duty of Guru is only to propagate the correct knowledge. That is sufficient. The spiritual institutions should take the place of Guru.

  
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 What is the fruit of service to God without a  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. What is the fruit of service to God without aspiring His love in return?

A) As I told, you should attain the perfectness in the one-way traffic in your service to God. You should not aspire any fruit including His love. When you are not aspiring even love what is the point of another fruit? Love is theoretical and can be easily given and the other fruits are practical. When you are not aspiring even theoretical fruit, how can you aspire other practical fruits?

  
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 Why do not all see God  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. Why do not all see God?

A) No body sees God. God is not touched even by imagination. How can we see God? God enters some medium and becomes visible through that medium. Through that medium also you are experiencing only the existence God. Only experience of existence is possible. There is no any way to see God directly. The current cannot be seen directly. When it flows in a wire only its existence can be experienced.

  
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 When the soul gains completeness  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. When the soul gains completeness?

A) The soul attains perfectness in the one-way traffic service to God. If the service is there, devotion is there. Hanuman, perfect in the service, is the perfect devotee and scholar.

  
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 What is the sequence of spiritual effort  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. What is the sequence of spiritual effort? How is it done?

A) Knowledge, devotion and service are the sequent steps. Service is the real proof of devotion. These three steps are indicated by Sankara, Ramanuja and Madhva who came in sequence. The practice of these three steps depends on your love to God. When the divine love exists, your practice is spontaneous. When such love does not exist, the question “how to do?” comes up.

  
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 What is the sequence of spiritual effort  
Mike R responded on the 02 November 2007
 

Mood. For me this question is very important. I see that belief in a higher-power is vital if one is to grow spiritually. Many religious, and so called spiritual people have so they believe this belief.

Yet where so many fall short is in taking ACTIONS, actions that require humility and a willingness to change from self-serving patterns to that of putting others first.

NOne of us can think ourselves emotionally well.
No we must surrender to the disciplines of change to spiritual wellness.

  
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 God is giving every thing to all the people  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. God is giving every thing to all the people. What the necessity of the service to Him?

The absolute reality is that God does not require any service and sacrifice from any soul. In this state the creation does not exist it self. But He created the universe for entertainment. He gave independence and intelligence to all the souls. God has removed the knowledge that this entire universe is His wealth only. He imposed ignorance on Himself and on the souls. In the state of this ignorance only, through sacrifice and service the love is proved. Such love only gives happiness to heart. There can be no better entertainment than this.

You are bringing out this point to escape form sacrifice and service. Such over intelligence arises due to your blind love on family and your selfishness. If you go to that absolute state of reality your self and creation disappear. If your point is correct, don’t ask God for anything. You want Advaita when you give something to Him. You need dvaita when he has to give some thing to you. If you do not aspire anything from Him do not give anything to Him. In fact the highest devotion is to give every thing to Him without aspiring anything from Him. But you are reverse to this. Apart from this, you show over intelligence!

  
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 Between duty and God which is more important  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. Between duty and God which is more important?

This depends on your stage in the spiritual path. There is nothing to decide here. An ordinary human being will do the worldly duties only. Even if you advice to leave such duties, he will not leave because he cannot leave. For Sankara even though His mother asked him to do worldly duties, He left them and dedicated Himself to God only. Therefore, the soul does according to its spiritual state and inherent interest. Finally the interest decides the selection. Therefore you cannot have universal selection.

  
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 What is injustice and immorality  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. What is injustice and immorality? what is the punishment for this?

A) You may hurt your colleague souls in several ways. All these ways are injustice and immorality. For example by corruption you are hurting your colleague souls. At least you are not exempting the poor and devoted people. If you do corruption in the case of unjust rich people, you should spend it for divine purpose. If you spend it for your self or for your family, all of you will be completely destroyed.

  
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 What is the essence of justice  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. What is the essence of justice?

A) Justice is the divine system created by God, to maintain the balance of the society so that the spiritual aspirants can do their efforts with peace. The justice is related to your colleague soul. The essence of Dharma is not to hurt anyone in anyway because the law and order is in the hands of God. At least you should not harm any devotee. But punishing the students for their welfare is exempted because the welfare of the student is the main aim.

  
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 Why the present rulers are not following the  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. Why the present rulers are not following the rule when they punish the innocent people?

A) Again you are committing the mistake to think that the punished person is innocent. The innocence cannot be judged by either you or present ruler. Not only in the previous birth even in this birth he committed several sins which are not only known to you or even to himself. Therefore, the real judgment is given by God. The judge may give a wrong judgment. He gave like that because his enquiry is guided by God. You are criticizing the judge. The judgment given by him by mistake is correct because it is given by God. Anybody in this world who harms you is just instrumental. Without the enquiry and decision of God nothing will happen in this world. The God is punishing not with revenge but to transform the soul. This entire system of Universe is created and run by God only.

