How can I be at peace all the time?
Continued from the post 'Seva'
One thing I always asked myself.. What is mind and what is self? Is it the same or different? If its different.. how to know what is mind and what is self? How to differentiate? Recently I got the answer to my question. Mind and Self are different altogether. Self is nothing but our very essence. Call it Love, call it God. It is the self. When the mind is quite, the self answers you, it talks to you, it tells you everything you wanted to know! But when the mind is talkative, the self is in silence! So if you want to listen to self, you have to quieten your mind first!
What exactly is mind? Any thought that generates within us is the mind. The reason of any and every misery is because you are trapped in your thought without realsiing it, its just a thought! The moment you realise,.. Ohh its the mind that is telling me all these stuff... the mind becomes quite. The moment you become a witness... to your thoughts.. it shuts up! :D Say, you know a person, he/she behaves nicely with you.. but suddenly something happens.. and your mind says.. Ohhh he doesn't like me! or She behaves nicely in front of me.. but I doubt she is genuinely good! (Though in reality there is nothing! :D) Till the time you become a witness to these thoughts, you are trapped! You cannot be at peace.. nor you can be happy!
You are angry.. you are not feeling good, you are unhappy.. you are jealous of someone/something.. As soon as these feelings start cropping up inside you... just become a witness! :) And it will be gone!
Slowly with experience you will be able to witness these feelings.. even before it arises! Once you become a witness of your thoughts.. then the 2nd level begins.. Talk with the self!
What is self? It is nothing but what we are made of! Once we die.. wat remains? Its the self! Everything around you is illusion... only the self is the ultimate truth and its immortal.. :)
After death Aatmaa (self) - Parmatma (the source) se mil jaata hai (unites).
Why do we feel happy when we are with our Guru? Why do we feel the bliss, the happiness the peace? Because there is this connection.. connection of unconditional love. You are free with the ones who love you unconditionally. Unconditional love means what? You know you will not be questioned for any action.. you don't have to prove anything to the person who loves you! Once you have that freedom.. that unconditional love.. the mind is silent! There is no chaos.. complete silence.. :)
So what happens when the mind is silent? You are united with the self! And once you are in your self! You are happy and peaceful!
I have seen people run behind the physical Guru - Why? They feel its the physical Guru which gives them happiness! They don't understand that the bliss, the love, the peace, the shakti (power) is inside you.. Is nothing but YOU! When you are in your self.. there is no two! there is only ONE (You, your Guru and the Divine - you are one!)
So how to be with your self - always?
Meditation. Regular meditation will help you be in your self. Those who meditate regularly, they are connected with the Divine all the time! When you are with the self - then ask yourself.. ok what can I do for the mankind.. how can I serve everyone in a more efficient manner.. and the self will answer you.. the ideas will start pouring in ;)
I have shared this article with you because this is what I do - and I have benefited a lot from being a witness! I am sure it will help you too to be with your self! Jai Gurudev :)
What exactly is mind? Any thought that generates within us is the mind. The reason of any and every misery is because you are trapped in your thought without realsiing it, its just a thought! The moment you realise,.. Ohh its the mind that is telling me all these stuff... the mind becomes quite. The moment you become a witness... to your thoughts.. it shuts up! :D Say, you know a person, he/she behaves nicely with you.. but suddenly something happens.. and your mind says.. Ohhh he doesn't like me! or She behaves nicely in front of me.. but I doubt she is genuinely good! (Though in reality there is nothing! :D) Till the time you become a witness to these thoughts, you are trapped! You cannot be at peace.. nor you can be happy!
You are angry.. you are not feeling good, you are unhappy.. you are jealous of someone/something.. As soon as these feelings start cropping up inside you... just become a witness! :) And it will be gone!
Slowly with experience you will be able to witness these feelings.. even before it arises! Once you become a witness of your thoughts.. then the 2nd level begins.. Talk with the self!
What is self? It is nothing but what we are made of! Once we die.. wat remains? Its the self! Everything around you is illusion... only the self is the ultimate truth and its immortal.. :)
After death Aatmaa (self) - Parmatma (the source) se mil jaata hai (unites).
Why do we feel happy when we are with our Guru? Why do we feel the bliss, the happiness the peace? Because there is this connection.. connection of unconditional love. You are free with the ones who love you unconditionally. Unconditional love means what? You know you will not be questioned for any action.. you don't have to prove anything to the person who loves you! Once you have that freedom.. that unconditional love.. the mind is silent! There is no chaos.. complete silence.. :)
So what happens when the mind is silent? You are united with the self! And once you are in your self! You are happy and peaceful!
I have seen people run behind the physical Guru - Why? They feel its the physical Guru which gives them happiness! They don't understand that the bliss, the love, the peace, the shakti (power) is inside you.. Is nothing but YOU! When you are in your self.. there is no two! there is only ONE (You, your Guru and the Divine - you are one!)
So how to be with your self - always?
Meditation. Regular meditation will help you be in your self. Those who meditate regularly, they are connected with the Divine all the time! When you are with the self - then ask yourself.. ok what can I do for the mankind.. how can I serve everyone in a more efficient manner.. and the self will answer you.. the ideas will start pouring in ;)
I have shared this article with you because this is what I do - and I have benefited a lot from being a witness! I am sure it will help you too to be with your self! Jai Gurudev :)
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