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GURU CAN  HELP  FREE  YOU  FROM  BONDAGE

Whether you know anything else or not,you do know that you exist.It means there is a self and it is only a question of realising it.Can everyone climb mount everest?Definately not,because not everybody has the capacity to do that.But all of us have a self,and realising it is an inward process,so it is definately possible.

What you can do on the outside depends on many things.When it comes to what is within you,it is just a question of your willingness.If you are interested in living your life with full depth and dimension,how can you live without self-realisation?If you are interested in experiencing all the possibilities you carry within yourself,how can you explore them without self-realisation?Self-realisation is not an abstract dimention that is not relevant to people.Every human being should strive for it because the more you realise about yourself,the better you live.

When we say self-realisation, we are not talking about understanding your physiology or your psycology alone,we are talking about understanding the very fundamentals of who you are. Just think……When you stand there,you look at yourself as a person,but how did this person happen? This body, when it was born,it was so small.Now it has become so big — how?Was it created from inside or from outside?Definately from inside.

So that which creates this body is within you: the very source of creation is within you.Without knowing that,you do not know much about yourself.So when the very source of creation is within you, self-realisation means befriending the creator within you. And if the creator is your friend, what is your problem with life.

A guru becomes relevant to you only when you have an aspiration to constantly enhance your life;When you want to touch dimensions within which you yourself have not been able to touch.When people hear the word “Guru”, they may have a lot of resistance,essentially because of the misuse of the word. A Guru is like a road map.If you want to travel uncharted terrain,do you go without a road map? You can; maybe you will anyway reach there.But there are also chances that to reach a destination which is right next to you,you may go around the world and come back,or you may never get there.

When you want to walk uncharted terrain,choose a person who has already walked the terrain. A Guru has already walked the path,so you are just seeking guidance;you are using him as a live road map. “Can’t i do it without a Guru?”— Definately you can,but what could be done in a short span of time,you may take a lifetime to do it.

Your whole perception of life is through the five senses.If you look at these five sense organs,you can clearly see that all of them are outward bound. But now you want to look inward in a completely different way.Because you do not have this perception right now,the inner dimension is not visible to you, so you seek help.

Let’s say you need surgery to be done.You go to a surgeon,because you trust that he will do it better than you. Self-realisation is a much deeper surgery than your doctor does.Your doctor cuts only the physical body; but here,you have to cut through many layers of your own misunderstandings and misperceptions. If you are trapped in a prison and you want to get out,it is good to have outside help. Bondage is an inside job,you need outside help for liberation.That is where a Guru fits in.  

In every difficulty there is an opportunity. Life is really a choice…. to be either wise, not wise or otherwise.

Once a wise king wanted advice from his master about what to do when he faced a real crises in his life.The master gave him a locket and told him to open it only when he was in difficulty.After some years he was defeated in a battle and he lost his kingdom.

He was worried and was hiding in a cave.He suddenly remembered what his master had told him.He opened the locket and there he found a note,”even this will pass” and a second noe which said,”if one door closes another door opens”.He gained strength from this piece of advice and after a month,with the help of a newly formed army won his kingdom back.He went to his master and thanked him and asked a question: “why does the door close?” “The door is always open,your mind is closed,” replied the master.

There are two types of worlds we live in.The visible world and the invisible world.The outer world and the inner world.Our body is in the outer space but our mind is in another space.Just as our body gets dirty if one is in a dirty space,our inner-self,our mind,gets dirty if we visit dirty areas in the inner world.

If one broods over worry,dislike,anger,jealousy,then our mind is polluted, with such pollution you find the outer world a pain.The real pain is when our mind lives in negativity.

What type of world are we in?This is what one should really be aware of.Where are we placed psychologically is what we have to watch for.One believes that the outer world is the real world and not the inner world of mind.For example… You are very happy that you are invited to a party where celebrities are attending.Then when you see them beautifully dressed, you may feel bad that you are not as rich as they are, you may feel bad that you are not a celebrity. Now tell me,what has impacted your life directly…. the outer world or the inner world.The inner world,is it not?So watch that very carefully in your life.

When you don’t watch the mind what happens? A negative system is created.When you dwell on negativity,your pattern of anger,your pattern of justifying,your pattern of jealousy,creates a negative system.Then the negative system takes over and you lose control of yourself.

It is as though you have installed a programme in your computer and when you open the computer,that particular programme opens up.Then you get angry with the computer.What you have to realise is that it is not the computer that is the source of the problem,it is how you have programmed it,is the problem.Each time you are negative,watch how you have programmed yourself.

When the world outside is singing and dancing ,in the morning sunrise and evening sunset,in the twinkling of the stars and the dancing wind,you feel negative and sick….. for it is like mixing bread with mud.Hence don’t create a negative system around you.

Life is a challenge, meet it ! Life is a song, sing it ! Life is a dream, realise it ! Life is a game,play it ! Life is love,enjoy it !

As children bring their broken toys with tears for us to mend, I brought my broken dreams to GOD because He was my friend. But instead of leaving them with Him in peace to work alone, I hung around and tried to help with ways that were my own. At last I snached them back and cried, “How can you be so slow?”  “My child”, he said,”What could I do? you never did let go.”

Nothing in the world,it seems shatters like a broken dream.It is the ache behind the mean,of shadows silent and unseen,and in this fortress dream of sorrow,Exist no dawn and no tomorrow.Just hours that cut you as they pass.Like little shards of broken glass,and yet another and another.Sometimes the night is meant to suffer.But look up now and see how far they light your way like little stars.Oh,if i had a star to shine for every broken dream of mine,the whole night sky would turn to day, and all my troubles melt away.

• Begin at once to live, and count each seperate day as a seperate life.
• Man improves himself as he follows his path;if he stands still,waiting to improve before he makes a decision,he’ll never move.
• For every sin but the killing of time there is forgiveness.
• Our business is to stand strongly for principles,but never to attack persons,about whose lives we can know but little.
• Great things are possible only to strong souls and it’s from the trivial events of daily life that strength is won.
• When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today.

• Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
• A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
• Beginning is easy ; continuing , hard.
• What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
• Be a self starter ; let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again. Don’t waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to fail.
• Hope is an orientation of the heart,of the spirit. It is not the belief that  things will turn out well. But that things will make sense,however they turn out.

• The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
• Unforgiveness is the poison you drink everyday,hoping that the other person will die.
• Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak.Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
• If a man does not keep pace with his companions,perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
• All that we are is the result of what we have thought.The mind is everything.What we think,we become.
• As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves,we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
• We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking,only to learn that it is God who is shaking them.
• The last of the human freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.