  
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 Why God is tolerating the dictatorship of som  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. Why God is tolerating the dictatorship of some people?

A) In the creation every incident is the result of the three dimensional network of action, time, fruit etc., You do not know the incidents of the previous birth. The person who tortured somebody is now born as the sufferer. You see this birth only and pity that soul. In the creation of God no injustice will take place and nobody will escape. Hence, the omniscient God keeps silent. The soul with limited knowledge talks all sorts of things.

  
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 If God created this world like a cinema  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. If God created this world like a cinema, is it only the way for us to watch the cinema?

A) God has given freedom and intelligence (discriminating power) to the human beings. Therefore, each soul is creating its own cinema. The stage, dress etc., are given by the God but not the story and dialogues. Therefore, God is the creator of the Universe but He is not the creator of the life of the soul. When God comes in human incarnation, He comes down along with His servants who are the liberated souls. Then only He is the writer of the story and dialogues for that divine play.

  
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 What is the reason for these atrocities in th  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. What is the reason for these atrocities in the world?

A) The only reason is not having the contact with God through Satsanga that imparts the divine knowledge in the human being.

  
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 After how much time and by which means the so  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. After how much time and by which means the soul reaches God?

A) The possibility to reach God is only in one human birth. If you miss it you may get other human births but without that chance. The five-fold service by words, by mind, by intelligence, by sacrifice of work and by sacrifice of fruit of work can be the only path to get the grace of the God.

  
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 It is said that God takes the form as per you  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. It is said that God takes the form as per your desire. Does it not mean that He is formless?

A) God is neither formless nor has form. In the creation both formless objects like air and form-full objects like earth exist. Because of this reason God is neither formless nor form-full since both are imaginable. Veda says that God is unimaginable. But God comes in human form, which is useful to the humanity in all directions. The main aim of the human form is preaching Divine Knowledge. That is why God has taken a human form which is very much useful to the humanity in various angles. You have to worship such form taken by God. He is not your servant to come in the form you desire. In Gita the Lord said that He will approach the devotee in the same path as the devotee approaches. This does not mean that He will take the form as you like. You can take any form you like which can be a representative of God (Pratika) but God does not exist in it.

  
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 How to practice to Nivrutti  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. How to practice to Nivrutti?

A) Your question itself contains answer. Service to Lord in practice is the practice of Nivrutti. Nivrutti is in the form of feelings and in the form of practice. Praising or singing the Lord with words, loving God with mind and discussing God with intelligence is the feeling-form of Nivrutti. Sacrifice of work and sacrifice of fruit of work are practical Nivrutti. Nivrutti is completed when both forms exist. The drinking water is like the feeling-form and the practice is like the plate of meals offered to the guest. Then only we will get the complete grace of the Lord. Veda says the feeling-form as Asambhuti and practical- form as Sambuthi. You should not expect any fruit for the feeling-form. Even the hotel does not charge you for a cup of water! Only the plate of meals is charged.

  
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 Does Pravrutti lead to God  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. Does Pravrutti lead to God?

A) The duties to be performed for the maintenance of the body and family are Pravrutti. Therefore Pravrutti is the basis to reach God, but Pravrutti alone cannot lead you to God. For a drama the stage is necessary. If you prepare the stage only without the drama the spectators will throw stones. Therefore, Pravrutti along with Nivrutti only leads to God. Nivrutti means service to Lord.

  
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 How the family should behave to please the Lo  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. How the family should behave to please the Lord?

A) If the entire family believes the human incarnation, it will be possible to worship the Lord in human form. Since in your question the pleasure of the God is mentioned, we can observe the pleasure for our service only in the human form the Lord. In worship of idols or in the worship of formless God there is no proof of the pleasure of God that can be noted by us. Therefore, in this answer I had to limit to the human incarnation only. At least you can serve the beggars and note happiness on their faces. You will get heaven for the service though for a temporary stay.

  
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 What are the duties of the human being  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. What are the duties of the human being?

A) The only duty of human being is the service to Lord. But, for the service, the maintenance of the body and family is essential. Therefore, the duties related to such maintenance are also part and parcel of the main divine duty.

  
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 Can we take all the human beings to be born w  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. Can we take all the human beings to be born with some purpose?

