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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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