A) As long as the human being thinks that the birth and the life is meant for the pleasure of one’s own self or its family, till then the life has no purpose. The reason is that as told above. The real aim of life is only to please the Lord. Therefore, the life of such human being which thinks that the ultimate aim is only to please the Lord alone has the purpose of birth.

  
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 Can we take all the human beings to be born w  
Him responded on the 08 May 2009
 

Mood. Disagree.

I believe we are all part of one whole. The whole is god/truth/consciousness/spirit/soul/whatever. By pleasing myself and others I am fullfilling gods wishes for I am god and you are my brother.

Out of pure infinite this experience was created (life) from our will. A powerful existence this is. A will to power.

  
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 What is the aim of the birth of every soul  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. What is the aim of the birth of every soul?

A) A soul is the part of creation. Veda says that the world is created for the entertainment of God only. Therefore, every soul should realize that its existence and life are for the pleasure of God only and not for the pleasure of one’s own self or his family.

  
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 Jewels Of Jesus Preachings  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. Jewels Of Jesus Preachings

Mathew 5:3-8: The mercy and purity are praised because such qualities will develop love on God. Then only God blesses them. Simple mercy and purity related to worldly bonds are of no permanent use. Such good qualities without the element of the God lead to temporally heaven, which is not a permanent fruit. Mere love on society leads to temporary heaven only from which one falls to earth, as said in Gita (Ksheenee Punye…)

Mathew 11:28-30: The yoke of the Lord is light where as the yoke of human beings is heavy. This means that the work of the Lord will never give misery, as there is no selfishness. But the worldly work of the human beings becomes heavy due to selfishness that create anxiety and misery since one is attached to the fruit of the work.

John 18:37-38: God is truth. But every truth is not God. For example, it is true if you say that wind moves. This does not mean that this sentence is God. He said ‘I am the truth.’ He did not say "Truth is myself’’. The people who belong to the truth mean the devotees who belong to the God. Here the word truth represents God only and not every truth in the world.

Mathew 6:8: He said that Father knows things before you ask. This sentence belongs to highest devotees. They do not expect anything in return, even for their practical service but the lower devotees aspire fruits from the God even for their theoratical service like prayers. For such low cadre He said ‘Ask that shall be given.’ For the high devotees He suffers and cancels their evil effects. For lower devotees it is only postponing the punishment to another place called hell with increased interest.

  
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 Jewels Of Jesus Preachings  
dattaswami responded on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. Luke 12:51-53: Jesus is evaluating the love towards Him in terms of decrease in the love of the worldly bonds. As the love of a boy on his girl friend increases, the bonds with his parents weaken proportionately. At the final stage he runs away with girl friend totally discarding his parents. Thus, the detachment from the worldly bonds is an indirect measure of the attachment to the God. Without the later, the former is useless. This is explained here. Jesus told that who could not be detached from parents, wife or husband and children and even with the life cannot be his follower.

Luke 9: 60-62: Let the dead bury the dead. You preach about God. This means that you need not worry about the dead body or its rituals. The reason is that the inert dead body will decompose into inert five elements. The decomposition reactions are controlled by inert items like entropy, free energy etc. The inert means dead. Therefore, the inert five elements will decompose the dead body and bury it whether you do the ceremony or not. The Parsi people should be appreciated in this concept because they leave the dead bodies on hills and in forests.

  
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 Kingdom Of Lord --- Treasure  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. Kingdom Of Lord --- Treasure

The kingdom of God is compared to a treasure hidden in the field. This means that God is hidden in the human body of the human incarnation. In Gita the human body was compared with the field (Idam sareeram….). This means the identification of human incarnation. Purchasing the field means serving that human body. If the treasure is announced, the owner will not sell the field. Then it is impossible to purchase the treasure. This means that it is impossible to serve the real form of the God, which is beyond the imagination. The human body is a part of the kingdom of the God.

Again the kingdom of the God is compared to a merchant who is in search of pearls. This means that the Lord in human body is in search of real devotees. But only one in millions can be the real devotee as said in Gita (Kaschit maam …). When a merchant found such a pearl, he purchases it by selling all his property. This means that the human incarnation will go to any extent to save that rearest devotee.

Again the kingdom of God is compared to a dragnet, by which all categories are captured and from each category good is taken and bad is thrown. This means that God captures all types of devotees. Some devotees use God for their selfish benefits. Even for them, God answers and thus the God captures them. From these devotees, those who are turned into real devotees are accepted and the others are thrown out. These other type devotees love God as an instrument to solve their problems and that is not a real love.

  
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 Why does the mind waver violently with worldl  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. Why does the mind waver violently with worldly thoughts and desires? Why does it refuse to calm down in meditation?

First of all, you must know that meditation is not the real path to attain the grace of the Lord. Meditation means fixing your mind on a form or formless God. You can imagine only any thing, which is in the realm of the space-time. This means that you can meditate upon only a part or total creation and not upon the creator. God is not the creation and is also not in the creation. If God is creation, you are also God and there is no need of any meditation. If God is in the creation, all the changes in the creation must affect the God. Kapila says "Asangohyayam purushash", which means that God is not associated with creation.

Gita also says the same (Nachaaham Teshu..). God enters a small item of the creation and pervades all over that item for your service, which is only the proven love. Did you meditate upon your parents or wife or children? No, because you have real love to them. You serve them directly and not their photos or some other inert objects keeping as their models. You serve them in their human forms. They are different from their human bodies as souls. But you are serving the soul through the human body.

  
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 Why does the mind waver violently with worldl  
dattaswami responded on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. Similarly the Lord enters a human body and available for your true love. You must take pains to detect him. Have you not taken pains to search a suitable girl for marriage to show your true love? Take the help of the divine knowledge. Vedas and Gita have given the procedure to detect the human incarnation. To cut your bonds with the family members, who are also, human beings, another human form of God is only the equal competitor. Formless objects, statues and photos cannot compete. Your body is also a human form.

The bond with money is only for the human forms. If you develop the bond with human incarnation, which is Lord Himself called as Sadguru, He will bless you with divine knowledge, which alone can cut your worldly bonds. Since you have not fully realized, your attachment persists. The attachment is violent only due to the high intensity of ignorance, which is nothing but mis-interpreted and twisted wrong knowledge. Such ignorance can disappear only by the light of true divine knowledge.

The source of that knowledge is Sadguru. Therefore, you must catch a Sadguru and hear His divine knowledge constantly. You must clarify your doubts at every stage. When you are fully clarified, the ignorance disappears like the darkness in the presence of sunlight. Thus, the root cause is only ignorance and root remedy is only true knowledge. When the ignorance is associated with egoism and jealousy, it is like diabetes associated with hypertension and kidney-failure. Your case is not serious because you are with ignorance only. It will be easy to treat you.

  
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 Why my life is with full of problems  
dattaswami wrote on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. Why my life is with full of problems?

Why is my life full of problems related to money, relations, stress etc? Why do all the decisions that I take always go wrong?

Man proposes and God disposes to show that you should not be too much involved in the worldly affairs and that you should turn to Him. The failures in the world show that God is very much interested in your case and is constantly trying to divert you towards Him. The failures and problems are real friends, who will turn you to God. The success with fame is the real enemy, which drags you away from the God. When Lord Krishna asked His aunt, Kunthi, to ask for a boon, she asked Krishna to continue only problems in her life. Her argument was that she remembered the Lord always in difficulties. She wants to remember God continuously. All the things in this world proceed according to the wheel of deeds (Karma Chakra).

You cannot change the destined route of things in this nature. They reflect the systematic administration of rules and regulations laid down by the Lord. You cannot change the nature of the external atmosphere. You must cut your mental attachment to the external atmosphere and remain peaceful. With the peaceful mind, you must concentrate on God. You are standing in the sea and meditating upon the Sun. You cannot stop the waves. The waves in the sea should not move your mind. Your body or your cloths may be moved but not your mind.

  
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 Why my life is with full of problems  
dattaswami responded on the 17 July 2007
 

Mood. For this you must think that you are not the clothes and you are not the body. You are the soul, which is pure awareness. All the external bonds are related to your body and mind (feelings) only. This is called as self-realization through self-analysis. Sankara stressed this first part of the spiritual path because this is common to all the human beings in this world. The attainment of God is the second part of the path. Mental worry is like fever.
Attainment of God is like attaining special strength. All the fever- patients want to get rid of the fever. After liberation from the fever, some of the patients may try to get special strength by taking special tonics. Ramanuja and Madhva stressed this second part of the spiritual path through the propagation of devotion. But, the first part is common to all the patients as stressed by Sankara. The self-analysis is like the anti- biotic medicine for the fever. First you must get rid of the fever. Without subsiding the fever, you cannot proceed for tonics to attain special strength. For the first part, there is no need of even the concept of God.

Getting rid of the fever is peace. Attaining of God is bliss. Peace is required to get the bliss. Peace should not be mistaken as bliss. The soul is in your body only. If you attain the soul, you have attained your money, which is misplaced, in your house. When you get it, your worry is removed and you become peaceful. You need not become happy because it is your money only. But when you get some money on the road, outside your house, you are happy. The first part is avoiding loss and second part is attaining profit.

  
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